Astral Ants

(ps: Some readers reported that the tonnage of the cargo spider and starship was too small. I calculated that a piece of iron with a side length of 780 meters weighs 50 million tons. The previous tons was indeed too small, so I revised it.)
Poison Bean drove his ship, the 'Enlightenment Bean', back to the Bauhinia star system.

The 1000-million-ton cargo Star Spider transported away all the core components removed from the Ferdinando Luo Ao Star God in one trip.

The items are valuable and the journey is long, so Hongfeng brings a team of fighting insects to escort the ship.

Longbai's Taber starship is also powerful. It carries 10,000 carefully selected specialized ants that have learned scientific knowledge and have work experience, and sets out from the Aquamarine star system.

Molan's Xiaolongbai is equipped with a dimensional space for life to survive, and can transport 3000 specialized ants at a time. It is driven by Caolong and Yudou.

...

Arisaema star system.

A remote, low-rent, semi-mining-star-type, first-level source star system.

There are 16 planets, 10 of which are mining planets. Many metal and energy materials can be purchased nearby, saving a lot of shipping costs.

There are also several first-level source star systems nearby that have been developed into mining stars.

Therefore, most of the people who settled on the other six life planets were "miner bugs" who looked for work to make a living on nearby mining planets.

Hunan Star,
Long Bai rented territories in three districts at once.

At the junction of North District 6578, North District 7577 and North District 7578, Gui Shan, Xing Yun Bai and others who arrived first have built an industrial park and production factory under the command of Xing Shen Ao.

Longbai arrived first in the Tubai.

Open up an ant nest and start cultivating an ant colony.

As early as when he was just a small mountain lord-level ant on the mother planet, Long Bai discovered that the ant colony cultivated by the Throne of Domination had a strong ability to learn knowledge, and that they would teach each other within the colony.

The 10,000 specialized ants brought by Longbai became the "mentors" of the ant colony, specifically responsible for the enlightenment education of the newborn ants.

12 years of basic knowledge education.

Then, the three assistant kings, Black Ti, Double-color Golden Sophora japonica, and Double-color Golden Banyan, organized and arranged the standardized, systematic, and advanced knowledge teaching.
In an assembly line factory, each ant is only responsible for one or two simple processes and does not need to master advanced knowledge. Four years is enough.

...

The Star Network channel is not a straight line, it needs to go around, and the Xiaolongbai is not as fast as the Tubai.
Yuzu and Kusaurus arrived 10 years later.

They began to move around and purchase primary metals.

The factories in the park have carried out test runs one after another.
Star God Commander,
Gui Shan, Xing Yun Bai, Zi Sha, and Lin Qu led a thousand Zerg warriors with scientific knowledge to cooperate.
Ant colony coolie,

Tight fit, perfect.

Confirm that it works.

Long Bai had previously loaned 800 billion yuan in the form of source gems from his harvest on the Red Robin Star to the Boxuwan Chamber of Commerce, and he has been collecting the money back. Over the past years, he has recovered billion yuan.

After Longbai and Molan's private income and various extravagant expenses, they still had a surplus of more than 100 billion.

There are 900 billion yuan in Longbai's account.

We started purchasing materials nearby and started production.

...

Ang Tianlian, Zichan and Yu Teng came over.

Ang Tianlian is indeed an adventurer who has been roaming in the starry sky for millions of years. He has a powerful and special network of relationships that Long Bai and Mo Lan can hardly access.

The two Star God Armors were sold at a high price of 5400 billion.

meet as planned,

Repay 1000 billion in debt.

Longbai received 4400 billion yuan.

Large amounts of funds are in place.

Yuzu and Caolong set off in the Xiaolongbai and began to analyze market prices, inquire about contacts from various parties, and make large-scale purchases.

...

Qimingdou is the slowest.

Poison Beans and his crew arrived 60 years later.

Unloading of cargo,

Then they set out to transport the ordered nuclear metals.

Various materials arrived in large quantities one after another.

On the Longbai side, the working team of worker ants has also begun to take shape, and they have quickly completed pre-job training, and the production factory is officially in operation.

As time went by, the ant colony continued to grow, and they built residential buildings and traffic streets, forming a high-density ground-based technological city.

Raw materials continue to come in, finished components continue to flow out of the factory, and warehouses are built on a large scale for storage.

The construction of the Molan survival carrier is on track.

Longbai leases three districts and 7.8 square kilometers of land, including cities, factories, and warehouses, with a total area of ​​less than 1 square kilometers.

As the ant colony continues to grow and surpass one million,
Other places have been developed into orchards, grain fields, livestock farms and breeding bases, achieving food self-sufficiency through high-density farming and breeding.

A clear division of labor,
Star God Ao is in charge, with Ghost Fan, Nebula Cypress, Black Grape and other insects assisting in management, and all work is proceeding in an orderly and efficient manner.

Long Bai does not need to participate too much and has nothing to do. He can go into deep space and focus on system capabilities.

...

[Time: 78th Era-190 Yuan-873 Years]

Against the backdrop of the deep, dark starry sky, the dragon cypress spreads its wings and floats motionlessly, the black energy on its body surface is hazy, thick and heavy, and the purple-gold energy on its membranous wings shines, its edge is restrained.

"what?"

Longbai felt something strange, so he folded his wings and looked quietly towards the distant star system.

In less than half a minute,
A colorful spot of light flashed and moved closer through space teleportation.

Cymbidium.

Throne of Glory.

The three insect groups of Baiwei, Hongtao and Nandi...

To Long Bai's surprise, Zeqi and Luoli also came.

And there is the Blue Jacaranda boss!

Why is this guy Zi here again?
"..."

When we met, we greeted each other.
Longbai asked, "Second King, are you here to inspect the work?"

Mo Lan said indifferently: "I'm here to see what level you have reached in your cultivation."

Long Bai said truthfully: "I have learned a little bit from imitating the strength of the warriors of the Gui Locust Tribe led by Qing Yuan and Shi Xia. It will take time to comprehend it in depth."

After Longbai finished speaking, he looked at Zi and Lanying.

Lan Ying explained: "Lord Yiwei successfully obtained a white crystal fruit from the White Crystal Sacred Tree, and Zi and I delivered it to you as soon as possible."

The space in front of Bai Wei shook slightly, and a space-time cube appeared and floated in front of her.

"This is a white crystal fruit of the star level. Great Chief Longbai, do you or Molan need it urgently? If so, you can take it first and return one to me later."

"……Not in a hurry."

"Thank you, President Bai Wei, for your kindness!"

Long Bai declined politely and thanked him politely.

The white crystal fruit at the star level only grants the most basic rebirth ability.

The white crystal fruit of the Sujing realm grants a higher level of 'reincarnation'.

Improving the ability of laws is difficult.

The ability granted by the White Crystal Fruit is fatal if exercised...

You need to constantly experience various forms of death...

If one were to comprehend on his own and want to raise his rebirth ability to the level of reincarnation, he would probably need to go through thousands or even tens of thousands of deaths and rebirths.

This process is painful to think about.

Long Bai has never died in his life and never wants to die.

Longbai and Molan directly ate the white crystal fruit at the Sujing level and skipped this fatal training session.

"Then I won't be polite."

Bai Wei was just being polite, her ninth pupil glared at him, and she quickly packed her things back.

Space ripples,

Another lotus bud floated out.

Thousand-layer lotus.

The lotus petals, as thin as cicada wings, stretch out layer by layer. In the center of the lotus stand is a bean-sized off-white seed with crystal-clear and translucent snow-white force veins.

The dual energy fluctuations of water and life.

God-given seeds!

White crystal god-given seeds!

And it’s not an ordinary white crystal tree.

Lan Ying looked solemn and introduced, "Great Chief Longbai, this is the God-given seed of the White Crystal 4524 tree species cultivated by our Holy Butterfly tribe. The corresponding God-given seeds, with a little guidance at the King level, can guide it to comprehend the ability of 'rebirth'. Starting from the Star Realm, it can produce God-given Force food that specifically strengthens the power of 'rebirth' or even 'reincarnation'."

"In addition, when the ability to comprehend reincarnation reaches a certain level, one can also break away from the life seed and be reborn with the help of the wild white crystal god-given seed. The realm requirement is not high, or even very low. For example, in this daylight sea arena battle, everyone has seen the combination of the master realm white crystal god-given seed and the blue vein master reincarnation power, which gave all participating warriors the opportunity to be reborn."

"For example, the Flame Spider Tribe, which only has one life seed, is in greater need."

"White Crystal 4524 tree species is the most important foundation for our Saint Butterfly tribe to gain a foothold in the universe. The tribe has strict control and ordinary tree species are not allowed to flow out. They are only cultivated in the strictly guarded source star system."

"However, we in the Holy Butterfly tribe have a rule. Any insect that obtains the ability to reincarnate from us will also have the opportunity to purchase a White Crystal No. 4524 God-given Seed."

Lan Ying paused and said, "As for the price... it's fixed at 300 billion original crystals per piece. Compared to its function, this price is not an exaggeration to say that it is a gift. We will charge a symbolic fee for our hard work."

“…It’s not expensive~”

Long Bai understood the situation immediately.

The Baiwei Chamber of Commerce recently purchased a cargo Star Spider, and purchased a large number of Tianqing 42 Star Spiders for interstellar travel and commercial use. They owed hundreds of billions of installments and needed to repay them regularly. This white crystal god-given seed must be purchased, but they cannot take out so many original crystals for the time being.

Long Bai looked at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei asked tentatively, "Captain Longbai, can you lend me some?"

Longbai didn't say much, just waved his tentacles to signal, opened the Star Network account, and transferred 300 billion to Lanying.

"Ok!"

Lan Ying said straightforwardly: "Then everything will be settled for Zi and I'm on this trip."

Longbai looked at Zi.

purple:"……"

Longbai asked, "Zi, you didn't eat a single white crystal fruit?"

"Of course I ate."

Zi said depressedly: "It is also at the Star Realm level, and needs to comprehend the power of reincarnation on its own. Just after I finished eating, the Winged Overlord ordered me to experience different types of death first..."

"Decapitation, death through the head, burning with high temperature flames, freezing with frost, electrocution and bombing with various lightning powers... They kept dying in different ways. After dying a thousand times in a row, the insect was about to collapse."

"Forehead--"

Bai Wei couldn't stand it and asked, "So, what's the effect? ​​Zi, how is your ability improved?"

Zi: "It has some effect. I have realized a little bit of the power of 'death'."

Bai Wei: "That's good..."

Zi: "Through continuous real death, I comprehended the power of death, which can be regarded as an offensive power derived from the ability of rebirth. The Winged Overlord is guiding me to integrate this power into the 'Purple Sun' and evolve it into an ability similar to the 'Sinking Sea' but completely different."

Mo Lan's eyes lit up, and she asked with great interest: "So, Zi, what about your 'Purple Sun' ability? How has it improved? Show us."

Zi hesitated for a moment, then gently flapped its wings, and its body disintegrated into thousands of red, purple, and black butterflies, flapping their wings and moving away from the other insects.

The group of butterflies exploded into a cloud of white smoke, which spread and turned into a large area of ​​​​fog.

A purple-red sun appeared in the smoke, emitting light and heat. Countless purple butterflies flew out from the purple sun, dancing gracefully, and then exploded with a loud bang.

——An attack evolved from the Umbrella Bird's ability.

then,

Countless purple high-energy light beams burst out and hit the dark space.

——The attack ability of the light talent.

The next moment, all the light suddenly disappeared, endless darkness enveloped the space, and the star system that was originally not far away disappeared.

——Dark Rose.

In the dark and weightless environment, the eerie force of death permeates.

——The power of death.

It lasted for two or three seconds.

The purple sun lit up again, then exploded and disappeared. Zi's figure appeared and flashed back to the insects.

"I have only just started practicing light and death power, and I haven't even comprehended the Sea of ​​Sinking. I can only achieve this level now, which is not even a semi-finished product."

Zi sighed and said, "It's too difficult. Take Lan Ying for example. It takes at least three thousand years of hard work to achieve some success."

“That’s pretty impressive!”

"You have made some achievements in just three thousand years. You will surely be able to fight in the Daylight Sea Arena eighty thousand years from now!"

"Water and fire dual elements? That makes up for the two fatal flaws of the Sunken Sea, which is that the single water element is easily restrained and has insufficient attack power."

"Zi, I'll teach you. If you integrate the power of source fire into it, it will definitely be amazing!"

"Do you have the ability of source fire? If you learn the fire ability that Molan used in the battle against Bixue Longli, and master it, you will definitely have no problem making it into the top 300."

"..."

It can be seen that Zi's 'Purple Sun' ability is very promising, and all the insects come together to help come up with ideas.

Seeing that everyone's theoretical level was not high, Lan Ying couldn't help but say:
"President Bai Wei, and Chief Long Bai, regarding 'rebirth' and 'reincarnation', I think it is necessary to explain it to you systematically."

"The essence of basic 'rebirth' is to use soul bonds, use life seeds as a carrier, leave one's own 'life information' on the life seeds, and leave a 'cocoon' as a 'spare tire'. After the main body dies, the spare tire is activated, the cocoon develops, and it is reborn."

"Reincarnation is complicated. The mystery of reincarnation lies in the recognition and practice of the 'self'. Examine yourself, deeply understand yourself, recognize and sublimate your own existence."

"It can be roughly divided into three stages: In the first stage, 'I' am confined to the Force life form composed of the body, soul, and Force. In this stage, the most I can do is to entrust my information to the life seed and be reborn with the help of the life seed."

"The second stage is to liberate my existence from the Force life form, break away from the constraints of the body and soul, use water as a medium, and integrate my existence into the natural world of the living planet. The specific manifestation is that I can break away from the restrictions of life species and achieve reincarnation with the help of rivers, lakes, and oceans."

"Furthermore, it can be extended to other substances besides water, breaking away from the limitations of water and being able to reincarnate as desired in the world of life."

"The third stage is to expand my existence to the universe and coexist with the laws of the universe. As long as the universe does not perish, my existence will never disappear. Currently, only the Reincarnation Master of our Holy Butterfly tribe has reached this level. The White Crystal Divine Tree, the source of the power of rebirth and reincarnation, has only comprehended a little bit and has not fully entered this level."

——Isn’t it too mysterious?

The insects were a little confused and only half understood what was said.

Bai Wei asked tentatively, "Then, Boss Lan Ying, what you mean is that the Lord of Reincarnation cannot die no matter what? Unless the entire universe is destroyed?"

"That's roughly what I mean, but not absolutely..."

Lan Ying said: "There are many powerful forces in the universe that can erase my existence. The power of reincarnation is not unsolvable and can still be killed."

"What power?"

"He's in the master realm, right?"

"Demigod? True god?"

"No. The third stage still belongs to the realm of domination."

"What about further progress?"

"I no longer know."

"..."

Things are too far away and profound, Lan Ying only knows the theoretical knowledge and cannot explain the details.

The insects chattered for a while.
Molan raised his paw and pointed, asking, "Captain Longbai, are they assembling the mothership over there?"

Long Bai: "Yes. The power system and energy conversion equipment are already in place."

Upon hearing this, the insects' eyes lit up and they became full of energy.

Longbai greeted, "Boss Lanying, Zi, President Zeqi, and President Luoli, it's a rare opportunity for you to come. I will take you to visit the survival mothership that is under construction!"

“Then you must go and see it!”

Lan Ying said happily: "I have seen the survival mothership, but I have never thought about how such a complex structure is built. It is hard to imagine."

“Actually, it’s not that complicated.”

Longbai called out, "Let's go and have a look together!"

...

In a planetary orbit 1.5 million kilometers away from the star, a metal ball that has not yet been fully built orbits the sun, parallel to the Hunan star. It is also located on the star network channel. A simple zero-level cargo star spider can perform the component transportation task.

Guishan and Zisha are commanding 400 technological bugs, busy both inside and outside.

The core power and energy conversion device of the survival mothership has been put in place, and it is necessary to use metal plates that block the flow of energy to assemble and construct a spherical "protective cover".

Pieces of metal plates of standard shapes and sizes are pieced together according to pre-made serial numbers, and then the Zerg warriors use their metal abilities to fuse them into one.

There are two layers inside and outside, and currently only the inner layer is under construction, so it’s not clear how difficult it is.

There is a 100-meter gap between the inner and outer layers, which contains super-complex precision components and system components.

After completion, it will be a sphere with a diameter of 1400 meters, located at the center of the mothership, driving the heart of the mothership.

Long Bai had some understanding, but didn't have the time and energy to study it in detail, so he called Guishan and Zisha over, led the tour and explained it to everyone.

To build a giant with a diameter of 10 kilometers, many tasks must be done by Zerg warriors who have relevant knowledge and abilities. The current 1000 technical Zergs are far from enough, and the progress of the project is very slow.

It is predicted that it will take at least three hundred years to complete.

A brief tour around.
The insects returned to Hunan Star, North 6578 District, introduced themselves to Star Shen'ao, visited the Science and Technology City, and held a grand welcome banquet.

"President Bai Wei, how is the interstellar trade route in the Honeysuckle star system going?"

Long Bai asked.

Bai Wei replied, "The trade route has been planned, and the shops and bases have been initially built. I, Hongtao, Zeqi, Zhuban, Nandi, Heihuai and Xingyunyou, we traveled together and visited all the tribes along the way. It was almost as expected. These tribes have been developing for some time, and their force food sales and procurement channels have long been fixed and difficult to change. For star regions like these that were developed early and are stable in all aspects, we can only slowly endure and accumulate insect veins bit by bit."

Bai Wei said, "Zhuban and Heihuai stayed over there to take charge of the affairs. Chief Longbai, you also need to take some time to go there and build the branch nest."

Molan agreed vigorously, "Yes. Yes. The mothership was built, the project was successfully obtained, and we entered a new field. There are endless things to do, so you have even less time."

Long Bai: "Second King is right. I will go there as soon as possible..."

Long Bai looked at Luo Li and asked curiously, "President Luo Li, is there anything good?"

Luo Li: "I heard some news. There are five source points located in remote areas, about 1400 light years away from the Bauhinia star system and about 1700 light years away from the Ironwood star system. They are distributed in clusters and will be constructed simultaneously as a single project."

"These five source points were all discovered by Tao Zi Tiao Ji Ding. There is one first-level source point, and the other four are all zero-level source points. The ownership and management rights of the first-level source point and two zero-level source points belong to the Tao Zi Tiao Ji Ding tribe. The permanent management rights of the two zero-level source points were transferred to the Luo Li Chamber of Commerce. As a price, the Luo Li Chamber of Commerce needs to fully fund and build all five source point star systems as required."

"This is a big deal, a big project! According to convention, Phoenix Eye will send high-level management from the evolutionary level of the Su Realm, who are above level 16 in the Chamber of Commerce, to be in charge."

"If nothing unexpected happens, these five source points should be under the jurisdiction of the Bauhinia star system. By then, the engineering command center will be located in the Bauhinia star system business district."

"I'll come with you to confirm whether you have the ability to build the 'Molan Survival Carrier'. If so, when can it be completed? If I can make it in time, I will spend some time, use my connections, and inquire about relevant information. If possible, Longbai, I will introduce you to it."

"Understood!"

Long Bai was overjoyed and said, "Then I'll have to trouble President Luo Li..."

The banquet was not just for casual chatting, everyone discussed the Chamber of Commerce affairs.

It is good to have high-level management as an insider in a Level 7 Chamber of Commerce.
The construction of the survival mothership has just begun, and there is news about the corresponding engineering work.

...

The banquet is over,

Lan Ying took Zi with her and left.

Longbai and Baiwei headed to the Honeysuckle star system. (End of this chapter)