Astral Ants

Longbai didn't expect that the three 'Rain Master' ant eggs would go through nine stages of development and took a full 9 days to cultivate.

The diameter of the ant egg is nearly 5 mm, and it has the breath of the Force when it is born. As expected, it inherits nine types of talents but lacks the most expensive soul system.

Longbai attached great importance to it. He placed the ant eggs in the king's nest, guarded it personally, and directed the worker ants to take care of it.

At the same time, continue to cultivate the second and third batches of "Rain Master" ant eggs.

A set of comparative experiments was designed:
The first batch of three ant eggs did not release pheromones and were left to develop autonomously without interference.

The second batch of three ant eggs were stimulated by pheromones to develop into specialized ants.

The three ant eggs in the third batch were stimulated by pheromones to develop into intelligent ants.

The fourth, fifth and sixth batches of 'Leader' ant eggs were cultivated, and the comparative experimental method was the same as that of 'Rain Master'.

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It took forty days for the first batch of three ant eggs to hatch into larvae. During their growth, they absorbed ten times more Force than ordinary larvae and their growth rate was also slower.

Long Bai arranged to use the system's God-given Force food for feeding.

The growth rate is still slow. After one month of development, it only reaches seven or eight centimeters in length.

Very different from ordinary larvae.
These three larvae are slender, snow-white, can crawl on their own, and have a keen sense of smell and hearing. They also have the ability to chew and eat, and a powerful digestive system.

These larvae do not need to be fed by worker ants. If food is placed in the nest, they will crawl over and eat it themselves.

It is very restless. After eating, it crawls around in the nest, up and down, full of energy.

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The second batch of three ant eggs hatched.

The cypress continues to stimulate the ants with pheromones and develops into large specialized ants.

These larvae are more edible,
If you can eat, you can grow.
The body is slightly bloated and round, and after a month of growth, it reaches a little over 10 cm.

It is extremely smart and quickly learned the full set of pheromone communication. It also seems to have consciousness and is aware of some of the conditions in the ant nest.

At first, they would crawl towards the cypress and ask for food.

Longbai ignored it.
They will take the initiative to run to the entrance of the ant nest to ask the worker ants for food, and soon find that the worker ants' food comes from the blue ants. They simply skip the worker ants and crawl into the nest where the blue ants live to ask the blue ants for food directly.

The most amazing thing is that they got to know the three larvae from the first batch of culture, and naturally took over as the "commander insects", leading the others to crawl, play and forage in groups.

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The third batch of three ant eggs hatched.

According to the design, the cypress continues to develop towards the direction of an intelligent ant through stimulation with pheromones.

These three larvae are even more amazing. They have a greater demand for the Force and only eat Force food. After a month of growth, their body length is only a little over 3 centimeters, but power and life Force patterns begin to emerge on their body surface, and they can even release some basic system capabilities.

These three seemingly petite intelligent "Rain Master" larvae naturally became the "commanding worms" of the larvae team.

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The fourth, fifth and sixth batches of ant eggs hatched in turn.

Very strange,
Rain Master larvae only hang out with other Rain Master larvae.

Leader Larvae only play with Leader Larvae.

The two groups of insects do not interfere with each other and cannot come together.

The cypress has opened six breeding nests on the left and right sides of the king's nest.

The rain master larvae are arranged on the left, and the commander larvae are arranged on the right.

Then add the seventh and eighth batches of 'Rain Master' and 'Commander' ant eggs, and use pheromone stimulation to develop them into 'Intelligent Ants' and 'Giant Ants'.

Larvae develop slowly.

There is nothing else to do with the arborvitae, so just grow more.

Ant eggs outside the experimental group were stimulated by pheromones and developed in the direction of "specialized ants".

As time went by, larvae of all sizes crawled around in groups every day, becoming a scourge in the ant nest. Wherever they passed, the ants retreated.

After four years of development,
The first three larvae of the Intelligent Rain Master reached a length of about 1.2 meters and stopped growing. However, they continued to consume energy, and the energy veins on their bodies continued to increase, almost one every three days, and their basic abilities gradually exceeded .

Having awakened the command ability of the Assistant King, they began to command other worker ants, blue ants, and mountain ants to do things.

Soon after, three giant commander larvae also awakened their command ability. They can command soldier ants, blue soldiers, thunder soldiers, and air soldiers...

Within a few days, the giant leader larvae, surrounded by a team of fighting ants, crawled out of the ant nest and explored the world outside the nest.

Strangely, groups of snow-white larvae roamed in the mountains and forests...

Soon, they discovered the short-handled horn God-given seeds rooted halfway up the mountain and found an ant nest inside the tree trunk.

After exploration, it was confirmed that the ant king's nest was located on the eleventh floor of the tree nest.

The giant leader larvae unceremoniously led the other larvae and occupied the tenth-level nest chamber.

The mantis was driven out.

After receiving the notification, the giant rainmaker larvae led the worker ants, green ants and mountain ants to come and transform and rebuild the nest chamber.

Then they were horrified to find that the king of the eleventh floor was driven out by the mantis...

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It took eight years.

The size of the Rain Master larvae and the Leader larvae cultivated in the first and fourth batches without pheromone stimulation was fixed at about 3 meters.

The second and fifth batches of larvae of the Rain Master and the Commander, which were developed into specialized ants under the guidance of pheromones, have reached a length of 4.5 meters and are still growing. It can be predicted that they will develop into giant ants of extraordinary size.

On the contrary, the six intelligent rain master ant larvae and six giant commander ant larvae carefully cultivated by Longbai, their body size was fixed at 6 to 6 meters, and they had not grown for four years. They took in a large amount of nine-series God-given Force food, and their seemingly tender skin was covered with Force veins, and the number of basic abilities they mastered exceeded 1.2.

Their Force talent broke through the bloodline boundary of Longbai's poor talent and reached a level above the average.

The soul is strong and mental power begins to develop.

It can also be predicted that these 12 assistant kings have innate potential far beyond any previous assistant kings, and even surpass most Zerg warriors.

Moreover, their intelligence develops very fast and their desire for knowledge is very strong.
These 12 assistant kings first took the initiative to learn from other specialized ants, understand the world, learn characters and writing, knowledge of animals and plants, and basic knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences.

Specialized ants have limited knowledge.

They began to actively follow the juniper, cedar, giant cedar, juniper and other auxiliary kings and learn from them.

As knowledge increases and cognition improves, the mind matures rapidly.

The larvae of the intelligent rainmaker ants have learned to release their abilities to assist plant growth, help refine food, and begin to follow the work and direct the work of the ant colony.

The giant leader ant larvae go out of the nest together every day, crawl to the training ground behind the mountain, practice their combat capabilities, and even mobilize combat ants to practice combat formations...

This stunned all the insects in Xianglan Mountain, led by Longbai.

"My king, can we give these 12 assistant kings some names? It will be easier to greet them."

Under the azure tree by the lake, Spade suddenly proposed.

These intelligent rain ant larvae have their own personalities and preferences. Two of them are particularly interested in plants and have become the regular followers of Spade and Bicolor Chamomile, crawling behind them every day.

"It's time to have a name..."

Longbai nodded his tentacles in agreement, and his soul-fixing ability unfolded. He sent a group message: [Everyone come over here, let's name the new Zuo King]

On the eleventh floor of the Short-Handled Horn Tree, Mo Lan, who had just been resurrected and was recovering from dormancy, arrived at the scene in a flash.

When the other assistant kings received the news, they all used their abilities to rush over.

The juniper and the cedar each received a larva of the wise rainmaker.

Xingyun Laimeng is in charge of the refining of Force food in Xianglan Mountain. There is food, and two particularly greedy Intelligent Rain Master larvae are following it to learn the refining ability.

The giant cypress and the green cypress each led a giant leader larva.

Juniper arrived last, carrying four giant leader larvae on its carapace...

When the Creator Civilization designed and manufactured the Throne of Domination, it defined the "Commander" as the commander in the field of war.

The 'giant soldier ants' of the giant-headed ant tribe are also positioned as full-time warriors.

The combination of the two makes these giant leader larvae have a very obvious warlike nature, and they prefer to follow Juniper, who is stubborn, reckless and impulsive.

At first, all six larvae followed the juniper, but the arborvitae intervened and gave two to the giant cypress and the green cypress. As soon as they met, the two little guys happily came to the juniper and greeted it warmly.

"..."

Long Bai got a headache just looking at it.

Molan was the first to speak, muttering, "A month ago, I was wondering whether I should name these little guys..."

All eyes were focused on Molan.

Molan asked, "According to the rules, they belong to the seventh generation of Zuo Wang, right?"

The ants flicked their antennae.

Molan: "Then start with seven? Horse chestnut tree? Seven-leaf flower?" "..."

The ants shook their antennae.

Spade reminded: "Report to the Second King, we have a spider friend named 'Seven Leaves', and we are still in touch with him."

"Yep."

Molan looked around, pointed to a clump of wild grass with golden flowers in full bloom not far away, and asked, "Euphrasia officinalis?"

"..."

All eyes turned to Longbai.

Longbai: "Very good. This is a good name. Who among you will take it?"

Seeing no response,
Longbai raised his claws and pointed at the larva behind the giant cypress, saying, "This is it, the Senecio radiata."

"That's a good name. Train him well and send him to the Daylight Sea battlefield in the future. If you rank in the top 300, you will get a Dusk Fruit and awaken your light talent."

Mo Lan boasted, turned her claws, pointed at the larva behind the cypress next to her and said, "Thousand Mile Thunder Bamboo."

Then he pointed at the four giant leader larvae on the juniper carapace and said, "Thousand-mile Wind Kite, Thousand-mile Pyracantha, Thousand-mile Earth Tea, Thousand-mile Golden Thorn."

The six combat-type assistant kings have been named.

Molan paused, pointed at the Zhihuayu Master larva beside Heitao, and said, "Qianlimu."

Pointing to the larvae on the carapace of the bicolor chamomile, he said, "Qianli Shuiyun."

"Okay, we have used up all the names of the seven elements."

Molan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's use the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter."

After that, he pointed at the larva behind the cedar and said, "Qianli Chunyu."

Pointing to the larva behind the juniper, he said, "Thousand Miles of Summer Piao."

Facing the two larvae on the left and right sides of Xingyun Lai Meng, he pointed out: "Qianli Qiufeng, Qianli Dongkui? Winter melon will also work."

Xingyun Laimeng hurriedly said: "The Second King is mighty! Winter sunflower is good! Winter melon is fine~"

"Okay! The naming is complete."

Molan raised his antennae and asked:

"Do you have anything else to do? If not, I'll get busy."

"Nothing."

"Second King, please~"

"..."

Molan leaves.

There was silence for two seconds,
Xingyun Laimeng asked, "My king, do you want to train 12 more seventh-generation assistant kings? According to the plan, when President Bai Wei returns from the Lizhu Star System, we will open up the fourth and fifth interstellar trade zones around the secondary source point. By then, we will also need a large number of professional ants to go to the various branch nests."

Juniper immediately agreed, "Your Majesty, we still need more assistant kings to take turns. The assistant kings serving in various planets should return to Xianglan Mountain regularly for vacation."

Longbai had an idea a long time ago. From observation, the larvae of the Wise Rain Master were all pretty good, but the larvae of the Giant Commander...

One juniper is enough to give insects a headache, what if you grow a bunch of them...

can not imagine!

Longbai asked, "Jubai, what do you think of Senecio?"

Jubai said without hesitation: "He is aggressive by nature, but that's not a problem. He is very smart and can be trained to be a legion commander who is good at fighting and proficient in war command through acquired education."

"Yes! Yes!"

Juniper tapped its antennae vigorously and suggested, "My lord, the larval stage is a critical period of development. Feed them more God-given black lotus seeds and they will become smarter. Smart insects won't do stupid things."

"it is good--"

"Then train 12 more seventh-generation assistant kings."

Longbai made up his mind and followed up with a lesson: "Juniper, Spade, the two of you should stop wandering around all day and concentrate on comprehending your abilities. Go back and get the Giant Dragon Bamboo Fruit and the White Crystal Fruit, and improve the star core ability as quickly as possible to achieve a breakthrough. After we move to the third-level source star system, the Second King and I can't keep guarding it, so the two of you have to follow us."

"understand!"

"I understand, Your Majesty!"

Juniper and Spade clanged in agreement.

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It took 14 years.
The first batch of three rain master larvae that were cultivated without the guidance of pheromones were the first to spin silk and make cocoons.

The three leader larvae cultivated in the fourth batch then spun cocoons.

Another year passed,
The three rain-master ants were the first to emerge.

Brilliance level,
It is over three meters long and is even more robust than the special ant. It has an exceptionally strong physique and is dark in color. There are star spots on its carapace that indicate its abilities. Probably because it controls the throne, there are still blue rings on its abdomen.

Long Bai immediately led them to the training ground behind the mountain for a test of their abilities.

These Rain Master Ants inherited most of the abilities of the Dragon Cypress elemental system and system, including various multi-system combination abilities, and even inherited some characteristics of the law abilities.

It tends to be auxiliary, and its key abilities such as Refining, Mark of Prosperity, Tranquility, and Fountain of Life can all exert a power equivalent to 40% to 50% of that of Dragon Cypress. It is particularly good at water abilities, and can exert a power equivalent to 60% to 70% of that of Dragon Cypress.

A month later, three leader ants emerged from the womb.

Similarly, it has inherited all the abilities of Longbai relatively completely, and is more inclined towards combat, being able to exert a power equivalent to 50% of Longbai. Similarly, it is particularly good at water-related abilities.

From a biological perspective, the brains of these rain-master ants and leader ants are more developed than those of the digitized ants. From a spiritual level, the digitized ants are more solid.

The soul does not derive spiritual power and is ultimately only a half-Force life.

Stronger self-awareness, independence, learning ability, and logical thinking ability.

It has a certain ability to command other ants, including specialized ants, and can replace the assistant king or assist the assistant king in doing some command work.

The Ant Kingdom has a new commanding ant species that is between the assistant king and the specialized ants.

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Two years later,

The 12 assistant kings successively spun cocoons and emerged into the world.

He was born as a 1st-year-old high-level warrior, with innate awakening of the seven elements and system talents, and inherited almost all of Long Bai's abilities except 'Boundless Mountains and Seas, Infinite Realm' and 'Blessings of the Star Gods'.

Long Bai personally led and guided the students in their studies.

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It took 21 years.
The second and fifth batches of cultured specialized rain-master ant larvae and specialized leader ant larvae, which were stimulated by pheromones to develop into specialized ants, began to spin cocoons.

An extra-large ant cocoon that is more than nine meters long and five meters in diameter.

It took another two years before it was born.

The adult body length ranges from 11 to 13 meters, which is very large.

He has a big head and looks silly, but his IQ is actually no lower than that of a normal Zuo Wang.

He also inherited most of Long Bai's abilities except for 'Boundless Mountains and Seas, Infinite Realm' and 'Blessings of the Star Gods', and can exert 80% to 90% of their power.

He is particularly good at water-related abilities, and can exert a power almost identical to that of Longbai.

Its lifespan is not much different from that of the cypress, exceeding a million years.

Similarly, they can command other ants, and after training, they can perform various command tasks.

But they are too big.

There are various inconveniences in daily management work, and the specialized rain ant is not very easy to use.

Specialized rain master ants cannot be cultivated, but ordinary rain master ants are fine.

If there is a war, specialized commander ants will definitely come in handy.

The organization of combat ants can be slightly adjusted. The assistant king will command the large army, which can be divided into corps and small corps, commanded by specialized commander ants and commander ants.

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Four new ant species have been added to Longbai’s ant kingdom: leader ants, rain master ants, specialized leader ants, and specialized rain master ants.

Among them, the most useful is the rain-master ant.

Longbai went to live in the Hailan star system permanently and began to cultivate rain ants on a large scale. After special teaching and training, they were assigned to various districts.

The management model of operating the life planet has undergone a disruptive change.

The King Zuo only needs to manage the rain ants, assign tasks to them, and inspect their work regularly.

Led by the Rain Master Ant, they command the green ants, worker ants and mountain ants to reclaim and manage the forest.

In this way, the command ability of a single assistant king is increased a thousand times, and a single assistant king can command the ant colony to carry out intensive cultivation of territories in thousands of districts.

Correspondingly, managing a life planet only requires a small investment of resources and can yield huge returns. (End of this chapter)