Astral Ants

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The string star system,
Baiheteng Star, South 1001 Commercial District, the fourth floor of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters building in Xiange Star Domain, the luxurious palace where the Xiange Lord resides.

Xia Li and Si Shu spoke very quickly and told the story.

"The sacred tree of laws!"

"The dragon cypress ant king who comprehended 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea' last time?"

It was indeed the first time that Lord Xian Ge heard the news. He was even more shocked than Xia Li and Si Shu at the time, and he jumped up directly on the spot.

He leaped in front of Xia Li and Si Shu, and stared at the white snowflake-like patterns on the two insects' carapaces from a close distance.

"Adapting to evolution? Isn't it just about adjusting and optimizing the bloodline?"

"More than that. It is said that there are two paths of development: one is to imitate change, bionics, and creation; the other is to absolutely adapt, absolutely immune, and train and evolve into an immortal divine body."

"Absolute immunity? No wonder! In the last Daylight Sea Arena, the three guys who were immune to the Black Face God's toxin attack all mastered the ability to adapt and evolve, right?"

"Yes!"

"Aren't you on good terms with that ant? Why didn't I tell you earlier? Is this because the relationship isn't there yet?"

"Forehead……"

"This one……"

"Did the White Crystal Divine Tree know about this a long time ago? Lord Xiange, I heard from Chief Longbai that he had already reached an agreement with the White Crystal Divine Tree to exchange laws."

"Chief Longbai has appointed Xia Li and I to be in charge of this matter, and the White Crystal Sacred Tree has also agreed."

"Ok?"

Xian Ge Zhu Zu was stunned for a moment, then he understood what was meant. He tapped his antenna and asked, "I haven't received any news. Yi Wei probably doesn't know, right?"

Si Shu said: "This matter is related to me, but I have never heard the Wing Wei Lord mention it."

"understood."

Xiange Lord said: "Then run faster, Sishu, inform Yiwei to meet up with the eight star systems, and enter the Red Robin Star together to ask the White Crystal Divine Tree to see what specific arrangements it has."

"it is good--"

Sishu was decisive and turned around and left.

Just went out,
With a loud bang, the alloy door closed.

The Xiange Lord returned to the lotus throne in a flash and asked, "Xia Li, have you discussed it? How do you plan to exchange it? How much do you plan to exchange?"

Xia Li replied: "The Great King Cypress Sacred Tree is currently still at the planetary level, and it produces a star-level King Cypress seed every 111 years. The Baiwei Chamber of Commerce is responsible for the transaction, and Xia Li and I are also communicating with President Baiwei."

"President Bai Wei is also trading with the Lizhu star system. The plan is to make a round trip every ten thousand years to trade 20 giant dragon bamboo fruits. He will also trade two other law fruits, rosary beans and peach blossom fruits."

"It is estimated that the transaction volume in the Lizhu Galaxy is 30."

"The Great King Cypress produces 90 Law Fruits in 30 years. Chief Longbai's Xianglan Chamber of Commerce may need to keep 30 for itself. Then, the transaction amount left for our Holy Butterfly Tribe is probably fruits per years."

The Xiange Lord tapped his tentacles frequently, "Ten thousand years, 30, the number is enough..."

Xian Ge Lord changed his tone and reprimanded: "You little bugs are really ignorant. You eat the good things first? Don't you know to bring them to the elders for review first? If you do this, how can we teachers help you?"

"Forehead……"

"Fourth and I were too excited at the time... Chief Longbai asked us to try it first... We didn't think much about it and tried it..."

Xia Li stammered, and asked, "Teacher, you are in the Domination Realm now, can you still use the Law Fruit of the Star Realm?"

"Of course not!"

Xiange Lord said briefly: "Hearing the description, this 'adaptive evolution' is worth me starting over again."

Reincarnation?

Xia Li didn't want to ask too much, so he said in a sonorous voice: "Teacher, the next cypress seed will be harvested in 48 years. I'll go get it for you!"

"it is good--"

Xiange Lord asked: "What is the relationship between the one called 'President Bai Wei' and the ant king called 'Longbai'?"

Xia Li said, "I heard that they knew each other when they were junior soldiers on the mother planet. Doesn't Chief Longbai have a special ability called 'Refining'? This ability can be passed on to the Zuo Wang and the ant colony, and can be promoted on a large scale. They have been cooperating in the refined food trade, one is responsible for production, and the other is responsible for procurement and sales. They make money together, so they have always maintained a close relationship."

"Oh--"

Lord Xiange asked, "What about the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce? Did they also know each other back when they were on their home planet?"

Xia Li replied, "Yes. Moreover, the Ghost King Locust tribe has a law-based sacred tree called 'Ghost King Sophora' on their home planet. As early as when they were on their home planet, they exchanged Ghost King Sophora seeds with King Cypress seeds. In the last Daylight Sea Arena, the several particularly powerful insects that appeared in the Lizhu Merchants, including the Green Blood Dragon Lychee, were all powerful because they ate King Cypress seeds."

"And the first-place winner is the Seven-Colored Flower Mantis Warrior 'Eleven Colors'. He is actually a disguised orchid mantis with the blood of a Seven-Colored Flower Mantis Warrior. His name is 'Molan' and he is in the same group as the Dragon Cypress Ant King and the others."

"Molan is even more amazing. It has awakened the seven-elemental law abilities granted by the Seven-Colored Divine Tree. During the Daylight Sea Arena, it ate the Ghost King Sophora Seeds, King Cypress Seeds, and Dusk Fruits. Combined with its own extraordinary talent, it has extraordinary combat power. Now it has eaten the Giant Dragon Bamboo Fruit and White Crystal Fruit. It has eaten all kinds of law fruits, and its strength is particularly terrifying."

"That mantis...is really not a seven-colored flower mantis!"

Xiange Lord had a serious expression, thinking for a long time, then raised his head and said faintly: "Xia Li, you should do it now and resign from the position of President of the Yanxu Star System Branch. You can decide for yourself who is more suitable, Bai Li or Jin Ke..."

"what?"

Xia Li's six legs went limp and he fell to the ground, wailing, "Master Xiange, I really didn't mean it. As for Wang Baizi... Si Shuyi and I were so happy. Great Chief Longbai urged us to try it, so we tried it without thinking too much. I will set out now, right now, right away, and get one for you!"

"..."

Xiange Lord paused for two seconds, ignored him, and continued: "Who do you think is more suitable between Bai Li and Jin Ke? Promote him to the position of President of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce's Yanxu Star System Branch. You should return to the Xiange Star System, spend more time and effort to confirm your own evolutionary path, hone your abilities, and improve your strength. If you have any questions, you can always come and ask me for advice."

"it is good……"

This is being fired.
Xia Li's heart was bleeding and he felt lost.

He manages a first-level source star system, and is in charge of dozens of Holy Butterfly warriors and hundreds of hired Zerg warriors.

There are also rental shops and territory bugs that you can try to please and make friends with.

The key is to earn more.

The Baijing Chamber of Commerce takes 90% of the operating profit, and uses the remaining 10% to pay salaries and bonuses to its subordinates, and the rest is all its own.

Have status, power, and earn a lot.

The best job in the universe.

Lost it...

Xia Li was unwilling to give up and asked, "Teacher, how about the rent for the Xiange star system? How about arranging a planet for me to help collect the rent?"

Xian Ge Lord said unhappily: "You are just a small warrior in the Star Realm. Why do you want to collect rent from the warriors in the Su Realm?"

Xia Li asked: "Then I am only responsible for exchanging the fruits of laws? This job can only be done a few times in ten thousand years... and... there is no profit, right?"

Lord Xian Ge stared coldly, and the entire hall suddenly became cold.

Xia Li was so frightened that he trembled and lowered his head, not daring to say more.

Xiange Lord: "As I recall, you were very close to the Wartock Tribe?"

Xia Li: "The relationship is okay~"

Xiange Lord: "I will assign you two new tasks..."

"Before that, you should take some time to learn about mining stars, mineral deposits, technological creations, especially starships and star spiders. Spend some time to familiarize yourself with the prices of raw energy materials, and also learn some knowledge about star navigation."

Xiange Lord said: "The first task is, from now on, among the little Saint Butterfly warriors that come out of the mother planet, you should select those who are good at metal-related abilities, smart and eager to learn, and recruit them under your command to guide them in learning scientific and technological knowledge, especially knowledge about mining stars, materials, starships, star spiders, and star navigation."

"At the same time, our Chamber of Commerce operates its own Level 0 Source Points, and you and Four Numbers have also cooperated with Bug to operate many Level 0 Source Points. You can select the smartest ones among the newborn little warriors, organize them, set up a Chamber of Commerce, and guide them to learn various types of knowledge."

"OK--"

Xia Li's mind worked quickly, and he guessed the general intention of Lord Xian Ge as soon as he heard it.

The Baijing Chamber of Commerce is a level ten chamber of commerce that rules the Baijing galaxy. Naturally, the True God has stipulated that the chamber of commerce that rules a galaxy cannot directly participate in the economic trade of the galaxy, and cannot directly engage in the management of zero-level source points and first-level mining stars.

To set up an affiliated chamber of commerce, it would certainly require the use of other insect claws to do something.

Lord Xiange continued, "Second mission, Xia Li, you are responsible for controlling and managing these affiliated chambers of commerce for a period of ten thousand years. The Baijing Chamber of Commerce will allocate 500 million Chaos Stones to you every ten thousand years. You will then purchase first- and second-level energy materials through the affiliated chambers of commerce and build warehouses to stock up..."

500 million Chaos Gems?
That’s 500 trillion!

The amount is enough to scare insects to death!

Xia Li's heart was pounding.

Xian Ge Lord took a look and continued, "Pay attention. Do not concentrate operations in one star region. Disperse them to various star regions. Be careful not to make a single transaction too large. Do your best to avoid causing a sharp rise or fall in material prices and do not disrupt the market order."

"You and other Saint Butterfly warriors should show up as little as possible. Don't show up. Operate behind the scenes and let other Zerg warriors do it. If you must show up, just say that you are privately operating bulk materials and making a profit from the price increase or decrease. Do you understand what I mean?"

"understand!"

Xia Li understood very well and asked: "Teacher, do you mean that our Zerg civilization will soon have a fourth galaxy... appearing?" Xiange Overlord: "Although the True God of Nature is not omniscient and omnipotent, he certainly knows much more than us. The True God of Nature holds the most core inheritance of the Zerg civilization in the old universe, which was released from the mother planet and flowed into the universe."

"If you think about it, it's not hard to understand. There must be enough room for development before the True God of Nature will pass on these crucial inheritances. Look, in the past 100,000 years, there have been both the Law Divine Tree and the ancient divine artifacts. The signal is already very obvious."

Xiange Lord said: "Stockpile materials and build a fleet. Then we can go there and make a small profit, and gain a place in the fourth galaxy."

"Um--"

"We're not doing this to get rich. Xia Li, can you understand?"

"understand!"

Xia Li replied: "The interests of the major star systems are intertwined, and the relationship networks penetrate each other and become one. If we consider the long term, we can avoid the opposition and conflict between the star system forces."

"Yes."

Xian Ge Lord said: "Xia Li, I see that you are very good at inter-insect communication, and you are also quite good at management and trade. The task I have assigned to you is also an important one. Don't let me down."

Xia Li tapped his tentacles vigorously and said, "Teacher, please rest assured. I will never let you down!"

Xiange Lord warned: "Keep it secret. Once this information is made public, the entire galaxy will be in chaos, and the one that will suffer the most will definitely be our Baijing Galaxy. Do you understand?"

Xia Li said in a resounding voice: "Understood!"

Xiange Lord said, "I will also equip you with a leader-class Star Spider, which will make it easier for you to travel and work in the interstellar space. Go downstairs to find Vice President Yun Ke and ask him to arrange it for you."

Xia Li was overjoyed, "Thank you, teacher!"

He waved his claws and said, "Alright. Xia Li, run faster and find the Dragon Cypress Ant King and bring back a King Cypress Seed. The Winged Overlord and I will be waiting for you in the Eight Star System."

"OK……"

Xia Li said, "Teacher, there is one more small matter. To evolve to the Brilliant Realm, the Great Leader Longbai needs World Gems to decorate his nest and gather his energy. He has already borrowed 6000 billion from me and Four Numbers, and he needs to borrow another 6000 billion. If I continue to manage the Yanxu star system, I will have a fixed income and can still borrow. But now... Four Numbers, I and Chong are cooperating to operate the Zero-level Source Point and repurchase the God-given seeds, and the expenses are huge..."

Xiange Lord thought for a moment and said, "Then go find Vice President Yun Ke and withdraw the world gems worth 6000 billion."

...

...

Phoenix Eye Star Region,

In the 4201 area in the north of Fenglun Star, in the eleventh-floor king's nest of the short-handled horn tree, Longbai placed a large-sized fear gem in the center of the dome and another one in the center above the nest room.

There are also newly arrived small pieces of world gems worth 3000 billion. Mo Lan carved them herself and inlaid them around the nest chamber, outlining patterns of flowers, trees, ants and mantises.

The concentration of vital energy of all living beings increased by about two-thirds, barely reaching a usable abundance.

While dormant meditation improves the soul system, the energy of all living beings accompanies the breathing, penetrates the shell, merges into the body, is naturally absorbed by the body, and is then absorbed by the star spots on the forehead as the blood circulates.

The soul system and energy are improved simultaneously, and the efficiency is acceptable.

"Longbai. Longbai."

The god-given seed of the short-handled horn tree called out, "Quercus xia is looking for you."

"Oh~"

Coming here again so soon?

Longbai woke up from hibernation, was confused for two seconds, got up and left the nest, and hurried to the star port.

"Leader Longbai!"

Xia Li stood next to a brown-green star spider, looking very energetic and waving his tentacles to greet them.

"what!"

Long Bai was surprised and scanned with his mental power. On the forehead of the Star Spider, there were the three logos of the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce, the Lord of Xiange, and the Xia Qu insect.

"Boss Xia Li, a leader-level Star Spider? Did Lord Xiange assign it to you?"

"……Yes."

Xia Li was stunned for a moment, then asked in shock: "Captain Longbai, how do you know that I am no longer the president? I just stepped down."

Long Bai: "???"

Xia Li: “…”

They looked at each other in silence.

Xia Que's tentacles flew up, and he gently patted the Star Spider, introducing: "The Overlord of Xiange also arranged for me a leader-class Star Spider with a speed of a thousand times the speed of light, the Cork Oak. I am resigning from the position of president of the Yanxu Star System Branch and will return to the Xiange Star System to focus on improving my abilities."

After Xia Li finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Where's Cai Gang? Didn't he say that he had to wait until the next cypress seed matured before harvesting it?"

Cai Gang is a locust, at the star realm level, and is not allowed to enter the third-level source point, so he has been waiting at the star port...

Long Bai replied, "Molan is going to the Honeysuckle star system to deliver the goods. Cai Gang should go with her, right?"

"Oh--"

Xia Li said, "There are star spiders that go directly to the Honeysuckle star system in this star port, right? The distance is not far, so they should be able to come back soon, right? Chief Longbai, I have something small to discuss with you and Cai Gang."

As he said that, he turned around and dragged out a large spider silk bag from the Star Spider cabin, saying, "The world gem you want is worth 6000 billion. I will get it for you directly."

"Thank you!"

Long Bai thanked him solemnly, and then asked with concern: "You have resigned from the position of president of the Yanxu Star System Branch. Your income has also been cut off, right? Will it be a burden?"

"piece of cake……"

Xia Li said, "Let's go to the territory and talk about it in detail."

Let’s enter the territory of the northern 4201 area of ​​Fenglun Star together.

The reception hall on the first floor of the short-handled horn tree.

Xia Li said: "Xian Ge Lord is also impatient. He wants me to come over and get him a king cypress seed. I have no choice but to let Cai Gang suffer a little."

"..."

Long Bai: "Go talk to Cai Gang yourself."

"it is good!"

Xia Li hesitated for a moment, and the soul energy in his body surged, holding up three layers of shields to block the induction of the surrounding force plants, and said:
"Lord Xiange has assigned me a special, new job. I have to purchase and stockpile first- and second-level energy materials, with a quota of 500 trillion every ten thousand years! I also have to organize a deep space transport fleet. Lord Xiange is not the only Lord in charge of finances in the Holy Butterfly Tribe, and I am not the only smart and reliable butterfly under Lord Xiange. Great Chief Longbai, you are a smart insect, you should understand what this means, right?"

"I roughly understand... the fourth galaxy..."

Long Bai changed his tone to a serious one, a little speechless.

The Great King Cypress is a randomly born Law God Tree, not among the 55 Law God Trees fixed in the Natural God System~
This misunderstanding has become a big deal.

The Holy Butterfly Tribe began to take action.

I'm afraid that there has also been some action in the Lizhu Galaxy.

Looking back, when the news of the birth of the new sacred tree of laws reaches the Dawn Galaxy, there will most likely be some action there as well...

Xia Li was very proud and warned, "Most insects don't understand this, but Chief Longbai must not spread it. Also, keep the news of the Great King Cypress Tree secret as much as possible to prevent other insects from getting interested."

"……OK."

Long Bai was speechless.

Xia Li asked: "Captain Longbai, can you guys also stockpile some materials? Or, you can accumulate resources and upgrade the Molan survival mothership to a level three ship as soon as possible. What does a brand new galaxy lack first? It lacks starships, star spiders, and especially survival motherships!"

"This one……"

"Molan and I have spent too much on the evolution, and funds are tight. Let's think about it later."

Long Bai thought about it carefully and decided not to tell the truth.

If you stockpile raw materials, they will be useful sooner or later.

"It won't take 10,000 or 20,000 years for him to recover, right?"

Seeing that Long Bai was not in high spirits, Xia Li did not try to persuade him any further, and said excitedly:
"My current job has a lot of room for maneuver! I can control trillions, quadrillions, and trillions of capital. When the price of a certain material goes up, I can sell some appropriately. When the price goes down, I can buy more to replenish the inventory. The difference in price is all mine."

"..."

Longbai tapped his antennae and warned, "You have violated the rules. Be careful not to go too far, or you may be punished by the True God of Nature."

"I know."

Xia Li analyzed, "Currently, the Baijing Galaxy has discovered and developed 187 third-level source point star fields, and has built about 60 first-level source point star systems. Among them, the proportion of mining stars is controlled at around 18%, which is about . Our investment of this amount of money will not cause too much waves."

Xia Li changed the subject and said casually: "Actually, the third-level energy metal is the core..."

Ps: I'm stuck. I'm going to skip the business development plot of the Baijing Galaxy. There is also a plot about Longbai participating in the Daylight Sea Arena Battle, but I don't know whether to write it or not. (End of this chapter)