Astral Ants

If you think about it carefully, Lord Manchi’s path to evolving into a true god is almost dead end.

The insects below didn't know what to say for a moment.

...

Lord Manchi took the initiative to change the topic and said, "When our Amber Merchant Guild left the Lizhu Galaxy, the Holy Butterfly Tribe's chieftain, Tianlu, led his tribe to discover a new galaxy, which was officially named the 'White Crystal Galaxy'. I wonder how far the White Crystal Galaxy has developed now?"

"It's going very well and smoothly! The reclamation of the White Crystal Galaxy has come to an end."

Long Bai said: "We have a good relationship with the Holy Butterfly Tribe, and the White Crystal Divine Tree has personally guided my growth and evolution. I have shared the information about the Amber Galaxy with them. If nothing unexpected happens, the fleet led by the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce will arrive within 4500 years. They have brought a huge amount of the most scarce energy materials in the Amber Galaxy!"

"Oh!"

"is it?"

“That’s something I’m really looking forward to!”

Lord Manchi asked, "Is Tianlu leading the team personally? What level has he comprehended in his reincarnation power?"

Long Bai: "This..."

Longbai: "I'm sorry, but I'm small and weak, so I'm not qualified to meet the Lord of Reincarnation."

Long Bai: "The leading Saint Butterfly Warriors are named Sishu and Xia Li. If you want to ask about their evolutionary level, ability realm, and combat strength, you will definitely be disappointed. They are almost at the trash level..."

Long Bai gave a detailed introduction to Sishu and Xia Li, as well as the situation of the fleet, and gave a general introduction to the development of the Baijing Galaxy.

Enter the chat mode and chat while eating.

Ang Tianlian is quite familiar with the Lizhu and Dawn galaxies, and explained in detail the development of these two galaxies over the past three million years.

It took five days and five nights to explain the whole thing roughly.

At last,
Manchi Lord took the initiative to say: "Captain Longbai, your fleet is coming here, whether it is to build a star system or mobilize your warriors to search the starry sky for the source, you need a life planet to rest and recuperate, and logistical supplies, right?"

"Yes!"

Finally getting to the point.

Long Bai said politely: "I hope to get some help and support from Lord Manchi."

"Absolutely."

Lord Manchi agreed generously and waved his tentacles. The light in the living room dimmed, and the light and shadows twisted and flowed. The light ability created a holographic projection, and a star field and a star system appeared in front of the insects.

"This is the Lingxiao star system we are building. The Force concentration is 3.2, and the design is to have 22 life planets and 16 mining planets. The project is led by Chief Zhao Yebai, who leads 5000 troops, and has been under emergency construction for years. Just five hundred years ago, the news was sent back that the star had been built and successfully returned to its position. The surrounding materials are abundant, and the life planets and mining planets are being built quickly."

"Captain Longbai, your Xianglan Chamber of Commerce. Captain Shield, your Citi Chamber of Commerce, and... Baiwei Chamber of Commerce? Each of your three chambers of commerce can occupy a planet as a base for development."

"I understand that you hurried here to search for the source of the mark. Therefore, I will not force you to participate in the construction of the star system. I will directly find Chief Zhao Yebai and arrange a ready-made life planet for you. Of course, the work of reclaiming the planet still needs to be done by you."

Upon hearing this, the insects below the seat jumped up excitedly.

"Thank you, Lord Manchi!"

"Lord Manchi is generous!"

"Lord Manchi has such a magnanimous demeanor that he is worthy of being the fourth great Lord alongside the three great Lords of Time and Space, Dragon Bamboo, and Samsara!"

"..."

The insects couldn't help but express their joy and thanks and praise.

The Manchi Lord calmly waved his claws to indicate that you are welcome, and added: "The Lingxiao star system can provide you with a place to settle down and logistical supplies. If you need starship repair or construction, you can come to the Manchi star system. My digital life and intelligent machines can do it for free. However, you need to find a way to get the materials yourself. You must know that the new star system is most in need of energy materials."

"Ok!"

Long Bai agreed: "Thank you in advance~"

"Um--"

The eyes of the Manchi Lord turned, light and shadow flashed, and the holographic projection jumped, and another mass of matter appeared.

Manchi Lord raised his claws, tapped the Space-Time Cube lightly with his toes, and said:

"Captain Longbai, this location, numbered 074008001, is a secondary source point and is given to you. There are ready-made gaseous planets, gaseous matter masses, planets, meteorites, and interstellar dust masses nearby. It is very easy to cultivate a secondary source point star system. The only drawback is that the Force concentration is only 2.1, which is a bit low. Don't be disgusted. I think it should be enough to build it as a temporary rooting territory and logistics supply base for your subsequent large forces in the Amber Galaxy."

"Contact Chief Zhao Yebai and ask him to take you there when he has time, remove the mark, and transfer ownership of the origin point."

Hearing this, Long Bai was delighted again. He tried his best to suppress the joy in his heart, raised his antennae, and said solemnly: "Thank you, Lord Manchi!"

"It's just a secondary source point. You're welcome."

Manchi Lord waved his tentacles nonchalantly, and said in a sincere tone:
"You are the first to arrive and the first to send blessings and support to our Amber Chamber of Commerce. I should respond in kind. This is all I should do. I also look forward to everyone working together in the future to build the Amber Galaxy into a prosperous galaxy like the Dawn and Lizhu Galaxy."

Mo Lan said fiercely: "Master Manchi, please rest assured. With us here, the Amber Galaxy will definitely become the most prosperous galaxy in the natural god system, surpassing the Dawn, Lizhu, and Baijing galaxies! According to my observation, the Amber Galaxy is in an excellent location and has a first-mover advantage. In the future, when there are more galaxies, the Amber Galaxy has a great chance of becoming the star navigation hub and trade center of the Zerg civilization."

"Ha~ha~"

Lord Manchi said happily: "Chief Molan has a far-sighted vision!"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Manchi, it's not that I'm greedy, I have another, not very appropriate request..."

The Manchi Lord flicked his tentacles, signaling him to speak directly.

Long Bai explained: "The situation is like this. In the Baijing Galaxy, we were adventuring in the sky and found a starship relic from the old universe era. A vassal of the Star God Alliance, a technological civilization called Pei Diernan, whose ruler was called Ao Xing Shen.

Because it had received the news of the impending destruction of the universe in advance, it escaped into the void outside the universe and luckily avoided the destruction. However, due to insufficient preparation, its body collapsed and its soul dried up. Only its thoughts and consciousness remained, which were stored in the 'Palen Scepter' made of the Law God Stone..."

Upon hearing the word "technological civilization", Lord Manchi's eyes sparkled and he became very interested.

Upon seeing this, Long Bai took out a knowledge compass, and directly summarized some information about the contact between Star God Ao and the artist, as well as the White Tower Civilization and the Star God Alliance, and handed it over to Lord Manchi.

"Xingshen'ao needs a mining star with a special structure located at the third-level source point for reincarnation. So, I wonder if it would be convenient to lend us a mining star in the Lingxiao star system."

Manchi Lord quickly read the information from the knowledge compass, his eyes flashing red. He pondered for a long time and said proudly, "No need to borrow! You can just occupy one. A mining star with a special structure? You want to build it yourself? It's not urgent, right? Then I'll arrange for Zhao Yebai to reserve a mining star for you."

After that, he continued, "I also have two conditions that are not too demanding: First, Xing Shen Ao needs to give me a copy of the theories and technical knowledge it has in the field of science and technology; second, in the future, I may need to launch some scientific experiment projects or scientific and technological construction tasks, and I hope Xing Shen Ao can provide full support."

Long Bai also readily agreed: "Of course, no problem!"

"Very good! It's settled then!"

The Lord of Manchi raised his claws and waved them lightly.

A metal box flew out from the passage at the back of the hall and landed lightly on the metal table in front of Long Bai. It opened automatically, revealing two thick stacks of knowledge compasses.

"This is a detailed star map of the Amber Galaxy that I observed and made. It details the star regions that our Amber Merchants have explored in the past 30 years, as well as the source points that have been discovered, marked, and numbered. This information will be of great use to you in your exploration and search for the source points. I give it to you as a gift."

“It’s so useful!”

Long Bai was delighted and was still thinking about how to ask for it tactfully, but the other party actually gave it to him on his own initiative.

With a detailed star map, we can avoid many detours when searching for the source later.

The Manchi Lord waved his claws again.
An intelligent robot in the form of a colorful flame spider stepped forward.

"This is Tang Lingsan, a personal guard of the Tang tribe under my command. Great Chief Longbai, your team has come from afar, you can enter the life planet to rest first. If you have any questions, you can ask Tang Lingsan. If you have any needs, just tell him to arrange it. If you have any major questions, you can also communicate with me remotely through Tang Lingsan."

"I'm done resting. You can tell Tang Lingsan to accompany you to the Lingxiao star system at any time. He will pass on my instructions. You just need to take over the planets and source points I give you."

"Zhao Yebai is a logistics manager. He has a calm personality and is easy to talk to. If you need anything when you get to the Lingxiao star system, just look for him."

"Ok!"

"Our team really needs a break."

"Then we won't bother Lord Manchi."

The insects thanked again.

"Dear guests, please follow me."

The intelligent robot named Tang Lingsan led the way out of the palace, returned to the square, boarded an intra-system starship, and headed to the next life planet to arrange accommodation.

Molan controlled the Glorious Throne and carried Longbai back to the Taber, where he reunited with the insects and explained the situation in detail.

After cheering, they entered the Manchi star system together to eat and rest.

Hunt animals, collect fruits, refine and process them into white and blue refined beads, store them in the Shanglu space, and freeze them.

After carefully studying the star map, Long Bai tried to communicate with Tang Lingsan.

"Tang Lingsan, besides the Manchi Overlord, are there no other Zerg warriors in this star system?"

"No more. Everyone is busy, scattered across the starry sky, doing various jobs."

"There are 12 life-bearing planets in the Manchi star system. Theoretically, a little warrior will be born every 15 years or so, right?"

"No. The protection power of the True God of Nature has not yet been deployed. The probability of Zerg warriors and Force plants being born in the Manchi star system is extremely low, which is at the normal level of the universe. It is even lower than the probability of birds and beasts giving birth to Force life forms."

"Oh--"

"The protective power of the True God of Nature? Spread it out?"

"The tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature is currently rooted in the 'Amber Star System' close to the central star field of the galaxy. In that place, the probability of Zerg warriors and Force plants being born is much higher."

"Understood……"

Long Bai moved his tentacles.

It is not difficult to guess that the tree-shaped clone of the natural true god needs to grow up, the star network needs to be built, and the star network needs to connect the universe, so that the divine power can spread and protect the divine tree civilization.

Long Bai continued to ask: "The Amber Chamber of Commerce has been operating the star system for 50 years? According to the star map, it has only built 8 third-level source star systems? Isn't it too slow?"

Tang Lingsan replied: "Insufficient equipment, insufficient materials, and insufficient insect power have led to slow progress. It took 3 years to build the Amber Galaxy and nearly 30 years to explore the galaxy. It took 7 to years to build the other source star systems."

Long Bai asked: "How many warriors does the Amber Merchant Guild have? What is the size of the fleet? Can you tell me?"

Tang Lingsan replied: "For the expedition to the star sea, a total of 12 peak-level warriors of the Su Realm were dispatched, one Amber flagship, two fortress ships, six conventional survival motherships, three comprehensive supply ships, and three industrial ships."

"Oh……"

Long Bai tapped his tentacles.

The fleet is quite large, but the number of Zerg warriors is too small.

Long Bai thought for a moment and asked again, "Lord Manchi's intelligent machines are divided into many teams? Are you from the Tang tribe?"

"Yes."

Tang Lingsan said proudly: "Tang, Bing and Ji are the personal guards of Lord Manchi and are the most trusted. Our Tang tribe is mainly responsible for logistics management. The name contains the official word "Tang", and we are the most trusted senior management of Lord Manchi, responsible for important tasks such as delivering orders, mobilizing troops, and collecting information..."

...

Lord Manchi is extremely magnanimous and does not set too many confidentiality restrictions on the intelligent machines under his command.

Tang Lingsan will answer every question.

After some inquiries,

Long Bai has a more detailed understanding of the Amber Galaxy, the Amber Chamber of Commerce, and the digital life and intelligent machine teams under the command of Lord Manchi.

Tang Lingsan responded to every request and mobilized a combat corps to help collect food, and also provided 60 billion raw crystals in stock for free.

After half a month of rest and preparation,
Long Bai and his party finally bid farewell to Lord Manchi, and the Taber carried Tang Lingsan to the Lingxiao star system.

...

1.7 light years away.

It took eight years to arrive.

...

A new star burning brightly.

Two-tier track,

The inner layer is the orbit of life planets, which surrounds five planets, one of which has only been initially cultivated and has some green spots.

One layer outward is the mining planet orbit, with two planets and a large number of engineering intelligent machines busy at work.

About 87 light-years away from the mass of matter, a survival mothership with a diameter of 10 kilometers was hovering, emitting a hazy white light.

By observing with the Sunburn ability, you can see engineering ships of different sizes speeding back and forth, and vaguely see the busy figures of Zerg warriors.

The Amber Chamber of Commerce had no flame spiders, no "interstellar gate" to transport materials. They used the most clumsy method to compress the collected materials into a certain volume of asteroids, then controlled the objects with the force, aimed at the direction, moved and drifted towards the source, and accelerated until it reached 0.1 times the speed of light.

It took eight or nine hundred years for the collected materials to float over, and the star system would then send insects to pick them up, collect them, and build life stars and mining stars.

…Tapper approached the star system, observed and searched.

The soul-fixing ability senses and locks onto the soul of a powerful master.

The leader of the Wanglixu Armor tribe, Zhao Yebai, is personally leading 10 of his fellow warriors at the peak of the Su realm to use their abilities to intercept a planet with a diameter of over 3000 kilometers that is approaching at high speed...

Molan controlled the Glorious Throne and carried all the insects, teleporting through space.

Long Bai and his group of insects worked together to control the meteorite to slow down and stop.

"Tang Lingsan? These Zerg warriors are..."

"The first batch of distinguished guests to arrive at the Amber Galaxy. This is the Longbai leader of the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce! This is the Shield Pillar leader of the Citi Chamber of Commerce..."

Tang Lingsan introduced them one by one mechanically without any emotion.

"Meet Chief Zhao Yebai!"

"Meet Lord Zhao Yebai!"

Long Bai and his group greeted.

Tang Lingsan raised his left front paw, and a stream of black energy gathered into a ball, then dispersed into spots and hit the foreheads of Zhao Yebai and the infantry armor warriors who were coming behind him.

Special way of delivering information.

"..."

"!!!"

"The sacred tree of laws!"

"Adapt to evolution!"

"What a great ability~"

After a brief moment of confusion and daze, the Amarisuk infantry warriors led by Zhao Yebai came to their senses, recalled the situation, and were inexplicably surprised.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
All eyes were focused on Long Bai.

Zhao Yebai raised his antennae, his eyes were burning, and he called out, "Captain Longbai! Welcome to the Amber Galaxy! Welcome to the Lingxiao Star System!"

"I've met the leader Long Bai!"

"Welcome, Chief Longbai!"

The other soldiers greeted him one after another.

"Thank you."

"polite."

Greet each other.

In this distant and silent deep space galaxy, I haven't seen any strange insects or communicated with them in three million years, so they look very familiar.

Zhao Yebai was full of enthusiasm. He greeted Molan, Shield Pillar, Angtianlian and other insects again, then turned around and ordered his soldiers to deal with the newly intercepted planet first. He personally greeted and led Longbai and his party to fly to the only cultivated life planet.

A simply built mountain-like palace that blends in with the mountains.

Fresh food treats,

Chat and inquire about the situation of the three major star systems: Liming, Lizhu and Baijing.

Zhao Yebai then introduced to Long Bai the construction situation on their side: there were not enough Zerg warriors, they lacked spatial abilities, and the progress of the project was far from ideal.

After all the gossip,

Zhao Yebai said formally: "According to the arrangement of the great leader Manchi, if nothing unexpected happens, I will be in charge of the Lingxiao star system in the future, managing the 14 secondary source points and 137 primary source points in the star field. The life planet under my feet is called 'Zhao Yebai Star', and it will be my settlement planet in the future."

"Only five life planets have been built so far. Excluding the one under our feet... the other four, Chief Longbai, you can choose yourselves?"

"……it is good!"

Long Bai said: "It seems that there is not much choice."

"Haha. Yeah."

Zhao Yebai asked, "Where is the mining star?"

Long Bai: "As for the mining planet, we have to wait until the Chamber of Commerce fleet arrives before considering it. This mining planet has a special function and requires a large amount of metal materials to be collected and constructed in a special way. I'm afraid it will be very troublesome and cannot be done in a short time."

"learn!"

"I'll leave you a spot on a mining planet."

Zhao Yebai stood up and said, "Captain Longbai, let's go to the life planet first."

"it is good!"

Longbai agreed.

...

The conditions of the 4 life planets are not very good.

It was built in too short a time, and the surface was covered with magma. Water vapor mixed with interstellar dust formed thick black clouds in the sky that blocked out the sun, and there were lightning and thunder.

“This is it!”

"We, the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, will choose this planet!"

Molan manipulated the Glorious Throne, carrying all the insects, and randomly landed on a desolate planet. He asked politely, "Chief Zhao Yebai, is this planet named?"

Zhao Yebai: “No——”

"great!"

Molan solemnly announced: "Then we will name it 'Xianglan Star'. In the future, our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will be headquartered in the Amber Galaxy."

Molan: "Everyone, follow the rules. The planet of Baiwei Chamber of Commerce should be named 'Baiwei Star' or 'Huangtao Star'?"

Wuju asked tentatively: "What do you think of 'Wuju Star'?"

E Lan was a little speechless and said, "Nonsense. President Bai Wei will beat you to death. Follow the rules and name it 'Bai Wei Star'."

"it is good!"

Molan: "Then the planet of the Citibank Chamber of Commerce must be..."

Tengluo rushed to say: "Shield Pillar Star! The Shield Pillar Ancestor is eternal and immortal!"

Shield Pillar didn't want to be flattered, and said indifferently: "Let's name it 'Citistar'."

Molan: "Okay! That's settled then! Let's go, transform the planet! My king, now's your chance to show off your extraordinary strength! Let's go!"

The Glorious Throne carried the insects at a low altitude, conducted a brief inspection, and finally stopped at the North Pole of the planet.

The original energy surged in Long Bai's body, and the world's energy expanded along with his mental power.

Infinite mountains and seas, limitless true realm.

A red sun slowly rises from the horizon, illuminating the glaciers and snowfields.

The temperature on this planet, which originally had a temperature of 400 to 500 degrees, suddenly dropped to dozens of degrees below zero.

Black hail crashed to the ground, and the turbid and dark sky quickly cleared up.

The mental strength is fully developed.

The Mountain and Sea Realm expanded rapidly, covering the entire planet.

The cold wind howled, and extremely cold air swept across the entire planet.

Led by Molan, all the insects took action, each using their water-based frost and fog abilities to assist, and a chilly aura filled the entire planet.

The world's abilities overlap with the real world, and the abilities influence and transform the world.

The floating water vapor carried the dust, turned into solid ice and fell to the ground.

It is then quickly melted by the high temperature of the earth and turned into rising water vapor.

Then the cold air turns them into ice crystals and snowflakes, which fall back to the earth.

The cycle repeats itself, and the temperature of the planet drops rapidly.

"!!!"

Zhao Yebai watched for a long time before he came back to his senses from his shock.

——World type abilities!
——As expected, he is the one who owns the Tree of Laws!
——What a strong energy!
——This group of guys are all ridiculously strong!

Zhao Yebai watched for two days and two nights, then withdrew his gaze, said goodbye to Long Bai, and busied himself with meeting the approaching planet.

Tang Lingsan also said goodbye and returned to the Manchi star system to report to the Manchi Lord.

...

Everyone finally has their own origin planet.

And it is a third-level source planet!
You no longer have to pay expensive land rent.

On the contrary, if you don’t use up the land yourself, you can rent it out and collect rent from other insects.

The insects are full of fighting spirit!

...

After half a year, the temperature of the scorching planet dropped to normal levels.

Jasper spreads spores, ferns and green plants grow wildly, and greenery spreads rapidly.

It took another half a year for Long Bai to divide the planet into regular hexagonal areas with a side length of 100 kilometers. With the help of other insects, he transformed a lake with an area of ​​3000 square kilometers in the center of each area, sorted out the rivers and water veins, and quickly straightened out the flow of water vapor on the entire planet.

The climate environment of Xianglan Star has initially stabilized.

Plan a North 1001 area and open up a nesting room as a temporary territory.

The divine product of Longbai, the seeds of Baibai given by God, and the seeds of wild Baijing given by God, one life and one destiny took root and were reborn.

The soldiers each brought 10 trees to plant, including red maple, raspberry, mulberry, and palm.

Shield pillars, vines and other insects have also eaten white crystal fruits and have the ability to regenerate. They also brought at least 5 life seeds with them.

Gather together and arrange rebirth.

Then the Baiwei Star and Citi Star were transformed.

It took more than three years to complete the construction of all three planets.

Longbai opened an ant nest in Area 1001 of Xianglan Star and began to cultivate an ant colony.

The other insects that are not good at farming go to Zhao Yebai to help build the planet.

Those who know how to farm can help Biyu.

The Nomadic Flame Spiders helped build a set of star network channels that orbit the star system.

Everyone is busy with their work.

Jasper spreads spores over a period of ten years, causing ferns to grow wildly, regulating the planet's temperature and air. It also destroys all life, causing it to decay into organic matter, improving the planet's soil and further adjusting the planet's atmospheric structure.

After four repetitions, a livable level was reached.

The insects began to collect various plant seeds from the neighboring Zhaoyebaixing, sow them to build a normal plant ecology, and then transfer various animals to build a complete natural ecology.

Thanks to the powerful abilities of the Sujing warriors, it only took about sixty years for the three original hot planets to be transformed into life planets with green mountains and clear waters.

The insect life species grew up, leaving behind cocoons of rebirth.

The ant colony of the cypress was also cultivated and formed a certain scale.

Zichan and Yingye of the Angtianlian Adventure Team both have certain attainments in the field of natural sciences. The Sunburn ability collects light information, collects galaxy data, organizes it into a knowledge compass, imports it into the Tabor, and enriches the database.

The Tabor continued to calculate and deduce.

After sixty years, an estimated result was obtained.

The insects couldn't wait any longer.

Hold a meeting to discuss the search for the source. (End of this chapter)