Astral Ants

Pandan Star.

The lakes in the northern 1001 area can be frozen.

The Tubber docked.

All the insects gathered in the conference hall inside the starship.

Holographic projection,

The disk composed of bright stars rotates slowly, and the light flows.

A relatively complete star map of the Amber Galaxy.

Its diameter exceeds 15 light-years, and its thickest point exceeds 6000 light-years.

Longbai is an artist who communicates ideas.

The artist manipulates the starship, controlling the galaxy to slowly zoom in, and the character labels gradually become clear.

The light and shadow flickered gently, and large clusters of star fields turned into dull black and gray-black colors, with white letters marking them.

The Amber Chamber of Commerce has occupied 176 third-level source points, numbered them according to the prevailing rules, and officially named them. With the third-level source points as the center, 176 corresponding star fields have been divided.

Including Longbai, all the insects present are looking forward to finding the third-level source point from the bottom of their hearts. The chance is very high and there is no reason not to try.

There is definitely no need to search for the 176 star regions marked on the star map, so just block them.

In addition, there are a large number of star fields that the Amber Chamber of Commerce has explored but has not found the third-level source points. They are marked in gray and are not considered for the time being.

After eliminating them, there are not many "clean" star regions left that have never been touched...

"The computing power of the Taber is barely enough..."

Long Bai thought about it, and then spoke slowly, "However, the galaxy data we have now is not comprehensive enough. The Taber cannot accurately calculate which star regions will definitely give birth to the third-level source points."

As he spoke, the holographic projection flashed again, with eye-catching bright red markings dividing the star regions into clusters.

The purple-black font is simply marked as size 01 to 10.

Long Bai raised his claws and a ray of purple light shot out, pointing directly at Star Region No. 01.

"Taber combined the data provided by Lord Manchi and the data collected from astronomical observations in the past sixty years to calculate an integer of 10 star regions that may be derived from third-level source points, and numbered them according to the probability."

"Among them, the probability of the existence of a third-level source point in star field No. 01 is more than %! This will be the first target star field for the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce to search for the source point, and we will concentrate all our efforts on investigating it!"

As Long Bai was speaking, in the holographic projection, Star Region 01 slowly zoomed in, and the areas rendered in red were areas that were rich in matter, which also meant that there must be a large number of source points derived from them.

The entire area is very irregular in shape. Overall, it is 6000 light-years long, 3000 light-years wide, and nearly 3000 light-years thick.

Not yet completely stable.

There are bright silver characters marking numerous red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and other massive celestial bodies.

Longbai waved his antennae, and a beam of purple light shot out, hitting a huge, dim red spot. He said, "Our main goal is to find the third-level source point, and we will start from the central area. Here! This is a red hypergiant with a diameter of more than 150 billion kilometers. It is very rare. Let's go and see it together."

"Wow~"

"it is good!"

Molan shook her antennae vigorously and urged, "My lord, please get to the point!"

“There’s no point.”

Long Bai said: "All the bugs, with the Taber as the center, are divided into four groups and arranged in four lines. Since the third-level source point is the main target, then we can increase the gap and keep a distance of 4 billion kilometers between each other."

"The Xianglan Merchants' insects, Zuo Wang, will form a group under my direct command. Red Maple will lead 35 soldiers to form the second group. Mao Mei will lead 35 soldiers to form the third group."

"Second King, you, Sang, Ganlang, Hongshen, Zisanye, Luxin, and Bailiu form the fourth group. The soldiers from Huaqishan and Baiwei Chamber of Commerce, as well as Captain Ang Tianlian, are also assigned to the fourth group, but you don't have to listen to Molan's command, just follow her. If you find the source, you can deal with it on your own, and remember to notify everyone."

"it is good!"

"understood!"

"Follow the king's command!"

"Let's go quickly."

"..."

The insects responded in a resounding voice, eager to respond.

Longbai gently shook his antennae and said, "I will formally announce the reward rules for Xianglan Chamber of Commerce warriors to harvest source points."

"Discovering the zero-level source point, the Chamber of Commerce's rank will be directly upgraded by 1 level, and 3000 billion original crystals will be rewarded. With additional permissions, you can purchase a law fruit from the Chamber of Commerce."

"For discovering a first-level source point, your Chamber of Commerce rank will be upgraded by 2 levels, and you will be rewarded with 5000 billion original crystals. You will also have additional privileges and can purchase 2 law fruits from the Chamber of Commerce."

"If you discover a secondary source point, your rank in the Chamber of Commerce will be upgraded to level 3, and you will be rewarded with 1 trillion crystals. You can also buy 3 law fruits from the Chamber of Commerce."

"As for the third-level source points, they will be directly promoted to the 19th-level core senior management of the Chamber of Commerce. The resources needed for evolution and growth, as long as the Chamber of Commerce can collect or exchange them, will be supplied without limit and with priority."

"Ok!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"I want to find one hundred level three source points!"

"All three level source points are ours!"

"Stop discussing this, let's just charge!"

"Chong duck~"

"Go! Go! Go!"

"..."

The insects in Xianglan Mountain are crying out.

The first batch that followed were all elite warriors from the Ministry of War. Their Chamber of Commerce ranks were all above level 15, and their evolutionary levels were all in the Brilliant Realm. They had eaten at least one Law Fruit, and many of them had eaten two.

The core capabilities are already strong enough, and eating more will only strengthen them.

As for the original crystal rewards, everyone's life seed income, combined with salary, bonus, and Chamber of Commerce dividends, is more than enough for evolution and growth.

Everyone here has resources.

Not to mention King Zuo, he has eaten at least two law fruits, so he is not rare at all.

These rewards were not very tempting to the first batch of Chamber of Commerce elites who came along. They were more looking forward to finding a Level 3 source point themselves to improve their status and reputation in the Chamber of Commerce.

Longbai changed his tone to a stern one, and finally emphasized: "All bugs, after discovering the source point, promptly transmit information using gravity ability to inform everyone to stop and assemble. After marking, continue. Bugs of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, you are not allowed to mark the source point without permission. I will mark it myself and include it in the Chamber of Commerce assets later."

"Understand."

"clear."

"My king, let's go quickly."

The insects urged.

"..."

Long Bai: "One last question. We need to leave a few assistant kings behind to guard the territory and take care of the life species."

As soon as these words were spoken, the assistant kings all retreated and scrambled to get out of the conference hall.

Longbai looked at Giant Cypress.

Jubai took the initiative and said, "My lord, I will stay!"

Longbai scolded: "Two-color sunflower, two-color yarrow, two-color thistle, two-color Feilian, the four of you, get back here! You stay with Jubai and guard the territory, and wait for good news from me and the Second King..."

"..."

...

End of the meeting.

Long Bai and his party explained their plans to leader Zhao Yebai, said goodbye, and set off on the Taber.

...

2.7 light years away,
After sailing at full speed for 13 years, we entered the Star Field 01 and headed straight for the central star area.

Tabor came to rest on an irregular meteorite more than a kilometer long.

The insects left the cabin.

They all activated their Sunburn abilities and waited and saw.

In fact, you don’t need any special abilities, you can just look and see clearly a particularly large dark red light spot in the dark deep space.

"Come here! Come here!"

"Longan! Juniper! Silver cypress! Red maple, just look at me!"

Molan shook her mental power and shouted, collecting the light wave information in front of her, which gathered to form a holographic projection with a length of three kilometers.

A supergiant star with a gloomy look, its surface covered with brown spots, looking like it could die at any time.

——Red superstar!

Close observations and calculations show that its diameter is approximately 167 billion kilometers.

Vast, magnificent,
Shock the insect heart.

In fact, there are quite a few stars of this type, but their lifespan is short, perhaps only hundreds of thousands or millions of years from birth to death.

In the cosmic time scale, it is just a blink of an eye. And it is mainly born in the early chaos. When the matter of a galaxy tends to be calm, red hypergiants become rare or even extinct.

This is the first time I have come into close contact with such a large cosmic object.

The insects watched quietly for a long time.
Molan put away his power, released the Glorious Throne, and asked, "My King, shall we set out in formation?"

"it is good!"

"Go back to the starship first!"

Long Bai waved his paw in greeting.

The insects teleported back to the starship conference hall.

The Tubber set sail again, accelerating continuously until it reached 0.2 times the speed of light, moving forward by inertia.

At this time, the insects teleported out again.

Zuo Wang first took the Taber as the origin, moved left and right, and increased the distance, forming a long line with a length of more than 11000 trillion kilometers.

Hong Feng led two groups of soldiers, moving upwards, and leaving a distance of 250 billion kilometers between them, while the left and right directions maintained a distance of 250 billion kilometers between them.

Mao Mei led the third group of soldiers to move 'downwards'.

Molan also led the fourth group of warriors to move 'downwards'.

Each warrior is a detection point for the induction force machine, which is spread out to form a large network with a length of over 10000 billion kilometers and a width of 1000 billion kilometers.

Towards the direction of the red hypergiant, moving forward by inertia,
All warriors use the gravity capabilities granted by the technological star core to send information and report their locations at regular intervals.

Longbai sat in the cockpit of the Taber, paying attention to the movements of every point.

Periodically, Tabor will also use its gravity capabilities to transmit information about its position in the form of gravitational waves.

...

The planned search distance is 100 light years.

Six years have passed by in a flash.

Nothing was found.

Molan controlled the Glorious Throne and carried the insects to land on the surface of the red hypergiant star.

Violent, scorching countercurrents.

The boundless, violently jumping sea of ​​fire and the ups and downs of waves ten thousand meters high suddenly and suddenly, and sometimes due to the explosion of internal energy, huge waves hundreds of thousands of meters high are set off.

Although it is huge in scale, in fact the gravity on the surface of the planet is not strong and the temperature is not high.

The insects left the throne one after another and flew close to the waves of fire.

It took a month to travel around the red hypergiant star and observe it.

I dived deep into the star to take a look again.

It doesn't seem to be anything special.

Like common red giants, it has a large size, low material density, and is just bloated.

The sightseeing tour is over.

Plan the route, re-form the array, take the red hypergiant star as the origin, and conduct a sweeping search of the star field within a radius of 100 light years.

...

Soon another 500 years passed.

Still nothing.

Not even a zero-level source point was found.

This job is pure hard labor and extremely boring.

The insects felt tired.

After eating, resting, and sleeping to repair, it changed its direction and angle and headed towards the red hypergiant again.

The cockpit of the Tubber.

Longbai simply took it easy, lying dormant to comprehend the fusion of traces and traces...

In the silence of the deep space, time flows silently, and before you know it, another five hundred years are about to pass.

Suddenly one day,
From the Tubby came a rapid cry: "Longbai! Longbai!"

"???"

Longbai woke up in shock.

Taber: "Nebula Zhi sent back news that the source has been found!"

“!!!” Longbai: “Taber, give the order, the team stops moving forward.”

Tubb: "Got it!"

Longbai: "Teleport! I'll go over and take a look!"

Tubb: "Got it!"

Long Bai teleported out of the starship, the artist transformed into a half-ant artist, sensed and locked the direction, and directly jumped into space.

A group of Zuo Wang and Zerg warriors received the message at the same time and rushed over.

In the empty dark space, a strong force erupted from a point in front and spread...

Zero-level source point...

"Your Majesty!"

"Second King, the source point!"

Xingyun Zhi waved his tentacles vigorously, "Great King, Second Great King, I found it!"

The Force radiation range of the zero-level source point is hundreds of millions or billions of kilometers.

Did this hit you?
When Xing Yunzhi was born, his soul changed and he was extremely sensitive to the fluctuations of the Force, which gave him some advantages in finding the source!
"very good!"

"Xingyun Zhi, you did a great job!"

"Xingyun Zhi is amazing!"

"Wow!"

"Okay~"

"We also have our own source point!"

"Calm down! This is the second source."

"Didn't Lord Manchi give the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce a second-level source point with an excellent geographical location?"

"It's a gift, but it counts. We found this ourselves, so it means a lot!"

"It's just a zero-level source point. How can it be so serious?"

"Then you can find one too?"

"..."

"Quiet!"

"Twin Rong Hua! Twin Long Hua! If you two keep being sour and spoiling my fun, I'll beat you to death!"

Molan was furious, scolding harshly, holding up his capturing foot to intimidate, waving his tentacles up and down to signal for silence, "My king, don't just stand there, move quickly, mark first!"

All the insects fell silent instantly, and all looked towards the dragon cypress.

Long Bai took the lead and activated the "marking" ability inherited from the Zerg. The original energy and soul power were combined to form a spherical "mark" with a diameter of five or six centimeters. It slowly floated towards the origin and hovered.

The mark overlaps with the space where the source point is located, producing a strange induction. The power carrying the soul information penetrates the space barrier and is actively absorbed by the source point of the hidden dimension space, fading and disappearing.

Simple, mark done.

Long Bai concentrated his mind and sensed, and a bond was established between his soul and the source point. Within a certain spatial distance, the approximate location of the source point could be sensed through his soul.

Not much else.

The "marking" ability bestowed upon Zerg warriors by the True God of Nature is used to divide the ownership of the source point.

The ownership of the source point is unique.

Unless the marked warrior dies or removes the mark voluntarily, other insects will not be able to mark again, which also means that they will not be able to obtain ownership rights recognized by the public.

To put it more bluntly, the 'marking' ability is designed to reduce the infighting among Zerg fighters for the origin point.

"All right!"

"Xingyun Zhi, you have done a great job. The king will remember your contribution. When it is cultivated into a star system in the future, it will be handed over to you to manage."

Long Bai was in a good mood. He raised his antennae and a ray of white light was released from the tip of the antennae, converging to form a three-dimensional star map projection with the red hypergiant star as the center.

Long Bai paused for a moment, then put on a solemn look and said in a heavy tone:
"Now, we are faced with two problems: First, since we have discovered the source here, then according to the law, the possibility of the existence of a third-level source within a 100-light-year radius is reduced by % to %. "

"The second problem is that the red hypergiant may collapse and explode into a supernova at any time. The source point here is only about 17 light years away from it, and it may be destroyed by the violent energy impact. In addition, the zero-level source point is not stable enough. It may disappear due to the huge change in the distribution of matter and the exhaustion of the original force."

"..."

"Yes!"

"This……"

"How to do?"

"Leave a team of bugs to guard the spot?"

"Who stays then?"

"Whoever finds it gets it~"

"It's still not right, right?"

"If this red hypergiant star doesn't explode, this source point can't be developed, right?"

"We can't just send bugs to guard it forever, right? What if it doesn't explode for a million years? Can we still guard it for a million years?"

"After the explosion, what should we do if the source is exhausted?"

"Yes~"

The insects were talking to each other, and suddenly fell silent.

——One thousand five hundred years! How much effort did it take to find such a source?
——It’s all in vain?
Long Bai said leisurely, "It's not that there is no solution. Let's do this. About 11 light years away from the red hypergiant star, there is a mass of solid matter. Isn't there a solid planet with a diameter of nearly 1 kilometers in it?"

"Don't underestimate this planet. The red hypergiant is on the verge of exploding, and it maintains a delicate, fragile balance inside. Perhaps this little bit of external force is all it takes to break the balance, accelerate the collapse of the internal matter, break the gravitational limit, and release gravitational potential energy."

"Let's work together to speed up this planet and try to crash into it?"

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, the insects stood up with their antennae and became more spirited.

Actively detonate a red hypergiant star?

That sounds challenging!
How terrifying is the supernova explosion of a red hypergiant?
The electromagnetic radiation generated is enough to illuminate the entire Amber Galaxy!

What a spectacular sight that is!

The light energy information travels across the universe and arrives at the Baijing Galaxy 22 years later. Perhaps, we can also tell the little soldiers: Look, that exploding red hypergiant star was done by me when I was young!
It’s fun to think about!
Moreover, at a close distance, an average Domination Realm expert wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of destructive energy shock wave, right?

The risk factor and excitement level are at their maximum!

"Follow the king's command!"

Molan raised her paws and cheered in approval.

"I agree too."

"That sounds like fun, I agree!"

"I like doing jobs like this where if you don't run fast enough, you'll get killed. Count me in."

"Since entering the universe, we have always passively witnessed the magnificent spectacle of cosmic celestial bodies undergoing great changes. Today, we will also take the initiative to create a major event that will affect a galaxy!"

"The distance isn't that far. How about we accelerate it to 0.5 times the speed of light and hit it?"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

"It's exciting just thinking about it!"

"..."

All the insects agreed.

After a brief discussion and preparation,

The insects packed up and set off, landing on the planet, working together to control the movement of the planet, continuously using their abilities to apply thrust to accelerate it.

...

The planet contains a large amount of metal material. It is small in size but has a large mass.

Continue to activate the ability, the original energy is exhausted, take the Taber, return to the zero-level source to replenish, return to the planet, and continue to exert thrust...

It's very strenuous.
After going back and forth, over and over again for more than seventy years, we finally got close to the red hypergiant.

At this time, the inertial speed of the planet has reached a terrifying 0.3 times the speed of light.

but,

An asteroid with a diameter of 1 kilometers is as small as a grain of sand compared to the king of stars in the universe with a diameter of 167 billion kilometers.

At an extremely high speed, it sank into the boundless sea of ​​fire in a flash, without even causing any big waves, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"..."

Molan manipulated the Glorious Throne, floating 100 million kilometers away.
The insects' eyes were blazing, their spirits were tense, and they waited with bated breath.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds...

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

"Your Majesty?"

"Second King?"

"No response~"

"This……"

“Is the planet too small?”

"No aim?"

"Impossible! Aim and hit the bull's eye."

"Then why is there no reaction at all?"

"Yingye? Zichan? You have the highest attainments in the field of natural sciences. Look at this..."

"That shouldn't be the case! With such terrifying kinetic energy, hitting the core of a red hypergiant star, even if it doesn't explode, it should at least cause violent energy fluctuations."

"It's impossible that I didn't aim?"

"There is no question of whether to aim or not. The gravity of the star core will capture it automatically."

"Then the current situation is..."

"Abnormal! Not normal! I can't understand it."

"..."

As he was speaking, Molan suddenly jumped up, instinctively spread her wings, and flapped them.

"Wow!"

"Escape!"

exclaimed,

The Glorious Throne continuously crossed the space, creating distance.

The insects looked back,

The red hypergiant star was like a cosmic beast waking up from its slumber, stretching its body and expanding rapidly in size.

With just a slight movement, the surrounding star space became unstable.

I dare not look at it any more.

The Throne of Light charges up its power and makes a short-distance jump, first creating a distance of 0.5 light years.

Looking back again,
Half a year later, the light and shadow information was transmitted, and the sunburn ability was collected and gathered to form a holographic projection.

The expanding red hypergiant star blasted out an indescribably strong laser, dispelling the darkness and filling it with dark blue. Space then expanded and shattered, refracting a myriad of purple-red and white lights.

The dramatic change continued for a full half hour before it ended, and the entire holographic projection turned white again.

No need to use the Sunburn ability to wait and see.

Looking around, the destructive blue light from the direction of the explosion was rolling in, along with a high-energy gamma-ray burst that could evaporate everything.

There is an even more deadly particle shock wave behind, which makes the insect's soul tremble and is chasing at superluminal speed along with the expansion of space.

"Escape~Wow!"

Molan exclaimed with joy, and once again controlled the Glorious Throne, making a short-distance space jump, creating a distance of 0.5 light years.

Stop, look back, and continue watching.

"King! Second King~"

Xingyun Zhi raised his paw, indicating that he had something to report.

Mo Lan was puzzled and asked solemnly: "Xing Yunzhi, did you sense the energy of the Force just now?"

"Yes!"

Xingyunyou's tentacles twitched, and he said, "I just want to ask, why is there a faint fluctuation of Force energy?"

——Force energy fluctuations?
——I have already sneaked into the red hypergiant to check, it is not above the source~
——Where does the Force energy come from?
Upon hearing this, the insects were stunned and bewildered and looked at each other.

Molan and Xingyunzhi's souls have undergone changes, and they are extremely sensitive to fluctuations in the Force. Since they both said so, it must be true.

Long Bai guessed, "Probably, at the center of the red hypergiant star, there is a zero-level source point with a Force concentration lower than 0.5. Previously, when we checked, we only looked at the third and second-level source points, and we didn't check them carefully."

A barely acceptable explanation.

Molan called out, "Look! Look! The destructive energy impact is coming soon." (End of this chapter)