Astral Ants

Long Bai officially named the newly arrived survival mothership "Rainbow Island No. 1" and drove it back home with Sugi Lingyi.

After a voyage of 3.2 light years, at 150 times the speed of light, and lasting 214 years, it arrived at the Molan Type 13 survival mothership.

The team is busy spreading out in a straight line...

Insects such as Molan, Juniper, Smilax, and White Rice teleported across space.

"Wow!"

"Your Majesty!"

“I can really buy a survival mothership!”

"How is the price calculated?"

"It must be expensive, right?"

"Exchange with the source point?"

“How is the source point priced?”

"..."

Longbai activated the ability of the tree flower heart world and directly wrote the transaction information into the soul consciousness of the insects.

——400 times the price?
——The source point is so worthless?

——Is it too dark?
——Then, Black Magic Trumpet... make a fortune!

The insects went into an uproar, then cheered in ecstasy.

The Heifa is gestating a massive amount of primary and secondary energy materials!
When the time comes, we can make matching motherships and landing ships and sell them in the same way... Then why bother looking for a source? Let’s just sit back and make a fortune!
"Thank you for your hard work, my king!"

The fish worms cheered and rushed over, their huge bodies moving at high speed and charging straight towards them.

Baishen waved its tentacles to stop it.

In the rear, soldiers from the starship also arrived in groups.

...

Work is suspended,

All soldiers entered the Rainbow Island No. 1 survival mothership to familiarize themselves with the environment and arrange a resting nest.

Now there are two survival motherships, one fast and one slow.

5 Zerg warriors, redistributed.

Rainbow Island No. 2.5 arranged 2 soldiers, 100 of whom were driving landing ships to search in a straight line of 5000 light years, and the other were on rotation.

The Molan 13-type survival carrier was officially named "Hongdao No. 2.5" and also arranged 2 soldiers. Similarly, 5000 soldiers drove landing ships to search, and another soldiers took turns to rest.

The way to search for the source point has also been optimized and improved:

At each point, the fish worm points in the direction of two existing source points.

The survival carriers Hongdao No. 1 and Hongdao No. 2 acted separately.

The search line length was shortened from 150 light-years to 100 light-years.

The source points indicated by fish and worms are often more than 100 light years away. Beyond this distance, the possibility of the existence of a third-level source point cannot be ruled out.

With this optimization, the accuracy of fish and insect guidance dropped to about 40%.

But there is no need to waste time on uncritical and worthless sources 100 light years away.

At each point, Yuchong pointed three times, in three directions. The Rainbow Island No. 1 survival carrier deployed quickly, searching twice. The Rainbow Island No. 2 searched once.

In terms of probability, we can definitely find at least one source point.

The team's efficiency has more than doubled. On average, it can complete the inspection of one point in less than 8 years.

...

Among the routes planned by the Taber, 880 points are excluded with super high efficiency.

But the luck really seemed to have run out.

A thousand years passed and there was no harvest.

Instead, they encountered two small fleets consisting of one or two thousand insects.

In the vastness of deep space, encountering a fleet can be said to be fate. Encountering two fleets means that a large number of fleets are beginning to infiltrate Star Field No. 41.

The insects began to get anxious and sped up their movements.

Another thousand years passed, and still no harvest.

Through observations using the Sunscald ability, we frequently detected fleets of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of insects operating in Star Field No. 41.

These fleets, one by one, are nothing, but if there are too many of them, something bad could happen...

The originally lively atmosphere of the Xianglanshan army gradually became depressing and dull...

The only good news is that the Baijing Chamber of Commerce team led by Xia Li was the first to find the third-level source point of Star Field No. 02 from among the vast number of large and small fleets.

Perhaps it was extremely bad news. Not long after, it was clearly felt that a large number of fleets were pouring into Star Field No. 41.

...

A natural star system with a star of about 120 million kilometers in diameter and four planets of different sizes.

When we first entered Star Region 41, Long Bai came to investigate.

Later, as more information was collected, the Tubber deduced and calculated that there was a probability of a third-level source nearby...

The route was adjusted and turned around again.

Long Bai ordered the two survival motherships to directly merge into an orbit 1 million kilometers away from the star.

Molan led the fish and insects out of the cabin.

Insects such as the white mulberry, white rice, ghost fan, nebula cypress, and red maple followed out slowly.

No need for Molan to issue orders,
The fish worm found a good position and slowly turned its body, sensing the flow of cosmic energy in the surrounding space. After a while, its huge body froze, sensing for a while, and raised its claws to point:
"Second King! Over there!"

"Okay! Baishen! Guishan! Pass on the order, Hongdao No. 1 will set off!"

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"

Baishen and Guishan agreed, activated the omnidirectional compass ability, locked the direction, turned around and began to direct the action.

The fish worm continued to sense, and after half a month, it hesitated, raised its claws, and pointed.

"Great King, Second Great King, there are relatively few source points in this star field, and there is only one over there..."

"Have you encountered the first or second level source?"

"do not know."

"Can't you point out a third direction?"

“I can point in a hundred directions, but they all feel far away.”

"Don't point fingers."

"I don't have any~"

"Stop talking nonsense. Let's look in two directions first. Don't be lazy. Get moving. Everyone, get moving."

"Action! Action!"

Molan urged.

Long Bai gave the order to act.

The Hongdao No. 2 survival mothership jumped and sailed in the direction pointed by Yuchong, and the fighters of each Cong deployed in a straight line efficiently and orderly.

Longbai and Molan did not follow the team.

Long Bai led Shan Lingyi to land on an ice-covered planet in the star system and taught him to practice water-related abilities.

Molan led the fish and insects directly onto the star, using the high-temperature quenching ability inside the star.

Yu Chong has been stuck in the Star Mark Realm for more than four thousand years, but has not completed the normal evolution and growth of the Nine Marks into One. His mind is still a little confused, and he has not been able to get out of it.

Shan Lingyi was stuck in the Half-Star Realm, and Longbai had been suppressing it and not letting it evolve, so that he could first master all the abilities and lay a solid foundation.

Wait for the fleet led by President Bai Wei to arrive, obtain the fruit of the law, adapt to evolution as the absolute core, rebuild the core capabilities, and then consider evolving to the planetary realm.

Long Bai's current evolutionary level is only at the Star Realm, which is too low. Such strength is not enough to control the existing huge wealth.

Long Bai himself was also pondering over the unity of traces.

...

time flies,
Long Bai felt that he had just dozed off for a moment when he was awakened by the sudden and strange spatial fluctuations.

Subconsciously alert, he used his mental power and soul-fixing ability to scan at the same time.

Red Maple brought Nebula Trifoliate with him, and the two of them recklessly jumped directly into the planet.

The gravitational pull of the planet,

The frigate lost control, rolling and falling rapidly.

Sugi Lingyi dodged into the air and tried his best to use his ability to help stabilize it.

Red Maple and Nebula Zhi were transported out of the cabin in a panic, their tentacles waving wildly, shaking their mental power and shouting:

"Your Majesty!"

"Leader Longbai!"

"good news!"

"Finally found it! Level 3 source!"

"..."

Long Bai, who was still wondering whether he should scold and teach these two guys a lesson, heard the words, and soared into the air with a roar, and his figure teleported to the scene in an instant.

"Level 3 source point?"

"Yes! My king! I found it!"

Nebula Zhi couldn't help but feel happy. It hung in the air, its antennae and six legs waving and kicking uncontrollably.

Red Maple was equally excited and reported seriously: "It was discovered by a little soldier named 'Gray Chi' in the 022nd Fir, 1nd Battalion, 3st Squad, 3.48rd Group. They sent a message from the scene saying that the estimated Force concentration is as high as 3.5, just a little short of reaching the third-level source point of !"

"My king, my king, please hurry up and mark the place!"

Xingyun Zhi raised his paw and pointed carefully in the direction of the star: Be careful not to be snatched away by the Second King~
The Second King was so perceptive that he had already noticed the movement here.

The second king rushed out of the star and was using his sunburn ability to look over here.

The Glorious Throne, carrying the fish and insects, teleported continuously and flashed over.

"..."

"Hello, Second King."

"Thank you, Second King."

"What's so exciting? Have you found the third-level source?"

"……Yes."

"great!"

Molan was ecstatic.

"Oh~ Great~ The Second King is so awesome~" the fish and insects jumped and cheered.

"Shan Lingyi, Xingyunzhi, you two stay here first and keep Yuchong company."

"Fishworm, don't run around! Be careful if you get lost, we won't be able to find you, okay?"

"Know!"

"Longbai, Tubby! Red Maple, let's go!"

...

...

Located about 84 light-years away from the star system.

The Rainbow Island No. 1 was carrying a swarm of insects and was deploying in a straight line. Before it was fully deployed, a discovery was made here.

Hongdao No. 1 turned back again.

Tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the source, and nearby soldiers received the news and were rushing here desperately.

"Your Majesty!"

"Second King!"

"Commander-in-Chief Red Maple!"

A slender longhorn beetle warrior with a grass-yellow carapace with black stripes spread his elytra and flapped his wings vigorously, waving his slender antennae and shouting.

"I found it. Ha! Ha! I'm rich! I want to lie down!"

"My king, I am lying down. I will not work anymore. I will go back to my territory and lie down peacefully..." "..."

Not all warriors are ambitious. On the contrary, most Zerg warriors are not ambitious.

Many warriors who discovered the zero, one, and two level source points, after receiving generous rewards, clearly stated that they did not want to work anymore and wanted to return to their territory and lie down.

I can help the Chamber of Commerce protect the territory, take care of the Force plants, and do some simple and easy work. I don't want to do dirty and tiring work, especially this kind of deep space search for the source. I don't want to do it again in this life. From now on, I will focus on evolution and growth, with the evolution of the master as the first goal and the evolution of the true god as the ultimate goal.

Molan was not very happy.

——I worked so hard to raise you, and now you just want to lie down.

——If you guys lie down, how can I make money?

Molan looked coldly at the guy named Hui Chijing, not wanting to get angry as he seemed to be threatening her.

Longbai didn't care.

After all, there are only a few lucky ones who can find the source, and it will not have much impact on the operation of the Chamber of Commerce.

Long Bai readily agreed: "Of course!"

Gray Chijian ignored Molan's cold eyes and pointed at a longhorn beetle warrior with the same slender body, black shell and grass-yellow spots, and said:

"My king, this is my elder, Hei Chi Jing, he can come with me...My king, the third-level source point, can the reward be divided equally?"

Long Bai: "Yes. Let's do this. Gray Chi Jing and Black Chi Jing, your positions in the Chamber of Commerce will be directly upgraded to level 18, and each will receive 5000 million Chamber of Commerce shares. From now on, the God-given Force food you need for evolution and growth, and the God-grade fruits and law fruits you need to improve your abilities will be supplied on demand and with priority."

"Gray Chi and Black Chi, what do you think?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

Gray-red-gold and black-red-gold expressed their thanks in ecstasy.

——Two more guys crawled out of the sea of ​​suffering, were liberated, and had a smooth life ahead of them.

The surrounding insects were envious and jealous, but also full of expectations.

Looking forward to being the next one.

"..."

"Wow! Fishworm is so awesome!"

Molan cheered, breaking the sudden silence, and urged, "Hurry up and mark the source. King, do you want to do it? Or should I do it?"

"The Second King has made a great contribution to this third-level source point."

Long Bai waved his paw to signal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Molan was happy. She stepped forward and activated her ability, quickly completing the source point marking.

Long Bai shook his mental power and shouted, "Warriors who haven't found the source, don't be anxious. The total number of source points in the entire Amber Galaxy must have exceeded 1 million, and it is continuing to rapidly increase. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone."

"Moreover, the Chamber of Commerce controls so many sources, and its wealth has skyrocketed. The salaries, rewards, and dividends of all insects will increase simultaneously. If the Chamber of Commerce becomes wealthy, all insects will become wealthy as well, and everyone will have a bright future."

"Yes."

"If the Chamber of Commerce gets rich, all of us bugs get rich."

"The king is mighty."

"The Second King is wise!"

"..."

The red maples set the rhythm, and the insects followed suit and cheered.

The crowd was in high spirits, and after the carnival,
Longbai gave the order: "Hongfeng, run faster and notify Hongdao No. 2 to return to the star system, bring the fish and insects, and come to the gathering as soon as possible."

"Bai Shi, Gui Shan, check the team, drive Hongdao No. 1, and collect the scattered soldiers."

"Xing Yunrong, Xing Yunnai, you stay with the Second King to guard the third-level source point. The other soldiers have worked hard, go back to the mothership and rest."

Long Bai said seriously: "Two third-level source points are not enough! We still have to continue looking for the third and fourth. At this stage of the starry sky, major forces and large fleets are advancing in an orderly manner. They are strong competitors that cannot be ignored. At the same time, there are countless medium and small fleets running around in the starry sky, messing up the order."

"Star Region 41 is done. Where should we look for it next? This is a big problem."

"I will go to the Manchi star system. According to the rules, I will report my harvest to the Lord of Manchi and exchange it for the latest exploration intelligence on the source points of various star regions."

"Also, the starship materials created by the Black Law will not be formed for nearly 50 years. President Bai Wei's fleet will also arrive in 150 years. 13 years is too long. Lin Li, select technological warriors to follow me. I will try to get another 'Sea Wolf Bass - Survival Mothership' on credit from Lord Man Chi to upgrade and strengthen our search team."

After Long Bai finished speaking, he waved his claws to signal for action, and added: "After the team gathers, everyone rest here. Remember to send insects to notify the Huaqishan and Boshuwan Chambers of Commerce to gather and prepare for the long-distance star voyage."

"understand!"

"Roger that!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Chief!"

"..."

The insects agreed and took action quickly.

"Wait a mininute."

Molan hurriedly called out, "My lord, wait a moment."

Long Bai: "..."

Mo Lan asked, "When you report it, you have to give the third-level source a formal name, right? This is related to the name of a star field in the future. Shouldn't you discuss it with everyone?"

Long Bai: "Molan constellation, Molan star system, Molan star field?"

"Low key!"

"Does it fit?"

Molan said happily: "That's settled! Okay, that's all, go quickly and come back soon!"

"..."

Longbai took out the Tubai and waited for a moment. Scaled Oak led the team to arrive and they set off together.

...

...

A round trip to the Manchi star system takes twenty-eight years.

Long Bai reported all the source points discovered by Xianglan Chamber of Commerce.

Similarly,
I also obtained from Lord Manchi the coordinates of the source points that have been discovered and reported in various star fields of the Amber Galaxy, as well as the approximate activity areas of large chambers of commerce.

It's mostly useless junk information.

However, they successfully borrowed a 'Sea Wolf Bass 150-13 type survival carrier', officially named 'Hongdao No. 3', and led by Lin Li, they drove back.

...

The teams from Xianglan, Citi and Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce have completed their assembly and have completed the maintenance of the starship and the supply of materials.

Sixty thousand soldiers moved their claws together, collecting materials nearby and piling up an asteroid with a diameter of 4000 kilometers, overlapping it on the third-level source point.

...

The Chamber of Commerce’s top management gathered for a meeting.

Longbai raised his claws, and a white light burst out from the tip of his toes, condensing into a holographic star map of the Amber Galaxy, with purple, gold, silver and green spots shining, representing different levels of source points.

"According to the information obtained from Lord Manchi, there are currently 197 Level source points discovered in the Amber Galaxy."

"Of these, 176 were occupied by the Amber Galaxy in its early days. In other words, only 21 have been newly discovered and reported so far. Level sources are not that easy to find. This data is far lower than our prediction. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that some bugs have found them but are not reporting them."

"Taber's predictions are still very accurate. We have successfully found third-level source points in star fields numbered 01 to 10, with a hit rate of 100%! We have found 11 in star fields numbered 20 to 6. The other 5 source points were also found within the numbered sequence 21 to 50."

"According to statistics from Lord Manchi, there are currently more than 4000 million Zerg warriors, divided into large and small fleets, entering the Amber Galaxy one after another. All Zergs are the same, and they only have the third-level source points in their eyes. These fleets are almost all concentrated in the star fields before the 50th serial number."

"What's particularly disgusting is that most bugs, after discovering the source point, do not report the coordinates, but intentionally hide them. On the one hand, this wastes the time of other competitors, and on the other hand, it prevents other bugs from combining the source point coordinate data to deduce and calculate the relatively accurate distribution points of the third-level source points."

"The information obtained from Lord Manchi is of almost zero value."

Long Bai paused and said, "We have two choices before us: First, follow the crowd and enter the 42nd star field, or run a little further to the 38th star field and compete with the 4000 million warriors..."

4000 million!

Isn’t it said that the Divine Tree Civilization has just revived and is very weak?
Where the hell do all these bugs come from?

How long has it been since this started?
How did you all get here?

All the insects felt a tingling sensation in their heads when they heard this.

Chief Redwood raised his paw to signal, and asked, "Chief Longbai, the second option you mentioned is..."

Long Bai: "According to estimates, after the Amber Galaxy is completely stable, there will be 300 to 330 third-level source points. Currently, 197 have been discovered and reported, and the ones that have not been reported... roughly estimated, conservatively speaking, even if the total number of discovered so far is 200."

"In theory, there are 100 to 130 third-level source points to be discovered in the Amber Galaxy. However, since the galaxy is currently in the early stages of order and stability, many of the theoretical source points may not have yet been derived. When will they be derived? It may be now, tomorrow, next year, or in a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, or even longer."

Long Bai: "The second option I mentioned is to enter a star field outside of sequence number 100, where there is a 40% probability of a third-level source point. The location is relatively remote, and it is difficult to supply. Smart bugs will not set foot in this star field in the short term."

"With the guidance of fish and insects, it takes an average of eight years to find a source. If the Citibank Chamber of Commerce and the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce join in and cooperate, the time can be further shortened."

Long Bai said, with an idea in mind.

The shining stars dimmed, leaving only three star fields.

One of them is familiar to everyone, No. 101. Soldiers were specially sent to collect light information. After research, it was found that it was indeed a bit "remote".

This so-called "remoteness" is completely opposite to the remoteness in common sense.

It is located near the center of the galaxy.

A new galaxy evolves from chaos to order, and the overall trend is to develop from the periphery of the galaxy to the inside.

At this stage, most of the popular star fields are located on the outskirts of the galaxy.

The star regions located in the middle and inner rings of the galaxy are defined as "remote".

Longbai tapped his tentacles lightly, a ray of green light shot out, and he pointed and said, "Everyone knows Star Region 101. Our first stop will be here."

"My idea is that we spend 1 years to find 1500 to 1800 source points here. Then, we hide the coordinates of these source points, and do not report or share them."

"Taber can combine the information it has collected to more accurately deduce the possible location of the third-level source point, or the approximate location of the future derived source point."

"Plan a circular search route. 3 years later, when the second group of warriors led by President Bai Wei arrives, we will follow this route and continue searching in a circular manner."

"During the search, we will certainly discover new sources, enrich the database, and continuously change and optimize the routes."

"This way, we can ensure that when the third-level source point evolves one day in the future, it can be discovered and marked in time!"

"With 30,000 years, we have enough time to build up three star regions!"

"Then, for the other two, I chose the 'Gray Star Field' that the Amber Chamber of Commerce had searched for earlier but failed to find the third-level source point. I consulted Lord Manchi for details and selected the star fields numbered 124 and 125."

"Initially, we were not optimistic about the Amber Galaxy, so we did not search carefully, and we found only a few zero-level, first-level, and second-level source points. We will deploy them in these two star fields in order."

"After this is done, No. 101 and No. 124 will belong to our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce."

"In Star Region 125, the Citibank Chamber of Commerce and the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce will act separately. In the end, whoever finds it will own it. Then, when the star system is built, a life planet will be given to the party that didn't find it as compensation. What do you think?"

Chief Redwood was the first to raise his paw and said, "I agree! Chief Longbai's method is more stable."

"There are 50 million insects competing in the top 4000 star regions now. In another two or three thousand years, I'm afraid there will be or million insects. In another five or six thousand years, will the number increase to or million, or even hundreds of millions? Searching for the source is not entirely based on luck, but calculating the probability is more reliable. With so many insects competing, the chances are too slim! Avoid vicious competition!"

"Chief Longbai has a brilliant plan!"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"We will get rich by following Chief Longbai!"

The ant kings and queen bees of the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce all agreed.

Longbai’s plan sounds promising!
From the mother planet Boshu Bay to the Baijing Galaxy and to today's Amber Galaxy, Long Bai has never made a mistake in making major decisions.

This time, everyone followed Long Bai. Although they didn't find the third-level source point, they found quite a few zero-level and first-level source points, as well as second-level source points. They had already made a fortune.

Obey unconditionally.

Long Bai continued, "We have purchased a new 'Rainbow III Survival Mothership' that can travel at 150 times the speed of light. It is expected to arrive in 200 years."

"Eliminate the Rainbow II Survival Carrier, but not completely. Change it to a 'Cargo Carrier' and hand it over to Poison Bean and Poison Wheat for logistics and transportation. Send 50 tech bugs and 50 elite warriors to assist."

"Poison Bean, Poison Wheat, you guys drive Rainbow 101 first, load the food, and head to Star Region ."

"The main force is not in a hurry to set off. Continue to rest and wait to reunite with Rainbow Three and leave together."

"it is good!"

"understand!"

The insects agreed.

After discussion, the main force continued to rest.

Old rules,
Long Bai led Shan Lingyi and Xing Yunzhi to the 101 star field first.
It is necessary to first survey naturally formed star systems, find habitable spots, and build logistics supply stations.

Molan won't go.

Stay with the fish worm, it is now a great treasure. But it is too big, and the Tubber can no longer accommodate it. (End of this chapter)