Astral Ants

"My lord, the third-level source point!"

"My king! Look at me! I! I! I! The fleet I commanded discovered it!"

"My king, there is also me!"

"My king, I! My king, I want to lie down!"

"I have done a great job! I want a reward! I will lie down too."

"..."

Several Zou Wang were jumping and reveling around the dragon cypress.

...

The Shuhua United Fleet is so large that each mother ship needs to be managed by a captain and a deputy captain.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has insufficient Zerg warriors who are powerful, smart, have certain command abilities, and have certain management experience.

Long Bai arranged for his assistant king to go out...

The twin fifth generation assistant kings Rong Hua, along with the four sixth generation assistant kings, the two-color sunflower, the two-color worm, the two-color Qianguang, and the two-color Tianchong, served as the captain and deputy captain of the Shuhua 091 survival carrier, and at the same time commanded the 10 soldiers of the Shuhua Tenth Combined Fleet...

These guys are lucky!
Long Bai was ecstatic in his heart, but looked angry on the surface. He waved his tentacles and hit and scolded, "Where did you learn this bad habit? Why are you lying there? You're asking for a beating!"

Long Bai asked: "Commander-in-Chief Bai Fan, what is the specific situation? Who discovered it?"

Baifan: "The source was discovered by a young warrior named 'Zhongzhu' from the Black Taiguang Koujia tribe."

Long Bai: "..."

Longbai waved his tentacles, silver lightning flashed, and he hit the five assistant kings one by one.

——You jumped so high, I thought you found it.

——Asshole! You made me happy for nothing.

Bai Fan reported in detail: "A newly derived level 3.0 source point, the Force concentration is only about 100, it has just evolved to level and is continuing to grow. Red Maple and Nebula Cypress brought elite warriors to guard it."

"Captain Longbai, I heard that our Chamber of Commerce's main fleet has withdrawn to Star Region 101? Du Mai and Green Heart are driving a frigate to Star Region 101 to report the situation. They should be on their way now."

"The Black Taiguang Koujia tribe came from the mother planet. They are relatively conservative and also...develop relatively slowly. It is a small tribe with only 218 warriors. They stayed together to guard the source. The other insects have returned to rest, waiting for instructions from Chief Longbai!"

Twin Rong Hua carefully raised his paw and said, "My lord, I marked the source point immediately."

Bai Fan said: "We have dispatched all the frigates to notify all fleets to return and assemble in the Scarlet Light Four Star Systems."

青槭问道：“大王，124号星域没了？那我们接下来去哪儿？101号星域帮忙？隔壁117号星域？或者141号星域？我感觉54号星域还有搞头啊！”

Long Bai said decisively:
"Star Region 101! Defend Star Region 101 to the death!"

"Our Xianglanshan main fleet will search in a loop around the 50 points that are most likely to derive the third-level source points. The Shuhua Joint Fleet will scatter throughout the galaxy and continue searching to mark the zero-level, first-level, and second-level source points."

"Further collect data to improve the calculation accuracy of the Tubber. At the same time, drive out all other fleets operating in the star field."

"it is good!"

"Understood!"

Baifan and Qingfeng agreed.

Long Bai asked, "After working in the dark and confined deep space for more than 20,000 years, are there any warriors who are not mentally strong enough to bear it and want to return to the life planet to rest?"

Baifan: “Yeah?”

Qing Feng: “Very rare.”

Bai Fan: "Only more than 20,000 years."

Qing Feng: "With sufficient logistics support and frequent rest breaks, everyone is in good condition."

Long Bai asked again: "Are there any tribes or chambers of commerce that have gained a lot of source points, become rich, and don't want to continue working hard?"

“There is even less of this.”

"My lord, who can be content with such an overnight fortune?"

Baifan and Qingfeng shook their tentacles in unison.

"All right……"

Long Bai thought for a moment and said, "The fleet has returned. Bai Fan, Qing Feng, please make the routine inquiries."

"We have successfully found the third-level source point in the 111th star field. There is no need to keep the information about other sources we obtained previously secret. We can take advantage of the gap between fleet transfers to send the teams that cannot continue or are unwilling to continue back to the Lingxiao star system."

"At the same time, notify Yudou and Caolong to recruit another group to update and optimize the team."

"Ok."

"understand!"

Baifan and Qingfeng agreed.

Long Bai immediately gave the order: "When the fleet returns, arrange for the soldiers to settle on the life planet, rest and recuperate for three years, and then set off for Star Region 101."

"Arrange the Rainbow Island II Survival Carrier to dock at the Level 101 Source Point in the 07st Star Field as the command headquarters of the joint fleet. Baifan, Qingfeng, you will gradually move over there. Then, resupply from the nearby Scarlet Light Three Star System."

"understand!"

"Don't worry, my king. We will organize the transfer."

Baifan and Qingfeng agreed.

Longbai called out, "Where is the source? Twin Flourish Birch, Twin-Colored Sunflower, Twin-Colored Myrtle, Twin-Colored Thousand Lights, Twin-Colored Skyworm, you lead the way!"

...

...

Fifty fleets, five million insects, and more than twenty-one thousand years of work found a total of 7317 source points of varying sizes.

The Taber also calculated 50 possible points from which the third-level source points could be derived. When planning the fleet routes, each of the fifty fleets was assigned one point.

The fifty fleets were circling their respective points, changing their routes in their search.

The calculations of the Tabor were quite accurate.
But it’s not accurate enough.

This third-level source point is located 130 light years away from the point where the Shuhua Tenth Fleet is responsible.

This was a big wake-up call for Long Bai.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce fleet's current search range is 100 light years...

This is a big mistake! Please correct it immediately!
...

The Shuhua 091 survival mothership overlaps on top of the third-level source point.

The Tubber approached. The Zerg fighters in the starship immediately noticed it and came out to greet it.

"Leader Longbai!"

"Twin Captain Rong Hua!"

"My king, this is the leader of Blackthorn, do you remember him?"

"Of course! I've known him before! I remember!"

meet and greet,

Long Bai concentrated for a while and asked, "Is the source point still growing? Is the Force concentration about to reach 3.1?"

Red Maple replied: "Accurate measurements show that the current Force concentration is 3.07, and is increasing at a rate of 6 every 0.01 years. It is not certain at the moment what level it will eventually stabilize at."

It has been a long time since the source was discovered, and everyone's excitement has long since faded and exhausted.

Blackthorn analyzed and said, "Captain Longbai, Star Region 111 is close to the inner layer of the Amber Galaxy. Combined with the distribution of matter in this star region and the surrounding star regions, the probability of the Force concentration at this source exceeding 3.5 is relatively high."

"Yes--"

Long Bai said: "So I arranged for everyone to develop in Star Region No. 111!"

Both are level 3 source points.

There is a huge difference in benefits between Force concentration 3.1 and Force concentration 3.9.

According to the conventional star system model of the natural god system, with a force concentration of 3.1, only 36 planets can be built. The rent of a single area of ​​a life planet is about to per year.

The Force concentration is 3.9, and 45 planets can be built. The rent of a single area in a life planet exceeds 150 million per year.

After calculation, in terms of benefits, for the same third-level source point, the Force concentration of 3.9 is nearly twice that of 3.1.

...

While everyone was talking, the twin Rong Hua went into the survival mothership, unmarked themselves, and came out again.

"My lord, that's enough. Please!"

"..."

Longbai waved his antennae to signal, and the insects were teleported into the main cockpit of the mothership.

Longbai activates his ability and completes the mark.

The fourth third-level source point!
"All right."

Long Bai spoke, saying: "This source point is officially named Baiwei Constellation. This star field also has an official name, Baiwei Star Field. In the future, it will be transformed into a regular star system, Baiwei Star System, and will be open to the outside world for leasing."

"Strictly follow the contract. Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will occupy the control of Baiwei Seat and the permanent management rights of half of the planet. Leader Heijing, your Heitai Chamber of Commerce and Baiwei Chamber of Commerce will each occupy one-quarter."

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

Hei Jing expressed his thanks in a resounding voice.

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

"Thank you, Chief Longbai!"

"..."

Later, the warriors of the Hei Tai Guang Kou Jia tribe followed suit to express their gratitude. When they received a direct affirmative response, they felt completely relieved and could hardly conceal their excitement and joy.

A small tribe with only 218 warriors and the permanent operating rights of a quarter of a planet in a third-level source star system. They can just sit back and collect rent for the rest of their lives, and they will never be able to eat up all the rent.

From then on, you will live a life of wealth and prosperity and start your life as a wealthy insect.

The universe is so amazing! So wonderful!

Long Bai said: "I discussed with Bai Fan and Qing Feng and decided to arrange the Shuhua Joint Fleet to urgently go to the 101 Star Region to help."

"This is the third-level source point. Hongfeng, you pick ten warriors to stay with me to guard it, and leave a frigate."

"Red Maple, Nebula Cypress, Twin Birch Trees, and other warriors, drive the Tree Flower 091 Survival Carrier back to the Scarlet Light Four Star System and reunite with the fleet. The Tenth Fleet has almost finished resting, so we won't stay any longer and will set off directly to Star Region 101."

Long Bai asked, "Chief Blackthorn, do you still want to continue to participate in the search?"

Blackthorn was stunned for a moment, then replied, "As long as Chief Longbai doesn't chase us away, we will just follow the fleet!"

"This is just the beginning."

"You must continue!"

"It would be nice to find two more zero-level sources!"

"Yes."

"When we open up the land in the future, we can run the business ourselves and won't have to pay rent."

"Yeah. The rent for the Zero Origin Point is also extremely expensive."

"Build two of your own."

"..."

The warriors of the Heitai Guangkoujia tribe echoed this.

All insects are the same. After having a harvest, they only hope to get more and bigger harvests. The desire deep in their hearts is like a bottomless abyss, which can never be filled and cannot be stopped.

Long Bai didn't say much, and said briefly: "Okay, Chief Blackthorn, you lead your people and follow the mothership back to the team."

"it is good!"

Blackthorn agreed.

...

After simple arrangements and packing, the Shuhua 091 survival mothership set off.

Longbai led 10 little warriors on the Taber and stayed to guard the third-level source point.

By marking the connection, we can feel more clearly that the strength of the source point is increasing bit by bit.

After 6 years of continuous observation,

The Force concentration increased to about 3.08.

Keep watching.

12 years later,

The Force concentration reaches level 3.1.

Wait patiently,

60 years later,

The Force concentration has reached level 3.2 and is still growing steadily and slowly.

Long Bai drove the Taber and quickly headed to the Scarlet Light Four Star System to check the situation. The team was still gathering, resting, and transferring in an orderly manner.

The journey from Star Field 111 to Star Field 101 is 2.6 light years, 50 times the speed of light, and a journey of 520 years. It is still a long time before the leading team can start.

Longbai returned to the third-level source point and guarded it with peace of mind.

In 60,
The Force concentration has exceeded 3.3 and shows no sign of stagnation.

In 120,
The Force concentration broke through the 3.5 level barrier, but at the same time there were also signs of slowing growth.

After waiting for 47 years,
The source point was completely stabilized, and the final Force concentration was fixed at level 3.56.

A high-quality third-level source point that can bring super high returns.

It has an excellent geographical location, close to the inner ring of the Amber Galaxy. In the future, it will inevitably become a popular star system where Zerg warriors gather and trade prospers.

...

The Shuhua United Fleet has already been assembled, and the army is midway through the voyage.

Long Bai set off slowly and returned to Star Field No. 101 to reunite with the main fleet of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce.

We had already received the news that the fourth level-three source point had been successfully found. After obtaining the final information on the Force concentration of the source point, there was another round of cheers and celebrations.

The fleet made corresponding adjustments to its search mode, extending the search distance from 100 light years to 150 light years.

Still no gain.

Longbai only had a third-level source point, and the fleet continued to search in a circle following the 50 points calculated by the Taber.

The Shuhua Tenth Joint Fleet led by the twin Rong Hua arrived first.

Long Bai personally presided over and arranged the route.

By the time I was done with my work, it was already the 78th century - 459 Yuan - 894 AD.

The first Amber Galaxy Joint Conference hosted by the Manchi star system is about to be held.

This session is very important, as many basic systems that directly determine the management and development of the Amber Galaxy will be announced.

It is directly related to the interests of all chambers of commerce.

What Long Bai is most concerned about is whether or not human civilization should be introduced into the technological production field of the Amber Galaxy.

If it is not introduced, then the intelligent machines under the command of Lord Manchi will monopolize the technological production?

Pei Diernan Wenming of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will definitely be able to obtain the corresponding qualifications.

The two chambers of commerce monopolized the trade of technological creations from the source of production? That would leave a lot of room for maneuver.

All the energy materials produced in the entire galaxy are sold to either the Amber Chamber of Commerce or the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce.

The price of materials can be manipulated at will.

Technological creations can be ordered from the Amber Chamber of Commerce or the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, and can also be manipulated.

This is what Lord Manchi wanted to do.

Longbai also hopes that it can be accomplished.

But if you think rationally, this probably won't work.

The True God of Nature would be the first one who would not agree, and those big and small Flame Spider Chambers of Commerce would be even less likely to agree.

The various forces must be negotiating in private.

There should be results.

Long Bai set out a little earlier to gather information.

...

...

As the Tabor approached the Manchi star system, a message suddenly came:
"Longbai, there is a very powerful battle fleet docked near the Manchi star system. I am sailing normally, scanning and confirming the coordinates of the jump landing point, and it has reversely locked onto us."

"This is a Star Destroyer equipped with destructive weapons. Should we activate the shield or jamming function?"

Battle fleet?

Star Destroyer?
"Leave it alone."

Long Bai: "Use the energy stored in the Artist Armor and jump over directly."

"Roger that!"

Tubber agreed.

In the cockpit, the artist's head tentacles are constantly connected to the control console, receiving instructions, mobilizing energy, and injecting it into the starship.

The starship initiated the jump and docked in deep space 3 million kilometers away from the Manchi star system.

Long Bai got out of the cabin and activated his sunburn ability to look around.

In the depths of darkness, there lurks a fleet painted in deep black.

Flat wing ship.

A sharp head and four blade-like main and secondary wings.

The overall effect is smooth and fluent, and the attack characteristics are fully displayed.

A battle group consisting of one large and sixteen small ships, a total of seventeen ships.

The leading battleship is over 100 kilometers long and about 30 kilometers wide at its widest point. It is a super huge star destroyer, but it gives the insect an intuitive feeling of being agile and flexible.

The other sixteen ships distributed around it should be escort warships, with a length of 10 kilometers.

Without the painted markings, the road cannot be seen.

Analysis by elimination,
First of all, let's rule out the Amber Chamber of Commerce. They probably don't have the financial resources to produce such a combat fleet at the moment.

Ordinary level 7 or 8 chambers of commerce cannot afford it, nor will they waste resources to build such a combat fleet.

Then there are only three chambers of commerce left that dominate the galaxy: Li Ming, Li Zhu and Bai Jing.

The Baijing Chamber of Commerce is more averse to technological creations, so they can be ruled out.

The Dawn Chamber of Commerce is the Flame Spider Chamber of Commerce, which values ​​tactfulness and the idea of ​​making money through harmony. Even for a battleship, it would not be designed to be so angular and sharp.

Then, it can be basically determined that it is the fleet of the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce.

The person who stopped here must be a high-ranking executive of the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce who came to visit Lord Manchi.

"Fancy..."

Long Bai murmured in his heart.

The star destroyer seemed to have its own consciousness. Octavia sensed that it was being spied on and locked onto it. There was also something that looked like an attack weapon that popped out from the top of the starship and was aimed at this side. The meaning of warning, threat, and expulsion was clear.

Longbai put away his Sunburn ability, and with a thought, the artist teleported out of the cabin and transformed into a half-ant artist. At the same time, the space ahead was turbulent, and the Taber took back the Shanglu space.

The artist carried Longbai and teleported quickly and continuously to the star port, crossed the star port portal, and landed directly at the square of the 1001 area in the north of Manchi Star to make an appointment for the visit.

After waiting for a while, the flame spider-shaped intelligent robot led the way into the palace.

...

"Lord Manchi!"

"Captain Longbai, I was just thinking about how to find you... It's been nearly ten thousand years since we last met. How is it going? What did you get?"

“There are some gains.”

Long Bai didn't say much. The space in front of him rippled slightly, and a metal box full of knowledge compasses floated out and floated towards the Lord Manchi.

"A new third-level source point has been discovered, officially named Baiwei Constellation, Baiwei Star System, and Baiwei Star Region. The Knowledge Compass records the coordinate information of all the source points discovered by our fleet in the Baiwei Star Region."

"!!!"

"If I remember correctly, this is the third level 3 source point you found?"

"One or two can be considered luck, but if it happens again and again, it must be a skill that other insects cannot match."

"Amazing! Really amazing!"

Manchi Overlord was shocked. He opened the metal box, took out the knowledge compass and quickly read it. Subconsciously, his tentacles trembled and he praised: "The Force concentration is 3.56, and the location is also excellent! It is one of the best source points in the Amber Galaxy at present."

Long Bai was not modest. He moved his tentacles seriously and said, "Indeed. It is a third-level source point that is excellent in every aspect!"

Lord Manchi: "Congratulations! Congratulations."

Lord Manchi sighed, "I've seen that the big chambers of commerce, with fleets of hundreds of thousands or millions of insects, have not gained as much as you have."

Long Bai: "I used the materials produced by the Black Law to build a mothership and organized a fleet of five million insects. In terms of insect population, I have an absolute advantage."

"Too……"

"But I never expected that you would build so many survival motherships not for sale..."

Lord Manchi put away the knowledge compass and handed it to the omnic next to him, and said, "Tang Lingyi, go and ask Lord Baba to come over."

After giving the order, he turned around and changed the subject, saying, "Captain Longbai, you came at the right time. I have something to do here too, so I wanted to inform you in advance and ask for your opinion."

Longbai: "Lord Manchi, please speak."

Manchi Lord said: "The information sent by Zhao Yebai said that the 'Pei Diernan Civilization' under your command, Xingshenao, is reviving. They are building a technological city and establishing a primary technological industry line?"

Long Bai said truthfully: "According to the time, it should have started to develop. I haven't been back to the Lingxiao star system for a long time, so I'm not very clear about the specific situation."

Manchi Lord choked and said, "I tried it, and it doesn't work to monopolize the Amber Galaxy's technological industry. In fact, you and I can only engage in production, and we can no longer get involved in the trade of technological creations and energy materials."

"After consultation, we need to introduce at least four chambers of commerce with technological production capabilities. After consulting the tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature, the quota has been determined. One is the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce, which will be staffed by the intelligent machinery team under the command of Lord Baba."

"The scientific and technological production work in the Amber Galaxy is undertaken by the Amber Chamber of Commerce, the Lizhu Chamber of Commerce, and your Xianglan Chamber of Commerce."

"According to the rules, technological creations of different uses are subject to taxes ranging from 20% to 200%. During the transaction, the Star Network system will automatically deduct the tax. All technological products, except for motherships and engineering ships used for engineering construction, are subject to tax."

"In addition, there are three human business alliances. The Amber Galaxy is determined not to allow humans to get involved, so they are placed in the Tupingcao star field 600 million light years away. It is considered foreign trade and tariffs are collected. But when calculating tariffs, transportation costs must be considered. Therefore, the cost of sending the technological creations of human civilization to the Amber Galaxy is basically the same as ours."

Lord Manchi finished speaking in one breath.

Long Bai moved his tentacles seriously and said, "I understand! Thank you, Lord Manchi, for your support!"

Manchi dominates and swings his claws.

Long Bai asked: "Lizhu Chamber of Commerce's intelligent machine? Baba Overlord?"

Lord Manchi said: "When I was young, I followed Lord Baba to systematically learn knowledge in the field of science and technology, and learned advanced fighting skills. Half of my achievements today are thanks to it. It can be regarded as my enlightenment teacher."

"In the field of scientific and technological production, if there must be competition, it will mainly come from the human race... Chief Longbai, do you understand what I mean?"

"understand!"

Longbai asked in doubt: "Fighting skills? Baba Overmind is a bug that specializes in fighting? Does it also have the ability to clamp the intelligent machine?"

"..."

Lord Manchi raised his paw and pointed outside the palace.

A stream of red light arced across the sky and rushed straight into the palace.

A sharp and fiery breath of the Force rushed towards Lord Manchi.

Lord Manchi dodged and jumped off the throne.

A red sword-shaped object, more than three meters long, with a sharp edge, was suspended above the throne.

"???"

Long Bai jumped up in shock. (End of this chapter)