Astral Ants

Led by Chaos IV and Tabor, after nearly 2.4 years of sailing, the fleet entered the target star field and docked near a black hole.

4700 light years away.

The Silver Shark No. 4700 flagship collected information such as light waves, gravitational waves, and neutron jets and observed what was happening million years ago.

The actual situation is much better than what is observed.

The star field has long been completely stable, and the galaxies belonging to the star field all tend to be stable.

Observational information shows that 4700 million years ago, there was an extremely large star in front.

Stars die and become black holes.

According to the calculations of the Silver Shark No. 1 flagship intelligent system, there must be a source nearby...

"Fishworm, sense the source!"

Mo Lan gave the order.

"Roger that!"

Yu Chong answered, calmed his mind and sensed it slightly, raised his claw and pointed, saying:
"Second King, there is a large planet hidden over there, with a large source point! It should be a level 3 source point, I know it well!"

"Level 3 source point?"

Molan was delighted and asked, "What's the distance?"

Fishworm: "Very close, no more than 20 light years!"

"go!"

Molan waved his claws, and the Chaos God No. 4 leader ship took the lead and set off.

Arriving soon,

A solid planet with a diameter of about 30,000 kilometers, most of its surface is covered by hard ice.

A rich Force emanates from the surface of the planet.

The third-level source point without a doubt!

Using the soul-fixing ability to scan and detect, it was a lonely, cold dead star with no life on it.

"Duck rush!"

After being teleported out of the cabin, Yu Chong cheered and accelerated to crash into the planet.

The insects flashed forward and habitually scanned with their mental power.

"Fishworm!"

Molan suddenly shook his mental power and shouted, his body turned into the speed of light, caught up with the fish insect in a flash, landed on his head, and stomped his feet hard.

"Fishworm! Stop! The planet's surface has the ability to be reinforced!"

"???"

The original energy in the fish and insects' bodies surges, and they try their best to slow down.

Mo Lan raised his claws, and his divine power condensed. A white ball of light was emitted, hitting the planet at the speed of light and exploding. The solid ice on the surface of the planet was shattered, and the high temperature impact caused the ice to melt instantly, forming a white mist.

The mist condensed and turned into a thick white cloud. The huge body of the fish and insect rushed into the cloud at high speed and was caught by the silk-like fine ice silk. The speed of the collision suddenly decreased and it landed steadily.

"..."

Looking around, the ground was reinforced by the water-based ice power.

"Who is it? So boring! You almost killed me!"

Yu Chong was furious and stamped his feet vigorously. Suddenly, he understood something and said in horror, "Is this the power of our Divine Tree civilization? Could it be an alien civilization?"

"The power of the laws of the Zerg warriors."

Molan was determined.

Long Bai and his group of accompanying Zerg warriors all nodded their tentacles in agreement.

Juniper said solemnly: "Long before us, there were Zerg warriors who ventured into the True Seven Dolphin Line? This is unscientific!"

Yinbai moved his antennae vigorously and analyzed, "Yes! We ran so far to search for the Star God Alliance. What are they trying to achieve by running so far and taking such a big risk?"

Juniper: "Could it be... the expeditionary force led by Lord Manchi? They are also looking for an alliance with the Star God."

Yinbai: "Or is it an expeditionary force sent by the Liming or Lizhu Chamber of Commerce to search for other civilizations?"

Juniper: "I hope the Amber Merchants' fleet isn't heading this way..."

This time,
Juniper and Silver Cypress's analysis made some sense. The Zerg fleets that were really looking for survivable galaxies were all operating in the star fields near the four major galaxies. Those farther away would at most search along the True One Dolphin Line, and it was impossible for them to cross the Rose One Rotor Wall and travel 4.7 million light years to the True Seven Dolphin Line to find survivable galaxies.

Longbai thought for a moment and said, "It's more likely that they are the expeditionary force of the Amber Merchant Guild. I wonder if they will conceal the whereabouts of the fleet. Maomei, Jubai, take two teams of warriors back to space and use the Sunburn and Universal Compass abilities to conduct reconnaissance."

"Roger that!"

"Okay. Your Majesty."

Mao Mei selected a team of elite warriors, and Ju Bai selected twelve assistant kings. They turned into streams of light, rushed out of the planet and sank into the deep space.

"Get rich!"

After briefly arranging his work, Yu Chong slowly turned his body and looked around. Suddenly, he became restless again, jumped up, cheered, ran as fast as he could, and rushed out.

"..."

Longbai waved his claws, and the insects dodged and followed.

quickly,

Fish and insects stop.

Mo Lan, who was standing above the fish bug's head, used her mental power to scan and understood what was going on.

In the soil layer deep under the ice, there is a Chaos Stone...

Fishworms feed on Chaos Stones, and their perception of Chaos Stones is also extremely sharp...

"You useless thing! A Chaos Stone makes you so happy~"

Molan muttered and activated his ability. The ice shattered and the earth and rocks surged. A chaos stone that was nurtured deep underground was taken out and held in front of his eyes for careful examination.

Fishworm: "There are many more!"

As the fish worm spoke, he raised his paw to signal, "Great King, Second Great King, I found a problem!"

Molan asked casually, "What's the problem?"

Yuchong analyzed and said: "This super-large planet was not originally superimposed on the third-level source point. It was moved here from nearby by the Zerg warriors later."

Yuchong: "But this Chaos Stone has been formed for more than 300 million years. This means that 300 million years ago, or even longer ago, there were Zerg warriors here? Then, it was not the expeditionary corps of the Amber Chamber of Commerce!"

"Oh--"

Mo Lan's eyes narrowed, and she asked, "Yu Chong, can you still determine the time when the Chaos Stone was born?"

Yuchong: "Of course! After the Chaos Stone is formed, the crystal quality is stable and will not continue to increase its energy. However, in an environment with extremely high concentration of the Force, the internal Chaos Power will become purer and stronger over time, and taste better. It will be more beneficial to my evolution and growth, and the effect of assisting in sensing the Force power will also be stronger."

"Oh--"

Mo Lan looked at Long Bai.

Longbai shook his antennae and said, "That might be the expeditionary fleet of Liming or Lizhu Chamber of Commerce that has been here before..."

Longbai was lost in thought.

This is a very serious problem.

The fleet of the Zerg civilization has been here before.

Have you searched for it on the True Seven Dolphin Line a long time ago?
If you searched...

But no news came back about the Star God Alliance.

Doesn't that mean that everyone's trip is destined to be in vain?
"..."

Even the dumbest fish worms realized the seriousness of the problem and fell silent.

"Great King, Second Great King, what should we do?"

Juniper doesn't think, asks cautiously.

Mo Lan looked at Long Bai.

Long Bai sighed, "The universe is vast. This may be the only chance for us to enter the True Seven Dolphin Line in our lifetime. Since we have spent so much time and effort to get here, why not go for a walk and take a look together."

"According to the rules, the source point under our feet is officially named 'Traveling Bug Supply Point No. 3001', incorporated into the intelligent system, and written into the long-distance star map."

Longbai: "A thief never leaves empty-handed. Yuchong, you better be diligent and dig out all the Chaos Stones on this planet for me!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Second King! Over there!"

The fish and insects cheered and jumped away carrying Molan.

Longbai waved his claws to signal, saying, "Look around for other bugs too. There should be some source gems and natural third-level energy material derivatives. Find them and take them away."

The insects gathered in groups of three or five and then dispersed as streams of light.

In less than two minutes,
The spiritual power of a Zerg warrior came from the north:

"Second King! Second King! Come and see! The message from the artist bug!"

"My king! My king! Come here quickly, there are clues here."

"..."

The light flickers,

The insects that had just dispersed followed the direction of the spiritual power and gathered again at the north pole of the planet, under a glacial cliff.

The majestic iceberg, which was also strengthened by the water-based extreme cold frost divine power, had a vertical cross section with a row of inscriptions in universal characters:
【I come, I see, I conquer】

"what!"

"Hey!"

"Culture bug!"

“Still crazy!”

"I, the Second King, am the first one to be dissatisfied!"

"Don't dare to leave your name?"

"Let me know who it is, and I will kill it!" "Here, the Second King has the highest level of education!"

"Second King! Fight it~!"

"..."

The insects looked unhappy and started to encourage them.

Molan was not polite either. After a moment of thought, he concentrated his divine power on his left front foot and with a graceful wave of his left foot, he carved two vertical rows of characters.

[I come, the light of civilization dispels the darkness]

[I see that the seeds of wisdom enlighten the barbaric]

Mo Lan looked at it with satisfaction, waved his claws again, and left his name: [Eleven Mantis King]

Under the inscription of the predecessor bug, the label "Savage Bug" was added.

"it is good!"

"Ha ha!"

"The Second King is so talented!"

"As expected of the knowledgeable Second King!"

"You are worthy of being my most respected Second King!"

"..."

The insects burst into flattery.

After the noise and excitement ended, everyone fell silent at the same time.

"Who is this? He has very low moral character. He is scribbling and carving everywhere. He is so rampant."

"According to legend, the Dragon Bamboo Lord of the Li Bamboo Chamber of Commerce has a peaceful personality and advocates technology. The insects of the Li Bamboo Chamber of Commerce are also the most tolerant, unlike them."

"That's the Dawn Chamber of Commerce? The Master of Time and Space?"

"According to legend, the Lord of Time and Space has a bad brain..."

"That's probably it..."

"That's wrong!"

"The Lord of Time and Space is recognized by all insects as the strongest fighter in the current stage of the Divine Tree Civilization?"

"I also heard that the spider is despicable and shameless, and will never let go of any grudge."

"Second King, can you... defeat the Lord of Time and Space?"

"Be careful not to be seen by it!"

"Let's not cause any more trouble and just wipe it off quickly."

"Yes. Wipe it off."

"Afraid of it?"

Mo Lan was furious and said with disdain: "Is it powerful? Didn't it almost get killed by the aliens? If it hadn't advanced to a powerful level, I would have killed it in one move. Times have changed. A spider from 100 million years ago is long out of date."

"Forehead……"

"The two kings are mighty!"

"The Second King is invincible."

"..."

The insects didn't dare to say much. They scanned the area with their mental power to confirm that there were no other traces nearby, then said goodbye and dispersed in twos and threes.

Soon the entire planet was searched, and all the naturally produced chaos stones, source gems, and third-level energy materials were dug out.

Longbai unfolds the world of reincarnation, overlapping with the planet, a half-real and half-real illusion, and the planet turns into a world of life with sunny days, green mountains and clear waters.

Baibo and Yiyun took root and were reborn.

Longbai continues to activate its abilities to maintain the world environment.

The other insects each find a place to dig a hole and lie dormant to rest.

Led by Giant Cypress and Mao Mei, they continuously use the Sunburn ability to patrol the star field, assisted by the intelligent brain ability, to search for traces of the advance fleet.

After four years of rest,
The four energy ships have been replenished and we can go back to pick up the main fleet.

The distance span is 4700 million light years, and the entire fleet cannot pass through in one go. It has to be operated in three times.

The method is simple and consists of three steps.
On the first trip, the four energy ships returned to the Brigade Bug 2241 supply point and took over the Silver Shark No. flagship first.

During the voyage, the four energy ships took turns to recharge the Silver Shark No. 4000 flagship, which was able to complete the 700 million light-year crossing. There were still 3001 million light-years to go, and the energy ship returned to the Travelworm supply point to recharge, and then went over to pick it up.

In the second trip, four energy ships stored energy for the Silver Shark No. 2 to Silver Shark No. 5 all-purpose ships and escorted them over.

On the third trip, similarly, the four energy ships provided cruising support for the all-round ships Silver Shark No. 6 to Silver Shark No. 9.

A round trip would take 4.8 to 5.1 years. In total, it would take the fleet about 14.8 years to complete the leap from the Rose One Rotor Wall to the True Seven Dolphin Line.

Zisha and Linli led the team to set off.

Insects such as the arborvitae and black orchid stayed and waited.

...

...

Suddenly one day,
A group of berry insects teleported into the planet and landed directly in front of the dormant king's nest of the dragon cypress.

"My Lord! There is a discovery!"

"Traces of the fleet!"

"My Lord, something is wrong! It doesn't look like the fleet of the Dawn Chamber of Commerce at all."

"Oh?"

Longbai came out of the nest and waved its antennae to signal, "Go and have a look!"

The insects disappeared on the spot, teleported out of the planet, continuously crossed the space and entered the deep space.

"My lord, over there!"

Yin Feiyang raised his claws to guide,
It turned out to be heading deep into the True Seven Dolphin Line.

Mao Mei activates the sunburn ability and light ability at the same time to form a holographic projection.

The visual distance is rapidly shortening, and the bright stars turn into a long river of light, flowing faster than the speed of light.

Stop suddenly,

The picture is frozen on a chaotic galaxy and slowly zooms in to a star field far away from the galaxy that seems to be unaffected by the galaxy's gravity.

The screen locked onto the star field, continuing to zoom in, and zooming in again, with the perspective constantly rotating in search.

Soon, it froze in the dark and deep space.

Continue to zoom in.

In the kilometer-long holographic projection image, a handful of stars continue to shine.

Among the shining stars, a faint and blurry orange light like a firefly flickered regularly.

——This is when the fleet is searching for the source, and the survival mothership releases positioning signals for the deploying or converging Zerg warriors!

too far.

Mao Mei tried her best to activate her Sunburn ability to collect light information within a radius of tens of millions kilometers. The visual distance continued to shorten, but the holographic projection spot was still blurry and could not be seen clearly.

Mao Mei switched perspective and searched the nearby star field.

No more, only this flickering spot of light.

Long Bai activated his intelligent brain and roughly estimated that the distance was about 330 million light years away.

The light information has been transmitted over 330 million years, and what we see now is the scene that happened 330 million years ago.

The time perfectly matches the fleet that passed through the Travelworm Supply Point 3001, so it can be concluded that it was them. After the fleet completed its replenishment at Supply Point 3001, its next stop was a star field 330 million light years away. The picture shows them searching for the source.

Longbai watched quietly and waited patiently.

The insects dormant inside the planet, led by Molan, noticed the movement, and arrived one after another, surrounding Maomei to watch.

time flies,
A year and a half later, the only spot of light that was discovered disappeared...

This means that the fleet is recovering the Zerg fighters that were released.

Maybe the source was found successfully.

It is also possible that they have not found it and the fleet needs to switch search locations.

But what is certain is that this is a simple fleet with only one surviving mothership. It took less than two years to gather the scattered troops, which shows that the number of soldiers is not large.

It is certain that it is not the expeditionary fleet of the Dawn Chamber of Commerce.

The three major chambers of commerce, Liming, Lizhu and Amber, were all ruled out, so it could only be a fleet from a small and unknown chamber of commerce.

It is incomprehensible why this fleet would travel so far.

In many Zerg tribes, the brains of all the Zerg in the entire tribe are collectively abnormal.

It is speculated that it is a fleet of some mentally ill tribe.

Keep watching.

Sure enough, two years later, traces of the fleet were discovered in another area of ​​the star field, and the team began to search for the source...

Twenty-four years later, the fleet withdrew, as if it had successfully found the source, and then disappeared without a trace. It must have gone to another place after replenishing its supplies.

...

The insects returned to the source planet and lay dormant waiting.

5.1 years later, the Silver Shark No. flagship arrived safely.

The four energy ships quickly completed replenishment and repair, and then set off again. It took another 9.6 years for the eight all-powerful ships to be successfully transferred.

The entire fleet has been assembled.

Without staying for long, they set sail and headed straight for the star field that an unknown Zerg fleet had visited 330 million light years away, which they had observed through reconnaissance. (End of this chapter)