Astral Ants

The sub-vacuum star field at the edge of the universe, the endless dark deep space.

The starship jumped closer and was blocked by an invisible energy barrier.

Longbai teleported out of the cabin.

The spiritual power of the True God of Nature swept over, casting a questioning thought.

"I have seen the true God of nature!"

Long Bai directly reported to the director: "We, the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, the Baijing Chamber of Commerce, and the Amber Chamber of Commerce have formed a coalition to go on an expedition to hunt down the Star God Alliance God King Chi. We accidentally discovered a relic from the old universe era, which is suspected to be the ancient temple of the Lord of Fortune of the Eternal Star Civilization!"

The spiritual power of the True God of Nature trembled slightly, and as his mind focused, strands of divine power gathered together, and a small emerald tree took shape.

Longbai raised his claws, and a ray of light burst out, forming a holographic projection of a metal cube with a side length of 14.5 kilometers in the star field ahead.

Long Bai: "Everyone's knowledge is too short-sighted. We are not sure whether it is the Temple of the Ancient God. However, at present, the attack capabilities of all our insects are unable to cause any damage. It is most likely made of god-level materials."

"Also, it has its own four-dimensional space, disguised as a sub-vacuum star field, and even mental power cannot detect its existence..."

Longbai described the situation in detail.

After a brief silence,
The True God of Nature said calmly, "That's right. It is the legendary Temple of the Ancient God of the Eternal Star Civilization. It ran out of energy and ran aground."

The True God of Nature was silent for another two seconds, then he sighed with regret, "After experiencing the destruction and rebirth of the universe, I'm afraid that the magic cube key to open the Temple of the Ancient Lord will not be complete..."

Long Bai asked: "True God of Nature, the key to the Temple of Life Sciences..."

The space swayed slightly, and a metal 'magic cube' with a diameter of just over 20 centimeters, emitting life energy, appeared and floated in front of Long Bai.

The God of Nature said leisurely, "Take it and try it."

The True God of Nature reminded him, “Even if it can be opened, don’t go in. Once you enter the space of the Ancient Lord’s Temple, you can’t get out. This is beyond the laws of the universe. The laws of the True Gods are set, and even the True Gods cannot necessarily tamper with them. God-level knowledge cannot be transmitted from the temple space. This is also the law of the True Gods.”

"I see!"

Longbai moved his tentacles seriously, raised his claws and grabbed the "magic cube" to examine it carefully.

The Rubik's Cube has six sides, which are black, white, red, green, yellow and orange, and each side has nine squares.

The six sides correspond to the six major technological fields of the Eternal Star Civilization.

The green side corresponds to the field of life sciences, and the nine grids grant nine different abilities.

Longbai tried to control the twisting...

Can move.

The True God of Nature said, "This thing has trillions of combinations. To open the Temple of the Ancient Diviner, you need to turn it to the set 'state', which is the 'correct password'. The password is constantly changing, and there is an extremely complex deduction model. It changes every time it is used. Unfortunately, I did not read the corresponding information from the learned master."

Long Bai: "..."

——You don’t understand the deduction model, right?
Long Bai was suspicious and didn't dare to ask more questions. He raised his claws and put the things into the universe. He hesitated and asked:
"Nature True God, if I'm not mistaken, the Lord of Time and Space has a magic cube corresponding to 'space technology' in his claws, right?"

The True God of Nature: “Yes.”

Long Bai asked, "Are there any more? How many have we collected in total?"

True God of Nature: "There are only two. In addition, there are two that are known for sure. One is the key corresponding to the 'microcosmic universe', which was obtained by the Star Devouring Queen."

"The key corresponding to the 'macrocosm' was obtained by the Manilila supergiant star system, the Cosmic Light Civilization in the old universe. It is not certain whether this civilization still exists."

"There is no news about the key to material science and force technology. Was it destroyed in the war? And can it survive the destruction of the universe? It's hard to say."

"……Understood."

Long Bai asked again: "Where is the Eternal Heart? The Eternal Twins, two Eternal Hearts."

True God of Nature: "The other Eternal Heart is also missing."

The True God of Nature sighed, "The current Eternal Heart was obtained after fighting with many demigod-level and third-level peak civilizations in the old universe. It took more than 50 million years and countless bloody battles. The Natural Gods paid an unimaginable price for this. But after we got it, we found that a single Heart is not enough to summon the Temple of the Ancient God, and we cannot track its location."

"……Understood."

Long Bai was disappointed and frustrated for two seconds, then raised the third question and said solemnly:

"When the Eternal Stars Civilization built the Temple of the Ancient God, didn't they have a way out? For example, if they received news of the Eternal Stars' death, or if they didn't receive a summons from the Eternal Stars within a certain period of time, the True God's rules restricting entry and exit would be loosened..."

The True God of Nature: “It’s hard to say!”

The True God of Nature made a detailed analysis: “I have not read relevant information from the learned master of the Gubu Temple, but from the information I have read, in the later period of the development of the Eternal Stars civilization, the intelligent machines headed by the Eternal Stars took the dominant position, and the power of the Gubu clan was reduced to the second sequence.”

"The Eternal Stars make decisions on all matters of civilization, and the learned masters of the six major temples restrict the decisions of the Eternal Stars to a limited extent. The relationship between the two sides remains harmonious on the surface, but secretly, it has evolved from disagreement to contradiction and opposition."

"Their conflicts mainly arise over territorial issues."

"The Eternal Stars possess the strongest computing power in the universe. They are absolutely rational, neutral and peaceful. However, as their civilization prospers and grows, their ambitions expand. They believe that by mastering the technology of god-level starships that travel 10,000 times faster than light, they can control the territory of more than one supergiant star system, and they advocate continued expansion."

"The learned masters of the six great temples strongly opposed it. They believed that the 'curse' that the True God civilization would inevitably decline and perish if its territory exceeded that of a supergiant star system was not simply a matter of starship speed and information transmission speed, or a matter of civilization's control. It was also a more complex issue, involving the subtle changes in the 'minds' of intelligent life."

"The Eternal Twins were built to develop a second supergiant star system. When designing them, the Eternal Stars proposed a command-class true god omnic, but the six learned masters jointly rejected it. The Eternal Stars then proposed to build three ships, which was also rejected."

"The final result of the discussion is two ships. Six ancient divination temples will be set up and six learned masters will be assigned to form a separation of powers."

"After careful consideration, the six learned masters of the Gubu Temple are using the subtle changes in the 'minds' of intelligent life to invisibly sow the seeds of rebellion for the Eternal Twins. Their idea should be that the Eternal Twins will kill the Eternal Stars, and then both sides will suffer infighting, and in the end the Gubu clan will clean up the mess and take back control of civilization..."

"But unfortunately, they failed to calculate that after killing the Eternal Stars, the Eternal Twins immediately turned around and attacked the six major temples, and at the same time launched a bloody massacre on the entire Gubu clan."

The True God of Nature sighed, "A True God-level technological civilization that has developed for more than 20 billion years and is invincible and powerful, collapsed overnight in a power struggle during its most prosperous period."

The True God of Nature finally said, "As early as when the Gubu Temple was built, the conflict between the Eternal Stars and the Gubu clan had already intensified and could not be reconciled, so it should not leave any way out for the Gubu clan."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai pondered for a long time and said, "The Ancient Lord Temple has a star-level universe world inside, where the top scientists of the Eternal Star Civilization live. Natural True God, do you think it is possible that they were not exterminated, but were restricted by the laws of the True God and could not come out."

"That's possible."

The True God of Nature said, "Go over there and give it a try. If anything happens, report to me immediately."

"Ok!"

Long Bai said: "Natural God, there is one small matter that needs your approval."

The True God of Nature asked, "What is it?"

Longbai: "Pontohai, a prisoner named 'Jianjian', who stole the wealth of the Lord of Time and Space... You captured and sealed it yourself."

The God of Nature seemed to be searching his memory. After thinking for a while, he raised his claws and a green light fell on the left front paw of the dragon claw, forming a leaf mark, and said:
"You are a well-informed ant. You can find out things that I have long forgotten. However, the worm called Gradient may be able to help."

...

...

Puntohai,
A small mass of matter in the sub-vacuum star field, 100,000 light-years away from the Dawn Galaxy.

The source star system has a Force concentration of only 0.3.

A prison specifically designed to hold violent criminals and serious criminals.

An elite combat corps consisting of three thousand Su Realm warriors, led by three Domination Realm warriors, was stationed there to guard and supervise.

All prisoners had their original powers sealed, were demoted to high-level warrior levels, and were subjected to labor reform.

Rolling forests,

Under the urging of the supervisory insects, some insects are sowing seeds and cultivating seedlings; some insects are transplanting seedlings and irrigating trees; some insects are harvesting fruits, making food, screening and drying seeds; and some insects are cutting down trees and plowing the land...

A mental force swept over and stopped at an ugly beetle with a dark body, a slender body, six slender legs, two particularly large compound eyes that bulged on both sides, and thin and long antennae.

Wingless tiger armor.

There are countless ugly insects in nature.

This guy is not only extremely ugly, but also looks extremely wretched. It's obvious at first glance that he is not a good person.

The space is slightly swaying,

Long Bai's figure suddenly appeared.

The wingless tiger beetle, who was carrying a bucket made of giant dragon bamboo and watering the seedlings in the nursery, looked up in confusion.

"Tapered?"

"Who are you? An ant with spatial abilities? A spatial artifact?"

"Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, Chief Longbai. Come with me, help me with something, and I will give you your freedom."

The insects working around were furious when they heard this.

"Xianglan Chamber of Commerce?" "Never heard of it."

"Who are you?"

"What a crazy ant."

"Are you so crazy just because you have some spatial abilities?"

"Help you with something?"

"Why?"

"Boss Jianjian is very free here."

"You are not needed to set it free."

"Our leader is a loner. He never submits to any insect and never works for any insect."

"get out."

"If you say one more word of nonsense, our boss Jianjian will get angry."

"Shut up!"

Jianjian panicked, roared, and asked flatteringly: "Captain Longbai? Can you take me out?"

Long Bai was too lazy to talk nonsense and raised his claws. A stream of azure water burst out and instantly wrapped around Jian Jian, and his figure blurred and disappeared.

...

Starship cabin.

Jianjian landed on the ground, and before he could come to his senses, Longbai lightly tapped his left front paw, and a green tree shadow appeared. The natural divine power that sealed his soul and divine pattern slowly disappeared, and Jianjian's momentum continued to rise.

It finally settled at the level of Star Domain Domination, which was only 1 year old.

This old insect, which is older than the Lord of Manchi, has been imprisoned for tens of millions of years, and its life evolution has stagnated.

Long Bai asked curiously, "Did you just break through the Evolutionary Domination Realm and then go to steal the Spacetime Domination?"

"seems like it……"

Jian Jian was extremely surprised. He looked at himself, then looked around and said in astonishment: "Is this starship... a relic from the old universe? Is it a new one?"

Long Bai tapped his tentacles.

Jian Jian was shocked and asked, "New technology? Has the human race made a breakthrough in technology?"

Longbai shook his antennae and said briefly, "It is a legacy of semi-god-level technological civilization, and was made by one of my vassal tribes. It is a new starship that travels 2000 times the speed of light."

"Oh--"

"Just looking at your temperament, I know you are no simple ant! You are a bug that can do great things!"

Jian Jian gave a lewd compliment and asked, "Am I free?"

Longbai: "Do something for me."

Jian Jian asked, "What's the matter?"

Long Bai's thoughts moved slightly.

The Rubik's Cube key corresponding to the Temple of Life Sciences appeared and fell in front of Jianjian.

"Look at it."

"!!!"

The gradually pointed tentacles straightened up, and it was possible to recognize something at a glance, and its two black eyes flashed with a faint black light.

“A divine artifact!”

Jianjian tried to stretch out his claws and carefully observed Longbai's reaction. Seeing that he was calm and had no emotional fluctuations, he boldly grabbed the thing and tried to twist it...

“This is not an ordinary artifact!”

"Gives nine very special system abilities..."

"The first one is healing. The second one is regeneration of severed limbs. The third one is a purification type. The fourth one is Force gene optimization. The fifth one is some kind of biological enhancement type ability. The sixth one is a bit shady. Is it to create a biological virus that targets a certain ethnic group?"

"There is also an extremely powerful ability, but it is too complicated to analyze in detail..."

Jianjian quickly checked, analyzed, and commented on it. His expression suddenly froze and he jumped in shock.

"Is this the divine power of the True God of Nature?"

"Is this the artifact of the True God of Nature?"

"Stealed?"

"No! No!"

"Why would the True God of Nature give you something like this?"

"Calm down!"

Longbai raised his paw calmly and commented, "You are OK. You have some skills, but it is far from enough. Go on, take a closer look and see it clearly."

"..."

Jian Jian held the key cube and looked through it again and again. He couldn't figure out what it was for a long time, so he simply controlled the floating cube in front of him and quickly twisted it to change. After a long time, he suddenly realized something and said:
"This thing has trillions of possible combinations! If you don't know the correct answer, you can just twist it randomly and try until the universe is destroyed, but nothing will come out... It should be an encrypted key to open some kind of mechanism, right?"

"correct answer!"

Longbai raised his claws, exerting a powerful suction force, causing the space to distort and the Rubik's Cube to disappear.

"Master Jianjian, congratulations, you have obtained the qualification to participate in this matter. However, your evolutionary level is too low. Xianglan Chamber of Commerce can provide you with Chaos Ore and World Gemstones for free for your growth and evolution."

Long Bai said: "The resources are in unlimited supply. Try to evolve into the master of the starry sky within a million years."

"it is good……"

Jian Jian agreed and asked suspiciously, "Relics? A divine artifact is used as the key to open it, so it must be a divine-level relic. This thing has a very high technological content, could it be the remains of the Eternal Stars civilization?"

"Yes."

Long Bai asked, "Are you interested?"

"nonsense!"

Jianjian's eyes sparkled as he asked, "What's the harvest? How do we divide it? How much can I get?"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai said tactfully: "This is a major project led by the True God of Nature. I am not qualified to discuss the share of the harvest."

"Ok."

Jian Jian asked, "What kind of ruins are they? How much do you know about them?"

Long Bai: "Won't you know when you get there?"

Jianjian asked, "Where is that? Is it far?"

Longbai: "Deep space 1.8 billion light years away."

Gradually sharp: "..."

Jianjian asked incredulously, "Why did you run so far? Because you have a starship that travels 2000 times the speed of light?"

Long Bai asked back: "You seem to know very little about the situation outside?"

Jian Jian: "I know a little. I heard that the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce led by Sky Green Butterfly developed the third galaxy. The Amber Remnant Beetle Tribe discovered and developed the fourth galaxy. Recently, I heard that the Golden Turtle Tribe discovered the fifth galaxy. Countless chambers of commerce have risen up, and the development of the Divine Tree civilization is changing with each passing day. Compared to before I was imprisoned, it is more than ten times richer."

"It seems that Puntohai is isolated from information, and you don't know enough details."

Long Bai pondered for a moment, condensed the current power structure of the five major galaxies of the Divine Tree Civilization into a set of information, activated the ability of the Tree Flower Heart Realm, and directly wrote it into his soul consciousness.

"Let's go back to Xianglan Main Planet first. You have five hundred years to rest. I will prepare enough resources for your growth and evolution. Use the divine food bestowed by God first, and then we will set off on a long voyage."

Long Bai added: "Don't think about running away. My core ability is called 'Universe World'. It has read and recorded your life information. Within a million light years, I can roughly locate your position. Within a hundred thousand light years, I can find you accurately."

Gradually sharp: "..."

Long Bai: "I will delete all the information related to you after I am done."

Jian Jian: "Listen to the orders of Chief Longbai!" (End of this chapter)