Astral Ant Tribe

(ps: Some readers reported that the tonnage setting of the cargo star spider and starship was too small. I calculated it. An iron block with a side length of 100 meters weighs 7.8 million tons. The previous 500,000 tons was indeed too small. Modification )

Poisonous Bean drove his "Qiming Bean" back to the Sheep's Hoof star system.

The 10-million-ton cargo Star Spider transported all the core components dismantled from the Pedirnan Lo O Star God in one trip.

The things were valuable and the journey was long, so Hong Ma led a group of fighting bugs to accompany the ship to escort them.

Long Bai's Tarbot starship is not weak in power. It carries 10,000 specially selected ants with scientific knowledge and work experience in the dimensional space and sets out from the Aquamarine star system.

Molan's Xiaolongbai itself is equipped with a dimensional space for life to survive, and can transport 3,000 specialized ants at a time. It is piloted by Caolong and Yuzu.

…

Arace star system.

It is a remote, low-rent, semi-mineral first-level source star system.

There are 16 planets, 10 of which are mineral stars. Many metal raw materials can be purchased nearby, which can save a lot of freight.

There are also several first-level source star systems nearby that are being exploited to form mining stars.

Therefore, most of the people who settled on the other six living planets were 'miner bugs' who found work on nearby mining stars to make a living.

Hunan Star,

Long Bai rented territory in three districts in one go.

In North 6578 District, at the junction of North 7577 and North 7578 Districts, Ghost Fan and Xingyunbai, who arrived first, have built an industrial park and production factory under the command of Xingshenno.

Long Bai piloted the Tubai and arrived first.

Open an ant nest and start cultivating an ant colony.

As early as when he was still just a mountain lord-level ant on his home planet, Long Bai discovered that the ant colonies cultivated by the Dominion Throne had a strong ability to learn knowledge, and the ant colonies would teach each other.

The 10,000 specialized ants brought by Long Bai became the 'mentors' of the ant colony, responsible for the enlightenment education of the new ants.

12 years of basic knowledge education.

Then the three assistant kings Heiti, Shuangsejinhuai and Shuangsejinrong will organize and arrange the teaching of standardized, systematic and advanced knowledge.

In an assembly line factory, each ant is only responsible for one or two simple processes. There is no need to master much advanced knowledge. Four years is enough.

…

The star network channel is not a straight line and requires detours. The Xiaolongbai is not as fast as the Tubo.

Luzu and Grass Dragon arrived a little later than 10 years.

They began to move around and purchase raw metals.

The park factory has conducted some test operations successively.

Commander-in-Chief of Star Shenoh,

Ghost Fan, Star Cloud Cypress, Purple Sha, and Scale Oak lead a thousand Zerg warriors who possess scientific and technological knowledge to cooperate,

Ant colony coolie,

Tight fit, flawless.

Confirm it works.

The 500 billion that Long Bai had previously harvested from the Red Triton Star were loaned to the Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce in the form of source-quality gems, and he has been getting back the money. For more than 30,000 years, 80 billion has been recovered.

Long Bai and Mo Lan also had a balance of more than 10 billion after various extravagant expenses.

There are 90 billion funds in Long Bai's account.

Start purchasing materials nearby and start production.

…

Ang Tianlian, Zi Chan, and Yu Teng came looking for them.

Ang Tianlian is worthy of being an adventurer who has been wandering in the starry sky for millions of years. He has a strong special relationship network that is almost impossible for Long Bai and Mo Lan to come into contact with.

Two star artifacts were sold for a high price of 540 billion.

meet as planned,

Repay 100 billion in arrears.

Long Bai received 440 billion.

Large amounts of funds are in place,

Lu Dou and Cao Long set off on the Xiao Long Bai and began to analyze market prices, inquire and contact various parties, and make large-scale purchases.

…

Qiming Bean is the slowest.

Du Bean and his party arrived 60 years later.

unload cargo,

Then set off to carry the ordered raw metal.

Materials of all colors are arriving one after another in large quantities.

At Longbai, the team of worker ants has begun to take shape, and pre-job training has been completed quickly, and the production factory is officially operational.

As time went by, the ant colonies continued to increase, and residential buildings and traffic streets were built, forming a high-density ground-based technological city.

Raw materials continue to come in, finished components continue to flow out of factories, and large-scale warehouses are built for storage.

The construction project of the survival mothership Molan is on track.

Longbai leases three districts, 78,000 square kilometers of land, cities, factories, and warehouses, with a total area of ​​less than 10,000 square kilometers.

As the ant colony continues to grow past one million,

Other places have been developed into orchards, grain fields, livestock farms and breeding bases to achieve food self-sufficiency through high-density farming and breeding.

A clear division of labor,

Supervisor Xing Shenao, Gui Fan, Xing Yun Bai, Heiti and other insects assist in the management. All work is being carried out in an orderly and efficient manner.

Long Bai doesn't need to get involved too much and has nothing to do. He goes into the deep space and focuses on the system's abilities.

…

[Time: 78th Era-190 Yuan-873 Years]

Against the background of the deep dark starry sky, the dragon cypress spreads its wings and floats motionless. The black body surface is hazy, thick and heavy, the purple gold energy of the membrane wings shines, and the sharp edge is restrained.

"Huh?"

Long Bai felt something strange, so he retracted his wings and looked quietly at the direction of the distant star system.

In less than half a minute,

A colorful light spot flashed, and the space teleported closer.

Cymbidium.

Throne of Glory.

The three insect groups of Baiwei, Hongtao and Nandi...

To Long Bai's surprise, Zeqi and Luo Li also came.

And boss Lan Ying!

Why is this guy Zi here again?

"..."

Meet and greet for a while,

Long Bai asked: "Second King, are you here to inspect the work?"

Mo Lan said indifferently: "Let me see what level of cultivation you have reached."

Long Bai said truthfully: "I am imitating the power of the warriors of the Guiji tribe led by Qingyuan and Shixiao, and I have a clue. I need time to understand deeply."

After Long Bai finished speaking, he looked at Zi and Lan Ying.

Lan Ying explained: "Master Yiwei successfully obtained a white crystal fruit from the white crystal sacred tree. Zi and I sent it over immediately."

The space in front of Bai Wei wavered slightly, and a space-time Rubik's Cube appeared floating in front of him.

"The white crystal fruit at the star level, Chief Longbai, look, are you or Mo Lan in a hurry to use it? If you need it in a hurry, you can take it first, and just give me one back later."

"……Not in a hurry."

"Thank you, President Bai Wei, for your kindness!"

Long Bai declined politely and thanked him politely.

The white crystal fruit at the star level only gives the most basic rebirth ability.

The white crystal fruit in the realm gives a higher level of 'reincarnation'.

Improving law ability is inherently difficult.

The ability given by the White Crystal Fruit is directly fatal when exercised...

It is necessary to constantly experience various deaths in different ways...

If you want to realize it independently and want to improve your rebirth ability to the level of reincarnation, you may need to experience thousands or tens of thousands of deaths and rebirths.

This process is painful to think about.

Long Bai has never died even once in his life, and he never wants to die.

Long Bai and Mo Lan directly ate the white crystal fruit at the Sujing level, skipping this fatal exercise link.

"Then I won't be polite."

Bai Wei was just polite, her ninth eyes glared, and she quickly packed her things back.

The space ripples,

Another lotus bud floated out.

Melaleuca.

The lotus petals, as thin as cicada wings, stretch out layer by layer. In the center of the lotus platform, there is an off-white seed only the size of a mung bean, with crystal-clear and translucent snow-white force lines.

Water and life dual-system original energy fluctuations.

God-given seeds!

White crystal god-given seeds!

And it's not an ordinary white crystal tree.

Lan Ying looked solemn and solemnly introduced: "Chief Longbai, this is the god-given seed cultivated by our Holy Butterfly Tribe and the birth of Baijing No. 4524 tree species. The corresponding god-given seed will be given some guidance and guidance at the king level. After understanding the ability of 'rebirth', starting from the star realm, it can produce god-given force food that specifically strengthens the power of 'rebirth' and even 'reincarnation'."

"In addition, when the understanding of reincarnation reaches a certain level, you can also break away from the life seed and be reborn with the help of the wild white crystal god-given seed. For example, in this daylight sea arena battle, everyone has seen the domination realm white crystal god-given seed. Cooperating with the divine power of reincarnation, the master of blue veins, all participating fighters will be given a chance to be reborn.”

"Another example is the Flame Spider Tribe, which only has one Life Seed. They need it more."

"The white crystal tree species No. 4524 is the most important foundation for our Holy Butterfly Tribe to gain a foothold in the universe. The tribe has strict controls. Ordinary tree species are not allowed to escape and are only cultivated in the source star system that is strictly guarded."

"However, our Holy Butterfly tribe has rules. As long as the insect has obtained the ability to reincarnate from us, it will also have the opportunity to purchase a white crystal number 4524 God-given seed."

Lan Ying paused and said: "As for the price... it's fixed at 30 billion raw crystals per crystal. Compared to its effects, this price is not an exaggeration to say it's a gift. We charge a symbolic fee for hard work."

"...It's not expensive~"

Long Bai understood the situation immediately.

The Baiwei Chamber of Commerce has recently purchased a cargo Star Spider. It has purchased a large number of Tianqing 42 Star Spiders for commercial use in interstellar travel. It owes hundreds of billions of installment loans and needs to repay them regularly.

This white crystal god-given seed must be bought, but there are not so many original crystals available for the time being.

Long Bai looked at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei asked tentatively: "Chief Longbai, can you borrow some?"

Long Bai didn't waste any more words. He waved his tentacles to signal, opened the Xingwang account, and transferred 30 billion to Lan Ying.

"OK!"

Lan Ying said simply: "Then Zi and I will take care of everything for this trip."

Long Bai looked at Zi.

purple:"……"

Long Bai asked: "Zi, you didn't eat a white crystal fruit?"

"Of course I ate."

Zi said depressedly: "It is also at the star level and requires independent understanding of the power of reincarnation. As soon as I finished eating, Master Yiwei gave an order that I should experience different types of death first..."

"Death by decapitation, death by piercing the head, death by high-temperature flames, death by freezing with frost power, death by electrocution and bombardment by various lightning powers... He kept dying in different ways, and after dying a thousand times in a row, the insect almost collapsed. "

"Forehead--"

Bai Wei couldn't stand hearing it and asked: "So, what's the effect? ​​Zi, how has your ability improved?"

Zi: "It has a little effect, and I can understand a little bit of the power of 'death'."

Bai Wei: "That's okay..."

Zi: "Through continuous real death, I understand the power of death, which is an offensive power derived from the ability to reborn. Master Yiwei is guiding me to integrate this power into the 'Purple Sun' and evolve it into something similar but completely different from the 'Sea of ​​Sinking' Ability."

Mo Lan's eyes shone and she asked enthusiastically: "So, Zi, where is your 'Purple Sun' ability? How is your progress? Show us."

Zi hesitated for a moment, then flapped her wings slightly, and her body disintegrated into thousands of red, purple and black butterflies, flapping their wings away from the insects.

The butterfly swarm exploded to form a cloud of white smoke, which spread into a large area of ​​mist.

In the smoke, a purple-red sun was formed, emitting light and heat. Countless purple butterflies flew out of the purple sun, danced, and exploded.

——An attack evolved from the ability of the Umbrella Bird.

then,

Countless purple high-energy beams exploded into the dark space.

——The attack ability of light talent.

The next moment, all the light suddenly disappeared, endless darkness enveloped the space, and the star system that was not far away was missing.

——Dark Rose.

In the dark and weightless environment, the gloomy power of death pervades.

——The power of death.

It lasted two or three seconds,

The purple sun lit up again, then exploded and disappeared. Zi's body appeared and flickered back to the insects.

"I just started practicing the light system and the power of death not long ago, and I haven't even understood the Sunken Sea. Now I can only do it to this extent, and it doesn't even count as a half-finished product."

Zi sighed and said: "It's too difficult. Refer to Lan Ying, you have to calm down and practice hard for at least three thousand years before you can achieve some success."

"It's pretty awesome!"

"You have achieved a small amount of success in three thousand years. Then you will be able to fight in the Sunlight Sea Arena eighty thousand years later!"

"Dual elements of water and fire? That would make up for the two fatal flaws of Sunken Sea's single water element, which is easily restrained and has insufficient attack power."

"Zi, let me teach you, and then incorporate the source fire ability into it, it will definitely be powerful!"

"Do you have the source fire ability? If you learn the fire ability that Mo Lan used against the Blue Blood Dragon Li, you will definitely be able to rank in the top 300."

"..."

It can be seen that Zi's 'Purple Sun' ability is very promising, and all the insects help come up with ideas.

Seeing that everyone's theoretical level was not high, Lan Ying couldn't help but said:

"President Bai Wei, and Chief Long Bai, I think it is necessary to explain to you in a systematic way about 'rebirth' and 'reincarnation'."

"The essence of basic 'rebirth' is to use the life-seed as a carrier through the soul bond, leaving one's own 'life information' on the life-seed, leaving a 'cocoon' as a 'spare tire'. After the death of the main body, The spare tire starts, the cocoon develops, and it emerges and is reborn.”

"Reincarnation is complicated. The secret of reincarnation lies in the recognition and practice of 'self'. Look at yourself, understand yourself deeply, and understand and sublimate your own existence."

"It can be roughly divided into three stages: In the first stage, 'I' is confined to the Force life body composed of body, soul and the Force. At this stage, at most, 'I' information can only be placed in Seed of life, rebirth with the help of life seed.”

"The second stage is to liberate 'my' existence from the life form of the Force, break away from the constraints of the body and soul, use water as the medium, and integrate my existence into the natural world of the living planet. The specific form of expression is that I can escape from the restrictions of life species , with the help of rivers, lakes, and oceans, reincarnation is achieved.”

"Furthermore, it can be expanded to other substances besides water, jumping out of the limitations of water, and being able to reincarnate and be reborn as desired in the world of life."

"The third stage is to extend the existence of 'I' to the universe and coexist with the laws of the universe. If the universe is not destroyed, the existence of 'I' will never disappear. Currently, only the Lord of Reincarnation in our Holy Butterfly Tribe has reached this state. The source of rebirth and reincarnation ability, the White Crystal Divine Tree has only understood a little bit, and has not been able to fully reach this level. "

——Isn’t it too mysterious?

The insects were a little confused and half-understood.

Bai Wei asked tentatively: "So, Boss Lan Ying, do you mean that the Lord of Reincarnation cannot die no matter what? Unless the entire universe is destroyed?"

"That's roughly what it means, but not absolutely..."

Lan Ying said: "There are many tyrannical forces in the universe that can erase the existence of 'me'. The divine power of reincarnation is not unsolvable and can still be killed."

"What power?"

"Are you in the Dominion Realm?"

"Demigod? True God Realm?"

"No. The third stage still belongs to the realm of domination."

"What about going further?"

"I no longer know."

"..."

Lan Ying only knew theoretical knowledge about things that were too far away and profound, but could not explain them in detail.

The insects chattered for a while,

Mo Lan raised her paw and pointed far away, asking: "Chief Longbai, are the motherships being assembled over there?"

Long Bai: "Yes. The power system and raw energy conversion equipment are already in place."

When the insects heard this, their eyes lit up and they became energetic.

Long Bai greeted: "Boss Lan Ying, President Zi, President Zeqi, and President Luo Li, you are here for a rare visit. I will take you to visit the survival mothership that is under construction!"

"Then you must go and see it!"

Lan Ying said happily: "I have seen the survival mothership, but I have never thought about how such a behemoth with such a complex structure can be built. It is hard to imagine."

"Actually, it's not that complicated."

Long Bai greeted: "Let's go! Let's visit together!"

…

In the planetary orbit 150 million kilometers away from the star, the metal ball that has not yet been completely built orbits the sun, parallel to the Hunan star, and also on the star network channel. A simple zero-level cargo Star Spider can handle the task of component transportation.

Ghost Fan and Zisha are commanding 400 technology bugs, busy inside and outside.

The core power and raw energy conversion device of the survival mothership has been put in place. It is necessary to use metal plates that block the flow of raw energy to assemble and build a spherical-shaped 'protective cover'.

Metal plates of standard shapes and sizes are spliced ​​together according to prefabricated serial numbers, and then the Zerg warriors use their metal abilities to fuse them into one.

It is double-layered both inside and outside. Currently, only the inner layer is under construction, so I don’t see how difficult it is.

There is a 100-meter gap between the inner and outer layers, which houses ultra-complex precision components and system components.

After the completion, it will be a 1,400-meter-diameter sphere located in the center of the mothership, driving the heart of the mothership.

Long Bai knew something about it, but he didn't have the time or energy to study it carefully. He called Gui Fan and Zisha over to lead the tour and explain it to everyone.

To build a big thing with a diameter of 10 kilometers, many tasks must be done by Zerg warriors who have relevant knowledge and abilities. The current 1,000 technology bugs are far from enough, and the project progress is very slow.

It is predicted that it will take at least three hundred years to be completed.

Just a quick tour,

The insects returned to Hunan Star, North District 6578, introduced to Star Shenao, visited the science and technology city, and held a grand welcome banquet.

"President Bai Wei, how is the progress of the interstellar trade route in the Honeysuckle star system?"

Long Bai asked.

Bai Wei replied: "The trade route has been planned, and shops and strongholds have been initially built. I, Hongtao, Zeqi, Zhuban, Nandi, Heihuai and Xingyunyou, we traveled together and visited the large and small tribes that we could visit along the way. . As expected, these tribal forces that have been developing for some years have already established their force food sales and procurement channels and are difficult to change. This type of star field has been developed early and has become stable in all aspects, so it can only survive slowly. , accumulating insect veins bit by bit."

Bai Wei said: "Zu Ban and Hei Huai stayed there to take charge of the affairs. Chief Longbai, you also need to take time to go there and establish the branch nest."

Mo Lan echoed vigorously: "Yes. Yes. The mothership is completed, the project is successfully obtained, and you enter a new field. There are all kinds of things that are too busy to finish, and you have no time."

Long Bai: "What the Second King said makes sense. I will go there as soon as possible..."

Long Bai looked at Luo Li and asked strangely: "President Luo Li, is there anything good you can do?"

Luo Ji: "I got some news. The five source points, which are located about 1,400 light-years away from the Alpaca star system and about 1,700 light-years away from the Ironwood star system, are located in remote areas and are distributed in clusters. They will be used as the same project. Construction started simultaneously.”

"These five source points were all discovered by Tao Zitiao Jiding, one is a first-level source point, and the other four are zero-level source points. Among them, the ownership and operation rights of the first-level source point and two zero-level source points The rights belong to the Tao Zi Tiao Ji Ding tribe. The permanent management rights of the two zero-level source points were transferred to the Luo Li Chamber of Commerce. As a price, the Luo Li Chamber of Commerce needs to fully fund the construction of all five source point star systems. "

"This is a big deal, a big project! According to the usual practice, the Eichhornia constellation will send the senior management of the evolutionary level realm, the chamber of commerce's job level 16 or above to take charge."

"As expected, these five source points should be brought under the jurisdiction of the Sheepshoe Star System. By then, the engineering headquarters will be located in the Sheepshoe Star System Business District."

"I will follow you to confirm whether you have the ability to build the 'Molan Survival Mothership'. If so, when will it be completed? If I can make it, I will spend my time, activities, and inquire about relevant information. . If possible, Long Bai, I’ll introduce you.”

"Understood!"

Long Bai was overjoyed and said: "Then I'll trouble Guild Leader Luo Li..."

The banquet is not just a small talk, everyone discusses the affairs of the chamber of commerce.

It would be good if there were senior management at the seventh-level chambers of commerce to provide internal response.

The construction of the survival mothership has just begun, and there is news about the corresponding engineering work.

…

The banquet is over,

Lan Ying hugged Zi and said goodbye.

Long Bai and Bai Wei went to the Honeysuckle star system. (End of chapter)