Astral Ant Tribe

[Time: 78th Era-191 Yuan-055]

When Long Bai completed the work of branching out and developing the seven interstellar trade routes in the Lonicera star system and returned to the Arina star system, the 10-kilometer-diameter Molan survival mothership had taken shape.

It has not been painted yet, and the outer shell is made of silver gray and black metal plates arranged in a staggered manner.

While the survival mothership is revolving around the sun in the planetary orbit, it also rotates slowly to maintain its stability.

As soon as Long Bai approached, a large group of butterflies emerged from the entrance and exit hatch at the equator.

"Leader Longbai!"

Xia Yue greeted.

Behind him were 17 holy butterfly warriors, large and small, at least half of whom Long Bai didn't recognize.

"Chief Longbai!"

A stellar realm holy butterfly warrior greeted.

Xia Yue solemnly introduced: "Chief Longbai, this is Bai Ying. He was the same generation as Lan Ying and Zi Ying when he was on his home planet. He participated in the war against Blue Island."

Bai Ying: "Chief Longbai, do you still know me? On the home planet, I have a very good relationship with Mo Lan, Zi, Caigang, and Lu Xin. We teamed up twice to the Antarctic wilderness to practice our skills."

"……Remember!"

Long Bai was somewhat impressed by it, but after hearing its words and seeing its careless appearance, he felt secretly wary.

Xia Yue and Bai Ying took turns introducing other Holy Butterfly warriors to Long Bai.

A brief introduction and a round of greetings.

Xia Yue said: "We helped get the navigation sequence of the survival mothership Molan. There are also energy ships. I helped order six of them as required."

"There are two Cizao-01-10 10 times the speed of light energy ships, each priced at 2 billion raw crystals; two Cizao-01-50 50 times the speed of light energy ships, each priced at 6 billion raw crystals ; Two Cizao-01-100 100 times light speed energy ships, each priced at 10 billion.”

"The total is 36 billion raw crystals. The navigation sequence has been obtained and can be put into use directly."

The so-called 'navigation sequence' is the 'identity certificate' that all interstellar vehicles must have, a serial number composed of pure characters, a pass certificate for entering and exiting the star system, and entering the star port for repairs and supplies.

The so-called 'energy ship' is a special starship that collects, compresses and reserves raw energy to provide energy for the survival mothership.

A big thing with a diameter of 10 kilometers, traveling for one light year, consumes raw energy in units of hundreds of millions. Carrying tens of thousands of Zerg warriors to the Force Vacuum Star Field to engage in heavy material collection work, the daily consumption of raw energy is astronomical.

Definitely not using raw crystal.

Therefore, such starships engaged in galaxy construction projects, including survival motherships, have obtained special rights and are allowed to carry "energy ships". Through the energy ships, they can directly collect raw energy from primary or secondary source points, compress and store it. Get up and power the mothership.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a privately built survival mothership to obtain the 'navigable sequence' from the Baijing Chamber of Commerce.

The matching energy ship is also difficult to buy separately, and even if it can be bought, the price is ridiculously high.

Xia Yue has a certain say in the Shengdie tribe, especially in the Xiange Star Territory. If it comes forward, things will be simple.

After obtaining the navigation sequence and energy ship, the survival mothership Molan can sail freely in the White Crystal Galaxy and undertake the project openly.

"I'm sorry for the trouble, President Xia Yue!"

"I will transfer the original crystal to you."

Long Bai expressed his sincere thanks, opened his StarNet account, transferred an integer of 40 billion, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'll pay you for your hard work."

"Chief Longbai is so polite..."

Xia Yue paused, raised her paw and pointed in the direction of the stars in the distance, and said:

"Vice President Gui Fan and the others have arranged two ships. They are collecting raw energy and plan to launch the Molan survival mothership for a trial run. We are very curious, so we stayed to take a look."

"Ready to sail?"

Long Bai was surprised, "Calculate the time, it shouldn't be so fast..."

Xia Yue said: "The overall frame has been built, and the internal and external power systems have been built. Now we just need the internal compartments, the wiring of the power system, and the various production and maintenance factories and other facilities on the mothership that have not yet been assembled. Star Shenao suggested that outward Move and hover at the nearby star network channel 500 million kilometers away from the planet's orbit to complete the remaining assembly work and avoid the impact of the mothership's gravity on the mining star and the living planet. "

"Understood!"

Long Bai waved his paw and said, "President Xia Yue, Bai Ying, come on, let's take a look!"

…

Inside the mothership, there are only sixty-four keels connected to the starship's 'heart', supporting the starship's outer shell.

Ghost Fan and Xingyun Bai are directing 500 technology bugs to lay the equatorial zone partitions. They have only laid a very small piece, not long after they started.

During the meeting and greeting, Long Bai asked about the situation. It would take 110 years at the earliest to be completed.

Then return to Hunan Star, greet Star Shenao, and inspect the factory and warehouse conditions.

Zisha, Scale Oak, Black Ti and other insect commands are operating efficiently.

Over in the azure star system, Mo Lan selected another 200 Zerg warriors who had innately awakened metal talents and were good at metal abilities and were quite smart to study and then join the work.

The progress of the project has improved, but it is limited.

…

Return to the survival mothership Molan again.

Long Bai looked at it for a while and said:

"President Xia Yue, I need to go back to the Sheep Hoof star system to do some errands. Do you want to go there and play together?"

"No. No need to bother."

Xia Yue shook his tentacles and said: "We are all working in the Xiange Star Territory and have a lot of things to do. It's okay to come nearby to see something strange, but it's not appropriate to go far away. We're waiting to see the survival mothership start operating. After that, we'll leave , we also have to go back to work.”

Bai Ying: "Longbai Ant King, please go ahead and go about your business, we will just watch and don't cause any trouble."

"All right--"

Long Bai agreed.

It can be seen that these guys are bored and came here to see something strange.

It's good to have tribes provide resources to support them. You don't have to do too much work, let alone worry, and there is no worry or pressure.

Long Bai is different...

Long Bai showed no courtesy and set off in a hurry on the Tubai.

…

Aphrodisiac star system,

An Ye Xing, the third floor of Luo Li Chamber of Commerce Branch.

"Long Bai, you are finally back."

Luo Li stood up from the backstage, walked out, and asked eagerly: "I heard from Mo Lan that a group of warriors who are proficient in metal abilities have been added? How is the construction progress of the mothership?"

"Speed ​​it up a little bit."

"It will take about a hundred years to complete. The navigation sequence has been obtained in advance. Once completed, it can be put into use immediately."

Long Bai asked back: "Luo Li, has the project you mentioned last time started?"

"It started 47 years ago."

Luo Qi raised his claws, his water ability changed, white water vapor condensed into characters, and a long list of data was listed.

This time there are 5 source points, the farthest distance from each other is no more than 200 light years, and the closest distance is only 18 light years.

The construction of five clusters of source points must start at the same time, which is a rare large-scale project.

The number of the first-level source point is 311049101

Force concentration 1.34

It is planned to build 17 mineral stars and 1 living planet.

The four zero-level source points are numbered from 311049102 to 311049105.

The concentration of the Force varies,

All are cultivated into living planets, and 27 living planets are planned to be built.

In total,

A total of 5 stars, 17 mineral stars, and 28 life planets need to be built.

Luo Li introduced: "The Taozitiao Jiding tribe has a request to build all five star systems within fifteen thousand years. The project is very urgent, and this is the opportunity for you to enter."

"The person in charge of this project is President Huangzhu, and it is divided into three major projects: stars, mineral stars, and living planets. The three presidents Shuizhu, Yuchan, and Qianqu are responsible for them respectively. The temporary office is located in 1001 Gongfenxing South Commercial District, Block 998, Shop Nos. 024 to 037.”

"Because there is a gaseous material belt nearly one light-year long near the source point, there are ready-made high-purity gaseous planets that can be directly used. The operating environment is excellent, and all the construction projects for the five stars have been contracted out."

"The mining star technology is the most difficult..."

Luo Li asked: "Long Bai, if it's a mineral star, are you sure?"

Long Bai shook his tentacles and said: "No!"

Luo Li knew this was the answer and said: "Then there are only living planets that have no requirements for technology or strength. In these years, I go to Gongfenxing every three to five months to say hello to the four stewards and presidents. Got some news."

Luo Li said, and as soon as an idea came to his mind, he listed a long list of quotations.

Lanyan Chamber of Commerce: Independently contracted the construction project of No. 01 Star, the contract price is 2.2 million chaos rough stones...

Breakdown of project payment:

In the first phase, the gaseous planet has a diameter of 300,000 kilometers and lights up to become a star.

In the second period, the diameter of the star is 400,000 kilometers.

The third issue, stellar diameter...

…

Baitong Chamber of Commerce: Independently contracted the construction project of No. 02 Star, with a contract price of 2.34 million Chaos Rough Stones.

Breakdown of project payment:

In the first phase, the gaseous planet has a diameter of 300,000 kilometers and lights up to become a star.

The second issue, stellar diameter...

…

This guy Luo Li directly obtained the project contract contract from Luo Li Chamber of Commerce.

Starnet account, 1 Chaos Raw Stone is equal to 100 million Raw Crystals.

Such large projects are generally only affordable by level four or above chambers of commerce led by Sujing-level warriors. The project cost is based on ‘100 million’!

The star is large, requires many motherships and Zerg warriors, and is extremely expensive to build.

The construction of a mineral star requires many requirements and is relatively difficult. Different chambers of commerce are contracted by different forces, and the quotations are different. At the same time, the price is also directly related to the physical regional environment allocated to the construction planet. If the physical environment is good and construction is easy, the price will be low. On the contrary, the price will be high.

The single contract price of a mineral star ranges from 25,000 to 35,000 chaos rough stones.

Living planets are relatively simple and cheap to build,

There are currently 19 construction teams from 7 chambers of commerce, contracting 19 living planets.

The contracting prices range from 9,000 Chaos Rough Stones to 18,000 Chaos Rough Stones.

It is also divided into installments,

For example, if the diameter of the planet is 3,000 kilometers, ask the steward of the Luohe Chamber of Commerce to come to inspect it, confirm it is qualified, and pay the first project payment.

When the diameter of the planet reaches 5,000 kilometers, the steward of the Luohe Chamber of Commerce will be asked to come to inspect and accept it. After confirming that it is qualified, the second project payment will be paid.

Acceptance will be carried out in five stages and the accounts will be settled.

A total of 28 living planets need to be built, but currently there are only 9 left, and teams are being recruited.

Long Bai quickly glanced around and asked: "Luoji, the total cost of the project exceeds 1500 trillion? And the Luoji Chamber of Commerce only obtained the permanent management rights of one level 0.6 source point and one level 0.9 source point? Even if it successfully manages these If the two source star systems are rented out, the annual rent recovered will be less than 15 million, right? It will take more than 100 million years to recover the money?"

"That's not the calculation."

Luo Li said: "The seventh-level chamber of commerce has a fixed amount of ultra-long-term, ultra-low-interest loans from the Baijing Chamber of Commerce based on the distance between its star network. The chamber of commerce uses the permanent operating rights of the zero-level source point as collateral to borrow from the Baijing Chamber of Commerce. In fact, there is no need to fund it yourself.”

"According to regulations, the Chamber of Commerce undertakes the zero-level source point construction project and must also build a star network to connect the newly developed source point star systems. This requires a large investment of manpower, equipment and funds. However, the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce has to build the star network Benefits such as subsidies, interest-free loans, and loan limit increases.”

Long Bai thought for a moment and tapped his tentacles to show that he understood.

The seventh- and eighth-level chambers of commerce are all operating with debt. The original crystal loaned from the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce is basically considered to be one's own.

Luo Li reminded: "In some cases, matter is the scarcest resource in the starry sky. Their distribution is random, haphazard, and often unsatisfactory. The team that enters first will definitely seize the best collection area first. Those who enter later will Field teams can only go to areas with poor material density and unsatisfactory material structure to collect. This involves transportation costs, insect power costs, and time costs. The same is true for building a living planet, and the final cost difference may be 0.8 trillion and 0.8 trillion. A difference of 1.6 trillion.”

"As usual, President Qian Qu will assign you to go to a material area and collect materials in the designated star area."

"I also found out the division map of the material collection area. Bai Wei, Hong Tao, Mo Lan, Juniper, and Silver Cypress set out for inspection 42 years ago and should be back soon."

"I suggest that no matter which collection area you choose, your quotation cannot be lower than the current quotation, which is 18,000 Chaos Original Crystals. It can be a little higher, but don't go too far. After all, you don't have any experience in the industry, so be careful of being directly rejected. ”

"Go over first. I'll introduce you to President Qianqu and see what he says."

"If the initial negotiation is successful, I suggest that the specific contract price be finalized after Bai Wei and Mo Lan return from the inspection and everyone discusses it."

"Luojun Chamber of Commerce has professional bugs who are responsible for calculating the cost, and they calculate it very carefully. They know the construction cost of each planet well. You also need to be clear about the situation and calculate the accounts clearly. The final profit of this job may be in the quotation Among the tens of billions and hundreds of billions.”

"clear!"

Long Bai asked: "Then let's go there now?"

"Walk!"

Luo Li waved her claws and walked straight towards the stairs.

…

…

Gongfenxing Commercial District,

The Luohe Chamber of Commerce temporarily rented a row of shops as a project command station. In addition to the four stewards and presidents, there were also many Flame Spider warriors responsible for various subdivisions.

The Taozitiao Jiding tribe sent soldiers to supervise the work, first to speed up the progress of the project, and secondly to check the quality of the planet.

Luo Li led Long Bai to the shop numbered 998-024. There was a vertical sign at the door with the words: [Huang Huixing·Fourth Project Department]

Go upstairs,

Second floor.

In a spacious room that was simply equipped with a holographic projection device, a flame spider warrior with an earthy body and eight silver-white spider legs slowly stood up.

White-legged flame spider? Kind of like a mutated branch.

"President Qianqu!"

Luo Li greeted and introduced: "This is the leader of Longbai of the Pandan Chamber of Commerce that I mentioned to you!"

"I've met President Qianqu!"

Long Bai greeted.

"oh--"

President Qian Qu stared, examined, and said: "An ant king with an extremely powerful star core!"

President Qian Qu followed up and asked: "I heard that you explored the starry sky and found the remains of a third-level survival mothership that has not been completely scrapped. And you are independently producing various components and repairing them yourself?"

"Yes."

Long Bai took the initiative to introduce: "It has passed the review and certification of the professional warriors of the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce and obtained the pass sequence. The construction can be completed within a hundred years, and you can go directly to the site and participate in the work."

President Qian Qu was dubious and asked: "Are you sure you can run again? Is it a shell assembled by Zerg warriors? It won't leak, right?"

"..."

"There must be no such low-level mistakes as air leakage..."

Long Bai: "The test was started once, and the core system is operating normally. It is confirmed that it can run. Moreover, it uses a top-level survival mothership power system with a maximum speed of 1,200 times the speed of light. There will be no problems."

"good--"

"You, the ant king, are quite capable!"

President Qian Qu asked again: "How many Zerg warriors can be mobilized to participate in the work? Don't you have any work experience?"

Long Bai replied: "Thirty thousand Zerg warriors can be mobilized to participate. I can also cultivate an appropriate amount of ant colonies to do some simple work. The labor aspect will definitely not be a problem."

"As for work experience..."

"This type of project, to put it bluntly, is just hard work, with no technical threshold to speak of. The focus is on command, management, and scheduling, and assigning appropriate and simple tasks to tens of thousands of Zerg warriors so that they can act in an orderly and efficient manner. ”

"I have the experience of colonizing six zero-level source point galaxies. I have a clear understanding of the material structure inside and outside the planet of life. I directly or indirectly operate five zero-level source points. I know very well what kind of planet's geological structure is most suitable for life. Survive and reproduce.”

"At the same time, I also have rich experience in commanding thousands of ant queens and queen bees, hundreds of millions of ant colonies, and experience in commanding tens of thousands of Zerg warriors."

"I have never been involved in planetary construction projects, but I have learned relevant knowledge by myself. I don't see any difficulties, and I don't think there will be any big problems. I may encounter some small problems at work, and I am confident that I can solve them."

"Not bad!"

"Very confident ant king!"

"It can be seen that you are a great leader of the ant tribe with outstanding command ability."

President Qianqu was very satisfied with Longbai's answer.

More importantly, they can rebuild the survival starship by themselves. Insects with this ability must have profound knowledge and a large number of smart insects and outstanding insects under their command.

Theoretically, there is no problem for such a team to build a life planet.

President Qianqu formally asked: "Chief Longbai, how many life planets do you plan to contract?"

Longbai: "I heard that time is tight, and I only have one survival mothership. Let's contract one for the time being."

"Okay~!"

President Qianqu agreed, and with a thought, the room was dimmed, the holographic projection was activated, and a three-dimensional image of the star field was presented.

Continuously zooming in, freezing in a high-definition material group area, marked with white text, and displayed in detail.

President Qian Qu said: "Captain Longbai, you go to the material group codenamed 'Had' to collect materials from points 024 to 038. The construction period is 10,000 years. You must ensure that the task is completed within 10,000 years. This project is urgent. If you move fast enough, you will have the opportunity to participate in the construction of the star and make more money."

"As for the price..."

Qian Qu asked tentatively: "Captain Longbai, take a closer look and give me a price for reference? If it is suitable, we can sign the contract now."

After speaking, the star map was magnified to the extreme and displayed clearly.

Longbai looked at it carefully and asked tentatively: "19,000 Chaos Stones?"

"Forget it~"

President Qian Qu waved his claws and said: "You should go there in person, conduct an on-site inspection, calculate carefully, and then give me a serious price later." (End of this chapter)