Astral Ant Tribe

Normal situation,

To produce raw energy materials, you need to build star systems, build mineral stars, build mineral veins, and send soldiers to maintain them.

First-level raw materials usually take tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of years to mature into useful materials.

Most secondary raw energy materials start at 100,000 years, and start at 20,000 to 300,000 years.

It is foreseeable,

At this stage, and for a long time to come, Amber Galaxy's primary and secondary raw energy materials will be in short supply, and prices will remain high.

As for the third-level materials, it is impossible to buy them. I'm afraid now, the three major galaxies of Liming, Li Zhu, and Bai Jing have cut off supply.

The Black Method can actually accelerate the production of raw materials!

And it is produced from the inner dimensional world, which can save the tedious process of building mineral stars.

The value of this effect is too great.

In urgent need of a high-grade source point!

…

What Xingyun Zhi found was the 0.6 level zero source point.

The Black Law Number occupies the level 0.8 zero-level source point.

The two sources are only 17 light-years apart.

As a rule, within 100 light-years nearby, the probability of a third zero-level and first-level source is close to zero, and the probability of a second-level or third-level source is completely zero.

There is no need to search any further.

Change position.

…

Tabor, Conference Hall.

Dim light, sparse stars.

Long Bai stared at the holographic projection of Star Field No. 01, thinking intently.

Ang Tianlian was the first to say: "A large amount of civilization information and knowledge is stored in the black law database. Among them, Zunets information, the origin and development process of the eternal star civilization, and the most core, god-level scientific and technological knowledge, These are the most valuable and can be sold for a sky-high price!”

"Lord Manchi is the ideal buyer! This is information about its path to evolve into a true god. I think a third-level source point is not too much, right?"

Wujie became emotional and echoed: "It's not excessive! The price is very fair!"

Ji Lan said faintly: "Why do you want to exchange the third-level source point? Can't you just take the Black Law Number back together?"

"That's right!"

"How come there is no Wafa civilization?"

“Being wary of insects is essential!”

"We have to learn a lesson!"

"..."

All the insects agreed unanimously.

Wuju asked: "Then wait until the main road of the star network connecting the third-level source points is completed, and the Amber Galaxy has a preliminary order, and then we can deal with the Lord Manchi?"

——This is the safest way!

——It’s better to be steady. The matter is too big and the things are too valuable. Don’t lose your life.

The insects echoed.

Yi Lan continued to suggest: "Then we still need to find a place to hide the Black Law. The most ideal thing is to hide it in the star of the source star system."

"Then where can we find the source star system?"

"The Black Law doesn't have a power system, so it can't run. It won't work even if it's a little further away."

"The only way is to find a suitable source point in Star Field 01 and build a source point star system."

"Then what are you talking about? In the final analysis, the most important thing before us is to find the source."

"..."

The insects discussed and unanimously fell silent, looking at the holographic projection.

Long Bai raised his claws, and a ray of green light penetrated into a large spherical interstellar chaotic material mass, marking everyone's current location.

Waving the tentacles lightly, an arc extends, passing through a projectile-shaped gaseous material cloud dominated by hydrogen, and connects to a blue-purple-red colorful material cluster.

"At this location, a black hole was formed after the natural death of a red supergiant star. It took more than 100,000 years. The surrounding space and matter have long been stable, and the source point should have been derived. We will use this as the starting point again to start the search."

"The distance is not too close, 800 light-years away. If a suitable source point is found, the Black Method can move there as soon as possible."

"And this nebula is large enough..."

Long Bai had an idea.

Taper operation, white coil encircling, labelling.

A projectile gas nebula with a length of 1.7 light-years and an approximate circumference of 5.6 light-years.

Long Bai: "According to the rules, the probability of deriving the source point here is also very high. Let's go on the way and search around this nebula. We will probably gain something."

"good!"

"OK!"

"Your Majesty, let's set off."

The insects agreed and urged.

Long Bai: "Eat, return to the nest to sleep and rest. We will set off in a month."

"good!"

"knew!"

"I'm full."

The insects agreed again and urged.

Long Bai's eyes fell on the commander ant who was crowded at the door and looking outside the conference hall.

Juniper and silver cypress rushed to say:

"Your Majesty, Sugi Reiichi."

"It seems to have a soul mutation and is a sign of rising to the rank of King Zuo!"

Long Bai moved his tentacles.

Everyone can see that this leader ant numbered "Shan Zero One" is very different from the other 29.

The body is stronger, the movements are more agile, the brain is smarter, and the autonomy is particularly strong.

The key is that, under the influence of the soul-fixing ability, its soul is more solid than other leader ants...

It has not reached the standard of leaping into the Evolutionary King. There are signs of this, and it is very strong...

After the catastrophe, Long Bai directly gave up cultivating an all-powerful king through specialized ants.

The probability of a specialized ant in the Starry Realm and Xingxiu Realm being born is too low. Only one in 100 million is possible. Long Bai simply doesn't have the time and energy to cultivate it.

As for the leader ants, rain master ants, specialized leader ants, and specialized rain master ants, they were too troublesome to cultivate and the numbers could not be increased, so they were not tried.

"This Sugi Reiichi is very special!"

Mo Lan asked: "Did any insects bring black lotus seeds here?"

The insects shook their tentacles.

Everyone cleared the technological star core crystal wall space and traveled lightly, bringing nothing but the necessary raw crystals.

"What else can you say?"

Mo Lan ordered: "Long Bai, take Dianshan Lingyi with you and teach it the basic knowledge first. When the main fleet arrives, we can get the resources needed for evolution and then make arrangements."

"..."

"Listen to the Second King's command."

Long Bai waved his tentacles to drive away King Zuo, and called all the commanders headed by Shan Lingyi to enter the conference hall, eat food, and rest in place.

Then, he set off alone and approached the Black Law.

Black Law immediately sensed it and formed a teleportation portal 5 kilometers away from the starship itself.

Long Bai walked straight across, entered the dimensional world, and teleported in front of the temple on the cliff.

"Heifa, I have two more questions that I want to ask you."

"What's the problem?"

"The first question is, how much do you, the Wafa Civilization, know about the White Tower Civilization?"

"Zero. Never heard of it, no record."

"..."

"What about the Crystal God Constellation Galaxy Cluster and the Kester Elemental Civilization? Do you know?"

"I know! A relic of the ancient god! It is said to be a very special sealing artifact, which may be sealing an ancient true god. The design is extremely clever. The power of the seal will impregnate and change the laws of the surrounding universe, absorbing power to strengthen the seal, and the Kester elemental body Civilizations are additional products of this clever design. They are simple-minded and some instinctively attack other civilizations and expand their territories.”

I heard something new!

Long Bai asked: "What else? Have you ever been in contact?"

Hefa replied: "No. I just heard about it. The distance is too far, and I heard that it is very chaotic over there. The entire Eye of Destruction super galaxy cluster has been in turmoil for a long time. The Wafa civilization makes a living from interstellar trade. , prefers to go to those star regions that are relatively stable, peaceful and prosperous. The Wafa civilization does not participate in wars and does not trade with civilizations that are at war."

"oh--"

Long Bai thought for a while and said: "Second question, the abilities of omnics at your level are all concentrated in the 'mechanical heart'? For example, the dimensional world, four-dimensional time and space you control... are the derivation of accelerated raw energy materials? Dimensional world comes with abilities?”

Heifa corrected: "The two abilities are one, and they are called the 'four-dimensional world'."

"understand……"

Long Bai explained: "The eternal heart of 'Ru', one of the eternal twins, was acquired by the True God of Nature, fell into the claws of Lord Manchi, and was fused by Lord Manchi."

"What?!"

The black magic thoughts trembled violently, and the entire illusory world collapsed, darkness, and the ruins were revealed.

After being shocked for a long time,

Hefa regained his composure and asked in disbelief: "How is it possible for a life form of the Force to fuse with the 'Eternal Heart'? The power of the true god of nature?"

Long Bai: "I don't know. I don't understand either."

Long Bai said: "What I want to ask is, what abilities do the Eternal Twins possess? Are they all concentrated in the Eternal Heart? How many abilities can Lord Manchi inherit?"

Hefa said: "There is an essential difference between omnics and Force life. Omnics have no soul. In my understanding, the mechanical heart itself does not have abilities and has no abilities!"

"The mechanical heart is like the brain of your Zerg warriors, which plays a role in control and governance. The strength of the mechanical heart is mainly reflected in its data computing power, information storage, and information transmission capabilities."

"The strength of an omnic is reflected in its overall configuration. Taking me as an example, the 'shell' of the Black Law is my body, equipped with various functions, and the core function is the four-dimensional world. There are also missing ones The power system and energy system give me the functions of space jump and interstellar navigation.”

"Other intelligent machines, if they are equipped with weapon systems, will gain corresponding attack capabilities. If they are equipped with scientific experimental equipment and the assistance of outstanding scientists, they will gain research and development capabilities. If they are equipped with production equipment, they will gain corresponding production capabilities."

Long Bai: "I can understand...but...then, what abilities can Master Manchi gain by merging the Eternal Heart?"

Heifa said: "I can't understand. Even if the 'Eternal Heart' is the mechanical heart of a true god-level omni-machine, it should not be able to escape the category of omni-machine. In this case, the eternal heart can only be exerted by configuring technological equipment. Correspondence. And now, it's matched with a Zerg warrior?"

Long Bai: "Yes..."

Long Bai: "But the facts are right in front of us..."

Long Bai asked: "Hefa, didn't the Wafa civilization obtain part of the god-level field technology of the Eternal Star Civilization? Do you have limited knowledge of god-level omnics and the eternal heart?"

Heifa: "What the Eternal Stars Civilization has given us are all ready-made technologies based on god-level materials. I don't know much about god-level omnics. Listening to what you said, I can't understand what kind of existence they are."

"Forehead……"

Long Bai pondered for a long time and said: "I'm looking for you. What I want to ask is, since Lord Manchi has fused the Eternal Heart, can it master the... ability to create god-level materials?"

Heifa: "I think that the ability that the Eternal Heart can directly exert when fused with the Zerg warriors will be very limited. Although I don't know how god-level omnics create god-level materials. But I think it requires corresponding 'equipment' to achieve it. ”

Heifa asked: "Have you, the natural sacred tree clan, obtained the corresponding equipment?"

Long Bai: "I don't know... probably not."

Black Law: "Moreover, God-level materials are also divided into many categories. My database records as many as 37,487 types, and each type requires specific production technology. The 'life consciousness' of the intelligent machine is essentially a collection of information. Since the Heart of Eternity has been fused by the Zerg warriors, it means that 'Ruthenium' is dead. Death means that information dissipates, and related technical knowledge disappears with it."

Black Law concluded: "With only the 'Heart of Eternity', but lacking knowledge, technology and equipment, my judgment is that the Manchi Overlord cannot create God-level materials."

Black Law: "There is another question. As far as I know, the Eternal Stars are stationed in the central star field of the Zunets Supercluster, and the core Gubu tribes live in the Eternal Stars. They go out to work. Almost all of the people who operate the territory are intelligent machines. They collect the source force and send it back to the Eternal Stars..."

"Based on this, it is not difficult to speculate...pure speculation..."

After carefully emphasizing a sentence, Heifa paused, slowed down his speech, and said: "The Eternal Stars firmly control the manufacturing equipment, technology and research and development of new materials of god-level materials. Including the Eternal Twins, although they are both true god-level intelligent machines, they do not master it. This is the main reason for their rebellion. "

"After the Eternal Twins killed the Eternal Stars, they shared its Eternal Heart, and also divided the relevant technical knowledge and equipment control. Therefore, the Eternal Twins broke out in a life-and-death battle again. "

"I can understand..."

"It's so complicated..."

Longbai muttered, his head was heavy.

I came to Heifa privately to find out whether the Lord of Manchi has mastered the ability to manufacture god-level materials.

Or, is there a possibility that the Lord of Manchi and Heifa cooperate to manufacture god-level materials.

According to the description, the manufacture of god-level materials is much more complicated than imagined, and there is no such possibility.

Long Bai pondered, carefully considered his words, and said: "I talked with Lord Manchi, and heard him say that he needed to build a starship at the level of a true god in order to evolve into a true god. Heifa, can you infer his current state based on this information?"

Heifa: "Lord Manchi said so, then it is easy to understand. It should have only replaced 'ruthenium' and gained control of the 'Heart of Eternity'. I speculate that Lord Manchi has become an alternative 'Heart of Eternity', but lacks a set of 'God-level body' that matches it and can perform various god-level functions."

Heifa: "The Eternal Star Civilization did not leave behind any technological heritage, and after experiencing another cosmic destruction and rebirth, most of the civilization relics must have disappeared with the destruction of the old universe. Lord Manchi can only form Build a scientific and technological civilization of your own, cultivate scientists, explore the mysteries of science and technology, cultivate engineers, develop and accumulate technology... This is equivalent to starting from scratch and creating a new god-level scientific and technological civilization. "

Longbai: "..."

Longbai: "Hei Fa, then the semi-god-level scientific and technological knowledge of your Wafa civilization, especially the things in the god-level field, is of great value to the Manchi Lord, right?"

Hei Fa: "Yes. Infinitely high."

"Very good!"

"Give me a copy later."

Longbai understood the situation and had a number in his mind. He said goodbye: "Okay, Hei Fa, you continue to heal your wounds, I will withdraw first."

"We will set out to find the source immediately. If there is a suitable one, come and pick you up immediately."

…

The team completed the rest and set sail.

It took 260 years to break out of the chaotic material group formed after the explosion of the red hypergiant.

The insects boarded the Taber and arrived at the ejected gaseous material cloud star area in just two months.

Still with the search for the third-level source as the first goal, with Taber as the center, four groups were divided into 25 billion kilometers apart to search around.

…

In the dark and silent deep space, there is no light, no temperature, no air, no force. In the empty and depressing environment, everyone found that the enthusiasm of the Black Law was quickly exhausted, replaced by boredom and depression.

In the conference hall of the Taber, Longbai led Shan Lingyi to learn the scientific and technological knowledge of the Peidiernan civilization from the Star God Ao with the help of holographic projection.

"Longbai!"

"Longbai!"

The projection screen suddenly flashed, Taber called and reported: "Red Maple has sent a message that the second group of soldiers Nan Lin discovered the zero-level source!"

"It's zero level again..."

"Okay--"

Longbai choked for two seconds and issued an order: "Taber, notify all insects to stop moving forward and assemble at the source."

Taber: "Received!"

Longbai: "Send me out."

White light was projected and teleported outside the starship.

Red Maple and other insects are frantically sending gravity signals to notify other insects.

Longbai sensed it slightly, locked the direction, and took the half-ant artist to jump directly to the destination.

"Captain Longbai!"

"Captain Longbai!"

"Zero-level source point."

"0.67 level..."

The insects greeted and reported.

More was the loss.

The discovery of the zero-level source point basically ruled out the possibility of the existence of a third-level or second-level source point nearby.

There was no need to continue looking.

What everyone needed was to quickly find a third-level or second-level source point to heal the Black Law, and then mass-produce energy materials to make a fortune.

…

Other insects nearby arrived one after another.

Longbai encouraged him a few words, activated his ability, marked the source point, and organized the team to return to the Taber to rest.

Set off directly to the location of the black hole.

…

A black hole with an event horizon diameter of about 9 million kilometers.

The outer radius is 0.5 light years, and there are a large number of super-galaxy explosions floating around, and the spherical "shell" formed by the scattered matter.

The insects watched closely, felt the radiation of the black hole, and then began to get busy.

Surrounding the outer shell of the black hole, searching in a cross-circle.

Time flowed in silence.

It had just started not long ago,

Suddenly one day Xingyun Zhi sent back a message: a first-level source point was found.

It was Xingyun Zhi again...

Longbai arrived in time.

"King!"

"Second King!"

"First-level source point! The concentration of the Force should have reached level 1.7."

Xingyun Zhi reported calmly, unable to hide his pride, and his tentacles swayed left and right.

"Xingyun Zhi, you did a great job! I will reward you with a leader-class star spider with a speed of 1,000 times the speed of light."

"King, can I have a starship?"

"Of course! Then I will customize a leader-class starship with a speed of no less than 1,500 times the speed of light!"

"Wow! King is mighty!"

"Isn't the reward too much?"

"This is not conducive to the development of the Chamber of Commerce!"

"I object!"

"I object too!"

"..."

A group of assistant kings were noisy.

Longbai was in a good mood, waving his tentacles and symbolically knocking them.

There were only 145 bugs in his group, and they found 4 source points so quickly.

In a trance, he had the illusion that the source points were worthless.

After all, it was a brand new galaxy, a star field that had never been visited by bugs, and it was very easy to find it by searching around large celestial bodies or large-scale matter groups.

After the bugs were happy for a while,

Yingye asked: "Captain Longbai, do you want to notify the Black Law to come here to heal?"

"No hurry!"

Longbai shook his tentacles, raised his claws, and a white light bloomed at the tip of his toes. The light gathered to form a holographic projection of the No. 01 star field.

Zoom in,

Mark the location of the Vafa and everyone's current location.

Display the surrounding star map.

A white line meanders, planning the path.

Long Bai decisively said: "There is no possibility of a third-level or second-level source point near this black hole. Let's change places."

"With the Vafa as the center, search one by one within a range of 1,000 light years around. The next stop is here. This natural star system looks good..."

Long Bai had already considered various possibilities and made detailed plans.

After a brief explanation,

the insects returned to the starship to rest and set sail.

…

Arrived soon,

As a result,

everyone was surprised to find that there was no need to search at all. The source point and the star perfectly overlapped, a natural source point star system.

The zero-level source point with a force concentration of 0.6 can be developed and built directly with simple transformation.

This source point is crucial for the search work after the arrival of the large force!

The mass of the star is relatively small, only about one-third of the regular star of the natural god system, and it is orange-red. It is not a big problem. The life planet can lower its orbit appropriately.

Formally named the 'Feiguang 1 Star System', it can be considered to be reclaimed as a base for Xianglan Chamber of Commerce to explore and develop in the No. 01 star field.

…

Continue to the next stop: a complex multi-star system composed of fourteen stars.

It took more than 1,400 years to find this time, and it was just a 0.7-level source point.

This multi-star system will inevitably explode due to imbalance. Is it worth spending a lot of effort to protect a 0.7-level source point?

Not considered for now.

This broken source point wastes too much time, so hurry to the next stop: a complex flat disc-shaped material mass composed of asteroids, gaseous clouds, and meteorites.

With the material mass as the center, it is a boring search.

Longbai lay dormant in the cockpit of the Taber, comprehending the original energy of the universe, and the traces merged.

Suddenly one day,

Molan sent a message: [The fourth group of Lao Sang found a secondary source point! 】(End of this chapter)