Astral Ant Tribe

In line with the regular female ant king laying eggs, Long Bai was promoted to the intermediate level ant king. Correspondingly, the worker ants and soldier ants cultivated from the ant eggs produced by the ruling throne were also at the intermediate level.

Compared with the primary ant king stage, the most intuitive change is that the worker ants and soldier ants have grown in size.

Long Bai cultivated several worker ants and brought them out for comparison and observation.

The microchemical worker ants have grown from less than 1 centimeter to about 1 centimeter.

The small worker ants have grown from about 1.5 centimeters to just over 2 centimeters.

Medium-sized worker ants have grown from about 3 centimeters to about 5 centimeters.

The large worker ants have grown from about 5 centimeters to about 8 centimeters.

The specialized worker ants are still in the larval stage and can certainly grow to over 20 centimeters.

In the giant-headed ant kingdom, the specialized worker ants are one head larger than the king ant.

According to the rules, the changes of soldier ants are similar to those of worker ants.

As the size increases, the speed and strength will also improve accordingly, and the soldier ants will be more powerful.

…

A large blue ant emerged. Long Bai caught it and tested it. After feeding a certain amount of fruit, he fed it a stone orchid seed.

Mental energy glanced back and forth, continuing to observe.

Sure enough, after eating the Shilan seeds, the big blue ant did not die suddenly from the impact of the Force energy. Instead, it digested it smoothly and turned it into a wisp of pure Force material and took it into its belly, which was mixed with the fruit it had eaten before. Mix and store.

Keep observing and the force will not be lost.

Long Bai picked a leaf and gave instructions to the big blue ant.

The big blue ant buried its head and slowly vomited out the food stored in its belly.

Translucent, light yellow gum, similar to honey, more viscous.

There is a faint fruity aroma of wild grapes and peach.

Long Bai buried his head and tasted it. It tasted good and very sweet.

However, if you mix a single Shilan seed and eat it after dilution, you can hardly find the kind of force substance that can improve your cultivation and strengthen your physique.

Continuous observation found that when exposed to the air, the Force material began to slowly drain away.

——Does it need to be stored in the belly of blue ants?

Long Bai was slightly disappointed and named this substance 'ant honey'.

Continue testing,

Give instructions to let the big blue ants eat back all the ant honey on the leaves.

Then, feed it 5 more Shilan seeds.

Shilan seeds strengthen digestion and are relatively useless.

Long Bai picked 5 more 'blood rice' grains to strengthen the blood and fed them to it, and 2 grains of 'golden cherry seeds' to strengthen the heart.

During the observation, it was found that the big blue ants' refining these force foods consumes a lot of physical energy and the speed is very slow.

However, as expected, the Force substances formed by the three different Force foods slowly mixed and merged after entering the belly of the big blue ant.

It took two full days.

…

Longbai!

Long Bai? What are you busy with?

Your blue ant was born? It has a big belly. Does it have any special abilities?

Mo Lan came to the ant nest carrying a large bag of freshly picked fruits.

The worker ants came forward to check and found that it was not meat, so they turned around and fled.

Long Bai: I have figured out the blue ant's ability, which is 'refining'!

Mo Lan: Refining?

Long Bai: Refining is to digest and refine food, leaving only the required nutrients and energy, including force food!

Long Bai shook his tentacles and summoned the big blue ant to follow him out of the nest.

Mo Lan understood a little bit.

Long Bai trotted, picked a piece of vine leaves nearby and came back, placing them in front of the big blue ant.

The big blue ant was also smart. When he saw the leaf again, he immediately understood what Long Bai meant. Without waiting for instructions, he took a step forward, buried his head and started to vomit out.

Long Bai: The small grapes and peaches you sent two days ago, plus 6 stone orchid seeds, 5 blood rice, and 2 precious golden cherry seeds.

Mo Lan, do you want to try it?

Long Bai pushed Ye Zi forward and welcomed him warmly.

You should eat first...

Mo Lan took two steps back.

This kind of food is a bit difficult for insects to accept.

Long Bai buried his head and tasted it, and praised: It's delicious!

Long Bai looked at Mo Lan.

Mo Lan looked up at the sky.

Long Bai said: Molan, I call it 'ant honey', something similar to 'honey'. Try it?

Mo Lan: No need. I don't eat sweets. Long Bai is the king of ants. Eat more.

Long Bai: ...

Long Bai understood why it refused to eat, and patiently explained: Mo Lan, do you know how honey is brewed?

Mo Lan: How is it brewed?

Long Bai: Bees have two stomachs. The pollen and nectar collected are stored in a special stomach. They swallow it, spit it out, swallow it again, spit it out again, and repeat it more than a hundred times. Eventually, everyone brews Love the honey.”

Blue ants are similar to bees. They also have two stomachs, one of which is dedicated to storage. Even more powerful than bees, blue ants do not need to swallow and swallow repeatedly.

Are bees so disgusting? Mo Lan lowered his head to look carefully, then tilted his head hard.

Long Bai: Mo Lan, have you ever eaten honey?

Mo Lan: I haven't eaten it before, and I don't plan to eat it in the future.

Long Bai: Among the goods in the caravan trade, there is queen honey brewed by bees at the Force life level collecting pollen and nectar from plants. It is a luxury product, and only those rich and powerful insect kings are willing to buy some. eat.

Upon hearing this, Mo Lan was a little shaken.

Long Bai, take a few more bites and I'll take a look.

Long Bai buried his head and took two bites.

Pursue and make noises on purpose.

Mo Lan hesitated, lowered his head and tasted it.

Wow!

“It smells so good!”

…

Long Bai and Mo Lan finished eating all the ant honey on the leaves, and happily suggested:

Mo Lan, I will cultivate a few more large blue ants and specialized blue ants. From now on, our force food will be refined by the blue ants before consumption.

Okay... Mo Lan: It's so troublesome.

No trouble.

Long Bai said: In the course of natural evolution, in order to prevent the seeds from being eaten, most plants have evolved to be bitter, unpalatable, and even poisonous. We are Force life and are not afraid of these toxins, but we also need to expend physical energy and time to detoxify.

For example, orchid seeds and golden cherry seeds are slightly poisonous. After eating, they need a certain amount of time to be 'digested'. Part of this digestion process is to absorb the Force substances, and the other part is the body's consumption of energy to detoxify.

It goes without saying that the benefits of letting blue ants take on the detoxification process that harms the body need not be explained, right?

Yes!

Mo Lan agreed and praised: Long Bai, your blue ants are so powerful.

Mo Lan pointed at the spider silk bag again and said: Long Bai, I picked some more hairy peaches and brown dates. You almost made the blue ants... refine them.

Mo Lan: If you use more fruits, it will definitely taste better! I'll go look for it in the mountains to see if there are any grapes left.

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The blue ants have too much room to operate.

Choose different fruits to brew ant honey with different flavors.

A variety of fruits are mixed together to brew ant honey with a mixed flavor.

The brew made from eating meat cannot be considered as 'honey', as it has no fruity or meaty aroma, but it also eliminates the unpleasant fishy smell.

You can also add meat to the ant honey, which is rich in nutrients and has a smoother and softer taste.

At the same time, mix different types of force food and mix it with ant honey. When you eat it, you will get a comprehensive and balanced strengthening, which is beneficial to evolutionary growth.

also,

Blue ants' ability to store food also has a wide range of uses.

Meat is easy to spoil. In the past, you could only dry it in the sun. The ant nests were moist and the dried meat was particularly prone to mildew. But now it is better and you don’t have to worry about this anymore.

Moreover, Mo Lan often hunted and brought back large prey such as goats and wild boars. The whole family couldn't eat them all. The weather was bad and they couldn't dry the meat, so they had to bury it under trees and compost it.

Now that it's fine, we can cultivate more blue ants and refine and store the remaining food.

Another point is that if a war breaks out and the soldier ants go on an expedition to fight, the blue ants serve as mobile logistics supplies. Refined food can quickly replenish the physical energy of the soldier ants.

There are so many uses for blue ants.

Nurture more!

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