Astral Ant Tribe

Long Bai rested for two days before recovering from his 'poor physical condition', activated the 'messenger' function of the throne of control, and began to breed the second ant egg.

A new problem was discovered: the temperature in winter is low, and the first ant eggs that have been conceived develop extremely slowly.

Long Bai began to excavate the rocks and dig a hole deep into the mountain. Following the instructions of the inherited memory, he dug a warm, moist, and clean 'incubation room'.

The diameter of the ant tunnel is about 3 centimeters, because the shrinkage limit of the ruling throne is so large.

Placing ant eggs on the throne cushion can provide sufficient force to help the ant eggs develop and hatch.

The incubation room is designed to be hemispherical, with a height of more than 10 cm and a diameter of more than 10 cm.

The overall project volume is quite large.

Long Bai entered a busy working state.

Early that morning, while he was running out of the nest hole with gravel in his mouth, his heavenly eye above his head keenly sensed the changes in light and shadow nearby. He subconsciously raised his head and saw a beautiful shadow passing above his head.

A mantis with a wingspan of nearly half a meter.

The carapace is brightly colored, a warrior of the mantis tribe!

Warrior Mantis also noticed something strange below, quickly turned around and returned, landing four or five meters away from the entrance of the cave.

Eyes facing each other.

The carapace color of the Mantis Warrior is white, pink-white, and light green, with three-color gradients, graceful and elegant, like a blooming orchid.

Long Bai searched the inherited memory and recognized it: a rare orchid mantis.

Why are there orchid mantis warriors here?

The mantis is naturally much larger than the ants. The mantis is just over 20 centimeters long. He must be a junior warrior, probably in the 8th or 9th age.

While Long Bai was sizing up, identifying, and sizing up the opponent, Warrior Mantis also tilted his head and stared at Long Bai curiously.

Ant?

The mantis warrior communicated with his mental power very awkwardly.

Giant-headed ant.

Long Bai replied.

At first, I thought it was a caravan sent here to check the changes in the force in Yunji Continent. Once they communicated, this guess was immediately rejected.

Flame spider caravans travel across the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations and the Continent of Ten Thousand Tribes, and the 'insect trade' is one of the important profit-making projects.

Long Bai had followed a caravan for a year and knew very well that a caravan would never bring an 8th or even 9th-year-old mantis warrior. Because it takes at least two or three years for Zerg warriors to grow to this stage. The seeds of life have already been sown, sprouted, taken root and grown to a certain height. It is difficult to relocate, let alone long-distance migration.

Not a caravan.

It is impossible for the orchid mantis to survive in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent ruled by the ants and bees. Then, there is only one possibility left: it was born in the Yunji Continent and survives alone in the Yunji Continent.

With just one sentence of conversation, Long Bai came to a conclusion about the origin of the Orchid Mantis Warrior.

Moreover, he can also keenly judge the mood at this time through the other party's thoughts: the other party is not hostile, has some instinctive vigilance, is full of curiosity, as well as surprise and joy.

Are you a male ant?

Warrior Mantis thought for a while and asked.

That's right.

Long Bai replied.

Are these three cypress seedlings your destiny?

It's obvious.

The Force is so thin here.

Yes.

You don't have the protection of the tribe elders?

Um--

This is also an obvious thing, and Long Bai reluctantly answered truthfully.

I definitely can't defeat a mantis warrior with a body length of 20 centimeters.

His life seed is right next to him, and he can't escape even if he runs away.

The only thing we can do is avoid conflicts.

Long Bai took the initiative to introduce: My name is Long Bai, and that one is the Long Bai seedling, my first destined plant.

Long Bai asked again: What's your name?

Oh - Warrior Mantis thought and asked, Mo Lan? My first life seed is Mo Lan, my name should be Mo Lan!

Long Bai: ...

Cymbidium?

Is there any insect that would choose such a useless plant as a life seed?

Long Bai asked tentatively: What about your second life seed?

Mo Lan: The second, third, and fourth life seeds are all very beautiful stone orchids.

...

Long Bai was choked.

This is the result of not having the guidance of elders of the same clan.

Newly born warriors know very little. They will casually choose any plant seeds they encounter that seem suitable. They have no idea that the choice of life seed is related to the future income of the territory, and is a top priority related to evolution and growth.

This mantis warrior is already useless.

But……

Long Bai then thought something was wrong.

The lifespan of a junior mantis warrior is only about 15 years.

In perception, this guy named Mo Lan is still very young. How did he evolve to the age of eight or nine?

Long Bai tried: I'm almost two years old, how old are you?

Mo Lan tilted her head to think. After thinking for a while, she said uncertainly: Four years old? Or five years old?

Long Bai: ...

Don’t you even remember how old you are?

Long Bai asked again: Is your territory rich in force?

Mo Lan: Yes. Only the mountain where I live is rich in the Force, and other places are very barren.

Mo Lan raised a catching foot, pointed to the east where the rising sun was rising, and said: Flying there, there is almost no force.

Yes... Long Bai dealt with it, his mind changed rapidly, he continued to test, and asked one after another:

Where do you live? Is it far away? What are you doing here on such a barren mountain? Are you looking for food? Or are you looking for excellent plantings in winter?

Mo Lan raised her front foot and pointed in the direction of the compass, and answered one by one: I live over there, it's quite far away from here. I'm looking for seeds given by God! Of course, I also search for orchid varieties that are not available in my territory. .”

God-given seed?

In this barren environment of the Force, it is impossible for a god-given seed to be born.

Long Bai kindly reminded him, and was speechless for two seconds before saying, I am the fifth-instar junior ant king. What age are you?

Mo Lan: 9th age.

Long Bai: Did all of your eight life seeds choose orchids?

Mo Lan: Yes. Yes. Do you also like orchids?

Long Bai: ...

I don't like orchids.

I just think you will be a poor man in the future.

Herbaceous plants grow quickly. If the orchid seeds are sown, they will produce force food in the second year, and there will be considerable output in the third year. However, the upper limit of future growth is insufficient. After ten or twenty years, the output will be far less than that of trees.

Seeing that Long Bai didn't answer, Mo Lan changed her words and asked, Long Bai, do you like cypress trees?

Long Bai did not answer directly.

Choose trees such as cypress and pine as life seeds. In the future, the plants will grow taller and can produce more force food.

Yeah. Really? But...

Mo Lan tilted her head and thought, and asked, Aren't orchids beautiful?

Long Bai: Very beautiful.

Mo Lan: I have planted many orchids on the mountain. When they bloom, they are very beautiful and fragrant.

Long Bai also learned hypocrisy from the flame spider caravan, and he agreed unintentionally: That's right. The orchid is very beautiful, and the fragrance is very fascinating to insects.

Yeah. Yeah.

Mo Lan was so happy that she flapped her wings instinctively, jumped two or three meters high, and then glided to the ground, approaching the entrance of Long Bai's cave.

Actually, cypress trees aren't bad either.

Mo Lan conveyed a spiritual thought with a comforting tone, and at the same time secretly swept his spiritual power into the cave.

Long Bai, are you digging a hole?

Hey, what is that?

Mo Lan suddenly became excited and asked novel questions.

What?

Long Bai was wary.

Mo Lan gestured with two catching feet and said: Colorful and full of food...

It turned out that the brightly colored spider silk bag caught its attention.

Long Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and replied: Spider silk bag. Woven by the Watase Flame Spider clan. This is their racial talent.

Oh! That's right. Mo Lan remembered something, searched for the inherited memory, and soon remembered it completely, and said doubtfully:

A traveling trader from the Watase Flame Spider Clan? I've never seen one before. Are there any other Zerg warriors nearby? I haven't seen any of them.

Long Bai, are there Watase Flame Spiders passing through your territory? Can you introduce me to them? I can trade with them for Force food!

Molan was excited, excited, and hopeful, and subconsciously opened her orchid-like wings.

Long Bai lowered his head and remained speechless.

This mantis warrior, born in the Cloud Continent, has lived and grown alone until now. It has probably never seen other insects before.

Without the protection of the elders of the same clan, he did not even understand his situation.

It is also a poor lonely creature.

Cymbidium……

Long Bai called out its name for the first time, solemnly, and said: The name of this continent is 'Cloud Trail Continent'. You also know that going east is a barren and barren land where there is no Force and Force life cannot survive.

In fact, Yunji Continent is in a period of silence of the Force. Here, there may be only you and me, or there may be other Zerg warriors, but there must be very few. We are abandoned...

Long Bai raised his front foot, pointed at the divine power barrier that towered into the sky, then drew a circle on the ground with his front foot, and said:

The world we live in is a huge sphere, a planet. The gods of nature use this divine barrier to divide the continents. This is the equator...

Long Bai recounted to Mo Lan the speculation about the division of Luoji's continent and the silence of the force cycle, and also informed him of the existence of the starship wreckage passage and his origins.

Two chapters a day, updated steadily.

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