Astral Ant Tribe

After Long Bai finished handling the affairs on Yunji Continent, he took Mo Lan with him and hurriedly set off for Yaoye Island.

The Dominion Throne continuously produces ant eggs, focusing on cultivating them into large, medium, small and micro worker ants to expand the nesting work team of Shaking Leaf Island.

Together, Dragon Cypress and Black Birch commanded the ant colony, dug underground water veins, and at the same time opened up wasteland and expanded soil to steadily expand the planting area of ​​Rain Tree No. 2.

Time flies,

Wanglan Continent has entered a cold winter.

After a brief discussion, Long Bai and Mo Lan decided to change the time of searching for the god-given seeds and set out early to search for Xiangsi Island and Shuangzhu Island.

To no avail.

And boldly went to Thousand Reef Islands...

Coming here every year, year after year, Long Bai and Mo Lan have become familiar with every island here.

Lurking during the day and operating at night.

As usual, we start with the large island with an area of ​​400 square kilometers.

After two busy nights, there was no gain.

Then there is the large island with an area of ​​150 square kilometers...

Soul-fixing ability induction to confirm safety.

Mo Lan walked on the water and landed on the island to search.

Long Bai lurked in the shallow water near the shore to respond. Without waiting for a while, if he felt something, he activated his soul-fixing ability and anchored Mo Lan's position.

"Your Majesty! I've discovered something."

"God-given seeds?"

"certainly!"

"What kind of plant?"

"Wang Lan!"

Communication is interrupted.

Long Bai opened his mouth, and the half-submerged ruling throne shrank sharply. He hid it in his mouth, walked across the sea to the island, ran close to the ground, and arrived at Mo Lan's location.

A land of rolling hills,

On the top of the hill, large tracts of orchids grow together in a continuous line.

Among them, the best ones have reached a height of five or six meters.

Because of the name Wang Lan, Long Bai paid special attention to the plant variety 'Wang Lan'.

Completely different from the orchid grass of Molan, Wanglan belongs to another plant group, somewhat similar to palm plants, with lignified stems, one main trunk pointing upward, and very few branches.

Wang Lan is a large family. Thirty-four species are recorded in the inheritance memory, all distributed in the southern hemisphere. There are also closely related races, as many as thousands of species.

Most grow in tropical or subtropical areas.

The king orchids in front of you have distinctive characteristics, with thick and upright stems, enlarged bases, and whorls of leaves...

Long Bai recognized it at a glance: Elephant Foot Wang Lan

"Longbai!"

Mo Lan greeted, raising her paw and pointing to the ground.

Under the tree is a dry and cracked capsule that has naturally matured and fallen. On a piece of gray-white flat sandstone, there is a brown-black oblate seed with white veins, exuding weak original energy fluctuations.

Mo Lan: "It fell on the ground and no insects picked it up. Fortunately we arrived in time, otherwise, it would have taken root on its own."

"Mo Lan is very powerful~"

Long Bai admired.

The Elephant's Foot King Orchid can be roughly classified into the ranks of 'small trees', but it retains many characteristics of herbaceous plants. After breeding the God-given seed, it is a branch derived from the bottom rhizome, growing many trunks and growing into a Big bush.

Wanglanming species is derived from underground stems and has a ramet development pattern.

It's a bit like bamboo, one tree can grow into a large forest.

The output is high and the quality is acceptable.

The most important thing is that Elephant Foot Wanglan's life seed is a strength enhancement that matches the ant tribe's talent.

These are wild species in front of them, and they are still a little short of reaching the top level. The difference lies in the quality of the God-given force food they produce.

But if it is nurtured by Long Bai, the ant tribe's talent blessing and superposition can just make up for this shortcoming and jump to the top level.

"Mo Lan, a god-given seed of power..."

Long Bai was too shy to speak directly.

Mo Lan: "It's my turn to evolve!"

"Strength system..."

Long Bai humbly emphasized.

Mo Lan tilted her head, squinted, looked disdainful, and waved her claws, "Forget it. It will take nine years for the Divine Mountain Pillar Fruit to be delivered. It's the same thing if you come first."

"Thank you, the second king~"

Long Bai was happy, buried his head, opened his mouth and sucked in the seeds, putting them into his life bag.

The god-given seed that evolves the 6th age lord is now available.

Mo Lan said solemnly: "Long Bai, do you want to wait for the divine fruit that Bai Wei promised to give you the fire talent? Do you have to wait for 9 years? Then you can discuss it with the Edelweiss Spider King, which promises to compensate us. Can you send me a divine fruit first?"

Long Bai: "No rush. Don't you also want to evolve the 2nd age lord? The growth and evolution of silver cypress, black birch, and acanthus cannot be left behind. The current income of the kingdom does not support our high-frequency evolution."

Mo Lan thought about it for a moment and tapped his tentacles.

The lord of the first age evolves to the second age, and the cost is relatively low, 6 million divine grade mountain pillar fruits, plus 8 million earth element god-given force food.

For Long Bai to evolve into a 6-year-old lord, the cost is high. The divine fruit that gives the fire element talent costs 10 million raw stones, and he also needs to eat the god-given force food worth about 24 million raw stones.

If both Longbai and Molan evolve once within ten years, the total cost will be as high as 48 million rough stones.

There are currently twelve assistant kings in the kingdom, and they all only eat God-given force food to evolve. The total annual expenses are astronomical.

The production cycle of the divine Moranzi is too long. Before this, the kingdom’s average annual income was less than 7 million.

If you can't make ends meet, you may have to borrow money from Bai Wei again...

It's definitely not okay to keep doing this, at least you can't borrow too much at once.

It would be good to slow down the frequency of age evolution.

Long Bai said with relief: "Mo Lan, you have just turned 120 years old this year. You are still young, so don't be anxious."

"Are you 120 years old?"

Mo Lan was a little confused and sighed: "You are not young anymore."

Mo Lan raised her paw and pointed at the ground and asked, "Long Bai, would you like to collect some common Elephant Foot King Orchid seeds and take them back to cultivate them."

Long Bai shook his tentacles and said, "We don't need it for now. Let's try our best to cultivate two plants, silver cypress and rain tree."

"All right--"

Mo Lan: "Keep looking!"

Long Bai returned to the coast and continued to lurk and be vigilant.

In the middle of the night,

Mo Lan completed the search across the island, but found nothing.

Not staying long, he then sneaked towards a nearby small island with an area of ​​about 40 square kilometers.

"Huh--"

Long Bai and Mo Lan activated their soul-fixing abilities at the same time, and noticed something strange at the same time.

The throne of domination descends slowly.

Mo Lan gently raised her paw and pointed at the sky.

In the dark clouds at night, a familiar butterfly soul.

"Long Bai, it's that butterfly again!"

"noticed."

"How to deal with it?"

"Are there no other insects nearby?"

"Not found."

"Talk to it."

"Let's talk? What should we talk about?"

"Just chat and learn more about the conflicts and interactions between the kingdoms along the coast. The Edelweiss Spider King only trades divine items and is not familiar with those kingdoms that do not have divine items and god-given seeds, let alone the private relationships between these kingdoms. Relationship."

"oh--"

Mo Lan worriedly said: "I encountered it twice in the same place. If we let it go back, we will definitely find helpers to come and squat with us."

Long Bai said confidently: "Mo Lan, if you are smarter, you won't do it."

The throne of domination quietly surfaced from the sea.

Mo Lan gently flapped her wings and took off.

Long Bai jumped onto the sea, his throne shrunk sharply, he took it back into his mouth, activated his wind wing ability, and took off lightly in the wind.

Slowly ascending to the top of the clouds.

In the thick clouds, Morpho Warrior Zi was awakened by the strange force fluctuations. He suddenly became alert, the surrounding clouds shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to run away.

A bag of spider silk fell out and fell downwards.

Mo Lan's figure flashed, she caught up and picked it up with one claw.

Zi's ​​spiritual power started to explore, and the escape movement stopped.

"King of Yellow Ants, long time no see!"

"Wang Lan Mantis, are you okay?"

Zi greeted him warmly, knowing clearly that at his own speed, he couldn't outrun these two guys.

"Zi, we meet again."

Long Bai's tone was gentle.

Mo Lan opened the spider silk bag and looked through it, only to find that it was filled with seeds of ordinary plants.

Poor butterfly.

Mo Lan raised her paw and threw it back, and asked teasingly: "Zi, you came here because... you stole the plant seeds of the Wasp Kingdom!"

"no!"

Zi denied and explained: "Find some beautiful plant seeds and take them back to sow them to decorate my orchard."

Zi felt that the credibility of this statement was not high, and added: "This is a remote island in the sea that is not governed by insects. I also want to try my luck and find the seeds given by the gods."

I noticed that Long Bai and Mo Lan were not hostile.

Zi immediately became bolder and asked, "Aren't you Blue Island Ants?"

Long Bai: "No."

Mo Lan: "I am Mantis."

Mo Lan asked: "How did you know that we are not Blue Island ants?"

Purple: "I don't understand where your wind talent comes from, but I am sure that the Ishikari Blue Ants must not have wood talent, let alone wood ability. If they do, they will definitely win in this battle between Blue Island and the Wave Tree Bay Alliance. Once it’s shown, the news has already spread throughout the mainland.”

Mo Lan exclaimed: "What a smart butterfly! We can't keep it!"

Long Bai quickly waved his tentacles to stop him, and kindly advised: "Wang Lan, we and Zi are old friends who have known each other for many years, don't make such a joke."

Long Bai raised his paw and pointed to the south, and said: "Actually, I am a giant-headed ant. We come from Zhaye Bay, the United Kingdom of Longmai Mountain. I am a direct descendant of King Sisal Ant."

——Longmai Mountain?

Zi was dubious.

Nine out of ten sentences said by the ant and the mantis are false...

Mo Lan asked: "Butterfly, you don't even know the Sisal Ant King, right?"

Zi Laoshibajiao said: "I don't know..."

Mo Lan: "Then you can't even know about Longmai Mountain, right?"

Zi: "I know this well..."

The United Kingdom of Longmaishan is located in the south, guarding the starship passage connecting the two continents of Wanglan and Zhibai.

According to the common agreement of all the Zerg races on the two continents, except for the Flame Spider Travelers, other Zerg races are not allowed to cross the border at will.

The United Kingdom of Longmaishan is composed of many Zerg races and assumes the important task of supervising the passage between the two worlds. On the mainland, its status is also transcendent.

Long Bai and Mo Lan inquired a lot about Wanglan Continent from the Snow Spider King.

Claiming to be from the United Kingdom of Longmaishan is the least likely to be suspected.

Long Bai asked: "Since you know Longmai Mountain, you must also know the Yindian Queen Bee, right?"

purple:"……"

Long Bai looked down upon him, waved his tentacles, and said, "Forget it, we are far away from each other in the south and north. It is normal for us not to understand each other."

Long Bai chatted and asked: "Zi, did you go to see the battle between Bo Shuwan and Blue Island that you mentioned last time?"

Zi: "Look? Don't dare to look..."

A bright light flashed in his purple eyes, and he asked: "Did you go to watch the battle?"

Mo Lan: "Of course -"

Long Bai: "We hid in the distance and watched a few times when the Allied Forces of Bo Shuwan besieged Blue Island. Later, we didn't dare to go to the battle on Yucai Island."

Zi: "What did you see?"

Long Bai: "At the beginning of the war, the Bo Shuwan coalition landed on the island near Blue Island and seized the island to build defenses. The original plan was to besiege the main island and fight a war of attrition. Suddenly, overnight, a tsunami hit the island and there were Ishikari blue ants. The elite army, from the northern sea, took advantage of the chaos to attack Bo Shue Bay..."

Long Bai: "At that time, we encountered the elite army of Ishikari blue ants that were encircling us. We almost lost our lives. We escaped back to Longmai Mountain in one breath."

Mo Lan was very excited and said: "I heard that the elite Ishikari blue ants raided the Yanqing Mountain. However, the Yiguo queen bee and the others were prepared before going out and hid their life seeds in the heart of the tree."

Long Bai continued: "I heard that later on, the elite Ishikari blue ants occupied Yucai Island, and the Bo Shuwan coalition attacked desperately and took back the island."

Mo Lan asked: "Zi, how much do you know?"

Zi: "I know everything I heard..."

Zi: "I also heard that the Boshuwan coalition led by Yiguo Queen Bee once besieged the location of the scepter of the Ocean God on Blue Island. The number of butterfly kings of the Holy Butterfly Tribe who participated in the battle was not 10, but 30. Unfortunately, in the end, Lost the fight."

Mo Lan: "It's not 30 butterfly kings from the Holy Butterfly Tribe participating in the war, but 60."

Zi was suspicious and said: "The Yiguo Queen Bee once came to Huolun Island to ask for help, and I was there to entertain them. The Yiguo Queen Bee said it was 30 people."

Mo Lan: "No. 60!"

Long Bai: "There is no need for everyone to argue about this. Most of them are worried about damaging the prestige of the Holy Butterfly tribe, so they deliberately underestimated the number of butterfly kings participating in the war."

Mo Lan: "Our news comes from the Edelweiss Spider King. Do you know the Edelweiss Spider King? Its information is more credible."

Long Bai stared at Zi and asked, "Zi, you don't even know the Snow Spider King, do you?"

Mo Lan: "There are no bugs in Wanglan Continent who don't know the Edelweiss Spider King. Are you not a bug from Huolun Island? Did you sneak over from another continent?"

purple:"???"

Mo Lan: "I know! You smuggled here from Zhibai Continent!"

Long Bai: "Wang Lan, don't make blind guesses. If he is a bug from Zhibai Continent, he should know the Edelweiss Spider King."

"oh--"

"Yes!"

Mo Lan stared at Zi and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

purple:"……"

Zi: "I didn't say I didn't know him, did I? Of course I know the Edelweiss Spider King! Who doesn't know the richest man in Edelweiss who specializes in trading divine fruits?"

Mo Lan: "Know?"

Being questioned inexplicably, Zi felt guilty.

Zi Nu said: "I must know him~"

Zi asked in return: "Then do you know the Ziying Butterfly King?"

"know!"

Long Bai and Mo Lan answered in unison.

Zi: "...I know him too."

Zi: "The Ziying Butterfly King also came to Huolun Island to ask for help."

Zi became more and more confused and asked: "Are you two really from the United Kingdom of Longmai Mountain?"

Mo Lan: "Of course, why are you lying to me?"

Zi: "Yes. Why did you deceive me?"

Mo Lan asked: "When did I lie to you?"

Zi asked back: "Have you two told the truth?"

Long Bai: "I didn't want to lie to you. The first time was because I was afraid that you would hunt me down; the second time was your own problem. You said we were from Blue Island, so we just made a joke with you; this is the third time. Three times...there’s no need to lie to you this time.”

Zi raised her head slightly and thought, "...it seems like this is really the case."

Long Bai didn't allow it to think too much, and asked: "Zi, did your Huolin Island participate in the battle to attack Yucai Island?"

Zi immediately became vigilant and said firmly: "No!"

Zi asked back: "Did you Longmaishan participate in the war?"

Long Bai: "We at Longmai Mountain originally didn't want to get involved in the mainland disputes. However, the Erguo Queen Bee and the Purple Butterfly King came to see them three times. We had no choice but to agree to assist a batch of fresh meat and sent 30,000 soldiers to escort them. .”

Zi changed his words without leaving a trace: "Yes. It's the same with our Huolin Island. The Yiguo Queen Bee and the Ziying Butterfly King both said that this time was a crisis related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of races on the mainland. They were so anxious that the Volcano Ant King really couldn't We reluctantly agreed to assist with a batch of fresh meat and sent 30,000 soldiers to escort it."

Long Bai: "Oh..."

This butterfly...

The alertness is quite high!

She was also worried that she and Mo Lan were from Blue Island.

Long Bai changed the topic, raised his talon and pointed to the west, and said: "The Forest Wasp Kingdom seems to be deeply involved in this battle. I can see on the offshore islands that the number of worker bees stationed in large and small hives has declined greatly, and there are almost no fighting worker bees. .”

As soon as he said this, Zi immediately became energetic, "Yes, I understand this!"

Zi said enthusiastically: "In this battle, the Mori Wasp Kingdom sent 80,000 worker bees to participate in the battle, and the kingdom lost more than half of its troops. When attacking Blue Island, they sent two assistant kings and 50,000 worker bees. I heard that they were defeated on Blue Island. More than half were lost, so when we attacked Yucai Island, we added an additional 30,000 troops. What’s even worse is that I heard that only a few remnant soldiers and an assistant king returned in the end.”

Mo Lan was puzzled and asked: "Is the Forest Wasp very warlike? So active? It's understandable to send troops to besiege Blue Island. If you win, you will get benefits. However, you need to add more troops to attack Yucai Island for the second time... What's the matter? Benefit? Revenge? Shouldn’t it?”

Zi: "There is no direct benefit..."

Zi: "This, that, well, it just so happens that I happened to find out some relevant news recently. According to rumors, since ancient times, the Mori Wasp Kingdom has always taken the initiative to send queen bees to join the United Kingdom of Boshu Bay. Shuwan has a certain status, especially during the hundreds of years when the three queen bees, First Fruit, Second Fruit, and Third Fruit, served as leaders of the coalition forces, the Forest Wasps became one of the main forces of the coalition forces."

Purple: "Can you now understand why the Wasp Kingdom actively participated in the war?"

"understand--"

"understood--"

Long Bai and Mo Lan moved their tentacles.

The Bo Shuwan Kingdom Alliance is divided into two parts. The main part is the 'Bo Shuwan United Kingdom', which has a vast territory of 500,000 square kilometers. It is mainly composed of the warlike ant tribe, bee tribe, and termites from Wanglan Continent. In addition, Zerg warriors from all walks of life with nowhere to go, including those from Zhibai Continent, can apply to join. Once you join, you will not only get the territory and security to live in, but also enjoy various resource subsidies. Of course, there will also be high-intensity combat training to undertake the mission of fighting the Blue Island Ishikari Blue Ants.

The other part is the southwest coast of Wanglan Continent and the forty-nine kingdoms at the north and south ends of Boshu Bay.

Once the Ishikari Blue Ants hit the mainland, these kingdoms would be the first to suffer, so they formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the United Kingdom of Boshuwan, and together they formed the 'Alliance of Boshuwan Kingdoms'.

no doubt,

The United Kingdom of Boshuwan is currently the most powerful and influential force in Wanglan Continent.

The Forest Wasp Kingdom actually has such a deep bond with the United Kingdom of Boshuwan.

Long Bai and Mo Lan were a little panicked.

What about occupying the Thousand Reef Islands in the future...

The approach must change.

It cannot be taken by force.

Provoking a wasp kingdom may involve a lot of powerful allies...

This is not going to be easy...

Long Bai quickly adjusted his mentality and gloated: "I'm afraid that the good days of the Wasp Kingdom are coming to an end."

purple:"???"

Long Bai: "As far as I know, the plan to besiege Blue Island to seize the scepter of the God of the Sea failed miserably. The three queen bees, First Fruit, Second Fruit, and Third Fruit, were disheartened and wanted to give up their positions as leaders. They planned to evolve to the 9th age and leave. The Force Star Realm.”

Mo Lan added: "The Shanke Ant King and the Red Maple Dragon King are also leaving. Blue Island is so cruel. In one war, the five leaders of the Boshu Bay Alliance were directly wiped out."

purple:"!!!"

Is there such exciting follow-up news?

Zi was excited, her tentacles straightened, and she was full of energy, and asked: "Is the news reliable? Why is there no news on the mainland? I often help the Volcano Ant King go to the kingdoms with which we have good relations to deliver messages. I have come into contact with a lot of insects. I have never heard of it at all. Hear it."

"this……"

Mo Lan suddenly turned her head to look at Long Bai.

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Zi, I can only tell you that the news is true. It was obtained through special channels. It is absolutely true."

Long Bai sternly warned: "Zi, if the news didn't spread on the mainland, it must be because Bo Shuwan blocked the news out of various concerns. Five leaders left the field at the same time. This can be regarded as a major change, and there are many fatalities involved behind it." Question. Be careful, don’t talk nonsense, or you may get into trouble.”

Zi: "I understand——"

Sharing such exciting news.

The distance between the two parties seemed to suddenly become closer.

Zi gathered her mental strength and asked, "Where did you hear the news?"

Long Bai and Mo Lan shook their tentacles together: I can't say anything anymore.

Long Bai said: "Zi, let's talk about something lighter. When Mo Lan and I were watching the battle on Blue Island, we saw armed poisonous needle ants. They were very ferocious. Only 10,000 soldier ants were rampant on Blue Island. . If I remember correctly, there is a kingdom of armed poisonous needle ants not far from Fire Wheel Island, right?"

Zi: "Yes, the Poison Needle Kingdom is also one of the most active kingdoms in participating in the war. It is a pure carnivorous guy with a cruel and aggressive nature. He likes to fight for territory. He always provokes wars and is at odds with all the surrounding kingdoms..." (End of this chapter) )