Astral Ant Tribe

The new year’s travel trading season.

The Edelweiss Spider King arrived two days early, and he was still traveling lightly. He only carried three large spider silk bags on his broad back. It was obvious from the looks of it that these were for Hong Tao, Heliotrope, and Styloma. 'small gift'.

There is also a small spider silk bag...

"Long Bai Ant King, where is Mo Lan?"

"Nan Zizioshan, we are taking care of its God-given destiny seeds. Our territory is too scattered, and the destiny seeds are scattered and rooted in various places of the Force. It is very troublesome to take care of them all."

"oh--"

The Snow Velvet Spider King untied the spider silk rope, took off a medium-sized spider silk bag, handed it forward, and said:

"I see that your food is cooked in boiling water. I have put a lot of effort into collecting and making soups and dipping sauces. I think it's pretty good, but I don't know if it suits the taste of you ants."

"..."

"The Edelweiss Spider King has troubled himself!"

Long Bai waved his tentacles and issued instructions:

Cedar, go to the treasure house and get two jars of King Ant Honey.

Black persimmon, prepare for the banquet.

Juniper, you go to the jungle to hunt for some fresh food and come back.

"Edelweiss Spider King, let's go up the mountain and chat."

Long Bai led the way, and together they came to the Shandong Reservoir at the top of the mountain range.

Black Persimmon commanded the special chemical worker ants to bring up a large golden metal pot specially made by Long Bai.

The soil of Shaking Leaf Island contains a lot of gold particles. When renovating Shaking Leaf Island, Long Bai collected some of them.

The inner texture of the pot is still made of iron sand, and the outside is decorated with a layer of gold.

"Huh?"

The Edelweiss Spider King was curious, pointing to the carvings on the pot, and asked curiously: "Longbai Ant King, is this a character created by your Xianglan Mountain Kingdom?"

Long Bai: "...Yes."

The gold layer that was just painted last winter was filled with characters carved by overfed ants.

The biggest trouble in teaching ordinary ant characters is that after these guys learn it, they will carve random things everywhere, and there is no longer a complete piece of the stone wall of the ant nest.

"It's very complicated~"

The Edelweiss Spider King looked at it carefully and immediately guessed that it was Long Bai's own creation. He changed his words and said, "The lines are simple and clear. It should be very convenient for internal use."

The Edelweiss Spider King asked curiously: "What is engraved on it? It seems to be repeated a lot. What does it mean?"

Long Bai: "It's nothing, ordinary ants are carving blindly..."

Engraved on it is:

——The mighty king

——The power of the two kings

——The mighty three kings

——Wang Yingming

——The Second King Yingming

…

Long Bai turned to Hei Shi and asked, "Who are the three kings?"

Black Persimmon: "...Juniper?"

Long Bai silently wrote it down and explained to the Edelweiss Spider King: "I referred to the characters left on the cave wall by the ancestors of the flame spiders on the Yunji Continent, and deleted and changed them. I found that the specialized ants under my command They can all learn it and can act according to the character instructions, which can be used to command them to complete some repetitive and cyclic tasks such as turning soil and fertilizing, so it was promoted in specialized ant colonies."

Long Bai: "Edelweiss Spider King, I can't understand why the flame spider merchants have been around for so many years, but the characters they use don't seem to have any... improvements. If there can be a set of concise and clear characters, they can be promoted in the mainland. , wouldn’t it be convenient for everyone to communicate in this way?”

Edelweiss Spider King: "It's not that simple. No one is convinced by any of the different races on the mainland. Why use the characters you created? Why can't I create one set myself? I can also create two sets myself, one for the left claw and one for the right. A set of claws.”

Edelweiss Spider King: "We Flame Spider Travelers travel across the continent and communicate with tens of thousands of tribes. Most of these tribes are independent, some have characters, and some don't. So, we try to use a set of complicated lines. , but it is intuitive and vivid. Even if you don’t recognize it, you can roughly guess the meaning of the characters by looking at the graphics.”

Long Bai: "Oh——"

Long Bai thought about it and was speechless for a while.

Edelweiss Spider King: "The core knowledge of the Zerg warriors is recorded in the inherited memory, and there are very few places where characters are needed. The most used one is accounting. The characters used in the account numbers are basically the same."

Long Bai: "Yes, and the northern and southern hemispheres are unified. I think the counting characters used by Flame Spider Travel in Wanzu Continent are similar to those used by Phytophaga."

Edelweiss Spider King: "The flame spiders in the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent are also separated from the merchant continent. The spider king's letter uses counting characters to indicate the denomination. For the flame spider merchants, it is related to the credibility of the tribe, and for the Zerg warriors It’s about social status and wealth. This is something that must not be ignored, and it is normal to achieve reunification.”

Long Bai: "That's right! Zerg warriors don't need to know anything, but they must know the Spider King's Letter Scroll."

Long Bai then said: "But there is another thing about the Edelweiss Spider King that we cannot understand..."

Long Bai raised his paw, pointed in the direction of the Hongnan Mountain starship passage, and said: "When I was a child, I went into the starship to explore, and I saw many characters from extraterrestrial civilizations. There were also counting characters among them, and they were similar to those used by the Flame Spider merchants. Almost unanimous.”

Long Bai pointed to the south again and said: "I have also seen the undersea starship channel."

Edelweiss Spider King: "The Extraterrestrial Civilization has unified and simplified characters. After our ancestors of the Flame Spider deciphered it, they found that the counting characters were useful, so we borrowed them. So, in the future, when we go to the Outer World and encounter the Extraterrestrial Civilization, how can we I know a few of their words."

Long Bai: "Ha~ha~"

Long Bai chatted and said: "The fighting strength of the outer civilization may not be good, but their manufacturing ability is very strong, and they can make all kinds of whimsical and interesting things that attract insects. I have always suspected that our Zerg civilization , is it specifically to plunder those extraterrestrial civilizations and steal their things..."

Edelweiss Spider King: "I have also thought about it, it is very possible. This is a worry of many insects. When entering the outer world, will they be sent to the battlefield? Robbery other civilizations?"

Long Bai: "Yes~ I have considered this issue a long time ago, so I have always insisted on improving my combat effectiveness."

The Edelweiss Spider King reminded: "Combat power is second, the key is detection ability and the ability to escape and save one's life."

Long Bai moved his tentacles in recognition.

This is a heavy topic.

When contacting an unknown alien civilization, there is a little bit of expectation, but more of hesitation and worry. Also, most insects are opposed to the robbery business from the bottom of their hearts.

The edelweiss spider king changed the topic, raised his paw and pointed at the Shannan woodland, and asked: "Longbai ant king, has a new mutant strain emerged from the silver cypress tree you planted?"

Long Bai: "Yes."

Long Bai briefly explained: "The original silver cypress was a mutation of the large-leaf juniper. Later, it mutated into the flat-leaf Yinbai No. 1, which was optimized to Yinbai No. 2 and Yinbai No. 4. Among them, Yinbai No. 2 It has mutated again, Yinbai No. 3. Last year, it was discovered that there is an old version of the Yinbai tree, and a new mutant strain, Yinbai No. 5, is being cultivated. It needs to be tested to see if there is any mutation in the strengthening effect, and then a decision is made. Focus on cultivation.”

Long Bai: "Regardless of whether the strengthening effect is mutated or not, cultivation must be carried out on a certain scale. Currently, there are Yinbai No. 3, 4, and 5. Three cultivated varieties are being planted at the same time, which is gradually becoming more complicated. The scale of cultivation is also becoming more and more complex. It’s big, but not a single God-given seed has come out.”

"You are still young and have plenty of time. If you persist, you will always get what you want."

The Edelweiss Spider King made a perfunctory remark and pointed: "You can refer to those top-level tribes. If multiple cultivated varieties are planted at the same time, it is best to use multi-digit numbers. For example, the number one that mutates from the native silver cypress species The cultivated varieties are classified into one category and are numbered as Silver Cedar 1001; the second cultivated variety that mutates from the native species Silver Cedar is numbered as Silver Cedar 2001; the third category variety is numbered as 3001, and so on. If the variant is For example, if Silver Cypress 1001 mutates again, it can be numbered as Silver Cypress 1101, and if another mutation appears, it can be numbered as Silver Cypress 1201, and so on."

Edelweiss Spider King: "If you take the silver cypress as the symbol plant of the Pandan Mountain Kingdom, and think about it in the long run, and spend hundreds of years or even more time concentrating on cultivation, various good and bad cultivated varieties will definitely appear. Numbering like this, you can Make the origins and destinations of various mutant branches clear. If it is cultivated on a large scale, a stone tablet can be erected at the edge of the field with characters marked so that it is clear at a glance, and there will be no confusion due to too many types that are similar to each other. "

Long Bai: "It sounds neat and tidy..."

Long Bai: "Thank you very much, King Edelweiss Spider, for your advice!"

"It's a small thing. Even if I don't tell you, you will discover it yourself and adjust in time when the time comes."

Edelweiss Spider King: "Based on my three hundred years of experience as a trader and my innate super-sensitive intuition about plants, I feel that silver cypress planting has great potential and can definitely support a kingdom or a tribe!"

Long Bai always thought so, and for a moment he didn't know how to be humble.

The Edelweiss Spider King added: "Longbai Ant King, when I first came to Xianglan Mountain, I noticed that there were a lot of weeds growing under the orchard. At that time, I thought it was because you were busy with farming and didn't deal with it in time. However, according to me in the past two years, It has been observed over the years that this is not the case. Was it planted intentionally?"

Long Bai: "Yes. Mainly chickweed and vetch, as well as chicory bred by myself. These plants have shallow roots and will not compete with trees for underground nutrients. This has many benefits. First, The period of decline and prosperity is short, and the withered stems and leaves rot and turn into nutrients for the ground; secondly..."

Unconsciously, the topic shifted to plant cultivation and territory management.

…

At noon, a simple banquet was held to eat and drink.

Organize a team and prepare for the transaction a day in advance.

Take a day off and arrive on time.

As always, Hongtao, Heliotrope, and Stylometra were waiting in the starship passage early.

This year,

Heliotrope brought ordinary white-legged little flame spiders over.

Tsubasa also led a small group of Watase Little Flame Spiders.

When they met, the Edelweiss Spider King first gave a small gift and then took the Little Flame Spider over.

Watase Little Flame Spider is from the lineage of Baiwei.

The Edelweiss Spider King looked quite satisfied.

Styloma kept thanking her.

Long Bai just wanted to laugh.

When flame spider warriors are born in the future, they will most likely be grass dragon Ludou. This small columnar spider is not a serious spider.

The Edelweiss Spider King said that the caravan with the best development of the Phytophthora Fernandase Flame Spider Tribe might be having fun.

The transaction begins,

Heliotrope communicates with the Edelweiss Spider King and goes back and forth.

Cypress and peach column spots are traded normally.

It took turns, and one day later, the communication between the Edelweiss Spider King and the spider kings in charge of the Flame Spider Kingdom in the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent ended.

Pillar suddenly said: "Longbai Ant King, it's time for me to plan to evolve into the Mountain Lord level. The plan is to evolve into an 8-year-old advanced warrior next winter. You won't be able to see me the year after that."

Long Bai: "Styloma, what are you anxious about? Stay a few more years."

Pillar: "Lords Luo Li and Bai Wei are competing for the leadership of our Watase Flame Spider tribe! I want to help Bai Wei!"

Long Bai: "???"

Long Bai: "Leader?"

Tsubasa: "Leader!"

Long Bai: "Aren't there a group of steward spider kings in the ancestral land handling various affairs?"

Pillar: "That's right! The old spider king is hiding in his ancestral land and not moving around. They can't control the affairs on the mainland."

Zhuban: "The world under our feet is so big, and there are so many interests. There are caravans under the command of spider kings from different tribes, and caravans from different tribes. Our trading partners often overlap, and it is inevitable that there will be competition and interest disputes..."

Tsubasa elaborated on the matter of reorganizing the tribe and selecting a younger leader.

After hearing this, Long Bai asked, "What are the benefits?"

Zhuban: "From now on, the divine five-plus fruit will no longer be put up for auction. It will be directly sold to the five leaders of the Five Flame Spiders at a base price of 1 million. This is equivalent to getting a divine product when you become the leader. The fruit has stable trading rights, and there are five elemental abilities to choose from.”

There are only about 84 divine seeds in the southern hemisphere.

The northern hemisphere has a larger land area, but the total number should only be around 100 trees.

In the entire Force Star Realm, the total number of divine grade and divinely gifted seeds should not exceed 200.

Every tree is precious.

Long Bai clicked his tentacles and praised: "It's pretty good! It's worth fighting for."

Edelweiss Spider King: "..."

The Edelweiss Spider King's heart was bright, and he roughly guessed what was going on, and said nothing.

Long Bai looked at Heliotrope again and asked, "Hediomite, Lord Qiye also wants to compete for the position of leader, right?"

Heliotrope: "Of course! The Grass Crow Spider King has spoken. If it fails in the competition, it will be sharked."

Zhuban immediately said: "Poor Lord Qiye, his life is in danger~"

Long Bai's tentacles swung and struck Pillar through the cracks in the starship, "How do you speak?"

Long Bai asked again: "Heliotrope, will you help too?"

Heliotrope: "I'm too weak to help. I just need to continue to help spread the word. The Grass Crow Spider King has selected four partners for Lord Qiye who meet the conditions for participation."

"oh--"

Long Bai looked at Zhuban, "Where are Luo Li and Bai Wei? Caolong? Ludou? Nandi? Xiao Zhuban, are you also participating? Oh! You are planning to hold back Bai Wei and give Luo Li a chance. ?”

Stylus Spot: "...No way."

Pillar: "Luo Li and Bai Wei have separated again. The Zeqi Spider King selected the four best young flame spider merchants from among the younger generations to form a team with Luo Li."

Long Bai: "Is the Lacquer Spider King too biased?"

Stud Spot: "Yes. We are much stronger than those four. Luo Ji is unlucky."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai took a look at the back of the Snow Spider King and solemnly moved his tentacles, "Correct! Luo Qi is finished."

Styloscope: "Longbai Ant King, there is another good news. Since the Luohe Caravan has added 4 new members, it is unwilling to give up the original honey trade no matter what, and plans to open up more sales channels. Therefore, this year The share of raw honey has reached 30 million raw stones, and it is estimated that the amount will increase year by year in the next four to five years."

Huh--

A good thing indeed!

Long Bai: "Then I'll be very busy!"

Long Bai secretly rejoiced and secretly said that the leader selection event was well done.

A flash of light flashed through Zhuban's eyes, and he said shyly: "Longbai Ant King, when will your ash tree's god-given seeds be produced? Will it be in two years? It just so happens that I will be doing business independently by then. "

Long Bai said cheerfully: "Okay! Xiao Zhuban, as a gift for your independent business, all the shares of the god-given seeds of the ash tree will be yours. I wish you a smooth future as a businessman, rising steadily, and surpassing Zeqi He became the richest spider in the continent with the Grass Crow Spider King."

Styloscope cheered: "Thank you Long Bai Ant King!"

Long Bai said seriously again: "On the Yunji Continent, the share of God-given seeds previously allocated will be fixed and will not be changed. In the future, all new God-given seeds that will appear in the Yunji Continent, including the short-pod Inca bean God-given Seeds from the seeds and seeds given by the gods of the Sophora japonica tree, Aesculus chinensis, Tribulus ternata, and Baiwei each occupy 30% of the share, and keep 10% for myself. I do not favor any party, and I create a fair competitive environment for everyone."

"..."

Hongtao, Heliotrope, and Styloma were speechless at the same time.

Heliotrope: "Thank you Long Bai Ant King!"

Heart: "I wish King Longbai Ant and Lord Molan to be promoted to king level as soon as possible."

Long Bai and Mo Lan were promoted to the king level, and the output of the god-given seeds was at least 10 to 20 million per year, which was a powerful boost that could not be ignored.

Long Bai changed his mind and asked: "Hashira, Hedopsi, how many spider kings are there in your Watase Flame Spider tribe who are under 200 years old?"

Stigma said depressingly: "After counting, I found that there were as many as 11 people."

Long Bai: "..."

The Watase Flame Spider tribe is developing really well!

Long Bai thought of another question: "Heliotrope, when will the Grass Spider King retire?"

Heideko: "Lord Nanaba plans to break through to the king level in five years. The Kusaragi Spider King must be considering retiring after Lord Nanaba is promoted to Spider King. But he is not sure whether he can trust Nanaba to give his life's work to Nanaba. The key is, no Make sure Qiqiye can catch it."

Long Bai was happy, "Everyone please give me some advice to King Caowu Spider. With an outstanding junior like Lord Qiye taking over, it's good to retire early. Don't worry so much."

Long Bai: "Help me remind you, the divine fruit that gives you the gift of life!"

Heliotrope: "...Okay."

Long Bai turned to look at the Snow Spider King.

Edelweiss Spider King: "Longbai Ant King, you and Mo Lan have priority for this. My plan is for the 7th age wood type and the 8th age wind type. I have to time it to evolve the 9th age Spider King, take one The divine fruit that gives the gift of life leaves again. It may be one or two hundred years later."

Long Bai: "Okay! Then Mo Lan and I are welcome."

Heliotrope: "Longbai Ant King, as per the old rules, Caowu Spider King helped find the divine fruit that gives life talent. You need to pay 1 share of the divine Melanzi, which will be counted in the name of Lord Qiye."

Tsubasa jumped up when he heard this, "It's against the rules!"

Heliotrope: "No violation. Competition for the leader, divine fruits are not included in the statistics."

Styloscope: "Divine fruits can indirectly bring about the trading share of ordinary divine seeds."

Hediako: "It depends on your ability. The spider kings discussed it carefully when formulating the rules, and this is within the scope of the rules. Besides, doesn't the Zeqi Spider King also plan to do the same? It plans to use its share of the divine items Transfer it to Luo Li, indirectly gaining Luo Li’s share of ordinary god-given seeds.”

Tsubasa retorted speechlessly.

How many of the competing leaders and spiders nominated to power do not have the support of their elders with deep financial resources?

The rules only prohibit direct assistance, but indirect benefits cannot be tolerated.

Moreover, according to the tradition of the Flame Spider Traveling Merchant, the Old Spider King will hand over the resources he controls to his successor sooner or later, and there is no reason to prohibit it.

Bai Wei is at a disadvantage...

Styloma is depressed.

Heliotrope asked: "Longbai Ant King, could you please let me know? How many shares of the divine grade Melanzi are there? The Caowu Spider King said that perhaps, there is still a big deal that can be done."

"Big deal?"

Long Bai said truthfully: "The last production, 6 pills were distributed, and there are 6 pills left. The Baiwei Luojun caravan exchanged 1 pill, the Seven-leaf Lord wanted to exchange 1 pill, and the Edelweiss Spider King must have 1 pill. Mo Lan and I want to leave 2 pieces for free control, but only 1 piece is left for the share."

Heliotrope: "..."

Heidi looked at the Edelweiss Spider King, thought for a moment, and said: "Longbai Ant King, the two shares reserved for you and Lord Mo Lan are not necessary. Your needs are limited. If you need anything, we can help you get it. good."

The answer is no. It is better to have the autonomy in your own hands. In the future, you and Mo Lan will evolve into insect kings, and there will be a huge demand for divine fruits...

However, judging from his tone, King Caowu Spider wants to win 3 shares of the divine grade Melanzi at once?

What incredible thing could be worth this price?

Long Bai asked: "Heliotrope, what's the big deal? Let's make it clear first."

Edelweiss Spider King: "You guys talk! Farewell!"

The Edelweiss Spider King guessed what was going to happen next, so he turned around and left.

Heliotrope hurriedly shouted: "King Edelweiss Spider, wait a moment."

Heliotrope turned around and asked: "Hong Tao, Stud Spot, can you please step aside for a moment? I will have a private chat with Lord Longbai."

Stigma: "No!"

Heliotrope: "Trade secrets."

Pillar: "This is the Borderlands, the starship passage. I like to lie down here."

Heliotrope turned around and said: "King Edelweiss Spider, you know this. Please help me inform King Longbai Ant."

Styloscope: "..."

Edelweiss Spider King: "..."

Edelweiss Spider King: "Okay-"

Edelweiss Spider King: "Let me be fair. Isn't it unfair for the Grass Crow Spider King to do this? Luo Li and Bai Wei are also half of its bloodline descendants, right? Since it is a competition among the younger generation, everyone is of the same bloodline. Isn’t it appropriate for an elder like the Relatives, Caowu Spider King, to interfere like this?”

Heliotrope: "I don't understand. I'm only responsible for delivering messages."

Heidi: "King Caowu Spider has a problem with King Yujiu Spider. King Yujiu Spider King is eyeing King Caowu Spider. Now, everything the King Caowu Spider does is within the scope allowed by the rules. Once it is violated, Yujiu Spider King will King Jiuzhu was the first one not to agree."

Edelweiss Spider King: "..."

The Edelweiss Spider King sighed: "Forget it. It's up to you."

The Edelweiss Spider King leisurely said: "Heliotrope, please help me tell a message to the Grass Spider King. This sentence is not what I said, it is the ancestral teaching. As intelligent beings, the only indispensable thing for us is wisdom, and everything else is External things, including power, status, wealth and strength, are all fleeting and fleeting, so don’t be too obsessed with them.”

Heliotrope: "...remember it."

"Ancestor's teaching! I didn't say that."

The Edelweiss Spider King emphasized again and greeted: "Longbai Ant King, you give me a ride, and we will chat while we walk."

Heliotrope hurriedly added: "King Caowu Spider said, Dragon Cypress Ant King, you only need to exchange 3 divine grade Meranzi without compensating the price difference, but at the same time, Seven Leaf Lord needs a share of 3 divine grade Meranzi. "

What can be exchanged for three with the divine Molanzi?

Cypress, red peach, and column spots are awe-inspiring. (End of chapter)