Astral Ant Tribe

Shandong Reservoir, two thousand soldier ants cover the ridge.

Being driven out of the ant nest to gather in the middle of the night, the ants were confused and didn't know what was going on. They looked around and asked each other: What's going on? What are you doing? Not going to sleep?

Long Bai's mental power was exerted with all his strength, his original energy was surging, his 'Queen Bee Heart' ability was activated, and the special original energy field spread along the range covered by his mental power.

The noisy ant colony fell silent instantly.

Soldier Ants, Blue Soldiers, and Green Soldiers all felt that under the blessing of the strange original energy field, something in their bodies seemed to be activated, their strength surged, and their abilities were greatly improved.

Long Bai also immediately noticed the changes in the ant colony and understood another soul-based ability of the 'Queen Bee Heart'.

Juniper stood on the hillside, full of energy and bright eyes, looking down excitedly: Is this the power of the divine fruit? Group strengthening! too strong!

Silver cypress, fragrant cedar, and black locust were awakened by the sudden big movement, and ran up. They understood the formation instantly and knew that the king was testing his newly realized ability. They quickly ran to Juniper and asked about the situation.

--what's the situation?

——The King is testing the ‘Queen Bee Heart’ ability?

——It’s obvious.

——Is the test finished?

——It’s obvious.

——Why can’t I see the change?

--fool! Of course, the original energy field cannot be seen, so you have to use your mental power to feel it.

Just saying.

The ant army on the ridge suddenly started to move in unison, and two thousand pairs of eyes aimed at the four juniper, silver cedar, incense cedar, and black locust standing on the hillside, with their tentacles straight.

Invisible power fills the air.

Juniper, silver cedar, cedar, and black locust palpitate in their hearts, and negative emotions such as fear, timidity, depression, sadness, etc. arise involuntarily deep in their souls.

The vision before his eyes was blurred and his mental consciousness was confused.

--ah!

--ha!

Juniper suddenly jumped up, his mental power exploded, and he roared repeatedly. The original power of the power system in his body exploded, dispelling the strange power that invaded his mind.

"King?"

cried juniper.

Long Bai changed his mind and removed his power.

The two thousand ant army retracted its vertical tentacles.

Silver cypress, fragrant cedar, and black locust came to their senses one after another. They froze on the spot and were confused for a while. They all turned their heads to look at the juniper.

Juniper: "This is the soul ability newly realized by the king! It seems to be used together with the 'Queen Bee Heart'. Its function is to stimulate fear, timidity, frustration, sadness, anger and other bad emotions deep in the soul. On the battlefield When used, the effect is to collapse the opponent's morale."

Silver cypress, fragrant cedar, and black locust tree half understood what they heard, and then turned to look at Long cypress.

Long Bai asked in surprise: "Juniper, what's going on with you? I have a king-level soul ability, so I can't do anything to you?"

"Your Majesty is awesome~"

Juniper waved its tentacles and said proudly: "I am fearless! There is no fear or timidity in my soul, and I am never depressed or sad, so naturally I will not be affected."

"..."

The ants were speechless.

——Is this okay?

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai explained: "The ability of the Queen Bee's Heart has changed. Fortunately, it has changed in a good direction, and it comes with a more practical soul-based ability. The Queen Bee's Heart cannot be called the 'Queen Bee's Heart' anymore. We have to change the name and officially name it 'Heart of the Ant King'."

"Heart of the Ant King is the correct name!"

"Your Majesty, it's easy to name!"

"The power that falls on our ant clan should be called the 'Heart of the Ant King'."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Juniper, silver cedar, incense cedar, and black locust all expressed their approval.

"okay--"

Long Bai raised his paw to signal and ordered: "Juniper, silver cypress, you take the ant army back to the nest. Fragrant cypress, black locust, you guys go and rest."

Long Bai: "The second king must be impatient to wait. I will set out overnight to deliver the divine fruit to it."

…

…

…

Sugarcane rainforest.

Before the throne of rulership entered the land of the force, Mo Lan came up to him. Without making a sound, he circled down to the throne and started rummaging around.

Quickly find the spider silk bag containing the divine fruit, open it and check it out.

I have seen the divine neem seed before, so I am not curious about it.

Open another spider silk bag and check...

"Wow!"

Mo Lan cheered, was surprised, and asked: "Is this Liu Daozi?"

Long Bai: "Yes. Liufeng Mountain, Liudaozi."

Mo Lan tilted her head, thinking, and suddenly asked: "Long Bai, you came so late, have you shed your shell and evolved? Are you at the 8th age?"

"certainly."

"The soul talent..."

"Awakening smoothly."

"What about soul abilities? Are there any? How many are there?"

"Comprehend one...let's count it as 1.5. The 'Queen Bee Heart' I comprehended has mutated and strengthened..."

Long Bai briefly introduced the situation, which caused Mo Lan to cheer and look forward to it.

After being happy,

Mo Lan asked: "Where's Longbai and Dalan? Have they bloomed and bear fruit successfully?"

Long Bai: "Of course. It went very smoothly."

Long Bai asked back: "Where is Wang Bai? Did the fruit expand successfully? How many rough stones were used?"

Mo Lan: "...There is no puffy fruit."

Long Bai: "No puffy fruit?"

Mo Lan: "Go and see for yourself."

The throne of control speeds up...

The tree planted by the god King Kashiwa is more than 130 meters tall, and its spiritual power covers a range of more than 1,500 meters.

"Longbai!"

Wang Bai's spiritual power came forward and asked enthusiastically: "Have you awakened your soul talent?"

"certainly--"

Long Bai asked directly: "Wang Bai, there is no fruit expansion this year?"

Wang Bai: "No."

Wang Bai explained: "The essence of fruit expansion should be qualitative change and growth. The fruit needs to absorb enough raw power, convert it into raw energy, and accumulate it to a certain extent before it can undergo qualitative change. A fruit expansion is a growth stage, and it is also a time of original energy. It can change qualitatively, and after many times, the desired effect is achieved, which is manifested as ripe fruit.”

Wang Bai: "The time required for each growth stage is fixed. This time is necessary for the conversion of original energy and the internal development of the fruit. The intuitive display is the familiar flower and fruit cycle. This is what all plants must follow. The laws of life.”

Long Bai's impatience instantly dissipated, replaced by joy.

As Wang Bai's understanding of the world deepens, as life grows and consciousness communicates, its wisdom grows rapidly, and it learns to think and explore the nature of things.

When he speaks, he is concise, clear, and well-founded.

Long Bai asked: "Wang Bai, can you estimate now how many years your flowering and fruiting cycle is?"

Wang Bai: "It's difficult——"

Wang Bai: "I look at myself and vaguely judge that it will take 4 to 6 years before the next fruit expansion. The entire fruit development process may require 7 to 10 fruit expansions. I cannot determine the specific time."

"hiss……"

Long Bai took a breath of cold air, and his whole body suddenly became worse.

A question immediately comes to mind. When the God-given seed of King Kashiwa was still a cypress fruit, it had to undergo 10 times of fruit expansion before it fully grew and finally developed into a God-given seed.

Doesn’t the divine fruit it produces also need to undergo fruit expansion 10 times?

The first fruit expansion took one year, and the second fruit expansion...

Will it take another 4 to 6 years to expand the fruit again?

Then counting last year, the interval between each fruit expansion is as long as 5 to 7 years? Take the middle value, 6 years?

There are 9 fruit expansions left, and the intervals are all 6 years?

That’s 54 years!

Counting the first year of fruit expansion.

The seeds given by King Kashiwa are in the lord-level stage, and the flower and fruit cycle is 55 years?

You only got one fruit!

You have already spent nearly three million rough stones on me, how much more do you want to spend?

Long Bai thought about it and thought of another question: Generally speaking, the longer a single divine fruit grows, the more powerful its effect will be.

There is an example right in front of him. Mo Lan is carrying the divine Six Dao Zi, which is gifted with the soul system. Calculated, the growth time of a single one of it is more than 10 years.

——The flower and fruit cycle of the divine Wang Baizi is 55 years, so why doesn’t he become a god directly?

When Long Bai thought about it again, his head swelled three times.

The ruling throne landed under the tree planted by the great king Kashiwa God.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, you are finally here!"

"Second King!"

"Has the Second King's divine fruit arrived?"

"Second King, what does the divine fruit that gives soul-type talents look like? Please help me gain some knowledge..."

Cui Bai and Black Birch came up to him, making a lot of noise and greetings. They came closer to Mo Lan and scrambled to check.

Long Bai waved his tentacles to drive him away, and continued to communicate with Wang Bai with his mental power, asking: "Wang Bai, can you judge now what kind of abilities the divine fruit you produced has been given?"

Long Bai continues to send various Force food samples every year to help Wang Bai familiarize and understand various types of Force energy.

Long Bai also summoned various insects from Yunji Continent in the name of celebration and asked them to show Wang Bai their abilities and original abilities.

Wang Bai collected enough original energy and ability information through contact, and gained a deeper understanding of the world of the original force. After pondering for a while, he replied:

"Longbai should have the ability to evolve quickly and adapt to the environment. According to the naming rules, it can be called 'adaptive evolution'."

Long Bai: "..."

At first glance, it doesn’t sound right~

Wang Bai: "For example, we are in the tropics here. After mastering this ability, you can quickly adapt to the hot environment. Another example is the remote Arctic, which is frozen all year round and has severe cold all year round. If you master this ability, you can quickly evolve to adapt to that kind of environment. Harsh living environment.”

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Wang Bai, is that all?"

Wang Bai: "It's already very simple, Long Bai."

Long Bai: "As the level of evolution of all Force life increases, their ability to adapt to the environment will increase. When they evolve to the king level, they can adapt to the environment of the tropical areas in the south and the extremely cold areas in the north."

Wang Bai: "It's different. The essential difference. A high degree of evolution improves the ability to resist uncomfortable external environments. The ability given by my fruit is to change and adapt from the bloodline level."

Wang Bai: "For another example, neither ants nor mantises can swim. Even if they evolve to the king level, they are still not good at living in water. But the ability given by my fruit can be changed from the bloodline level, making ants and mantises become adapted to living in water." Forms of activity in the water.”

"understood--"

Long Bai fell into deep thought.

The ability to touch the bloodline level is definitely not simple.

Moreover, this kind of 'adaptive evolution' belongs to the category of comprehensive physique and can most likely be passed on to all types of ants in all systems.

Blue soldiers can be more adapted to life and combat in the marine environment.

Green soldiers and green ants can adapt better to the jungle environment.

Wind air soldiers and flying ants are better at flying in the air.

The fruits produced by King Kashiwa's god-given seeds can bring huge improvements to the entire ant kingdom.

Pretty awesome.

The effect in the Force Star Realm may not be obvious enough now. What will the environment be like in the outer world after leaving the Star Realm in the future? If it is a harsh environment, the ability to adapt to evolution will play a greater role.

but,

If that's all, the divine fruit Wang Baizi still can't sell for a sky-high price like the divine fruit that gives the soul talent, right?

There is only one fruit in each batch, and the flowering and fruiting cycle lasts for 55 years. During this period, a large amount of raw stones must be invested. After all, there is no profit at all from the seed given by the god of King Kashiwa.

Long Bai was unwilling to give up and asked: "Wang Bai, are there any more?"

Wang Bai: "..."

Wang Bai: "You can also change from the bloodline level and become thinner?"

Long Bai: "...What kind of effect does this have?"

Wang Bai said seriously: "Long Bai, your bloated body is not suitable for survival in any environment."

"..."

Long Bai was completely speechless.

"King! You are here~"

The slow motion of the belated arrival.

Long Bai's thoughts changed rapidly and he asked: "Wang Bai, according to your statement, if Xun uses the divine product Wang Baizi, it will not only evolve to adapt to any geographical environment, but also optimize its body shape and become more flexible in its movements. "

Wang Bai: "Yes. This ability to adapt and evolve can be divided into two general directions: one is adaptation to the external environment; the other is self-adaptation...or self-optimization. More specifically, I can't give an accurate answer yet. . Maybe, if you go through it again and expand the fruit twice, you will make new discoveries."

"good--"

"Wang Bai, you are busy."

Long Bai's tentacles connected, and his four-shot prosperity ability fell, ending his exchange with Wang Bai.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Mo Lan raised her paw and pointed in the direction of the ant nest.

"okay--"

Long Bai quickly organized his thoughts, controlled the throne, and arranged the branch nests in the rainforest.

Mo Lan couldn't wait to get on the throne, and first took out the divine fruit that gave the soul talent. After simple preparation, he cut it and ate it.

Cui Bai and Xian Zhi were guarding outside.

Long Bai took Hei Hua to the earth bag that had been prepared.

Climb the earth bag, dig a hole, spit out the God-given seeds of the split-leaf king orchid, and fill them with soil.

Hei Hua directed the blue soldiers to bring in large water balloons, controlled them, and turned them into drizzle, drenching the soil bags.

One day later, the seeds sprouted.

Three days later, the seedlings of the orchid grew rapidly to more than 10 centimeters.

At the same time, Mo Lan completed absorbing the power of the first divine fruit.

Mo Lan also had a king-level soul strength. He took a short rest and fell into a deep sleep again...

Three days later, Mo Lan woke up from her deep sleep and ran over happily with Cuibai and Xiangzi.

"Long Bai, I have successfully awakened my soul talent. The limit distance of my mental power has exceeded 1,000 meters!"

"Congratulations to the second king."

Black Hua rushed to congratulate.

Long Bai asked: "Mo Lan, you haven't realized the soul ability yet, right?"

Mo Lan: "No -"

Mo Lan looked at the top of the earth bag and said, "I urgently need a god-given seed!"

The seedlings of the split-leaf king orchid, a god-given seed, have grown to a height of half a meter.

Long Bai gave brief instructions: "Cui Bai, Black Birch, and Azuki, you stay here and take care of the cracked leaves. The Second King and I went to work."

…

The Ruler's Throne carried Mo Lan and set off to start this year's search for the God-given Seed.

Mo Lan rested and recovered on the road. When she arrived at Cicada Mountain to separate her nest, she stayed for one more day to use up the divine neem seeds.

Without further delay, take a quick trip around Yunji Continent.

Nothing gained.

Then head to Wanglan Continent...

After passing through the undersea passage, the throne of control slowly emerged from the water pool. Mo Lan jumped to the ground and walked towards the door. Suddenly he stopped and turned his head to look at the murals on the stone wall.

Long Bai followed him with his gaze.

On the murals, there are a total of 9 pictures about Phytolacca records, 8 of which record the 8 times of fruit expansion during the growth and development of the sacred Phytolacca fruit. The ninth picture records the scene of the flame spider tribe surrounding the god-given plant of Phytophthora planta, harvesting the fruits, and celebrating with joy.

Mo Lan suggested: "Long Bai, is it possible that the god-given seeds of pokeweed and the god-given seeds of king cypress belong to the same level of life. The flower and fruit cycle of the divine pokeweed fruit is not what we had previously speculated. Eight years, on the contrary, is also a long time of decades.”

"It's very possible!"

Long Bai clicked his tentacles in agreement.

Mo Lan suddenly drooped her tentacles in frustration and sighed: "Unfortunately, the abilities granted by the divine Wang Baizi are not as powerful as Phytolacca fruit."

Long Bai gently swayed his tentacles and said: "It has just completed a fruit expansion. Wang Bai only made a preliminary judgment based on the limited knowledge it has. It is too early to draw a conclusion now. As for the specifics, it is better to wait for the fruits to mature and harvest them before eating them." You won’t know until you get it.”

"Right--"

Mo Lan calmed down and said, "Don't think about it so much now. Let's go."

…

Go through the undersea passage and go ashore to say hello to King Jinna Ant.

Spend the night on the island.

Early the next morning, we headed straight to Xiangsi Island.

Long Bai checked the status of the orchard and the God-given seeds, but there were no problems.

Mo Lan searched for the god-given seed, but found nothing.

Then he rushed to Shake Leaf Island, but there was also no gain.

Then rush to Thousand Reef Islands...

Late at night, the Dominion Throne quietly approached the largest offshore island with an area of ​​400 square kilometers.

From a distance, Long Bai and Mo Lan noticed something strange at the same time as their soul-fixing abilities were sensed.

Butterfly-shaped souls in the clouds in the night sky.

Morpho Warrior Purple again.

The soul is in a state of fluctuating activity, it is awake.

The soul has the outline shape of a butterfly, and this guy has achieved a breakthrough and been promoted to the king level.

Butterfly King!

"Huh--"

Mo Lan turned to look at Long Bai and asked, "Isn't this guy just waiting for us? Is he here to take revenge on us?"

Long Bai: "Maybe..."

Mo Lan: "Avoid it?"

Long Bai: "No need. Just ask."

PS: In the previous chapter, I omitted the mention of the second great king’s divine product, neem, but I found out after reading the readers’ comments that it has been corrected.