Astral Ant Tribe

This is the star realm of the Force protected by the God of Nature.

All beings, whether tall or short, strong or weak, have the opportunity to awaken, rise to the level of Force life, give birth to wisdom, and become Force warriors.

The god of nature has given the Zerg the ability to collect plant seeds and have life capsules to breed life seeds.

The plants are ordered to grow and develop, bloom and bear fruit, and the force food produced helps the Zerg race to grow and evolve rapidly.

The Zerg rule the Astral Plane.

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The Watase Flame Spider clan travels across the mainland to do business, carefully following two principles:

First, absolute neutrality.

Never participate in wars between races or kingdoms, and even remain neutral between Zerg and Orcs.

Second, do not do transactions with profits below 20%.

Of course, we don’t do loss-making transactions. Especially when traveling long distances from the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations to the dangerous Continent of Ten Thousand Nations, a transaction without enough profit is a loss.

However, this time, Luoji may suffer a loss.

Dragon cypress was discovered by Luo Ji last spring, and it was also named after Luo Ji. Following Luo Ji’s suggestion, the first seed was chosen to be ‘Long cypress’.

I originally thought that a rare male ant king would be highly sought after in the ant kingdom where all the members are female.

The result is just the opposite. I have asked 17 giant ant kings, and they all expressed that they are not interested in the male ant king and are unwilling to spend even one rough stone on it.

Now is the spring of another year, and Long Bai is already the 4th instar junior ant king.

The Zerg molts its shell and grows once, which is the first stage of evolution. It selects a plant seed to put into the life sac and breeds a life seed.

The dragon cypress has already given birth to three important cypress species: dragon cypress, juniper, and juniper. There is an urgent need for a safe territory to sow the seeds.

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The caravans traveled at night and camped to rest during the day.

Under the glow of the morning light, the sky-high demarcation barrier exudes a brilliant halo.

This is already the easternmost part of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent, where the Watase Flame Spider tribe caravans gather. At this time, there are dozens of caravans, and hundreds of flame spiders of all sizes and above the Mountain Lord level gather to exchange information and exchange goods. Crowded.

"Long Bai, I'm sorry..."

Luo Li was about to speak but stopped.

The Mountain Lord-class Flame Spider is like an armored chariot. Its broad armored back is filled with colorful backpacks woven with spider silk, which contain the capital of the caravan trade - Force food and raw stones.

On the topmost rucksack, a male ant with a body length of two to three centimeters and membrane wings on its back drooped its antennae, extremely frustrated.

"I know, Luo Li, what should I do..."

Luo Li hesitated and said: "There is no place for the ants to survive in the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations. In the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations, without the protection of the ant king of the same tribe, you have nowhere to stay. Once you leave the caravan, patrolling soldier ants will immediately find you. , and will kill you as an intruder..."

Long Bai's frustration turned into fear.

Luo Li quickly added: "Long Bai, don't worry. Our caravan knows that there is a safe place to go, but..."

Long Bai rekindled his hope, waved his tentacles, and asked hopefully: "Where?"

Luo Ji: "Yunji Continent."

"Yunji Continent?" Long Bai looked at the light curtain and asked, "Across the way?"

"Yes..." Luo Ji moved his forelimbs, and the soil on the ground squirmed to form a ball of earth that floated in the air.

"The world we live in is a huge sphere, not just two continents: Wanguo and Wanzu."

As Luo Ji spoke, a spider silk wrapped around the earth ball horizontally and said: "This is the equator. The God of Nature has set up a divine barrier to divide the planet into northern and southern halves."

Two more spider threads were entangled vertically and said: "The divine power barrier laid down by the God of Nature divides the planet into eight continents. The northern hemisphere where we are located includes the Continent of Ten Thousand Races, the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations, the Dragon Bamboo Continent and the Cloud Trace Continent."

"Our ancestors of the Watase Flame Spider clan once participated in the exploration of the continent and made a guess: During the same period, of the four continents in the northern hemisphere, only two were rich in force, and the other two would fall into 'silence'. In the current period, Longzhu The mainland and Yunji Continent are in a stage of silence."

"The so-called 'silence' is the natural vacuum of the Force when the Force of the mountains is exhausted. We are all Force beings. Without the Force, we are like fish without water, unable to survive, but..."

Luo Li didn't want to show off, paused, and finally said: "Although Yunji Continent is in the 'silent' stage, in the area close to the divine power barrier, there is force penetration from the Wanguo Continent. Although it is barren, it is enough to take root. Survive. Loncy, this is the only safe place I can think of for you."

Barren, safe.

Long Bai grasped the key points of his words and said with complicated emotions: "I understand. Thank you. Luo Li."

"I'll take you there..."

Luo Li informed the leader of the team, the Zeqi Spider King, and left the team with Long Bai, walking quickly through the plain grass and climbing up the hills full of low weeds and shrubs.

Long Bai's eyes were attracted by the standing stone tablet.

"Luo Li, what is that?"

"The chronological stone tablet of our Flame Spider tribe. This is a tradition. Every year, we will send a Little Flame Spider to the Cloud Trail Continent opposite to check the force situation there, and then carve a stroke on the stone tablet to represent One year has passed."

Luo Li carries Long Bai closer.

There are a total of 13 stone monuments, 5 of which have been engraved with "spiders". A spider has 8 legs, representing 8 years. Each stone is engraved with 100, and the 5 stone monuments mean 4,000 years.

The sixth stone tablet is being carved, and more than half of it has already been carved.

Luo Li said: "The periodic changes in the mainland's force power are just speculations by our ancestors of the Flame Spider Clan. It has been more than 4,500 years, and the force power of the Ten Thousand Nations Continent and the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent has not declined significantly, while the Longzhu Continent has not declined significantly. And Yunji Continent is still in a period of silence."

"Everyone firmly believes in the ancestor's guess, so the Spider King arranges this job every year, and plans to stick to it. It has become a custom of the Watase Flame Spider clan."

"Oh——" Long Bai stood at a high place and looked around.

"Luo Li, how should I pass through the natural god's divine power barrier?"

"there!"

"There is a passage over there. If you keep walking along the passage, you will reach Yunji Continent. The Force is constantly seeping into that passage along the passage. So, Long Bai, you should find a high-slope location to settle near the exit. , sow the seeds of life..."

Luo Li explained while crawling quickly to the other side of the hillside.

A hole less than one meter in diameter.

The mountain master-level flame spider is so huge that Luo Qi cannot get through it.

"Long Bai, right here."

"Buried under the hillside is the 'starship' of an extraterrestrial civilization. It was destroyed by the God of Nature a long time ago and fell to the ground here. It has become a passage for us to travel through the divine power barrier."

"As early as when the starship crashed to the ground, a large number of ant kings came here to explore, opened all the hatches that could be opened, and took away all the treasures that could be taken away."

"Long Bai, there's a lot of space inside. After you go in, follow the signs. Don't rush in. Be careful of getting lost..."

Luo Ji warned, and at the same time controlled it with his mind, the spider silk binding the backpack automatically untied, and with the flexibility of an arm, he opened a bag with a "tear" sound and took out the small luggage inside.

"Thank you." Long Bai raised his two forelimbs to catch it.

It looks very big, but in fact it only contains 3 life seeds and 6 precious tree seeds collected by Long Cypress.

The luggage was almost weightless, so Long Bai carried it instead and flapped his wings to fly and land on the ground.

"etc."

With a tearing sound, Luo Ji opened another backpack, and five black wheat grains as big as Long Bai's head fell down.

"Longbai, this is the black brome that can strengthen the strength of your carapace. A little parting gift. I wish you good luck."

"Luo Jin. Thank you."

Long Bai opened his small bag and packed in the black brome one by one.

"Luo Li, will we meet again?"

Long Bai was a little sad and reluctant to leave.

Luo Li was also in a low mood. He had been doing business for more than ten years, and this was the first time he had made a loss-making business. He felt heartbroken, couldn't bear it, and couldn't give up.

Without the protection of its own kind, this little ant king who has been following him for a year will most likely not be able to survive in the cruel natural jungle.

Luo Li: "If there are no accidents, I will come here again in two years. I hope I can see you again then."

"You will definitely see me in two years!" Long Bai packed his bags and mood and said loudly:

"Luo Chenwei, I owe you 5 black brome grains, worth 2 rough stones. I will pay back with the equivalent value of cypress seeds."

After saying that, he lifted up his luggage that was ten times as big as his body and resolutely walked into the passage with steady steps.

Soon I passed through the dirt layer and saw the broken metal door of the starship.

Walking into the interior, there is a spacious all-metal passage. Countless years have passed and it is rusty. There are arrow marks carved with unknown plant sap on the side walls.

At intervals, there are metal doors that have been violently damaged.

Long Bai was curious, but he remembered Luo Li's instructions and followed the marks, not daring to trespass.

An extremely huge metal creation, a long journey.

After walking for who knows how long or how far, until he was too tired to continue moving forward, Long Bai stopped, ate a black brome, rested, and then set out on the road.

When your strength is exhausted, you stop again, eat another grain of black brome, and hit the road again.

Finally, a ray of light lit up in the endless darkness.

Passing through the gap between the heavy metal doors, crawling through a passage of earth and rocks, facing the early morning light, we arrived at the opposite continent.

——Were you walking all day and all night?

Long Bai climbed up the hill, put down his luggage, and looked around.

Behind it is a divine barrier that reaches straight to the sky.

Ahead are rolling mountains and vast jungles.

A cricket skipped by.

The dragon cypress flapped its membrane wings and flew up to knock it down. Using both jaws and front legs, it directly unscrewed the head. Then it tore off the two plump bouncing hind legs and held them in its hands to gnaw.

While replenishing physical energy, he looked around, observed and felt silently.

Indeed, as Luo Li said, the abundance of the Force on the Yunji Continent is much lower than that of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent next door. If you calm down and feel it, you will be able to notice that the force is flowing along the channel, continuously seeping in, and then quickly diluting and dissipating.

Barren, so safe.

But this 'security' is only relative to the Wanguo Continent next door.

Frogs and insects sang in the surrounding grass, birds jumped on the branches, and beast roars came from the deep forest from time to time. There were also countless hunters who were silent and waiting.

For a junior ant king who is only 4 years old, the wild forest is full of dangers.

Long Bai quickly ate his fill and retreated to a bush to hibernate and rest.

It wasn't until almost noon that I picked up my luggage and set off, running towards the peak on the north side of the hill.

I don't dare to walk too far, and I don't want to be too far from the exit of the passage. Before dark, Long Bai chose a suitable location on the southeast slope of the mountain, dug rocks, and dug a cave to live in.

Long Bai had a strong sense of crisis. In the next three days, apart from the necessary hunting for food and sleeping, he was busy digging holes at other times. He dug into the depths of the rock in a planned, zigzag, and stair-step manner.

At the same time, he was also observing the surrounding environment to confirm that there were no large predators inhabiting the mountain.

On the fourth day, a spring rain fell in patter. When he saw the water in the dry natural stream nearby, Long Bai felt relieved. He cut the weeds between the excavated nest chamber and the stream, dug a hole and sown the three life seeds. Go down and put some pebbles on top to prevent other insects or birds from digging them out.

PS: The second part of Astral World, if you haven’t read "Astral Cockroaches", it will not affect your reading.

In the real world, the rule of ant colonies is called "Queen Ant", but since the protagonist of this book is a male ant, it is convenient to write it, so it is set as "King Ant".