Astral Ant Tribe

The ruins of the one-horned wolf civilization.

The center of the tearing surface of the all-metal hemisphere is about 1,500 kilometers away.

The beast turned into a misty beast three thousand meters away.

Ang Tianlian led the team, and a group of six insects formed a formation. One by one, Long Bai first attracted the 122 star-level twisted original energy bodies within the sensing range of the soul-fixing ability at this distance, and killed them one by one.

"Next, there are 17 more Half-step Glory Realm..."

Lone Cypress Tips.

Repeating the same action over and over again, the somewhat numb five-headed old spider cheered up after hearing the words.

Long Bai controls the movement of the Yunwu beast and adjusts the distance.

"Be careful!"

"But don't be too nervous."

Ang Tianlian also reminded him of comfort, and his figure flickered upward slightly and moved two hundred meters.

Long Bai's soul-fixing ability was swept away, and he confirmed the position of all the twisted original energy bodies for the last time, locked on one of them, and continued to pay attention to it with his consciousness.

The twisted original energy body sensed it immediately, and his body disappeared on the spot. He traveled through space at extremely high speeds with a span of more than 300 kilometers at a time, rushed out of the ruins, and instantly entered the range of Ang Tianlian's mental power. He traveled through another short-distance space, and the dragon erected In front of Bai.

At the same time, there was a cold frost awl on the front paw. He raised the paw...

Lost target.

The green light in his eyes dimmed.

Turn around,

He raised his head slightly, his eyes lit up, and locked onto the second target, Ang Tianlian.

The first target that disappeared appears again,

His eyes dimmed, he lowered his head, turned around...

Long Bai tried his best to control the expansion and release of his mental power.

The twisted original energy body was stuck in place, constantly switching targets, repeating the movements of turning around, raising its head, turning around, and lowering its head.

The calla lily drags the spider silk and pulls the dragon cypress to drift backward, widening the distance.

The three spiders Gansui, Yingye, and Zichan activate their wind, fire, and thunder abilities in sequence from the left, right, and top directions to crush, evaporate, and defeat the remaining souls, completing the killing in an instant.

Gan Sui raised his claws to take a photo, and the technological star core flew across and floated in front of him. He scanned and checked with his mental power to confirm that it was correct. The space in front of him rippled slightly, and he packed it up.

"Longbai Ant King, how do you do?"

Ang Tianlian asked.

Long Bai lowered his heart slightly and said calmly: "It's okay! The current soul strength and reaction speed are just enough to cope with it."

"Don't be careless!"

Ang Tianlian warned again: "Don't let your guard down, everyone. This half-step radiant twisted original energy body just now intends to attack with a close-quarters assassination, which is different from the one three hundred years ago. Very different. It’s hard to guarantee what type of attack the next one will make.”

——That’s right!

——Different attack methods!

The insects solemnly agreed.

Come again.

Long Bai calculated the distance, adjusted the position of the Yunwu beast, repeated his old trick, and then selected one to seduce it.

same method,

A brief period of less than 0.1 seconds.

The twisted original energy body crossed the space and appeared directly in front of Long Bai, standing a hundred meters away. His green eyes suddenly turned white...

——Launch attacks from both eyes?

When the twisted original energy body was preparing to launch an attack, it suddenly lost its first target.

His eyes dimmed, he turned around, raised his head, and locked on the second target...

Gansui, Zichan, and Yingye reacted at the same time, and their wind, fire, and thunder abilities came to them in an instant, completing the strangulation.

…

Sure enough, he changed his attack method.

However, this kind of twisted original energy body that attacks with frost-type abilities is easier to deal with.

There must be a brewing process to activate the ability, and there must be a gap for release.

It's fast, but not fast enough.

This time is enough for Long Bai to gather his mental power and complete the concealment.

On the contrary, it is the twisted original energy body that was used to assassinate him personally that is the most threatening.

Long Bai and his party tried carefully three times and basically confirmed that all kinds of tricks can be handled.

One after another,

Completed the elimination of 17 half-step radiant twisted original energy bodies.

A total of 13 hits.

Return to the starship to rest, replenish supplies and recuperate.

Return to peak condition and start again.

…

Long Bai and his party used the same method and repeated it three times to clear out all the twisted energy bodies near the torn section area.

Successfully landed in the ruins.

The whole body is made of metal, but the interior is an empty living space, which is only equivalent to 0.3 times the gravity environment of the parent star.

The smooth, flat, cold metal ground has been in the vacuum environment of the Force for too long, and has lost its original properties and reduced to a fragile ordinary alloy.

Yingye and Zichan activated their fire and metal abilities to heat, melt and recast these metals.

Ang Tianlian, Gansui, and Alocasia activate their metal abilities for reinforcement.

Arrange the battlefield to prevent the Twisted Prime from emerging from beneath your feet to attack.

In order to create a temporary battlefield five kilometers long and three thousand meters wide.

Long Bai controlled the beast, switched to the form of dead water, and transformed into a lifeless, dark river three thousand meters long.

Ready!

"there!"

"1780 kilometers. Half a star."

Long Bai bent his tentacles to guide the direction, activated his soul-fixing ability, swept into the depths of the ruins, and locked onto a half-star twisted original energy body, his consciousness continued to pay attention.

The twisted original energy body was stimulated and ignored the metal barriers. It flashed across the space and appeared directly in front of Long Bai.

Long Bai took his time, gathered his mental power, and disappeared.

The twisted primordial body turned, turned, turned again...

Gansui and Yingye used their claws to kill them.

Simple and easy to solve.

Testing in order from weak to strong confirmed that the metal field can effectively prevent the twisted original energy body from attacking Long Bai from below.

Then there are no other problems.

One by one, complete the cleaning of the area under your feet.

Change a place, rearrange the venue, and come again...

…

Busy for half a month,

The Haimen scanned and detected 1,003 twisted primitives and eliminated 638.

The last 365 are left, distributed 1800 meters behind the tearing surface, out of reach of the soul-fixing ability.

We must enter the ruins.

The doomsday survival base has a large number of spaces of different sizes and functions arranged inside.

As a result, intricate roads, large and small, are derived that are ten thousand times more complex than the ant nest.

After some analysis and preparation,

A wide passage with a width of one thousand meters and a height of more than 300 meters was selected. Ang Tianlian led the way and everyone went deep into the ruins.

The interior of the ruins is also filled with densely packed and stacked ordinary energy bodies.

The formation remains unchanged,

Ang Tianlian led the way and walked at the front.

Gansui and Alocasia guard Long Bai.

Ying Ye and Zi Chan are in the rear.

All the way forward, after traveling for more than a hundred kilometers, we turned around.

After traveling another hundred kilometers, we turned around again.

After turning around and off the main road, we entered a branch road three hundred meters wide and more than one hundred meters high.

Ang Tianlian has a strong memory and sense of direction. On the one hand, he continuously releases his mental attack power and sweeping ability to clear out the original energy bodies in front; on the other hand, he leads the team to twist and turn again and again...

Finally, the insects stepped onto a special arched straight passage.

The invisible pressure of original energy that made the insect's soul tremble, its heart palpitate, and its legs weakened came from the front.

The remains of the master of domination realm are just ahead!

The Haimeng showed that the treasure house of ruins was ahead, at the end of this passage.

Without taking another step, Ang Tianlian led everyone to the core of the ruins accurately.

——The treasure is close at hand.

"call--"

Long Bai opened the valve and took a long breath.

"The ruins of the Dominion Realm cannot be moved for the time being."

"To be on the safe side, don't get close for now to avoid any accidents."

"Just take a look, let's fight somewhere else."

"This way……"

The discussion was completed in a few words.

Ang Tianlian led the way away.

Far away from the wreckage of the Dominion Realm, we selected a space with a width of three thousand meters and a height of one thousand meters, with metal lumps everywhere, like a manufacturing factory for the processing and production of large components of scientific and technological civilization.

After some cleaning, the battlefield was set up.

Long Bai activated his soul-fixing ability to attract monsters, and all the insects worked together to strangle them.

Changed positions twice,

Clean up the remaining 365 twisted souls in one go.

Return to the starship.

…

…

"Hai Meng, scan the ruins and confirm for the last time whether there is any distortion of the original energy body left."

Ang Tianlian gave the order.

"OK--"

Hai Meng agreed.

After three long hours of waiting,

Hai Meng: "Tearing cross-section scanning and reconnaissance, no trace of the twisted original energy body was found. For safety reasons, it is recommended to switch directions and scan multiple times to confirm."

Ang Tianlian: "Yes!"

Haimeng activated, sailed at sub-light speed, circled the ruins, selected five points, and scanned them five times to confirm that they were correct.

Finally return to the original stopping point.

At the same time, the insects also eat, rest, and return to their perfect state.

Ang Tianlian: "If nothing unexpected happens, all that's left is to search for and collect the treasures of civilization relics. The exploration formation has been slightly adjusted. I will take the lead, and Yingye and Zichan will follow closely to cooperate in the battle to deal with unknown surprises. The situation is changing. Kansui, Alocasia, you protect the Longbai Ant King and keep a safe distance of about 1,000 meters from us."

"good!"

"clear!"

Longbai, Kansui, Alocasia, Yingye, and Zichan agreed sonorously.

Finally, it’s time to pick the fruits.

The key to confirming that everyone can make a fortune this time and how much wealth they can make depends on the situation in the treasure house.

During the scan, there was a very large space with a length of three kilometers, a width of one kilometer, and a height of more than two hundred meters.

All the insects could not conceal their excitement and excitement.

Cymbidium:"……"

Mo Lan said quietly: "Am I the one left to guard the starship again? I think you have underestimated my ability and strength."

The joy of opening a treasure house and collecting treasures...

It was obvious that Mo Lan wanted to follow him.

Ang Tianlian looked around and said inquiringly: "There must be no danger. How about Mo Lan coming too? Mo Lan is walking with the Longbai Ant King, and Gansui and Alocasia are protecting each other."

"Longbai Ant King and Mo Lan both have certain strength. When in danger, they can fight without asking for help, turn around and run away, and they should be able to reach the size of ordinary original energy bodies by themselves."

When Mo Lan heard this, he jumped up, straightened his antennae, and said fiercely: "No problem!"

Ang Tianlian: "We can arrange for the Haimeng to dock in a safe area 1.2 light years away, turn on the automatic defense mode, and start reconnaissance at regular intervals. Let's go and return quickly. The Haimeng will detect our return and come across space as soon as possible. Just respond.”

Gan Sui looked at Long Bai and asked, "We are all so cautious, so there should be no problem, right?"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Forget it. It's a treasure hunt in the relics of an old civilization that will excite people's hearts only once in a lifetime. Let's go together with Mo Lan."

"Great!"

Mo Lan cheered.

Now, Long Bai also has a strong voice in the team. Long Bai agreed, and the other insects had no objections.

With simple preparations, the insects set off.

…

Ordinary primordial beings pose no threat.

The group was unstoppable and sprinted as fast as they could, rushing into the ruins in one breath and arriving directly at the arched passage leading to the treasure house.

"Pause!"

"Longbai Ant King and Mo Lan are unable to face the remains of the powerful master in the Dominion Realm. Gan Sui and Alocasia protect them and wait where they are."

Ang Tianlian gave the order and led Ying Ye and Zi Chan forward.

There is no end of the tunnel that cannot be explored with spiritual power.

After a long, long time, the pressure that made the insect's six legs unstable and unable to walk disappeared.

Howl~

"rush!"

Gan Sui had been waiting impatiently for a long time. He used a super ranged mental attack to sweep away ordinary energy bodies within a radius of thirty kilometers and urged hard.

Long Bai and Mo Lan didn't waste any time, and tried their best to activate their wind and thunder abilities, and rushed on their way.

Ahead, a little white light gradually became brighter and blazing.

Above Zichan's head, a ball with concentrated abilities hangs, which continuously releases light and heat, illuminating the passage.

At the end of the passage, there is a double metal door with a height of about thirty meters and a width of more than fifty meters, carved with strange animal and plant patterns.

Against the backdrop of the majestic and thick door, the figures of the three spiders, Auntianlian, Yingye and Zichan, appear small and weak.

"Can the door be opened?"

"have no idea."

"Where are the ruins of the Dominion Realm?"

"Put it away?"

"The door didn't open? The wreckage was put away?"

"There is something strange. It is consistent with the information sent back previously. It is a strange beast that looks like a wolf and has a single horn on its forehead. The body is standing at the door."

Long Bai's tentacles twitched, stopped, and retreated.

Gansui and Alocasia were slightly shocked.

Mo Lan stopped and asked, "A strong person in the Dominion Realm is guarding the entrance to the treasure house?"

Long Bai asked: "Why don't you stay in the treasure house?"

Mo Lan: "Foreign? A heterogeneous beast race that does not belong to this technological civilization? Or, it coexists with technological civilization, but has a relatively low status and is not qualified to enter the treasure house?"

Long Bai: "Mo Lan is smart!"

Long Bai: "The Domination Realm guards the gate. Doesn't that mean that behind the gate..."

Mo Lan: "Is there a stronger domination realm? Then will there be a stronger twisted original energy body..."

In the entire ruins, all the metals in other places have lost their original energy properties and turned into ordinary metals. The Haimeng reconnaissance system can also scan and see through the internal conditions.

Only the six metal walls in the center of the treasure house still retain their original properties and can also shield against reconnaissance.

Mo Lan said, horrified and frightened, her mental power swept across all directions, sweeping away the approaching ordinary energy bodies, and followed Long Bai backwards.

"That's enough you two. Don't scare yourselves."

Gan Sui scolded and asked: "Ang Tianlian, what is the specific situation?"

Ang Tianlian: "The original energy metal used to cast the treasure house and the door has lost its original energy enhancement. It can be used to break through the door with force. However, whether there is danger behind the door... is not yet certain."

"Gansui, Alocasia, protect the Longbai Ant King, Mo Lan, you retreat twenty kilometers away. Once the gate is opened, the Longbai Ant King will detect it with his soul-fixing ability, and Gansui will use his mental power to transmit the message to inform us."

"good--"

Long Bai and Mo Lan had already retreated five kilometers away. They speeded up and retreated another fifteen kilometers.

"..."

Gansui and Alocasia followed.

Complete the evacuation quickly.

The beast switched to its death state, transformed into hundreds of meters of black water, and shrouded in black mist.

"Mo Lan, you sweep away the ordinary energy bodies that are approaching. Don't use your soul-fixing ability to sense randomly!"

"oh--"

"What's going on?"

"Yingye seems to have special means to open the door..."

Long Bai used his soul-fixing ability to sense.

During the induction, Yingye leaned on the door to operate.

Ang Tianlian and Zi Chan stood guard in front of the door.

Gansui and Alocasia, who were protecting Long Bai and Mo Lan, were also spying with their mental powers.

soon,

The door opened a gap.

Gan Sui and Alocasia hurriedly retracted their mental power, carefully hiding their auras and being on full alert.

Long Bai's soul-fixing ability passed through the crack in the door and swept past the treasure house behind.

"how?"

Gan Sui asked.

Long Bai: "There is no distortion of the original energy body. No abnormality is detected."

Gan Sui immediately conveyed the message mentally: "Safe!"

ahead,

The door was opened.

Angtianlian, Zichan, and Yingye enter the door.

rear,

The dark stagnant water carried Long Bai and Mo Lan forward.

Go forward ten kilometers.

Long Bai mentally scanned the situation.

behind the gate,

A broad, straight main passage.

There are neat branch roads on the left and right sides of the main passage.

On both sides of each branch, there are warehouses arranged neatly.

The large treasure house is divided into countless small warehouses.

Yingye raised his legs and roughly kicked open a warehouse door.

No danger.

An incandescent fireball lights up.

Light and heat spread in the small room, and the frozen and solidified air quickly evaporates, forming an airflow that rolls through the door and escapes.

The room is twenty to thirty meters long, fifteen or sixteen meters wide, and about ten meters high.

Rows of metal cabinets.

Ying Ye manipulated a silver-white liquid metal that had super corrosive and destructive power on metal to seep through the gaps in the cabinet.

After only two or three seconds,

The built-in mechanism of the cabinet door is damaged, and the metal ability controls the opening.

Inside the cabinet, on a special metal stand, there is a... picture with a brown frame and sealed with a transparent substance?

On the picture, there is a flat grassland with a towering alien tree full of fruits. A river meanders in the distance, and several alien animals are grazing.

"..."

Long Bai's heart moved, he recovered his mental power and aimed at the ground behind the gate of the grand treasure house.

On the ground, obviously added later, there is a row of universal characters carved by the blade:

[The development of science and technology has an end, the evolution of the Force has an end, and artistic creation has no end]

"Did you find the treasure?"

"How about we go up and have a look?"

Mo Lan's mental power didn't have enough detection range, so he was so anxious that his tentacles moved wildly.

Long Bai: "Looks like I found it..."

Mo Lan: "Did you find anything good?"

Long Bai said solemnly: "If I read it correctly, it is a work of art..."

Long Bai: "If nothing else happens, a large area of ​​space behind the gate will store the artworks of a high-level civilization."

--artwork?

Mo Lan was confused.

Kansui and calla lily congeal and choke.

Gan Sui asked: "Longbai Ant King, there are air holes in the warehouse, can the soul-fixing ability sense the situation behind the door?"

Long Bai: "Okay. Don't worry. It's safe."

Gan Sui's spiritual power surged out, and he waved his paw and said, "Let's go! Take a look!"

…

The power of wind and thunder flashed forward, and soon arrived and entered the treasure house.

Yingye moved quickly and opened all the metal cabinets in the first warehouse.

Inside each standing cabinet is an artistic picture that depicts and records the creatures and scenery of the planet where alien races live.

Then open the treasure house next door to check, and it's still the same.

"All works of art?"

Mo Lan asked: "Long Bai, is it valuable?"

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai: "Art is priceless."

"Priceless? Does that mean it's very valuable?"

"For a bug that doesn't understand art, a single raw crystal is not worth it. For a bug that understands art..."

"Do you understand art?"

"Do you understand?"

"Tell me?"

"Human beings inherit memories, and they divide the composition of civilization into three pillars: politics, technology, and culture. Politics represents the order in which civilization operates; technology is not much to say; culture is an important symbol that distinguishes a civilization from other civilizations."

"Different ethnic groups and the same cultural heritage can also become the same civilization. On the contrary, the same ethnic group and different cultures cannot become a civilization, at least not a harmonious and stable civilization."

"Among them, art is the most important part of culture. Art is divided into many categories. Painting is the oldest and most important form of expression in the art category. Through patterns, we can intuitively record and describe various things and express emotions. .”

Mo Lan: "I don't understand."

Mo Lan had an idea, and the pokeweed divine pattern on her forehead flashed, a ring appeared in her claws, buckled on the tip of her toes, injecting raw power, and bright and beautiful rose patterns filled the air, covering her whole body.

Mo Lan: "Long Bai, is this considered art?"

——Rose Ring.

——You haven’t thrown away this piece of shit yet?

Long Bai asked: "Mo Lan, did you make a kettle of ice and fire? You won't keep it, right?"

"exist!"

Mo Lan took out the kettle made of ice and fire, boiled a pot of boiling water and handed it to him, "Drink?"

Long Baining choked for two seconds and said: "The inherited memory shows that this is human's 'clothing'. It can also be regarded as a work of art, right?"

Long Bai: "To put it more simply, intelligent life is born with a longing for beautiful things. As long as it makes insects feel beautiful and pleasing to the eye, it can be called art."

"Intelligent life not only has survival and evolution needs, but also spiritual needs. Art is the spiritual life that satisfies and enriches intelligent life."

"Creating and showing beauty is art. Showing ugliness and criticizing darkness are also art."

"Everything that can resonate with other intelligent beings, regardless of the form of expression, can be called art."

Cymbidium:"……"

Mo Lan: "I've known you for more than 10,000 years, but I can't tell you that you are still an ant who understands art."

Mo Lan felt dizzy after hearing this, returned to the topic, and asked again: "Is it worth it?"

Long Bai sighed: "In the Zerg civilization, most of them are bugs like you. What do you think?"

"What's wrong with me?"

Mo Lanfan suddenly woke up and said angrily: "I don't understand art, most of them don't understand, so these things are not worth even one raw crystal?"

Long Bai: "The answer is correct!"

Long Bai followed up and said: "Mo Lan, in fact, you have artistic tendencies subconsciously, you just don't realize it. You love orchids, consciously select and cultivate beautiful orchids. Collect natural materials with bright colors. , decorating and decorating the nest, which is actually the yearning for beauty and the most original artistic creation of intelligent life."

"Art creation?"

Mo Lan caught the key word and suddenly understood it, and said happily: "I don't understand art, but I understand artistic creation, right? I don't even know it myself."

Long Bai: "..."

spider:"……"

The skill of speaking,

The five-headed old spider opened more than ten treasure houses in a row.

It’s all art, and it’s all paintings.

There is a teleportation round platform at the entrance, which should lead to the upper level. It has been destroyed.

Eagle leaves are roughly punched at the top.

"Two artists. Do you still want to get rich?"

"Don't you also have metal abilities? The defense strength of these metal cabinets is not high. Please help!"

"Let's go! Go to the upper level and have a look."

Ang Tianlian greeted.

Let’s go up to the second floor to check.

It’s still painting.

Looking up the next three floors, there are various wooden and ceramic artworks.

The fourth floor is also...

The fifth floor is filled with a variety of utensils, suspected to be ancient and daily necessities.

The sixth floor is a strange cold weapon...

A treasure house with a length of more than three kilometers,

The first level of the treasure house is 1,100 meters long and divided into ten floors. It preserves the cultural and artistic inheritance of a civilization.

Return to the first level,

Walk forward along the main passage, and then randomly open a few warehouses to check briefly.

They are all ordinary works of art that are not worth a single raw crystal.

Long Bai studied the inherited memories related to the human race and knew about 'art', but he had no interest in this stuff.

The five-headed old spider was even less interested and simply gave up and continued to check other warehouses.

Ahead is another heavy door.

Gan Sui and Alocasia escorted Long Bai and Mo Lan back ten kilometers away.

Eagle Leaf opens the door.

Ang Tianlian and Zi Chan were on alert left and right. (End of chapter)