Astral Ant Tribe

After more than half a year of development, the number of specialized soldier ants, 200 specialized worker ants, and 130 specialized blue ants has reached 280.

There are also 20 specialized blue soldiers that are of little use.

A huge number of specialized ant colonies require corresponding large, medium, small and micro soldier ants, worker ants and blue ants to cooperate.

A certain quantity.

To accommodate such a large ant colony, the ant nest also needs to be expanded.

The proposal of Juniper and Juniper to dig a tunnel through the north and south of the mountain range to connect the territories of Juniper and Molan has already been put into action, and now nearly 300 meters have been dug.

Along the tunnel, open an ant nest every 100 meters, send a few worker ants to live in it, and send two soldier ants to garrison it.

As the ant kingdom prospers and grows, the problem of food gradually becomes apparent.

In the Xianglan Mountains, food can no longer keep up with demand, and Long Bai and Mo Lan often need to travel far to hunt large animals.

Every time they stock up on food for the ant nest, it takes Long Bai and Mo Lan a day or two.

The ant kingdom continues to grow and develop, and the demand for food is rising sharply. It's impossible to always let the ant king go out to hunt, right? How is this appropriate?

Long Bai had the idea to breed another giant soldier ant and lead a team of soldier ants to hunt.

Follow the mountains to the west and hunt in the area close to the divine barrier. The space there is infinitely vast and the food is endless.

Long Bai now also has the financial resources to cultivate another giant soldier ant.

but,

Both giant soldier ants and intelligent worker ants have independent consciousness and intelligence, and their evolutionary growth needs to be considered.

They have an intermediate level when they are born, and then there is one instar after another. They shed their shells and evolve again and again. They also need to be comprehensively strengthened with various kinds of force food, otherwise there is a risk of failure.

Their evolution level can be lower than that of the ant king, and can be as high as the same as the ant king.

Currently, Longbai is the 5th-instar intermediate ant king. Juniperus molts and evolves once. The 2nd-instar intermediate intelligent worker ant lasted for one year and consumed about 500 raw stones worth of raw food.

If you also want to grow and evolve quickly every six months, you need to consume force food worth more than 1,000 raw stones.

It is about half the cost of evolving the Ant King.

A bit expensive.

Currently, there are juniper and juniper. If you cultivate a giant soldier ant, each time the three of them evolve to an age, the cost will be 1,500 to 3,000 rough stones.

From the primary to intermediate level, the cost increases slightly as the age increases, and a total of 20,000 to 30,000 rough stones are required.

This is barely acceptable.

However, how many rough stones does it cost to evolve from a high-level mountain master level?

Massive!

Considering the cost, Long Bai became entangled again and could not make up his mind...

…

Long Bai and Mo Lan spent two days on a hunting trip and stored enough food for the ant nest for two months before starting to pack it up.

Check the goods before leaving,

300 god-given ghost fans, worth 7,500 rough stones.

There are only 500 ordinary ghost fans left, worth 500 rough stones.

1,000 rice seeds, a gift from the gods, worth 2,600 rough stones.

200 pieces of South Suanzizi, a gift from God, are not discounted and are worth 2,000 rough stones.

The categories are thin and the quantity is not large, but they are basically high-quality goods.

Set off on the road with a cargo of up to 12,600 rough stones.

The Throne of Control arrived at Mount Molan in a day's flight.

As usual,

They split up to look for the god-given seed to the south of Longbai Mountain and to the north of Molan Mountain.

The search was completed three days later with no results.

After a night's rest, we set out on the road and headed straight for Baifanshan.

At the northwest end of the mountain range, is the territory of the little ball warrior Wu Fan.

The red fox lay under a cypress tree, squinting and taking a nap.

Baifan is clearing a wasteland.

Xiao Wufan followed behind, clamping the weeds with his jaws, trying his best to back up, pull out the weeds, and then remove the weeds.

"The ant traveling merchant is here!"

Bai Fan suddenly stopped moving.

The red fox opened his eyes, looked up, and then lay down again.

"Ant honey! Ant honey!"

Wufan let go of an unplucked weed and ran toward the red fox.

Red Fox stood up helplessly, thought for a while, and said:

"Baifan, I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't argue with the Dragon Cypress Ant King again during the transaction."

"First, you were born here, grew up here, and are trapped here. You have seen and know too little, and you can't compete with the Dragon Cypress Ant King. Second, you and Wufan want to evolve to the mountain master level. One has to rely on them and arguing only alienates relationships.”

Red Fox: "Third, they control the throne and have absolute initiative in transactions. The prices for buying and selling goods are not excessive, and they are not stingy. Instead of arguing about the price, it is better to ask them for more useful gadgets. , or ask them to get more high-quality Force food and high-quality seeds suitable for breeding life seeds."

When Bai Fan heard it, he was unconvinced at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it made sense.

"I understand. Red Fox."

"Um--"

Red Fox said no more and walked slowly towards the ridge.

"It's coming! It's coming!" Wufan stood on top of the red fox, shook his tentacles vigorously, and pointed at the sky in the distance.

…

"Red Fox!"

"Xiaowufan!"

"Baifan, are you busy reclaiming wasteland?"

The ruling throne hovers low in the sky, Long Bai and Mo Lan greet each other

Bai Fan said: "Xiao Wufan is at the 8th age. It will evolve into the 9th age next spring. It will have 3 life seeds that need to be sown. I will help it cultivate the garden first and build a protective fence."

Mo Lan sighed with emotion: "It's great to have elders taking care of you. You can eat food from the Force, evolve and grow quickly, and you don't have to cultivate the territory yourself."

"I clean up the weeds myself!"

Wu Fan retorted and shouted: "Mo Lan! Yimi!"

"Wufan also works. Hard-working warrior of the ball!"

Mo Lan praised him, carried a gourd filled with ant honey, and glided to the ground in front of Red Fox. He placed the gourd on the ground and explained:

"This summer was too busy. Long Bai and I only collected fresh fruits in Pandan Mountain and nearby areas. The ant honey brewed this year is not as fragrant as last year."

Isn’t it delicious? Wu Fan was stunned, slid from Red Fox's head to the ground, and quickly stepped forward to check.

Long Bai asked: "Did it rain heavily in your area in midsummer this year?"

Bai Fan replied: "There are heavy rains, but not very heavy. It is considered a good year."

Bai Fan asked: "Longbai Ant King, what's going on over there?"

Long Bai: "We live in the southeastern part of the mainland. There were violent storms and flash floods, which almost flooded one of my territories."

Mo Lan: "Yes. Yes. Where we live every summer, there are either heavy rains or flash floods, or there is drought and water shortage. White Rice, Red Fox, what is the natural climate here? Is it always good weather every year?"

Regarding the regional climate, the red fox, which has lived for hundreds of years, has the most say.

Red Fox said: "In my memory, there have been several droughts, right? I have never seen heavy rains cause floods."

Long Bai: "Then your place is very livable!"

Wu Fan holds the gourd and stirs the ant honey inside.

Long Bai, Mo Lan, Red Fox, and Bai Fan talked about the rain climate, territory development, and plant management and cultivation.

Arriving at Baifanshan in the middle of the morning and chatting until noon, Long Bai turned the topic to business and asked:

"Baifan, are your rice trees ready? The main reason I came here this time is to purchase a batch of rice tree fresh fruits to brew force ant honey."

Bai Fan replied: "Long Bai Ant King, Mo Lan, you are here a little early. The rice tree fruits need five or six suns to fully ripen."

"oh--"

Long Bai: "It doesn't matter. Then Mo Lan and I will walk around here and look for any other Force Points."

Mo Lan: "We'll be here on time in six days!"

"OK……"

Bai Fan asked: "King Longbai Ant, is there any news about the seeds of the rice tree that I asked you to find?"

Long Bai: "I have entrusted other insects to help collect them. I will go out to trade in late spring and early summer next year. I will give you an answer next time. I will definitely find them, but I am not sure which species I can find."

Bai Fan: "Any variety will do!"

"As long as you're not picky."

"Red Fox, Bai Fan, Xiao Wu Fan, Mo Lan and I will say goodbye first!"

Long Bai said goodbye again and controlled the throne to slowly rise into the sky.