Astral Ant Tribe

Longbai stayed in Xianglan Mountain and waited patiently.

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Bai Wei planted the white crystal god-given seeds that she bought at a high price of 30 billion on Xianglan Mountain.

Enshrouded by the water energy field of the azure god-given seeds, and with the careful care of Hei Tao and Bicolor Chamomile, it grew to the level of a mountain master in just two hundred years.

Bai Wei's only life seed, Baiwei grass, was left in Huangtao Mountain, and Huangtao helped to guard it.

Bai Wei spent a lot of source gems to strengthen and improve her life seed. At present, it is in the star realm. It has been rooted and grown for a long time, and has transformed from a herb to a woody stem with thick branches and broad leaves.

A black flat cocoon with ten-color energy veins is attached to the main trunk, which continuously and slowly absorbs the life seed energy and nutrients.

Suddenly one day,

There was movement in the cocoon, and the natural force quickly gathered to form a force vacuum.

Longbai, who was resting on the eleventh floor of the short-handled horn tree, was awakened and scanned with mental power.

Next door,

Huang Tao and Ze Qi moved quickly, using their abilities to manipulate large bags of crystals from the depths of the cave, opening and breaking them to replenish the energy for Bai Wei grass.

The black cocoon on the trunk, with its ten-color energy veins shining, expanded little by little while absorbing energy.

It lasted for three days and three nights,

the cocoon broke,

Bai Wei emerged from the cocoon, and her shell hardened quickly.

Bai Liu was obviously used to this, and brought a large bag of Bai Lianzhu to send over.

Bai Wei ate to replenish herself.

"???"

Long Bai cast a questioning mental thought.

"Captain Longbai?"

"You're back."

Bai Wei explained: "Doesn't the Luoli Chamber of Commerce have a major project to build five star systems at the same time? Luoli got some information. Hongtao, Molan, and I went to investigate the material conditions of the star field over there. The journey was too long, so I simply asked Molan to kill me, and my soul returned at ten thousand times the speed of light, returning in a reborn way."

Bai Wei: "I found a problem. After death, the two external objects, titanium sand and technological star core, will fall. It's okay for normal death practice, I can collect them in advance and let Hongtao help me collect them. But if I go to the battlefield and die on the battlefield, won't I lose them?"

Longbai: "..."

Longbai: "You must not die casually on the battlefield. If you really encounter an invincible enemy, it is good enough to save your life, and it doesn't matter if you lose something."

Longbai asked: "How is the training of rebirth ability? Have you comprehended the artistic conception of 'reincarnation'?"

Bai Wei sighed and said: "Far away. I just comprehended a little bit of the power of 'death'. You need to understand the life and death power of the life system, water system and soul system at the same time, and the next step is 'reincarnation'."

Bai Wei speeded up, ate the white refining beads in one breath, recovered her physical strength, stretched her legs and feet, turned into a stream of light, and came to the living room on the first floor of the short-handled horn tree.

Zeqi and Huang Tao followed.

Longbai flashed downstairs

Bai Wei changed the subject and asked, "Have you looked for Xiao Luoli? What did he say about the project?"

"...Of course."

Long Bai briefly introduced, "Xiao Luoli introduced me. I have met President Qianqu, so I have obtained the admission qualification."

"President Qianqu arranged for us to go to the material group codenamed 'cod' to collect materials from points 024 to 038."

"Oh——"

"Cod material group?"

Bai Wei thought about it and said, "Overall, the working environment is not ideal!"

Bai Wei raised her claws, and the surroundings shrank. The water vapor condensed into a large number of ice crystals, suspended to form a spherical material group, dragging a long tail.

"Originally it was a large star. About 10 million years ago, it was suspected to be hit by a high-speed moving star, and a huge explosion similar to a supernova occurred. It became a mass of matter mainly composed of hydrogen and helium. The center is a large gas planet, with a diameter of 30 billion kilometers around it. Various materials are scattered in the form of asteroids, meteorites, and dust, orbiting the gas planet."

"There are two standards for evaluating whether a material area is suitable for a star or a planet: material structure and distribution density."

"This cod mass is complex in composition and difficult to handle. If it is used to build a star, there are too many impurities. If it is used to build a planet, the material structure is barely reasonable, but it is too scattered and fragmented, and it takes time and effort to collect it."

"I roughly understand..."

Longbai stared at the model shown by Bai Wei for a few seconds, retracted his gaze, tapped his tentacles, and asked: "I heard from Luo Li that there is another mass of matter code-named 'Qingxue'? What is the specific situation?"

Bai Wei gently waved her claws, and the model changed to form a flat round mass of matter in the shape of a fish fin.

"The collision and explosion of neutron stars and the drift of matter formed a cloud of matter, which is rich in various metal materials and is particularly suitable for building mining stars. Some areas are also particularly suitable for building life planets."

"The most ideal operation area, but unfortunately it is not large enough."

"At present, eleven fast survival motherships have arrived first and have begun operations..."

Bai Wei said, and she understood, saying: "There must be other teams on the way to the 'cod' material group. The best operation areas have been arranged. We are slow and have no choice."

Long Bai said calmly: "Everything is based on first come first served, there is nothing to say about this."

Long Bai asked: "President Bai Wei, have you calculated the approximate cost of the cod material group to build a life planet?"

"I have calculated it!"

Bai Wei said: "Combining various expenses, including the 10% depreciation of the survival mothership, the minimum cost is close to 1.6 trillion. The quotation of 1.8 trillion to 1.9 trillion is appropriate."

"As for the material collection points No. 024 to 038 arranged by Chairman Qianqu...the cod material group is overall uniform, and the difference between the operating points is not big."

Long Bai slowly moved his tentacles, "That way, I feel confident."

Heart went with him.

Baiwei, Molan and Yinbai may not be reliable.

You can't go wrong with hearts.

Moreover, according to the internal information given by Luo Li, the contract price of one team is exactly 18,000 Chaos Rough Stones.

It is not difficult to infer that this team was also arranged to work in the Cod Material Group. The cost was close to 16,000 Chaos Rough Stones and the profit was 2,000 Chaos Rough Stones, which was 200 billion.

Furthermore, it can be inferred that President Qian Qu’s psychological price is 18,000 Chaos Rough Stones. The previous offer of 19,000 was completely unacceptable to the other party.

Long Bai changed the topic and said: "Our Xianglan Mountain Chamber of Commerce can dispatch 5,000 planetary realm warriors to participate. I communicated with Citi Mountain and they can send 3,000 warriors who are good at earth, metal and water abilities. Among them The proportion of warriors in the Star Realm can reach 10%, which is no less than 300."

"President Bai Wei, how many warriors can you recruit?"

Bai Weihao said angrily: "You can have as much as you need!"

Bai Wei: "The key is whether you can make money. Chief Longbai, how do you plan to calculate your salary?"

Long Bai asked back: "President Bai Wei, do you have any good ideas?"

Bai Wei: "I discussed it with Mo Lan, and we think there can be two settlement models."

"The first one is to further divide the collection star areas divided by the Luohe Chamber of Commerce into work areas of smaller units, price based on the volume and material density of the star areas, and contract them separately to various companies, including Citigroup. Tribes or chambers of commerce will lead the worms and organize the collection work."

"For example, divide a three-dimensional area with a side length of 10 million kilometers. Comprehensively evaluate the material density and total amount of materials in the area, calculate a contracting price, and subcontract it to Citi Mountain."

"The leaders, deputy leaders, star masters, and mountain masters of Citi Mountain organize their own soldiers to work, and we don't have to worry about it. Within the specified time, the materials are collected, sorted, and stacked in the designated area. The task is completed. Yuan Jingjiao Give it to the Citi Hill Chamber of Commerce, and they will pay their soldiers."

"The second mode is that the Pandan Chamber of Commerce has its own insects, fixed wages, unified command and flexible scheduling by the chamber of commerce management insects. It handles some unconventional miscellaneous matters, responsible for material transfer and planet construction work, as well as some particularly simple or particularly troublesome collections Work."

This coincides with Long Bai's idea.

"This method works! By following President Bai Wei, Mo Lan has become smarter."

Long Bai praised it and asked: "President Bai Wei, are there any more?"

"Ha. Ha. Mo Lan is very smart to begin with."

Bai Wei was happy for a moment, then continued: "The total number of soldiers participating in this project will exceed three million. We will also dispatch at least 30,000 soldiers. With so many insects from different tribes and chambers of commerce gathering together, it is inevitable during work Collision creates conflict. Therefore, a fighting team is needed. The first is to prevent our bugs from being bullied by bugs from other engineering teams; the second is to maintain order within our own team."

"It's not convenient for Mo Lan to show up. Didn't Hong Ma take the top 100 place in the day light sea arena competition? You can publicize it. Hong Ma has a deterrent effect. Mao Bai has been learning from Mo Lan and Hong Ma, and his fighting ability is not bad. Mo Lan means that Hong Mao and Mao Pei will lead 200 soldiers to form two security teams, responsible for order work. "

Bai Wei turned around and said: "President Zeqi, you are responsible for the recruitment of warriors here in the Yanghojia star system. Please pay attention, the number of warriors recruited by each tribe or chamber of commerce is controlled within 300. In this way, they will have fewer insects. , there will be no resistance in the subconscious, and they will obey our rules and obey our arrangements. "

"On the other hand, if a tribe or a chamber of commerce has too many forces and becomes a big force, it will definitely not be so obedient. Today it is too low, so it will cause trouble, tomorrow it will be too bad and the food is not good, it will go on strike, and the day after tomorrow it will be too The assigned living room is too small, and if you want to cause damage...anyway, it will be all kinds of imaginable and unexpected things."

Zeqi: "..."

Long Bai: "..."

Bai Wei added: "The most important thing for such a large project involving 30,000 insects is coordination, synchronization and orderly operation. To achieve this, the prerequisite is that the participating insects obey orders and obey the command. The second step is the test The leadership’s coordination and command capabilities.”

This trick was probably thought up by Hong Tao.

"This arrangement is also very reasonable."

Long Bai agreed and asked: "President Bai Wei, are there any more?"

Bai Wei: "Another point is to take out some raw crystals appropriately and give rewards to those subcontracting teams who obey the command and work efficiently to boost morale. Let's speed up and complete the construction of the living planet."

"With our subcontracting model, when building a living planet, the expenditure and income are almost fixed. Shortening the construction period, completing one project and then moving on to the next one is equivalent to increasing the average annual income."

"At this stage, the white crystal galaxy is still in the preliminary stage of stable physical environment, and is still in the primary stage of continuous derivation of source points. It is in the stage of large-scale development and construction. After one project is completed, it will be relatively easy to find the next project. We don’t have to worry about not being able to get jobs, what we need is a survival mothership and insect talents with organizational management capabilities.”

"With this management, the participating soldiers are happy to receive the bonus, and we earn more."

"On the contrary, if the management is improper, the insect swarm will form a perfunctory and passive atmosphere. The project progress is slow, the participating soldiers cannot earn crystals, and our income is reduced in disguise."

"The survival mothership is suspended in the force vacuum environment, and the equipment is in operation all year round, and it is constantly depreciating. In addition, some unruly insects are destroying the mothership, and the mothership depreciates millions of crystals every year. If it is not handled well, not only will it not earn anything, but it will also lose money."

Long Bai thought carefully, slowly moved his tentacles, and said: "The Luoli Chamber of Commerce is supported in stages Pay the project fee. We can do this. For each stage, we set a construction period. Within the construction period, the subcontracting team that completes the assigned task ahead of schedule can receive a corresponding amount of reward. If all teams complete the task ahead of schedule, they will all receive a reward. "

"Chairman Qian Qu has set a construction period of 10,000 years for us. If the task is successfully completed, the profit will be about 200 billion, which is 20 million Yuan crystals per year. We can do this. For every year the total construction period is advanced, half of the profit, that is, 10 million Yuan crystals, will be allocated as a reward. "

"Half?"

"Will it be too much?"

When Bai Wei heard this, all eight legs stood up and looked at Zeqi.

Zeqi: "If you count all the 30,000 soldiers, there won't be much left."

Zeqi analyzed: "Think about it from another angle. The carrying capacity and supply efficiency of the survival mothership are limited. The number of soldiers on board is limited. The limited number of soldiers work hard to improve efficiency and shorten the construction period. For every year shortened, you earn an extra 10 million, right?"

"That's true..."

Bai Wei sighed: "I earn an extra 1 million? I'm so happy."

According to the agreement, the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce will assist in the construction of the mothership, be responsible for various transportation work, assist in recruitment and construction management, and can share 10% of the profits after a construction period.

"..."

Longbai asked: "Does the cod mass have much metal ore? Can we still do the sideline business of collecting metal ore, refining and selling it as planned?"

Bai Wei replied: "After careful investigation, there are metal ore distribution, but the density and total amount are too small, and the efficiency is low. There is no need to do it."

"Oh-"

"Forget it."

Longbai was slightly disappointed and said: "If we want to improve efficiency, there is another problem that must be considered, that is, food supply."

"Other Zerg warriors are not like us. The system law fruit is strengthened and the comprehensive physical fitness is strengthened to the extreme. On the contrary, working in an environment without the original force, light, and temperature not only consumes the original energy, but also consumes a lot of physical energy, and even has physical loss and damage that is difficult to detect."

"In addition to reasonable rest and replenishing the original force, you also need to eat high-quality food to maintain the body's metabolism. Otherwise... the cosmic life above the planetary realm may be fine for a few years or decades, but if it takes longer, hundreds of years, hundreds of years, the body will inevitably become weak and affect efficiency."

"The shipborne ecosystem of the survival mothership cannot meet the food needs of 30,000 warriors at all. My idea is that this project is just right Next to the Aquamarine star system, I arranged for Zuo Wang to collect food on the life planet and make it into white and blue refined beads. President Bai Wei, you arrange for the poison beans to deliver it. "

"A Zerg warrior consumes 1 kilogram of refined food a day. Thirty thousand Zerg consume about 10,000 tons a year. The poison beans deliver 10 million tons in one trip, which is enough to support the entire engineering team for 1,000 years. We transformed several cold storages on the survival mothership, which are specially used for food refrigeration. "

Bai Wei agreed: "It makes sense! We have inquired that other engineering teams are in the nearby source star system and regularly purchase fresh food. Use It is a human method. After simple processing, the star spiders and starships relay to the construction site, which is extremely laborious and expensive. "

Zeqi asked: "So, can you do some ordinary food trade? According to Longbai's calculation, the whole project, more than three million insects participate, can consume one million tons of refined food a year? This is a large-scale transaction. One ton earns one original crystal, and 1 million tons can also earn 1 million original crystals. "

"You can do it!"

"You can do it!"

"My refining ability has passed the third-level special ability certification!"

Bai Wei and Longbai's eyes lit up.

After a detailed discussion.

Zeqi, Baiwei, and Huangtao said goodbye and left.

Zeqi set off directly to visit the tribes and chambers of commerce in the star field of the Bauhinia star system that have cooperated with the Shuhua Chamber of Commerce, and began to organize the engineering team.

Bai Wei rested for half a year and set off to the Tiemu star system to recruit workers.

Six years later,

Molan, Hongtao, Juniper, and Yinbai who were investigating on the front line returned.

Longbai found Luoli and the chief of the redwoods in the Citi Mountain, and held a formal meeting to discuss and finalize all matters.

He found President Qianqu to discuss and quote.

The Luoli Chamber of Commerce has professional bugs who specialize in actuarial work and calculate the accounts.

Old spider Qianqu was unwilling to give more. After some bargaining, the contract was signed at the price of 18,100 Chaos Stones.

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[Time: 78th Epoch - 191 Yuan - 150 Years]

The construction of the Molan survival starship was completed, and all tests confirmed that it was correct. The six energy ships were fully powered, and the ship-borne engineering starships and star spiders were all in place.

Longbai personally took charge, and Guishan and Xingyunbai commanded. The mothership set sail from the Tiannanxing star system and headed towards the Bauhinia star system.

A straight-line voyage of 13,000 light years.

Stop at the star port of Yinyu star system for supplies and maintenance.

Molan, Baiwei, and Redwood, the great leader, led 30,000 soldiers to arrive and land on the mothership.

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[Time: 78th Era - 191th Yuan - 411th Year]

The Molan survival mothership successfully arrived at the cod mass.

In the No. 1 general command cabin that can accommodate a thousand soldiers,

Longbai organized the management bugs of various departments and teams to hold a meeting.

Xingshen'ao, as the mothership control brain, automatically started the holographic projection, projecting a 3D image of the cod mass that was 100 times clearer than that given by the Luoli Chamber of Commerce.

Character annotation.

The green lines divide the 3D area of ​​material collection points 024 to 038 designated by the Luoli Chamber of Commerce.

"Xingshen'ao, calculate the best docking position for the survival mothership."

Longbai spoke.

The projection of a metal turtle with tentacles on its back appeared, and one tentacle stretched out to point.

The projection was enlarged, and a green spot was lit up near the mass.

"Here!"

Xingshen'ao: "The mothership is slowing down and approaching, and is expected to be in place in two days."

Longbai: "Calculate where the life planet is suitable to be built?"

Xingshen'ao extended his tentacles, lit up a brown spot, and drew a green line with an arrow, saying:

"Build it here first, collect materials from areas 024 to 026, and when the diameter of the planet reaches 5,000 kilometers, all the insects will work together to move 800 million kilometers to the 028 collection area..."

Longbai: "Calculate and divide the first phase of tasks for the engineering team."

Xingshen'ao: "Okay..."

Thirty thousand Zerg warriors are divided into 185 engineering teams.

Among them, 5,000 Xianglanshan warriors are divided into 30 teams of different sizes.

The 3,000 warriors of Huaqishan are divided into 15 teams.

The more than 22,000 warriors that Bai Wei found are divided into 140 teams of different sizes, with each team ranging from dozens of insects to the full quota of 300 insects.

With the help of the powerful detection system of the third-level mothership, Xingshen'ao has insight into the distribution of materials. With its super computing power, it divides the areas, sets prices, and subcontracts according to the situation of each team.

In order to further improve work efficiency,

each construction team's "foreman" is equipped with a portable communication device with a simple holographic projection function.

The Molan survival mothership regularly detects and observes the construction area, and continuously releases electromagnetic wave signals.

The "foreman" of the construction team can use the communication equipment at any time to check the distribution of materials in the contracted area, the progress of the project, and the distribution positions of each team member, and then number these insects, so that who is lazy and not moving can be seen at a glance.

If you encounter a problem, you can contact the command center through the communication equipment.

The command center has task arrangements, or Xingshen'ao monitors and finds unexpected situations during the construction process of the team at all times, and sends information notifications at any time.

In this way, the command efficiency is maximized.

Longbai and Xingshen'ao spent half a day explaining the construction planning and management rules clearly.

The insects returned to their respective living nests and waited.

Longbai came for the first time, accompanied by Baiwei, Molan, Hongtao and other insects, and went out of the cabin first to inspect the specific conditions of the material collection point. (End of this chapter)