Astral Ant Tribe

Long Bai's survey guessed that the diameter of the hole created by the starship treasure house falling to the ground exceeds 200 meters. During the long period of geological changes, most of the places were backfilled with a mixture of rocks and sand, forming the surrounding areas we see now. Lush woodland.

Only the central position forms an oval-shaped swamp with a long axis of about 50 meters and a short axis of about 40 meters.

Responsible for digging are 90 specialized worker ants and 90 large worker ants. They are not many in number, but they are all elite and high-level workers. They are large, fast, and efficient.

In the afternoon, we started working when the sun was about to set.

Working in the dark.

After a busy night, we dug down a layer about 80 centimeters thick.

A cloudless sunny day.

The semi-dry clay was dug by the worker ants with their double jaws. The ground was undulated with small pits, which in disguise increased the evaporation area of ​​water.

After a day of exposure, the mud is dried to a layer.

It doesn't need to be too dry, as the worker ants will not sink when they walk on it, and the worker ants can scoop it up and carry it away by holding their jaws together.

After the sun went down, Heiti directed the worker ants to start work.

Long Bai commanded 30 soldier ants at the designated stacking point, responsible for "unloading".

I finished my work in the middle of the night and shoveled down a 30 cm thick layer.

The next day, the sun shines for another day.

At night, the ants dig out another 30 cm thick layer.

Relatively easy job.

Summer temperatures are still rising, entering the hot season of the year.

You need to work almost all night every day, and you can dig down a layer about 50 centimeters thick.

There was a heavy rain on the way and water accumulated in the pit.

Long Bai led 30 blue soldiers to use their water control abilities to drain the rainwater in time.

When the depth reaches five or six meters, the mud layer gradually becomes dry and hard.

Below is settled, gravelly clay.

No need to be exposed to the hot sun, you can dig directly.

The smell of the original metal in the treasure house also became clearer.

After careful investigation, Long Bai narrowed the excavation area to 10 meters in diameter.

It took one night to dig down to a depth of two meters.

The next night, in the middle of the night, the ant colony suddenly burst into joy and cheers, and the pheromones that inspired the ants spread throughout the forest.

Heiti ran over.

"Your Majesty, come out! Come over and have a look!"

"good!"

Long Baifei ran towards the excavation site.

Follow the slope to the bottom of the pit.

What was revealed was a section of the original metal plate, the kind of metal used exclusively in starship treasure troves. It was solid, more than 10 centimeters thick, and the fracture was torn.

It is hard to imagine what kind of energy can tear the treasure house into pieces.

"Heiti! You go and command the soldier ants. I'll command the worker ants!"

Long Bai waved his tentacles to give instructions, directing groups of worker ants to dig around the exposed metal plates.

It was soon discovered that the length of the tear was only 2 to 5 meters wide.

At least one well-preserved treasure chest is connected below, with a width of more than 8 meters and a height of about 3 meters. It is slanted and embedded deep in the soil, and its length is unknown.

rest for a day.

At dusk, Long Bai personally directed the digging and continued digging.

"stop!"

Late at night, Long Bai suddenly jumped into the pit, shook his tentacles, and gave an order: Dig here!

Teams of worker ants came forward and dug at the place designated by Long Bai.

On the edge of the box, a circular hole with a diameter of 10 cm was cleared.

In the starship that straddles the divine power barrier, every treasure room has several similar holes with unknown functions.

Long Bai raised his claws to break away the clogged clay and stones, and swept his spiritual power into the treasure house.

It's all water.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his tentacles and issued the command.

The specialized blue soldiers on standby above took action immediately, standing one at a distance of about 2 meters, forming a straight line.

Long Bai activated his water control ability, and the water in the silted treasure house turned into a water column with a diameter of 10 centimeters, flowing out backwards, and soon condensed into a water ball with a diameter of half a meter.

Long Bai controlled the water polo to fly and passed it to a special blue soldier next to him.

This specialized blue soldier controls the water polo to fly and passes it to the next person...

Pass them in turn, send the water polo out of the pit, teleport it away and discard it.

same method,

Long Bai continuously pumped water from the treasure house, condensed it into water balls and sent them away.

Sensing something different here, Heiti ran over.

"My lord, how are you? Did you find the treasure?"

"No. There is some trouble. There is water in the treasure chest, and the bottom layer is full of mud."

"oh--"

Heiti came forward, took advantage of Long Bai's break to pass the water ball, lay down at the entrance of the cave, and looked inside.

Long Bai pointed with his tentacles and said: "Heiti, you command the worker ants to dig down against the outer metal wall and open a straight channel. First, explore the length of this treasure house."

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Heiti agreed and directed the worker ants to work.

Using the water control ability to drain the water was quite expensive. After passing hundreds of water balls in a row, the blue soldiers began to exhaust themselves.

Long Bai ordered to eat and rest.

After recovery, continue draining.

The sun is strong during the day, so we go back to the ant nest to rest, and continue again in the evening when the sun sets.

Heiti directed the worker ants to dig a straight passage along the slope of the treasure house, and the result was soon achieved.

"Your Majesty, the digging is over!"

"good."

Long Bai's mental power unfolded and spread along the passage.

The treasure house was inserted into the ground at an angle, and the end that touched the bottom was neat and smooth, and it should have fallen off the starship rather than being torn and scattered.

A preliminary investigation revealed that it was a separate treasure room, about 15 meters long.

Long Bai had seen many treasure troves of this size in the starship wreckage that straddled the divine power barrier, so he was quite familiar with them.

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

Black tips for instructions. Can't wait.

Long Bai thought about it and explained: "The starship treasure house has a door... It should be on the left or right side. Let's see what the door is like first."

"???" Heiti shook his antennae and sent out a long series of questions. He didn't understand which side the 'left' and 'right' were.

Long Bai buried his head and activated his water ability to control a ball of water to float and transform into a rectangular shape. He pointed with his tentacles and said:

"The treasure house is about 15 meters long, about 8 meters wide, and about 4 meters high. Usually, this type of large treasure house has about two doors on this side, or this side, in the middle, which is 15 meters long and 4 meters high. Doors that slide open and closed.”

"The door is stronger than the wall. If it is closed, it will never be opened. But there is a small chance that the door of the treasure house is open..."

"understood!"

Heiti looked left and right, then quickly ran to one side and said, "Your Majesty, dig down from here, right?"

"Yes! It's up to you." Seeing Heiti's high fighting spirit and full of expectations, Long Bai added:

"The probability that the treasure house door is open is very small. Don't put too much hope in it. There is a high probability that this treasure house is intact and airtight. There are only a few small holes for us to operate. Slightly larger treasures cannot be taken out. .”

"... Got it." Heiti immediately directed the worker ants to dig.

Long Bai buried his head, facing the hole, and continued to activate the water system ability, controlling the condensation of water balls, specializing in blue soldiers to pass them, and draining water outwards.

"Your Majesty!"

Heiti, who was directing the excavation, suddenly jumped up, "Your Majesty, the door...is the door gone?"

Um?

Long Bai threw away the water ball he was controlling, and spread out his mental power to sweep it away.

The newly dug tunnel has a rolled and torn section more than four meters down. The wall on this side of the treasure house seemed to have been torn away abruptly.

I used my mental power to detect the depths, but it was all mud and sand.

Long Bai ran forward and drilled into the cave himself, digging with his jaws and teeth while scanning and detecting with his mental power.

I am 100% sure that the door to the treasure house is on this side.

The door is gone!

Command the worker ants to quickly dig and expand.

Find out the situation quickly.

Not only was the door gone, but the walls were also torn to pieces. The treasure house that was supposed to be sealed had a huge gap on one side of the door that went straight to the bottom, and the inside of the treasure house was filled with sand.

Long Bai felt terribly uncomfortable.

Doesn't this mean that all the treasures inside are scattered?