Astral Ant Tribe

Mo Lan had no intention of continuing to search for the land of the Force.

Long Bai controlled the throne, flew in a straight line, and returned to Xianglan Mountain.

This year's output of common species has been harvested and put into storage in time.

This year, only one of the God-given seeds of Nango Gorgon has produced fruit and is about to mature.

The scale of the ant kingdom continues to expand, and more food needs to be stored for the coming spring. The fishing activities in Black Lotus Lake have been extended to 20 days and started early.

…

The ruling throne carried Cui Bai and Blue Soldiers, slowly entering Black Lotus Lake and climbing over the mountains.

In the forest at the foot of the mountain, Heiti was commanding a large number of worker ants, cutting down trees and reclaiming wasteland.

Bailiu followed and watched the fun, flying around in circles, maybe trying to help, but it was really not suitable for work.

"Longbai Ant King! Mo Lan!"

"Cuibai!"

Seeing the ruling throne, Bai Liu galloped forward to greet him.

After a simple greeting.

Long Bai controlled the throne to land at the entrance of the ant nest on the hillside and put down the plank.

Cuibai led the blue soldiers and landed first to rest.

Heiti's size shrank again, and it evolved for the fourth time. Its body length shrank to less than 50 centimeters. Along with the loss of strength and speed, it ran over under the protection of the soldier ants.

"Your Majesty!"

Long Bai and Mo Lan's eyes were immediately attracted to Heiti.

"Heiti, when did you evolve?"

Long Bai asked.

Heiti answered in detail: "Six days ago. According to your instructions, I ate one black lotus seed every day. After eating 53 seeds, I successfully completed the evolution. I fell into a deep sleep when it got dark in the evening, and woke up the next morning. It’s almost like a normal sleep, without any obvious feeling of weakness.”

The temperament of a commanding ant is already very evident in Heiti, and he uses the unique method of ants to transmit information more smoothly and clearly by shaking his tentacles.

On the side, Bai Liu was also using his mental power to tell Long Bai and Mo Lan about Heiti's changes.

"I have tested Heiti. Now that it eats force food other than black lotus seeds, its original energy utilization efficiency has reached 50%, which means it will only dissipate about half of it."

"Really? Try again!"

Mo Lan jumped on the throne, picked up a small spider silk bag and handed it to Heiti.

It contains 5 God-given gorgon seeds, 10 God-given fruit pandan seeds and 42 black lotus seeds produced by his own black lotus seed.

Heiti opened it and took a look. He understood it and picked up a pandan seed, a gift from the gods, to try.

Long Bai and Mo Lan immediately covered it with mental power and continued to observe.

As Bai Liu said, about half of the original energy is absorbed and half of the original energy escapes.

At this point, the rules have been figured out.

The next time he molts and evolves, Heiti will shrink to 35 to 40 centimeters in length, and the force food utilization efficiency will increase to about 65%.

The next time it molts and evolves, the body length will be reduced to 20 to 30 centimeters, and the force food utilization efficiency should be over 80%.

After six molts and evolutions, he completed a class jump and became an intermediate command ant in the first instar.

Long Bai simply warned: "Heiti, first eat the intermediate-level black lotus seeds produced in the Bailiu territory. After eating, then eat the high-level black lotus seeds produced in the Molan territory. Don't be in a hurry. Eat one every two days. Controlling the time between molt evolution."

Heiti: "I understand, Your Majesty."

Long Bai: "Don't rush to open up wasteland now, go help Cui Bai fish."

…

As in previous years, Long Bai made two trips back and forth to transport the blue soldiers and blue ants to Black Lotus Lake.

I stopped running around in the cold winter and stayed at Pandan Mountain to rest. I also started to use force food to pave the way for the sleeping evolution in the coming year.

Every five days, a batch of empty-bellied blue ants are sent to Black Lotus Lake and a batch of full-bellied blue ants are transported back.

In the pandan mountain ant nest, the bellies of all the blue ants are filled with ant honey, which is enough food for the entire kingdom to survive the rest of the winter and the following spring.

The annual fishing trip is over.

After resting for about ten days, we set out for Feiguang Mountain, delivered 1,000 rough stones, collected nectar to brew royal ant jelly, and picked golden fruits.

When I finish my work, this year’s winter is coming to an end.

…

Pandan Mountain.

The ruling throne descended slowly, approaching the entrance of the ant nest in the south of Shannan.

A command ant with a body length of nearly 30 centimeters and a blue ring on its abdomen came out of the restaurant next to it. It raised its head and looked at Long Bai and Mo Lan on the throne.

"Huh!"

"Silver cypress?"

"Yinbai finally emerged and was born!"

Mo Lan flapped her wings and beat the dragon cypress vigorously, cheering with joy.

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai shook his tentacles and asked, "Yin Bai, when were you born?"

Yinbai: "Two days ago."

Long Bai asked: "Has Xiang Bai familiarized you with the territory?"

Yinbai tilted his head and thought, and replied: "Xiangbai introduced me to the plant of destiny. Cuibai introduced me to the reservoir. Originally, Juniper said that he would take me out hunting, but Jucypress stopped me and said that he would wait for the king to come back. .”

"Forehead--"

"I am the king!"

"Spring is coming, everyone is very busy, you follow me."

Long Bai put down the wooden board, arranged for the accompanying worker ants and blue ants to return to the nest, jumped off the throne, pointed at Mo Lan and asked:

"This is Mo Lan, do you remember it?"

Yinbai: "Remember!"

Long Bai waved his tentacles and said:

"Come on, let's go for a walk in the mountains."

"Mo Lan, let's go to Shanbei Persimmon Garden to have a look."

…

The job assigned by Longbai to Xiangbai is to manage the logistics of the ant nest, which is not a lot of work. When he has time, he will also work with Juniper, directing the ant colony to dig biogas pools, build reservoirs, dig ditches, and cultivate orchards.

Under the management of cedar and juniper, the orchards planned to be built on the south side of the mountain range have been cultivated.

The orchards in the northern part of the mountain range are also mostly completed.

Key cultivated plants: large-fruited hemlock, green torreya, rough torreya, golden pine nut, king fir, Kui chestnut, black emperor peach, spotted star pear, azure persimmon, purple-fruited kiwi, and silver cypress

To prevent insects and diseases, plants in the orchards are planted intermittently: various cypress trees, including dragon cypress; various peach trees, including yellow peach; various orange trees, including blood orange; rice trees, including white rice; and grape trees, including black grape. trees, as well as various other berry plants that make ant honey, with more than 200 varieties.

There are also various spice plants discovered from cypress for making soup.

Various familiar orchid grasses were also planted under the forest, as well as hybrid orchid grasses that neither Longbai nor Mo Lan knew.

Reclamation of wasteland destroyed the original ecology of nature. However, Longcypress has established another ecology, and there are still many types of plants.

Long Bai led Yin Bai on a stroll up and down the mountain, first teaching him about each plant and explaining cultivation and management techniques.

Taking it with me, he first taught him basic knowledge about animals and plants, and then taught him the hunting and fighting knowledge of the giant-headed ant tribe.

When a new commander ant was born, Mo Lan happily followed it for two days. After the fresh energy wore off, he felt bored. She returned to the cave and concentrated on eating force food, recuperating and evolving.

Ink orchids bloom in early spring.

In the evening, waves of force fluctuations suddenly came from the north of the mountain.

"Molan has evolved."

Long Bai led Yin Bai through the mountain tunnel and ran towards the north of the mountain.