Astral Ants

131 Northbound
Mo Lan and Bai Wei parted ways. Seeing that it was depressed, Long Bai proposed to go to the north in summer to find rough ore veins in order to make it happy.

Rationality told Long Bai that the idea of ​​finding rough ore veins in the north was unrealistic, and the hope was slim to none.

But Mo Lan is full of confidence in this, and she has to talk about it every now and then.

Long Bai had no choice but to accompany it to relax, as if he was going to the north to escape the summer heat.

The same is true for flame spiders and merchants. In summer, it is cool to go north, and to go south in winter, it is warm.

……

Around a big bend, it took 10 days to arrive at Yinbai Mountain.

The sun was shining brightly at noon.

Shanshi, who worked tirelessly every day, couldn't stand the heat, so he took a rare rest.

There is a reservoir that seems to be formed naturally on the mountain.

The elytra and membranous wings of the mountain persimmon spread out together, lying on their backs and floating on the water.

From a distance, at first glance, I thought something had happened to it.

Feeling the wave of force caused by the flying of the throne of dominion, the persimmon flapped its wings and turned over, its tentacles and six legs slid together, and hopped ashore.

"Mountain persimmon."

"You can swim."

Long Bai and Mo Lan greeted each other.

"Longbai Ant King, Mo Lan, you... this is..."

All Shanshi's attention was attracted by the exaggerated giant tree stump ant nest, and he stared straight at it, speechless for a while.

Mo Lan noticed that the persimmon had grown in size, and said pleasantly, "Shan persimmon, have you evolved? Where's the sky green persimmon?"

Shanshi said calmly: "Sowed in spring, the height is already over 1 meter."

Mo Lan: "You have eaten a lot of good things, so the evolution went smoothly, right?"

Yamashi: "It's been relatively smooth. When I wake up, I'm not as weak as before."

After getting acquainted with Longbai and Molan, Shanshi completed two stages of evolution, reaching a body length of about 1.7 meters.During this period, he ate a lot of force food that strengthens his comprehensive physique. He changed from the thin state when we first met, and now he is plump and strong.

The physical condition has improved, and the whole worm also appears to be a little spiritual, not as dull and demented as when we first met.

Shan Shi felt strange, pointed its tentacles to the throne, and asked, "Longbai Ant King, is it an ant nest?"

Long Bai: "Yes. Mo Lan and I travel far away for business, and we can also breed large-sized soldier ants during the journey."

"Oh—" Shanshi seemed to understand.

Long Bai asked: "Are the 7 common azure persimmon seedlings all right?"

Shanshi: "Very good."

Mo Lan said with some regret: "Shanshi, Longbai and I got 5 more azure persimmon seeds, unfortunately, you have already evolved..."

Shanshi: "But I haven't chosen my life seed yet!"

Long Bai: "???"

Cymbidium:"???"

Mo Lan: "Didn't you evolve in spring?"

Mountain persimmon: "But this spring, there are mountain persimmon trees blooming. I have kept 5 fruits and plan to collect the seeds as life seeds after the fruits are ripe."

Long Bai: "!!!"

Cymbidium:"!!!"

This guy……

How dare you delay such a major event as choosing a life seed after evolution...

The persistence made Long Bai and Mo Lan speechless for a long time.

Long Bai: "Go, go down the mountain and have a look!"

……

Persimmon tree is a relatively fast-growing tree.

Of the 7 ordinary persimmon saplings just transplanted last year, 5 were strong and 2 were weak.

The five well-grown trees have a plant height of 5 to 2 meters, with fat leaves and luxuriant branches, and each hangs a blue persimmon fruit.

The two weak ones are only over 2 meter long, with slender branches and few and thin leaves.In the process of fruit tree selection and cultivation, such weak plants should be eliminated directly.

The mountain persimmon is reluctant to part with it, and uses thorns to make a fence to protect the weak plants and take good care of them.

The persimmon is very stubborn, so you can't persuade it with good words.

Long Bai and Mo Lan watched, speechless again.

Long Bai took out the bamboo tube containing the azure persimmon seeds, and silently handed it to the mountain persimmon.

Mo Lan said: "Shan Shi, Long Bai and I are going to the north to escape the summer heat, do you want to come together?"

"thanks--"

Shanshi took the bamboo tube, pulled out the hay to check the seeds inside, and was very happy. Hearing what Mo Lan said, he froze in place. After a long time, he began to hesitate. After hesitating for a long time, he said in a low voice:

"The persimmon tree needs me to stay and water it."

It also wants to see the outside world.

I really want to go, but I can't leave.

……

Long Bai and Mo Lan rested overnight at Yinbai Mountain, and continued on the road the next day.

No more detours, head straight north.

Endless plain forest.

Vast mountains and forests.

The vast grasslands, meandering rivers, marshes with lush water and grass, thousands of gazelle flocks move in the sky with the sunset.

And coyote chasing prey.

further north,
The topography of the Yunji Continent is completely different from the northern part of the Wanzu Continent where Long Bai followed the Luochen caravan.

On the other side of the Ten Thousand Races Continent, the extreme north is a plain, with large mountains and towering mountains reaching into the clouds.

The raw stone veins are located on those mountain ranges with big mountains. The extreme north is not suitable for Zerg survival, and is occupied by orc warriors who have developed into a climate.

On the Yunji Continent, there are undulating mountains and forests, flying high above the throne, with no end in sight.There are no plains, and there are no such large mountains, let alone high mountains that pierce into the sky.

When Long Bai discovered the situation, he was stunned for a while, and immediately relieved.

It is not surprising that different continents have different landforms.

However, the possibility of finding the original stone veins dropped by another three points, basically to zero.

continue north,

The rolling mountains and forests seem to have no end.

The daytime temperature has dropped to the level of autumn in Mount Pandan.The night is even colder than that of Mount Xianglan in winter.

Now is the hottest midsummer, and the slightly higher peaks have a white top, which is covered with snow.

"Long Bai, what about the big mountains you're talking about?"

"The landform of Yunji Continent is different from that of Wanzu Continent."

"What should I do?"

"do not know."

"Continue north?"

"..."

Been flying for 8 days.

They all flew here...

Long Bai hesitated for a moment, then firmly said: "Look again!"

I found a sheltered valley to rest for the night, and set out on the road in the early morning of the next day when the sky was slightly bright.

Another 2 days of flying.

The mountain forest finally came to an end, and in front of it was a vast plain with sparse vegetation and exposed rocks.

Fly for two more days,
Under the red-golden sunset, the western and northern skylines reflect colorful glare, and the whole world is reflected colorfully.

"Long Bai?"

"go back!"

Long Bai controlled the ruling throne, floated low in the sky, inspected the surrounding area, and turned around decisively to the south.

"Long Bai, don't you have any rough stones?"

"Where can I find the rough stone?"

"That's right. Where should we go to find rough stones in Yunji Continent?"

"...I don't know."

Falling into silence tacitly, thinking.

Mo Lan was puzzled and asked, "Long Bai, have we reached the extreme north?"

Long Bai: "Not yet. If the world under our feet is really a spherical planet, it is still far away."

Mo Lan: "Then why is there a divine power barrier blocking the way?"

Long Bai: "...I don't know."

Mo Lan: "Why did the nature god separate us?"

Long Bai: "I thought about this question when I was one year old, and asked Luo Li. Luo Li also thought about this question, and asked the Zeqi Spider King. Zeqi Spider King also thought about this question, It has discussed with many extremely intelligent bugs..."

Mo Lan: "What's the conclusion?"

Long Bai: "There is no result that can convince everyone."

"Hi--"

Mo Lan's vertical tentacles drooped.

It's getting late, Mo Lan rests.

Long Bai controlled the ruling throne, and braved the cold wind, running all night.

Three days later, I finally returned to the forest area.

Tung wood is relatively warm, and there are no ant eggs or larvae in the stump ant nest to freeze.

The ruling throne flew south for another two days, and the weather was much warmer.

Long Bai was exhausted, so he stopped to hunt once, had enough food and drinks, took a rest for a day, adjusted his route slightly to avoid repeating the same route as when he came, and started back on the road again.

Ten days later,
The scorching sun.

In the vast forest, lakes of all sizes are dotted all over.

The ruling throne was slowly flying south.

Mo Lan lay on the edge of the throne, staring down with all her attention.

It's late summer and some fruits are beginning to ripen.

Pick and refine ant honey along the way.

"Long Bai!"

Mo Lan suddenly jumped up excitedly.

Seeing its fierce reaction, Long Bai guessed something.

"Origin point?"

"Yes! Over there!"

"it is good!"

Long Bai was not in a hurry, and controlled the ruling throne to turn the direction.

　Thanks to a meow called a dog for the reward, thank you boss.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)