Astral Ants

Chapter 174

Longbai's investigation guessed that the diameter of the hole made by the starship treasure house was more than 200 meters. During the long period of geological changes, most of the places were backfilled with a mixture of stones and sand, forming the surrounding crater that we see now. Lush woodland.

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

In charge of excavation are 90 specialized chemical ants and 90 large worker ants, not many in number, but all of them are elite high-level, large in size, fast in speed and high in efficiency.

In the afternoon, when the sun is about to set, work begins.

Work in the dark.

After a busy night, a layer about 80 cm thick was dug down.

A cloudless day.

The semi-dry clay soil was dug by worker ants with two-jaw shovels, and the ground was dug up and down, full of small pits, which in disguise increased the evaporation area of ​​water.

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

It doesn’t need to be too dry, the worker ants won’t sink when they walk on it, and it’s enough that the worker ants can be scooped up and carried away with their jaws close together.

After the sun sets, Hei Ti instructs the worker ants to start working.

Long Bai is in charge of "unloading" 30 soldier ants at the designated storage point.

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

The next day, the sun shines for another day.

In the evening, the ant colony digs out another layer with a thickness of 30 cm.

Relatively easy work.

The temperature in summer is 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 with a thickness of about 50 cm.

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

Long Bai led 30 blue soldiers to display the water control ability and drain the rainwater in time.

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

Below is sedimented clay with gravel.

It does not need to be exposed to the hot sun, it can be dug directly.

The breath of the original energy metal in the treasure house also became clear.

After careful survey, Longbai narrowed the excavation area to 10 meters in diameter.

It dug down to a depth of two meters overnight.

On the second night, in the middle of the night, the ant colony burst into cheers of joy, and the pheromones that excited the ant heart spread in the forest.

Hei Ti ran over.

"Your Majesty, it's coming out! Go over and have a look!"

"it is good!"

Long Bai flew to the excavation site.

Follow the slope to the bottom of the pit.

What was revealed was the section of the original energy metal plate, the kind of metal specially used for the starship treasure house, solid, with a thickness of more than 10 centimeters, and the fracture was torn.

It's hard to imagine what kind of energy can tear up the treasure house.

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

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

It was soon discovered that the tearing fracture was only 2 meters to 5 meters.

Below it is connected at least one well-preserved treasure house box, with a width of more than 8 meters and a height of about 3 meters. It is obliquely stuck deep in the soil, and its length is unknown.

rest for a day.

At dusk, Long Bai personally directed and continued to dig down.

"stop!"

In the middle of the night, Long Bai suddenly jumped into the pit, shook his tentacles, and gave the command: Dig this way!

Teams of worker ants stepped forward and excavated at the place designated by Long Bai.

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

In the starship across the divine power barrier, each treasure house room has several similar holes, the function of which is unknown.

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

It's all water.

After a little thought, he shook the tentacles to give instructions.

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

Longbai activates the ability to control water, and the water accumulated in the treasure house turns into a water column with a diameter of 10 centimeters, flows backwards, and soon gathers and condenses into a water polo with a diameter of half a meter.

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

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

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

same method,
Long Bai kept pumping water from the treasure house, condensed into water polo and sent it away.

Sensing a different kind of movement here, Heiti rushed over.

"My lord, how is it? Did you find the treasure?"

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

"Oh--"

Heiti leaned forward, took advantage of the interval between Long Bai passing the water polo, and lay down at the entrance of the cave, looking inside.

Long Bai's tentacles pointed, and said: "Heiti, you direct the worker ants to dig down against the metal outer wall and open a straight passage. Let's find out the length of this treasure house first."

"Okay, my lord!" Hei Ti agreed, directing the worker ants to work.

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

Long Bai ordered to eat and rest.

Recovery is good, continue to drain.

The sun is strong during the day, so go back to the ant nest to rest, and continue after sunset in the evening.

Hei Ti commanded the worker ants to dig a straight passage along the slope of the treasure house, and the result came soon.

"My lord, I've dug to the end!"

"it is good."

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

The treasure house inserted into the ground obliquely has a neat and smooth end that touches the bottom. It should fall off from the starship instead of being torn apart.

Initially, it was found out that it was a single treasure house room with a length of about 15 meters.

Long Bai has seen quite a few treasure houses of this size in the wreckage of the half starship across the divine power barrier, so he is quite familiar with it.

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

Hei asked for instructions.Can't wait.

After thinking about it, Long Bai explained: "There is a door in the treasury of the starship...it should be on the left or right side. Let's see what the door looks like first."

"???" Heiti shook his tentacles, sending out a long series of questioning emotions, not understanding which side 'left side' and 'right side' are.

Long Bai lowered his head, activated the ability of the water system, manipulated a ball of water to suspend, transformed into a cuboid shape, and pointed with his tentacles, saying:
"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 the side with a length of 15 meters and a height of 4 meters, or on this side, in the center. A door that slides open and close."

"The door is stronger than the wall. If it is closed, it will never be opened. But there is a very small probability 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! You can do whatever you want." Seeing Heiti's high fighting spirit and full of anticipation, Long Bai added:
"The probability that the treasure house door is open is very small, so don't expect too much. There is a high probability that this treasure house is intact and airtight. There are only a few small holes for us to operate, and the slightly larger treasures cannot be taken out. .”

"...Understood." Heiti immediately directed the worker ants to dig.

Long Bai put his head down, faced the hole, and continued to activate the water system ability, controlled to condense into water spheres, passed the specialized blue soldiers, and drained water outward.

"Your Majesty!"

Heiti, who directed the excavation, suddenly jumped up, "My lord, the door...is the door gone?"

Ok?
Long Bai threw away the water polo he was controlling, unfolded his mental power, and swept it away.

In the newly dug tunnel, more than four meters down is a torn section that is rolled up.The wall on the side of the treasure house seemed to have been torn off abruptly.

When the spiritual power probed deep, it was full of sand.

Long Bai ran forward, drilled into the tunnel himself, digging with his molars and shovels, and at the same time used his mental power to scan and detect.

It is 100% confirmed that the gate of the treasure house is on this side.

The door is gone!
Command worker ants to quickly dig and expand.

Find out the situation quickly.

Not only was the door gone, but even the walls were torn apart. In the treasure house that was supposed to be sealed, a huge gap was left on the side of the gate leading to the bottom, and the inside of the treasure house was filled with sand.

Long Bai felt terrible.

Doesn't this mean that all the treasures inside have been scattered?
(End of this chapter)