Astral Ants

Chapter 31 Zhanlan (additional reading)

The drains are less than 20 meters long, 30 centimeters wide and, due to the downhill slope, vary in depth from 10 to 30 centimeters.

It's very simple, you can dig through it in one day.

Mo Lan was right.

It began to rain lightly at night, and water accumulated in the leaves of the Zhanlan Godsend Seed with its trumpet-shaped opening facing upwards.

It cleared up the next day,

The second broad leaf unfolds slowly against the sun, and there is also a little bud tip in the center.

This tree from an extraterrestrial civilization does not seem to have side branches.

A leaf is a layer, which grows upward layer by layer.

The god-given seed has strong vitality. In just half a month, the plant height has exceeded 40 centimeters, and the diameter of the lignified trunk is about 1 centimeter.

This is considered to have passed the fragile seedling stage.

Long Bai was still not at ease, and together with Mo Lan, guarded by the pond day and night.

Two days later, the second leaf had a rudiment of 'trumpet'.

In the first leaf, where it rains and accumulates water, many roots grow on the leaf surface and the main trunk at the same time.

The roots grow rapidly and are densely intertwined.

These roots are not simple aerial roots. In addition to assisting in absorbing water, they also strengthen the leaves and the main trunk.

Long cypress used a bamboo tube to pour water into the second broad leaf. Similarly, within two days, many roots and hairs appeared on the leaf surface and the trunk, intertwined and entangled.

Fantastic alien plants.

While Long Cypress and Mo Lan were amazed, they also speculated: the place where this kind of plant grows must have frequent strong winds, most likely accompanied by heavy rain.

……

Long Bai took the worker ants back to the mountain, blocked the half-dug pond drain, and dug a diversion canal connecting the upstream of the side stream to store water for the pond.

Specialized soldier ants emerged continuously.

The current number has reached 63.

Send 12 ants to form a team, with large, medium, small, and tiny soldier ants, to garrison Molan's territory.

Send a small team of 6 to guard the top of the mountain, specially guarding the hemlock seedlings.

Assign 6 ants to guard the territory of the ant nest, mainly next to the still young dry cedars.

Assign 3 to guard by the nursery.

Assign 24, 12 a team, two hunting teams.

There are 12 more, stationed in the pond at the foot of the mountain, to protect the seed bestowed by the blue god.

There are 24 specialized soldier ant larvae in the ant nest hatching room.

Currently, specialized soldier ants are enough.

Longbai changed to cultivating micro, small, medium and large worker ants to supplement the internal logistics capabilities of the ant nest; cultivate small, medium and large soldier ants to strengthen the ability to hunt and kill insects of different sizes in the mountain forest, and enrich the food category of the ant nest.

The existing specialized chemical ants followed Long Bai and dug a temporary ant nest at the foot of the mountain to live temporarily.

start working,
First, dig a large pond with a side length of 1 meters and a depth of 6 meter in the upstream direction of the Zhanlan God-given Seed, with a distance of 1 meter.

Rainy season in late spring,

The excavation method is similar to that of the reservoir on the mountain. After planning the location, first dig a drainage channel leading to the lower reaches of the ditch to ensure timely drainage of rainwater.

Go out late and return early, work for three days and rest for one day.

Seven days later, the drainage channel was dug to a depth of nearly 1 meter, and the pond was dug.

Mo Lan spends most of her time by the small pond at the foot of the mountain, occasionally going into the jungle to help hunt.

While Long Bai was busy working, he was always paying attention to the Zhanlan God-given Seed.

After the second broad leaf grows, the growth rate slows down significantly. After the third broad leaf unfolds and the plant height exceeds one meter, the growth rate drops sharply.

The main trunk, which was originally light green with blue texture, became darker and darker bit by bit.

The unfolded leaves are becoming tougher and thicker, especially the veins and leaf margins are also lignified.

At the same time, the roots at the bottom of the pond are also developing rapidly, drilling deep into the soil to enhance their ability to grip the ground and absorb nutrients.

This is the god-given seed bred by the life sac of the Zerg race. The seedlings quickly grow to an appropriate size, automatically adjust, and instead consume energy to increase the overall strength and improve the ability to resist disasters.

Survival is the instinct of all life.

……

Hibiscus blooms in the north of the mountain.

early summer.

It rains twice in three days in Shannan.

It is difficult to work in the mud, and the excavation of the pond has become three days of digging and two days of rest.

Another rainy day.

Early in the morning, Long Bai got out of the temporary ant nest built under the nearby hillside, controlled the ruling throne and flew towards the pond.

When it is approaching, shake the tentacles vigorously to transmit the order.

The specialized soldier ants guarding the surrounding area have been soaked in the middle of the night, and returned to the ant nest in groups to eat and rest.

The ruling throne has a rainproof function, and the dragon cypress takes over from the soldier ants and guards beside the pond.

A glint of light in the dark sky,
A bolt of lightning fell from the dark clouds and hit the forest not far away.

boom~long~long~
Rolling thunder followed.

——It thundered!
——Last year there was not so much rain.

Long Bai glanced at the large pond that had just been dug out, and was very depressed.

I am very worried that I will not be able to dig it out in time and fill it with water. If there is another drought this summer, it will be troublesome.

Look at the blue god-given seed rooted in the small pond...

"what?"

Long Bai's heart skipped a beat, his thoughts turned, and the ruling throne suspended in mid-air slowly descended and approached gracefully.

A strange, joyful spiritual idea came directly into my mind.

"!!!"

Long Bai stood up abruptly from the cushion, tentatively sending a spiritual idea of ​​calling to the Zhanlan God-bestowed Seed.

"Azure blue?"

Long Bai received the feedback immediately.

"Azure blue."

Still very weak, vague immature spiritual ideas.

The birth consciousness of the blue god-given seed!
Long Bai: "My name is Long Bai. My name is Long Bai."

The seed bestowed by the blue god: "Dragon Cypress."

Long Bai: "Your name is Zhanlan, your name is Zhanlan."

The seed bestowed by the azure blue god: "Azure blue."

Just born consciousness, do you immediately understand the meaning of the name?
Long Bai's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Zhanlan, do you have any memories of inheritance?"

Zhanlan sent a suspicious mental idea.

It seems not.

None of the plants.

However, the azure blue god-given seed has evolved to a very high level.

In the 'rebirth to zero' of the ruling throne, has the memory also been reset to zero?
Long Bai asked again: "Zhanlan, do you know the ruling throne under me? Both you and it come from the creator civilization."

Zhanlan is still a confusing spiritual idea.

"All right……"

"Zhanlan, you have just been born with consciousness, and your mental power is weak, so take a rest."

After Long Bai gave an explanation, he looked around and saw that there were no birds or animals nearby. The Throne of Command rose rapidly and flew straight to the north of the mountain range.

……

In the cave, on the large spider silk bags that are laid flat, all kinds of original force food are sorted into small groups.

On rainy days, Mo Lan didn't want to go out, so she was bored and counted the food in her warehouse.

27 pinches, only 27 kinds of force food left.

Among the 35 kinds of dried fruits selected by Longbai, most of them are of good quality and cheap but taste bad, but there are also 8 kinds of dried fruits that taste good, and they are eaten up without knowing it.

The worst part is,

In less than two months, less than half of the Force Food worth 2000 rough stones remained.

Mo Lan misses her kettle made of ice and fire.

"When will Long Bai be promoted to an intermediate ant king?"

"When will the blue god-given seed be able to bear fruit?"

"After the rain stops, shall I go and ask it?"

Mo Lan was thinking, when she looked up, she saw the ruling throne appearing at the entrance of the cave through the rain.

PS: The rhythm is a bit slow, too few follow-ups, and Jiageng will hit the list.

(End of this chapter)