Astral Ants

Chapter 45 Bai Wei
Juniper lived up to its unusually large head. Although it had not awakened to pass on knowledge, it had strong memory and comprehension skills.

It took Long Cypress three days to teach Juniper the simple addition and subtraction arithmetic, and began to take it around the mountain, teaching it to identify the various plants on the mountain; teaching it how to command the ant colony to collect weeds and leaves to operate the biogas digester; how to dig a water pond etc.

Mo Lan also followed, focusing on teaching juniper how to identify different varieties of orchids, as well as the cultivation and management of orchids.

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The weather is getting warmer every day.

The six cypress trees planted near the ant nests couldn't wait to sprout new shoots.

The season has come, Longbai chooses a good location in the lower layer of the mountain range, and sows the torreya seeds bred during the 9th instar junior ant king's time into the soil.

The twig seeds brought back in winter were also planted in suitable places.

The soldier ants became more and more active, and began to follow the lineup of Longbai, with 12 intermediate specialized soldier ants and 24 junior specialized soldier ants, and went out in a team to search and hunt large animals such as hares, squirrels, and moles.

Large soldier ants bring medium and small soldier ants to move around the territory, hunting butterflies, longhorns, beetles and other insect larvae, enriching the food category of the ant nest.

It's time for the specialized chemical ants who have been on vacation for a whole winter to come out of the nest and work.

Last year, the pond in the Longbai territory was only half dug, and the water was drained, and it will continue this year.

Molan is also busy. Last year it cultivated orchid seedlings in 4 nurseries, which can be planted this year.

Juniper took 10 intermediate specialized chemical ants and 20 low-level specialized chemical ants, and followed Mo Lan to help transplant them.

All the places suitable for planting orchids in the north of the mountain were full, and they began to look for places in the south of the mountain.

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The orchid near the ant nest is blooming again, and the fragrance is lingering.

The four cypresses, junipers, junipers, and giant cypresses produced flower spikes.

The juniper is the tallest, and it jumps up in spring, and the current plant height is close to 2.5 meters.

Both Cypress and Juniper are over 2 meters high.

The giant cypress grows fast and can grow up to 2 meters in no time.

Long Bai directed a few medium-sized worker ants to go up the tree and cut off the flower buds appropriately.

Counting, cypress, juniper and juniper retain 50 flowers, bear 50 cones, and about 250 to 300 cypress seeds.

Correspondingly, the giant cypress is less, retaining 40 flowers and bearing 40 cones, which is about 200 to 240 cypress seeds.

The four cypress trees are in a period of rapid growth. They should thin out flowers and fruits reasonably, reduce the burden, and ensure the growth of the plants. They will grow to three meters, four meters, and five meters earlier, and grow into big trees.

There are also two cypress species, the green cypress and the dry cedar, which can be considered for their first fruit bearing next year and the year after respectively...

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At the foot of the mountain, the growth of the blue god-given seed is much slower in spring, and the sixth broad leaf finally unfolds when all the flowers are in full bloom.

The height of the tree is about 3 meters, and the diameter of the first leaf at the bottom is close to 1 meter.

Zhanlan is trying to get the root system down, the tree sinks a bit, and the distance between the first leaf and the water surface of the pond is maintained at about 20 centimeters.

The hibernating frog woke up and ran out of the hole, and ran to the grass beside the nearby river ditch to look for food.

Long Bai drained the pond and led all the specialized chemical ants down the mountain. Mo Lan also came to help. It only took half a day to dig out the ridges of the small pond and the big pond.

Large and small ponds are dug and connected into one.

Block drains.

Dig the upper river ditch.

Start storing water.

"Long Bai, where's the frog?"

Zhanlan was very sad.

After the hibernating frogs woke up, they all ran away without looking back.

"They hunt in the grass over there."

Long Bai was a little speechless, and relieved: "Don't worry, Zhanlan, I built a shallow water slope at the edge of the pond. Those frogs will eat enough and recover from the weakness of hibernation. They will definitely come back to lay eggs."

Long Bai pondered for a while, and said: "Zhanlan, I will go to the caravan to trade in two days, and then I will ask them for some rice seeds and lotus seeds, and plant them on the edge of the pond. Later, I will get some duckweed from other places. The pond With plants, which attract all kinds of plant-eating insects, the frogs will naturally be attracted to them."

"Okay."

When Zhan Lan heard this, her sadness was swept away, "Thank you, Long Bai."

"Small things..." Long Bai couldn't help asking: "Zhanlan, can you feel when you are blooming?"

It's already full of spring, and the seeds bestowed by the azure blue gods don't even have the buds of flower spikes.

The plant height of three meters is not small.

Zhanlan: "I don't know..."

Although Mo Lan can't communicate with Zhanlan, she can know that Long Bai is communicating with Zhanlan through the fluctuation of mental power. Seeing Longbai's tentacles drooping, she immediately understands.

"Longbai, don't worry. It's very likely that Zhanlan blooms in summer."

"Um--"

Longbai tapped its tentacles and waved them vigorously, calling the worker ants to gather and return to the mountain.

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The two pools on the mountain have been dug, but they still need to be reinforced with stones.

2 kilometers to the west of the territory, a small mountain peak collapsed for unknown reasons, and large and small rocks rolled down the hillside.

Junbai led a group of intermediate and primary specialized chemical ants to pick suitable small stones to polish them.

You can gather them together first, put them on the mountain, turn back to Longbai, and then use the ruling throne to transport them to the territory.

All the work in the Spring Territory is basically finished.

It's almost time. After two days of rest, Long Bai and Mo Lan packed up and set off.

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Evening sunset.

The [-]-meter-long caravan went down the winding and steep mountain road and walked into the mountain forest.

"stop!"

Hao Hao's mental power was shaken, and the leading Zeqi Spider King stopped.

Watase Flame Spiders stepped forward in an orderly manner.

"The King of Painted Spiders! The King of Painted Spiders!"

A mountain master-level flame spider broke away from the formation, rushed left and right, and ran up.

"Zeqi Spider King, the sun has just set, let's hurry up."

"Camp and rest."

There was a trace of displeasure in Zeqi Spider King's mood, "Master Baiwei, you return to the team!"

"Zeqi Spider King, it's still early to dark, let's go for a while."

Lord Baiwei begged.

"Bai Wei!"

Zeqi Spider King's tone became severe.

It is very clear that Bai Wei is thinking carefully, it is anxious to rush to the caravan gathering place in the Wanguo Continent, where there is a business of a god-given seed from the Yunji Continent.

Bai Wei and Luo Li come from the same community, only two years younger than Luo Li, brothers and sisters who are close relatives, grew up together, why is there such a big gap?

Luochen is shrewd and calm, not in a hurry to speak or act, and calculates every account clearly. He has won the trust of many big clan insect kings, and now has the fixed trading rights of as many as 12 god-given seeds.

On the other hand, Bai Wei,

He has a detached personality, carefree, and can't do anything well.

Ten years ago, there were not enough resources to be promoted to the mountain master, and it was all thanks to the help of Luochen.

I also like to tinker with some inexplicable new gadgets.

It almost went bankrupt five years ago, and it was stabilized by the help of Luochen.

Clearly, it has not learned any lessons from past failures.

"The Painted Spider King..."

Bai Wei begged.

Zeqi Spider King had no choice but to explain: "We have entered the territory of Youlian Kingdom, and we will set off at dawn tomorrow and arrive at Youlian Mountain on time. Wang's deal. It's the same if you go early or late, you have to stay for three days."

"Bai Wei, this is not the first time you have come to Youlian Kingdom. You should be aware of the richness here. Rest early, recharge your spirits, try to win over a few ant queens or bee queens, reach a stable trading relationship, and develop your own insect relationship."

"Oh--"

"Have you just reached the territory of Youlian Kingdom?"

"It's so slow..."

Master Baiwei muttered and returned to the team.

Hearing this, Zeqi Spider King kicked his legs angrily.

You don't even know where the caravan went?
What are you thinking in a daze?
(End of this chapter)