Astral Ants

Chapter 62 Tips

"Long Bai, I'm going home first!"

As soon as Xianglan Mountain appeared in the field of vision, Mo Lan left a word, kicked her legs into the air, and flew away.

Molan has left the territory for more than three months.

During this trip, Long Bai had been away for 68 days, and it was already the end of autumn.

The ruling throne came straight to the pond at the foot of the mountain.

The No. 11 broad leaves of Zhanlan Godsend Seed have fully unfolded, and the plant height exceeds 6 meters.

The weather turns cooler, the growth rate slows down, and it is about to enter the dormancy period.

"Azure blue!"

Long Bai greeted.

The throne of dominion descended slowly, clinging to the surface of the water.

After such a long time, the fruit under the leaf seems to have only grown a little bit, and it is a green granule the size of a pea.

On the contrary, the rice sown in late spring has been mature for a long time, and it runs around the bank of the pond in a long golden yellow line.

The lotus leaves are starting to wither.

The frogs, which are particularly active in summer, are nowhere to be found.

"Long Bai."

With deep thoughts of joy in Zhanlan's mental power, he greeted one after another:
"Long Bai, long time no see."

"Long Bai, where's Mo Lan? Have you traveled far this time?"

Long Bai replied: "Molan went back to look at its fruit fragrant orchids. We traveled a long way this time, first we went to South Suanzao Mountain..."

Long Bai was talking about his travel experience, but he stopped suddenly, shortened his language, and said directly to the key points:

"We found two more places of the Force. One was empty and named 'Jianlan Mountain'; the other was inhabited by a red fox warrior, a large and a small ball worm warrior, and a wild rice tree The seed bestowed by the gods is named 'Baifanshan'."

"Oh--"

"so amazing."

Zhanlan admired.

Knowing that it wasn't interested in these things, Longbai asked, "Zhanlan, is there enough nutrients at the bottom of the pond? Winter is coming soon, do you want me to fetch some swamp water, pour it into your leaves, and topdress it once before winter."

"need……"

Zhanlan was still a little shy, so she begged a little embarrassedly: "Longbai, can you harvest the rice on the shore? Then sow the rice next spring."

Long Bai agreed: "Of course! I'll go back to the mountain to make arrangements! Next year we will plant a circle of rice around the pond!"

Zhanlan: "There are also lotus flowers. Frogs like to squat on lotus leaves..."

Long cypress: "Don't worry about that, next spring, they will germinate and grow by themselves, grow a lot of lotus leaves, and bloom a lot of lotus flowers."

"Great!" Zhanlan was happy.

"Okay. Zhanlan, I'll go back to the mountain first to see the situation on the mountain. I'll come and find you later."

With a confession from Long Bai, the throne of domination rose slowly and floated towards the ant nest on the mountain.

……

Surrounded by five specialized chemical ants, the juniper trotted out of the nest to greet it.

Long Bai swung his claws and cut the hemp rope binding the bamboo tube.

Three large bamboo tubes contain the medium, small and micro worker ants cultivated on the road, as well as some ant eggs and larvae.

Move down the ruling throne first, and let the worker ants transfer back to their nests.

"Junbai, when I leave, is the territory all right?"

Long Bai asked, and at the same time threw down the spider silk bag containing the original food, and ordered the specialized chemical ants to move the storage room.

The throne of dominion began to shrink, flying closer to a rock.

Long Bai shook his tentacles.

10 specialized blue ants and 5 large blue ants cultivated on the long journey lined up, walked to the rock, then walked along the rock to the ground, and walked into the ant nest.

Junbai: "Everything is fine."

Junbaihui reported: "Twelve days ago, the cypress trees in the Shannan Territory matured. According to your instructions, they were harvested and dried, put into spider silk bags and stored."

"The day before yesterday, the fruits of Molan Mingzhong in the north of the mountain were ripe, and I also helped pick them, and they are drying."

"Okay! Let me take a look..." Long Bai asked, "Where is the juniper? Are you guarding the god-given seed of the mountain-north fruit pandan orchid?"

Junbai shook its tentacles, commanded two specialized chemical ants to return to the nest to carry the cypress seeds, and then said to Longbai:

"The juniper has gone into the woods to hunt."

Long Bai asked, "Is there not enough food for the ant nest?"

Juniper: "Food is abundant in autumn, and the ant nest is always full of reserves."

Juniper sensed the displeasure in Longbai's mood, and hurriedly explained: "Junbai and I both believe that spring is the season for reproduction of all things, and excessive hunting is not suitable. You can hunt more in autumn and winter, store enough food, and then spring Hunting is prohibited. In this way, there will always be endless prey in our territory, and there will be endless food for the ant nest."

"Yeah—" Long Bai was stunned, and said, "It makes sense!"

Long Bai skipped the topic and asked, "How is the damage of the soldier ants?"

Juniper: "During the time you left, 6 low-level specialized soldier ants were killed and 4 were disabled. 2 intermediate-level specialized soldier ants were killed and 2 were disabled. Large, medium, small, and miniature soldier ants got lost. A total of 14 were killed and 5 were disabled."

Such a big battle loss!

Long Bai jumped up when he heard it.

"How did the juniper lead the soldiers? Without its command before, the soldier ants came out of their nests to hunt without causing such heavy casualties, right?"

Junbai: "In the past, Molan helped hunt for food, and they often brought large animals. One wild boar is enough for us to eat for a month."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai was silent.

Both juniper and juniper have minds and ideas of their own.

Is this again why they originate from the Throne of Reign?
Before he left, he made it very clear: guard the territory!Take care of your life plants!

Orthodox intelligent chemical ants and giant soldier ants will absolutely obey the orders of the king ant.

This is clearly not the case with juniper and juniper.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

If they start to think and act independently, should I teach them from an early age like nurturing little soldiers?Pass on more knowledge, teach them to do things like worms.

Long Bai remained silent for a long time, then threw down the five empty gourds on the ruling throne, and said: "Junbai, these are gourds, I command the worker ants to dig two tables in the dining room and put two on them. The other three are stored in the warehouse."

"I patrolled the territory..."

Just in time, four specialized chemical ants came out of the nest with four small spider silk bags in their mouths.

The bag contains freshly harvested cypress seeds.

The particles are very small, smaller than mung beans.

This year is the first production. The flower buds are thinned out in spring to control the production. Only 200 to 300 grains of cypress, juniper, juniper, and giant cypress are produced.

The yield is very small.

For the middle-level ant king, the quality is still passable.

Long Bai invited the worker ants to send them to the blue ants, all of which were refined, and Mo Lan would come over later, let's have a try together.

……

After a year of growth,

Both juniper and juniper trees are over 3 meters high.

The branches of Longbai Mingzhong grow sideways, and the tree is huge, with a height of less than 3 meters, but its scale is better than juniper and juniper.

The giant cypress is similar to the dragon cypress, and the giant cypress is one size smaller than the dragon cypress.

The emerald cypress tree is more than 2 meters high, and it can bloom and bear fruit in the coming year.

Dried cedars can only be produced in the year after planting.

"Cedar!"

Cypress shakes its tentacles to call.

Juniper received the message, and rushed over surrounded by specialized chemical ants.

"Longbai Ant King, is there a problem?"

"Small problem..." Long Bai pointed at the giant cypress life-seeding in front of him, and said:

"Junbai, let me teach you a little trick about managing arbor species that many worms don't know."

"The branches that bloom and bear fruit are called 'fruit branches'. After the fruit is ripe and harvested, it is useless. It will waste nutrients and affect the ventilation of the tree. Fruit branches will affect the growth and development of the plant and affect the next year. output."

"Remember, juniper, in the future, every time you harvest and pick, remember to cut off the fruit branches as soon as possible."

"Understood..." Junbai is very smart and can understand what Longbai meant, but...

Junbai said worriedly: "Longcypress Ant King, won't this hurt your life?"

Long Bai: "It will be fine if you only cut fruit branches."

"Okay... I'll send the little worker ants up to clean it up."

Juniper has an independent personality, clever and smooth but rather weak, lacking decisiveness and decisiveness, and only dares to call worker ants to work after getting a definite and affirmative answer from the ant king.

Long Bai continued to inspect other life species in the territory.

The three top life plants, Big Fruit Hemlock, Green Torreya, and Golden Pine Nut, grow very slowly. Long Bai reckoned that at least he would have to be promoted to a high-level ant king before they would produce one after another.

When Long Bai climbed up the ridge to inspect the torreya species, Mo Lan flew up after inspecting the territory.

"Long cypress! Are the cypress life seeds mature?"

"Of course. The junipers have been harvested by the worker ants. Your Molanming seed junipers have also been harvested for you, and they are drying."

"Oh! I was just about to ask, where are my orchid seeds~"

Mo Lan glanced at her own torreya seed in the distance, and urged: "Long Bai, let's go and taste your cypress seeds."

Long Bai shook his tentacles and said, "Don't be in a hurry. Mo Lan, please do me a favor first. Before the weather is cold, give Zhanlan a top dressing."

"Okay..." Mo Lan asked, "How old is the blue fruit? When will it be ripe?"

"Probably in the next summer, later in autumn, or in winter... I can't be sure."

It's the same as saying nothing~
Cymbidium:"……"

Long Bai led the way, and together they came to the biogas pool on the mountainside, fetched water with bamboo tubes, carried them down the mountain, and poured a tube into each of the trumpet-shaped broad leaves bestowed by the Zhanlan God.

　Thanks to book friends 20220519003419182, Sunset Outside the Mountain, and Marrying Eight Wives for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)