Astral Ants

Black Thorn Tower is an area-limited battle.

Random scenes may be oceans, forests, lakes, swamps, mountains, deserts, space, or even some extreme stars.

At each level, you must fight and win three times in a row to pass.

...

Long Bai finally came to the star pillar to operate.

Black Thorn Tower challenge mode.

the third floor.

Scene changes.

The scorching sun hangs in the sky.

The endless desert, the strong wind howling, blowing dust and sand all over the sky.

On the sand dune a thousand meters away, there was an ant warrior whose body was covered with bright silver and looked like a king. His eyes were fixed and he was looking here.

Silver ants known for their speed!
Long Bai acted quickly, the original energy of water and fire circulated, blue and purple umbrella bird patterns covered his body, and iridescent water droplets floated out...

Phew~呲~
Phew~la~
Bright silver light and shadow flashed.

As soon as Long Bai's defense ability was ready, the Silver Ant Warrior was already approaching. He was as fast as lightning and extremely flexible. He changed back and forth and struck three times in a row, triggering the collapse of the Umbrella Bird's defense.

boom! boom! boom!
The three elements of strength, wind, and earth in Long Bai's body exploded. The whirlwind rolled up the gravel, which was then shaken by the extremely powerful force of the rage, turning into sputtering attacks in all directions.

Silver Ant obviously expected this move, his body flashed and he avoided it easily.

In the Black Thorn Tower challenge, the matched opponent not only has the same evolutionary level and the same star core ability strength as you, but the opponent also knows all your abilities and how to crack them.

The challenger, Long Bai, had no idea what abilities his opponent had, what he was good at, what he was not good at, or what deadly attacks the opponent was hiding.

The challenge of information asymmetry.

At the moment when Long Bai forced the opponent back, iridescent water droplets flew out, expanded and wrapped around his body, pulling and sinking into the ground.

The sand dunes swelled and squirmed, turning into a sand leech with a body length of more than 30 kilometers.

at the same time,

The silver ant also activated its ability. The sky and the earth darkened, and all the sunlight seemed to be swallowed up in an instant. The yellow sand gathered, and a giant lava ant stood up.

The sand leeches and the giant lava ants rushed towards each other and collided with each other. There was a loud bang, sand and rocks flew around, and lava splashed...

……

Long Bai's evolution into the Star Realm did not reduce the difficulty of clearing the Black Thorn Tower. On the contrary, it only felt that the matched combat targets were more fierce, to the point where there was no way to win.

Challenge failed.

failure.

failure.

Failure again...

After experiencing countless defeats and accumulating countless battle experiences, finally, on the third floor of the Black Thorn Tower, in the third jungle battle scene, the red-veined Styrobug warrior was captured by the tentacles of the giant insectivorous flower, pulled into a cage and suffocated. .

"Finally penetrated."

"After reaching the fourth level, I will be one of the elite Zerg warriors."

Long Bai muttered, exited the challenge mode, returned to Kongkuo Hall, and opened his StarNet account to check.

[Time: 78th Era - 159 Yuan - 799th - March]

The meeting time agreed with President Sishu is coming soon.

Long Bai sent a message to Bai Wei and took the lead in exiting.

The hatch opens.

Long Bai's heart skipped a beat and he quickly got out of the cocoon nest.

Soul bond induction, Cui Bai and Yin Bai are very close to me!

——Why are they here?

——The Second King didn’t come?

——Did something happen to Xianglan Mountain?
Long Bai had no time to wait for Bai Wei, and ran out of the building quickly. His soul-fixing ability was swept away, and he was suddenly shocked again.

Captain Ang Tianlian!
Alocasia, Kansui, Eagle leaf, Purple cicada.

Shuigan Old Spider also followed.

...

"Leader Longbai!"

Seeing Long Bai, Ang Tianlian waved his front foot to signal.

"Your Majesty!"

"This way!"

"The Second King sent us here."

"I have a deal to discuss with you."

"We sensed that you were practicing here, but we couldn't lock the specific number of the cocoon nest and couldn't contact you. We're just waiting."

Cuibai and Yinbai spoke quickly and briefly introduced the situation.

"Captain Ang Tianlian!"

"Eagle Leaf! Zi Chan!"

"President Gansui! President Alocasia! President Shui Gan, you are here too."

Long Bai greeted and exchanged greetings.

Cuibai activated the ability of the Shuhua Heart Realm to directly compile the communication between Mo Lan and Ang Tianlian and his party, as well as the initial deal, into a piece of information, which was written into Long Bai's soul consciousness.

Long Bai buried his head in reading.

The antennae twitched and twitched, secretly chuckling.

His eyes lit up.

Take back the technological star cores in Angtian Lotus Claws at a price of 1 million per piece? That’s a good idea!

Artist armor cannot be reforged?
Leader-class starships cannot be hacked.

Mo Lan is such a big-hearted guy~
wrong!

Mo Lan was attracted by the gorgeous appearance of the leader-class starship, and he only wanted to get it!
Crystal throne?

Only the approximate location of the Crystal Cluster galaxy cluster in the old universe was found...

There are no relevant records of the White Tower Civilization at all...

I'm afraid this will be difficult to handle.

"It's very difficult~"

Long Bai's expression suddenly changed.

Fortunately.

Mo Lan still had sense and did not chase after her and clamor to capture the leader-class starship.

"Longbai Ant King, let's find a quiet place to talk."

Ang Tianlian suggested, sighing secretly.

When they first met, Long Bai was still an inconspicuous little ant king who had just entered the semi-star realm.

In just 20,000 years, he and his party only took a trip to the Dawn Galaxy and the Lizhu Galaxy.

When they met again, Long Bai was already in the star realm, and he was still the leader of a powerful force with unlimited potential, having gathered thousands of ant queens and bee queens from his home star.

The status of both parties has been changed invisibly.

Ang Tianlian spoke politely.

The attitudes of Yingye, Zichan, Alocasia, and Gansui also became obviously more polite.

"Wait a moment."

Long Bai said: "By coincidence, I also met Bai Wei and his party who were traveling far away. They will come out soon."

"Bai Wei?"

Shui Gan makes me angry when I hear it.

You two are really in cahoots.

Shui Gan remained calm on the surface, chatting casually and asked: "Chief Long Bai, I heard from Chief Mo Lan, didn't you come to the Baxi star system alone to verify your abilities? Why is President Bai Wei here too?"

"I just happened to meet him."

Long Bai: "There are many things to do in the Baxi star system. President Bai Wei, why don't they come over to play? In addition, they also plan to wholesale some small commodities produced by human civilization, take them back, and sell them in their own shops to enrich the store's product categories. ”

"Is President Bai Wei planning to expand the scope of the transaction?"

Shui Gan said: "I know two spiders here who are responsible for contact and transactions with human civilization. I can help introduce them and give them a lot of discounts."

Long Bai: "That's great. I'd like to thank President Shui Gan first..."

was saying,

Bai Wei led Hongtao, Huangtao, and Yuteng and ran over quickly.

"ah!"

"President Shui Gan!"

"Ow!"

"Captain Ang Tianlian!"

"My most respected Elder President Gansui! Elder President Alocasia..."

After another greeting.

Long Bai activated the ability of the tree flower heart realm to summarize the situation into a string of information, which was directly written into the soul consciousness of Bai Wei, Hong Tao, Huang Tao and Yu Teng.

Wait two seconds,

Long Bai said: "Captain Ang Tianlian, let's go to outer space and try it first..."

Ang Tianlian said simply: "Okay! Come with me."

Long Bai: "No! Come with me."

...

Long Bai led the way and led the insects into an insect-free forest.

Release the half-ant artist and invite everyone into the cabin.

Flashing and twinkling, he continuously traveled through space and teleported to the sky 100 kilometers away.

Another continuous space teleportation, far away from the star system.

"Everyone, we have to make a space jump next. If there is a dimensional space, be careful to seal it."

Lone Cypress Tips.

The insects did as they were told.

The half-ant artist directly activated his leap ability and instantly entered the depths of the starry sky.

The fleshy barrier of the cabin squirmed, opening a portal.

Insects flew out.

The six-headed old spider looked around, and finally fixed its gaze on the direction of the eight-star star system.

"Longbai Ant King, how far is this?"

"0.8 light years!"

"!!!"

"It's not very efficient to convert ordinary raw energy into space raw energy through technological star cores, right?"

"About 20 days."

"Ouch! That's close to 15 times the speed of light!"

"Absolutely! The most important thing is flexibility. It is very practical for short- and medium-distance voyages."

"I feel that the space teleportation ability given by the technological star core is more practical."

"Yes. In activities within the living planet, the teleportation ability is most used. It has little movement, fast movement, and is convenient and fast."

Long Bai took the initiative to introduce the situation: "I successfully integrated the crystal space given by the technological star core with the Phytophthora space. Behind the star realm, with a diameter of 4800 meters, it was upgraded to world space, which is also the 'Huan' defined by your Flame Spider tribe. It is a wonderful effect. endless."

Introduction completed.

Long Bai's tentacles waved slightly.

The half-ant artist shrank sharply, turning into an upright artist.

"Where's the artist's armor? Captain Ang Tianlian, take it out and let's try it?"

"it is good!"

Ang Tianlian was impatient and didn't talk nonsense. He adjusted his direction slightly, the divine pattern on his forehead burst out with intense white light, and the space in front of him was agitated. He first released the leader-class starship.

Grab with a flick of your hand.

A brilliant deep purple iridescent light lit up in the darkness, and the artist's armor appeared directly in front of the levitating artist.

"Longbai Ant King! Try it!"

"..."

No need to try.

After close contact, the artist has already sensed it.

The intellectual brain ability operates autonomously, and methods of use are given.

Long Bai had an idea. The artist's hind legs are slightly spread out at shoulder level, and the front feet are spread out and raised up to shoulder height.

The originally integrated armor was broken down into large pieces, moved around, and reassembled on the artist's body. The built-in mechanical mechanism rotated and fit tightly, leaving only the 133 tentacles on the top of the head exposed, flying swaggeringly.

The purple technology star core is like a key, directly activating the armor and gaining 100% control.

Long Bai calmly comprehended.

The intelligence and brain abilities were running at the same time, and soon there was an understanding. The original energy of space surged, and a layer of scale-like defense was covered on the 133 tentacles that were not covered by the armor. At the tip, a section of about 10 centimeters was protruded. Space blade.

The artist's front feet drooped, and two purple-black blades protruded from the elbow joints.

Hidden, a weapon made of space materials! The jaws, teeth, claws, protrusions, and shell spines are similar to those of the Zerg warriors, and are specially used for close combat.

Long Bai had another thought.

The 'Space Blade' ability attached to the technological star core is activated and fits perfectly with the weapon, forming an indestructible layer of space-based raw energy on the surface of the weapon.

"Wow!"

Bai Wei was amazed and shouted, "A majestic alien warrior! He looks like he can fight!"

Yinbai echoed: "The artist wearing the armor looks much more pleasing to the eye. In the past, it looked like a ball of food."

Ang Tianlian asked: "How are you, Chief Longbai?"

Long Bai: "Perfect fit!"

Ang Tianlian: "What abilities does the armor have?"

Long Bai: "It can't be considered an ability. The correct name should be 'function'."

"I think the strongest function of the armor should be the space original energy reserve. It can store the space system original energy equivalent to the star core of the contract owner, and it will increase simultaneously with the improvement of the contract owner's evolutionary level."

"The second is the defensive function. The armor itself has super high defensive capabilities. After injecting the original energy of the space system, it can also superimpose a layer of defensive shield. Within the same evolutionary level, not to mention being indestructible, the defensive power is definitely superior."

"In addition, the armor comes with two combat weapons: arm blades and stingers, which greatly enhance the power of space abilities. Combined with space teleportation and space shuttle assassination, there is no disadvantage."

Ang Tianlian: "What else?"

Long Bai: "No more."

Ang Tianlian: "..."

Such a large set of armor, the exclusive weapon of a civilization leader, only has so much ability?

Ang Tianlian didn't believe it and was suspicious, saying: "Chief Longbai, if you don't tell the truth, it will be difficult for us to negotiate this deal!"

"There really aren't any more!"

Long Bai analyzed: "The artist himself has spatial talent, and he is one of the strongest warriors of the White Tower Civilization. He must have mastered many powerful spatial abilities. There is no need to obtain abilities through armor."

"The artist's body structure is similar to that of humans. Their flesh and blood bodies are too fragile. For artists, the main function of the armor is to improve defense. Incidentally, it also has some other auxiliary functions."

"Oh--"

"Right!"

Ang Tianlian was disappointed.

The thing fell into the claws of the Zerg warriors, and the defensive function was reduced to useless.

Weapons and other items are not of high value.

Only the original features with a lot of storage space are worth some money.

Things can no longer be sold at particularly high prices.

Ang Tianlian raised his paw and pointed at the leader-class starship and said: "Chief Longbai, try this again!"

"it is good--"

Long Bai's tentacles swayed lightly, and the artist teleported to the starship, raised his front feet, and pressed them against the side wall of the starship.

When he thought again, the majestic space energy was injected into the starship through the two front legs.

The starship was activated instantly, and a purple-red light spot with a diameter of half a meter lit up in the middle of the left side. The light flowed to form a complex pattern.

The artist disappeared.

--Can!
The six-headed old spider was overjoyed when he saw this.

Long Bai secretly used his own power, communicated with his soul, controlled the artist, scanned the interior of the starship with his mental power, and teleported in space at the same time, quickly completing the search for the starship.

Then came disappointment.

The interior of the starship is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.

A cockpit.

A richly decorated living room.

A restaurant that seems to be used for eating.

An open, reinforced mobile cabin.

The rest are rooms for rest, a total of 72 rooms.

All empty.

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Long Bai greeted.

The leader-class starship adjusted slightly, with its left side facing everyone. Three purple-red circles lit up at the same time, casting a beam of light.

Cypress, Angtianlian, Alocasia, Kansui...

There are fixed 'seats' inside the starship.

One after another, all the insects were teleported to the designated seating positions in the living room.

"Look for it!"

Ang Tianlian's mental power swept through, and he led the five spiders to move quickly, opening all the rooms and checking them, followed by disappointment.

The insects gathered in the living room again.

Yingye entered the cockpit alone and checked...

Bai Wei, who has an out-of-touch personality, also realized at this time that everyone is now starting to inspect the goods and are about to negotiate a big deal worth hundreds of billions or trillions.

Bai Wei became silent and serious.

Eagle Leaf specializes in starship maintenance.

The insects silently paid attention to Yingye's movements.

long wait,
Seeing no reaction, Long Bai controlled the artist to enter the cockpit.

The entire cabin has only one black crystal hexagonal column about two meters high, with a sharp top and a shape that resembles a half-cut original crystal.

There are dense jacks on both sides.

The tentacles above the artist's head are extended and connected to the socket, continuously injecting original energy.

Dense white original energy lines rise on the surface of the black crystal, forming a slightly peculiar tree-shaped pattern.

——The Divine Tree of Space Law!

——Any stars!
The five old spiders headed by Long Bai and Ang Tianlian were recognized at a glance.

"Longbai Ant King?"

Ang Tianlian asked.

"The purple technology star core can activate the starship..."

"I will try again!"

While Long Bai was speaking, he quickly walked into the cockpit and controlled the artist. Through the artist, he indirectly communicated with the black crystal through consciousness.

Received a short prompt message: [Please name]

Long Bai hesitated slightly and indirectly conveyed a message through the artist: [Tuba]

Received another message: [Named successfully, Type 3-5 leader ship: Tubo]

Type 3-5?
Long Bai was not surprised and waited patiently.

But there is no prompt for the next step.

"Tupper?"

Long Bai tried to call.

"I'm here. Instructions please."

A response came from the top of the starship.

Long Bai asked: "Does it have a holographic projection function?"

Tabor replied stiffly: "Yes——"

This brain is not very flexible...

A normal brain should take the initiative to ask for instructions.

Long Bai ordered: "Open the crystal constellation star chart."

Tabor: "The database did not retrieve the Crystal God constellation star map information."

"???"

Long Bai sent a questioning mental message.

Tabor Machine repeated: "The database did not retrieve the Crystal God Constellation star map information."

"..."

Long Bai said: "Where is the White Tower Civilization? I want to see the star map of the galaxy where the White Tower Civilization is located."

Tabor: "The database did not retrieve information related to the White Tower Civilization. The coordinates and star map of the White Tower Civilization were not detected."

The insects in the starship looked at each other for a while, and confirmed one thing at the same time: the damn artist had cleared all the data of the starship before he died.

Lack of data support, the intelligent brain program returns to the initial state, so it appears mechanical and dull.

Long Bai thought for a while and gave the order: "Tabo, activate the detection function, scan the nearby star field and project it in real time."

Tabor: "The starship's original energy reserve is insufficient. Please replenish energy immediately."

"Supplementary method one, source point collection."

"Supplementary method two, activate the original crystal. The original crystal reserve is zero, please fill it in time."

"For emergency replenishment, please inject space energy through the console."

The dragon's cypress tentacles tap lightly.

The 133 tentacles on the artist's head are connected to the crystal console again, and all the space energy of the reserved technological star core is injected into it.

The order was issued again: "Tabo, activate the detection function, scan the nearby star field and project it in real time."

Tabor: "Detection function activated."

The tip of the black crystal shot a beam of white light upwards, then disappeared in a flash.

Like refraction, the black dome of the cockpit cast a little beam of light.

In the dark cabin, a tiny white dot representing the 'Leader Ship - Tubo' lit up.

A semi-virtual purple-red sphere emanated from the white spot and expanded slowly.

Visually displays the detected area and scanning progress.

Long Bai gave the order again: "Ta Bai, activate the gimbal compass function, search for stars within 1 light-year of the surrounding area, and project them on display."

Tabor: "The universal compass positioning function is activated."

Tabor: "The gimbal compass has been positioned and a star has been detected."

In the dark cabin, four or five meters away from the tiny white dot representing the 'Leader Ship - White Tower', a red spot lit up: the star of the Eight Star System
The purple-red dome representing the detection range is expanding at a rate of about 1 centimeter per second.

The insects wait patiently,

Soon it was approaching the Eight Star System.

The red dot representing the star system shines and flashes rapidly.

Taber sent a fierce warning: [Warning, Force energy field induction, there are unknown third-level cosmic life forms in the star system ahead, a large number of second-level cosmic life forms, and an 'absolute silent field' equipped with metal civilization. Our detection has alerted the other party and our position has been exposed. Forced detection may be regarded as an intrusion. Do you want to continue?]

Yingye was in a panic and shouted: "Chief Longbai! Don't do it! The Baxixing system has a special status and strict management. Be careful to provoke the bugs from the Baijing Chamber of Commerce's war department."

"stop!"

"Tuba, stop quickly! Cancel detection! Cancel holographic projection! Full silent mode! Navigate at sub-light speed, stay away."

Long Bai gave the order.

The cockpit was plunged into darkness again.

The starship began to move, continued to accelerate, and quietly escaped, away from the eight star systems.

"..."

"Yingye, what do you think?"

Long Bai asked.

"It's very troublesome..."

"integrated."

"Incomprehensible alien science and technology."

Ying Ye said depressedly: "The starship control system is also made of this weird crystal material, which cannot be cracked by force. The purple technological star core is the only control key. Otherwise, Longbai Ant King, you will sell the technological star core to us, or, We sold the technology star core to Longbai Ant King."

Long Bai said nothing and looked at Ang Tianlian.

Ang Tianlian: "The ownership of the artist's armor belongs to me, Gansui, Alocasia, and Chief Longbai. As long as the price is right, we will sell it."

"The ownership of the leader-class starship belongs to Yingye and Zichan, and the decision-making power naturally belongs to them. However, I think it is impossible for Chief Longbai to sell the technological star core, right? Then the only choice is It’s Yingye and Zichan who sold the leader-class starship to Longbai Ant King. What we need to discuss is the price.”

As Ang Tianlian spoke, he raised his paw to indicate, "Let's go to the living room to talk in detail..." (End of Chapter)