Astral Ants

azure star system,
Xianglan Mountain is where the development officially started. Everyone once racked their brains for a small difference in rental price.

Now looking back...

Long Bai suddenly felt a little nostalgic and was reluctant to give up this source star system that he had personally presided over and cultivated and had poured a lot of effort and earnest expectations into.

...

The half-ant artist carried the dragon cypress, juniper and silver cypress and teleported to the square of the 1001 area north of Shilan Star.

With a sweep of mental power,
Long Bai was speechless.

On a mountain not far away, soldiers in groups of three or two were lying leisurely on the top of the mountain to bask in the sun.

All of them were soldiers who had made great contributions in searching for the source and chose to lie down and not move at all.

There are also diligent ones, scattered sparsely in the mountains and forests, cultivating their own gardens, planting their favorite plants, and busy tending to them in the early morning sun.

Long Bai's mental power expanded, and his soul-fixing ability searched.

Quickly found the location of the mountain persimmon.

The half-ant artist teleported away.

...

"what?"

A soldier on the mountain noticed the direction of the square and stood up excitedly.

"what happened?"

"Dazed~"

"Ok?"

"Artist~"

"What artist?"

"I vaguely saw the half-ant artist."

"Half-ant artist?"

"My Lord?!"

"I felt like I saw the king's half-ant artist flash by~"

"impossible?"

"Are there any more bugs?"

"No."

"did not see it."

"You're still asleep?"

"The king is busy in the Amber Galaxy 2100 million light years away."

“I’m very busy.”

"No time to come back."

"Don't worry. Even if the king comes back, what can happen? We have already agreed to retire and not work anymore."

"That's impossible, my king. I would believe you if you said the second king."

"Don't talk nonsense. The first king is busy and can't come back. Besides, the first king is reasonable. It's possible that the second king will run back... That would be troublesome and life-threatening."

"Right! Don't say such things carelessly. You'll only make yourself unhappy."

"Okay. Maybe I was confused."

"Can the morning sun still make you confused?"

“It’s so comfortable to bask in the sun.”

"I really hope it will continue like this until the universe is destroyed."

"It gets boring after sunbathing for too long."

"If you're bored, go back to the Fengyan star system and take care of the Force plants."

"Then I'd better continue sunbathing~"

"Stop talking."

"Quiet……"

...

...

Closer,
Long Bai scanned with his mental power again and was suddenly speechless.

The mountain persimmon was playing and digging in the mud in a shallow ditch under the peak of the mountain with a little warrior with long-segmented claws.

"Ugh--"

Long Bai sighed secretly.

The first Zerg warriors who followed him out of the mother planet, Yamashiki, Sang, and Mumei, all lacked ambition.

Sang and Raspberry are fine. They obey orders and participate in various affairs of the Chamber of Commerce.

The most serious one is the persimmon...

When it was on the home planet, it only cared about the persimmon tree and lived in its own little world. It didn't like crowds or gatherings and didn't fit in with everyone. At that time, it was satisfied when it was full and had no desires or requests.

"Yamashiki!"

"Yamashi, are you still playing in the mud?"

Juniper and Silver Cypress teleported forward to greet them.

Longbai followed closely.

"Yamashiki!"

Long Bai greeted.

"Longbai!"

"Juniper, silver cypress."

Shan Shi was stunned for a moment, then shouted in surprise: "Long Bai, you guys are back?!"

Longbai said, "I came back to do something."

Longbai looked at the little warrior with long toothy claws covered in mud...

The little guy, about 20 centimeters long, looked left and right with his little black eyes, staring straight at the cypress.

Juniper asked curiously, "Yamashiki, don't you dislike little warriors? Why did you bring one?"

Yinbai asked in shock: "Yamashi, how old are you? Are you still playing this? Everyone is playing with Leader-class starships and Star Spiders now. You are out of touch!"

"No... I'm taking the little warrior to familiarize himself with their abilities in advance... Juniper, Silver Cypress, stop talking nonsense..."

Shan Shi explained: "This little fellow was born in the forest I manage. His name is Ya Shi. He also likes persimmon trees, so he stayed with me. The long-segmented fang-armored warrior awakened his earth-related talent, and his abilities are biased towards mud and water. I'll take him to familiarize himself with it..."

Shan Shi: "Ya Shi, come and say hello, I've met the Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

Yashi: "I have met the Dragon Cypress Ant King~"

"Oh~"

"Hello little one~"

Long Bai sighed inwardly again.

The forests where the Shan Shi people settled are full of neatly cultivated persimmon groves, with hundreds of species of persimmon trees planted, forming a persimmon forest covering an area of ​​ten districts.

Four hundred thousand years.
The level of life has been elevated.
The Starry Realm,

Everything else really hasn't changed at all.

Among the first 15 warriors to leave the mother planet, only Yamashi did not follow to the Amber Galaxy.

Yamashiki is in charge of the azure star system.

The Azure Star System has switched to a rough management mode and returned to its original natural ecology. There is not much work to be done. It only requires regular inspections of the six life planets to check whether there are any God-given seeds and little warriors being born.

As always, Yamashiki continued to plant persimmon trees.

Long Bai asked: "Where are the other little warriors?"

Shan Shi: "All the young warriors born in the Azure and Ocean Blue star systems are gathered on Hanlan Star. They will be trained uniformly by Longsheng, Muguo, and Wudi according to the method left by Molan."

"After reaching the Three Trace Realm, you will directly migrate to the Bauhinia Star System and the Potato Leaf Star. There are also insects there to guide you and focus on your growth and evolution. After reaching the Half Star Realm, you will travel to the three major star systems. After reaching the Planetary Realm, you will go to the Amber Star System for development."

"Oh--"

Longbai looked at Yashi.

The cliff persimmon turned around and dived into the ditch with a thud. It flapped its wings, cleaned off the mud on its body, and quickly went ashore. It followed the back legs of the mountain persimmon, climbed up its carapace, and ran to the top of the head. Curiously, its eyes wandered back and forth between the dragon cypress, juniper, and silver cypress.

Long Bai asked, "Shan Shi, have all the soldiers who used to work with you left?"

"certainly……"

Shan Shi said with some disappointment: "The green tea successfully found the source and ran back, but it didn't plant persimmon trees with me. It went to plant tea trees on its own. It's in the south, that's its tea garden."

Long Bai: "Uh..."

Longbai: "Then you should keep the cliff persimmon by your side and let it follow you to plant persimmon trees."

Shan Shi thought for a moment, shook his tentacles, and said, "I think it should learn more and go to further places."

Long Bai was speechless again.

Shan Shi is stubborn and refuses to learn anything other than botany...

It turns out that it knows that in order to survive and develop in the universe, it needs to learn more knowledge...

Longbai didn't know how to communicate with Shanshi. He choked for several seconds and said dryly, "Then after reaching the Three Trace Realm, send him to Fenglun Star to study."

Yinbai asked, "Where are Shanshi, Luo and Hongsang? And where is Lushi?"

Yamashiki: "As early as 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, they successfully condensed the 'trace' and returned to Fenglun Star for evolution and breakthrough. Then they didn't come here. They said they wanted to focus on the unity of the trace."

Juniper asked, "Does that mean you are the only veteran warrior guarding the Azure Star System?"

Shan Shi: "Aren't there a lot of warriors coming? They are not young anymore, many of them have announced their retirement. Many warriors leave their nests at dawn, lie on the mountain, motionless all day, and return to their nests at nightfall."

Long Bai: "..."

Juniper: "..."

Yinbai: "..."

Shan Shi asked, "Long Bai, I heard that you are planning to cancel the lease of the Azure Star System?"

Longbai tapped his antennae, thought for a moment, and said, "We don't need this little bit of rent right now. The rent for the Azure and Ocean Blue star systems, as well as the Potato Leaf and Wind Wheel stars can be renewed forever. But, Shan Shi, you'd better go to the Amber Galaxy to develop. There, we have marked more than 10,000 zero-level source points. When the time comes, we will reclaim all of them and try to operate them independently. You can manage a batch."

Juniper reminded: "We have discovered another third-level source point with a Force concentration of 3.72, named Xianglan. Calculating the time, a treasure planet has now been built. It is called 'Xianglan Prime'. It has a diameter of 13 kilometers and a vast land area, equivalent to the area of ​​100 conventional life planets!"

Yinbai suggested: "Shanshi, in the short term, 99% of the territory of Xianglan Main Star will be empty. You can go there to plant persimmon trees. The ultra-high concentration of the Force at level 3.72 will give you a much higher chance of producing God-given seeds."

Juniper echoed, "Yeah! Yeah! The probability is full!"

Longbai added: "Yamashi, you should also take enough time to concentrate on growing. Xianglan Main Star just happens to meet both conditions at the same time. You can plant trees while condensing traces."

Sounds very tempting~
Shan Shi hesitated, looked around the persimmon forest, reluctant to leave, and said, "Since the lease is renewed, I'd better stay first. I will leave after these persimmon trees naturally age and die..."

"Row."

Longbai warned, "Then don't plant new trees yet. I'll arrange for those insects who are no longer involved in the work of the Chamber of Commerce to guard the Azure Star System. Shan Shi, you should also hurry up to evolve and strive to break through the Domination Realm as soon as possible. The Domination Realm has an infinite lifespan, and you can do whatever you like."

"……Yes."

Shan Shi asked, "Long Bai, are you in the Xingxiu realm? Are you all starting to sprint to the Domination realm?"

Juniper raised his paw and said hurriedly, "Yes. Your Majesty, this is still considered slow."

Yin Bai: "The Second Great King simply stopped being a bug. After his traces merged and evolved into the Constellation Realm, he rushed directly to the Domination Realm in one go."

"!!!"

Shan Shi was shocked and stunned for two seconds. He asked Long Bai for confirmation: "Mo Lan has reached the master level?"

"Yes. Lord Molan, nicknamed the Eleventh Mantis King in the underworld."

Long Bai answered frivolously, then said seriously: "One of the important purposes of my coming back this time is to absorb the energy of all living beings, try to break through, and evolve to the Domination Realm..."

...

Juniper and Silver Cypress stayed and told Yamaki in detail about the situation in the Amber Galaxy.

Longbai turned back to the northern 1001 area to settle in the mountains, and gathered all the insects that were basking in the sun on the mountain tops, hibernating in caves, traveling around the mountains and rivers, and farming in the forest.

Have a small meeting.
Long Bai did not make things difficult for them. He arranged for the promotion of a group of leaders and ordered them to take turns to be responsible for the search for the planet's God-given seeds and little warriors.

Simply deal with it,
Pilot the Tabor and head straight for the Bauhinia star system.

...

The territory of the Bauhinia star system is filled with young warriors and young wild God-given species, as well as some lying warriors and their God-given species.

Hui Chi Jing and Hei Chi Jing, who discovered the third-level source point and were promoted to level 18 core executives of the Chamber of Commerce for their meritorious service, are now in charge of the management of the territory.

They are fine. Although they are lying down and not working, they are actually actively participating in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, handling territory affairs, and guiding the young soldiers to exercise their abilities and grow and evolve.

The atmosphere on Shuye Star is completely different from that of the Azure Star System. Most of the warriors are training hard, comprehending the power, studying and pondering their own ways of evolution, and strengthening their core abilities.

Long Bai took a look around and confirmed that it was correct, then headed for the Fengyan star system.

...

Wind wheel star.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has leased 4201 districts with the North 20 District as its center. 19 of these districts are for use by warriors and their life seeds who have returned from searching for the source and making meritorious contributions and breaking through the Evolutionary Glory Realm.

The wild God-given seeds owned by Longbai and Molan, as well as the wild God-given seeds of Xianglan Mountain, are all rooted in the North 4201 area.

The half-ant artist teleported through space and landed directly under the giant cypress tree.

"Longbai!"

King Bai was surprised, but soon came to his senses and greeted, "Juniper, Silver Cypress, you are back too."

King Bai then asked: "Long Bai, why are you back? I heard that a lot of big things happened in the Amber Galaxy. More than 10,000 zero-level source points were discovered. It's very busy and there are many things to deal with..."

Longbai: "Yes. At present, the development has been initially put on the right track. I have planned the rest of the work. The giant cypress, juniper, white rice, white sedge, red maple, and raspberry can handle it completely." Longbai explained quickly: "I will return to the Baijing Galaxy to deal with three important things. The first is to visit the Baijing Divine Tree, negotiate and communicate with the Yanmai Tunnel Bee Tribe..."

Long Bai explained in detail the purpose of this return trip.

"Oh--"

Great King Bai said: "Longbai, the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce really needs you and Molan, as well as Red Maple and Maomei, to evolve to the Domination Realm as soon as possible..."

The surrounding Force plants sensed the movement and first sent a few scattered mental powers over. The next moment, they exploded, and their mental powers vibrated and shouted in the forest:
"The ants are back!"

"The cypress ant is back!"

"Longbai, why did you come back instead of making money?"

"Spades! Spades! Your king is back!"

"Cuibai, the Dragon Cypress King is back!"

"..."

The spiritual power and thoughts of trees such as Wuyi, Yexiang, Dawang Molan, and Shuangsemulberry all came over.

"Longbai!"

"Ant?"

"What do you mean?"

"What's going on in the Amber Galaxy?"

"How many level 10 source points have you found? Don't tell me, they are still in the single digits. Can't you even find ?"

"Why did Juniper and Silver Cypress come back? I guess they can't do their jobs, so they're despised and can only follow the Dragon Cypress Ant."

"Where's the mantis?"

"Where is our second king?"

"..."

As Long Bai's mind moved, the power of the world unfolded, and the abilities of the boundless mountains and seas and the infinite true world were activated, covering the entire northern 4201 area. The abilities of the tree flowers were activated at the same time, gathering and condensing the situation on the Amber Galaxy into a stream of information and writing it into the soul consciousness of all the trees.

"what!"

"The Black Orchid Mantis has reached the master level?"

"With my consent?"

Shuangse Sang, who was originally joking, suddenly became furious and angry, "How come it's so fast? Ant, is this true? Don't tell me fake news!"

"real."

Long Bai spoke briefly and to the point, then asked, "Ye Xiang, you haven't transformed yet?"

Ye Xiang: "Anytime, I'll wait."

Long Bai changed his mind and asked, "Wu Yi, what about you?"

Wu Yi: "I'm almost there too. I'll wait for Ye Xiang to transform first."

Long Bai thought again and asked, "Da Lan?"

King Molan said: "We will be the first to transform without wings."

Long Bai: "..."

Long Bai's mind returned to Ye Xiang and he asked angrily, "So, Ye Xiang, what are you waiting for?"

Ye Xiang: "Let me see how the two-color mulberry breaks through first."

Longbai: “…Okay.”

Long Bai redirected his mind again, aiming at Shuangse Sang, and asked with a serious look, "Shuangse Sang, what's wrong with you? Why do I feel like your energy is in a mess?"

"Ant, you don't understand..."

Shuangse Sang asked back: "There is a law tree in Huaqi Mountain, named Longyuan Shengxue, water system, extreme ice and frost, have you received the news?"

Long Bai: "Of course."

Two-color Sang: "There is also a new small tribe, the Flame Vein Tunnel Bee Tribe. They brought a sacred tree of law called 'Phoenix', fire element, extreme way, Phoenix Flame Punishment, you know it?"

Long Bai: "Of course."

Two-Colored Sang: "I am a dual element of water and fire, you know that?"

Long Bai: "You are talking nonsense!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

Shuangse Sang angrily continued, "The law fruits produced by these two law sacred trees and the law abilities they confer are of great significance to me. Do you understand?"

Long Bai: “I don’t understand!”

Two-color Sang: "Look. I don't understand why you ask so many questions?"

Long Bai: "I'm asking because I don't understand."

"That's what I said. Ants are no better than that."

Shuangse Sang looked down on me and explained, "It's very simple. I took the abilities of 'Great Cold' and 'Phoenix Flame Slaying' as reference, imitated them, and optimized and improved my 'Umbrella Bird' ability."

Long Bai: "Just borrowing and imitating? Improving and optimizing? Is your power so scattered?"

Two-Colored Sang: "The action is quite large. I disassembled the insignificant traces from the old version of the 'Umbrella Bird' ability, and am now re-comprehension and condensing the 'trace' and reassembling it. It's almost like walking the evolutionary path of the Trace Realm and the Star Realm again."

Long Bai: "..."

The two-color mulberry is really...

If you think about it carefully, it’s not really nonsense…

The two-color mulberry tree originally followed the dual-system of water and fire, but it was not extreme enough. The appearance of the Dragon Garden Holy Snow and the Phoenix Divine Tree did provide it with a crucial reference.

Long Bai's heart moved slightly, and he asked, "Shuangse Sang, can you imitate Dahan and Fenghuang Yanzhu?"

"How can it be!"

Shuangse Sang's arrogance suddenly subsided, and he showed a rare expression of frustration.

"This is determined by the innate nature of the Force plant. The life level and the law barrier. After all, I am only a divine seed given by God. I am powerless to break through. I am lucky if I can imitate and restore 10% or 20% of the energy characteristics."

"Oh--"

"That's not bad!"

Longbai: "Come on, Shuangse Sang!"

Shuangse Sang was not convinced and said unhappily, "Ant, stop talking nonsense. I'm already in such a miserable state, you should give me some benefits. Have you made a fortune in the Amber Galaxy? Bring me some source gems..."

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

"My king, you are back!"

"..."

Cedar, green cypress, black persimmon, black spade, two-color chamomile, and the exotic beast warriors Rao, Hongsang, and Green Stone all arrived.

After a warm and cordial greeting,

The space in front of Long Bai fluctuated, and three large and small piles of materials appeared on the ground.

Take out 300 million Chaos Gems, World Gems worth 50 Chaos Gems, and 50 Source Gems.

A huge amount of wealth with a total value exceeding 500 trillion original crystals!
"Oh!"

"Wow!"

"Ant?!"

"Where did it come from?"

"Which level 10 merchant company did you rob?"

“This is really a fortune!”

"I've always said that ants are capable of some real skills."

"Mine! Mine! All mine! Hong-sang, move your claws and get them to me!"

"..."

The trees began to boil first.

Longbai ignored him and ordered, "Xiangbai, you put it away. The warriors who searched for the source point and made meritorious contributions can cash in part of the reward as needed. It is still not enough for now. The difference in source gems is large, so you should pay attention to the limit."

Cedar: "Yes, my king!"

Cedar activated his ability and stored everything into Shanglu's space.

Longbai glanced at Cao, Hongsang, and Lushi, and added, "Exotic beasts cannot lie dormant, and it is difficult for them to evolve and grow. Before reaching the Domination Realm, they are racing against lifespan and time. All the resources that Cao, Hongsang, and Lushi need to evolve will be supplied without limit. If you need anything, just ask Xiangbai for it."

"Ok."

"understood."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Rao, Hongsang and Lushi agreed.

Longbai continued to instruct, "Cuibai, Heishi, you should also pay attention and help Xiangbai keep accounts and record the accounts of each Zerg warrior."

"Ok."

"Understood, my king."

Cuibai and Hei Shi agreed.

The space in front of Long Bai rippled slightly again, and another 30,000 source gems appeared, piling up into a small hill in front of Hei Tao.

Longbai: "Black Spade, keep it. Arrange it for the wild God-given seeds. Allocate three to each tree first. Then, if it is really necessary for the Star Realm and Brilliance Transformation breakthrough, you can consider arranging a few more to assist in acceleration."

Spade: "Understood!"

Shuangse Sang was getting anxious and angry. "I! I! I! I need it! Hurry up, give me 10,000 first..."

"Alright! Shuangse-san, be quiet!"

Longbai scolded, and ordered: "The source gems of the two-color mulberry are in unlimited supply, use as many as you need."

Shuangse Sang was about to get angry, but his anger subsided when he heard this. He asked in surprise, "Unlimited supply?"

Long Bai: "We will supply as much as you need. You should hurry up and improve your abilities."

"Okay, my lord!"

Shuangse Sang was ecstatic and said in a sonorous voice: "Follow the king! Listen to the king's command!"

"That's enough, Bicolor-san. Be quiet."

Longbai waved his claws to signal, and brought all the insects to the night-scented tree.

"Yakashi, where's your energy field?"

"It's still Juhana Shinkai."

As Ye Xiang spoke, the soul energy unfolded silently. In a trance, the surrounding scene shook, and after it stabilized, no change could be seen or felt.

Yexiang's mental power and thoughts came from all directions.

"I am still focusing on comprehending and developing my soul-related hallucinogenic abilities. I am also trying to merge my soul power with the surrounding world to create a half-true, half-false, more concealed, confusing and deceptive fantasy world. At the same time, I have also strengthened my soul-related reading and writing abilities. I can read the target's soul information or suddenly write a large amount of information without the target's awareness, and the information explosion will impact the soul's consciousness."

Juniper and Silver Cypress sensed it carefully, but were still confused.

Juniper raised his paw to signal, and asked, "Ye Xiang, how can I ..."

Ye Xiang interrupted, "Juniper, you want to know why nothing has changed?"

Ye Xiang: "Ginbai, you want to ask if this ability is similar to Longbai's world ability and can overlap with the real world."

Ye Xiang: "Juniper, you want to ask again whether I read your soul information without your awareness."

Ye Xiang: "My answer is yes."

Ye Xiang: "Ginbai is quick-witted. You want to ask why the passive resistance of 'Adaptive Evolution' was not triggered. You are right. The biggest improvement in my reading and writing ability is that I can avoid the perception of Adaptive Evolution."

"???"

Juniper and Silver Cypress looked at each other, and soul shields rose from their bodies at the same time to block prying eyes.

Juniper: "Ye Xiang, tell me, what am I thinking about now."

Ye Xiang: “Not now.”

Juniper: "That's not that great..."

Silver cypress: "It's amazing, it's so concealed that I fell into it without even realizing it. The upgraded tree flower world is amazing! If the fruits produced can grant abilities of the same level of strength, the value will at least... double? Or ten times?"

Juniper: "..."

Yinbai: "Yexiang, your core ability is enough, can you transform?"

Ye Xiang: "No hurry. I'll observe for a while."

Yinbai: "Observation?"

Ye Xiang: "Observe the two-color mulberry. I want to see how far it can go. If the gap widens too much, we will also have to reorganize our core capabilities..."

"..."

Longbai leads the way and takes a tour of area 4201

...

There are many warriors in Xianglan Mountain who have successfully transformed and evolved into the Star Glory Realm. They live outside the North 4201 area and are dormant in the caves, concentrating on gathering their "traces". After receiving the news, they also rushed over one after another.

These warriors are no longer involved in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, but they have not lost their ambition. They are concentrating on their work and evolving and growing.

Longbai asked everyone one by one, and arranged for the warriors who had eaten the fruit of the law and had the ability to find Xiangbai to exchange the world gems within the limit, so as to appropriately speed up the speed of condensing the "traces".

Releasing a batch of resources to allow these warriors to evolve to the Star Realm earlier, or even to the Constellation Realm earlier, can also be considered as improving the rear strength of the Chamber of Commerce. In case the Chamber of Commerce encounters any emergency, it can still be mobilized to deal with the emergency.

Longbai made all the arrangements and returned to the ant nest to rest and recuperate for half a year. He then told them to take Tianjie and Chandou with them and set off for the Baqi star system.

The Red Robin star cannot be seen on the star map of the White Crystal Galaxy.

The eight star systems are transit stations.

Long Bai has gained some fame now. He went to the person in charge of the Baijing Chamber of Commerce branch, told his name and purpose, and the other party immediately transmitted the information through the star network. After a few days, a special star spider was arranged to escort Long Bai and his party. (End of this chapter)