Astral Ants

Supply Station No. 5101 is just an inconspicuous meteorite group in the vast deep space, a zero-level source point with a Force concentration of only 0.41.

The scattered meteorites were gathered together to form a planet, which became a temporary garrison base.

Three reconnaissance fleets, nine thousand Shadow reconnaissance ships, with this as the center, conduct reconnaissance in all directions.

The expeditionary coalition used this as a base and launched attacks from multiple directions in legion units.

...

Long Bai and his party reunited with the main fleet and had a brief discussion.

Long Bai and the Lord of Samsara were stationed at Supply Station No. 5101, commanding the operations.

The super-giant interstellar fortress carried the Fiery Soul warships captured in the war, escorted by 100 of the strongest Zerg warriors including Molan, Ten-Colored Mantis King, Red Maple, etc., and sent them to Lord Manchi first.

There is no need to come back for the time being. Stay and assist Lord Manchi in defending the fortress and blocking the escape route.

...

The Fiery Soul Clan isn't stupid either.

From the beginning to the end, he knew that he was fighting against a god-level Force civilization.

Having witnessed the terrifying combat power of the god-level civilization twice, the remaining Fiery Soul Clan dared not organize large-scale head-on battles again. Instead, they split into small groups and roamed across the starry sky to survive.

The war suddenly turned into a one-sided crackdown of hiding and searching, chasing and escaping.

...

Three hundred thousand years have passed.
The second batch of raw materials from the three star systems of Wangbai, Fenghuang and Longyuan were produced in the True Seven Dolphin Line. The kinetic energy system of the transport ships was dismantled and modified to create a batch of war starships with a maximum speed of 3000 times the speed of light. They were equipped with five million logistical soldiers who had been trained in war and could participate in the war, and were led by Sugi Lingyi to rush to the front line to provide assistance.

Two new Orca-type motherships were added, increasing the number of army groups to 6 and 42 corps.

The number of reconnaissance fleets increased to six, and the number of shadow reconnaissance ships increased to 18000.

The army was divided into two, with Long Bai and the Lord of Samsara each leading one and acting separately.

...

Two million years passed slowly.

The war is over.

The army assembled in the Lanyu star field and the Lanyu star system to discuss and formally confirm the distribution of the harvest from this battle, and the fleet set off for its return journey.

Longbai, Lord of Samsara, Lord of Manchi and other insects boarded the god-level cargo starship, running empty and returning to the midway seat at 3800 times the speed of light.

...

"The true god of nature!"

"I have seen the true God of nature!"

"Nature True God, is there any unusual movement in the Temple of the Ancient God of Fortune?"

"..."

The clone of the True God of Nature did not show any emotion and replied calmly, "No."

"good news!"

"The God King Chi has been slain, and the Chi Soul Clan under his command has been wiped out by us. The expeditionary army is on its way back in triumph."

“And there are unexpected big gains!”

"Magic Cube Key!"

"It corresponds to Force technology!"

"God King Chi mainly relied on this to complete the integration of the power of 4000 innate gods..."

"..."

Mo Lan, Zi Zi, Juniper, and Silver Cypress talked one after another and told all the important things in one breath.

At last,
Long Bai said: "Let's try to use the newly arrived magic cube key to open the main temple and see if there will be any new goods. Regardless of whether there are any, the Lord of Reincarnation will return to the mother planet and report the situation to the True God of Nature."

The clone of the True God of Nature said calmly, "I understand."

"..."

The insects didn't say much.

As usual, the other insects stayed around the star, while the cypress, red cricket, gradual-tip and fish vine went to trade.

The password sequence will change each time the Rubik's Cube Key is used, and the algorithms of different Rubik's Cube Keys are different.

It took ten years to finally crack the tip.

In the center of the metal ground, a spot of orange light bloomed and turned into an orange line that quickly spread, drawing a giant square with a side length of tens of thousands of kilometers. Dense orange Force patterns were distributed inside the square.

A cubic groove appeared at the location where the orange light bloomed, emitting a suction force that sucked the suspended Rubik's Cube key into it.

Orange light rose, turning into an orange screen, with huge black characters appearing.

One vertical row:

【1001 micro cubic crystal compressor 1000 million cubic crystals/unit】

[1002 small cubic crystal compressor 3000 million cubic crystals/unit]

[1003 medium-sized cubic crystal compressor 8000 million cubic crystals/unit]

……

[4005 Ultra-giant energy ship: 10 trillion cubic crystals/ship]

Sure enough, after changing the Rubik's Cube key and one side, there was no change in the content on the screen.

Probably as expected, a single Rubik's Cube key opens a single side, which can only be exchanged for the lowest-grade 'God-level Starship' used for daily operations.

It is very likely that the laws of the true god and the exchange rules of the temple within the Temple of Lord Gubu do not allow the sale of higher quality starships.

"Ugh--"

Manchi Lord was the most unwilling to accept this and asked, "What if the two magic cube keys are opened at the same time?"

Long Bai didn't say much. His mind moved slightly, and the Rubik's Cube key corresponding to life science appeared and floated in front of Jianjian.

The tip of the finger will understand, travel through space, switch to the corresponding surface, and start the operation.

It took a year to start successfully.

The main temple of Gubu has six sides, and two of them are open at the same time. Green and orange halos illuminate the entire space.

Unfortunately, there was no change in the cargo information displayed on the screen.

Lord Manchi was disappointed again and had nothing to say.

According to the agreement, the Rubik's Cube key corresponding to the Force technology will be used by the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce for 100 million years first, then the Amber Chamber of Commerce, then the Baijing Chamber of Commerce, and finally the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce will use it for another 100 million years. The rotation cycle is 400 million years.

Long Bai took back the Rubik's Cube key corresponding to the Force technology and began to organize the transaction.

The army went on an expedition to deal with the God-King Chi, and the trade with the Temple of the Lord of Gubu was suspended and stagnated for more than three million years.

But the crystal compressors in the three star systems of Wangbai, Fenghuang, and Longyuan have been running and producing crystals. The logistics soldiers have not rested and have been organizing transportation. Most of the crystals have been transported to the Midway Seat, and a small part has been stored in the Claw star system. 1 trillion is 1 kilo, and the current total reserve is as high as 61 kilo.

During the expedition, the logistics soldiers in the rear also organized a fleet to wander and search in the True Seven Dolphin Line. The Amber Merchants' fleet also discovered a new galaxy, named "Yinxiang Galaxy", which is currently under construction.

The square crystals used in the previous transaction were mainly produced in the three star systems controlled by the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce. Everyone contributed to the transportation. According to the agreement, 70% of the god-level transport ships and energy ships traded belonged to the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce, while the White Crystal Chamber of Commerce and the Amber Chamber of Commerce each took 15%.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce is divided with the Baiwei Chamber of Commerce, Citi Chamber of Commerce, Suifeng Chamber of Commerce, and Boshuwan Chamber of Commerce.

All chambers want more.

The Manchi Lord wants to produce "square crystals" in their "Yinxiang Galaxy".

First, trade "Cube Crystal Compressor" and "Energy Transmission Ship" on a large scale.

Molan and Yuchong went to help and found all the second-level and first-level source points. Now that they have time, they can also consider finding the zero-level source points as much as possible.

...

The Lord of Reincarnation goes ahead and returns after death to report the situation to the True God of Nature.

The Lord of Reincarnation returns, bringing back the oracle of the True God of Nature:
[Develop on the True Seven Dolphin Line and the True Eight Rainbow Trout Line, and find, develop and operate more star systems]

[Continue trading with the Temple of the Lord of Gubu. The exchanged god-level transport ships and energy ships can be considered to be sent back to the Zhenyi Dolphin Line for sale.]

[The Cube Compressor is prohibited from appearing in the Shinichi Dolphin Line]

There are two more prohibitions.

One for cypress:
[It is forbidden to use the creative ability to create intelligent races in the Shinichi Dolphin Line]

One is for Manchi Lord:

[It is strictly forbidden to use starship breeding intelligent machines containing god-level materials]

Manchi Lord was unhappy and suspicious, and asked: "Tianlu, did you tell on us?"

The Lord of Reincarnation said: "I am not that mean."

Lord Manchi asked, "Then why is there no ban against you?"

The Lord of Reincarnation said sincerely, "Because I have been an honest bug since I was young and I will never do anything out of line."

"..."

Lord Manchi asked, "Do you mean that Lord Longbai and I are not honest?"

The Lord of Reincarnation: "This is the order of the True God of Nature. It has nothing to do with me."

"Stop!"

Long Bai raised his claws to stop the meaningless quarrel and asked, "Does the True God of Nature have any other instructions?"

The Lord of Samsara said, "Let us send back the magic cube key corresponding to the Force technology. The True God of Nature wants to see it for himself."

"Um?!"

The insects subconsciously became alert. ——What does that mean?
——Isn’t it just a Rubik’s Cube key?

——Of the 9 abilities it has, 8 are pretty average, and only one is barely acceptable.

--What catches your eyes?

The tree-shaped clone of the True God of Nature showed a hint of displeasure, full of threats and warnings.

"Row!"

"no problem!"

"this is necessary."

“It’s my duty.”

The insects agreed.

The six true god leaves on the tree-shaped clone of the Nature True God flashed and said:

"The Sky Green Butterfly will stay to preside over the transaction with the Temple of the Ancient Lord. The Dragon Cypress Ant and the Scarlet Beetle, the two of you will board the fastest starship and escort the magic cube key back to the home planet as quickly as possible."

"……OK."

"……receive."

Longbai and Manchi agreed.

Lord Manchi asked, "Does the True God of Nature have any other instructions?"

The Lord of Reincarnation said, “No more.”

Lord Manchi asked, "Why not organize an expeditionary fleet to go to the star region corresponding to the Manilila supergiant star cluster in the old universe? Why not confirm whether the Zhouguang civilization survived?"

The Lord of Reincarnation said, "I asked. The True God of Nature said that the Zhouguang civilization has several demigod-level Force life forms and also possesses extremely advanced demigod-level technology. The possibility of survival is relatively high, but our current strength is not enough to deal with the Zhouguang civilization."

The Lord of Reincarnation said: "This matter will definitely need to be considered in the future."

"If I can get the Rubik's Cube Key that corresponds to the macroscopic universe, then the only one missing out of the six Rubik's Cube Keys is the one that corresponds to materials science."

"It is most likely collected by a civilization in the old universe, and there is a certain probability that it will be preserved from the cosmic destruction catastrophe. As long as the item is still there, it will eventually reveal its whereabouts and leak the news one day in the future."

The Lord of Reincarnation said: "Theoretically speaking, we still have a certain chance of collecting all six Rubik's Cube Keys. It is worth everyone's time and energy to try."

The insect eyes of the Amber Chamber of Commerce were shining and they were full of energy.

The Manchi Lord moved his tentacles vigorously and praised: "The God of Nature is wise!"

Manchi Lord said: "Then let's discuss it. Organize an expedition fleet to explore the way first? It doesn't matter if we can't defeat them. We can just confirm whether the enemy is still there. Is that okay?"

The Lord of Reincarnation: “…”

Long Bai: "..."

Longbai and the Lord of Samsara were not in high spirits.

The Lord of Reincarnation said: "We have just finished defeating the Divine King Chi, and the expeditionary corps is still on the way back..."

Long Bai: "Don't worry. Let's rest for a while. For warriors who can evolve and grow, arrange resources to continue to evolve and grow. For those who are stuck in the Constellation Realm and cannot continue to evolve, you can consider returning to the True One Dolphin Line, reincarnate, and evolve and grow again."

The Lord of Reincarnation said, "I have seen the star map of the old universe. According to my estimation, the straight-line distance between the Manilila supergiant star cluster and our current position is nearly 30 billion light-years. For interstellar travel, the actual distance must be more than 50 billion light-years. A rough estimate is 50 to 90 billion light-years."

Long Bai said: "It's too far. A rough estimate is that it would take 400 to 800 million years to go back and forth."

"All right……"

Lord Manchi has always been clear that the god-level civilization technology is merely an external aid to Longbai and Lord Lunhui in the development of the Chamber of Commerce and interstellar exploration.

For them, a god-level starship with better performance and faster speed will only increase their speed and improve their efficiency.

It’s best to have it, but not having it doesn’t touch the root of the problem.

But I am different. My own path of evolution relies on the technology of god-level civilization and is related to the glimmer of hope of breaking through and evolving into a true God.

Lord Manchi looked up and asked, "God of Nature, do you have any good suggestions or opinions?"

The clone of the True God of Nature said indifferently: "No."

Lord Manchi said: "It can be done this way. When the expedition fleet returns, those who need to rest can rest, those who need to grow and evolve can seize the time to grow and evolve, and those who need to reincarnate can return to the White Crystal Galaxy or the Amber Galaxy to reincarnate."

"Then, I will personally lead a vanguard team to explore the route first. In the future, when we have the strength to deal with the Zhouguang civilization, we will organize a formal expeditionary force to search. What do you think?"

Long Bai tapped his tentacles.

"Fine……"

The Lord of Reincarnation agreed reluctantly.

The insects began to arrange the next work.

During the war, many logistics bugs were concentrated in the three major star systems of Wangbai, Phoenix, and Longyuan, as well as supply stations and strategic fortresses along the way such as the Claw star system, Midway, and Thousand Eyes.

More than tens of millions of logistics bugs are responsible for rear-line defense tasks.

Now that the war is over, these logistical forces can be released, and each faction will organize its own fleet to enter the True Eight Rainbow Trout Line to search the galaxy.

It is estimated that there are at least four galaxies with stable matter and energy regions within the True Eight Rainbow Trout Line.

It all depends on luck, whoever finds it owns it.

...

There is also the transaction with the Temple of the Lord of Ancient Prophecy.

During the war, everyone cooperated to trade the Claw's god-level transport ships and energy ships, and everyone could divide them up according to the agreed ratio.

Now that the war is over and the harvest has been distributed, the alliance has automatically disbanded. From now on, everyone will take care of themselves, manage their own business and develop their own business.

He would transport the crystals produced in his own territory by himself, and regularly open the Temple of the Lord of Ancient Fortune to purchase as needed.

...

All matters arranged.

Long Bai and Man Chi Zhuzai boarded a simply modified super-giant transport ship and, escorted by a super-giant energy ship, traveled at 3800 times the speed of light back home.

Head straight to the mother planet.

...

The sub-vacuum star field at the edge of the universe.

An elliptical, bloated interstellar transport ship with a length of 43 kilometers leapt over and landed accurately in front of the divine barrier protecting the mother planet.

Longbai and Manchi Zhuzu teleported out of the cabin.

The spiritual power of the True God of Nature swept over and stopped on Longbai's head.

"I have seen the true God of nature!"

Longbai and Manchi greeted.

Long Bai didn't waste any words. The space in front of him swayed slightly and the Rubik's Cube key appeared.

The spiritual power of the True God of Nature immediately turned to the Rubik's Cube.

The space distorted and the Rubik's Cube disappeared.

Long Bai: "..."

Manchi: “…”

Wait patiently,

I waited for two full years.

In front of Long Bai, the space twisted and the Rubik's Cube emerged from the vortex of space.

"Very average."

The True God of Nature commented, "The Eternal Stars Civilization is not omnipotent. They have areas they are good at and areas they are not good at. They are best at material science and cosmic science, and their worst at Force technology."

"..."

Long Bai and Man Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, at the level of the True God of Nature, he would not look down on external things like the Rubik's Cube Key.

Some people look down on...

Long Bai asked, "God of Nature, we will assign this magic cube to the little warrior to use with the Law Stone we seized in this battle. Is that a big problem?"

True God of Nature: "You can use it. But you must understand a basic principle: more abilities are not necessarily better."

Long Bai: "We know."

Lord Manchi raised his paw to signal, and asked, "Natural True God, where did the Zhouguang civilization come from? The library doesn't have detailed records."

The True God of Nature said, "The distance is too great. In the old universe, the two sides had no direct contact and did not know much. After the Omnic Turmoil ended, they closed themselves off and cut off communication with the outside world, so the intelligence they collected was very limited."

"Zhouguang Civilization was once a dominant force. It was a demigod civilization that was half Force and half technological. Their strength was unquestionable. In terms of Force evolution, they were a warlike race with many demigods. In the field of technology, it was said that they had inherited a large amount of knowledge from the Eternal Stars Civilization. They closed themselves off to study this knowledge, but the results were unknown."

Lord Manchi asked in confusion: "True God of Nature, in the list of one thousand threats to the survival of our Divine Tree Civilization you gave us, there is no Zhouguang Civilization."

The True God of Nature said calmly, "That's because Zhou Guang already has a certain strength to compete with us. The list I gave you is for those civilizations with high potential, whose continued development may threaten our survival."

Manchi Lord: "..."

True God of Nature: "We cannot easily wage war against this kind of civilization."

"Smart bugs should handle this matter in three steps. The first step is to confirm whether the other party survived the cosmic destruction disaster. The second step is to secretly spy on and detect if the other party survived and find out the strength of the other party. The third step is to evaluate the strength of both sides. If you cannot ensure a complete crushing and cannot wipe it out cleanly, then you must consider other ways..."

"Solving problems does not necessarily require the use of force, and achieving goals requires more than just war and plunder. There are also ways such as trade exchanges and win-win cooperation. A more advanced way is to use trade and exchanges, influence penetration, and clever tricks to divide them from within..."

"..."

Lord Manchi was a little dumbfounded and speechless.

Long Bai: "I think I understand. Don't worry, God of Nature, we will take care of this matter." (End of this chapter)