Astral Ants

The main star of Xianglan is a mining star named "Shidoulan". The north and south poles of the planet are covered with rectangular buildings.

The building is connected with intelligent computing devices with super powerful computing power.

In the dark deep space, various observation equipment is deployed to collect galaxy information and transmit calculators, which are used to deduce the evolution of galaxies.

At the same time, other life planets in the Amber Galaxy that are directly controlled by the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce are also equipped with various types of equipment to collect data such as the birth information of Zerg warriors, the birth information of God-given seeds, the activity information of Zerg warriors, the evolution and growth information of Zerg warriors, the production information of Force plants, and the ecological changes of life planets.

Ghost Fan, Nebula Cypress, Purple Brake, Scale Oak and other insects organized 50,000 technological insects, who specifically ran around the Amber Galaxy to organize, store, bring back and input the collected data into computing equipment.

Purposefully calculate, deduce, and train intelligent systems.

With the support of powerful equipment computing power and huge data, the first digital life was born soon and was named "Smart Ant 001".

The Peidi'nan civilization used third-level energy materials to design and create a total of 1 "containers" of various shapes.

The black giant-headed worker ant-shaped "container" has bright white characters on its forehead, including Smart Ant 001, Smart Ant 002, Smart Ant 003...

Black giant-headed ant soldier ant-shaped containers, numbered War Ant 001, War Ant 002, War Ant 003...

There are also ice iron flame spiders, orchid mantises, and bionic intelligent mechanical containers in the shape of Liji bees.

There are also ship-shaped "containers" in the shape of the Silver Shark almighty ship, numbered in order as Silver Shark 001, Silver Shark 002, Silver Shark 003...

In addition, there are Shadow reconnaissance ships, Peregrine reconnaissance ships, as well as god-class transport ships and energy ship-shaped 'containers'.

There are ten types in total, each with 1000 numbers.

The digital life named Smart Ant 001 was introduced into the 'container', and the digital life began to have a body.

Just like a newborn Zerg warrior, he is full of curiosity about all new things. His eyes and scanning abilities constantly scan the dragon cypress, black grape, ghost fan, nebula cypress, purple brake, scale oak and other insects.

Finally, the picture stops at Heiti, feeling inexplicably intimate.

"come over!"

Heiti greeted.

The six legs of Smart Ant No. 001 moved somewhat uncoordinatedly, but it had a strong adaptability. It staggered a few steps before adjusting itself. It walked swiftly to Hei Ti, waving its antennae in a mess. It soon understood the purpose of its antennae, bent its antennae and gently touched Hei Ti, conveying friendly thoughts.

"My king! Look!"

Heiti was pleasantly surprised and praised: "What a clever 'onomic machine'!"

Nonsense! After absorbing so much data, it is hard to say whether I am smart or not, but I am definitely "born with the knowledge".

"It's OK! So far, there is no problem."

Long Bai made a neutral comment and said, "Let's go find a suitable place and test it."

Using mental power to scan, the blue seeds bestowed by the gods on the main star of Xianglan were just about to ripen.

Longbai activated his ability and teleported to the blue tree together.

Zhan Lan: "..."

Heiti raised his claws and pointed at the fruit hanging on the veins of the broad leaves, and gave an order: "Intelligent Ant 001, Hydroid Tentacles Ability, Pick."

The "Smart Ant" is positioned as a logistics intelligent machine, equipped with more than 300 basic "skills" such as water control, hydrological shield, boiling, freezing, water creation, hydra tentacles, prosperity, bean vine entanglement, tranquility, and red and black patterns.

Smart Ant 001 hesitated for 12 second, and the energy core in its body started to work. Its antennae, six legs, and four wings extended water tentacles, which quickly lengthened and aimed at the fruits under the leaves to start picking.

"stop!"

Heiti hurriedly called a halt, raised his claws and grabbed a crystal blue fruit, picked it, and brought it to Smart Ant 001, saying, "This is a ripe fruit. The fruit can only be picked after it is ripe. Do you understand?"

Smart Ant 001 taps its antennae.

Heiti gave another order: "Smart Ant 001, pick."

Smart Ant 001 looks, scans, shakes its hydra tentacles, accurately locks onto the ripe fruits, and begins harvesting...

Each of the 12 tentacles picked one, then stood there at a loss, stunned...

Heiti waited for three seconds, and seeing that it could not process on its own, he activated his ability and condensed into a wooden frame, saying, "Smart Ant 001, collect the fruits you picked and put them in here."

The 12 hydra tentacles move together, placing the fruit into the wooden frame.

Zhan Lan couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Heiti, is this the intelligent machine you trained? It's not intelligent at all."

"It's just been born, and it's just starting to adapt to training."

Hei Ti commanded: "Smart Ant 001, keep picking! Pick all the ripe fruits on the tree."

Smart Ant 001 acts according to instructions.

Dumb and stupid, with absolutely no sense of independent thinking and decision-making.

This thing still requires a lot of learning and training before it can be capable of performing tasks independently.

"..."

Long Bai watched for a while and left out of boredom.

Heiti stayed and continued training.

...

Smart Ant 002, Smart Ant 003, Smart Ant 004 and other digital lives were born one after another, imported into the 'container', and sent to the 'Blue Island' where they took root in the azure blue. They first tried to learn knowledge in the agricultural field and engage in work in the agricultural field.

Through work practice, accumulate more "life information" and further cultivate self-awareness.

...

Digital life combined with a 'container' can be called an 'intelligent machine', but strictly speaking, it is not a true intelligent machine.

It still needs to undergo a transformation.

Digital life uses 'containers' to carry out various life activities such as work, study, and communication. When the autonomous consciousness becomes strong enough, it absorbs the Force, evolves and condenses the 'mechanical heart'. Only then can it be considered a true intelligent machine, and it will also be initially 'finalized'.

The shape of the intelligent ant has almost been finalized as a "logistics-type bionic intelligent machine."

The shape of the war ant is initially classified as a 'combat type bionic intelligent machine'.

Ship types are "ship-type intelligent machines" with different functions.

After condensing the mechanical heart, the intelligent machine begins to evolve and grow by eating various energy materials from the primary 1st stage.

As the evolutionary level increases, it gradually takes shape. There is still a chance of "transformation" below the Star Realm, but after the Star Realm, it is completely fixed.

The 'container' made of third-level energy materials saves the hard work of strengthening the body. It only needs to absorb the essence of the 'mechanical heart' from the energy materials, and its growth rate is very fast.

...

Heiti's re-evolution has reached the star realm level, and has initially integrated the power of the Eternal Heart. It is taking a new evolutionary path of 'mechanical bionics, intelligent mechanical creation, and digital creation' based on the evolution of 'adaptive evolution'.

It was designed by Hei Fa, using the kinetic energy system of a god-class super-giant transport ship and the energy storage system of a god-class super-giant energy ship, making maximum use of the components of a god-class starship, and was modified and built by Kong Shannai, Yuan Ling, and Yuan Zhen from the Peidiernan civilization into an ant-shaped 'container' with a length of 38 kilometers, with a maximum speed of 3300 times the speed of light.

Named "Heiti No. 1 Mothership"

Heiti controlled the Heart of Eternity and took over. Using the Heart of Eternity as an intermediary, he indirectly controlled the Heiti Mothership No. 1, transforming it into half Force life, half intelligent mechanical life.

The Heart of Eternity endows Heiti with extraordinary computing power and command capabilities. The Heiti No. 1 mothership is both the "nest" of the intelligent machines and the central hub of command.

Heiti took great pains to give each intelligent machine a unique name, and commanded them to engage in agricultural labor, scientific and technological production, combat training, planetary development, interstellar exploration, interstellar shipping and other tasks.

Initially, there are 1 intelligent machines and unlimited supply of energy materials.

In just a hundred years, they all evolved and reached the king level.

In just a thousand years, it broke through the Trace Realm and evolved into the Half-Star Realm, which is the 'First-level Cosmic Intelligent Machine'.

After the half-star realm, the evolution speed slowed down slightly, but it was still far beyond the normal evolution speed of the Zerg and Tree Tribes.

This is also what makes all civilizations afraid of intelligent machines. As long as there are resources, they can produce cosmic-level combat forces quickly and in batches.

Intelligent machines have no souls, infinite lifespans, are tireless, fearless of death, and can be loaded with high-level weapon systems that surpass their evolutionary levels. Their combat capabilities should not be underestimated.

But there is also a shortcoming. That is, when the Constellation Realm breaks through and is promoted to the Domination Realm, it needs to consume a huge amount of third-level energy materials for its own strengthening and the transformation of the Mechanical Heart.

The million-strong army of intelligent machines carefully built by Lord Manchi devoured all the starship materials accumulated by the God King Chi in the new and old universe eras, and secretly fed them countless god-level starships exchanged from the Temple of Lord Gubu. So far, they have cultivated less than 10 intelligent machines at the Lord level, of which % are stagnant at the star field Lord level, and only a very small number of "confidants" have reached the star sky Lord level.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce does not have that many resources to supply Heiti's intelligent machine army, so it will first train 1 and test it out.

...

Long Bai continued to observe, and after confirming that there was no problem with Heiti and its intelligent machine army, he began to think about future development issues and deal with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce.

The system of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has long been no longer applicable.

After careful consideration of all aspects, Longbai decided to carry out a thorough reform.

The share and dividend system will be abolished, and all resources of the Chamber of Commerce will be shared by all the Chamber of Commerce owners.

The Chamber of Commerce rank increased from Level 21 to Level 27.

The original level 21 positions and responsibilities have been slightly modified.

商会21级大首领增加至3位；20级首领增加至27位，19级副首领增加至486位；18级星主增加至972位……

The Planting Department, Combat Department, Trade Department, and Science and Technology Department have all been expanded accordingly, and new generation soldiers have been promoted to serve. There are no shares or dividends, and the basic salary of all positions has been increased. According to the operating income, the Chamber of Commerce benefits will be issued once every thousand years.

Insects such as Juniper, Cedar, Spade, Persimmon, Raspberry, and Morning Glory, as well as beastmen such as Raphanus, Red Mulberry, and Green Stone still stay in the rear of the Xianglan main star, but no longer participate in the business affairs of the Chamber of Commerce.

Juniper and cedar manage the Chamber of Commerce's treasury and the wealth and resources sent back by the expeditionary force.

Spade, Raspberry, and Iris manage the Chamber of Commerce's force plants above the Domination Realm.

...

Warriors of the Chamber of Commerce who are at the Star Realm and above will be promoted to Level 21 and automatically join the Expedition Corps. They are also divided into the Plant Department, Combat Department, Trade Department, and Science and Technology Department, and are responsible for tasks such as exploration, development, transportation, trade, and management of deep space beyond the True Dolphin Line, as well as wars with alien civilizations.

All functional departments were simplified and unified into a war corps.

Level 27 is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary corps, Long Bai.

Level 26 is the deputy commander of the expeditionary corps and commander-in-chief of the vanguard corps, Molan.

Level 25 is the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the army group, and they are served by giant cypress, white amaryllis, white rice, black birch, black locust, green maple, red maple, and raspberry.

The 24th level is the corps commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief. Each group army has 3 to 18 corps, one chief and two deputy commanders, and a number of soldiers.

Level 23 is for the commander and deputy commander of the fir team.

Level 22 is the team leader and deputy team leader.

The lowest rank of the expeditionary corps is level 21. Below the captain are the captain, the leader of the five-insect team, and a large number of ordinary soldiers, all of which are classified as level 21.

The salary for those with management positions is higher, and the salary for those without positions is lower, but the benefits for corresponding job levels are the same.

...

As the Chamber of Commerce grew in size, the situation became more complicated.

Some warriors, after evolving into the Star Realm, were unwilling to join the expeditionary corps. These warriors either left the Chamber of Commerce to play on their own, or stayed on the Xianglan Main Star to retire. The retired bugs only received basic rank salary.

There are also some warriors who have participated in expeditions but don't want to run around the starry sky anymore. Some just want to lie down and bask in the sun, and some are only willing to do some easy and simple logistical work. These warriors also enjoy the basic rank salary, and are evaluated for their contribution to the development of the Chamber of Commerce and given a certain proportion of welfare benefits.

In addition, those warriors who have successfully broken through the Su realm and evolved into the Domination realm, successfully broken through the Star Domain realm and evolved into the Star Sky Domination realm, in addition to promotions and salary increases, will also receive different amounts of rewards based on their position types.

Quite cumbersome.

Long Bai traveled back and forth between Xianglan Main Star, True Seven Dolphin Line, and True Eight Rainbow Trout Line in the form of a death return journey. It took him a million years to complete the statistics and job appointments and dismissals, and to complete the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce team.

...

It took Heiti a million years to break through again and become the master of the star field.

The news was notified to the Lord of Reincarnation, and the two sides formed a team and led the team out of the White Crystal Galaxy and headed for the True Eight Rainbow Trout Line.

...

Vine constructs the star system.

3 million kilometers deep in space, four interstellar war fortresses with a diameter of 4 kilometers have been built and are orbiting the star.

It is equipped with the most advanced semi-god-level reconnaissance system currently mastered by the Shenshu civilization. The effective detection distance reaches a radius of 18 light years, and the detection information transmission speed is 6000 times the speed of light. This means that if a starship enters the reconnaissance range, it can be discovered within 26 hours. It can effectively guard against the surprise attack of almost all third-level civilization star destroyers.

It is equipped with five types of weapons: sub-light-speed railgun, zero-energy space-time ray, 'Vacuum Fission Purple Thunder' which requires a round purple flame spider to activate, and 'Ice Silence' and 'Ice Crack' which require a snow iron flame spider to activate.

The plan is to build nine of these interstellar war fortresses.

After 45 million years of preparation, the True Seven Dolphin Lines, the True Eight Shield Leaf Walls, the True Eight Rainbow Trout Lines, the Flaw One Crack Leaf Walls, and the True One Dragon Grouper Line, the third-level energy materials produced by 4 galaxies of varying sizes, have only been built so far.

This kind of fortress was built purely as a defensive stronghold. It has no mobility and is hollow inside. It has an ecosystem built for the garrison soldiers to survive and live. There is also a large amount of free space, which has been converted into a storage warehouse. The square crystals produced in the past two million years are stored in the fortress warehouse.

Xianglan, Amber, Baijing, Baiwei, and Citi Chamber of Commerce, with millions of elite warriors stationed there.

A large number of warriors from Tunnel Bee, Boxu Bay, and the Seven Colors Chamber of Commerce also gathered here to join in the fun.

As soon as the fleet led by Long Bai approached, it was discovered by the reconnaissance system. In the star system, the dormant insects woke up and came to greet them.

After a brief greeting and brief communication,

All eyes were focused on Heiti.

Heiti was reborn, and during the evolution process, the metal element was strengthened, transforming into a semi-metallic force life. It was transformed and strengthened with ten times the amount of titanium sand, and its black metal shell was covered with silver-gray patterns.

Before setting off, he prepared enough evolutionary resources and was quickly promoted to the 9th age of Star Domain Overlord during the voyage.

The entire insect has completely changed from its life breath, energy, to its body shape. It looks very hard, with an indestructible body defense.

The insects looked at the intelligent machine army under Hei Ti's command.

The intelligent machine army has just begun to develop, its number is small, and its evolutionary level is relatively low.

After a quick mental scan, his attention was focused on Hei Ti again.

Lord Manchi asked: "Commander-in-Chief Heiti, can you fully mobilize the power of the Heart of Eternity?"

Heiti: “Okay.”

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"it is good!"

Lord Manchi called out, "Then let's try it first!"

"Try it!"

"Let's go to a more spacious place."

"there!"

"Go! Give it a try!"

"Battle bugs, don't join in the fun."

"Quick! Return to your combat positions and prepare for battle."

"..."

The insects were equally impatient and echoed the voice.

After simple layout,

Lord Manchi led the way, and together they arrived at a location 100 billion kilometers above the disk-shaped star system.

Lord Manchi and Heiti hovered opposite each other, and at the same time mobilized the divine power in their bodies. Red-gold divine patterns rose from Lord Manchi's body surface, and the originally dull silver-gray patterns on Heiti's body surface turned into shining blue-silver.

The two energies merged and turned into invisible energy information, which vibrated and spread in the universe.

"can!"

The Lord Manchi was distracted and used a strand of his mental energy to notify the insects.

Continue to exert divine power,

Lasted for three years.

Heiti's strength is exhausted.

Lord Manchi then withdrew his divine power.

Heiti raised his claw and pointed to the depths of the Zhenba rainbow trout line.

Lord Manchi explained: "I have sensed the location of the Gubu Lord Temple! It is wandering on the True Eight Rainbow Trout Line, close to the center of the universe. I am not sure what it is doing."

Heiti: "The other party also sensed our summoning information and began to move about two years ago. It can be confirmed that by combining the power of the two Eternal Hearts, the Temple of the Lord of Gubu can be summoned."

Manchi Lord said: "The distance is very far, and the exact distance is uncertain. Even if it is ten thousand times the speed of light, it will take hundreds of thousands of years..."

Heiti asked in doubt: "My king, the Temple of the Lord of Gubu is traveling in the subspace and moving without any rules?"

Longbai shook his antennae and said, "As far as I know, that's what the legend says. But after the demise of the Eternal Stars Civilization, something unknown obviously happened in the Ancient Diviner's Temple. It's hard to say what the situation is now."

Molan asked: "So are we now... ready for battle?"

Longbai tapped his antennae and said, "Lord Manchi, Heiti, you two should recover your strength first, and then work together to sense and confirm the location of the Gubu Lord Temple."

"it is good!"

"Row!"

Lord Manchi and Heiti flashed back to the life planet of the source star system and absorbed the force to recover.

Three years later, the restoration was complete.

Lord Manchi and Heiti worked together again, releasing the summoning information and sensing at the same time, confirming that the Temple of Lord Gubu was heading straight towards them. The distance was still far, billions of light years away, and it would not be able to arrive in a short time.

The insects either enter the life planet, return to the war fortress, or enter the starship, lying in wait.

Every ten thousand years, Lord Manchi and Heiti work together to sense and confirm the location and progress of the Gubu Lord Temple.

Finally, 37 years later,
The Temple of the Lord of Ancient Gods is approaching,
The stationed United Army entered combat mode.

Manchizhuzu, Heiti, Longbai and other insects went to check...

Above the Tenggou star system, 100 billion kilometers away, something seemed to appear...

Yu Teng reacted quickly, raising his claws and sending out a burst of spatial divine force.

A point of white light bloomed and quickly expanded, turning into a white halo. The white halo continued to expand until its diameter exceeded 30 billion kilometers.

Yu Teng was about to use his spatial ability to tear the four-dimensional space-time barrier when a purple light burst out in front of him, spreading rapidly and automatically forming a super-giant elliptical portal with a long axis of more than 1 million kilometers.

The insects were stunned for half a second, then they all flashed in and landed on the surface of the temple.

Longbai took out the Rubik's Cube key and handed it to Yu Teng.

A simple test of Derris can crack the key and quickly turn it to open it.

A green cube screen appears.

The swarm of insects looked around quickly and were disappointed. The catalog of goods for sale still consisted of four categories: cubic crystal compressors, energy transmission ships, god-level transport ships, and god-level energy ships. There was no new goods as everyone expected.

"..."

"How to do?"

"trade?"

"Nonsense! You've worked so hard to save up all the Fang Jing for so long, aren't you going to spend it?"

"buy what?"

"What else can I buy?"

The insects looked at each other for a while, and finally looked at the Lord Manchi.

Manchi Lord: "..."

Heiti said, "I think it's good... It was successfully summoned, and we can continue to purchase... Does this mean that the Temple of the Lord of Gubu has the ability to continue to produce divine transport ships and energy ships?"

The insects were silent.

The god-level transport ships and energy ships were already fully stocked, and the entire God Tree civilization was basically saturated. Everyone was buying so much that they wanted to vomit...

The lowest-end god-level starship with a speed of 3800 times the speed of light is fine, but can't we change it up a bit? We can have some survival motherships, interstellar fortresses, all-purpose ships, reconnaissance ships, star destroyers, and the like...

Mo Lan suddenly had an idea and raised her paw to suggest, "My lord, can you consider strengthening the Black Law Horn?"

"Second King, good idea!"

Hei Ti's eyes sparkled, and he tapped his antenna vigorously, agreeing: "The components containing god-level materials are edible by Hei Fa. The third-level waste removed can also be recycled by my robot army!"

"Um--"

Long Bai hesitated for a moment, waved his claws and said, "Organize a transaction."

...

The Flame Spider Warriors opened four interstellar gates, and hundreds of millions of cube crystals were thrown into the frames.

Longbai organized each chamber of commerce to come forward to purchase goods in order from the lowest to the highest number of square crystals they own.

Over the past 1.3 million years, a total of million tons have been stockpiled, more than half of which came from the Xianglan Chamber of Commerce.

Finally it was the turn of Xianglan Chamber of Commerce. Molan stepped forward personally to operate, locked his mind on the super-giant energy ship, and went on a buying spree.

On the surface of the temple, white light continued to shine, and super-giant energy ships were teleported out one after another.

Yu Chong and Heiti followed and helped, moving quickly as one boat came out and another was moved.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Molan raised her paws and called for a stop, shaking her tentacles vigorously, "Look!"

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

A row of eye-catching scarlet characters flashed: [100 ships in stock]

"100 ships in stock?"

Mo Lan was half surprised and half happy, and said: "The inventory of super-giant energy ships in the old universe era has run out! Keep buying? What should we do if they are sold out?"

Longbai waved his claws to signal to continue.

This time, Xianglan Chamber of Commerce has 6900 Jingfangjing, 10 trillion per ship, which can buy 690 million ships. The account balance is 3447 Jing, which can buy 344 ships.

Molan operates skillfully.

The information column flashes with a reminder that the inventory quantity is decreasing rapidly.

Sold out quickly.

The red characters [Stock 0] are enlarged and flash rapidly as a reminder.

Keep trying to buy.

It can still be purchased, but no corresponding starship will be sent out.

At the bottom of the screen, under the heading "To be delivered", a new row of characters was added: [4005 1 Ultra-large Energy Ship]

[Estimated delivery time: 2471 cosmic days]

Molan's mind is locked, and then bought.

The characters below are jumping: [4005 2 super-large energy ships]

[Estimated delivery time: 2471 cosmic days]

The timekeeping rules of the Eternal Star Civilization are different from those of the Divine Tree Civilization. One cosmic day is approximately equal to 1 years.
"Delivery will take 3300 million years?"

“They do have the ability to produce god-level materials.”

"A new batch of god-level materials is being cultivated?"

"It takes tens of millions of years to cultivate god-level materials?"

"Isn't this reasonable? Level 300 materials take 1000 million to 3000 million years to produce. By calculation, the time required to produce Level 1 divine materials is million to million years?"

"..."

The insects were shocked and stared at each other again.

Mo Lan looked at Long Bai.

Long Bai said: "Don't rush to order. Let's buy more giant energy ships and super giant transport ships. The details are up to you, Second King."

"Roger that. My Lord!"

Molan continued to operate.

...

Fang Jing's transfer was completed and the account funds were exhausted.

The insects left the four-dimensional space.

The elliptical space portal is bridged.

The four-dimensional space-time shrinks and disappears.

This round of trading is over.

PS: There is only one major plot left, and it is expected to be completed in a dozen chapters.

The war plot is too difficult to write. I have used up all my manuscripts. I will take three days off to figure out how to write it. (End of this chapter)