Chapter 5 Mo Lan
Long Bai rested for two days before recovering from his 'poor physical condition', activated the 'messenger' function of the throne of control, and began to breed the second ant egg.
New problems discovered: The temperature in winter is low, and the development of the first ant egg that has been conceived is extremely slow.
Long Bai began to excavate the rocks and dig a hole deep into the mountain. Following the instructions of the inherited memory, he dug a warm, moist and clean 'incubation room'.
The diameter of the ant tunnel is about 3 centimeters, because the shrinkage limit of the ruling throne is so large.
Placing ant eggs on the throne cushion can provide sufficient force to help the ant eggs develop and hatch.
The incubation room is designed to be hemispherical, with a height of more than 10 cm and a diameter of more than 10 cm.
The overall project volume is quite large.
Long Bai entered a busy working state.
In the early morning of this morning, I was running out of the nest hole with gravel in my mouth. My celestial eye above my head keenly sensed the changes in light and shadow nearby. I subconsciously raised my head and saw a beautiful shadow passing above my head.
A mantis with a wingspan of nearly half a meter.
The carapace is brightly colored, a warrior of the mantis tribe!
Hua Mantis Warrior also noticed something strange below, quickly turned around and landed four or five meters away from the entrance of the cave.
Looking at each other.
The carapace color of the flower mantis warrior is white, pink-white, and light green, with three-color gradient, graceful and elegant, like a blooming orchid.
Long Bai searched the inherited memory and recognized it: a rare orchid mantis.
Why are there orchid mantis warriors here?
The mantis is naturally much larger than the ants. The mantis is just over 20 centimeters long. He must be a junior warrior, about the 8th or 9th age.
While Long Bai was sizing up, identifying, and estimating the opponent, Warrior Mantis also tilted his head and stared at Long Bai curiously.
“Ant tribe?”
The mantis warrior communicated with his mental power very awkwardly.
“Giant-headed ant.”
Long Bai replied.
At first, I thought it was a caravan sent here to check the changes in the force on Yunji Continent. Once they communicated, this speculation was immediately rejected.
The flame spider caravan travels in the Continent of Ten Thousand Nations and the Continent of Ten Thousand Races, and the 'insect mouth trade' is one of the important profit-making projects.
Long Bai had followed a caravan for a year and knew very well that a caravan would never bring an 8th or even 9th-year-old mantis warrior. Because it takes at least two or three years for Zerg warriors to grow to this stage. The seeds of life have already been sown, sprouted, taken root and grown to a certain height. It is difficult to relocate, let alone long-distance migration.
Not a caravan.
It is impossible for the orchid mantis to survive in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Continent ruled by the ants and bees. Then, there is only one possibility left: it was born in the Yunji Continent and survives alone in the Yunji Continent.
With just one sentence of conversation, Long Bai came to a conclusion about the origin of the Orchid Mantis Warrior.
Moreover, he can also keenly judge the mood at this time through the other party's thoughts: the other party is not hostile, has some instinctive vigilance, is full of curiosity, as well as surprise and joy.
"Are you a male ant?"
The mantis warrior thought for a while and asked.
“That’s right.”
Long Bai replied.
“Are these three cypress seedlings your destiny?”
"Obviously."
"The Force here is so thin."
"Yes."
"You don't have the protection of the tribal elders?"
"Well——"
This is also an obvious thing, and Long Bai reluctantly answered truthfully.
I definitely can’t beat a mantis warrior with a body length of 20 centimeters.
My life seed is right next to me, and I can’t escape even if I run.
We can only try to avoid conflicts.
Longbai took the initiative to introduce: "My name is Longbai, and that one is the Longbai seedling, my first planting plant."
Long Bai asked again: "What's your name?"
"Oh -" Hua Mantis warrior thought and asked: "Molan? My first life seed is Molan, my name is It should be Mo Lan!”
Long Bai: “…”
Mo Lan?
Is there any insect that chooses such a useless plant as its destiny?
Long Bai asked tentatively: "What about your second life seed?"
Mo Lan: "The second, third and fourth life seeds are all very beautiful stone orchids."
"..."
Long Bai was choked.
This is the result of not having the guidance of elders of the same clan.
Newly born warriors know very little. They will casually choose any plant seeds they encounter that seem suitable. They have no idea that the choice of life seed is related to the future income of the territory, and is a top priority related to evolution and growth.
This mantis warrior is already useless.
But...
Long Bai then thought about it and something was wrong.
The lifespan of a junior mantis warrior is only about 15 years. In perception, this guy named Mo Lan is still very young. How did he evolve to the age of eight or nine?
Long Bai tentatively asked: "I'm almost two years old, how old are you?"
Mo Lan tilted her head and thought for a while, then said uncertainly: "Four years old? Or Five years old?”
Long Bai: “…”
Don’t you even remember how old you are?
Long Bai asked again: "Is your territory rich in the Force?"
Mo Lan: "Yes. Only the mountain peak where I live is rich in the Force, and other places are very barren."
< br>Mo Lan raised a catching foot, pointed to the east where the rising sun was rising, and said: "Flying there, there is almost no force."
"Yes..." Long Bai dealt with it, His mind turned rapidly, he continued to test, and asked one after another:
"Where do you live? Is it far away? What are you doing here on such a barren mountain? Are you looking for food? Or are you looking for excellent plants in winter? Planting seeds of destiny? ”
Mo Lan raised her front foot and pointed in the direction of the compass, and answered one by one: "I live over there, it's quite far away from here. I'm looking for seeds given by God! Of course, I also search for orchid species that are not found in my territory. . ”
God-given seed?
“In such a barren force environment, it is impossible for a god-given seed to be born.”
Long Bai kindly reminded him and was speechless for two seconds before saying: “I am a 5-year-old Junior ant king. What age are you?"
Mo Lan: "9th age."
Long Bai: "Did all of your eight life seeds choose orchids?"
Mo Lan: "Yes. Yes. Do you also like orchids?"
Long Bai: " …”
I don’t like orchids.
I just think you will be a poor man in the future.
Herbaceous plants grow quickly. If the orchid seeds are sown, they will produce force food in the second year, and there will be considerable output in the third year. However, the upper limit of future growth is insufficient. After ten or twenty years, the output will be far less than that of trees.
Seeing that Long Bai didn't answer, Mo Lan changed her words and asked, "Long Bai, do you like cypress trees?"
Long Bai did not answer directly.
"Choose trees such as cypress and pine as life seeds. In the future, the plants will grow taller and can produce more Force food."
"Hmm. Really? But..."< br>
Mo Lan tilted her head and thought, and asked: "Aren't orchids beautiful?"
Long Bai: "Very beautiful."
Mo Lan: "I planted many orchids on the mountain. When they are in full bloom, they are especially beautiful and fragrant.”
Long Bai also learned hypocrisy from the Flame Spider Caravan, and he agreed unintentionally: “Yes, the orchids are very beautiful, and the fragrance is very charming.”
"Yes. Yes."
Mo Lan was so happy that she flapped her wings instinctively, jumped two or three meters high, and then glided to the ground, approaching the entrance of Long Bai's cave.
“Actually, the cypress trees are not bad either.”
Mo Lan conveyed a spiritual idea with a comforting tone, and at the same time sneakily swept his spiritual power into the cave.
"Long Bai, are you digging a hole?"
"Hey, what is that?"
Mo Lan suddenly became excited and asked novel questions.
“What?”
Long Bai was wary.
Mo Lan gestured with two catching feet and said: "Colorful and full of food..."
It turned out that the colorful spider silk bag caught its attention.
Long Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Spider silk bag. Woven by the Watase flame spider clan. This is their racial talent."
"Oh! That's right." Mo Lan remembered something and searched Inheriting the memory, he quickly remembered it completely, and said doubtfully:
"A traveling trader of the Watase Flame Spider clan? I have never seen it before. Are there other Zerg warriors nearby? I don't have any. I saw it."
"Long Bai, are there any Watase flame spiders passing through your territory? Can you introduce me to them? I can trade with them with force food!"
Mo Orchid was excited, excited, and hopeful, and subconsciously opened its orchid-like wings.
Long Bai lowered his head and remained speechless.
This mantis warrior, born in the Yunji Continent, has lived and grown alone until now. It has probably never seen other insects before.
Without the protection of the elders of the same clan, he did not even understand his situation.
It is also a poor, lonely creature.
"Molan..."
Long Bai called out its name for the first time, solemnly, and said: "The name of this continent is 'Cloud Trail Continent'. You also know that going east is a barren and barren land where there is no Force and Force life cannot survive. "
"In fact, the Cloud Trail Continent is in a period of silent force. Here, there may be only you and me, or there may be other Zerg warriors, but there must be very few. We are abandoned... ..."
Long Bai raised his front foot, pointed at the divine barrier that towered into the sky, and drew a circle on the ground with his front foot, saying:
"The world we live in is a planet. A huge ball, a planet, the god of nature uses this divine barrier to divide the continent..."
Long Bai recounted Luo Li's speculation about the division of the continent and the silence of the force cycle to Mo Lan. After listening, he also informed about the existence of the starship wreckage channel and his origin.
Two chapters a day, updated steadily.
The update time is planned to be fixed at around 12 noon.
(End of this chapter)