Chapter 11 The Beginning of the Kingdom
The ruling throne is indeed imitated by the Ant King of the Ant Tribe.
The development process of the ‘ant eggs’ produced by the Dominion Throne is exactly the same as that produced by the female ant king of the ant tribe.
The larvae hatched from ant eggs are 'semi-Force beings'. They can eat, grow, and develop rapidly, changing their appearance every day.
Long Bai carved words on the stone wall to record the time.
The first two ant eggs lasted 38 days. The larvae grew from a little over one centimeter in size to two or three centimeters in length, white and fat.
‘Producers’ take the lead in spinning silk and spinning cocoons.
Two days later, the 'Guardian' also spun silk and formed cocoons, entering the final fledging stage of development.
At the same time, Long Bai continuously generates ant eggs in a 5-day cycle through the 'messenger' function of the ruling throne.
Currently, there are 2 ant eggs and 6 larvae of different sizes in the incubation room.
The dragon cypress spends most of its time in the incubation room, taking turns feeding the larvae. At the same time, it also vibrates its membrane wings to heat its body and increase the temperature of the nest.
Giant-headed ants like moisture, and occasionally need to go out to fetch water and sprinkle it in the incubation room.
Temperature and humidity are keys to the rapid development of ant eggs and larvae.
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"Long Bai, has another larva formed a cocoon?"
Mo Lan came to the ant nest to report in the middle of the morning. He helped hunt along the way and placed a frog carcass at the entrance of the ant nest.
During this season, frogs hide in caves and hibernate. I don’t know where they came from.
Mo Lan seems to have a deep resentment towards frogs.
Long Bai has been eating frog meat for more than fifty days in a row.
Long Bai: "Yes. As expected, it will be a dedicated fighting soldier ant."
Mo Lan: "Soldier ant? But it looks so small. In my inherited memory, the giant-headed ant clan can create soldier ants that are even bigger than the ant king."
Long Bai: "Yes. ..."
Mo Lan: "Can you use the ant eggs produced by the Dominion Throne?"
Long Bai: "I am trying it, and it seems to be working."
Giant-headed ants are the most differentiated ant tribe.
Long Bai is currently in his 5th age and has awakened 7 inherited memories that use pheromones to control the differentiation of worker ants.
They are small worker ants, medium worker ants, and large worker ants; small soldier ants, medium soldier ants, large soldier ants, and specialized soldier ants.
Junior warriors between the ages of 6 and 9 will wake up corresponding inherited memories one after another every time they sleep and evolve.
Without pheromone interference, medium-sized worker ants or medium-sized soldier ants will be cultivated. The current two cocoons are ‘medium-sized’.
Longbai is using pheromone control to try to breed specialized soldier ants and small worker ants.
If effective, there will be obvious differentiation in the larval stage.
Specialized soldier ants are huge, so they eat a lot of food. The larvae grow quickly, but the development cycle will be prolonged.
Small worker ants are smaller in size, eat less, and the larvae grow slowly, but the development cycle will be shortened.
Long Bai initially estimated that it would take more than 60 days to cultivate a specialized soldier ant from an ant egg.
It may only take about 30 days to cultivate a small worker ant.
...
"Long Bai, when can we explore the starship?"
Mo Lan asked.
Long Bai has already reaped the benefits and is looking forward to exploring the starship as well.
But this matter cannot be rushed.
Long Bai thought about it and said: "The weather has started to warm up recently, and spring is coming. Mo Lan, do you have any seeds to plant?"
Mo Lan: "Yes. I was pregnant as an 8-year-old junior warrior. I planted a snow orchid, but it was a little late and I didn’t have time to plant it.”
“I also have a giant cypress seed, which I plan to plant this spring.”
Long cypress. : "Let's plant it early and protect it through the most vulnerable budding period. It should be almost ready by then."
"Yes! We still have to take care of the seeds. Spring is very busy. Yeah..." Mo Lan said distressedly, thinking about it, and said:
"Then we may not be able to go until summer."
Mo Lan asked again: "What about the caravan?"
Long Bai: "What goods do we have that can be traded with the caravan? "?"
"No." Mo Lan: "But we can go and have a look."
Long Bai readily agreed, "We will go and have a look then." >
"Okay!"
Mo Lan cheered happily.
……
With continuous sunny days, the temperature on the south side of the mountain range has been rising steadily, maintaining it at a relatively comfortable level.
Five days later, the third larva forms a cocoon.
Two days later, the 'medium-sized worker ants' that were the first to form cocoons emerged first.
Body length is just over 3 cm. Without wings!
They are no different from the worker ants raised by the female ant queen.
Long Bai felt relieved when he saw this.
The first worker ant is born, eats to replenish physical energy, rests and develops for a day, and then immediately goes to work: taking care of the ant eggs and larvae
Long Bai has his first effective helper.
Soon, the first 'medium-sized soldier ant' emerged from the cocoon, with a body length of just over 3 centimeters.
Compared with worker ants, soldier ants have a much smaller abdomen, a large head, and well-developed jaws in the shape of sharp hooks, which interlock with each other after complete bite.
The small abdomen is for running faster, and the well-developed jaws are used as combat weapons.
Long Bai rummaged through the rocks and caught a live cricket.
First wave the tentacles to give the soldier ants a hunting order and let go of the crickets.
The crickets jumped and fled.
The soldier ants rushed out, locked the position where the cricket landed, charged suddenly, struck out with lightning with both jaws, bit the cricket, clamped firmly, and exerted force...
It was completed easily. Hunt and kill, return to Long Bai with the body in hand.
Long Bai was very satisfied when he saw this, and his previous worries were completely unnecessary.
The soldier ants cultivated with the help of the Dominion Throne are exactly the same as the soldier ants bred by the female ant queen, with the same appearance, the same level of combat power, and the same command and control.
Long Bai placed his first soldier ant at the entrance of the cave.
With fighting guards and working worker ants, the ant nest has become a bit like an ant kingdom.
Within two days, the third small worker ant emerged from the cocoon, with a body length of only about 1.5 centimeters. It was still arranged in the incubation room and was responsible for taking care of the eggs and larvae.
The fourth and fifth small worker ants were born one after another, and the work of the incubation room was completely handed over to the three small worker ants. Such delicate work is more suitable for their small size.
The second medium-sized worker ant is born.
There are currently two medium-sized worker ants. After Long Bai thought about it, he took precautions and dug rocks himself to open a second incubation room. The two medium-sized worker ants were responsible for carrying the gravel.
There is also a medium-sized soldier ant, which has no problem standing at the entrance of the cave every day. It also calls over and helps carry the gravel...
...
Large worker ants are born, with a body length of about 5 centimeters, and the dragon cypress has a powerful helper.
As expected, the ant eggs hatch into larvae, the larvae grow into pupae, and the pupae emerge. The entire development process takes a total of 58 days.
At this time, after the specialized soldier ant larvae have grown to a body length of more than 10 centimeters, they finally spin silk and form cocoons, entering the final stage of emergence.
“Longbai!”
“It’s time to eat!”
"Wow! What a big cocoon. Are your specialized soldier ants about to emerge?"
Mo Lan's mental thoughts of wonder came from outside the ant nest.
Long Bai stopped working and ran out of the nest quickly.
"Yes, cocoons were just formed last night. According to my estimation, the emergence period of specialized soldier ants is about 10 to 15 days."
It is raining outside the cave and the temperature has dropped a bit .
Today's food is frogs again.
Long Bai shook his tentacles and gave orders, arranging for the three worker ants who ran out to decompose the food.
“Mo Lan, thank you for your hard work.”
Long Bai’s remote control controlled the throne in the bedroom, which quickly shrank and flew out.
Suspended in the air, it expanded until it was about one meter in diameter.
Mo Lan jumped lightly and jumped onto the seat first.
Long Bai flapped his wings and flew up.
Immediately, the top of the backrest of the throne released its original energy, forming a colorless and transparent shield to block the rain.
This is a new function that was discovered only a few days ago. Both Long Bai and Mo Lan were amazed by the novelty and stared blankly at the rain falling down.
Mo Lan came back to her senses and asked: "Long Bai, how high can the throne of control fly?"
Long Bai: "It seems that I can fly very high... I don't know, I haven't tried it."
Mo Lan: "Can I fly above the clouds? What's in the clouds?"
Long Bai Miao understood its meaning.
"There is thunder and lightning in the clouds. If it is triggered, we will be struck to death by lightning."
"Can the Throne of Control protect us?"
"There is a high probability that they will protect us. But if they don't, or they can't protect us, then wouldn't we..."
"Then we will be hacked to death. We can't risk our lives for nothing. Take risks."
Mo Lan knew what Long Bai was going to say next, so he rushed to finish the second half, then changed the topic and said seriously:
"Based on my experience in previous years, this It’s the first rain in spring, and after the rain comes spring.”
“My snow orchid seeds have been planted!”
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(End of this chapter)