Chapter 37 Refining
Similar to the regular female ant king laying eggs, Long Bai was promoted to the intermediate level ant king. Correspondingly, the worker ants and soldier ants cultivated from the ant eggs produced by the ruling throne were also at the intermediate level.
Compared with the primary ant king stage, the most intuitive change is that the worker ants and soldier ants have grown in size.
Long Bai cultivated several worker ants and brought them out for comparison and observation.
Microchemical worker ants have grown from less than 1 centimeter to about 1 centimeter.
The small worker ants have grown from about 1.5 centimeters to just over 2 centimeters.
The medium-sized worker ants have grown from about 3 centimeters to about 5 centimeters.
The large worker ants have grown from about 5 centimeters to about 8 centimeters.
Specialized worker ants are still in the larval stage and can certainly exceed 20 centimeters.
In the giant ant kingdom, the specialized worker ants are one head larger than the king ant.
According to the rules, the changes of soldier ants are similar to those of worker ants.
As the size increases, the speed and strength will also improve accordingly, and the soldier ants will be more powerful.
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A large blue ant emerged. Long Bai caught it and tested it. After feeding a certain amount of fruit, he fed it a stone orchid seed.
The mental power glances back and forth and continues to observe.
Sure enough, after eating the Shilan seeds, the big blue ant did not die suddenly from the impact of the Force energy. Instead, it digested it smoothly and turned it into a wisp of pure Force material. It was taken into its belly and mixed with the fruit it had eaten before. Mix and store.
Continue to observe, and the force will not be lost.
Long Bai picked a leaf and gave instructions to the big blue ant.
The big blue ant buried its head and slowly vomited out the food stored in its belly.
Translucent, light yellow gum, similar to honey, more viscous.
There is a faint fruity aroma of wild grapes and peach.
Long Bai buried his head and tasted it. It tasted good and very sweet.
It’s just that if you mix a single Shilan seed and eat it after diluting it, you can hardly find the kind of Force substance that can improve your cultivation and strengthen your physique.
Continuous observation found that when exposed to the air, the Force material began to slowly lose.
——Does it need to be stored in the belly of blue ants?
Long Bai was slightly disappointed and named this substance 'ant honey'.
Continue the test,
give an order to let the big blue ants eat back all the ant honey on the leaves.
Then, feed it 5 Shilan seeds.
Shilan seeds strengthen digestion and are relatively useless.
Long Bai picked 5 more 'blood rice' grains to strengthen the blood and fed them to it, and 2 grains of 'golden cherry seeds' to strengthen the heart.
During the observation, it was found that the big blue ants' refining these force foods consumes a lot of physical energy and the speed is very slow.
However, as expected, the Force substances formed by the three different Force foods slowly mixed and merged after entering the belly of the big blue ant.
It took two full days.
……
"Long Bai!"
"Long Bai? What are you busy with?"
"Your blue ant was born? It has such a big belly. Does it have any special abilities?"
Mo Lan came to the ant nest carrying a large bag of freshly picked fruits.
The worker ants came forward to check and found that it was not meat, so they turned around and fled.
Long Bai: "I have figured out the ability of blue ants, which is 'refining'!"
Mo Lan: "Refining?"
Long Bai: "Refining is to digest and refine food. Leave the necessary nutrients and energy, including force food!”
Long Bai waved his tentacles and summoned the big blue ant to follow him out of the nest.
Mo Lan understood a little bit.
Long Bai trotted, picked a piece of vine leaves nearby and came back, placing them in front of the big blue ant.
The big blue ant was also smart. When he saw the leaves again, he immediately understood what Long Bai meant. Without waiting for instructions, he took a step forward, buried his head and started to vomit out.
Long Bai: "The small grapes and peaches you sent two days ago, plus 6 stone orchid seeds, 5 blood rice, and 2 precious golden cherry seeds."
"Mo Lan, do you want to try it?"
Long Bai pushed the leaf forward and welcomed him warmly.
"You eat first..."
Mo Lan took two steps back.
This kind of food is a bit unacceptable to insects. Long Bai buried his head and tasted it, and praised: "It's delicious!"
Long Bai looked at Mo Lan.
Mo Lan looked up at the sky.
Long Bai said: "Mo Lan, I call it 'ant honey', something similar to 'honey'. Try it?"
Mo Lan: "No need. . I don’t eat sweets. Long Bai is the king of ants.”
Long Bai: “…”
Long Bai understood why it refused to eat and patiently explained: "Mo Lan, do you know how honey is brewed?"
Mo Lan: "How is it brewed?"
Long Bai: "Bees have two stomachs. The pollen and nectar collected are stored in a special stomach. They swallow it, spit it out, and swallow it again. Then spit it out, repeated more than a hundred times, and finally brew the honey that everyone loves to eat."
"Blue ants are similar to bees, and one of them is specially used for storage. Awesome, blue ants don’t need to swallow it repeatedly.”
Are bees so disgusting? Mo Lan lowered his head to look carefully, then tilted his head hard.
Long Bai: "Mo Lan, have you ever eaten honey?"
Mo Lan: "I haven't eaten it before, and I don't plan to eat it in the future."
Long Bai: "Among the goods in the caravan trade, there are Force Life Level bees collecting pollen and nectar from the plants and brewing them. Queen honey is a luxury product, and only those rich and powerful insect kings are willing to buy some."
After hearing this, Mo Lan was a little shaken.
“Long Bai, take two more bites and let me see.”
Long Bai buried his head and took two bites.
Pursue and make noises on purpose.
Mo Lan hesitated, lowered his head and tasted it.
“Wow!”
“It smells so good!”
……
Long Bai and other Mo Lan ate up all the ant honey on the leaves, and suggested happily:
"Mo Lan, I will breed a few more large blue ants and specialized blue ants. From now on, our Force food is refined by blue ants before consumption."
"Okay..." Mo Lan: "It's so troublesome."
"It's not troublesome."
< br>Long Bai said: "In the natural evolution process of plants, in order to prevent their seeds from being eaten, most of them have evolved to be bitter, unpalatable, and even poisonous. We are force life and are not afraid of these toxins, but we also need to consume physical energy and time to remove them. Detoxification.”
"For example, orchid seeds and golden cherry seeds are slightly poisonous. After eating, it takes a certain amount of time to 'digest'. Part of this digestion process is the absorption of force substances, and the other part is the body's consumption of energy to detoxify."
"Let the blue ants take on the detoxification process that harms the body. Needless to say the benefits, right?"
"Yes!"
Mo Lan agrees , praised: "Longbai, your blue ants are so powerful."
Mo Lan pointed to the spider silk bag again and said: "Longbai, I picked some more hairy peaches and brown dates. You are almost making the blue ants... refined.”
Mo Lan: "If you use more fruits, the taste will definitely be better! I'll go look for it on the mountain to see if there are any grapes left."
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The blue ants have too much space to operate. .
Choose different fruits to brew ant honey with different flavors.
A variety of fruits are mixed to brew ant honey with a mixed flavor.
The brew made from eating meat cannot be regarded as 'honey', it has no fruity or meaty aroma, but it also eliminates the unpleasant fishy smell.
You can also add meat to the ant honey, which is rich in nutrients and has a smoother and softer taste.
At the same time, mix different types of force food and mix it with ant honey. When you eat it, you will get a comprehensive and balanced strengthening, which is beneficial to evolutionary growth.
In addition,
the ability of blue ants to store food also has a wide range of uses.
Meat is easy to spoil. In the past, you could only dry meat in the sun. The ant nests were damp and dried meat was very easy to get moldy. But now it is better and you don’t have to worry about this anymore.
Moreover, Mo Lan often hunted and brought back large prey such as goats and wild boars. The whole family couldn't eat them all. The weather was bad and they couldn't dry the meat, so they had to bury it under the tree for compost.
Now that we are done, we can cultivate more blue ants and refine and store the remaining food.
Another point is that if a war breaks out and the soldier ants go on an expedition to fight, the blue ants serve as mobile logistics supplies. Refined food can quickly replenish the physical energy of the soldier ants.
There are so many uses for blue ants.
More nurturing!
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(End of this chapter)