Chapter 38 Juniper
After more than 70 days, the specialized worker ants cultivated by Juniper emerged one after another, with a body length of 22 centimeters.
The current body length of Longbai is only 18 to 19 centimeters.
The special chemical worker ants are one size larger than the king ant, Long Bai. Correspondingly, they are more energetic and efficient in their work.
Those "small" specialized worker ants cultivated during the junior ant king period gradually became auxiliary porters.
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On a small hill below the mountain range, there is a large area of cotinus trees growing.
A night of cold wind,
The leaves of the cotinus tree are bright red and shiny.
Unconsciously, autumn is coming to an end.
Recently, Long Bai has spent a lot of time and energy on cultivating intelligent chemical ants, and Yamashita's work has not been delayed too much.
The three large reservoirs were all completed. The water in the ponds was drained and dug through to form a C-shaped super large pond surrounding the small pond.
The upstream of the nearby river ditch is blocked and intercepted, the diversion channel is led into the large pond, and the drainage channel from the pond is led into the downstream river ditch.
On the east side of the small pond, including a section of the river ditch, a large pond with a side length of 8 meters is dug.
After digging, drain the pond water and connect the entire line.
Finally, some trimming of the edges and corners resulted in a circular pond with a diameter of about 13 meters surrounding the small pond.
There is an isolated island in the center...
The azure god-given seeds are working hard to take root deep underground. There is no rush to penetrate them all for the time being, and they are ready to do it next spring.
The project at the foot of the mountain is basically completed.
When the temperature drops, the worker ants don't like to move and simply stop working. All the worker ants resident at the foot of the mountain return to the mountain ant nests for a long winter vacation and wait for the spring of next year.
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The larvae of the intelligent worker ants are more than 20 centimeters long, and their development has become slow, but they have been reluctant to spin silk and form cocoons.
This guy has a huge appetite, and it has already eaten half of the force food worth 1,000 raw stones.
Not sure if it was enough, Long Bai himself was reluctant to eat it.
Unsure when the larvae of the intelligent chemical workers will form cocoons and be born, Long Bai guards the ant nest and dare not travel far.
Similarly, it is uncertain when the god-given fruit pandan seeds will ripen this year, so Mo Lan must guard her territory.
The waiting time without knowing where the end is.
Later-cultured large blue ants and specialized blue ants emerged one after another.
As the carnivorous beasts were driven away near the mountains, hares and squirrels became rampant.
Long Bai and Mo Lan hunted extensively for the blue ants to refine and reserve.
Soon enough food was collected to feed the ant colony for a month, and the blue ants were also filled.
Nothing to do.
Boring as hell.
Molan flies very fast. It flies close to the Force barrier, leaving early and returning late, searching north and south, collecting winter dates, kiwis, citrus, persimmons, pomegranates and other wild fruits.
I also pulled out a large black bee's hive on a cliff and brought back a lot of honey.
Long Bai directed the blue ants to combine honey and fruits to brew 'ant honey' with different flavors.
I started researching food out of boredom.
Research results: The more types of fruits, the richer the flavor types, the more delicious the ant honey is. Adding an appropriate amount of meat will give a better taste.
Long Bai speculated that if some dried fruits such as torreya nuts, pine nuts, almonds, and walnuts could be added, the taste would definitely be better.
The way Long Bai and Mo Lan eat has completely changed.
Mainly fresh meat.
When eating, let the worker ants cut large pieces of meat into shreds of suitable size.
Put a large leaf on the ground and put ant honey on it.
Shredded pork dipped in ant honey and eaten.
Long Bai widened the entrance of the ant nest, and opened a spacious restaurant with a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 1 meter on the left side of the entrance.
The eating position is fixed in the restaurant.
It’s a delicious, sophisticated, elegant and tasteful new way of eating.
Boredom is the source of civilization and progress.
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The sky outside the ant nest was dark and the cold rain was falling.
There are ant colonies living in the ant nest, constantly releasing body heat, and the incubation room is always warm as spring.
Finally, after eating all of Long Bai’s Force food, the intelligent worker ant larvae spun silk, pupated, and entered the final stage of emergence.
Finally, in the territory of Molan, the god-given fruit orchid seed absorbs a large amount of force. After 50 raw stones are used, the capsule enters the final stage of maturity.
The fruit pandan seeds are matured and harvested first. The quantity remains the same at 308. The quality is improved to a higher level and can be sold for 6 rough stones/seed.
Long Bai now eats once and is not hungry for three or four days. Mo Lan would not be hungry for five or six days if he was full once.
Eat 4 of the fruity orchid seeds produced this year, cypress and orchid each for early use, and keep the remaining 300 seeds, all of which will be sold to the caravan next spring.
Dry the seeds, dry them and collect them.
Long Bai and Mo Lan began to tidy up their respective territories in preparation for further exploration.
There is not much to clean up. The main issue is the security of the territory. We need to collect thorny branches and renovate and strengthen the fence.
Currently, there are 100 specialized soldier ants in Longbai, 36 in the north of the mountain, 12 on the top of the mountain, 36 in the south of the mountain, and 12 at the bottom of the mountain. There are still 4 disabled soldier ants standing guard at the entrance of the ant nest.
Everything is ready, except for the intelligent ants.
After waiting for 10 days, this product has finally emerged from the cocoon.
The whole body is pitch black, with a body length of about 25 centimeters. It is slightly larger than a chemical ant, and its head is extremely large, occupying one-third of the entire body.
“Do you have inherited memories?”
Long Bai shook his tentacles and sent messages using the ant tribe's unique communication method.
“???”
The intelligent chemical worker ant felt confused and confused.
That means there is no more.
Long Bai: "Can you command other worker ants?"
The intelligent chemical worker ant was confused for a moment, then understood what Long Bai meant. He turned his head and shook his tentacles, and all the worker ants near the nest came closer.
"Not bad..."
Long Bai shook his tentacles to disperse the surrounding worker ants and said, "Follow me."
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While waiting for these few days, Mo Lan simply stayed in the restaurant.
"Long Bai? Intelligent worker ants?"
"Yes."
"Can it command worker ants?"
"Commanding worker ants is instinctive and innate. However, it has no inherited memory and doesn’t understand anything. It needs me to teach it many things.”
“Long Bai, what you mean is...”
"Let's postpone it for another day. I'll take it to familiarize itself with the territory and get to know the various plants and the saplings cultivated in our nursery."
"Okay..."
Mo Lan reluctantly agreed, Come out of the nest together.
"It's called Molan, my friend. You don't have to be afraid of it."
Long Bai turned to introduce the intelligent chemical worker ant.
The intelligent chemical worker ants who were afraid of hiding behind Long Bai clicked their tentacles to express their understanding.
Long Bai pointed to the four specialized soldier ants standing guard at the entrance of the cave and asked: "Can you command the soldier ants?"
"It seems possible..." The intelligent worker ants tried He shook his tentacles, and four soldier ants came closer.
However, four soldier ants stepped forward, looked around the intelligent chemical worker ants, and then turned away.
Smart worker ants: “They don’t recognize me.”
Long Bai: "..."
"Mo Lan, let's take it out to see the world."
Long Bai led the intelligent chemical ants out of the ant nest and came to Long Bai to plant trees. Next, he solemnly introduced:
"This tree is my life seed, the tree species 'Longbai', I named it after it. The so-called life seed..."
"You eat it when you are a larvae. The Force food produced is the most important wealth of the territory.”
Long Bai continued to lead the way to his second destiny tree and said: "This tree is also my destiny tree. The tree species is 'Jiupe'..."
Mo Lan, who was following him, suddenly asked a question : "Long Bai, didn't you say that the intelligent worker ant is particularly smart? Do you want to give it a name?"
"Yes..."
"Then call it Juniper?" "
Longbai immediately turned his head and said to the intelligent chemical worker ant: "Its name is 'Mo Lan', and my name is 'Longbai'. I am your king. Now, I will give you a Your name, juniper! After my second life tree.”
"Molan. Cypress. Juniper."
The intelligent chemical worker ants seemed very happy, refining the key points and waving their tentacles in cheers. .
“My name is Juniper!”
“Very smart!” Long Bai praised and continued to introduce: “That is the Juniper seed, and that one is the Cuiper tree. ..."
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