Chapter 164 Metal Box
Half-month winter fishing in Black Lotus Lake.
Long Bai stayed at Xianglan Mountain, carefully inspecting the construction and development of the territory over the past year, and also conducted a statistics on the kingdom's ant colonies.
The number of advanced specialized soldier ants finally reached 500, and the number of large soldier ants also reached 400. The advanced combat effectiveness of the ant country barely reached expectations.
Assign 500 soldier ants, commanded by Juniper and Giant Cypress in turns, to garrison the mountain fortress on the west side of the mountain range.
In the mountain territory, there are soldier ants stationed under every tree.
There are fixed ant paths crisscrossing the mountains and down the mountains. There are groups of soldier ants patrolling regularly according to the fixed routes.
Most of the soldier ants cultivated during the intermediate ant king period are arranged in the ant nest, with three steps, one post, and five steps.
In the south of the mountain and in the north of the mountain, once there is danger anywhere, the information is immediately passed from layer to layer, and a large number of reinforcements rush to it immediately.
The majesty of the ant kingdom has begun.
The supporting equipment includes 230 high-end specialized blue ants and 120 large blue ants, providing sufficient logistical support.
Continue to improve the ant nation’s combat power!
At the same time,
in the middle of winter this year, the worker ants and soldier ants cultivated during the primary king period died in batches.
The resistance of old ants decreases and they cannot withstand the severe cold in winter.
...
Five days later,
Longbai transported 50 empty-bellied specialized blue ants to Heilian Lake and returned 40 full-bellied blue ants.
Checking the status of Heiti, he is very healthy and no abnormalities were found.
Five days later, 30 empty-bellied specialized blue ants were transported, and 40 full-bellied specialized blue ants were transported back.
Five days later, the winter fishing was over, and Long Bai made two round trips to transport all the green cypresses and the blue soldiers and blue ants who participated in the fishing back to Fanglan Mountain.
Hei ate 20 black lotus seeds one after another, and there were no signs of breakthrough or other abnormalities.
Long Bai made his third trip and brought Heiti and the remaining worker ants and soldier ants back to Pandan Mountain.
The seven special chemical worker ant larvae used in the test have all reached a length of nearly 1 meter. They do not show any special features and are completely consistent with the normally cultivated special chemical worker ant larvae.
At this point, it is basically certain that Heiti is an exception to the mutation.
Long Bai checked all the ants in the ant country again and found no second case.
Long Bai was a little idle, so he called Heiti over again to conduct some confirmatory tests. Take out all kinds of force food stored in the warehouse and let Heiti try them one by one.
The result is the same, only about one-fifth of the Force energy can be absorbed, and most of it is wasted.
This is a physical problem and a cause of life level.
Long Bai became more and more curious: How did Heiti evolve?
He took Heiti with him, and when he had free time, he would give lectures and impart various knowledge to it.
Time flies.
Late winter.
The time when common golden fruits in Feiguang Mountain are mature and harvested.
The wild crimson god-given seeds are about to bloom. The nectar and pollen are the raw materials for brewing ‘ant royal jelly’. Don’t miss it.
Long Bai packed his bags, took Heiti with him, and set off a few days in advance.
……
Hanlan Mountain.
Outside the range of the force point, in the thin area of the force, Mo Lan flapped his wings and soared into the air, then fell vertically.
From afar, Long Bai saw him, manipulating the throne to step forward and land on the ground.
On the hilly slopes,
Molan, green maple and red maple are busy digging soil.
A fragment of a huge starship wreckage was tilted and stuck in the soil.
A large pit has been dug, and the exposed part is seven or eight meters wide.
"Cypress!"
"Longbai Ant King!"
Green Maple and Red Maple greeted each other, jumping and cheering: "We found the treasure!"
The two guys rushed to the spider silk placed not far away. The bag was being torn open, and a black metal block was taken out.
“Longbai Ant King, look!”
“We found it together with Mo Lan!”
"Molan said it's not needed."
"Let's play with it."
"It belongs to me and Red Maple."
Green Maple and Red Maple, you are one With a word, I first emphasized the ownership of the things, and then handed them to Long Bai.
Metal texture, quite light.
The length is about 10 cm, the width is about 6 cm, the thickness is about 4 cm, and the corners are polished and rounded.
Six cuboids, one side is frosted and looks like a base, and the other five sides are carved with exquisite unknown herbal patterns.
It is completely integrated, and you can’t see any gaps just by looking at it.
After a mental scan, I discovered that there were tiny, almost imperceptible gaps in some patterns.
But there is no mechanism buckle.
Mo Lan, Green Maple, and Red Maple had obviously figured out the use of this thing, but they didn't give any hints. They just stared at Long Bai as if testing it.
Long Bai smiled in his heart and injected the force.
Silent and silent, the patterns cracked and cracked.
Continuously injecting the force, layer by layer, the black metal retreated around like running water, revealing the inner space.
It turned out to be an exquisitely designed metal box for storing small items.
The box is empty.
Without the force, the unfolded metal box did not close.
Long Bai tried to inject the original force again, and then the black metal slowly gathered together like running water, and the patterns and patterns connected perfectly.
"Long Bai, do you know him?" Mo Lan asked tentatively.
“I don’t know.”
Long Bai shook his tentacles and said: "A metal box for storing small items. Where are the contents? Are they originally empty?"
Mo Lan: "It's considered empty——"
Mo Lan: "Long Bai, it has practical functions, please take a closer look."
Long Bai was not interested in this little game of testing insects, and said: "Don't look at it. I can't tell it's for fun." What's it for? Let's just talk about it, Qing Ma."
Long Bai handed the metal box to Qing Ma.
"I know." "I know too."
Qing Ma continued to inject force and opened the metal box.
Hong Ma randomly picked a few grass seeds from the surroundings, put them into the metal box, and rushed to inject the original power.
A burst of emerald green energy was emitted, and the black metal slowly gathered, fixing the grass seeds, releasing wisps of emerald green energy, wrapping the grass seeds.
Hong Ma continued to inject force, and the metal box was completely closed.
Long Bai understood.
A creation of an extraterrestrial civilization used to store seeds.
It comes with wood-based original protection function, which can greatly extend the storage time of seeds.
Long Bai's thoughts turned sharply, and he immediately thought of the purpose of the things: [Often, the time when the Zerg warriors are sleeping and evolving does not coincide with the sowing season of the life seeds, so they need to be carefully preserved. If you use this kind of metal box, it will definitely be foolproof]
nice one!
Mo Lan, you are so generous, giving a treasure with such high practical value to these two flatterers?
Long Bai asked tentatively: "Green maple, red maple, how about selling it to me?"
"No!"
"We have no shortage of rough stones!"
Green Maple and Red Maple were alert and did not dare to show off anymore. They quickly put the things back into the spider silk bag and pressed them tightly under their bodies.
I knew I shouldn’t leave you two little bastards here.
Long Bai thought for a while and asked: "When you found this metal box, what was in it was..."
Qing Ma: "The seeds of extraterrestrial civilization!"
Red maple: "It will break with just a touch."
Long Bai: "..."
Long Bai's mental power unfolded, and he swept around the area and asked:
"Mo Lan, are there any other gains?"
“Here——”
Mo Lan pointed at the large piece of starship wreckage in the pit.
Long Bai: "..."
Long Bai jumped down into the pit to take a look.
The material of this wreckage is the same as the room partitions and doors, which are all light silver-white raw metal. The thickness exceeds 10 centimeters and should be a layered partition of a starship.
A large area.
Mo Lan: "Long Bai, can the Dominion Throne transport it back?"
Long Bai: "I'm afraid it's a bit laborious... What are you doing transporting it back?"
Mo Lan: "I haven't thought of it yet. But it might be useful in the future."
Long Bai had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly He had a whim and said:
“You can spread it on the mountain to make an open-air camp, or dig a huge restaurant on the mountain and spread it in the restaurant. In the future, when I evolve to a higher level, I will control the throne. Flying fast, you can bring Zerg warriors from various Force points to Hanlan Mountain to play. Like those wealthy tribes in the Ten Thousand Tribes Continent, they hold a large gathering every year, where everyone gathers to chat and enjoy all kinds of delicious food. "
"Oh——" Mo Lan tilted her head and thought.
Green Maple and Red Maple looked at each other and cheered.
——Wow! Great!
——Longbai Ant King has a great idea!
——Take Sang over here!
——Take over the black rice and raspberries!
——Let’s all get together and play!
Mo Lan said seriously: "Think about it carefully, it's pretty good. In this way, everyone will not be lonely and boring."
Long Bai: "Then let's make a decision first. Look back. Let’s make detailed plans.”
Long Bai returned to the throne, put up a wooden board, and gave the order: Heiti, take the large worker ants down and help dig the soil!
"Okay. Your Majesty."
Heiti led the accompanying 30 large worker ants and walked down the throne in a procession.
Mo Lan concentrated and stared at Heiti.
"Long Bai, this worker ant..."
"Heiti. The one who first discovered the starship wreckage."
"Why is it so small? No. 1? Its breath seems to have changed.”
"That's right."
Long Bai said: "On the way back to Pandan Mountain after picking wild fruits at the end of autumn, in order to save transportation capacity, I threw some worker ants, soldier ants and blue ants in Heilian Lake to let the black ants Ti commanded the work..."
Long Bai told the story in detail.
Mo Lan, Qing Ma, and Hong Ma were shocked, and then began to analyze the reasons in all directions.
After a lot of excitement.
Long Bai asked: "Mo Lan, it has been nearly half a year, have you searched Hanlan Mountain?"
Mo Lan: "Absolutely. I have searched carefully for all the places I can go to." No other discoveries were made."
Mo Lan took the initiative to ask: "Have the gorgonian and fruit orchids been harvested successfully? It's time for me to go back and take a look at them."
"The harvest was successful. They seemed to be growing better while you were away."
Long Bai joked and turned to look at the green maple and the red maple.
These two little guys got the benefits, but they obviously still had some unfinished business and were reluctant to leave.
Long Bai: "Green maple, red maple, follow me to Feiguang Mountain to visit Sang. Evolve in it for 8 years. Starting next year, you will have to try to survive independently."
Long Bai: "Mo Lan has been living alone in Xianglan Mountain since she awakened. I also came to Yunji Continent when I was 4 years old and made a living in the wild."
Qing Mao's tentacles drooped and said: "I got it."
Hongmae: "Thank you."
...
Molan, green maple, and red maple followed the ant colony to dig and pack soil.
Long Bai controls the lifting of the throne.
After five days of busy work, Long Bai and Mo Lan worked together to pull out the wreckage.
The whole piece is square, seven to eight meters wide and more than ten meters long.
It's so light that Long Bai can lift it with just one front foot.
Throw it on the hillside first and deal with it later.
Simply pack up and head to Feiguang Mountain together.
(End of this chapter)