Chapter 179 It’s called Silver Cypress
Black Lotus Lake.
The golden sun of late autumn hangs diagonally in the western sky.
The white willow stood on the top of a big willow tree on the lakeshore, swaying gently with the wind.
Heiti was lying on the lakeside, commanding the blue soldiers, quietly guarding the black lotus seed.
Ordinary seeds are not like seeds given by gods. The fruits produced by the same plant do not mature at the same time, but mature one after another.
The fruits of ordinary life species will also accelerate the absorption of force during the maturity period, and there will also be a process of qualitative change of the original energy of the fruit, but the force absorbed in this process is very small.
The three black lotus seeds of Bailiu have bloomed a total of 13 flowers this year and produced 13 lotus pods. Among them, the fastest growing lotus pod is about to become fully mature.
This is the food of the force that can help one step from the worker ant class to the king's class.
Heiti has been waiting for a whole year and has been squatting by the lake for seven days and nights.
The setting sun gradually disappeared into the western mountains.
The clouds burned like a flame, burning half the sky red, then gradually cooled, dimmed, and went out.
Dusk.
It’s dark.
Midnight.
The mother black lotus plant no longer provides the force, no longer transports nutrients, and the last trace of life in the yellowed lotus pods is cut off.
It’s ripe!
Heiti shook his tentacles and gave instructions.
A specialized blue soldier opened its jaws, bit off the stem, held the lotus pod in its mouth, ran ashore through the water, and placed it in front of Heiti.
“Wow! I’m finally mature!”
"Heiti!"
Bai Liu circled and landed, even more eagerly than Heiti. Seeing Heiti holding the lotus pods in his paws and looking at them, he urged anxiously, "Hurry up and try a few!"
When the long-awaited thing arrived, Heiti suddenly stopped being anxious and started to question the arrangement of lotus seeds on the lotus pod: [Why is there a fixed 14 lotus seeds produced by each lotus pod? Instead of 15 or 16? 】
For ordinary black lotus, the number of lotus seeds in each lotus pod is variable from 15 to 17.
——Why is there such a difference?
——The king may know.
Heiti thought silently, raised his head and glanced at Bailiu who was spinning in circles, spread out his toes and picked out a lotus seed, peeled off the seed coat with both jaws skillfully, chewed it and ate it.
The familiar breath of the Force rushed directly to his forehead after being absorbed.
The wonderful feeling of familiarity.
“Yummy!”
Heiti moved his tentacles vigorously.
Heiti has no mental power, and Bai Liu cannot communicate with him through mental power, nor can he communicate through the information transmission method of the ants. However, you can understand it by looking at his movements.
As everyone predicted, black lotus seeds can help Heiti continue to evolve.
Bai Liu breathed a sigh of relief, flapped his wings gently, lifted off vertically, cheered and flew quickly, flying around the lake and landing lightly on the big willow tree.
Heiti rested for a while, then dug out the second lotus seed from the lotus pod, peeled it open and ate it.
Rest for a while and eat the third pill.
You can still only eat 3 pills a day, any more will be wasted.
There are 11 lotus seeds left, pluck them all in one go, peel them, give them to blue ants to refine into force ant honey, and store them.
There are 13 lotus pods in the lake, which will mature in the next four or five days.
Heiti and Bailiu continued to guard, picking the ripe ones one by one.
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Late night.
Southern Jujube Mountain, the flames soar into the sky.
Sang walked in the raging fire, controlling the fire and extinguishing it at the same time.
Mo Lan waved her sharp sickle-like forelimbs and dealt with the unburned branches.
Long Bai controls the throne, suspended in the sky, always paying attention to the direction of the airflow.
There are certain risks in using fire abilities to open up wasteland.
Sang is only a 3-year-old high-level warrior, and his ability to control and extinguish fire is limited. If he suddenly encounters a strong wind, he may not be able to control the situation.
There are dense forests on all sides. Once it is ignited and gets out of control, it will be a big trouble.
So, you can only set fire when there is no wind or breeze. In breezy weather, you have to be careful and walk against the wind.
It is a weather-dependent way of clearing land, but it is extremely efficient.
In half a month, almost half of the Southern Ziziphus Mountain was burned down.
It will be breezy tonight, so I will work an extra night shift. Longbai is vigilant on the upwind side and always pays attention to changes in wind direction and wind strength.
Unlucky, a strong wind blew over.
“Stop!”
“Sang, stop for a moment.”
Long Bai manipulated the throne of control to descend and approach.
Sang received the order and quickly activated his ability to extinguish all the flames.
Long Bai controls the throne to stop and jumps off the throne to help.
The strong wind is coming.
After a moment of panic, we extinguished all the open fires, and spent a lot of time cleaning up all the tree stumps and branches with sparks and smoke.
Just after putting out the fire, the wind stopped.
Damn the weather~ Long Bai secretly slandered that it was late, and greeted: "Sang, Mo Lan, that's it for tonight, everyone is tired, let's rest."
After a busy day, Sang is indeed tired. Unable to bear it, he slowly climbed to the throne.
Mo Lan was still in high spirits, jumped up on the throne of control, took a gourd, and a wooden saucer made from the seeds of the mango vine, poured the ant honey into it, and invited him to eat and recover.
Long Bai fluttered his wings and circled around in the air, landed on the ground, and said with satisfaction: "The wasteland currently burned is enough to keep us busy for a year or two. Sang, your territory will not be guarded by insects for a long time. No, I’ve been away for half a month...I’ll take you back tomorrow morning!”
“Okay——”
Sang was somewhat worried about his territory.
Mo Lan swung his tentacles and said: "If there is a giant soldier ant to help guard Dian Sang's territory, everyone does not have to worry. When we go back to build an orchard in Nanzizao Mountain, we must send at least one smart soldier. Ants are always here."
Mo Lan turned around and said, "Long Bai, if the command ants are not enough, why don't you cultivate another intelligent worker ant?"
Long Bai hesitated and said, "What if? If you want to cultivate it, you must also cultivate giant blue soldiers."
Mo Lan: "Why? Who will direct the worker ants to build the orchard? There are already three combat-type command ants, namely Juniper, Giant Cypress, and Green Cypress. ?”
Long Bai: "Let me and Juniper take turns. Hei Lian Lake is close to Nan Zi Zao Mountain, and Hei Ti can also come and help."
Long Bai explained: "The orchard will be reclaimed and the fruit seedlings will be planted. In the next few years, the main tasks include weeding, insecticide, and irrigation. In addition, the ant colonies stationed here need to be hunted and safely guarded. The giant blue soldiers can command the soldier ants and blue soldiers, and can be perfectly qualified for all tasks. "
"Oh——"
Mo Lan understood the basics at once, nodded his tentacles in agreement, and asked: "Then let's breed another giant blue soldier!"
Long Bai Zao I'm worried about the lack of command ants, and I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I haven't made a decision yet.
Seeing that Mo Lan was keen on this matter, he sorted out his thoughts, organized his words, and said one by one:
"One more command ant, one more capable helper. Can large-scale land reclamation and planting of top-level plants get the blessings from God as expected? This cannot be determined, but it will definitely increase the expenditure of a large amount of Force resources.”
“Currently, we seem to have endless Force food, but this is because you have suppressed me in recent years. Growth, not all-out evolution, low resource consumption.”
“Juniper and juniper are only at the intermediate stage and consume limited resources, but when they evolve to the advanced stage, their annual consumption will suddenly increase. . At the same time, we have to consider whether to allow them to continue to evolve to the Lord level after evolving the Mountain Lord level. If we continue, the resources required..."
"Every additional commander ant can share part of the work. , but it also means a huge investment of resources. If the corresponding rewards of God-given seeds cannot be obtained as expected, it will be unable to support their upward growth.”
"The command ants are intelligent and have a sense of independence. After we have been together for a long time, can we bear to abandon them? What should we do if we cannot bear to abandon them and there is no resource supply?"
Long Bai: "Mo Lan, you decide "Should we cultivate another giant blue soldier?"
Long Bai stated the situation, analyzed the pros and cons, and asked Mo Lan.
A very serious decision~ Mo Lan lowered his head and thought carefully.
Sang looked left and right, and said faintly: "...I think it's okay."
Mo Lan raised her head and said: "Then we will cultivate another giant blue soldier! We will definitely get the god-given seed!"
You have been blessed by the God of Nature. If you say you can, that's for sure. able!
Long Bai said cheerfully: "Okay! Let's start tomorrow."
Mo Lan was very happy and asked: "Long Bai, is its name 'Yin Bai'? This is your last I have no choice but to plant a cypress tree."
Long Bai: "..."
After talking for a long time, you weren’t just trying to come up with a name, were you?
Long Bai continued: "Observe Heiti first to see if it can successfully evolve into a command ant! If it can, my idea is..."
Long Bai paused. Said: "From now on, the Zhihua and Giant ants will stay in Xianglan Mountain. Almighty commander ants like Heiti will be sent out to lead the ant colony to independently manage Nanjuan Mountain, Jianlan Plain, Molan Mountain, and Hanlan Mountain. , White Lotus Lake and other Force places..."
Currently, there are as many as five unowned Force places. Long Bai's head grew bigger as he talked.
Mo Lan asked: "Long Bai, are you sure the ant nest can still produce ants like Heiti?"
Long Bai: "Since there is one, there must be a second and a third. The question lies in the probability. Maybe one out of a thousand special chemical ants, maybe ten thousand, or one hundred thousand." There is only one special chemical worker ant. It takes time and quantity to test it."
Long Bai: "An all-purpose command ant like Heiti manages an ownerless place of force. , It can not only save resources, but also save me a lot of things."
Mo Lan clicked his tentacles to show that he understood, and suggested: "Long Bai, since black lotus seeds can help Heiti. Evolution...if used on larvae, can it increase the probability of the emergence of specialized worker ants like Heiti?"
Long Bai: "I have thought about it, I can try it..."
"Try it!" Mo Lan agreed, waving her front legs and urging:
"Eat quickly. Eat quickly. Rest early. Send Sang back to Feiguang Mountain tomorrow morning, and then go to Black Lotus Lake to see how Heiti is doing."
(End of Chapter)