Chapter 437 Variant branch of Barberry dome-leaf
The former termite kingdom had more than 30 species of pine and fir trees, which were cultivated on a large scale.
After Longbai entered the country of purple lindens, the number of varieties increased to more than 120, and the planting area was further expanded.
Pine nuts have high oil content.
Blue soldiers and blue ants like to eat it, and soldier ants and worker ants do not refuse. Pine nuts, chestnuts, and oaks are listed as the most important dried fruit foods in the kingdom.
During the autumn harvest season, the most important task is to pick pine cones.
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Juniper, Black Leaf, and Black Birch led five thousand large, medium, and small soldier ants and worker ants, sweeping through the dense forest as if they were marching and hunting.
The soldier ants caught all the snakes, rats and toads on the trees and mixed them with pine nut ant honey to enrich the taste and nutrition.
"Juniper!"
"Black leaves! Black birch!"
The dragon cypress circled to the ground.
The busy ant colony paused in unison.
The three Zuowangs all came closer.
Juanbao said: "The King of Longcypress Ants has discovered a novel mutant strain of Barberry dome-leaf! Its fruit has mutated into purple-red color."
Dome-leaf barberry?
The fruits of Barberry dome-leaf should be very bright red.
Mutation into a purple-red fruit? That's quite a change.
The God's Gift is not triggered, which means that it is similar to spades and has some shortcomings. It needs to be optimized through large-scale cultivation and seed selection.
Long Bai asked: “Where was it found?”
Black Birch answered quickly: "Near the palace, next to the ant road in the north."
Heiye added: "It was discovered by Giant Cypress."
Was it discovered by Giant Cypress again?
Spades were also discovered by Giant Cypress.
This guy Ju Bai has a pair of eyes that are good at discovery!
Long Bai: "Have the mutated seeds been collected and stored?"
Juniper: "We collected 6 seeds and plan to try sowing them next spring."
Long Bai tapped his tentacles and gave instructions Said: "Black Leaf, Black Birch, you are busy. Juniper, come back with me and take a look."
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The White Barberry Ant King and Red Barberry Ant Queen of the Termite Kingdom have collected many Varieties of barberry trees are mainly planted in the central area.
After the dragon cypress moved in, he ordered it to be eradicated and replaced with silver cypress and azure persimmon, but he did not kill them all. Some of each variety was retained, and together with the cypress trees, they were planted on both sides of the ant tunnel at intervals.
The air is cold in late autumn, and the barberry trees have entered the leaf-falling period.
Different varieties, the leaves turn into different colors, red, orange, yellow and purple, adding many bright colors to the road.
"Long Cypress Ant King, this one!"
Junier cypress raised his paw and pointed, "This branch has been growing for two years, and no one noticed it before. Giant Cypress Keen to all kinds of fruits..."
"Jiongbai, it's because of your negligence that the branches have branched."
Longbai criticized it lightly and stared at the branches carefully.
The branches also have certain variations.
The petiole of barberry dome-leaf branches has thorns, which are leaf thorns. Usually there are 4 to 5 thorns under each cluster of petioles, which are sharp and slender.
Each cluster of petioles on the mutated branches has only two thorns, which are weak and short.
The mutant branches are also slightly slimmer.
Not a very good mutation.
Seeing this situation, Long Bai couldn't help but use his tentacles to give it the 'prosperity' ability.
“Not bad!”
“There are precedents of white barberry and red barberry, which prove that the barberry tree is also worth cultivating.”
Long Bai warned: "Junbai, please be more careful. Collect those 6 seeds carefully and sow them in time next spring."
Junbai: "I understand." Long Bai: "According to my Judging from experience, the reason why this mutated branch did not trigger the gift of nature is most likely because it is too delicate and does not optimize the mutation. This situation is relatively simple to deal with, that is, large-scale cultivation and selection from generation to generation. Strengthen the seedlings until they meet the conditions given by God."
Juniper cypress: "Understood."
Juniper cypress: "What about large-scale cultivation of the cypress ant king? It may be necessary to borrow Zhanlan’s ‘bud culture technology’.”
Long Bai: "Zhan Lan is busy enough... Let's try seed cultivation first. First, make sure whether the seeds can develop normally."
Juniper: "Yes——"
Long Bai : "You can also use traditional grafting methods to expand the scale relatively quickly."
Long Bai: "I brought Qingma over here, and it uses its wood-type ability to cooperate with you."
Juniper: "Okay!"
Make things clear.
Long Bai paused for a few seconds and said succinctly: "The divine gift of laws is no longer a secret. Discovering mutant strains is not a shady matter. There are 500,000 species of plants in the natural star world. The world is vast and the opportunities are endless. There's no need to hide it from Citizen and the Barley Bug tribe."
Juan Bai: "Okay, Long Bai Ant King."
Yuan Bai. Bai, please go ahead.”
Junpa left surrounded by the ants.
Long Bai stared at the mutated branches for a while, then walked slowly towards Jin He's god-given seed.
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"Little ant, I forgot to ask just now. I speculate that your wood-type worker ants should be able to inherit your wood-type abilities fairly well, right?"
"That's true. I named the wood-type soldier ants and worker ants 'green soldiers' and 'green ants' respectively. According to actual measurements, the specialized green soldiers are not very good, and the specialized green ants can inherit 20% of my One’s wood ability.”
“Then try your best to cultivate 100,000 specialized green ants in the Purple Lime Worm Country. It’ll be cool for me.”
"Uh..."
You are more capable than Nanqian...
Long Bai explained seriously: "There are quite a lot of restrictions on the ability to prosper. One is the limit of the force, and the other is food. . Every time worker ants use their prosperity ability, they consume a lot of nutritional reserves and need to eat meat to recover quickly."
Jin He: "Aren't you digging a reservoir to raise fish?"
Long. Bai: "The original plan was to dig four large reservoirs to support 20,000 medium, small, and micro soldier ants and worker ants. Now, the plan has changed slightly, and the soldier ants and worker ants may be replaced by green soldiers and green ants, which are mainly vegetarians. , instead support 500 specialized green ants.”
Jin He: "500? How is that enough? Fifty thousand 'prosperity' abilities hit me and I don't feel anything."
Long Bai: "..."
——I am like this It's a divine arrangement for Bai Bo, so of course you won't feel it.
Long Bai complained secretly in his heart.
Jin He’s god-given seed asked in confusion: “The ocean is not far from your south, right? Aren’t there endless fish in the sea? There happen to be specialized blue soldiers who are good at water warfare. You You can go fishing in the sea, refine it, and then transport it here.”
Can you eat fish from the sea?
Long Bai twitched his tentacles and remained silent, not asking immediately.
Long Bai and Mo Lan went to the beach very early and tasted the sea water. It was salty and bitter, and they instinctively felt that it was highly poisonous.
The ants have a keen sense of smell and are not very comfortable smelling the smell of the ocean.
Can the fish grown in such water be eaten?
Can it be eaten?
Long Bai looked at himself and found that he had always subconsciously believed that fish in the sea was inedible, but he had never tasted it himself and had never thought of trying it.
The words of the seed given by Jin He awakened Long Bai.
The meaning of the words given by Jinhe God is very clear: the fish in the sea can be eaten!
So far, the various experiences and knowledge imparted by the five old trees of Citi, Quandong, Linnan, Yexiang and Jinhe have never gone wrong.
Long Bai said vaguely: "I'll give it a try... I will evolve to the lord level in the future, and the ruling throne will fly faster. I'll think about it again."
Jin He's God-given Seed: "That's right. You are already 7 years old. It's time. At your rate of evolution, it's most cost-effective to cultivate green soldiers and green ants on a large scale after the lord level..."
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Long Bai was resting in the purple linden country. All night.
The next morning,
The ruling throne set off with Mo Lan and Yun Shan.
(End of this chapter)