After Long Bai finished handling the affairs on Yunji Continent, he took Mo Lan with him and hurriedly set off for Yaoye Island.
The Dominion Throne continuously produces ant eggs, focusing on cultivating them into large, medium, small and micro worker ants to expand the nesting work team of Shaking Leaf Island.
Long cypress and black birch work together to direct the ant colony, dig underground water veins, and at the same time open up wasteland and expand soil, steadily expanding the planting area of Yushu No. 2.
Time flies,
Wanglan Continent has entered the cold winter.
After a brief discussion, Long Bai and Mo Lan decided to change the time of searching for the god-given seeds and set out early to search for Xiangsi Island and Shuangzhu Island.
No result.
He boldly went to the Thousand Reef Islands again...
Coming here once a year, year after year, Long Bai and Mo Lan have become familiar with every island here.
Lying during the day and acting at night.
As usual, we start with the large island with an area of 400 square kilometers.
I have been busy for two nights with no results.
Then there is a large island with an area of 150 square kilometers...
The soul-fixing ability senses to confirm safety.
Mo Lan walked on the water and landed on the island to search.
Long Bai lurked in the shallow water near the shore to respond. Without waiting for a while, if he felt something, he activated his soul-fixing ability and anchored Mo Lan's position.
"My King! I have discovered something"
"A seed given by God?"
"Of course!"
"What kind of plant?"
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"Wang Lan!"
Communication was interrupted.
Long Bai opened his mouth, and the half-submerged ruling throne shrank sharply. He hid it in his mouth, walked across the sea to the island, ran close to the ground, and arrived at Mo Lan's location.
A piece of rolling hills,
On the top of the hills, large areas of king orchid grow together in a continuous line.
Among them, the best ones have reached a height of five to six meters.
Due to the name Wanglan Continent, Long Bai paid special attention to the plant variety 'Wanglan'.
Completely different from the orchids of Molan, Wanglan belongs to another plant group, somewhat similar to palm plants, with lignified stems, one main trunk pointing upward, and very few branches.
Wanglan is a large family. Thirty-four species are recorded in the inheritance memory, all distributed in the southern hemisphere. There are also closely related races, as many as thousands of species.
Mostly grown in tropical or subtropical areas.
These king orchids in front of you have distinctive characteristics, with thick and upright stems, enlarged bases, and whorls of leaves...
Long cypress can be recognized at a glance: elephant-footed king orchid
"Long cypress!"
Mo Lan greeted, raising her paw and pointing to the ground.
Under the tree is a dry and cracked capsule that has naturally matured and fallen. On a piece of gray-white flat sandstone, there is a brown-black oblate seed with white veins, exuding weak original energy fluctuations.
Mo Lan: "It fell on the ground, and no insects picked it up. Fortunately we arrived in time, otherwise, it would have taken root and sprouted by itself."
"Mo Lan is so powerful~"
Long Bai praised it.
The Elephant Foot King Orchid can be roughly classified into the ranks of 'small trees', but it retains many characteristics of herbaceous plants. After gestating the God-given seed of destiny, it is a branch derived from the bottom rhizome. Many trunks grow into a large clump.
Wanglanming species is derived from underground stems and has a ramet development model.
It's a bit like bamboo, one tree can grow into a large forest.
The output is high and the quality is acceptable.
The most important thing is that Elephant Foot Wang Lan’s life seed is a strength enhancement that matches the ant tribe’s talent.
These are wild species. They are still a little short of reaching the top level. The difference lies in the quality of the God-given force food they produce.
But if it is nurtured by Long Bai and the ant talent blessing is superimposed, it can just make up for this shortcoming and jump to the top level.
"Mo Lan, a god-given seed of power..."
Long Bai was too shy to speak directly.
Mo Lan: "It's my turn to evolve!"
"Power system..."
Long Bai humbly emphasized.
Mo Lan tilted her head, squinted, disdainfully, and waved her claws, "Forget it. It will take nine years for the divine mountain pillar fruit to be delivered. It's the same if you come first."
"Thank you, the second king. "Hey~"
Long Bai was happy, buried his head, opened his mouth and sucked, and put the seeds into his life bag.
The god-given seed that evolves the 6th age lord is now available.
Mo Lan said seriously: "Long Bai, do you want to wait for the divine fruit that Bai Wei promised to give the fire element talent? You have to wait for 9 years? Then you can discuss it with the Edelweiss Spider King. It Can you send us the divine fruit that you promised to compensate us first?”
Long Bai: "There's no rush. Don't you also want to evolve the 2nd age lord? The growth and evolution of silver cypress, black birch, and zucchini cannot be left behind. The current income of the kingdom does not support our high-frequency evolution."
Mo Lan thought about it for a moment and tapped his tentacles.
The 1st age lord evolves to the 2nd age, the cost is relatively low, 6 million divine grade mountain pillar fruits, plus 8 million earth element god-given force food.
If Long Bai wants to evolve into a 6-year-old lord, the cost will be high. The divine fruit that gives the fire talent will cost 10 million raw stones, and he also needs to eat the god-given force food worth about 24 million raw stones.
If both Longbai and Molan evolve once within ten years, the total cost will be as high as 48 million rough stones.
There are currently twelve assistant kings in the kingdom, and they all only eat God-given force food to evolve. The total annual expenses are astronomical.
The production cycle of the divine Moranzi is too long. Before this, the kingdom’s average annual income was less than 7 million.
If you can't make ends meet, you may have to borrow money from Bai Wei again...
It's definitely not possible to keep doing this, at least you can't borrow too much at once.
It would be good to moderate the frequency of age evolution.
Long Bai said with relief: "Mo Lan, you have just turned 120 years old this year. You are still young, so don't worry."
"Are you 120 years old?"
Mo Lan is a little confused, lightly. Sighed: "I'm not young anymore."
Mo Lan raised her paw and pointed at the ground, and asked: "Long Bai, would you like to collect some common Elephant Foot King Orchid seeds and take them back to cultivate."
The dragon cypress shook its tentacles and said, "It's not necessary for the moment. Let's do our best to cultivate two plants, the silver cypress and the rain tree."
"Okay -"
Mo Lan: "Keep looking!"
Long Bai returned to the coast and continued to lurk and be vigilant.
In the second half of the night,
Mo Lan completed the search across the island, but found nothing.
Not staying long, he then sneaked towards a nearby small island with an area of about 40 square kilometers.
“Eh——”
Long Bai and Mo Lan activated their soul-fixing abilities at the same time, and noticed something strange at the same time.
The Throne of Control dives slowly.
Mo Lan gently raised her paw and pointed at the sky.
In the dark clouds at night, a familiar butterfly soul.
"Long Bai, it's that butterfly again!"
"Notice it."
"How to deal with it?"
"There are no other insects nearby. Right? ”
"Not found."
"Chat with it."
"Chat? What to talk about?"
"Just chat and learn more about the kingdoms along the coast. The Edelweiss Spider King is only engaged in the trade of divine items, and is not familiar with those kingdoms that do not have divine items, and does not know the private relationships between these kingdoms."
"Oh. ——”
Mo Lan worriedly said: "I encountered it twice in the same place. If we let it go, we will definitely find helpers to come and squat with us."
Long Bai said confidently: "Mo Lan, if you are smarter, you won't be able to do it."
The Throne of Control quietly surfaced from the sea.
Mo Lan gently flapped her wings and took off.
Long Bai jumped onto the sea, his throne shrunk sharply, he took it back into his mouth, activated his wind wing ability, and took off lightly in the wind.
Slowly ascending to the top of the clouds.
In the thick clouds, Morpho Warrior Zi was awakened by the strange force fluctuations. He suddenly became alert, the surrounding clouds shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to run away.
A spider silk bag fell out and fell downwards.
Mo Lan’s figure flashed, she caught up and picked it up with one claw.
Purple spirit power launched a probe, and the escape movement stopped.
"King of Yellow Ants, long time no see!"
"Wang Lan Mantis, are you okay?"
Zi greeted warmly, knowing clearly that at his own speed, he could not outrun these two. Guy.
“Zi, we meet again.”
Long Bai’s tone was gentle.
Mo Lan opened the spider silk bag and looked through it, only to find that it was filled with seeds of ordinary plants.
The poor butterfly.
Mo Lan raised her paw and threw it back, and asked teasingly: "Zi, you came here because... you stole the plant seeds of the Wasp Kingdom!"
"No!"
Zi denied and explained: "Find some beautiful plant seeds and take them back to sow them to decorate my orchard."
Zi felt that the credibility of this statement was not high, and added: "This is a desert island in the open sea under the jurisdiction of no insects. I also try my luck and find the seeds given by the gods."
Aware of Long Bai There is no hostility towards Mo Lan.
Zi immediately became bolder and asked: "Aren't you Blue Island ants?"
Long Bai: "No."
Mo Lan: "I am Mantis." Mo Lan asked: "How did you know that we are not Blue Island Ants?"
Zi: "I don't understand where your wind talent comes from, but I am sure that Ishikari Blue Ant must not have wood talent, let alone wood ability. If so, this time Blue Island and Wave Tree It must have been shown in the battle of the Gulf Alliance, and the news has spread throughout the mainland."
Mo Lan exclaimed: "What a smart butterfly!"
Long Bai quickly waved his tentacles. He stopped and kindly advised: "Wang Lan, we and Zi are old friends who have known each other for many years, don't make such a joke."
Long Bai raised his paw and pointed to the south, and said: "Actually, I am the giant-headed ant, we come from Zhiye Bay, the Longmai Mountain United Kingdom. I am a direct descendant of the Sisal Ant King.”
——Longmai Mountain?
Zi was dubious.
Nine out of ten sentences said by the ant and the mantis are false...
Mo Lan asked: "Butterfly, you don't even know about the Sisal Ant King, do you? ?”
Zi Laoshibajiao said: “I don’t know…”
Mo Lan: "Then you can't even know about Longmai Mountain, right?"
Zi: "I know this well..."
The United Kingdom of Longmai Mountain is located in the south, guarding The starship passage connecting the two continents Wanglan and Zhibai.
According to the common agreement of all the Zerg races on the two continents, except for the Flame Spider Travelers, other Zerg races are not allowed to cross the border at will.
The United Kingdom of Longmaishan is composed of many Zerg species and assumes the important task of supervising the passage between the two worlds. On the mainland, its status is also transcendent.
Long Bai and Mo Lan inquired a lot about Wanglan Continent from the Snow Spider King.
Those who claim to be from the United Kingdom of Longmaishan are least likely to be suspected.
Long Bai asked: "Since you know Longmai Mountain, you must also know the Yindian Queen Bee, right?"
Zi: "..."
Long Bai despises, He waved his tentacles and said: "Forget it, we are far away from each other in the south and north. It is normal for us not to understand each other."
Long Bai chatted and asked: "Zi, did you go see the battle between Bo Shu Wan and Lan Dao you mentioned last time?"
Zi: "Watch it? Don't dare to watch it..."
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Mo Lan: "Of course -"
Long Bai: "Bo Shuwan coalition forces besieged Lan We watched the battle on Yucai Island from a distance. Later, we didn’t dare to go to the battle on Yucai Island.”
Zi: "What did you see?"
Long Bai: "At the beginning of the war, the Bo Shuwan coalition landed on the island near Blue Island, seized the island and built defenses. The original plan was to besiege the main island and fight a war of attrition. , suddenly one night, a huge tsunami hit the island, and an elite army of Ishikari blue ants came from the northern sea to raid Haoshu Bay..."
Long Bai: "We encountered the detour at that time. The elite army of Ishikari Blue Ants almost lost our lives, and we escaped back to Longmai Mountain in one breath."
Mo Lan was in high spirits and said: "I heard that the elite Ishikari Blue Ants raided Yanqing Mountain. , However, the Yiguo Queen Bee and the others were prepared before going out and hid their life seeds in the heart of the tree."
Long Bai continued: "I heard that the elite Ishikari Blue Ants later occupied the feathers. Calyx Island, the Bo Shuwan coalition attacked desperately and recaptured the island. ”
Mo Lan asked: "Zi, how much do you know?"
Zi: "Everything I know is what I heard..."
Zi: "I also heard that the one-fruit queen bee The coalition forces led by Bo Shuwan once besieged the location of the Scepter of the Ocean God on Blue Island. There were not 10 but 30 butterfly kings of the Holy Butterfly Tribe who participated in the battle. Unfortunately, they lost in the end."
Mo Lan: "There are not 30 butterfly kings from the Holy Butterfly Tribe participating in the war, but 60."
Zi was suspicious and said: "Yiguo Queen Bee once came to Huolun Island to ask for help, and I was there to entertain her. Yiguo The queen bee said 30 people.”
Mo Lan: "No. 60!"
Long Bai: "There is no need to fight for this. Most of them are worried about damaging the prestige of the Holy Butterfly tribe, so they deliberately underestimated the number of butterfly kings participating in the war."
Mo Lan: "Our news comes from the Edelweiss Spider King. Do you know the Edelweiss Spider King? Its information is more credible."
Long Bai stared at Zi and asked: "Zi, You don’t even know the Edelweiss Spider King, do you?”
Mo Lan: “There are no insects in Wanglan Continent who don’t know the Edelweiss Spider King. Are you not from Fire Wheel Island? Are you from another continent? Came here smuggled in? ”
Zi: "???"
Mo Lan: "I know! You smuggled over from Zhibai Continent!"
Long Bai: "Wang Lan, don't make blind guesses, if The insects in Zhibai Continent should know the Snow Velvet Spider King."
"Oh——"
"Yes!"
Mo Lan stared at Zi and asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Zi: "..."
Zi: "I didn't say I didn't know you, right? I am the Snow Spider King Of course we know him! Who doesn’t know the richest man in Xue Rong who specializes in trading divine fruits?”
Mo Lan: “Yes?”
Zi felt guilty after being questioned inexplicably.
Zi Nu said: "I must know him~"
Zi asked back: "Then do you know the Ziying Butterfly King?"
"Yes!"
Long Baihe Mo Lan replied in unison.
Zi: "...I know him too."
Zi: "The Ziying Butterfly King also came to Huolun Island to ask for help."
Zi became more and more confused and asked: "Are you two really from the United Kingdom of Longmai Mountain?"
>Mo Lan: "Of course, why did you lie to me?"
Zi: "Yes. Why did you lie to me?"
Mo Lan asked: "When did I lie to you? ”
Zi asked back: "Have you two told the truth?"
Long Bai: "I didn't want to lie to you. The first time was because I was afraid that you would hunt me down; the second time was your own problem, you I said we were from Blue Island, so we just joked with you; this is the third time... there is no need to lie to you this time."
Zi Zi raised his head slightly and thought, "... It seems to be true."
Long Bai didn't allow it to think too much and asked: "Zi, did you, Huolu Island, participate in the battle against Yucai Island?"
Zi immediately? Be wary and said firmly: "No!"
Zi asked back: "Did your Longmaishan participate in the war?"
Longbai: "We at Longmaishan didn't want to get involved in the mainland disputes, but the Erguo Queen Bee and the Ziying Butterfly King came to see them three times. It's really We had no choice but to agree to assist with a batch of fresh meat and send 30,000 soldiers to escort it."
Zi changed his words without leaving any trace: "Yes, it's the same with our Fire Wheel Island, Yiguo Queen Bee and Zi. The Butterfly King said that this was a life-and-death crisis for hundreds of thousands of races on the mainland, and he was so anxious that the Volcano Ant King had no choice but to reluctantly agree to assist with a batch of fresh meat and sent 30,000 soldier ants to escort it. "
Long Bai: "Oh..."
This butterfly...
The alertness is quite high!
I am also worried that I and Mo Lan are from Blue Island.
Long Bai changed the topic, raised his paw and pointed to the west, and said: "The Forest Wasp Kingdom seems to be deeply involved in this battle. I see that on offshore islands, the number of worker bees stationed in large and small hives has declined greatly. There are almost no combat worker bees left.”
When Zi said this, he immediately became energetic, “Yes, I understand this!” The kingdom has sent 80,000 worker bees to participate in the battle. When attacking Blue Island, the kingdom lost more than half of its troops. It sent two assistant kings and 50,000 worker bees. I heard that more than half of them were lost on Blue Island, so when they attacked Yucai Island, An additional 30,000 troops were added. What's even worse is that I heard that only a few remnants of soldiers and an assistant king came back."
Mo Lan was puzzled and asked: "Is the Forest Wasp very warlike? So active? It's understandable to send troops to besiege Blue Island. If you win, you will get benefits. However, you need to add more troops to attack Yucai Island for the second time... What's the matter? Benefits? Revenge? Shouldn’t it?”
Zi: “There are no direct benefits…”
Zi: “This, that, well, it’s a coincidence that I happened to find out some relevant news recently. . According to rumors, since ancient times, the Forest Vespa Kingdom has always taken the initiative to send queen bees to join the United Kingdom of Boshu Bay. The Forest Vespa clan has a certain status in Boshu Bay, especially the three queen bees, namely Yiguo, Erguo and Sanguo. During these hundreds of years as the leader of the coalition, Mori Wasp has become one of the main forces of the coalition."
Zi: "Can you understand now why Mori Wasp Kingdom actively participated in the war?"
"Understand. ——”
"I understand——"
Long Bai and Mo Lan moved their tentacles.
The Boshuwan Kingdom Alliance is divided into two parts. The main part is the 'Boshuwan United Kingdom', which has a vast territory of 500,000 square kilometers. It is mainly composed of the warlike ant tribe of Wanglan Continent, It is composed of bees and termites. In addition, including Zerg warriors from Zhibai Continent who have nowhere to go, they can apply to join. Once you join, you will not only get the territory and security to live in, but also enjoy various resource subsidies. Of course, there will also be high-intensity combat training to undertake the mission of fighting the Blue Island Ishikari Blue Ants.
The other part is the southwest coast of Wanglan Continent and the forty-nine kingdoms at the north and south ends of Boshu Bay.
Once the Ishikari Blue Ants hit the mainland, these kingdoms would be the first to suffer, so they formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the United Kingdom of Boshuwan, and together they formed the 'Alliance of Boshuwan Kingdoms'.
There is no doubt that
Boshuwan United Kingdom is currently the strongest and most influential force in Wanglan Continent.
The Forest Wasp Kingdom has such a deep bond with the United Kingdom of Boshuwan.
Long Bai and Mo Lan were a little panicked.
The matter of occupying the Thousand Reef Islands in the future...
The approach must change.
Cannot be taken by force.
Provoking a forest wasp kingdom may involve a lot of powerful allies...
This is not easy to handle...
Long Bai quickly adjusted his mentality. He gloated: "I'm afraid, the good days of the Forest Wasp Kingdom are coming to an end."
Zi: "???"
Long Bai: "As far as I know, the plan to besiege Blue Island to seize the scepter of the God of the Sea failed miserably. The three queen bees, One Fruit, Two Fruit, and Three Fruit, were disheartened. , I want to give up my position as leader, plan to evolve to the 9th age, and leave the Force Star Realm."
Mo Lan added: "The Shanke Ant King and the Red Maple Dragon King are also leaving. What a cruel fight. The war directly wiped out the five leaders of the Boshuwan Alliance."
Zi: "!"
Is there such exciting follow-up news?
Zi was excited, her tentacles straightened, and she was full of energy, and asked: "Is the news reliable? Why is there no news on the mainland? I often help the Volcano Ant King go to kingdoms with which we have good relations to deliver messages. I have come into contact with a lot of insects. I have never heard of it at all. Hear it."
"This..."
Mo Lan suddenly turned his head to look at Long Bai.
Long Bai: "..."
Long Bai: "Zi, I can only tell you that the news is true. It was obtained through special channels and is absolutely true."
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Long Bai sternly warned: "Zi, if the news didn't spread on the mainland, it must be because Bo Shuwan blocked the news out of various concerns. Five leaders left the field at the same time. This can be regarded as a major change, and there are many fatalities involved behind it." Question. Be careful, don’t talk nonsense, you may get into trouble.”
Zi: “I understand——”
Sharing such explosive news.
The distance between the two sides seemed to suddenly become closer.
Zi restrained her mental power and asked: "Where did you hear the news?"
Long Bai and Mo Lan shook their tentacles together: I can't say anything
Long Bai said: "Zi, let's talk about something lighter. When Mo Lan and I were watching the battle on Blue Island, we saw armed poisonous needle ants. It's so ferocious that only ten thousand soldier ants are running rampant on Blue Island. If I remember correctly, there is an armed poisonous needle ant kingdom not far from Huolun Island, right?"
Zi: "Yes, the Poison Needle Kingdom is also one of the most active kingdoms in participating in the war. It is a pure carnivorous guy with a cruel and aggressive nature. He likes to fight for territory. He always provokes wars and is at odds with all the surrounding kingdoms..." (This chapter End)