There is a large bamboo tree at the bottom of the mountain.

The dragon cypress intercepted the bamboo pole with both jaws, polished it, and made it into a small 'bucket'.

Mo Lan followed all the way and asked, "Long Bai, what are you doing this?" Watering? It's raining. ”

"It's not watering."

"The temperature in the hatchery is much higher than the natural temperature outside the nest. Fill the nest with water, then soak the seeds in it and soak them for half a day to help it quickly recover from dormancy, so that it can germinate faster. ”

Long Bai: "This is a little trick for sowing seeds, soak seeds." ”

"Oh-"

"You wait!"

Mo Lan flapped her wings and left quickly, and after a while, she hurried back with a spider silk bag.

"Long Bai, this is my Xuelan life seed, I dug it out again, you can help soak it."

"There are also various orchid seeds that I collected last autumn and winter, and I plan to open two nurseries to cultivate them intensively according to your method. Long Bai, you can help me soak it. ”

Long Bai: "......"

……

The life seed is already at the Force level, and the vitality is much stronger than that of ordinary seeds.

After being soaked in warm water, the cypress seeds germinate smoothly the day after they are sown into the soil.

After the rain, the temperature rises at the beginning of the day.

The transplanted seedlings of dragon cypress, juniper juniper and juniper have young shoots one after another, and they have entered the vigorous growth stage of the new year.

Migratory birds return, standing on the branches and singing.

The hibernating frog snake wakes up and begins the new year's chase.

Hidden eggs begin to hatch.

The chirping of all kinds of birds, insects and beasts in the mountains echoed endlessly.

Predators who have been hungry for a winter are becoming more and more active.

The settled mountains are home to large animals such as elk, wild boars, black bears, leopards, and pythons.

With the only large worker ant, the dragon cypress cut off thorny branches from a clump of red thorn vines on a hillside hundreds of meters away from the nest, and ruled the throne to enlarge and carry them, building fortifications around the newly sown cypress seeds.

After Mo Lan finished his territory, he came to help, and moved large stones to put around for reinforcement.

At the same time, Mo Lan also increased the amount of predator, and if she couldn't finish eating, she dug pits near the plants and filled the compost.

Every three to five days is a light rain in spring.

The season when everything grows.

The cypress tree of the dragon cypress is raised one section higher every day, and the growth is like insects.

The first specialized soldier ant finally broke out of its cocoon.

The body length is more than ten centimeters, almost twice the body size of the dragon cypress, and the double jaws occupy one-third of the body length, which is hideous and fierce.

Around the same time, a large soldier ant was born.

Long Bai sent them out to guard the cypress seedlings.

At this time, there were 5 small worker ants, 4 medium worker ants, and 2 large worker ants. 1 medium-sized soldier ant, 1 large soldier ant, and 1 specialized soldier ant.

The number is small, but the differentiation species are basically complete.

In the process of practice, Long Bai found out the details.

In terms of territorial management, medium-sized worker ants have the widest range of applications, they can be competent for nursering larvae, feeding soldier ants, developing ant nests, dividing food, loosening the soil in the garden, etc., and can even temporarily work part-time combat work to assist soldier ants in exterminating pests in the territory.

In terms of territory protection, there is no doubt that the Specialized Soldier Ant is the strongest, and it is the trump card combat power of the Giant Headed Ant Clan.

Next, the eggs produced by the Throne are divided into 'Guardians' and 'Producers', and the dragon cypress only breeds two types of ants: specialized soldier ants and medium-sized worker ants.

In the busy spring, the development of the territory is in progress at a fast pace in an orderly manner.

During the intermittent excavation, the second hatchery was completed and named the 'Soldier Ant Hatchery'.

The first hatchery was named the 'Worker Ant Incubator'.

Pheromone stimulation of egg and larvae into non-graded ant species is an extremely complex process, which is divided into two types of hatcheries and separated to prevent flavor crossing.

……

The wheel of time flies.

The mountains are full of flowers, purple and red.

Thick spring.

"Long Bai, it's time to eat."

For the first time, today Mo Lan actually changed her taste, and what she sent was a black snake with its head cut off.

Worker ants and soldier ants have no self-awareness, but after all, semi-Force life, with a certain ability to remember and understand, have all known Mo Lan, smelled the smell of meat, and rushed over.

The specialized soldier ant snatched the black snake, and with force in both jaws, it cut into sections.

Large and small worker ants surrounded, divided, and fed.

Long Bai walked slowly out of the nest and shook his tentacles.

4 medium-sized worker ants stepped forward with shredded meat: the king eats first

The 5 small worker ants also had good eyesight, and stepped forward to comb the membranous wings of the dragon cypress and clean the carapace.

Mo Lan stood aside and watched with interest.

"Long Bai, you are now the real Ant King! In the future, you will definitely become the most powerful ant king in the whole continent! ”

"Oh-"

Long Bai had already figured out the rules of Mo Lan's speech, and there must be other careful thoughts hidden behind the boundless praise and touting.

It's not hard to figure out,

Long Bai said calmly: "The caravan of the Watase Flame Spider Clan entered the Wanguo Continent at the end of winter, lasted about 80 days, and when the flowers were in full bloom all over the mountains, they completed the first half of the trade route and gathered in the east of the Wanguo Continent. ”

Mo Lan accurately captured the core information in the words, looked left and right, looked up and down, and said: "Flowers are blooming? Then they've arrived! Long Bai, shall we leave tomorrow? ”

After Mo Lan finished speaking, he turned to look at the green cypress of the dragon cypress, and said, "I have passed the most fragile seedling stage." Guarded by soldier ants, it should be safe, right? ”

"Yes......"

Long Bai asked, "Mo Lan, what about the Xuelan Seed you sowed?" ”

Mo Lan said: "Almost." ”

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, don't worry, the caravan of the Lacquer Spider King is moving slowly, later than the other caravans, let's leave in a few days." ”

"yes."

Mo Lan cheered, and then asked, "Long Bai, what preparations do you need to make?" ”

Long Bai: "There's no goods to trade with the caravan, so there's nothing to prepare, right?" This trip may take several days, so just protect your plants before leaving. ”

Long Bai advised: "Mo Lan, when you contact the caravan, don't reveal that you have a fruity orchid god-given seed, and you can't leak the information that there is a place in this mountain range where the natural force is extremely abundant. ”

Mo Lan's head tilted, puzzled.

Long Bai: "Each caravan has its own route, but this route is not fixed, driven by profit, and they are all keen to pass through the rich Zerg territory and strive to reach a stable trade relationship with them. But most of the bugs are poor, the rich zergs are always in the minority, and there is competition between the caravans. ”

"The Food of the Force produced by the God-given Seed is too valuable, and it is rooted in the bountiful mountains, and once the news spreads, it is certain that all the caravans will compete to trade with you. But you can only choose one, or two, three, and then you will offend the other caravans, you see? In case any of the caravans have a grudge in their hearts, they will reveal the news to the nearby ant kingdom......"

"Got it!"

Mo Lan asked worriedly, "Will the Ant Clan Kingdom kill us?" ”

Longbai: "What's the good of killing you?" Kill you, and your God-given seed dies, and there is no benefit at all. The clever ant king will calculate the time when the god-given seed of the Fruit Pandan will ripen, and then invade at regular intervals every year to loot you. ”

"So bad!"

Thinking that his territory was robbed, and that it was robbed every year, Mo Lan's worry turned into fear and anger.

Long Bai said with relief: "Mo Lan, don't worry too much, next spring, the quinoa will come, I will look for it privately and secretly reach a stable trading relationship with it." ”

"On this side of the Cloud Trace Continent, the exit of the starship is narrow, and the powerful ant king can't come, and the large-sized soldier ants can't come. You and I will evolve high-level warriors and high-level ant kings as soon as possible, and we will have enough strength to protect the safety of the territory. ”

"I see."

Mo Lan was a little relieved, drew inferences, and said, "Long Bai, your reign throne is the same. Don't let other insects know about it, they will kill you and take your treasures. ”

Long Bai was relieved: "That's right! Mo Lan, you are so smart! ”

Mo Lan couldn't be happy.

Come elated and go home worried.