Chapter 038: Juniper
After more than 70 days, the special chemical ants cultivated by Longbai were born one after another, with a body length of 22 cm.
The current body length of the dragon cypress is only 18 to 19 centimeters.
The special chemical ant is one size bigger than the king ant of Longbai, and correspondingly, it is more energetic and efficient to do the work.
The "small" specialty ants cultivated during the junior ant queen period were gradually reduced to auxiliary porters.
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A small hill below the mountain range is home to a large area of coggie trees.
A cold night of wind,
The leaves of the coggywood tree are bright red and shiny.
Before you know it, autumn is coming to an end.
Recently, Long Bai has spent a lot of time and energy on cultivating intelligent soldier ants, and the work under the mountain has not been too delayed.
The three large ponds were all completed, drained and excavated to form a large C-shaped pond around the small ponds.
The upstream of the adjacent ditch is blocked and intercepted, and the diversion channel is diverted into the large reservoir, and then from the drainage channel of the reservoir to the downstream ditch.
On the east side of the small pond, including a section of the ditch, a large pond with a side length of 8 meters was dug.
After digging, the pond water is drained and the whole line is connected.
Finally, the corners and corners are trimmed to form a circular pond with a diameter of about 13 meters around the small pond.
There is an island in the center......
The Blue God-given Seed is trying to take root deep underground, and for the time being, it is not in a hurry to penetrate all of them, and is ready to get it again in the spring of next year.
The work at the foot of the mountain is almost complete.
When the temperature drops, the worker ants do not like to move, so they simply stop working, and all the worker ants who live under the mountain return to the mountain nest for a long winter holiday and wait for the spring of the next year.
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The larvae of intelligent ants are more than 20 centimeters long, and their development becomes slow, but they are slow to spin silk and form cocoons.
This guy has a great appetite, and half of the Force food he prepared is worth 1,000 primogems, which has already been eaten by it.
Unsure if it was enough, the dragon cypress himself was reluctant to eat it.
Unsure when the ant larvae will form cocoons and when they will be born, the cypress guards the nest and does not dare to travel far.
Similarly, it is uncertain when the God-given seed of the Fruit Pandan Seed will ripen this year, and Mo Lan must stay in the territory.
I don't know where the end is.
Large blue ants and specialized blue ants cultivated in the later stage were born one after another.
Near the mountains, carnivorous beasts were driven away, and hares and squirrels were rampant.
Long Bai and Mo Lan hunted wildly, allowing the blue ants to refine and reserve.
Soon there was enough food for the colony to feed a month, and the blue ants were full.
Idle.
It's boring.
Mo Lan flies fast, it flies close to the Force barrier, leaving early and returning late, searching north and south, collecting winter dates, kiwifruit, citrus, persimmons, pomegranates and other wild fruits.
On a cliff wall, he pulled the hive of a big black bee and got a lot of honey back.
Long Bai directs the blue ants to combine honey and fruits to brew different flavors of 'ant honey'.
I started doing food research out of boredom.
Results: The more types of fruits, the richer the flavor types, the more delicious the ant honey, and the better the taste when added to meat.
Long Bai speculated that if he could add some dried fruits such as green quince, pine nuts, almonds, and walnuts, the taste would be even better.
The way Long Bai and Mo Lan ate completely changed.
It is mainly fresh meat.
When feeding, have the worker ants cut large pieces of meat into appropriately sized shreds.
Spread a large leaf on the ground and put ant honey.
Shredded meat dipped in ant honey and eaten.
The entrance to the ant's nest was widened, and a spacious dining room with a length of 1.5 meters and a width of 1 meter was opened to the left side of the entrance.
The eating position is fixed in the restaurant.
It's delicious, it's exquisite, it's a new way of eating.
Boredom is the driving force for the progress of civilization.
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Outside the nest, the sky was dark and rainy.
There are ant colonies in the nest, constantly releasing body temperature, and the hatchery room is always warm like spring.
Finally, after eating all of the Force's food from the cypress, the intelligent ant larvae spit silk, pupate, and enter the final stage of feathering.
Finally, in the territory of Molan, the seed given by the god of Fruit Pandan absorbed a large amount of Force, 50 rough stones were used, and the capsule entered the final stage of ripening.
Pandan seeds are harvested first, the quantity remains the same, 308 grains, the quality is on a higher level, and it can be sold for 6 rough stones/grains.
The dragon cypress is now full once, and he is not hungry for three or four days.
Mo Lan is full once, and she will not be hungry for five or six days.
This year's production of fruit pandan seeds, Long Bai and Mo Lan each eat 4 grains to try fresh, the remaining 300 grains of the whole number of retained, all of which will be sold to the caravan in the spring of the next year.
Dry the seeds, dry them and put them away.
Long Bai and Mo Lan began to pack up their territories and prepare for a long journey to explore.
There is not much to clean up, mainly the security of the territory, collecting thorny branches, renovating and reinforcing the fence.
At present, there are a total of 100 specialized soldier ants in Longbai, 36 in the north of the mountain, 12 on the top of the mountain, 36 in the south of the mountain, 12 at the bottom of the mountain, and 4 disabled soldier ants are left to stand guard at the entrance of the ant nest.
Everything is ready, only the smart chemical ant.
After waiting for 10 days, this product can be regarded as breaking out of the cocoon.
The whole body is pitch black, the body length is about 25 cm, the bit chemical ant is slightly larger, and the head is extraordinarily large, accounting for one-third of the entire body.
"Do you have a legacy memory?"
The dragon cypress shakes its tentacles and sends messages in a way that is unique to the ant clan.
“???”
There was a dazed, confused mood swing from the intelligent ant.
That's nothing.
Long Bai: "Can you command the other worker ants?" ”
The intelligent ants were confused for a moment, understood the meaning of the dragon cypress, turned their heads, shook their antennae, and the worker ants near the ant nest all approached.
"Not bad......"
Long Bai shook his tentacles to disperse the worker ants that surrounded him, and said, "You come with me." ”
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After waiting for a few days, Mo Lan simply stayed in the restaurant.
"Dragon cypress? Smart chemical ants? ”
"Yes."
"Will it command the worker ants?"
"Commanding worker ants is instinctive, and they are born with it. However, it has no memory of inheritance, it doesn't understand anything, and there are many things that I need to teach it. ”
"Long Bai, what do you mean ......"
"Let's delay for another day, I'll take it to familiarize myself with the territory, get to know the various life plants, and the saplings cultivated in our nursery."
"Okay......"
Mo Lan reluctantly agreed, and followed out of the nest together.
"It's called Mo Lan, my friend. You don't have to be afraid of it. ”
Long Bai turned his head to introduce the intelligent chemical ants.
The intelligent chemical ants, who were afraid to hide behind Long Bai, tapped their tentacles and said they understood.
Long Bai pointed to the four specialized non-soldier ants standing guard at the entrance of the cave and asked, "Can you command the soldier ants?" ”
"It seems to be ......" The intelligent ant tried to shake its tentacles, and the four soldier ants moved closer.
However, the four soldier ants stepped forward, looked around the intelligent chemical ants, and turned around and left.
Intelligent Ant: "They don't approve of me. ”
Long Bai: "......"
"Mo Lan, let's take it out to see the world."
Long Bai led the intelligent chemical ants out of the nest and came to the foot of the dragon cypress life planting tree, and solemnly introduced:
"This tree is my lifeline, and I named it after the 'dragon cypress'. The so-called ...... of life seeds"
"The Force food you ate when you were a larvae is the product of the life seed, and it is the most important wealth of the territory."
Long Bai continued to lead the way to his second life planting tree, and said, "This tree is also my life seed, and the tree species 'juniper' ......"
Mo Lan, who was following along, suddenly asked, "Long Bai, didn't you say that the intelligent ant is very smart?" Do you want to give it a name? ”
"yes......"
"Then call it juniper?"
Long Bai immediately turned his head and said to the Zhihua Ant: "Its name is 'Mo Lan', my name is 'Long Bai', I am your king, now, I give you a name that belongs to you, Junbai!" Named after my second lifeflower. ”
"Mo Lan. Dragon cypress. Juniper. ”
The intelligent chemical ants looked very happy, refining the main points, cheering and waving their tentacles.
"My name, Juniper!"
"Very smart!" Long Bai praised and continued to introduce: "That's the juniper seed, and that one is the cypress seed......
PS: I didn't add anything today.