Black Lotus Lake.

The golden sun of late autumn slanted across the western sky.

The white willow stands on the top of a large willow tree on the shore of the lake, gently swaying with the wind.

Heiti lay on the shore of the lake, commanding the blue soldiers, quietly guarding the black lotus life.

Ordinary seeds are not like God-given seeds, and the fruits of the same seeds do not ripen at the same time, but mature one after another.

The fruit of the ordinary life seed will also accelerate the absorption of the Force during the ripening period, and there is also a process of qualitative transformation of the fruit's original energy, but the absorption of the Force in this process is very small.

The three black lotus species of Bailiu have a total of 13 flowers and 13 lotus pods this year, among which the fastest growing lotus pod is about to fully mature.

This is the Force Food that can help you make the leap from the worker ant class to the Sawang class.

Heti had been looking forward to it for a whole year, and had been squatting by the lake for seven days and seven nights.

The sunset gradually sets into the western mountains and disappears.

The clouds burned like a flame, burning half the sky red, and then gradually cooling, dimming, and extinguishing.

Twilight.

Dark.

Midnight.

The mother plant of the black lotus no longer provides the Force, no longer delivers nutrients, and the last wisp of vitality of the yellowed lotus pod is cut off.

It's ripe!

Heiti shook his tentacles and gave orders.

A specialized blue soldier opened his jaws, bit off the stalks, held the lotus canopy, and ran ashore with water and placed it in front of Heiti.

"Wow! It's finally ripe!"

"Heti!"

The white willow circled and landed, even more eager than Heiti, and saw Heiti holding the lotus pod in both paws and looking at it, anxiously urging, "Eat a few and try it!"

When the long-awaited thing arrived, Hei Ti suddenly stopped in a hurry, and asked about the arrangement of lotus seeds on the lotus pod: [Why is the lotus seed produced by each lotus pod fixed 14? Instead of 15 or 16? 】

For ordinary black lotus, the number of lotus seeds in each lotus pod is 15 to 17 seeds that are not fixed.

INTERVIEWER Why is there such a difference?

- The king probably knows.

Heiti thought silently, looked up at the white willow that was so anxious that he was spinning in place, stretched out the tips of his toes and pulled out a lotus seed, peeled off the seed coat with both jaws, chewed and ate it.

The familiar breath of the Force rushes straight to the door of the brain after being absorbed.

Wonderful feeling of familiarity.

"Delicious!"

Heiti vigorously moved his tentacles.

Heiti doesn't have spiritual power, and Bai Liu can't communicate with him through spiritual power, let alone through the information transmission method of the ant clan, but he can understand it by looking at his actions.

As everyone predicted, the black lotus seed could help Heiti continue to evolve.

The white willow breathed a sigh of relief, flapped his wings lightly, rose vertically into the air, and flew at a gallop with joy, 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 one.

You can still only eat 3 pieces a day, and any more will be wasted.

The remaining 11 lotus seeds were all deducted in one go, peeled, and handed over to the blue ants to refine into Force ant honey and store them.

There are also 13 lotus pods in the lake, which will ripen in the last four or five days.

Heiti and Bailiu continued to guard, ripening one and picking the other.

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Late at night.

South Sour Zao Mountain, the fire soars to the sky.

Sang walked in the raging fire, controlling the fire while extinguishing the flames.

Mo Lan wielded her scythe-like sharp forelimbs as she disposed of the unburned branches.

The dragon cypress controls the throne, suspended high in the air, always keeping an eye on the direction of the air.

There is a certain risk in using fire-based capabilities to open up wasteland.

Sang is only a 3-year-old high-level warrior, and his ability to control and extinguish the fire is limited, so if he suddenly encounters a gust of wind, he may not be able to control the scene.

There are dense forests on all sides, and once they are ignited, they get out of control

, that's a big problem.

Therefore, you can only set a fire when there is no wind, or when there is a light breeze. You have to be cautious in breezy weather and go against the wind.

It's a weather-friendly way to open up wasteland, but it's super efficient.

In half a month before and after, almost half of the southern sour jujube mountain was burned.

Tonight breeze, extra night shift.

The dragon cypress is vigilant at the upwind and always keeps an eye on the wind direction and wind changes.

As luck would have it, a strong wind blew over.

"Stop!"

"Sang, stop."

The dragon cypress manipulated the throne of domination to descend and approach.

Sang received the order and quickly activated his ability to extinguish all the flames.

The dragon cypress controls the dock of the throne and jumps off the throne to help.

A gale is blowing.

After a moment of panic, all the open flames were extinguished, and it took a lot of time to get rid of all the sparks and smoky stumps and branches.

As soon as the fire was extinguished, the wind stopped.

Damn the weather~ Long Bai secretly slandered, the time was not early, and greeted: "Sang, Mo Lan, this is the end of tonight, everyone is tired, let's rest."

After a busy day, Sang was indeed exhausted and slowly climbed to the throne.

Mo Lan was still in good spirits, jumped on the throne, took a gourd, and took a wooden dish made of vine seeds, poured ant honey, and beckoned to eat and recover.

Long Bai flapped his wings and circled in the air, landed on the ground, and said with satisfaction, "The current burned wasteland is enough to be busy for a year or two. San, your territory can't be garrisoned without insects for a long time, and it's been half a month since you left...... I'll send you back tomorrow morning!"

"Okay—"

Sang was somewhat worried about his territory.

Mo Lan waved his tentacles and said, "If there is a giant soldier ant who helps guard Diansang's territory, everyone doesn't have to worry. To build an orchard in the south of Suojube Mountain, you have to send at least one Zhihua soldier ant to stay there."

Mo Lan turned his head and said, "Long Bai, the command ant is not enough, can you cultivate another intelligent chemical ant?"

Long Bai hesitated and said, "If you want to cultivate, it is also to cultivate giant blue soldiers."

Mo Lan: "Why? Who will command the worker ants to build the orchard? Aren't there already three combat command ants, juniper, giant cypress, and cypress?"

Long Bai: "I, the juniper, will come in turn. The distance between Black Lotus Lake and Nansour Zao Mountain is close, and Heiti can also come over to help."

"For a few years after the orchard is cleared and the seedlings are planted, the main tasks are weeding, insecticide, irrigation, and the ant colony stationed here needs to hunt and protect the ants. The Giant Blues can command both the Ant and the Blues, and they can do all the work perfectly."

"Oh—"

Mo Lan understood a little, clicked his tentacles in agreement, and asked, "Then cultivate another giant blue soldier!"

Long Bai had been worried about the lack of command ants for a long time, and he had thought about it for a long time, but he still hadn't made a decision.

Seeing that Mo Lan was keen on this matter, he sorted out his thoughts, organized his language, and said one by one:

"One more command ant, one more right-hand man. It is uncertain whether the large-scale reclamation of top-quality plants will be able to obtain the God-given seeds as desired, but it will definitely increase the expenditure of a large amount of Force resources."

"At present, we seem to have endless Force food, but this is due to the fact that you and I have suppressed our growth in the past few years, and we have not gone all out to evolve, and we have consumed less resources."

"Juniper and juniper are only in the intermediate stage and consume limited resources, but when they evolve to the advanced stage, their consumption will increase dramatically every year. At the same time, we also have to consider whether to allow them to continue to evolve to the lord level after evolving the mountain master level. If it continues, the resources required ......."

"Each additional commander ant can share part of the work, but it also means a huge investment of resources. If they can't get the corresponding God-given seed as expected, then they can't support their upward growth."

"Command ants are wise, independent, and have been together for a long time, can they bear to abandon them? What if you can't bear to abandon it, and you don't have the resources to supply it?"

Long Bai: "Mo Lan, you decide, yes

Don't raise another giant Blue."

Long Bai states the situation, analyzes the pros and cons, and throws the question to Mo Lan.

It's a very serious choice~ Mo Lan lowered her head and thought carefully.

Sang looked left and right, and said quietly, "...... I think so."

Mo Lan raised his head and said, "Then cultivate another giant blue soldier!" We're sure we'll still be able to get the God-given seed!"

You have been blessed by the gods of nature, and if you say you can, you can definitely do it!

Long Bai said sharply, "Okay! It starts tomorrow."

Mo Lan was elated and asked, "Dragon cypress, is its name 'Silver Cypress'?" This is your last cypress tree, so you don't have to choose."

Long Bai: "......"

For a long time, you don't just come up with a name, do you?

"Observe Heti first and see if he can evolve into a command ant! If it works, my thought is ......."

Long Bai paused and said, "From now on, Zhihua and Juhua Ants will stay in Xianglan Mountain. Like Heiti, the all-round command ant is sent out, leads the ant colony, and independently manages the force places such as Nansan Zao Mountain, Jianlan Plain, Molan Mountain, Hanlan Mountain, and Bailian Lake......

At present, there are as many as 5 ownerless Force Lands, and Long Bai's head grows as he speaks.

Mo Lan asked, "Long Bai, are you sure that the ant nest can still give birth to ants like Heiti?"

Long Bai: "If there is one, there must be a second and a third, and the problem is the probability. Probably, there will be one out of a thousand special chemical ants, maybe 10,000, and only one out of 100,000 special chemical ants. It will take time and quantity to test."

Long Bai: "An all-powerful command ant like Heti managing an ownerless Force can save resources and save me a lot of things."

Mo Lan nodded his tentacles, indicating that he understood, and suggested, "Long Bai, since the Black Lotus Seed can help Heiti evolve...... If it is used for larvae, can it increase the probability of the appearance of specialized ants like black grapes?"

Long Bai: "I've thought about it, I can try it......

"Try!" Mo Lan echoed, waving her forefoot and urging:

"Eat quickly. Eat quickly. Rest early. Send Sang back to Crimson Light Mountain tomorrow morning, and then go to Black Lotus Lake to see how Heiti is doing."