Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 941 - 668: Preparing for Battle (Part 3)

This makes 800 trees...

Previously estimated, Blue Island has over a thousand wild Divine-Given Seeds. After the war, when rewards are distributed, there are still two to three hundred left.

The remaining ones, of course, are divided among the Great Leader, the five Leaders, and seventeen Deputy Leaders, since they made the greatest contributions.

Dragon Cypress is thinking, if Ink Orchid and I take one Divine Grade, then fifty to a hundred ordinary Divine-Given Seeds, it’s not too much; there won’t be any insects opposing.

But now it seems that Blue Island only has 800 trees...

So what will happen to the other Leaders?

"Great Leader Dragon Cypress?"

"Hmm—"

"Who said there were a thousand trees? Snow Velvet Spider King?"

"Seems so, right?"

"Have we been tricked by the old spider?"

Dragon Cypress shakes its tentacle.

This was roughly calculated based on the Stone Hunt Blue Ant Kingdom system.

Blue Island has over 400,000 square kilometers of fertile land. Each Ant King can only possess up to five God-Given Life Seeds, the rest must be handed to the tribe to cultivate into wild Divine-Given Seeds.

In such an environment and system, over a span of more than three thousand years, it’s expected to have accumulated over a thousand wild Divine-Given Seeds.

Ink Orchid also prompts: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, that Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King has grasped many powerful abilities through Divine-Grade Fruit! Might Blue Island have used those seeds with incompatible elemental attributes to exchange with mainland insects?"

"Possibly!"

Dragon Cypress: "Another possibility is that when Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King appeared, they knew they would be enemies with the entire mainland, made up their minds to go against the entire mainland, and considered the consequences of losing the war in advance, thus sending away a batch of wild Divine-Given Seeds..."

——This possibility exists too!

Ink Orchid also worries: "Might they send away another batch of wild Divine-Given Seeds before the upcoming Expedition Year..."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress, annoyed: "Mantis, say something auspicious."

Ink Orchid asks: "Ant, have you heard of ’Seven-Colored Orchid Mantis’?"

"Never heard of it. What’s up?"

Dragon Cypress thinks for a while and asks: "What? Does Mantis King Ink Orchid plan to start a new tribe?"

"No!"

Ink Orchid says seriously: "When I met Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King, out of nowhere he mentioned ’Seven-Colored Orchid Mantis’ with extreme seriousness. At the time, I didn’t take it seriously, but reflecting back afterward, it feels peculiar."

Dragon Cypress: "The origin story that Snow Velvet Spider King crafted for us is from the southern islands of Zhibai Continent, a mutated Giant-Headed Ant..."

As Dragon Cypress speaks, it pauses.

Previously, including Snow Velvet Spider King, nobody paid attention to such a brainless little mantis like Ink Orchid, nor did they seriously craft its origin; it was just a normal Orchid Mantis.

Dragon Cypress activates its super brain ability, searches inherited memory, confirming there is no such race as ’Seven-Colored Orchid Mantis.’

Could it be that it was fabricated by mainland insects from Wanglan or Zhibai Continent? But all insects’ attention was on Dragon Cypress before, not Ink Orchid.

Fabricating false information and spreading it requires a period of fermentation.

To reach Eddy Scorpionfish Ant King and make him believe it also needs time.

Dragon Cypress continues its super brain ability, pondering, and suddenly has a bold guess, staring at Ink Orchid for assessment.

"Ink Orchid, stop worrying about this."

Dragon Cypress waves its claw, sternly warns: "No one is to mention this again."

Dragon Cypress calls out: "Let’s discuss serious matters."

White Willow immediately asks: "Cypress Ant King, can we replant the collected Divine-Given Seeds?"

Dragon Cypress: "Certainly!"

Black Peach raises a claw, asks: "Great King, during the third age period, did you cultivate a Short-Handled Horn Tree God-Given Seed? Heard it can be used for King Nest?"

Black Sophora: "Great King, we’ve piled up the soil heaps for planting halfway up Xianglan Peak, buried an Ant King and a Sea God Horn Beetle Warrior corpse underneath, it’s full of nutrients."

"Good!"

Dragon Cypress waves its tentacle to summon: "Let’s go! Plant!"

...

The ten Divine-Given Seeds stored before the war, including Dragon Cypress’s Two Kings Ink Orchid, Little Wild Chestnut, and Purple Poppet, are all replanted.

Dragon Cypress’s evolved fourth-age insect king cultivated Short-Handled Horn Tree Divine-Given Seed is sown at the lower part of Xianglan Peak’s slope.

As the seed goes into the soil,

it turns into a sapling over half a meter tall the next day.

Short and stout, growing rapidly.

After five days it reaches three meters tall, the trunk diameter close to 20 centimeters, hollow inside like bamboo, section by section.

In the future, when it grows into a tree with a diameter of dozens of meters, each section will be a layer, a spacious nest.

Upon confirmation,

Dragon Cypress brings along Black Birch and Rainbow Parasol Tree, with the Ice Boat carrying three thousand Blue Ants and three thousand Mountain Ants, once again setting off to Zhibai Continent.

Landing with Black Birch and Rainbow Parasol Tree on Golden Scale Island, meeting the waiting Yellow Thorn, Assistant King Yellow Heart, and then Purple, Color Steel, Green Heart Three Insects to greet the Moss Beetle Tribe.

Returning to Golden Scale Island, Dragon Cypress personally supervises, expanding the Ant Nest, building cold storage, quickly completing nest construction.

In the end, leaving a thousand Blue Ants, a thousand Mountain Ants, and twenty thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers under Black Birch and Rainbow Parasol Tree’s command.

Dragon Cypress then goes to Pangqi Lake and Wind Phoenix Mountain, needing to expand and renovate the Ant Nests at both locations.

Busy for a month,

Dragon Cypress arranges everything on Zhibai Continent before Southern Hemisphere’s spring comes.

Temporarily, Cypress, Silver Cypress, Black Birch, and Rainbow Parasol Tree remain on Zhibai Continent, leading troops with Yellow Thorn, Yellow Heart, Yellow Vine, and Yellow Leaf to frequently go out to sea, familiarize with the environment, survey the marine fish situation.

Dragon Cypress returns alone to Wanglan Continent, then to Cloud Trace Continent, and rushes to Purple Tung Insect Nation to report on the war.

Arranging for Blue Catalpa, Black Rice, Yellow Stem, and other insects to relocate, to move in advance, and help keep watch over Rainbow Island.

Spending about ten days tidying up,

Dragon Cypress then organizes a team, ten thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers traverse the sea, Ice Boat carrying a thousand Blue Ants, two thousand Worker Ants, advancing towards the Thousand Reef Archipelago.

PS1: Writer’s block, requesting a day off early to organize thoughts.

PS2: Writing about the war is really dull, don’t know where to continue...