novelsite Chapter 80: The Second Divine Gift of Sowing
Chapter 80: The Second Divine Gift of Sowing
Silently waiting, the primordial energy and bioenergy stored in the cotyledons are rapidly consumed, turning into nutrients for the growth of roots and true leaves. The emerald green true leaves unfold and begin photosynthesis, while greedily absorbing the natural primordial energy nearby.
The king ant's antennae swayed, and with a pheromone command, worker ants, who had been waiting nearby with raw stones in their mouths, began to bite and gnaw at them, their mandibles cutting into the stones and releasing bursts of pure natural primal energy.
Continue to wait. One by one, the true leaves unfold. After almost a whole day, the cotyledons wither, the stored nutrients are exhausted, and the plant grows to a height of 20 to 30 centimeters. The growth rate slows down and becomes almost invisible to the naked eye.
With a comparison of the early growth rate of a proper tree-type divinely bestowed seed, Ye Zhi concluded that the short-term growth rate of her one-time external life capsule worker ants after the life seed broke through the body should not be much different from that of a proper life seed divinely bestowed seed.
However, the staying power of the divinely bestowed seed is unmatched by ordinary life seeds. In as little as six months or as long as a year, this platinum grapefruit divinely bestowed seed can grow into a small tree with a preliminary scale.
The top-tier, Lord-level Great Tree Destiny Seed, a divinely bestowed seed, can produce an annual income equivalent to about 400,000 raw stones, which is incomparable to ordinary destiny seeds or even inferior divinely bestowed seeds.
Lord-level insect warriors have a lifespan of at least three hundred years, and the lifespan of an Ant King is even longer. They generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue in their lifetime, which is more than enough to supply their evolution to the King level.
The only problem is probably the growth and evolution of the two Zo-Kings. The resources required for the growth and evolution of a single Zo-King are half that of a normal insect warrior. Two Zo-Kings are equivalent to a normal insect warrior, and that's without the life seed.
Barring any major unforeseen circumstances, the fate of the Tree Ant King can be foreseen: it will advance to the King level, then stop at the first instar, using the longer lifespan of the King level to wait for the birth of outstanding offspring, thus maintaining the continuous inheritance of the Tree Ant Kingdom.
Although Ye Zhi herself possesses two divinely bestowed seeds at the intermediate level, one of them, "Chimera," is in a special situation, and the other, an unknown pitcher plant seed, can only be barely rated as excellent based on the current situation, falling short of the standard of "excellent junior."
However, he also had some expectations. His one-time external life capsule worker ants could greatly accelerate the early growth of ordinary life species. What if they were to conceive a proper divinely bestowed seed?
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Time flies. More than two months after advancing to the intermediate stage of the second instar, it was also almost the second year since Ye Zhi came to this world. The larva of the external life sac that had given birth to the pitcher plant's divine seed broke out of its pupa and became an external life sac worker ant.
She personally stepped forward and, together with two large worker ants, helped it shed its thin pupal skin. Under the command of the spatial energy in Ye Zhi's brain, another large worker ant stepped forward and fed it, pouring a large amount of liquid food into the abdomen of the external life sac worker ant.
When Ye Zhi could no longer get enough, he activated the spatial energy in his mind and ordered the worker ants to separate. Immediately, dozens of worker ants that had already formed a large force in the main nest split off and marched in a mighty procession towards the place where the life seed was planted, guarding the external life sac worker ants.
"Leaf-woven Ant King, is this... preparing to sow the divinely bestowed seed?"
Just as it stepped out of the nest, a curious mental force came through. Then, a figure more than 20 centimeters long, with a body of yellow and brown stripes, which at first glance looked like a stinging wasp, hovered in mid-air. On its triangular head, a pair of compound eyes looked down.
It was Huo Yun. At this time, it was already a fifth-year-old novice warrior. The Wu Yuan Ant King did not mistreat this little guy after all, choosing the best ordinary primal force food for it. Apart from not having divinely bestowed primal force food, it ate about the same as Ye Zhi.
It is foreseeable that when the divinely bestowed seeds of Platinum Grapefruit begin to be produced in the future, Huo Yun will also have a taste of the peel and pulp that contain less primal energy.
Having chosen the top-tier giant tree cultivated by the Tree Ant Kingdom as her destiny seed early on, Huo Yun would have no problem reaching the level of Mountain Lord or even Lord in this lifetime, even without her own divinely bestowed seed.
"That's right, shall we go take a look?" Ye Zhi also flapped her wings and took off, tapping her antennae as she leaned forward to respond, while looking at the mountainside to the side, at a steep cliff where Huo Yun's new residence cave was located.
It was already a five-year-old novice warrior, and the original tree hole was almost too small for it to live in. Ye Zhi simply cut down the entire banyan tree where she had once built her tree nest, and personally used her claws to open up a spacious living cave for Huo Yun that was large enough for an advanced warrior to live in.
This dwelling cave is located halfway up the mountain opposite Ye Zhi's main nest, next to a steep cliff. It is suitable for the mantis's habit of hanging upside down and climbing to live there, after all, Ye Zhi also likes this clever little guy very much.
At this moment, Huo Yun excitedly tapped her antennae, then landed in front of a large worker ant. She examined the leaf-weaving ant worker before her and transmitted her mental energy: "Leaf-weaving Ant King, should we go tell the Cinnabar Ant King?"
"Okay, I'll go. You go to the usual spot and wait for me. Don't worry about the worker ants; they'll get there on their own." Ye Zhi transmitted her thoughts, then flapped her wings, turned around, and headed towards the nest chamber where the Black Ant King lived.
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The original lush banyan tree on the slope where the "Chimera" was first sown had been cut off by Ye Zhi's flying blades with ant silk, and its roots had been completely shredded by him and some of the large worker ants he brought.
On the other side of the slope, ordinary life seeds of Leafweave and Firecloud were sown. This side was originally planted with "Chimera". Now that the "Chimera" has been moved to the entrance of Leafweave's nest, it is empty, which makes room for this divinely bestowed seed.
The external life capsule worker ants had already arrived, guarded by dozens of large worker ants, and were now waiting in the open space. Ye Zhi's body, which was more than 30 centimeters long, slowly landed. Behind her, Zuo Wang Qingyuan arrived with several slender worker ants.
"Little one, are you preparing to sow the seeds bestowed by God?"
"Hmm, Qingyuan Zuo Wang, could you please take a look and decide whether to plant it here?"
As the chief ant responsible for managing the territory, Qingyuan has extensive farming experience. Since the Wuyuan Ant King is busy laying eggs to replenish a wave of second-instar lord-level combat worker ants and cannot get away, Qingyuan will help Yezhi sow this divinely bestowed seed.
"Climbing plants are divinely bestowed species and generally require a large space to grow. From here to here should be enough for it to grow all the way up to the King level."
Zuo Wang Qingyuan slowly stepped forward, spread his six limbs, and measured out a space of about five or six hundred meters in diameter. Then, his antennae pointed to the center of the marked area: "Plant it here. I will then build some bamboo and wood trellises for the vines to climb."
Ye Zhi tapped his antennae, and the spatial energy in his mind began to operate. The large worker ants began to guard the external life sac worker ants as they slowly moved forward, preparing to plant the second life seed, the divinely bestowed seed, that he had harvested since coming to this world.