Chapter 978: Chapter 680: Reclaiming Blue Island (2)
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Dragon Cypress twitched his tentacles and said: "Then let’s add another ten thousand Air Soldiers."
Dragon Cypress said: "This wasteland reclamation work will likely keep us busy for about thirty years. Pay attention to sowing arbor plants that are easy to survive and don’t require much management or care. Change them once every fifty to eighty years."
"Usually, when there’s nothing much to do, your main task is still to practice your abilities diligently, and try to condense as many Divine Marks as possible."
The five Assistant Kings agreed.
Black Birch asked: "Great King, are we not optimizing the cultivation of top-level plant seeds?"
Dragon Cypress: "Not on a large scale. It’s something you can play with when you’re bored, but don’t spend too much time and energy on it."
Dragon Cypress changed to a serious and heavy tone and said: "After reaching King-Level, the growth and evolution in the Star Marks Realm require Assistant Kings to also comprehend ’Traces.’ The Third Trace Realm requires three Ability Divine Patterns, the Nine Traces Realm requires nine Divine Marks. The Star Marks Realm is the most challenging, needing to combine the comprehended Ability Divine Patterns to construct one’s own ability system."
"Condensing Divine Marks is not easier than with Origin Force Plants. Plants have unlimited life spans, but Assistant Kings do not. You must plan early, and beware of the day when your life runs out and you die of old age."
The five Assistant Kings, along with White Willow, also became serious.
The training session concluded.
Dragon Cypress no longer said more, waved his claw, controlling the Zhen Beast Giant Ant to set off, "Let’s first walk around and take a look."
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Leading the Assistant Kings, Dragon Cypress first inspected the border, planning to open five troop colonies along the border line, with 2,000 Air Soldiers and 3,000 Specialized Blue Soldiers stationed at each colony in the future.
White Willow, accustomed to flying high, ascended to high altitude to activate the Scorching ability for observation, and then descended vertically to report.
"Dragon Cypress Ant King, to the north, Azure Mica Ant King and Bee King Sedge are coming, along with a large army of ants and many Spider Silk Bags, which look like... seeds?"
"Seeds? White Willow, lead the way to the nearest border line location for a meeting with them."
"This way—"
White Willow led the way.
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Azure Mica Ant King and Bee King Sedge are organizing the land restoration and boundary delimitation work of Blue Island, staying on the island.
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Both parties met at the border line on an open plain.
"Great Leader Dragon Cypress!"
"Greetings, Great Leader Dragon Cypress!"
"Greetings, Azure Mica Leader."
"Greetings, Sedge Leader..."
A round of greetings ensued.
Azure Mica Ant King turned around, pointing to the young lord-level ant king following behind, and introduced: "The junior ant from the Cunning Whisker Ant Tribe, Mountain Alder."
Mountain Alder immediately said: "Please give me your attention, Great Leader Dragon Cypress! White Willow Dragonfly King, all the Assistant Kings, please pay attention!"
"Of course."
"Okay."
"Little Ant King..."
A round of pleasantries followed.
Azure Mica Ant King said: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, you used to reside on tropical islands, so surely you don’t have seeds of southern cold temperate plants. I arranged for Mountain Alder to help prepare a batch."
Mountain Alder waved his tentacles, issuing commands.
A large team of Worker Ants carried medium-sized spider silk bags forward.
A total of over a thousand bags, neatly stacked in the center of the border line.
Mountain Alder Ant King introduced and said: "There are about 500 kinds of medium and large-sized arbor plants, some cultivated by the Wave Tree Bay United Kingdom; some cultivated by the Stone Hunt Blue Ant of Blue Island; and some high-quality cultivated tree species we purchased from other southern kingdoms."
Bee King Sedge said: "The territory of the Cunning Whisker Ant extends south, spanning 70 km, covering about 20,000 square kilometers of land, divided east and west, belonging to the tribes of the Forest Beard Bee and Black Ring Bee respectively. They also plan to start reclamation this year and have prepared many seeds. By the way, we’ve prepared a batch for Great Leader Dragon Cypress."
After saying this, he swung his tentacles to give orders, and a large group of bees descended with spider silk bags.
The medium-sized spider silk bags totaled as many as three thousand.
Bee King Sedge supplemented: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, the ecology of Blue Island was completely destroyed by us, turning it into a deserted dead island. It needs to restore the natural ecology. I still have over 7,000 kinds of plant seeds retained when attacking the island, each packed with some, mixed into 2,000 bags. Great Leader Dragon Cypress, you take them over, find suitable places, and just scatter them freely, no need to manage much."
"Regarding the animal ecology on Blue Island, once the plant restoration is done, we will migrate from nearby islands. The plan is to gradually restore to the pre-war state over the next thirty years."
"Good! Thank you for your efforts, Bee King Sedge."
Dragon Cypress gave a simple thanks, symbolically asking: "Azure Mica Ant King, Bee King Sedge, how is the progress of the work?"
Bee King Sedge: "The land measurement and boundary delimitation work is completed. Land restoration is quite troublesome, just finished one-fifth, and it’s planned to be completely restored in the next 10 years."
Dragon Cypress asked again: "What about the Ocean God’s Scepter work?"
Bee King Sedge: "They were already remodeled two years ago. White Crystal Butterfly King and Reaper Leaf Insect King are permanently stationed there, while Bloodvine Bee King temporarily leads troops guarding it."
"Good! I’ll go take a look when I have time."
Dragon Cypress switched the topic, inquiring: "Considering time, the next Expedition Year is not far away. How many insects from the Wave Tree Bay Alliance will leave the Star Realm?"
Bee King Sedge: "Not many, I’m afraid. Everyone still wants to try the Ocean God’s Scepter again."
Azure Mica Ant King echoed: "The Silver Oak Ant King from our Cunning Whisker Ant Kingdom is too old and must leave."
"What about the Life-Extending Divine Goods?"
Dragon Cypress asked with concern: "Have we eaten the Divine-Grade Baihe Fruit produced by our Rainbow Island?"
Azure Mica Ant King: "We’ve eaten two. A third is unnecessary."
Dragon Cypress: "Then there’s nothing that can be done..."
Dragon Cypress changed his tone and said: "Azure Mica Ant King, please notify Silver Oak Ant King for me, help me with a small favor, or rather, conduct a small test."
Azure Mica Ant King, puzzled: "A small test?"
Dragon Cypress explained: "I’ll take a Divine-Given Seed, using a Metal Case from an Outworld Civilization. Please ask Silver Oak Ant King to help test if it can be taken away. If successful, consider it my gift."
