Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Captain Upright Lotus said: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, can you show us your soul system’s spirit-type abilities?"

Dragon Cypress thought for a moment, Origin Force surged, and spiritual power transformed into countless invisible fine spikes, covering the carapace.

With a shift in thought, the densely packed mental spikes shot out vertically into the sky.

"Enough!"

"The strength of the Primordial Energy Body is directly related to the Origin Point it resides in. That is just a Zero Level Origin Point with an Origin Force Concentration of around 0.8; the comprehensive strength of an ordinary Primordial Energy Body doesn’t exceed the Half Star Realm. With your strength, self-preservation is more than sufficient."

Captain Upright Lotus said in surprise: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, the Star Core you’ve condensed is exceptionally strong, isn’t it? Ten talent systems? Law Divine Patterns? Have you consumed Law Divine Products? More than one, perhaps?"

Dragon Cypress vaguely replied: "I’ve consumed two."

Dragon Cypress: "I have a ten-talent system. I used the legacy from a level 3 civilization of the Old Universe Era, called ’Jungle,’ along with the Ancestral Divine Power of Red Crow Mountain, as well as my own enlightenment of the seven-element elemental forms, to form the core of the Star Core."

Dragon Cypress: "The Divine-Grade Fruit of Red Crow Mountain was obtained by exchanging a Divine-Given Seed..."

Captain Upright Lotus interrupted and asked: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, how many traces have you gathered in the Star Marks Realm?"

Dragon Cypress: "One hundred and eighty traces."

Captain Upright Lotus: "Not only that!"

Dragon Cypress: "Two hundred and forty traces?"

Captain Upright Lotus did not bother to ask further and said in confusion: "It’s strange, there are spatial power fluctuations on you."

Dragon Cypress didn’t waste words, his forehead’s divine mark flashed, and he said: "The Shanglu Divine Pattern has a rather complex origin, also obtained by exchanging a Divine-Given Seed with the Shanglu Divine Tree."

"!!!"

"I just felt something odd about you."

"It’s indeed the Shanglu Divine Pattern!"

"Have you seen the Shanglu Divine Tree?"

Upon hearing the Shanglu Divine Pattern, Captain Upright Lotus, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada, the three spiders, were all emotionally stirred.

Purple Cicada angrily said: "How did the Shanglu Divine Tree exchange a Law Divine Product with you?"

Dragon Cypress: "Well... the situation is a bit complicated... "

Dragon Cypress simply used the ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’ ability, compiling the southern hemisphere situation of the home planet into a lengthy piece of information, and directly wrote it into their soul memories.

"I see..."

Captain Upright Lotus jumped up again and asked curiously: "Read-write ability? Where did it come from? Self-enlightenment? Divine-Grade Fruit?"

Dragon Cypress: "Divine-Grade Fruit. Produced by my family. Named ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom.’ If through Star Network Account, Primordial Crystal payment, the price is 3.6 million per piece."

Captain Upright Lotus was slightly excited and decisively said: "4 million! I’ll buy three pieces."

"..."

Dragon Cypress was stunned, then reacted and praised: "The boss is generous!"

Living for ten thousand years, it’s the first time seeing a Flame Spider Roving Merchant actively raising the price in a transaction...

Oh—

No, wait!

These three spiders aren’t merchants; they’re Combat Spiders.

From the Luoli Chamber of Commerce’s Combat Department,

it’s certainly because they are unsuitable for doing business that they were assigned to the Combat Department.

Dragon Cypress suddenly understood, and his mind turned, continuing: "I have another question."

Captain Upright Lotus: "Go on."

Dragon Cypress: "Suppose, there’s no danger in the ruins you’re worried about, and treasures can be directly collected. How will the rewards be divided? How much do I get?"

Captain Upright Lotus: "We’ll see when the time comes..."

Dragon Cypress shook his tentacles, "We can’t wait to see. Such things must definitely have proportions agreed upon in advance. The rewards’ value should be converted, calculated in Primordial Crystal, divided proportionally, then distributed according to needs."

"..."

Captain Upright Lotus looked at Chairman Kansui.

Kansui: "Forget it. I know other Flame Spider Roving Merchants also understand this ’Soul-Setting’ ability. They are stronger than the ants. I’ll let Fish Vine call them over."

"In the Venus Star System, they are all Half-Star Realm, right?"

"Is there anyone stronger than this ant in front of us?"

"Flame Spider Roving Merchant?"

"Weren’t all the outstanding Flame Spiders sent to the White Crystal Star System?"

Captain Upright Lotus, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada, the three spiders, asked consecutively.

Kansui briefly introduced: "Chairman Melde missed the most formidable one. The kind with the Shanglu Divine Pattern. A perfect eleven-talent system, succeeded in integrating the Shanglu Divine Pattern into the Star Marks at the Star Marks Realm Stage, and has already comprehended a bit of the mystery of ’Huan.’"

Chairman Giant Taro regrettably said: "That spider itself established a White Ivy Chamber of Commerce, conducting business in a proper manner, probably impossible to join our Luoli Chamber of Commerce."

"Huan?"

"Huan!"

"Awakened eleven-talent system before the Star Realm?"

"This..."

"Chairman Melde must be getting old and confused, how could he let such a spider slip through?"

Captain Upright Lotus, Chickpea, Purple Cicada excitedly jumped up and down.

Dragon Cypress: "Hiss—"

Damn merchants!

Dragon Cypress quickly said: "I think, first explore the situation. Once the treasure is obtained, it seems reasonable to see how it’s distributed afterward. Captain Upright Lotus, just randomly give me some. Our Ant Clan, unlike the Flame Spider Roving Merchants, our greatest strength is not being greedy."

Kansui also added: "Exactly. The ants are quite suitable. That spider called White Ivy doesn’t respect elders and is difficult to communicate with. Moreover, the entire Star Marks Realm 9 Age Period of the ants broke through by consuming Soul System Gene Potions, which White Ivy never consumed. The soul level of the ants is higher than White Ivy’s. This gap can’t be made up in a short time."

Captain Upright Lotus: "That’s the key! So the ants it is."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress asked: "Chairman Kansui, Chairman Giant Taro, 1 billion Soul System Gene Potion? Then I should pay..."

Chairman Giant Taro: "I’ll give you a discount, Primordial Crystal payment, 1.2 billion."

Dragon Cypress: "It’s best to evolve once by breaking through, I still need Star Realm level other types of gene potions."

Chairman Giant Taro cheerfully said: "I’ll give it to you at cost-price."

"Thank you, Chairman Giant Taro!"

Dragon Cypress expressed gratitude, then immediately asked: "So, the ruins shouldn’t be too far from the Venus Star System, right?"

Captain Upright Lotus answered: "Very close. About a twenty-year voyage."

"That’s indeed not far..."

Dragon Cypress’s eyes turned back to the relic model, continuing to ask: "This seems to be a fragmented Starship... spherical Starship?"

Captain Upright Lotus explained: "It can be considered a Starship, but more accurately, it should be called a ’Mothership’ or ’Base.’ A massive entity with a diameter of 18,000 kilometers, larger than the planet beneath us, capable of residential living, industrial manufacturing, repairs, long voyages, carrier transportation, command fleet battles, provision of supplies to the fleet, and more. It can carry the entire capabilities of a civilization’s all-purpose super-giant Mothership."

Chickpea supplemented the explanation: "It’s also possible that, in ancient times, some super civilization specifically manufactured it to resist the powers of Cosmic Destruction, creating a ’Doomsday Survival Base.’ But judging by the degree of damage, at the moment of spatial collapse, it withstood but didn’t fully withstand, torn and ripped away about two-fifths, completely damaged and paralyzed, drifting to the edge of the universe with the spatial expansion of the newborn universe."

"Understood!"

Dragon Cypress resolutely said: "Then it’s settled! I’ll go back and make arrangements! Captain Upright Lotus, I’ll make the arrangements for the Divine-Grade Fruit you need first!"