The family behind Li Mo is interested in the ant-people in the Volut region because of the Bird Claw Fruit.
It is difficult to transplant local species and can only grow and mature locally, so they investigated this group of people who were born with strange diseases and wanted to hire local people to build orchards locally.
"This can be difficult."
Ajie told the other party: "The average life span of the local people in Volut is 31 years old. After the age of 20, their health will decline suddenly and their appetite will increase sharply. They also like fruits. For example, the Guma tribe eats bird claws all year round.
Fruit. It is also possible that this reason allows them to relatively suppress hunger diseases."
"It will take at least 10 years from the time the tree is planted until the fruit can be harvested. The fire ants can't wait."
"The hunger disease makes the ant people irritable and anxious, making it difficult to manage. If the food is brought in, it's okay if the quantity is small. They will use labor and goods to exchange for it. If the quantity is large, they will sit on nothing. People here have no sense of saving.
.”
Li Mo added: "What if the Bone Ancestors came to replace them?"
"It is certainly possible to plant trees. Needless to say, the farming skills of the White Bone Ancestors. But in order for these fruits to flow into the Mystic Kingdom and even the Yao world, fire ants need to remove the poison sacs. This is very difficult to do.
.”
Ajie pointed in the direction of the fruit forest: "There is also the selection of the bird's claw fruit itself. If it is not mature enough, both the taste and the ability to eliminate negative effects will be greatly reduced."
"It depends on the ability of the ant people [fruit hunters] to find the ripe fruits inside. It is said that before the gods here fell, they used fruits as food all year round. However, after the hunger disease, the fruits were not enough to fill their stomachs, so they looked for food everywhere.
.They also hunt animals, but the prey they can hunt is far from enough to meet their food needs."
Li Mo also frowned when he heard this: "It seems to be very difficult indeed."
"The situation here is very complicated."
Ajie said: "That's why the ants want to leave here, even if they sell their children to people in the outside world, this is more or less a way out. Children born from their intermarriage with foreign races have a certain probability that they will not suffer from hunger diseases.
But people outside are very smart now, and no one will let themselves contract such a terminal disease just for stimulation."
"Actually, there are ways. You, Mr. Mo, have already given them a place to stay. For example, the UFO world created by the UFO god of your Yao tribe is called UFO Island.
Right? You can really do it?"
"UFO Island is not a problem. Although the relevant jurisdiction and application method have not been announced to the outside world, I have a special channel to apply." Li Mo asked: "You said they can plant trees on UFO Island?"
"Young Master Mo is really capable."
Ajie gestured with his thumb: "If you can apply for permanent residence on the UFO Island, the descendants of the fire ant tribe here can be sent there. There is no curse there, so everything will be much better. On the new UFO Island
It’s hard to say whether the world will become normal, but this is the best chance, and for the Ant-Man, this hope is very important.”
"Let them have hope and have children's weaknesses, and of course they will work hard."
"As long as you Yao people open UFO Island and give them a place, even if only a few people are allowed to pass there, the ant people will definitely work hard and become the hardest-working fruit farmers."
These are also Ajie’s inner thoughts.
He has no grudges against the fire ants. Although the fire ants have a bad temper, doing business with them is actually very simple and a no-brainer.
When Ajie saw the misery of the local people, he was so hungry that he was tied to a tree to avoid hurting others. People who have never seen it can't understand the misery of animal transformation.
"We are the Yao people?" Li Mo looked strange: "You are also the Yao people."
"I?"
Ajie laughed at himself: "I wish I was."
"The Kingdom of Secrets belongs to the Kingdom of Resurrection. The Kingdom of Resurrection is part of the Yao civilization. Why are the people from the Kingdom of Secrets not Yao?" the other party said in a confused tone.
It can be seen here that the young master really does not know the life of ordinary people.
Ajie could only tell the other party this common sense: "The Yao people only have two cities in the Nine Realms. The Nine Realms are the headquarters, Yunzhong Temple, the abyss, the island, the Blood Hill, the Zhuri Bay, the Ghost Realm and the Zhulu Kingdom alliance, and the Resurrection Kingdom.
The two cities in the world of Jiafeng are the Guest City and the Jewelry City.”
"In the Kingdom of Secrets, only people from the Jewel City can call themselves Yao people."
The other party's eyes were shocked: "There is still such a division? Who came up with it? Have you never heard of it?"
"Businessmen all know it, and everyone thinks so."
Ajie stuffed a piece of sweet gum into his mouth and chewed it slowly. This stuff could refresh his mind and relieve fatigue.
"Things produced in the Nine Realms and Two Cities are easy to sell, and the people in these places are more popular and given priority no matter what they do. Most people see it this way."
"Don't talk about other places, our Wanli Chamber of Commerce will also look for partners from Jiujie and Two Cities when encountering the same conditions. My brother, a few years ago, wanted to transfer the goods to Shuguan City, the headquarters of the Yao people, so that we could expand our business
I tried to make it big, but I was caught forging my identity, and I’m still in jail.”
He paused and said, "To be honest, as long as there is proof of identity between the two cities in the Nine Realms, there is no barrier to travel. But our secret art country is different here. We are not from the Jewelry City, so we have to fill in a form and go through it."
It requires review and security inspection, and you have to go through the procedures in advance. From application to response, it will take about a month. This is the reality."
"We who do business know what everyone likes, and everyone recognizes these places. I think I am a Yao tribe, which is useless. Others don't recognize me. The Kingdom of Secret Arts is the Kingdom of Secret Arts, and everyone is eager to directly draw it.
It should be under the direct control of the Yao people, instead of being managed on behalf of the people like now."
"Of course, the Secret Art Country is definitely much better than here. We have many choices."
Ajie grabbed the water bottle and inserted it into the breathing port of the helmet, and took a sip of water from the hose inside: "If you save some money, you can also buy a house in the city of the Resurrection Kingdom, and in a few years you can get the status of a citizen of the Resurrection Kingdom.
Proof of identity. Many powerful people in the Mystic Kingdom do this. In the future, children can also study and live directly in the two cities of the Nine Realms on the Yao side, and the future will be much brighter."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Mo seemed to understand: "Everyone has their own difficulties."
"It's okay. At least we have hope, so saving and depositing money are useful. We have hope, unlike here."
Ajie looked into the distance and saw that the bonfire in the forest was gradually extinguishing.
After a brief moment of joy, the men and women of the Fire Ant Club fell into darkness again.
…
Before dawn the next morning, Gu Ma came to the car and knocked on the glass.
The twenty-six-year-old leader, who was in the prime of his life there, looked very anxious.
Ajie put on protective clothing and helmet, took a sip of water in his mouth, and then got out of the car.
"Five people died in the village, they were killed," Gu Ma said.
"Killed?"
Ajie was startled and suddenly woke up: "What's going on?"
Gu Ma looked towards the direction of the tribe behind him: "They were all food keepers, young and middle-aged. They all died from the venom of the cone snail. They were all stabbed in the neck. When they reacted, they were speechless and unable to move. Fire
Many ants died, and most of the food was emptied."
Only the same ant man can do this from the underground, approach the fire ant colony without being discovered, and steal the granary guarded by the fire ant nest.
Ajie knew that the fire ant tribe and the breeder ant tribe were two hostile groups, each owning their own territory, but he had never seen the ant hoppers from the breeder ant tribe.
He only knew that the base camp of the ant breeding team was usually in underground caves or near water. If they couldn't reach an agreement, they wouldn't even have anywhere to run.
In addition, the number of people in the ant tribe is larger, and the culture and style are extremely conservative and radical.
"Who else could it be?"
Gu Ma cursed something and slapped the roof of the car hard with his big hand: "Those idiots, in order to make other tribes around them obey them, they will do anything, kill people, steal food, set fires, and poison ant nests.
. Damn it, why don’t they starve to death?”
Li Mo, who had been silent next to him, now spoke: "In order to unify and integrate into a country?"
"The whole shit."
Gu Ma spat: "Those idiots think that fire ants are heretics and breeding ants are the orthodoxy of the world. They want to eliminate all fire ants. In nature, fire ants protect us, but among tribes, we
It’s to protect fire ants.”
Li Mo was a little unbelievable: "Just for this? You are already like this, suffering from severe hunger disease and not having enough to eat... This is against common sense and logic."
Ajie smiled bitterly: "You are right, but this is Volut."
"As long as there is one group of people in the world who recognize fire ants and another group of people who recognize seed ants, the conflict will continue."
"..."
Li Mo suddenly understood something: "So, different ants represent different beliefs and different life cultures."
"Don't say anything useless."
Gu Ma looked irritated: "The purpose of the ant breeding department is to eliminate the fire ant department, because the ants naturally like to attack the same kind. All ants are food for the ants, and fire ants are the most resistant. The ants will always
Prioritize attacking fire ants. Those scoundrels use this to seize the opportunity to steal our food."
Li Mo looked confused: "But don't ants plant various seeds?"
"The seed ants collect seeds, they just dig up the seeds and use them to raise larvae." Gu Ma frowned: "Why don't you understand anything?"
Li Mo was so speechless that he couldn't answer anything.
Ajie, who was next to him, quickly smoothed things over with a smile: "This is Mr. Volut. Mo, we can't use Yao society to measure them."
"We need food!"
Gu Ma looked at Ajie: "Without food, we will starve to death. Jie, we can survive for up to five days, and then the whole tribe will not be able to hold on anymore, and those idiots will appear, take away people with food, and destroy them."
Here, we have no blood medicine to sell now."
"You help us, and we will help you in the future."
Ajie thought for a while: "I'm going to collect food right away."
Li Mo didn't raise any objection this time. He asked: "Can you find a seed ant? I can take it back to show to the family."
Ajie quickly explained: "Young Master Mo's family is rich... In short, Guma, if Young Master Mo can take action, he will have food and territory."
"This is true."
Gu Ma put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a palm-sized insect: "I originally planned to use it as a snack, but here it is for you."
Li Mo's eyes suddenly widened: "Is this an ant?"
"That's what ants are like."
It was also the first time for Ajie to see seed ants.
It looks like a large black beetle, with many spines on its shell, two powerful pincer-like jaws, four dexterous tentacles on its head, six powerful legs, and a sharp front end.
There are hook claws and stinging needles under the bulbous abdomen.
The name "ant" is really confusing.
It is a powerful predator.
"Thank you, I will go back and try my best to get resources." Li Mo put the ants into a box.
Before leaving, Li Mo gave Gu Ma two palm-sized stone statues: "These are the statues of Lord Yao and Big Bear Satellite. If you are in desperate situation, pray to them."
Gu Ma waved his hand: "I don't believe in your gods, but I believe in you and my friends. I will wait for you."