Astral Cockroach

The Banyan Mountain Lord had a set of experiences in management. It believed that the bamboo fruits produced in the Mottled Bamboo territory could be preferentially sold to the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe.

But it also warned Mottled Bamboo that, starting next year, no matter what price the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe offered, it must leave half of the bamboo fruits for the merchant teams to attract them for trade.

Finally, the Banyan Mountain Lord also came up with a bad idea for Mottled Bamboo to "rectify" the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe.

Before leaving, Mottled Bamboo took a full 15 amber fruits to preserve this year's bamboo fruits, which was more than enough.

The amber fruits filled a large snakeskin bag, which was carried by the Iron Saber Mountain Lord while flying.

Mottled Bamboo lay on the Iron Saber Mountain Lord's carapace, holding the heavy crystal storage box, silently measuring.

Its self-created unit of length, 1 equals 0.3 centimeters.

Its current body length is about 0.6 meters.

The Iron Saber Mountain Lord's body length is about 4.5 meters.

The size of the Red Cockroach tribe's warriors will eventually stabilize at about 4.5 meters and will not continue to grow.

This size, placed in the starry sky, is just a small-sized race, like humans.

… …

Flying over the Jin River.

Crossing the Jin River.

The Iron Saber Mountain Lord began to wander in the swamp of the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe's territory, found a natural water pit, and lowered its flight altitude.

"Mottled Bamboo, throw that thing down."

"Ah? Isn't it supposed to sink into the Jin River?"

"For safety's sake, throw it into the territory of the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe. If the evil power erupts, it will be entirely the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe's problem."

"… …"

No wonder the relationship between the Red Cockroach tribe and the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe is so strained. It's all because of insidious and unscrupulous insects like you.

Mottled Bamboo thought for a while and decisively discarded the box.

… …

Returning to Li Bamboo Peak, Mottled Bamboo entered a busy state.

Digging ponds and developing bamboo forests is a vast project that can never be completed.

The Vigorous Bamboo is stimulated to bloom, at the cost of exhausting its life and energy, to supply the rapid growth of seeds. The seeds of the hybrid of Golden Thread Bamboo and Vigorous Bamboo mature first.

The seeds produced by ordinary Golden Thread Bamboo this year also began to mature.

The bamboo rice produced by the Golden Thread Bamboo Life Seed also matured.

The bamboo fruits of the Emerald Bamboo God-given Seed entered the ripening season, and they must be sprinkled with raw stone powder every day to supply the primal force and ensure the quality of the fruit.

These are all delicate tasks that cannot be mistaken.

Big Head had never done it before, and Mottled Bamboo was afraid that it would make mistakes, so it did it himself, teaching while doing it, and occasionally letting Big Head command the worker ants to come forward and try.

The ant colony showed obvious polarization:

The worker ants hatched from the eggs laid when Big Head was a junior warrior are small in size and have extremely low intelligence. They can't be taught how to collect pollen and pollinate, no matter how hard you try.

The worker ants hatched from the eggs laid when Big Head was an intermediate warrior are larger in size and slightly more intelligent. They easily learned to collect pollen and pollinate, and also learned to hold raw stones with their forelimbs and use their mandibles to shave the raw stones into powder and sprinkle them on the Emerald Bamboo God-given Seed.

After a long time of getting along, coupled with the weak primal force fluctuations exhibited by the ant colony, the Emerald Bamboo Tree Spirit gradually stopped rejecting them. The ant colony was responsible for weeding and loosening the soil.

It may be a matter of habit, or it may be that the Tree Spirit understood the truth: these ants are not harmful and are helping it grow.

The Amethyst Gold God-given Seed began to divide into株 the first time after Mottled Bamboo was promoted to L7 intermediate warrior. It was very worry-free. Mottled Bamboo didn't spend much time taking care of it. It lived well on its own, and the newly born 729株 quickly grew up and caught up with the flowering season. A batch of Amethyst Gold Bamboo Rice can be harvested this year.

On the mountain, the management of ordinary life seeds has basically been handed over to Big Head. Mottled Bamboo only needs to inspect them every morning.

Most of the time, Mottled Bamboo is busy at the foot of the mountain: soaring in the sky, surveying the terrain, drawing maps, and designing the distribution of ponds, the water channels connecting the ponds, and the underground dark channels.

There is a serious shortage of labor.

At the foot of the mountain, Wind Chime's efficiency in felling trees is very low, especially the roots buried in the ground, which are difficult to clear.

Flame Cluster Mottled Grass, Li Bamboo, Cliff Cypress, and Black Mulberry come to help every now and then, but they all have their own territories to manage, and the long distance makes it difficult for them to actually help much.

Mottled Bamboo reluctantly lowered this year's engineering goal and changed it to temporarily expanding the planting of Water Bamboo and Hemp Bamboo, two large bamboo species, in an area of about 100 meters around the first pond.

… …

"Mottled Bamboo, Mottled Bamboo…"

Early in the morning, Wind Chime came to Li Bamboo Peak in a panic.

Mottled Bamboo was taking a piece of emerald raw stone, shaving off powder, and replenishing the primal force to the Emerald Bamboo God-given Seed.

"Wind Chime!" Standing in the distance, Big Head, who was commanding the ant colony to irrigate the swamp water, waved its antennae to say hello.

"What's wrong?" Mottled Bamboo asked somewhat absentmindedly.

Mottled Bamboo was not in a good mood. So far, an average of 2 raw stones has been consumed for each bamboo fruit. If it continues like this, until maturity, the raw stone cost invested in each bamboo fruit may reach 4.

"Mottled Bamboo, it's not good!" Wind Chime said in horror: "Black Bear Warrior! I just saw the Black Bear Warrior again! It must be that one from last year, I can't be wrong!"

You are not mistaken, it is a Black Bear Warrior, it must be Big Bear.

"Ah!" Big Head exclaimed, then quickly shut its mouth, staring nervously at Mottled Bamboo.

"I'm speechless…" Mottled Bamboo complained weakly.

Wind Chime discovered Big Bear once last year, and also, it was the first to discover when the Cloud Leopard Warrior attacked Li Bamboo Peak.

Is this insect, Wind Chime, too sensitive?

"I have repeatedly told you that Big Bear should not rashly approach Li Bamboo Peak if it is okay." Mottled Bamboo's thoughts turned rapidly, and a bad feeling rose in its heart. Its thoughts turned again, and it comforted Wind Chime:

"Wind Chime, don't panic. I am now a seventh-instar intermediate warrior. The two of us together can beat that Black Bear Warrior."

Wind Chime looked at the Emerald Bamboo God-given Seed and said: "Mottled Bamboo, I knew that Black Bear was still不死心, it must want to steal your bamboo fruit."

Big Head was nervous and stammered: "No, no, right? Wind Chime, you must have seen it wrong."

Wind Chime only thought that Big Head was scared and comforted: "Big Head, don't be afraid, I will set off immediately and go to Iron Saber Peak to ask the Iron Saber Mountain Lord to come and help."

"… …" Big Head didn't dare to say anything.

"Or, don't, right?" Mottled Bamboo had a headache, thought for a while, and then changed its mind: "The bamboo fruit will mature in four or five days. It's okay to ask the Iron Saber Mountain Lord to come over one or two days in advance. Wind Chime, then I'll trouble you to make a trip."

"Okay!" Wind Chime agreed readily, fanned its wings, and was about to leave in a hurry.

Mottled Bamboo quickly told it: "Wind Chime, a Black Bear Warrior is not a big deal. Don't make things too big. Everyone has a lot of things to do these days. Just ask the Iron Saber Mountain Lord to come over."

"Understood!" Wind Chime flapped its wings and soared into the air, speeding north.

Watching Wind Chime turn into a black spot and disappear into the sky.

Big Head immediately asked: "Mottled Bamboo, what should we do?"

"It's okay, don't worry, Big Bear will be fine." Mottled Bamboo dropped the raw stone and said: "Big Head, you command the soldier ants to replenish the primal force to the Emerald Bamboo. I'm going down the mountain to ask Big Bear. It should have encountered some trouble."

"Okay." Big Head agreed, waved its antennae, and two soldier ants stepped forward.

One soldier ant carefully pried open the floating soil on the bamboo culm, and the other soldier ant held up the raw stone with its forelimbs and gently shaved off the powder with its mandibles.

They cooperated skillfully and moved quickly.

The only flaw is that their wisdom is not high enough. Big Head must be on the scene to direct the work, otherwise they will not be able to grasp the amount of raw stone.

Mottled Bamboo glanced at it, confirmed that it would not be wrong, took off and soared into the sky, speeding down the mountain.