Astral Cockroach

The morning sun had not yet dried the dew.

Wind Chime, following the scent, aggressively arrived at the mountain.

"Bamboo, you're awake!"

"Yes, I just woke up around dawn." Bamboo asked knowingly, "Wind Chime, what's wrong?"

"I... I came to see the soon-to-be-born God-given Seed. Blessed by the True God of Nature, our Li Bamboo Peak is about to have its sixth God-given Seed, and it's a high-quality bamboo species that you personally cultivated."

Wind Chime praised, then asked, "Bamboo, are you planning to personally guard it here?"

Bamboo replied, "Yes."

Wind Chime's mind raced, and she asked, "Where did Belly Bamboo and that little fellow run off to play in the bamboo forest? I'll take them down the mountain to prevent them from accidentally ruining the God-given Seed."

Bamboo said, "Let them play in the bamboo forest on the mountain. With me guarding them, they won't dare to cause trouble."

Wind Chime immediately complained, "These two little fellows are very naughty. I just discovered that my Chinese Arborvitae Life Seed has been cut with a gash by them. That's a Life Seed, can they just play with it?"

Bamboo said, "Then you must severely punish them."

Wind Chime said, "I was planning to catch them and punish them... Forget it, the wound on the Chinese Arborvitae tree will heal automatically. I'll just talk to them."

Inside the bamboo forest, Wind Chime caught Belly Bamboo and the little warrior, giving them a lecture all morning.

...

The Blood Thorn God-given Seed at the foot of the mountain was in full bloom, the number being about the same as Bamboo had estimated, totaling 9,000 flowers.

Cattail was the happiest.

The honey collected from the God-given Seed flowers can be brewed into a "royal jelly" containing trace amounts of Origin Power.

This is different from the royal jelly brewed by ordinary bee colonies in nature.

This Origin Power-containing royal jelly can be used to feed young bees, which can promote the activation of certain gene segments, developing them into combat worker bees that are only slightly smaller than the queen bee in size.

Combat worker bees have long lifespans and high intelligence. Their role is not only to fight and protect the queen bee, but also to command small bee colonies and carry out labor in a planned manner.

In the future, when the bee colony grows to a million in size, Cattail certainly won't have the energy to take care of everything and give precise commands to manage the bamboo forest. At that time, the combat worker bees will be able to play a key role as secondary commanders.

Also, the worker bees that Bamboo had seen, which knew how to distinguish between good and bad seeds and select seeds, also needed to be fed a little royal jelly during the larval stage to activate certain genes.

Other types of worker bees only need to be fed ordinary honey. Those worker bees that are particularly small, about the same size as ordinary sour bees, are actually the result of "malnutrition" due to being fed less during the larval stage.

Bamboo's territory has enough God-given Seeds to brew enough "royal jelly." Cattail settling in Li Bamboo Peak is actually another stroke of luck.

However, the bee colony is still mainly composed of ordinary worker bees, requiring a large amount of nectar from ordinary plants.

Now, in the vast jungle, all over the mountains and plains, there are all kinds of plants and wildflowers, so there is no shortage of food, and the multifloral honey is highly nutritious. However, in the future, if everything is developed into a bamboo forest and bamboo is replanted, bamboo will bloom less often, and the flowers will be small with little honey, so there may not be enough honey.

Bamboo foresaw this problem in advance and planned to solve the hidden danger in advance.

The solution is very simple: at both ends of Li Bamboo Peak, on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain, plan open spaces and choose arbors with many flowers and much honey to plant.

The best choice is pear trees. In spring, pear blossoms bloom all over the tree, providing a large amount of honey. In summer, pear fruits mature. If there is not enough nectar, they can eat pears, and the sugar in pears can also be refined into honey.

Mainly planting pear trees, the tree species are easy to find. The mountain lords of Qinggang Mountain and Iron Tallow Mountain like pear trees and must have high-quality tree species.

In addition, Bamboo also selected tung trees, citrus trees, locust trees, and laurel trees as four kinds of arbors.

Tung trees and citrus trees like sunlight and are drought-tolerant, so they can be planted on the sunny side of the mountain.

Locust trees and laurel trees like shade, so they can be planted in deep valleys.

The miscellaneous tree species such as Chinese Arborvitae, eucalyptus, goldenrain tree, and Qinggang tree that are most numerous on the mountains are all cleared away.

The idea is good, but the amount of work is a bit large, so we have to wait until the seven bamboo rat warriors return before we can start construction.

The limit on the number of bee colonies controlled by Cattail is linked to its strength. The red ring sour bee is a naturally weak race, and its growth rate is slow, so there is no need to rush it. The plan can be implemented year by year.

...

A heavy rain.

A night of north wind.

After the wind and rain, the weather suddenly became cool.

Late summer, early autumn.

Li Bamboo and Black Mulberry came to visit once, informing that the Iron Saber Mountain Lord had fallen into a deep sleep.

Hearing the news, Wind Chime also accelerated the speed of eating Origin Power food and followed into a deep sleep, molting and growing.

Ten days later, Li Bamboo and Black Mulberry came again, bringing good news that the Iron Saber Mountain Lord had advanced to the fifth instar mountain lord without any danger and had recovered from his injuries.

Subsequently, Wind Chime, who had been sleeping for nine days, successfully woke up and also advanced to a sixth instar advanced warrior without any danger.

Early autumn is a good season.

Belly Bamboo fell asleep and advanced to an L8 elementary warrior.

Cattail advanced to an L9 elementary warrior.

Big Bear advanced to an L9 advanced warrior.

Big Head advanced to an L9 intermediate warrior, only one step away from an advanced warrior. Bamboo ordered it to slow down its growth rate and planned to buy it a set of Origin Power food to strengthen its physique next year.

Red Rice grew slightly faster and advanced to an L2 intermediate warrior.

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The little warrior who was born this year was ignorant and fell asleep in the middle of the night while playing in Wind Chime's territory. It was about to advance to an L4 elementary warrior, a crucial growth.

After the little red ant tribe warrior advances to an L4 elementary warrior, it will identify a plant, like a type of plant, irreversibly and unchangeably.

What kind of plant it likes is related to its future growth and development direction.

What kind of plant will the first little warrior born on Li Bamboo Peak like?

Bamboo, Belly Bamboo, and Red Rice gathered in Wind Chime's territory to wait.

Hearing the news, Cattail also ran over to join in the fun.

Li Bamboo Peak has many God-given Seeds, the little warrior eats well, grows well, and advances smoothly, without keeping everyone waiting for long. It woke up after sleeping for a day and a half.

Belly Bamboo was itchy and the most agile, quickly cutting off a piece of prepared fresh meat, rushing forward, and handing it to the little warrior.

"Are you hungry? Eat some quickly to recover your strength."

The little warrior hugged the slice of meat and gnawed on it, discovering that it was surrounded by questioning gazes, feeling somewhat confused and timid, hugging the slice of meat, quickly hiding behind Belly Bamboo, and burying its head in gnawing.

Wind Chime lowered her mental power, reminding, "Bamboo, you are its direct elder, you ask the question."

"Wait until it's full." Bamboo was somewhat apprehensive.

In fact, it didn't have much hope in its heart. Previous signs indicated that this little fellow was not very interested in bamboo.

However, after the Wind Chime flower withered, it was also not interested in Wind Chime.

Wind Chime noticed that this little fellow was interested in morning glory, and was very frightened, immediately uprooting all the morning glory on the mountain.

Bamboo, Wind Chime, morning glory, the possibility of these three plants is very small.

Bamboo patiently waited for it to finish eating the slice of meat, lay on the ground, gently stroking its head with its antennae, making its divine sense as gentle as possible, and asked, "Little fellow, tell me, what kind of plant do you like?"

The little warrior looked around blankly, and finally looked nervously at Belly Bamboo.

Belly Bamboo asked, "What kind of plant do you like? Quick, tell everyone."

The little warrior waved its antennae, releasing pheromones, but couldn't express itself clearly for a long time.

Bamboo and Wind Chime were extremely anxious.

After a while, Belly Bamboo and Red Rice also became anxious.

After a good while of tossing around, being forced to the point of desperation, the little warrior suddenly transmitted a weak mental thought: "Rice!"

Rice?!

Why rice?

Bamboo and Wind Chime were stunned at the same time, and then glared angrily at Red Rice: What did you do to it, you bastard? Didn't all the rice on the mountain get铲掉? Where did the rice come from?

Belly Bamboo was also strange, and asked, "Why?"

The little warrior tried hard to convey a simple message with its mental power: "Rice grasshopper."

Then it shook its antennae vigorously, releasing pheromones: "Delicious, delicious..."

Rice grasshopper is delicious?!

"This works too..." Bamboo weakly complained.

"Red Rice!" Wind Chime roared.

"Haha..." Red Rice was stunned for a moment, reacted, jumped three feet high with joy, and shouted triumphantly, "Look, I was the one who guarded its birth, it still likes me the most, haha, Bamboo, Wind Chime, Belly Bamboo, you three have all wasted your efforts!"