Astral Cockroach

"Banbu, why were you gone for so long?"

"Your condition… are you about to molt and evolve?"

"What about the black wolf pack? How many black wolf warriors did you kill?"

Gathering in the air, the three mountain lords of Yellow Stripes took turns asking.

"The wolf pack is difficult to hunt down. There are still 6 high-level black wolf warriors that I couldn't find." Banbu explained as he flew, "I'm about to fall into slumber, molting and advancing, so I can't continue the hunt."

Banbu was still carrying a roll of animal skin in his forelimbs.

Landing on the mountain peak, he unrolled it. It was peeled from the body of a mountain lord-level black wolf warrior.

"Banbu, you're back!" The seven bamboo rat warriors were keenly aware and ran up the mountain at the first moment.

Banbu pointed to the wolf skin and said, "Rat King, send it down the mountain and hang it in front of the mountain gate."

The Yellow Stripes mountain lord was stunned for a while, asking with some effort, "Banbu, you… you killed two mountain lord-level black wolf warriors?"

The White Fluff mountain lord also stammered, "How did you do it?"

But the Rat King didn't find it strange at all, saying, "Youcha's skills were taught by Banbu. If it can kill two cloud leopard warriors on its own, of course Banbu can also kill two mountain lord-level black wolf warriors."

"I used Youcha's tracking skills to constantly harass them with ambushes, forcing the wolf pack to collapse and then killing them one by one."

Banbu said simply, his spirit somewhat listless, unable to suppress the sleepiness that came from his soul. Just then, Big Head ran up the mountain, and he immediately ordered, "Big Head, bring me some jerky. I need to eat to replenish my energy, and I also need to replenish some Origin Power food. I'll start to slumber after a short rest."

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Banbu knew that he was about to molt and evolve, so he always paid attention to maintaining his spirit and energy during the hunt. Even so, he still slept for a full half month before waking up.

Mainly burdened by the Red Fruit Youcha's God-given seed being conceived. This thing needed to absorb too much Origin Power during the transformation process.

L9 advanced warrior, only one last step away from mountain lord.

The signs of awakening of metal and fire abilities became more and more obvious.

After eating and resting for a few days, recovering from his weakness, and eating Origin Power food, a faint crimson halo appeared on the surface of his body. This was a sign of the formation of Origin Power patterns related to the fire ability.

……

After being away for more than three months, Li Bamboo Peak had changed a lot.

Cattail and Belly Bamboo had both successfully advanced to advanced warriors.

The seven bamboo rat warriors had all undergone a slumber evolution, and the Rat King had advanced to L7 advanced warrior.

Fire Thorn had grown to L2 intermediate warrior and settled next to Cattail's hive, still so lazy. This was in line with the temperament of a normal Red Ant tribe warrior, who liked to doze off next to their natal plant when they had nothing to do.

Patrolling the territory.

With Big Head's careful care, the four God-given seeds and various ordinary natal plants were growing well.

The wild cliff cypress God-given seed had been stimulated three times by the Black and White Flower Ant tribe's county lord-level warrior, and it had now reached a height of about 15 meters.

Cliff cypress trees are easy to survive and are everywhere. They are common trees, and in terms of development potential, they are high-quality trees second only to the Red Iron Tree.

Each stimulation accelerates 10 years of growth, steadily increasing the height by about 3 meters.

Banbu estimated that after another 50 years of stimulation, the tree would be 30 meters high, which is about the limit of its current life. Continuing to stimulate it in the future would not be so obvious, and it would grow slower and slower over time.

Unless a gene evolution is carried out, completing a qualitative transformation and breaking the genetic shackles, it can continue to grow rapidly.

Trees also have a lifespan and will enter an aging period. The biggest benefit of stimulation is to allow the wild cliff cypress God-given seed to have enough time to accumulate Origin Power, so that it can easily complete the transformation at the age when its vitality is at its peak, minimizing the risk of failure and death.

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Red Rice has the blood of both the Red Ant and Black and White Flower Ant tribes, and its intelligence is significantly higher than that of ordinary Red Ant tribe members. Under its leadership, there were no mistakes in the hybridization and breeding of various bamboo species. However, some of the hybridization experiments designed by Banbu were too complicated, and it did not dare to carry them out rashly.

The hybridization experiment between Colorful Red Bamboo-1 and Colorful Cold Bamboo was carried out and went smoothly.

Seeing that Banbu was particularly concerned about Colorful Cold Bamboo, Red Rice immediately explained, "Banbu, there are only 20 Colorful Cold Bamboo plants in total, and they are growing very poorly, with only 324 flowers blooming. Considering that we need a batch of seeds to expand the planting scale of Colorful Cold Bamboo, I only selected 50 flowers for the hybridization experiment, of which 43 were successfully hybridized."

"Only 50 flowers were tested?" Banbu was a little disappointed.

He carefully checked every flower of the Colorful Cold Bamboo with his mental power, and found no Origin Power fluctuations, which meant that there would be no God-given seed born as expected.

Red Rice asked in confusion, "Banbu, this experiment is only to sample and verify the quality of the bamboo species. Is there any problem?"

"No problem. Red Rice, you did a good job." Banbu said, silently guessing in his heart: Could it be that the quantity is too small to trigger the reward mechanism of the 'stars' in the sky? Or is it that the probability of triggering it is zero? It can't be that the new bamboo species hybridized is not excellent enough, right?

After patrolling around and confirming that there were no new God-given seeds, Banbu returned to his cave, picked and chose, and selected a Xiangfei seed as his natal plant to nurture.

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Last winter, County Lord Yuli found some mature wild Xiangfei trees in the Jinping Mountains, and this year she harvested a batch of seeds and sent 200 of them to Li Bamboo Peak. Xiangfei is a rare tree species that is not inferior to the Red Iron Tree, and Banbu plans to sow a small amount of it near Li Bamboo Peak.

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Youcha followed Banbu back to Li Bamboo Peak, rested for half a month, and then left again to continue scouting the distribution of beast warriors in the Jinping Mountains, looking around to see if there were any new powerful beast groups wandering into the territory.

There were many high-level beast warriors of various colors, but not a single mountain lord-level beast. They didn't dare to attack Li Bamboo Peak.

In autumn, the Green Bamboo bamboo fruit and Rain Bamboo bamboo rice were successfully harvested.

In early autumn, Banbu sowed the Red Fruit Youcha God-given seed, choosing a location in the due east direction of Li Bamboo Peak, in the upper middle position.

Youcha fruit is best sown in late spring and early summer, but it can also be sown in autumn, provided that the surrounding air is sufficiently humid. The solution is simple: water a large area to keep it moist.

The embryo broke out of the soil and grew very quickly in the early stage, frantically absorbing Origin Power. It grew to 10 centimeters in height on the first day, and quickly grew into a seedling about 30 centimeters high in just 5 days.

The brownish-red branches and trunks of the seedling, the reddish-brown buds, and the bright red halo emanating at night showed the Origin Power fluctuations of fire. Its fruit should be in line with the Red Ant Kingdom's effect of strengthening fire abilities.

Banbu named it "Fire Youcha."

The temperament of the Fire Youcha tree spirit is as fiery as fire.

Youcha was so happy that it couldn't stop. It had found this God-given seed, and it often went to check on it, watering and fertilizing it, and replenishing it with Origin Stones.

However, the Fire Youcha tree spirit didn't appreciate it at all. It only recognized Banbu. Once the ants commanded by Youcha and Big Head approached, it would immediately release angry and intimidating thoughts frantically.

The soul of the newborn tree spirit was fragile and couldn't withstand the torment. Banbu had no choice but to take care of it himself.

Youcha was keenly aware that after several times, the Fire Youcha tree spirit still rejected it. It was a little disappointed and unwilling, so it lay down in the distance to watch.

In a month's time, the Fire Youcha sapling quickly grew to about 1 meter in height. The drawbacks of arborescent plants became apparent, and the growth began to slow down.

This had nothing to do with nutrient and Origin Power supply. The growth of trees is like this, their branches and trunks are solid wood structures and need time to settle.

Banbu was anxious to sow in autumn for another purpose, which was to be able to carry out a stimulation in the spring of next year.

PS: I should be able to resume normal update times tomorrow.