Astral Cockroach

Banbu felt a bit dizzy, thinking it was an illusion caused by the loud thunder.

It really was shaking!

Meteorite impact?

Could it be that the defensive shield left by the gods had exhausted its energy so quickly?

No!

It should be meteorites within this star system; meteorite falls have often occurred before.

"Something falling? What thing? Where?"

Banbu asked in succession.

Huo Ji was stumped, thought for a long while before answering: "Banbu, I only saw a fireball falling from the sky, hitting the ground, and even Lizhu Peak was shaken."

"These past two days, the earth often shakes. Hongdao said that in unseen places, there must be other things falling down."

"Just now, something else fell… but the rain was too heavy, I didn’t see where…"

Frequent meteorite impacts causing ground tremors?

Rat King is currently in the critical period of advancing to Mountain Lord!

Banbu’s heart skipped a beat, and he asked: "Is Rat King alright?"

Huo Ji said: "Feng Ling came over in the evening. It said Rat King is fine."

The cave where Rat King sleeps is located deep in the mountains. Thunder is difficult to affect it, and slight tremors probably won't affect it either.

Banbu continued to ask: "Huo Ji, how many days has the heavy rain been falling?"

Huo Ji replied: "It started yesterday evening."

Banbu asked again: "Have the plants on the mountain been damaged?"

Huo Ji replied: "Datou just checked, and there is no damage so far."

Banbu looked outside. The rain was heavy, but the wind was not strong. It wasn't a disastrous weather, and he was completely relieved.

Searching in the cave, there were no dried meat reserves.

"Where is Datou?"

"They are at the top of the mountain… They want to see if anything else will fall down."

"Who all is there?"

"Everyone is at the top of the mountain."

"They're just full of it! Climbing so high, aren't they afraid of being struck dead by lightning? Quickly call them down."

"Oh." Huo Ji drilled out of the cave and climbed up the mountain.

Banbu went to the warehouse where food was stored and asked the worker ants guarding outside to bring him two pieces of dried meat.

Hundreds of thousands of lightning bolts erupted in concentration, flashing continuously, and the light penetrated the rain, illuminating the night.

Rumble…

Again, the rolling thunder echoed through the heavens and the earth.

Spectacular and shocking natural phenomenon!

Abnormal extreme weather.

Banbu couldn't help but turn his head to take another look.

The lightning died out, and the world returned to darkness.

The thunder still rumbled.

A light flashed, dragging a long tail, and lit up the darkness again.

Meteorite!

"Wah wah wah!"

"Wah woo…"

…

At this time, the members of Lizhu Peak, led by Feng Ling, were running down the mountain, also noticing the light in the sky, and issuing a long string of exclamations and gasps.

Watching with their own eyes, the meteorite fell towards the northwest, roughly estimated to have landed within the Jinping Mountain range, or perhaps in the Jinping Mountain range further to the northwest.

After a while, the Lizhu Peak mountain body shook slightly.

After a while, listening carefully, they could faintly capture the booming sound of the impact on the ground.

"Banbu, you're awake!" Feng Ling greeted.

"Awake." Banbu said seriously: "Feng Ling, I told you, be careful of lightning during thunderstorms. It's best to stay in the cave, don't fly, and don't stand at the top of the mountain."

"Uh… haha, Banbu, aren't we just going to see things falling?" Feng Ling changed the subject and said: "Banbu, these past two days have been amazing. Earthquakes happen from time to time. Hongdao speculates that large meteorites are falling in distant places that we can't see."

In contrast to Huo Ji, Hongdao was smart since childhood, and after growing up, it was obvious that his IQ was higher than normal red ant warriors.

He learns things quickly, so Banbu taught him a lot of knowledge.

Hongdao shook his antennae, pointed to the northwest, and analyzed: "Banbu, judging from the eye, the falling meteorite is not large, but the impact on the ground is great. In addition, the color of the flame caused by friction with the air is light blue, so it can be confirmed that the meteorite has a high density and is mainly composed of metal."

Baizhu raised his claws and shouted: "Water pipe! Banbu, let's pick up the metal meteorite and bring it back."

Hongdao nodded his antennae and said: "That's right, the meteorite should contain precious heavy metals, mixed with pure iron, to make high-quality alloys… Banbu, you can also lay a water pipe for us down the mountain."

"…"

All the words he wanted to say were said, Banbu had nothing to say, and buried his head in eating.

Water pipe? That thing is too expensive, don't even think about it for now.

…

The rain lasted a day and a night before it finally stopped.

Things were still falling from the sky from time to time.

Continuing to pay attention, mainly concentrated in the northwest and due east directions.

What exactly is falling? Maybe there are treasures?

With a treasure-hunting mentality, Banbu set off with Hongdao, Duzhu, and Hongmi.

Spaced 10 kilometers apart, they flew side by side in a row.

Meteorite impacts on the jungle would definitely create meteorite craters. Flying at high altitude, looking down, it's easy to identify and find them.

Electromagnetic wave signal transmission.

Hongmi made a discovery.

At the border where the Jinping and Jinping mountain ranges meet, there is a newly formed huge pit in the vast reed marshes.

Affected by the shock wave, large swathes of reeds were knocked down.

All fresh traces.

Due to the heavy rain, rainwater poured in to form a sizable pond.

Hongmi stood beside it, at a loss.

"Banbu, look, is it this kind of place?"

"Yes." Banbu landed on the ground, paused for two seconds, then flapped his wings again, flying low and circling above the pond.

Sensing the metal ability, he clearly judged that the thing under the pond was indeed high-purity metal.

Not large in volume.

The arrangement of metal elements does not seem to be formed naturally in the universe.

A familiar feeling.

Banbu relanded on the shore, bowed his head and pondered, then suddenly looked up: The floor partition splint of a cosmic battleship! Mainly composed of iron and nickel elements, mixed with various rare metals including silver essence, a high-strength alloy.

No longer stingy with the original power stored in the heart's divine pattern, mental power spread out, locking onto the metal block at the bottom of the water, and the metal manipulation ability was activated.

A gray-white sheet of material flew out and fell in front of Banbu.

"Wow!" Hongmi exclaimed, stepping forward to watch, and then curiously asked: "Banbu, is this metal?"

"It's metal." Banbu replied affirmatively, explaining simply: "But it's not a conventional state metal."

Judging from the color, it does not have any metallic texture, however, its comprehensive strength is completely incomparable to that of conventional state alloys.

The high temperature of the fragment during the falling process and friction with the atmosphere did not cause any damage to it.

The shape is very unsightly, like a piece of paper torn into pieces.

This is a fragment of the Luan-K704 transport ship!

Banbu was very sure.

The appearance of this fragment in front of him must be due to the spatial turbulence tearing the warship to pieces.

"Could it be that all the things that fell this time are fragments of Luan-407?"

"How many years has it been?!"

Banbu thought, unable to restrain his excitement and waving his antennae randomly: Humans plundered the "Kapas" metal race, and the most valuable wealth was basically loaded on Luan-407, including 8 metal cores of the Dominator Realm!

Did they all fall down? Or just a part? Just picking up a little bit can make you rich!

Seeing Banbu happy, Hongmi immediately became happy too, and asked: "Banbu, can this metal be used to make water pipes?"

"…" Banbu waved his antennae and slapped Hongmi hard on the head, scolding: "Don't mention water pipes again in the future."

After teaching him a lesson, he directly waved his antennae to release electromagnetic wave signals, notifying Hongdao and Duzhu who were rushing over that they didn't need to come, to maintain formation, set off, and continue searching.

As for the alloy fragment in front of him, it was the most, most, most worthless thing on the spaceship. Its biggest characteristic was high density and extraordinary weight, so there was no need to carry it.

Hongdao had been observing and counting, roughly judging that more than 4 fragments had fallen within the Jinping Mountain Range and the Da'an Mountain Range.

Continuing to the northwest, even more fragments should have fallen within the Youma land.