Astral Cockroach

斑布 understood only vaguely the conversation between the Iron Blade Mountain Lord and Flame Cluster Cogongrass. It seemed he was about to be dispatched to the perilous Brocade Screen Mountains.

He had overheard Flame Cluster Cogongrass and Putao chatting, vaguely mentioning the Brocade Screen Mountains, located south of the Iron Blade Mountains, visible from the summit. It was said that the Brocade Screen Mountains were originally guarded by a Mountain Lord and numerous advanced warriors, but they were all wiped out in an unexpected battle.

Common cockroaches have a strong reproductive capacity, and each tribe's warriors shelter millions, even millions of ordinary cockroaches in their territory.

However, the probability of a common cockroach transforming into a primary warrior is extremely low. Given the current scale of development in the entire Iron Blade Mountains, it takes an average of about 5 years to produce a primary warrior.

Banbu's appearance should be considered an exception. Hei Sang was the new warrior born after Flame Cluster Cogongrass, with an interval of more than 4 years in between.

The Red Sedge Tribe occupies a vast territory and constantly faces the severe problem of a small population, making it impossible to fully control the territory.

This planet contains abundant primal force, allowing cockroaches to evolve into primal force creatures, as well as other insects, and naturally, animals of all sizes.

Especially those large animals, whose strong individuals can easily evolve into beast warriors, and once they become beast warriors, they can quickly possess combat power comparable to insect advanced warriors.

Beast warriors do not have life pouches and cannot nurture life seeds. In order to grow, they often launch attacks on insect territories.

Beasts and insects are natural enemies. If clever beasts realize they cannot defeat insect warriors, they know how to change tactics and instead sneak attack and destroy life seed plants.

Insect warriors rely too heavily on life seeds for growth. Losing life seed plants means losing the prospect of continuing to evolve.

To prevent such accidents, the Iron Blade Mountain Lord organizes a hunting activity every month, with all the Red Sedge Tribe warriors in the mountain range mobilized to hunt down and kill large animals in the jungle.

The large creature skeletons that Banbu saw in Flame Cluster Cogongrass's territory a long time ago were the spoils of these encirclement and hunting activities.

...

South of the Iron Blade Mountains, all the way to the Brocade Screen Mountains, the entire vast jungle belongs to the Iron Blade Mountains. The Red Sedge Tribe warriors living in the mountains can freely enter and exit for hunting, and also shoulder the responsibility of management.

What dangers lie in the hunting territory under the jurisdiction of the Brocade Screen Mountains? What caused the original Mountain Lord and many warriors to be completely annihilated?

Banbu was still unclear.

However, although the Iron Blade Mountain Lord did not explicitly say it, Banbu could see that it disliked his black carapace.

The so-called "carapace color and abilities similar to the Black and White Flower Cockroach Tribe, possessing a God-given seed, long and developed forelimbs, naturally good at fighting..." and so on were all excuses.

The main reason was that it disliked Banbu's unattractive appearance.

It just so happened that the Brocade Screen Mountains urgently needed to send warriors to guard it, so the Iron Blade Mountain Lord simply took the opportunity to push Banbu out.

Intelligent beings have likes and dislikes. Sending an unpopular member to a dangerous place means that there is no need to feel sad if an accident occurs.

...

Hei Sang, standing beside Banbu, shook his antennae and gently touched Banbu's antennae, secretly conveying a comforting emotion.

Banbu was annoyed. This guy was getting an advantage and still acting coy. If he hadn't suddenly appeared, it would definitely have been Hei Sang who was forced to go to the Brocade Screen Mountains.

Flame Cluster Cogongrass was angry, but also very helpless.

The Iron Blade Mountain Lord was the most senior elder in the entire mountain range, and its arrangements had to be obeyed and could not be disobeyed.

A huge cockroach flew unsteadily to the summit, circled for a while, and landed next to Flame Cluster Cogongrass.

It was Mayu.

Mayu was born in the territory of the Iron Blade Mountain Lord, Flame Cluster Cogongrass was born in the territory of Mayu, and Banbu was born in the territory of Flame Cluster Cogongrass, a very clear seniority relationship.

Regarding Banbu's future prospects, Mayu and Flame Cluster Cogongrass were naturally the most concerned and had the most say.

Mayu asked, "Iron Blade Mountain Lord, do you have important matters to discuss with me?"

Flame Cluster Cogongrass preemptively replied, "The Iron Blade Mountain Lord intends to arrange for Banbu to go to the Brocade Screen Mountains."

Mayu thought for two seconds and said, "A very reasonable arrangement. The Brocade Screen Mountains are south of the Brocade River, and south of the Brocade River is the territory of the Flower Cockroach Kingdom. Banbu's carapace color makes it easier to communicate with the Black and White Flower Cockroach Tribe. When Mountain Lord Jin Si was stationed in the Brocade Screen Mountains, he had many conflicts with the Black and White Flower Cockroach Tribe. Banbu's presence should improve the situation."

The Iron Blade Mountain Lord said, "That's right, that's what I think too."

Flame Cluster Cogongrass angrily said, "The Brocade Screen Mountains are very dangerous, Mayu. Do you want to see the tragedy that happened to you repeated on Banbu?"

Mayu said, "We can concentrate our forces and conduct a major cleansing of the forests around the Li Bamboo Peak in the Brocade Screen Mountains to minimize the danger."

The Iron Blade Mountain Lord said, "That's right, a cleansing is needed. Last month, the Black and White Flower Cockroach Tribe was attacked by cloud leopard warriors and suffered considerable losses. In the past two years, the Brocade Screen Mountains have lacked warrior rule, and various beasts have multiplied wantonly. If we continue to let it go, our Iron Blade Mountains may not be peaceful in the near future."

Mayu asked, "Mountain Lord, is the reason Princess Chijian summoned you here this time because of the attack on the Black and White Flower Cockroach Tribe?"

The Iron Blade Mountain Lord replied, "That's right. They believe that the attacking cloud leopard warriors were born and grew strong in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Brocade Screen Mountains, and they demand that our Red Sedge Tribe send warriors as soon as possible to restore rule over the Brocade Screen Mountains."

Mayu sighed, "An irrefutable request."

The Iron Blade Mountain Lord said, "Flame Cluster Cogongrass is still a child who doesn't know much. Mayu, you have traveled the continent and seen a lot. You are one of the few wise men in the Iron Blade Mountains. I hope you can personally teach Banbu about hunting and farming."

"I will," Mayu said to Flame Cluster Cogongrass, "You take Banbu to visit the other elders in the mountain range. Don't be playful. Come to my territory tomorrow."

"Okay," Flame Cluster Cogongrass replied listlessly, and beckoned to Banbu, "Banbu, let's go. I'll take you to visit the other four elders of Iron Blade Peak first."

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The four advanced Red Sedge Tribe warriors residing on Iron Blade Peak are named "Yabai", "Yuntao", "Hulu", and "Lizhu" respectively. Each one manages their territory prosperously, no less than Putao.

Outside of Iron Blade Peak, there are 13 other senior members of the same tribe, all of whom are advanced warriors.

In total, the Iron Blade Mountains are jointly ruled by 1 Mountain Lord and 21 advanced warriors.

Hei Sang can grow into an advanced warrior in two or three years, but by then, Mayu will probably be dead of old age.

In addition to Mayu, there are several other aging advanced warriors in the mountain range. It can be predicted that the number of advanced warriors in the Iron Blade Mountains will not change much in the short term.

Banbu was not very interested in the rise and fall of the Iron Blade Mountains and eagerly wanted to know how dangerous the Brocade Screen Mountains were, and was very worried about his future.

Of course, there were also happy things. The gifts from the many elders filled the snakeskin bag. There were too many things, and Banbu couldn't carry them himself, so Flame Cluster Cogongrass did it for him.

Flame Cluster Cogongrass was not happy at all. After visiting all the elders, he hurried to Mayu's territory.