Astral Cockroach

It's so satisfying to be the leader of a large tribe with a thriving insect population. If you want something done, just say the word, and hundreds or thousands of little warriors will rush to carry it out.

The Crimson Crow Ghost King issued an order in the morning, and by noon, Lei Zhu had returned to report that they had found an iron mine. He had already arranged for Mountain Lord-level warriors with awakened earth and stone abilities to begin mining. At the same time, he organized a group of County Lord-level warriors with awakened metal abilities to start refining the iron ore.

By evening, the steel needed for constructing the wind power station was being transported to the trading square.

At this time, Ban Bu had already used his metal ability to directly transform earth and stone, creating the core motor.

The trading square was surrounded by undulating mountains, tall and majestic. There was likely no wind around the square.

Ban Bu designed the power station on a distant mountain planted with ordinary bamboo.

It was a bit troublesome, and the Crimson Crow Ghost King had to personally use his earth and stone abilities to create sufficiently sturdy power poles. They bypassed the life-seed planting area, using copper wire as a conductor to direct the electricity to the trading square.

Crimson Crow Mountain had purchased a complete set of sweeping robot equipment from a trading caravan. The Mantis Blade Tribe was quite generous, providing approximately 2 kilometers of superconducting cable.

There were four level-one electrical boxes, arranged at the four corners of the trading square.

The electricity generated by the power station was guided to the trading square via wires and poles, and then imported into the electrical boxes via superconducting cables.

The placement of the level-two electrical boxes and level-three source crystals, likely guided by the trading caravan, was not very reasonable, with many dead zones and overlapping areas. Ban Bu carefully calculated and helped to re-plan the layout, ensuring a reasonable distribution of various sweeping robots, covering every corner of the square.

In total, Ban Bu spent two days.

The Crimson Crow Ghost King inspected and confirmed that the wind power station was working properly. With a wave of his antennae, he issued an order: Build 50 first!

The technology had already been taught, and next, the County Lord-level ghost wasp warriors with awakened metal abilities would be working themselves to the bone.

All insect tribes on the continent were similar, especially the wealthy tribes with large populations. They liked to hold gatherings during their leisure time, and after a busy harvest, they would definitely hold a large celebratory banquet.

During the feasting, they would use lead blocks to shield the level-one electrical boxes. When the level-one source crystals detected that the ultra-high frequency electromagnetic waves were being shielded, the electrical boxes would trip and cut off the power. The corresponding electronic equipment would stop working, preventing electromagnetic waves (specifically high-frequency radio waves and microwaves) from radiating outwards, thus avoiding the problem of the banquet's source energy food from spoiling.

After eating and drinking, they would remove the lead blocks, and the sweeping robots would come out to clean up the leftovers.

Very practical, and it looked particularly high-end.

The only regret was not being able to eat source energy food while enjoying the interesting scene of the sweeping robots running around and working.

… …

From then on, Crimson Crow Mountain no longer had to spend source stones every year to buy electricity from the Mantis Blade Tribe from afar, nor did they have to worry about insufficient electricity reserves in the electrical boxes.

Ban Bu suddenly became very popular in Crimson Crow Mountain.

There were still more than 50 meters of superconducting cable unused. On a whim, Ban Bu showed off a little more, creating a fan. This immediately made the warriors of Crimson Crow Mountain look at him with even greater respect: The power station on the mountain converts wind into electricity, and down here, it converts electricity back into wind. It's so magical, so incredible!

The Crimson Crow Ghost King was the most generous. With a wave of his antennae, he said: The cold storage for storing source energy food is built on the top of the mountain. Take whatever you like to eat!

Crimson Crow Mountain was truly overflowing with wealth, and Ban Bu certainly wouldn't be polite. He picked the best and most expensive food, eating as much as he could.

After three carefree days, the spider silk was prepared. Lei Zhu led the team, guarded by 10 County Lord-level ghost wasp warriors, and set off west.

The Southwest Region was full of mountains, undulating, layered, with dense forests, ravines, and rushing waterfalls. The Ghost-faced Wasps were not a tribe that was good at flying, and walking on the ground was difficult. Therefore, their ancestors used earth and stone abilities to open up a network of walkways for walking, and also built bridges across rivers.

After continuous travel for four days, they finally arrived outside the Illusionary Mist Barrier.

They rested for half a day and then began to act.

Lei Zhu and the other ghost wasp warriors stayed outside the barrier, setting up a large roller wrapped with 3 kilometers of spider silk.

Ban Bu tied the spider silk to himself, held a compass marked with 180 degrees in his forelimbs, and tentatively entered the barrier for the first time.

At the edge, the compass was barely usable.

After walking about 500 meters, he encountered a majestic mountain, with cliffs so steep they were almost vertical. He cut the tip of his toe, confirming that the mountain rock had been solidified by earth and stone abilities, making it harder than steel.

Ban Bu tried to climb upwards, but the cliff was over 1 kilometer high.

There was no way to be lazy.

He returned, re-prepared.

Ban Bu himself carried a large roller wrapped with 3 kilometers of spider silk on his back, tied to his carapace, and set off for the second time.

The roller on his back was stuck, so he first used the spider silk from the roller outside the Illusionary Mist Barrier. After using 3 kilometers, due to the long distance and interference from ground friction, it was almost impossible to drag. Then, he began to use the spider silk from the roller on his back.

This time, following the cliff and climbing, he successfully crossed the mountain.

Below the mountain was a flat area with strange rocks. After walking about 2 kilometers, the spider silk ran out, and he also measured a terrible conclusion: This place was too close to the magnetic mountain ore vein, and the compass was severely affected.

He moved 5 kilometers laterally and continued testing.

The situation was slightly better, the compass was usable, but it was uncertain whether there were other interfering factors ahead.

Ban Bu returned, brought two more large rollers of spider silk, and continued to delve about 5 kilometers into the Illusionary Mist Barrier, collecting data along the way.

Fortunately, the insect tribe "Gods" who arranged the barrier did not completely block the road. The interference of the magnetite ore vein on the geomagnetic field was relatively constant, and as long as the brain's calculation ability was strong enough, the compass could still be used.

Finally, Ban Bu broke free from the spider silk and ventured further into the distance.

On this side, the structure of the Illusionary Mist Barrier was similar to that of the Eastern Region of the Myriad Race Continent, with two mountain ranges sandwiching a plain.

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The difference was that the mountains on the Western Region side were higher and steeper, the plains between the mountains were longer, and there were many rocky forests, with several small mountain ranges undulating in the middle, extending the walking distance to over 80 kilometers.

After crossing the mountain range and passing through 500 meters of plains, the view suddenly opened up.

This was the New Continent!

The terrain in front of him was almost exactly the same as the Southwest Region of the Myriad Race Continent on the other side of the Illusionary Mist Barrier, with continuous mountains, green hills and clear waters, and even in winter, it was full of birdsong and flowers, full of vitality.

The difference was… …

Why was there no source energy?

Ban Bu carefully and cautiously moved forward, sticking close to the ground, crossing one mountain after another.

There was no source energy at all!

An indescribable fear!

His soul was trembling, every cell was shaking, desperately breathing.

This fear was the instinct of source energy creatures.

Living in a source energy environment, the carapace was constantly absorbing natural source energy, which supplied the source energy genes in the body's cells.

When source energy creatures left the source energy environment, like fish leaving water, the source energy genes would "suffocate" and die, and the source energy creatures would rapidly decline.

The second heart seemed to sense the environmental change and Ban Bu's fear. Instinctively, the source energy it produced was no longer injected into the divine power patterns, but was integrated into the blood and input into the body's cells.

It could barely supply the demand!

The fear in Ban Bu's heart subsided slightly. He stood on the mountain peak, looking around, endlessly, all mountains. He unfolded his mental power to collect detailed information about the soil, plants, birds, beasts, and insects of this continent.

It was not much different from the Ghost Wasp Kingdom in the Southwest Region. It could be guessed that they were originally a connected whole, but were later forcibly separated by the Illusionary Mist Barrier.

Why was there no source energy at all?

This confirmed Ban Bu and Baba's guess: The so-called insect tribe "Gods" of this planet used some kind of ability to isolate the entire star system from the main universe. In a completely closed state, the source energy would not overflow, nor could it be filled in.

It could also be guessed that this continent, like the Myriad Race Continent and the Myriad Kingdom Continent, was originally full of source energy, but it was gradually exhausted over the long years.

The spherical planet was divided into pieces of land by the towering Illusionary Mist Barrier, the main function of which was to isolate source energy.

Why was there no source energy on this continent? There were two possibilities:

First, the source energy was exhausted. The insect races were transferred to the next continent to survive. If the source energy on the next continent was exhausted, they would be transferred to the next continent… This cycle was intended to delay the time when the entire planet's source energy was exhausted, ensuring the continuation of the race.

Second, the insects of this planet had always lived on the Myriad Kingdom Continent and the Myriad Race Continent. The two continents were constantly consuming source energy, and the so-called Gods left behind some means to constantly extract source energy from other closed continents to replenish it.

Which possibility was it? It was very simple to confirm. Just look around and see if there were any traces of insect races living on this continent.