Astral Cockroach

After the spring plowing, in early April, Li Zhu Peak relaxed slightly. The next busy farming season was the dry season, and the other members on the mountain could handle it.

Ban Bu rested and recuperated for a few days before falling into a deep sleep.

He lit up and activated the third minor supernatural power at the location of his second heart, continuously modifying his genes. He hadn't consumed high-quality Origin Force food much in recent years, deliberately suppressing it. After nearly ten years, he finally welcomed a new round of evolution.

Advancement to L3 Duchess was smooth, just with a slightly longer sleep. It was already mid-June.

He chose an ordinary Giant Dragon Bamboo seed as his Life Seed.

This time it was Dragon Bamboo Guardian. He woke up in the middle of the night, and Dragon Bamboo had gone into the forest to hunt. Ban Bu ate something, and his physical strength basically recovered by dawn. He patrolled the mountain and went down to check on the Giant Dragon Bamboo God-bestowed Seed.

The fruit was about to ripen.

Da Xiong, Du Zhu, Hong Dao, Hong Mi, Huo Ji, Xiang Fei, Huo Zhu, Dan Zhu, and the 9 high-level warriors from Chiwu Mountain were distributed around, guarding the ground.

Xiang Pu commanded a full 100 combat worker bees and thousands of medium-sized worker bees for aerial defense.

Ma Zhu led the other three Bamboo Rat warriors, busily crushing Origin Stones to replenish Origin Force.

…

"Ban Bu, you're here!"

Huo Ji greeted him upon Ban Bu's arrival, and the little warrior on its head also waved its antennae at Ban Bu.

Huo Ji introduced, "Ban Bu, this is Zong Li. It likes chestnut trees."

Huo Ji then said dejectedly, "My intention was to have it like bamboo and stay in the bamboo forest. But you had me manage that chestnut sapling nursery, and the little guy followed along to play, and then… it fell in love with chestnut trees."

"Chestnut trees? Not bad, a smart little fellow." Ban Bu praised, but was also quite depressed.

In recent years, quite a few little warriors had been born in the Jinping Mountains, but unfortunately, not a single one of them liked bamboo. The bamboo sea expansion seemed to be developing vigorously, but in reality, it was very slow, and even the bamboo species cultivation work was constantly being delayed.

"Huo Ji, continue guarding here." Ban Bu shook his antennae and called out, "Little guy, come, I'll take you to play at the lake."

Zong Li hesitated and asked, "Go boating?"

"Yes." Ban Bu nodded its antennae.

"Okay!" The little warrior Zong Li cheered, flapped its wings, and landed on Ban Bu's head, then waved its antennae at Huo Ji.

This little guy was as easily fooled as Huo Ji was when it was young. Whoever gave it good food and fun, it would follow.

…

The morning sun scattered, and the lake surface shimmered. In the center was a large patch of lush lotus leaves.

With the nutritional supplement, Nine Leaf Red Lotus had generated 729 lotus leaves a little earlier than scheduled, forming an initial scale.

Get on the boat.

Ban Bu used its metal ability. Without oars, the small boat slowly approached the center of the lake on its own.

"Wow, wow, wow!" Zong Li, standing on Ban Bu's head, exclaimed repeatedly.

"Ba Ba!" Approaching the lotus leaf area, Zong Li cried out in joy again and took flight.

Ba Ba was leisurely perched on a lotus leaf, swaying gently in the morning breeze.

It should be chatting with the Nine Leaf Red Lotus tree spirit, most likely imparting scientific knowledge to the tree spirit after being full.

The newly built hydroelectric power station was very powerful. There were many rainstorms in summer, and Ba Ba had plenty of electricity, so it could fly around at will and loved to come and play with Nine Leaf Red Lotus.

Zong Li landed on Ba Ba's "body" and patted its pulse wings, cheering, "Ba Ba, fly!"

"Stupid little warrior!" Ba Ba roared angrily at Ban Bu, "Ban Bu, your Li Zhu Peak will be doomed sooner or later. The later generations of warriors are more and more stupid. This is the stupidest one I've ever seen!"

"Ba Ba, fly! Fly! Fly!" Zong Li couldn't understand human speech and kept urging.

Ba Ba activated its anti-gravity engine, carrying Zong Li to take off and land on another lotus leaf nearby.

"Wow~ wow~ wow~" Zong Li exclaimed and cheered again, turning its head and asking in confusion, "Ban Bu, why can Ba Ba take off without wings?"

Thinking about such profound questions at such a young age?

"Anti-gravity engine, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Come back quickly, don't run around." Ban Bu waved its antennae, signaling Zong Li to land on its head. At the same time, it separated a trace of mental power to communicate with the Nine Leaf Red Lotus tree spirit.

"Nine Leaf Red Lotus, how have you been recently?"

"Very good. I was originally born in the warm south, and I am more suitable to live here."

"Originally born in the south?" Ban Bu heard Nine Leaf Red Lotus mention its birth for the first time. Before, it thought it belonged to a lotus species that was accustomed to living in the cold north.

Nine Leaf Red Lotus explained, "I am different from other God-bestowed Seeds of 'God Grade'. I was accidentally born in the wilderness and discovered by a beast tribe warrior named 'Fire Fox'. This tribe warrior took me all the way north, leaving the territory of the insect tribe and entering the Northern Wilderness Grassland, and sought refuge with the Frost Wolf tribe."

"I didn't expect you to have this experience." Ban Bu was surprised again.

It was conceivable that Nine Leaf Red Lotus's previous survival was extremely difficult. If the lotus species itself was not highly adaptable to the climate, and Nine Leaf Red Lotus was born with the unique ability to self-adjust Origin Force genes to adapt to the environment, it would have probably frozen to death in the Northern Wilderness long ago.

Ban Bu chatted with the Nine Leaf Red Lotus tree spirit, mainly to inquire about the distribution of races on the Dragon Bamboo Continent in the past, especially information about the beast tribes on the grassland.

The little warrior Zong Li lay on Ba Ba's "body" and refused to leave, constantly urging "Fly! Fly! Fly…"

Ba Ba first indulged it, symbolically carrying it to fly twice.

The little guy had more and more fun.

Ba Ba was so angry that it couldn't stand it anymore and finally dived into the water.

The little guy fell into the water, floundered for a long time before climbing onto the boat, and finally became honest.

…

"Ban Bu, Ban Bu…"

Until noon, shouts suddenly came from the lakeside.

Bai Zhu!

"The idiot is back!" Ba Ba cheered and flew towards the lake shore first.

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Did it finally know to come back? Did it calculate the ripening time of the Giant Dragon Bamboo fruit before running back?

"Nine Leaf Red Lotus, I have something else to deal with. I'll come back and chat with you later." Ban Bu bid farewell.

"Idiot?" Nine Leaf Red Lotus asked, "Is it also a Bamboo Rat warrior? I heard Ba Ba introduce it. It seems very special."

"Yes, especially stupid." Ban Bu's mind moved, and its metal ability manipulated the small boat, sailing towards the shore.

…

On the lakeside dam, Bai Zhu stood with its paws on its hips, head held high, majestic and awe-inspiring, squinting its eyes and looking askance, talking to Ba Ba with a crooked mouth.

Behind Bai Zhu, followed a small Bamboo Rat warrior with rice-white fur. It seemed that it had just been promoted to a high-level warrior not long ago.

In the early stages, the fur color of Bamboo Rat warriors is grayish-white. With each gene evolution, the color will become darker and darker, and finally transform into pure black.

Bai Zhu was more special. There was a tuft of silvery-white mutated fur on its forehead, which was a very powerful combat method.

This little Bamboo Rat warrior behind Bai Zhu was abnormal all over. When it was promoted to a high-level warrior, its fur should have turned pure black.

"Ban Bu!"

Seeing the small boat approaching, Bai Zhu immediately became humble, put its paws on the ground, and shouted, "Ban Bu, you are amazing! You dug such a big lake, bigger than the Hanging Banyan County!"

"Ya! The little red ant warrior born this year? What a smart little guy."

Did its mouth become sweeter after going out?

Ban Bu didn't speak.

Bai Zhu said, "Ban Bu, I heard that Li Zhu Peak has been very busy in recent years? Look, I specially found you a helper to come back. It's called Xiao Bai Zhu, and it's as smart and clever as me!"

"Duchess Ban Bu!"

The Bamboo Rat warrior named "Xiao Bai Zhu" greeted Ban Bu, looking a little cramped and uneasy.

Ban Bu still didn't want to speak.

Seeing this, Bai Zhu became a little anxious and pleaded, "Ban Bu, its color is not right. It's always bullied by the other guys when it stays on Hanging Banyan Peak. It's very pitiful. Just let it stay on Li Zhu Peak. It will work with me in the future."

Ban Bu pondered for a while and asked, "Ba Ba, what is the talent of this little Bamboo Rat warrior?"

Ba Ba said, "It's okay, Grade A talent. The Origin Force genes related to earth and stone element abilities were derived in advance in its body during the Origin Force awakening due to gene mutation. The elemental Origin Force gene interfered, and there was a mistake in the transformation of the color of the fur during the growth process, so it became this different kind of appearance now."

Ba Ba paused and said, "It has a more acute earth and stone sensing ability than other Bamboo Rat warriors. It can be considered a gifted talent. You can consider keeping it."

Bai Zhu quickly added, "That's right! Ban Bu, didn't you say that the treasures of Dragon Bamboo Continent are buried underground? It's more powerful than us to take it to Dragon Bamboo Continent to find treasures."

"Um… then let's keep it!" Ban Bu warned, "Not to be taken as an example! Without my permission, no one is allowed to bring beast warriors into Li Zhu Peak again."

Ba Ba suddenly jumped up and cheered, "Ya! Ya! Li Zhu Peak has another little idiot."

"Understood!"

Getting a definite answer, the Bai Zhu, who was still pitiful just now, was immediately resurrected with full blood, held its head high, and said to the Xiao Bai Zhu behind it, "The matter is settled! You will follow me from now on. There are six other Bamboo Rat warriors on Li Zhu Peak, don't be afraid. Tell me who dares to bully you."

After speaking, it added, "Don't provoke that guy named 'Rat King'. I can't beat it if I don't get serious. If I get serious, I might not be able to control myself and kill it."

"Understood." Xiao Bai Zhu responded and said to Ban Bu, "Thank you, Duchess Ban Bu."

Fortunately, although this Bamboo Rat warrior followed Bai Zhu, it was not as outrageous as Bai Zhu.

Ban Bu suddenly realized something was wrong and asked Ba Ba seriously, "What exactly is Xiao Bai Zhu's talent?"

"Grade B, almost Grade A." After Ba Ba finished speaking, it said indifferently, "There is so much Origin Force food on this planet that we can't finish it. It doesn't matter if the talent is a little worse. I didn't lie to you about the others."