Astral Cockroach

Chestnut, following Fireshrub, hadn't learned many of the basic skills of managing a territory. He was separated early and, according to the plan, resided on a mountain peak about 10 kilometers away from Turtle Shell Peak.

Bumblefoot sent Fireshrub to guard the territory and brought Chestnut, who was about to be promoted to a high-level warrior, over to personally tutor him.

Danzhu, the little warrior from Fire Bamboo Mountain, was also brought over and taught various knowledge.

Little White Bamboo was also brought over and allowed to listen in.

… …

Dry Season.

The Red Cockroach King led the team, and the first batch of 200 bags of oak remnants were transported back.

The remnants varied in quality. The surface layer of the tree trunk, buried underground, tended to petrify, while the parts exposed to the air were severely weathered and decayed. These remnants lost their original force properties and were classified as low quality.

The inner core of the tree trunk, however, was relatively well preserved, with remnants of original force properties, and was considered high quality remnants.

The first batch of 200 bags were all low quality remnants.

Lizhufeng retained 100 bags for itself, sent 50 bags to Red Cockroach County, 20 bags to Weeping Fig County, and 15 bags each to the Green Ridge Mountains and the Boxwood Mountains.

At this time, Big Head and Cattail were extremely busy.

Bumblefoot, on a whim, caught Barbara from the lake to help calculate the weights, and, along with Chestnut, Danzhu, and Little White Bamboo, taught them how to prepare fertilizer for different plants.

First was the Oil Tea plant. Oak remnants were quite compatible with it and made for a good fertilizer.

"Oil Tea!"

"Fireshrub Oil Tea, good afternoon."

Bumblefoot, holding a large pot of mixed fertilizer consisting of remnants, swamp slag, and wood ash, waved his antennae in greeting, and then said to Little White Bamboo: "Be careful, stick close to the tree roots, dig away the surface soil."

Looking at Oil Tea perched on the silk bag, Little White Bamboo felt somewhat afraid.

Fireshrub Oil Tea directly went berserk and roared: "Bumblefoot, you brought those annoying little warriors to my territory again! Quickly drive them away!"

"And this little white mouse, what does it want to do? Oil Tea, eat it."

Oil Tea keenly felt the anger of the Fireshrub Oil Tea tree spirit, wagged its tail, and said: "Bumblefoot, Fireshrub Oil Tea seems to dislike little warriors entering its territory."

"I'm teaching them how to fertilize, it'll be quick." Bumblefoot said to Oil Tea, ignoring Fireshrub Oil Tea's rage, and asked Barbara: "Barbara, how do you see Fireshrub Oil Tea's recent condition? How effective is the fertilizer I'm preparing for it?"

"Shameless!" Barbara was too lazy to argue with Bumblefoot and said: "Its condition is good. Oak remnants are very suitable for it. Use all 100 bags on it, and if you use another 100 bags of higher quality oak remnants, when it advances to Cockroach King, its maximum yield should reach 20,000 seeds, and the quality can reach the top grade or slightly above."

"This is the limit to which the 'Oil Tea' species can be strengthened. You need to know that it was originally just a small tree."

"Understood." Bumblefoot nodded its antennae.

So far, Fireshrub Oil Tea had used Boundary Tree remnants and plant gene fluid, and with the addition of oak remnants, it should have reached the limit of its racial gene enhancement.

After a series of enhancements, its yield doubled, and its quality improved by two small grades.

The annual income increased by more than double, and in the future, it would be higher than the Red Cockroach King's Red Cockroach Tree divine seed income, which was considered a good return.

Little White Bamboo quickly dug three small pits under the tree and then stayed far away from Oil Tea.

Bumblefoot poured a large pot of mixed fertilizer into each pit and backfilled with surface soil.

"Fireshrub Oil Tea likes moisture, pour some water."

Little White Bamboo immediately acted.

There was a faucet nearby, with two sizes of water buckets.

Little White Bamboo carried the bucket forward to water the tree.

Bumblefoot waved its antennae again and said: "Chestnut, you'll be a high-level warrior soon, don't be lazy, go help."

"Bumblefoot, I'm still a mid-level warrior." Chestnut lay down nearby, not moving.

Sure enough, he was a cub brought out by Fireshrub, with a body full of bad habits.

"I'll go!"

Danzhu excitedly wanted to go forward to help, but Bumblefoot pressed him down with a claw.

"You're too small, you can't lift it, just watch honestly and don't make trouble."

The previously furious Fireshrub Oil Tea realized that the fertilizer used this time was different from before, and its attitude changed, asking: "Bumblefoot, what is it?"

"Good stuff." Bumblefoot raised the metal basin used to mix the fertilizer and said: "3,000 original stones per basin, deducted directly from your income next year."

"What!" Fireshrub Oil Tea's just calmed emotions were ignited again, roaring: "I don't want it! Take that thing away! I don't need that broken thing! Don't even think about swindling my original stones!"

Weak-minded tree spirits were still fun to play with.

Bumblefoot laughed and said: "Fireshrub Oil Tea, don't get excited, I'm just joking with you."

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Fireshrub Oil Tea was silent and said seriously: "Bumblefoot, I'm not joking with you, not a single original stone can be missing!"

"… …" Bumblefoot was speechless and tapped the metal basin with its toes, saying: "There will be a basin every day from now on, a free gift, your income won't be reduced by a single original stone."

Bumblefoot had another sudden idea and asked: "Barbara, do you think there's a possibility that, with a large amount of 'divine' divine seed remnants, we can strengthen a divine seed that is already excellent and elevate it to 'divine grade'?"

Barbara replied affirmatively: "Impossible."

Bumblefoot asked: "Why?"

Barbara said: "Soul limitation. Bumblefoot, haven't you already discovered it? The souls of the Dragon Tree Spirit and the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus Tree Spirit are different, there's an essential difference between them and ordinary divine seed tree spirits."

"Actually, Tata used to be very smart, it mastered almost all the knowledge of the Capas tribe. The best thing was that it wasn't as stubborn as other divine seed tree spirits. Knowing that the Capas tribe was destroyed, it wisely chose to surrender to the human race."

Where was that wise? That was betrayal, right?

Bumblefoot secretly complained.

Barbara continued: "Tata's tree spirit soul is slowly recovering. I estimate that when it completes its third metamorphosis and growth, it will be cured, and maybe it will regain its lost memories."

Bumblefoot asked: "Can't the soul differences be made up for acquiredly?"

"This difference in original force plants can be compared to the difference in cultivation talent in humans. The level of strength is determined from birth." Barbara considered and said:

"Acquiredly, it can be compensated by various means. Using 'divine grade' divine seed remnants or equivalent things to strengthen it, experiencing metamorphosis and growth again and again, slowly improving, cannot be achieved overnight. On the contrary, it requires an extremely long process, and the original force creature level definitely cannot achieve it."

Barbara finally said: "I once heard Filin mention that humans seem to have done similar experiments, without any successful precedents. It is said that in the end, something was lacking in terms of the soul, which could not be qualitatively broken through. According to the division of this planet, it can be called a 'semi-divine grade'. There is no relevant experimental information in my database, so I can't tell you more."

Barbara paused and continued to add: "If Tata hadn't surrendered to the human race, its trunk would definitely have been made into nutrients, and its soul would have become the main material for similar experiments."

Bumblefoot roughly understood what Barbara meant, his mind turned, and he asked: "If I invest all kinds of good things now to strengthen Fireshrub Oil Tea's genes, the benefits it obtains will be reflected in my next metamorphosis and evolution when I advance to Cockroach King, right?"

Barbara said: "It's always been like this."

Bumblefoot said: "Cockroach King has reached the end, so you said its improvement has reached the limit, right?"

Barbara said: "That's right. You can't continue to evolve, and it can't continue its fourth metamorphosis and growth, you are both locked in the original force creature level."

Bumblefoot asked: "If I can? Then that means that, in the Cockroach King stage, if I continue to use 'divine grade' divine seed remnants to improve Fireshrub Oil Tea, it will be able to continue to improve in the future?"

"Theoretically, yes." Barbara said: "However, from my observation of the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus, I am very certain that the gene lock cannot be broken. The Nine-Leaf Red Lotus, whether in terms of gene talent or soul will, far surpasses you. It can't do it, you definitely can't."

"That's not necessarily true." Bumblefoot said: "In a few decades, or a hundred years, there should be a conclusion."

Fireshrub Oil Tea was always wary of the two little guys, Chestnut and Danzhu, and kept urging Bumblefoot to take them away quickly.

Bumblefoot shook its antennae and greeted: "Let's go down the mountain to see Tata."

PS: I have something to do this afternoon, there should be no updates tonight.