Astral Cockroach

This "Divine Quality" God-given Seed had a main branch with a diameter of approximately 0.5 meters at its thickest point. It possessed as many as 55 main branches that stretched along the ground, extending over a kilometer in length, covering the entire hill in a vast expanse. Later, due to changes in the terrain, the hill was buried by shifting yellow sands.

The arid, cold, and sealed environment allowed all the main branches to be preserved in relatively good condition.

Most of the slender branches and leaves had decayed or petrified, but many of the thicker branches were better preserved.

Many thorns still remained.

Daqing Mountain mainly cultivated three types of thorny shrubs: Fragrant Osmanthus, Spiny Osmanthus, and Sea Buckthorn. Logically, these three different plant species should have vastly different wood grain textures.

After inspecting everything thoroughly, Banbu held a section, repeatedly examining, comparing, and analyzing it. However, no matter what he did, he couldn't determine which specific species this "Divine Quality" God-given Seed belonged to.

Daxiong, Baizhu, and Xiaobaizhu all stood nearby, waiting for a conclusion.

"This is the God-given Seed we've been searching for!" Banbu announced.

Well, the aura is so obvious, it's a conclusion we all knew!

Daxiong, with his poor eyesight, didn't notice Banbu's difficulty and asked hopefully, "Banbu, what kind of plant is it?"

Baizhu followed up, asking, "Banbu, will it greatly help the growth of the Blood Thorns?"

Everyone was most concerned about how much this wreckage would help the Blood Thorn God-given Seed of Lizhu Peak. Before the birth of the Sacred Bamboo God-given Seed, Blood Thorns were the main source of income for Lizhu Peak. Even now, the annual Autumn Harvest Celebration banquet still features Blood Thorn pulp as the main dish, making it the most joyous festival of the year on Lizhu Peak.

According to Nineleaf Red Lotus's description, it was confirmed that this "Divine Quality" God-given Seed strengthened blood, which was consistent with Blood Thorns. The key to determining the extent of its effect was whether the original plant species was similar to Blood Thorns. The closer the kinship, the better the effect.

"This, which specific plant it belongs to… This broken thing isn't completely preserved. How can anyone tell? Let's take it back and have Baba scan and analyze its genes, and then we'll know."

Without allowing for any doubt, Banbu's tone was stern as he shook his antennae and ordered, "Winter is coming soon with snowfall. Hurry and get on the road! Put the stuff in Daqing Mountain, and evacuate immediately!"

Daxiong pulled the wheeled cart and continued on his way.

Seeing Banbu's arrival, Xiaobaizhu didn't dare to be as lazy as before and followed behind the wheeled cart, using his front paws to help push it.

Baizhu, being sturdy, lay sprawled out on the wheeled cart, waiting for Daxiong to pull him back to Daqing Mountain.

The wheeled cart was 4 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and 1.2 meters deep in the cargo hold. It was fully loaded with wreckage. The weight of Baizhu and Xiaobaizhu was insignificant, and Banbu didn't bother to care.

He flew ahead at high speed, returning to Daqing Mountain in advance.

He hadn't noticed before, but the warehouse on the mountain was already filled with most of the wreckage.

Half a day later, Daxiong returned, dragging the wheeled cart.

He acted quickly, rapidly moving half of the wreckage into the warehouse on the mountain, while Daxiong continued to pull the other half, heading south to quickly transport it back to the mountain stronghold.

Banbu stayed on the mountain to wait. Five days later, Youcha, who had gone to the food gathering point to find Daxiong, returned, and they evacuated together.

…

The wreckage was divided into bags, making 5 bags in total, which were secured to their carapaces. Banbu, Longzhu, Xiangfei, Huozhu, and Danzhu each carried a bag, flying back to Lizhu Peak.

He immediately brought Baba over.

"Baba, examine the wreckage and help confirm the plant species."

"Is this the wreckage of the shrub-type 'Divine Quality' God-given Seed that Nineleaf Red Lotus told you about? You finally found it?"

Baba said, and began scanning and analyzing, giving a conclusion two minutes later: "It is neither Fragrant Osmanthus, Spiny Osmanthus, nor Sea Buckthorn, nor is it a derivative species of any genetic mutation."

Banbu asked, "Then which plant is it?"

"I don't know," Baba said. "There is no related genetic information recorded in the database."

Banbu retreated to a secondary plan, asking, "Baba, is the compatibility of the wreckage with the Blood Thorn God-given Seed high? What is the strengthening effect of large-scale use?"

Baba asked, "Is there a tree heart?"

Banbu said, "Baizhu and the others said there wasn't one. The tree spirit probably collapsed long ago. This God-given Seed is completely dead."

Baba said, "The genetic compatibility is quite high, and the wreckage is very well preserved. The strengthening effect should be good."

After Baba finished speaking, before Banbu could be happy, she changed the subject and said, "However, if you use it on the Blood Thorn God-given Seed now, there is an upper limit to the strengthening effect for a single transformation and evolution."

"You are already a County Lord, and the Blood Thorn can only transform and grow once. It doesn't even have the chance to be promoted to excellent quality."

Banbu was silent.

The Blood Thorn God-given Seed was also born naturally, and it showed many unique characteristics from a very early stage.

First of all, ordinary Blood Thorns themselves are a high-risk plant species with a deadly destructive force on the natural ecology. If an ordinary Blood Thorn seed were to fall outside of Lizhu Peak and not be dealt with, it could quickly propagate within 50 years, destroying the entire forest of the Jinping Mountains, killing all other kinds of plants, and replacing them to form a Blood Thorn forest.

The Blood Thorn tree spirit is not like other God-given Seeds, which are fixed in the mother plant. It can wander around at will along the branches.

The Blood Thorn tree spirit can also control the direction of branch extension and growth with its will.

The most bizarre thing is that the Blood Thorn tree spirit is single-mindedly trying to climb Lizhu Peak. Therefore, in the two transformation and evolution processes when Banbu was promoted to Mountain Lord and County Lord, it increased the scale of the plant. To this day, the quality of the Blood Thorn is still only above average.

Banbu was very certain that the Blood Thorn, like the Nineleaf Red Lotus, had some ability to independently control the direction of genetic evolution.

Another rather strange thing is that the tree spirit has a particularly strong thirst for knowledge (or maybe it's just talkative), and likes to ask all sorts of questions. When it was weak and small, its soul memory was particularly poor. It would forget whatever it was taught as soon as it turned its head. Later, it gradually improved. As the soul grew stronger and the memory increased, Banbu would teach it when he was idle and bored. Slowly, it also accumulated a lot of knowledge.

"Baba, when I advance to Roach King, what quality can the Blood Thorn God-given Seed reach after transformation and evolution?"

Baba said, "It's hard to say, it can reach at most superior quality, excellent quality is definitely impossible."

Banbu thought for a while and asked, "What if I break through the Origin Power creature level?"

Baba asked back, "How do you want me to calculate that? I don't even know how much of that 'Divine Quality' wreckage there is."

"Understood." Banbu gently tapped his antennae, then shook them and sighed, "'Half-Divine Quality' is still a long way off!"

"Half-Divine Quality?!" Baba disdainfully said, "How easy is it to change Origin Power talent? Daydreaming."

Baba then asked unceremoniously, "Why do you think you can break through the Origin Power creature level?"

"Hehe." Banbu said, "I really did come across a 'Divine Quality' God-given Seed that can greatly improve comprehensive talent. I'll let you, this ignorant electronic life, open your eyes later."

Ignorant?!

"Banbu! I'm going to fight you!"

Baba flew up in a rage and slammed into Banbu.

One of the functions of electronic life when it is manufactured is information storage, to answer questions for the master anytime, anywhere. "Ignorance" is the greatest negation of their electronic life. Baba has collected all human civilization knowledge except for a few core secrets, and cannot tolerate such insults.

Every time Banbu said this to her, she would go berserk and jump up to fight Banbu.

…

They transported back 5 bags of wreckage. After carefully selecting, they picked out a small half bag where the Origin Power properties had severely leaked and gave it to Huozhu to enhance his ordinary Blood Thorn life seed.

When Lizhu Peak was weak, Huozhu conceived as many as 23 Blood Thorns, sowing them around the foot of the mountain to form a defensive barrier to prevent beast attacks.

Now, Lizhu Peak is gradually becoming strong, and it doesn't need Blood Thorns for defense. Many God-given Seeds and life seeds have even been planted outside the mountain. The role of the ordinary Blood Thorn life seeds conceived by Huozhu has also changed, used for concealing and blocking the road, preventing foreign guests visiting Lizhu Peak from wandering around on the mountain.

The relatively well-preserved wreckage was all commanded by the big-headed ant colony, torn and chewed into powder with their mandibles, and mixed with swamp sludge for the Blood Thorn God-given Seed to use.

There will be no obvious changes in a short period of time. It needs continuous fertilization and there will be small growth. After continuous fertilization for decades, when Banbu advances to Roach King, the Blood Thorn God-given Seed will transform and evolve accordingly, and then obvious qualitative improvements will be shown.

Banbu stayed on the mountain peak, observed for half a month, confirmed that the effect was correct, and set off for Chijian County.