Astral Cockroach

Fire Bamboo was responsible for managing Fire Bamboo Mountain, and all matters were carried out according to Banbu's arrangements. He rarely had his own ideas, and his performance was mediocre, diligent but unremarkable. He had not made any mistakes or dereliction of duty, nor had he achieved any impressive accomplishments.

In Banbu's view, obedience was enough. The second Divine Seed of the Holy Bamboo was given to Fire Bamboo for cultivation.

There was also a Thunder Bamboo Divine Seed, which was not so valuable. According to age ranking, it was given to Light Bamboo for cultivation.

In the future, if there were other bamboo-type Divine Seeds, let Nan Bamboo, Fang Bamboo, and other little ones take their turn. If there were non-bamboo-type Divine Seeds, other mountain peaks could be considered.

Yōu Bamboo rice was given priority to satisfy the warriors of Jinping and Jinping Mountains. In a few years, when the pressure of the insect population was relieved and various basic construction projects were completed, there would be leisure time in autumn and winter to enter the wild jungle to find naturally born Divine Seeds. Every warrior still had a glimmer of opportunity to obtain a Divine Seed on their own.

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After the dry season, flowers withered and fruits ripened, yielding two Divine Seeds. Naming them was a bit troublesome, so to save effort, they were simply and figuratively called "Great Holy Bamboo" and "Great Thunder Bamboo."

Banbu sent away Silver Fir and Princess Red Bean and immediately set off for Red Crow Mountain.

The excavation and transportation work at Great Green Mountain was urgent. Banbu took Red Rice and Fire Thorn with him to replace the work of Fire Bamboo and Light Bamboo.

According to Banbu's instructions, during the treasure hunt, Fire Bamboo and Light Bamboo suppressed their growth. After returning to Li Bamboo Peak, Baba watched over them. After spending a month resting and recuperating, and consuming a large amount of high-quality Origin Power food, they could directly enter sleep for evolution.

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Banbu Year 72, early spring, they all fell into slumber.

Fire Bamboo and Light Bamboo grew at the same rate, both promoted to L5 Mountain Lords.

This year also had a major event to deal with: the Dragon Bamboo fruit matured.

In early April, the transport team led by the Red Hard Cockroach King returned. The 6 senior warriors selected from Red Crow Mountain, escorted by two princess-level warriors, arrived at Li Bamboo Peak with the Red Hard Cockroach King.

They were arranged to rest in the Dragon Bamboo forest, hide their tracks, and help with defense.

This year, it also happened to be the year that Belly Bamboo's Holy Bamboo fruit matured.

Just as autumn began, procurement teams from various races flocked in.

Trade caravans traveling the continent mostly went counterclockwise. The four trade caravans of Chonglou, Yuzhu, Xianghun, and Zijing, which regularly traded with Lizhu Peak every spring, all traveled counterclockwise.

A small number of caravans traveled clockwise. Since some time, these clockwise caravans had been coming in droves every autumn, seeking trade. Small caravans were fine, but it was not appropriate to decline princess-level large caravans. Lizhu Peak would take out a small amount of Origin Power food for sale, and also purchase a batch of high-quality Origin Power food to maintain the trading relationship appropriately.

Every autumn, Lizhu Peak would be a little lively for a while.

In years when the Holy Bamboo fruit matured, it would be especially lively.

Insects came and went, a symbol of prosperity.

This year was an exceptionally lively year. News had long spread that Belly Bamboo had been promoted to princess, and the output of Holy Bamboo fruit had doubled to 18 portions, with 6 portions for the caravans and the remaining 12 portions for sale.

Price increases were a hassle. Although they had been notified long ago, there were always insects who were dissatisfied when trading. Banbu had to personally come forward, with Flame Cluster Bān Grass and Red Rice, to explain the reasons one by one: Belly Bamboo had been promoted, the quality of the Holy Bamboo fruit had improved, operating costs had increased, and if the price was not increased, they would lose money.

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In mid-August, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lizhu Peak's bamboo rice and bamboo fruit matured one after another. After a busy rush, the caravans left, and the foreign teams that purchased the Holy Bamboo fruit left.

The Dragon Bamboo fruit matured last.

The Autumn Maple Cockroach King timed it perfectly, sending their three senior Black and White Flower Cockroach warriors to Lizhu Peak to eat and enter slumber for evolution.

This was the fourth batch of Dragon Bamboo fruit produced, and Banbu kept 9 portions for himself.

3 portions were given to the bamboo rat warriors Shuizhu, Hongzhu, and Zizhu. The difficulty of excavating the Great Green Mountain wreckage increased the further down they went, and they would follow Mazhu to Dragon Bamboo Continent to help.

3 portions were given to Nanzhu, Fangzhu, and Danzhu of Fire Bamboo Mountain. Among them, Fangzhu and Danzhu would go to Great Green Mountain to replace Hongmi and Huoji.

3 portions were given to Bitao, Tortoise Shell Tendon Vine, and Camellia outside Lizhu Peak. Bitao and Camellia needed to shed their shells and grow once, and then follow Banbu to Dragon Bamboo Continent to participate in the wreckage transportation work.

Banbu himself also fell into slumber and was promoted to L5 princess.

In early January, warriors, including the Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe and the Autumn Maple Cockroach King, set off together with the Red Hard Cockroach King's transport team.

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The Autumn Maple Cockroach King going to Red Crow Mountain was not a good thing.

There were important matters to discuss.

The Black and White Flower Cockroach tribe now had 6 warriors entering Dragon Bamboo Continent to hunt for treasure, and there would be more in the future, giving them a certain qualification to participate in deliberations.

But there was no rush to discuss it.

Upon arriving at Red Crow Mountain, Banbu first invited the Red Hard Cockroach King's transport team to rest for a few days, and Red Rice and Fire Thorn transported the wreckage out to leave with the team.

Then, he led Bitao, Camellia, Fangzhu, Camellia, and the four bamboo rat warriors led by Mazhu to meet at the mountain base. When the Northern Wilderness warmed up, they would go to Great Green Mountain to dig out all the remaining wreckage before the end of the year.

After arranging everything properly, Banbu returned to Red Crow Mountain.

"Princess Banbu, the number of warriors from your Lizhu Peak entering Dragon Bamboo Continent to hunt for treasure, excluding you, has reached 16. The search in the Northern Wilderness should be coming to an end, right?" Red Crow Ghost King couldn't wait any longer.

Banbu said: "In the past few years and the next few years, we will be busy transporting the wreckage that has already been found. After that, we will continue to search the Northern Wilderness. If we are unlucky and can't find anything else good, we should be able to complete it within this 10-year period."

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"So slow…" Red Crow Ghost King said: "How much more is there? Or, should we, Red Crow Mountain and Autumn Maple Cockroach King, contribute to help you transport it?"

"No need to bother so much, this matter is not urgent." Before Red Crow Ghost King could express his dissatisfaction, Banbu asked: "Red Crow Ghost King, Autumn Maple Cockroach King, have you ever thought about how to transport good things back after opening up Crown Pear Continent?"

"Of course, we will transport them back by carrying them." Red Crow Ghost King understood what Banbu meant and added: "Crown Pear Continent is a bit far away."

"Yes, the number of warriors participating in the treasure hunt is limited, and most of the time is wasted on the road transporting goods." Banbu shook his antennae and said: "Crown Pear is not too far, it takes about two or three months to transport a load. We live on a sphere, what if we find something in the other southern hemisphere, how should we transport it back?"

"It is indeed troublesome." Red Crow Ghost King asked: "Princess Banbu, have you seen it? Is there an ocean separating it? How many days does it take to cross?"

Banbu truthfully said: "I tried it, and flew for a full 7 days without seeing the end, so I had to return."

Red Crow Ghost King, Thunder Bamboo Ghost King, and Chinese Flowering Crabapple Butterfly King were not very surprised. They had a general understanding of the vastness of the ocean.

The Autumn Maple Cockroach King was a little incredulous and didn't quite understand, half-opening his mouth, not knowing where to start.

Banbu said: "In the past few years, I have been in Lizhu Peak, racking my brains and figuring out a complete solution for transoceanic transportation and land transportation."

"What solution?"

The Red Crow Ghost King and his party were all confused.

Chinese Flowering Crabapple Butterfly King said: "If it is transoceanic transportation, we may need to find a tribe that is good at flying transportation to cooperate."

Thunder Bamboo Ghost King said: "Our Red Crow Mountain's suggestion is to find the Thunder Dragonfly Kingdom. The Thunder Dragonfly tribe is fast, and there is also a Blood Dragonfly tribe, whose talent is physical strength, and they are best at long-distance flight."

"We can slowly excavate the benefits of Dragon Bamboo Continent and Crown Pear Continent and monopolize them." Red Crow Ghost King sighed: "If it is the southern hemisphere, we will need to find other insect races to cooperate. For land transportation, we can find the Dragon Centipede Kingdom. They are the largest in size and best at crawling on the ground, with broad backs that can carry dozens of bags of wreckage at a time."

"Find two tribes to cooperate, specifically responsible for transportation?" Banbu shook his antennae and said: "There are not many good things left in the wasteland continent, and if we share it with two more tribes, we will have very little left ourselves."

Banbu said: "Red Crow Ghost King, Autumn Maple Cockroach King, let's go down the mountain, I will show you the brand-new transportation method I designed first."

Red Crow Ghost King, Chinese Flowering Crabapple Butterfly King, Thunder Bamboo Ghost King, and Autumn Maple Cockroach King were all puzzled, but they followed the request and went down the mountain.

Banbu lit up and activated 600 supernatural power patterns in the position of his first heart. Compared with the Mountain Lord level, his metal ability and corresponding Origin Power reserves were doubled.

With a thought, the earth and stone floor on the square metalized, bulged, and formed two rails, each a hundred meters long.

There were several ready-made metal wheel vehicles parked on the edge of the square, which were directly melted and started to manufacture dynamic train car models. After spending some time, three simple cars were made and placed on the rails.

Then came the more complex dynamic train head.

The most important thing was the motor, which required a lot of effort to transform and form special metals, mainly to form strong magnetic and low-resistance metal materials to ensure the efficiency of converting electrical energy into kinetic energy.

Finally, a three-level electrical box embedded in the underground of the square was dug out and installed in the dynamic train head. The electrical box had sockets for outputting direct current to the outside, and two wires connected to the motor to provide it with rotational electrical energy.

After spending half a day, a simple dynamic train model was built. The metal ability manipulated the power switch to close, the motor rotated, and the dynamic train head dragged three cars, "clanging", and moved along the rails.