Astral Cockroach

"Hui Tao! Hui Tao… …"

Approaching Cloud Mist Peak, Shancha roused its mental strength and called out.

Several warriors busy in the mountains popped their heads out.

"Shancha, you're back!"

"Banbu! Hongdao… … Is this the exploding ant queen?"

The other 4 warriors residing at Cloud Mist Peak arrived one after another, greeting Banbu and Youcha.

Shancha was born in the Wind Chime Territory. Wind Chime was away all year round, and Banbu raised it, so it was considered Banbu's half-direct junior.

Hui Tao was born in Shancha's territory and liked peach trees. It should have been sent to Bitao Peak, but Shancha forcibly kept it.

Time flies, and Hui Tao is already an L4 advanced warrior.

Banbu briefly introduced the arrival of the small ant king, Xiejing, and its future plans to them.

Shancha was a little anxious. After Banbu finished speaking, it immediately swayed its antennae and said, "Banbu, Hongdao, you take the little ant king for a walk on the mountain to find a suitable habitat. I'll go back to the territory to take a look first. Hui Tao, let's go."

"Oh… …" Hui Tao was a little dazed.

After walking a distance, they heard Shancha lower its mental strength and ask, "Hui Tao, none of my gemstones are missing, right?"

"No… …" Hui Tao replied weakly.

… …

After Banbu briefly introduced the situation, it dismissed the other warriors and turned to ask, "Xiejing, what kind of terrain do your exploding ants usually live in?"

Xiejing replied, "Mountains. Big mountains. Our exploding ants are used to digging caves inside mountains to build nests. We build dark reservoirs on the top of the mountain, and the ant nest needs to maintain a certain humidity."

Xiejing was a combat ant species, much larger than Xiangpu and Datou. The ant nest must be larger, and the mountain needed was naturally larger, and it must be a kind with a particularly strong structural stone.

Banbu asked, "Xiejing, is Cloud Mist Peak okay?"

"It's okay." Xiejing said, "Too steep and narrow, inconvenient for worker ants to climb… … They can only live at the foot of the mountain."

"Okay." Banbu said, "Then let's go down the mountain."

The group went down the mountain.

Banbu instructed the Rat King, "Rat King, you may need to be busy for a while to dig a passage through Cloud Mist Mountain, digging and using earth and stone abilities to reinforce it. In the future, when the ant colony expands, it will be convenient for north-south passage."

Yunwu Peak was tall and steep, and climbing it was really troublesome.

Banbu continued to introduce to Xiejing, "South of the mountain is my Jinping Mountains, north is the Tiedao Mountains of the Red Cockroach Tribe, and west is the Jinping Mountains, which will soon be merged into my Jinping Mountains to form a county. Northwest of the mountain is the Eucalyptus Mountains, which is also the territory of the Red Cockroach Tribe, with a sparse insect population, and will most likely be abandoned."

"Centered on the mountains, southeast, northwest, all are vast jungles that our Red Cockroach Tribe cannot control. You can freely command the ant colony to forage, food is not a problem, remember to pick out fierce beasts to hunt."

"I understand." Xiejing responded.

Banbu continued, "Xiejing, in the future, when your ant colony expands and divides nests outward, mainly divide to the south and north, forming a sniper defense line to prevent beast warriors from crossing into the Tiedao and Jinping Mountains."

"You can also follow the mountains and appropriately divide nests to the northwest to help the Jinping Mountains defend the territory."

Having just arrived and being in the mountains, Xiejing was not clear about the geographical environment and insect population distribution, and was a little confused after listening. After thinking for a while, it replied, "I remember."

"It's good if you remember. I will personally guide you. Rat King, you first help Xiejing dig a mountain cave to live in. Youcha, you stay and protect Xiejing's safety."

Banbu made a simple arrangement, and then greeted Hongdao, "Hongdao, let's go to Lanling Peak."

… …

The Eucalyptus Mountains can be abandoned, but the Jinping Mountains absolutely cannot.

The current number of warriors at Lanling Peak is 7, all of whom settled down early. When they were advanced warriors, Lizhu Peak subsidized each warrior with 3,000 to 5,000 gemstones annually. In addition, they cultivated 3 Wind Chime Flower God-given species, which had a good income. All warriors had reached the mountain master level.

In addition, developing along the mountains towards Yunwu Peak, occupying 4 mountains along the way, there are currently 14 advanced warriors scattered and settled, 2 mountain master-level warriors, possessing a certain degree of self-protection ability.

Lanling's command and management ability are beyond doubt. The only problem is that it and Fengling have developed 4 warriors who like Fengling flowers through various channels, specially occupying a mountain peak and naming it 'Yeling Peak', cultivating and managing Fengling flowers in a big way.

There are more and more warriors who like the Fengling flower species, and they have begun to expand outside the mountain peaks. The mountains along the way from Yunwu Peak to Lanling Peak, wherever the mountains are steep, have been excavated and planted with various colors of wind chimes, colorful, one after another.

Banbu inspected around, mainly to visit Fengling, and by the way formally announced the matter of the exploding ant king Xiejing settling in Yunwu Peak.

In the future, when the ant colony develops, the mountain warriors of the Jinping Mountains also need to go there regularly to let the ant colony familiarize themselves with their aura, distinguish between friend and foe, so as to avoid accidental injuries.

However, when Xiejing is promoted to mountain master, the overall intelligence level of the ant colony will be greatly improved, and it will be able to distinguish the Red Cockroach Tribe through body shape and carapace color, so there is no need to bother.

… …

Banbu's return to Lizhu Peak this time, planting the Iron Gall Chestnut God-given species should be ranked second. This thing condenses chestnuts to strengthen metal element abilities, only produces 7 copies in 7 years, and the income generated is not as good as the Holy Bamboo God-given species. It also needs to spend a certain amount of labor to transport its remains back, and it needs to wait a certain amount of time to grow up.

The most important thing is to settle the Xiejing little ant king and strengthen the defense and combat capabilities of the entire Red Cockroach Tribe.

Hongdao returned to Lizhu Peak to continue presiding over various matters.

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Banbu stayed and personally taught Xiejing. In addition to various basic science knowledge, he mainly taught the war knowledge he learned in military school when he was a human being.

After settling down, Xiejing laid eggs once. After 2 months, the first batch of ordinary worker ants emerged from their pupae. There were a total of 20, very small, only about 5 centimeters in size, equivalent to Xiejing's clones, inheriting complete genetic genes, but some genes will be suppressed and cannot be expressed. They inherit a small amount of origin power genes related to physique, so they belong to the category of "semi-origin power creatures".

The life cycle of ordinary worker ants can be as long as 2 to 5 years, depending on how much they usually work. Heavy labor will overdraw their lives. If they eat well and drink well and don't work, they can live a long time.

With these 20 small worker ants as the foundation, usually with Youcha helping to forage, Xiejing began to lay eggs frequently, cultivating medium, large worker ants, as well as combat soldier ants, and exploding soldier ants.

Slept and evolved once, promoted to L4 intermediate warrior.

Shancha stayed to guard Yunwu Mountain.

Banbu returned to Lizhu Peak, taking Xiangfei, Bitao, Fangzhu, and Danzhu to Chiwu Mountain.

… …

Chiwu Ghost King personally supervised the work. The steel rails have been laid for 11 kilometers, straight and smooth, and the roadbed is very solid. Tests confirmed that there are no problems.

Banbu came here this time mainly to manufacture trains. The most critical part of the train is the motor and circuit layout in the power locomotive. Designing electrical knowledge can only be done personally.

Metal materials are transported to Longzhu Continent, consuming a large amount of origin power stored in the first heart position. Various components are manufactured on site, spliced together, and steel rails are erected.

The carriage is designed to be 16 meters long, 3 meters wide, 8 pairs of 16 wheels, just follow along. Because it is freight, the simple convertible design has a relatively simple structure.

Banbu made a model of a carriage. Other warriors at Chiwu Mountain who mastered metal abilities could do the job, manufacturing it in Chiwu Mountain according to the proportion, and then transporting it into Longzhu Continent to assemble it piece by piece according to the model, seamlessly welding with metal abilities.

This busy work took half a year.

The front and rear two locomotives and 8 carriages were all manufactured.

Set up simple operation buttons, divided into zero to four gears, 5 gears.

Equipped with corresponding emergency braking brakes, without other complex configurations, and no other configurations are needed.

The most troublesome thing is to enter the barren land, hunt beast warriors, and extract grease to use as lubricant for the train's axle bearings to reduce friction loss.

Two mountain master-level ghost wasp warriors who awakened metal abilities were selected and put into use directly after simple training. Their metal ability controls the gear position and brake button. The antennae have a built-in unlimited communication function, which can communicate messages back and forth.

After a simple test, Banbu roughly calculated that the speed of an empty car running on flat ground can reach about 100 kilometers per hour in fourth gear. In first gear, the speed is about 20 kilometers per hour.

The cargo speed is different, depending on the weight of the cargo.

The steel rails are laid all the way, and the train transports materials, which is very labor-saving and extremely efficient. The only trouble left is that the number of electrical boxes is not enough.

Banbu returned to the Eastern Region again, secretly entering the Phantom Mist with the Sword Mantis Tribe, and dismantled all the useful structures on the wreckage of the spaceship.