Astral Cockroach

The biggest problem with working inside the cargo hold was the lack of oxygen.

After all, they were only at the Origin Force Life level. After working for a slightly longer time, Bai Zhu and the Rat Overlord couldn't withstand it, and neither could Banbu himself.

Baba helped with the timing.

After felling tree trunks for half an hour, they would climb down and start packing the fragments they had knocked down into bags. Then, they would move from door to door, first carrying the bags outside to stack them up, taking a few breaths of oxygen along the way, resting and recovering their strength, and then continuing.

When most of the material was packed, they would go outside the wreckage and find two Red Ant warriors to help. The Rat Overlord would lead the way, and they would start carrying the bags outwards.

The Boundary Tree fragments were hard, but relatively light. A standard large spider silk bag, when full, weighed about 50 kilograms.

The Red Armor Ant King selected high-level warriors above L7. With their broad carapaces, they could carry 6 bags in one trip, while Banbu himself could carry 10 bags.

In one trip, they could carry a full 70 bags, which was quite efficient.

Outside the Illusionary Mist Barrier, the Red Armor Ant King invited the Green Gou Ant King from the Saber Mantis tribe and several Saber Mantis tribe County Princesses to help. Together, they used earth and stone abilities to build 3 oval-shaped super-large warehouses, each with a long diameter of 50 meters and a height of 20 meters.

The warehouse floors were hardened, waterproof, and moisture-proof.

The materials that were sorted out were packed into the warehouses bag by bag and stored, with warriors assigned to guard the area day and night.

The Red Ant tribe also had 6 County Princess-level warriors. After autumn, they would organize a full 1,000 Red Ant warriors to come and help transport the materials back to Li Bamboo Peak.

Such a large operation could not be concealed, so from the very beginning, Banbu and the Red Armor Ant King had discussed and decided not to hide it.

Boundary Tree wreckage was the best fertilizer. It could slightly accelerate the growth of arborescent Lifeform seed plants and improve the quality of any kind of Lifeform seed plant. The material was too precious to sell. Distributing it to the tribe could increase the overall income of the tribe.

It was not for external sale.

If a tribe came to ask for it, depending on the situation, they would give one or two bags to those with close relationships. For those with distant relationships or no contact, they would also select a few large fragments as gifts, just to give them a taste.

They couldn't be stingy with the Black and White Flower Ant tribe, the Flower Ant tribe, the Emerald Ant tribe, and the Giant Ant tribe, which were close neighbors to the north and south. Each family would receive a full 10 bags.

After all, they were on the territory of the Saber Mantis tribe, and there were still many places where they needed the other party's help, so they gave away 30 bags in one go.

Since they were of the same lineage and close relatives with the Skyfire Ant tribe, and there were still many places where they needed to rely on them, they gave away 50 bags in one go.

By maintaining good relationships with their neighbors to the north and south, and with an Ant King sitting in town, there was no need to worry too much.

… …

After 5 round trips, confirming that the method was safe and feasible, the number of warriors in the transport team was increased to 20.

The round-trip time was also extended to one trip every 3 days.

Every time Banbu went inside, he would use his metal ability to cut off a small section of the wall. After messing around for more than two months, the electrical box and Origin Crystal were taken out.

The spare electrical box was not large, 35 centimeters long, 20 centimeters wide, and only 5 centimeters thick.

The level one Origin Crystal was embedded in the electromagnet. There were only two of them, with a diameter of only 1.2 centimeters. When the electrical box was charging, the Origin Crystal would sense electrical equipment within an 8-meter range. It would judge whether the other party needed electricity and would automatically start, releasing battery waves to transmit energy.

Banbu also spent four months intermittently dismantling all the superconducting circuits that could be dismantled in the cabin, with a total length of more than 3 kilometers, which was basically enough.

… …

Winter passed and spring came.

Spring, summer, autumn… Carrying a treasure mountain, time unknowingly came to Banbu's 11th autumn.

A thousand warriors from the Red Ant tribe arrived and began to transport.

Because the journey was too far, each warrior could only carry one bag per trip, even with a thousand warriors, they still needed to make 5 trips.

The Red Ant tribe was working enthusiastically.

Other tribes were not left behind either.

In the autumn, when things started to slow down, batches of warriors came and joined the treasure hunting craze.

The trestle road gradually penetrated deep into the Illusionary Mist Barrier, and various valuable treasures that had fallen into it were found.

The Skyfire Ants and Giant Ants were both large tribes. The number of treasure hunting warriors they invested was maintained at more than 1,000 at the lowest time, and after autumn, it quickly increased to more than 5,000. They had built more than 100 trestle roads, and on average, they could find something valuable every 3 days.

Banbu regularly spent a few days each month specifically to open boxes and cabinets for them. The share was indeed heavily suppressed, only half of that of other peers, but the advantage was the large number, especially after opening the Origin Force Crystal storage boxes, each box could bring in 10 Origin Stones.

In the past six months, the total income exceeded 10 million Origin Stones.

However, Banbu was not happy.

Initially, he had somewhat overlooked the collective power of the insect swarm.

Building trestle roads, the efficiency of treasure hunting on a single trestle road was indeed very low, pitifully low. However, when the number of trestle roads reached thousands or tens of thousands, it was a different situation.

On the side close to the Myriad Races Continent, within a 10-kilometer range extending inward from the Misty Mountains, the treasures were swept away. Moreover, due to the limitation of the number of spider silk, it could be predicted that after this year, starting next year, this range would suddenly expand.

Banbu didn't have much time left.

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He entrusted the warriors who were transporting to bring some Dark Bamboo rice over to complete the transaction with the Snow Pine Ant King. He himself, along with Bai Zhu and the Rat Overlord, desperately rushed around in the Illusionary Mist Barrier, seizing the time to hunt for treasure.

When he started desperately, he realized that he had overestimated the ability of an individual. Even if he could leave the spider silk and trestle roads and freely enter and exit the Illusionary Mist Barrier, the efficiency was still limited, and his own energy and physical strength were also limited.

The wreckage of the Luan-K704 spacecraft falling on the planet was definitely an intentional arrangement by the so-called "Gods".

The Gods would not specifically favor anyone. In fact, it was precisely because of the "Fall of the Gods" that Banbu had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and pick up more than other insects.

… …

Due to some initial miscalculations, the round-trip time for each trip was a few days longer than expected.

Time flew by and it was already February of Banbu's 12th year.

This was already the fifth trip, and there were still many goods left over. He had already discussed with the Fire Peach Ant King that they would send 500 high-level warriors who were about to return to their territory to farm to help with the transportation. Each warrior would be paid 50 Origin Stones or 5 Boundary Tree fragments as a reward.

The Myriad Kingdoms Continent was also constantly trying to build trestle roads to probe deep into the Illusionary Mist Barrier.

Unfortunately, the treasure hunting activity was gradually coming to an end.

Banbu also packed up his things and followed the last batch of transport teams back to Li Bamboo Peak. He would definitely come back in the autumn, but it wouldn't be for treasure hunting, but to participate in the market trade in the Orchid Mountains.

He wanted to try his luck and see if he could pick up any last-minute bargains.

Who would嫌弃 their earning more Origin Stones?

After more than a year of busy work, scattered and fragmented, after accounting, the total income was only 24 million Origin Stones. The biggest part of it was still helping to open the Origin Force Crystal storage boxes, as well as Banbu finding 1 complete Origin Force Crystal storage box and two broken storage boxes himself.

… …

Having received the news in advance and calculating the time, knowing that Banbu would be returning soon, the members of Li Bamboo Peak were looking forward to it day and night.

"Banbu!"

"Banbu is back!"

From afar, Hongdao and Hongmi, who were managing the fields at the foot of the mountain, exclaimed when they saw the mighty transport team. One fluttered its wing veins to return to the mountain to inform the other members, and the other with ordinary wings, went forward to greet them.

Li Bamboo Peak definitely couldn't accommodate 1,500 high-level warriors, so they all landed on the mountains on the northwest side of Li Bamboo Peak.

Banbu stayed behind to greet them, handing the spider silk bag he was personally carrying to Hongmi, who came up to greet him, and instructed, "Take it up the mountain and give it to Big Head."

Hongmi curiously opened it and immediately exclaimed "Wow, wow, wow" repeatedly. The bag was full of Origin Force Crystals!

After closing the bag, he quickly carried it back to the mountain and gave it to Big Head, hiding it deep in the ant nest.

The Rat Overlord was also carrying a whole bag of Origin Force Crystals in its backpack, and Bai Zhu was carrying important things such as Baba, the electrical box, and the Origin Crystal in its backpack. After landing, the two of them went straight to Li Bamboo Peak without saying a word.