Astral Cockroach

On the northwest side of Bamboo Peak, Banbu hired King Qinggou Mantis of the Mantis Tribe and a group of Princesses at a high salary. Led by Princess Youli, they made a trip to use earth and stone abilities to help build 3 warehouses specifically for storing the remains of the World Tree.

Banbu and the 6 Princess warriors responsible for escorting the materials, along with the warriors who helped with the transportation, sent the items into the warehouse and neatly stacked them.

Hongdao and Duzhu brought two bags of scattered raw stones that had been prepared in advance to pay the warriors of the Flying Fire Roach Tribe who helped, and sent the outsiders away first.

Then, they began to count the World Tree remains that had been transported back with the six Princesses, divided them according to the agreed-upon ratio, and then sent away the thousand warriors responsible for the transportation.

They were busy for a whole day and night before they finally finished.

Finally, Banbu took out 6 Origin Power Crystals and gave them to the 6 Princess warriors responsible for escorting as extra rewards, and sent them away as well.

Unable to hold on any longer, he ate something, went up the mountain, and took a nap in the cave to relieve the fatigue of the long journey and continuous work.

He went out full of excitement.

Baizhu was outside the cave. For the past six months, he had been carefully taking care of Baba according to Banbu's instructions, and taking her out to bask in the sun whenever he had time.

Fengling and other members on the mountain were all waiting outside the cave.

"Banbu, look!"

Huoji called out, stretched out his front legs, and carefully pointed to his head.

On Huoji's head, a small warrior with a body length of about 5 centimeters was lazily lying.

Hongdao said somewhat unhappily: "A small warrior who was just born 5 days ago is very stupid and actually climbed to Huoji's territory, mistaking Huoji for a direct elder."

The small warrior lying on Huoji's head could accept mental power and understood Hongdao's meaning, and waved his antennae lazily to protest.

"Hongdao, you're jealous!" Huoji snorted coldly, very proudly, and said: "Banbu, look, I also have direct descendants!"

Saying that, he deliberately raised his mental power and said: "Hongdao, Duzhu and the others don't have any!"

Duzhu immediately reported: "Banbu, Huoji is lazy and doesn't feed the small cockroaches in his territory on time every day according to your requirements."

Huoji said: "But a small warrior was born in my territory!"

"That's luck!" Duzhu's antennae shook in anger.

Hongdao said coldly: "It must not have been born in your territory."

"Stop!" Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Banbu quickly called to stop and said seriously: "Huoji, don't be complacent. If you don't feed the small cockroaches in your territory according to my requirements in the future, I will deduct your raw stone subsidy."

"Understood." Huoji responded, muttering: "Didn't a small warrior be born? It's the same whether you feed them or not."

Banbu was also very depressed: Is there any pattern to the birth of this small warrior? Why is it that a lazy bug like Huoji can have a small warrior born in his territory? Why hasn't a small warrior been born in Hongdao's territory, which is the most diligent and best managed?

It seems that no small warrior has been born in my territory for many years.

All kinds of methods have been exhausted, and no practical pattern can be found!

Looking closely, this little guy's lazy appearance is quite similar to Huoji's. Isn't this another little lazy bug?

Banbu's mind turned and he ordered: "Baizhu, hold Baba up and scan it near the small warrior."

"Okay!" Baizhu understood that Baba could help check the body and acted immediately.

At the same time, Banbu also transmitted a thought to Baba: "Baba, this is my territory. This is a newly born red roach small warrior. Please help me check its genes."

A childish female voice sounded, and Baba replied: "Everything is normal. It will naturally complete a genetic evolution in a month, with a failure risk of less than 1%."

Banbu asked: "Baba, can you find any patterns of Origin Power awakening from it?"

Baba said: "I need to analyze the genes of ordinary cockroaches, and I need to collect data on a large scale for comprehensive analysis."

"Okay." Banbu thought for a while and immediately ordered: "Longzhu, be careful, hold Baba, and take it close to the ordinary small cockroaches on the mountain."

"Banbu, what is this?" Fengling asked on behalf of all the members on the mountain.

Baizhu preemptively replied: "This is a smart robot made by evil extraterrestrial creatures. It can scan genes, check everyone's body, judge whether the growth status is good, and can also calculate the probability of failure of your next molting evolution."

All the members on the mountain stared at Baizhu.

Longzhu jumped up and down, happily took Baba over, looked back and forth, and asked strangely: "Can it make a sound? How does it make a sound? Does it grind its teeth? Why doesn't it have a mouth?"

Fengling was also strange and asked suspiciously: "Banbu, it doesn't have a mouth or wing veins, how does the sound come out?"

"I know!" Daxiong half-leaned on the ground, patted his belly, which rose and fell, making a series of "gurgling" sounds.

Daxiong said: "Banbu, it should be like this, its voice comes from inside its belly, right?"

Daxiong's huge face was full of confident pride.

He finally got to be smart once.

"Daxiong, you're so smart, it's almost like that." Banbu originally planned to do a simple popular science explanation, but this commotion ruined his interest, and he urged: "Longzhu, go quickly."

"Okay." Longzhu carefully held Baba and randomly scanned a bunch of ordinary small cockroaches on the mountain.

"Banbu, is it okay?" Longzhu asked.

"Baba, is it okay?" Banbu asked.

"It's okay." Baba replied.

Banbu immediately said to Longzhu: "It's okay, be careful, gently, put it on the ground."

Longzhu did as he was told.

A few minutes of waiting continued.

Baba said: "Similar to humans, Origin Power awakening is related to talent genes, and secondly to physique. The probability is extremely low, but I cannot crack the relevant genes."

"Cannot crack?" Banbu asked: "Is the data in the database not enough? Or…"

Baba said: "The database does not have records of relevant types of genes. My analysis ability is based on and limited to existing human gene research results."

"Uh…" Banbu comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, if you can't analyze it, then forget it."

Baba's tone seemed a little embarrassed, still very unfamiliar, even a little shy, which was not its original personality.

I wonder if it will get better after we get familiar with each other.

Banbu thought for a while and drove them away: "Everyone, go away, go do your own thing."

He sent away the members on the mountain.

Banbu said to Baba again: "Baba, I will start making a motor now and build a wind power station first to provide you with energy."

"Thank you, Banbu." Baba was polite and asked again: "Banbu, how is Tata? I want to see it."

"Okay, it's down the mountain." Banbu immediately held Baba down the mountain.

Baizhu was still lingering on the mountain, secretly probing the communication between Banbu and Baba with mental power. Hearing this, he rushed down the mountain first: That's my Divine Seed! What do you want to do?

…

Landing, Banbu spread out his mental power and asked: "Tata, how have you been lately?"

"Not good." Tata asked: "Is Baizhu back? Banbu, what are you holding… It's so familiar, have I seen it before?"

Baba scanned Tata and exclaimed in a series of incredible exclamations:

"Banbu, what's wrong with Tata? Its soul… It… It's brand new? Is it reborn like you?!"

"Banbu, there's something wrong with Tata's genes! This isn't a mutation? Absolutely not a mutation! Could it be genetic modification?"

Baba suddenly fell silent.

Banbu knew that it was carefully calculating and analyzing every gene fragment of Tata, and the amount of calculation was not ordinary, so he waited patiently. After waiting for a long time, only a intermittent weak voice came: "Banbu, it's getting dark, I've run out of energy…"

PS: I've been busy with work these past few days, and I'll update more on Friday.