Astral Cockroach

Baba's role in Li Zhu Peak is immense. Through scientific calculations, she guides all the warriors and plants on the mountain to maintain excellent conditions, rapidly grow and evolve, while minimizing the risk of accidents during evolutionary dormancy.

Ban Bu is reluctant to reveal its existence even to his own kind. Currently, he has only informed Flame Cluster Thatch and Iron Saber Mountain Lord, giving them a simple introduction and checking their health, without explaining its detailed origin and function. He repeatedly urged them to keep it a secret.

This trip to the Orchid Mountains and into the ruins revealed that the situation was not as serious as he had speculated. The Saber Mantis tribe harvested tens of thousands of usable robots, of various types and fully equipped.

The warriors of the Saber Mantis Kingdom are no longer surprised by the various robots and have already begun promoting them, planning to sell them in large quantities. It is foreseeable that soon, all insect warriors will accept the existence of robots.

Ban Bu is certain that bringing Baba onto the spaceship to charge her up would definitely not be a problem.

As for entering the second basement level of the spaceship, that would depend on the situation.

Take it one step at a time and act according to circumstances. If there is an opportunity, he can try to enter Major General Fei Lin's cabin and get his hands on the Heart of Origin to broaden his horizons.

Returning to Li Zhu Peak, the main purpose is to inquire about the treasures in Major General Fei Lin's cabin, followed by the sale of goods produced at Li Zhu Peak, and this year's large purchase of Origin Force food.

As of today, all members of Li Zhu Peak, except for Red Rice, Fire Thorn, and Dragon Bamboo, have reached the Mountain Lord level.

Red Rice successfully advanced to L9 Advanced Warrior last winter. In about two years, he will be able to advance to Mountain Lord.

The overall strength has increased, and expenses have increased accordingly. In addition, there are also young warriors from Fragrant Torreya Peak and Bluebell Peak who need support.

Baba helped with the calculations and drew up a purchase list. The total price of Origin Force food to be purchased this year is as high as 510,000 Origin Stones.

In mid-February, the Chonglou Merchant Group arrived at Li Zhu Peak in a hurry, ahead of schedule.

This is unusual.

According to the rules of the merchant groups, shouldn't the Chonglou and Yuzhu Merchant Groups be going to the market in the Orchid Mountains this year?

The trading plaza on the southeast side of the mountain.

Ban Bu exchanged greetings with Chonglou.

"Mountain Lord Chonglou, why did you come alone this year? Where are the Yuzhu and Xianghun Merchant Groups?"

"Mountain Lord Ban Bu, I have been stagnant at the Nine-year stage for 8 years and plan to advance to County Lord this year. I was a little rushed on the road and prepared to arrive at Frost Maple County in the Wolf Scorpion Kingdom 50 days early to seek protection from County Lord Frost Maple and molt and grow. If all goes well, I should still be able to catch up with this year's trade with the Northern Wilderness Beast Race."

"Advancing to County Lord!" Ban Bu was stunned and sincerely said, "Mountain Lord Chonglou, then I wish you all the best! When we meet again next year, I will have to respectfully call you County Lord Chonglou, haha!"

Ban Bu scanned the merchant group and couldn't help but sigh. When he first moved to Li Zhu Peak, he was just an intermediate small warrior. The first time they met, the Chonglou Merchant Group was just a small merchant group with only one Mountain Lord. At that time, Xue Mai was still a well-behaved and clever elementary Flame Spider warrior, and she gave him a small silk pouch, which he found very novel and was happy for several days.

More than twenty years have passed in a flash.

Now, Chonglou is about to advance to County Lord, and warriors such as Diyu and Fineleaf Sheepgrass in the team have grown into Mountain Lords, and Xue Mai is also about to advance to Mountain Lord. In more than twenty years, the merchant group has successively given birth to 5 small Flame Spider warriors, two of whom have reached the advanced warrior level, and one is an intermediate small warrior.

Shi Luo separated from the merchant group last year, taking two intermediate warriors, opening up new trade routes, and starting to operate his own merchant group.

The wealth of the Chonglou Merchant Group has long been enough to reach the County Lord level. If all goes well, they will be a formal County Lord-level large merchant group when they come again next year.

Looking back at himself, his strength has soared all the way, he is already an L5 Mountain Lord, and Li Zhu Peak is extremely prosperous, and he is beginning to expand his power to other peaks in the mountain range.

"Mountain Lord Ban Bu, I rushed to Li Zhu Peak this time, in addition to my own reasons, there is also an important matter."

"Please speak!"

"Mountain Lord Ban Bu, you must know that there was no dry season in the Eastern Region of the continent the year before last, and an unprecedented severe drought occurred in the Southwestern Region, right?"

"Of course, we lost a year of seed trade income." Ban Bu's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Is there good news at Chiwu Mountain?"

Mountain Lord Chonglou said, "Almost all the bamboo planted by the Chiwu Ghost King died of drought. After rescue, most of the bamboo seeds were left, and 7 bamboo seeds became extinct. The Chiwu Ghost King entrusted me to purchase a batch of seeds from you."

"Oh, that's it!" Ban Bu suddenly realized and said, "Easy to say, easy to say, what kind of bamboo seeds are needed? I may have ready-made seeds stored here, and if not, I can help cultivate some this year."

Mountain Lord Chonglou did not directly inform him of the required bamboo varieties, but solemnly said, "Ban Bu, the Chiwu Ghost King also entrusted me to tell you one thing…"

Ban Bu asked, "What is it?"

Mountain Lord Chonglou solemnly said, "In the autumn of the year before last, Chiwu Mountain planted the hemp bamboo seeds recovered after the drought. Last year, they discovered a hemp bamboo that flowered and bore fruit, and did not wither and die. If there are no accidents, it should be a hemp bamboo that can flower and bear fruit every year!"

"Mountain Lord Ban Bu, the Chiwu Ghost King entrusted me to invite you to Chiwu Mountain to discuss important cooperation."

"Cooperation…" As Ban Bu's thoughts turned, he roughly guessed the Chiwu Ghost King's intentions, slightly nodding his antennae, and said, "Mountain Lord Chonglou, I have been very busy for the past two years. Please help me tell the Chiwu Ghost King that I will visit the Southwestern Region within five years at the latest."

"Within five years? Longevity banquet? Are you also busy this year?" Mountain Lord Chonglou said, thought for a while, and said, "Then I will tell the Chiwu Ghost King, it should be able to understand."

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After completing the transaction and sending away the Chonglou Merchant Group.

Du Zhu and Long Zhu immediately surrounded Ban Bu.

Long Zhu worriedly asked, "Ban Bu, what should we do? The hemp bamboo that can flower and bear fruit every year has been cultivated by Chiwu Mountain first."

Du Zhu was equally worried and asked, "Ban Bu, do you have a way to trade the hemp bamboo seeds back?"

Ban Bu gently shook his antennae.

"Illiterate." Seeing the appearance of Du Zhu and Long Zhu, Hong Dao couldn't help but mock, and said, "You're so stupid! Have you seen Ban Bu do hybridization experiments between hemp bamboo and other bamboo species?"

Hearing this, Du Zhu suddenly woke up, stunned, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.

Long Zhu was puzzled, unconvinced, and asked, "Then it must have been tested before I was born."

Hong Dao coldly said, "You still have the face to be called Long Zhu, let Feng Ling change your name to Stupid Bamboo."

"Hong Dao!" Long Zhu was so angry that his antennae danced wildly, and shouted, "Ban Bu, look, Hong Dao is venomous again, you should teach it a lesson."

Ban Bu waved his antennae and slapped Long Zhu on the head, somewhat annoyed, "You little guy, you've been spoiled by Feng Ling, you should study more and use your brain more."

Long Zhu covered his head and looked innocently at Feng Ling, who was equally confused and puzzled.

Ban Bu continued, "Li Zhu Peak has induced hemp bamboo to flower more than once, that obvious unique feature… It seems that only Hong Dao has paid attention to observe."

Hemp bamboo condenses fruit, but it is completely different from other bamboo fruits. The fruit has a thin layer of false skin, which contains about 15 to 20 seeds. The fruit is unique, and the flowers naturally show huge differences. The shape of the pistil and the size of the pollen grains are different from other bamboo species, and there is no possibility of hybridization at all.

From the current bamboo species in Li Zhu Peak, hemp bamboo cannot obtain better bamboo species through three-system hybridization technology.

But its value cannot be denied.

Hemp bamboo is the tallest bamboo species in existence. It is bred into a life species, forming a forest alone, and it is an extremely large and magnificent bamboo forest. Ban Bu was keen on cultivating it in the early days, looking for mutant species, but later found it too difficult, so he gradually gave up, and in recent years has focused on cultivating small and medium-sized bamboo species with a greater probability of gene mutation.

Hong Dao suggested, "Ban Bu, it would be best to get a few seeds back from Chiwu Mountain, a little more Origin Stones are fine. Hemp bamboo is already excellent enough, and if it can flower and bear fruit every year, even if it cannot be hybridized to obtain God-given seeds, it is quite good to use as a life species. We can appropriately raise the price when selling seeds, and we can make a fortune."

"Well, Hong Dao, you make sense." Ban Bu shook his antennae again and said, "The Chiwu Ghost King wants me to go there in person, this matter is not as simple as it seems."