Astral Cockroach

The Jinping Mountain Range development plan will next extend northwest along the mountain range to occupy a peak approximately 20 kilometers from Xiangfei Peak.

Banbu directly named this peak Qinggang Peak.

The young warrior Qinggang's situation for survival in the wild is similar to Banbu's back then, with 6 life seeds: 1 raspberry, 1 Rhododendron, 1 cliff cypress, 2 Chinese junipers, and a rare Quercus guyavifolia bestowed by the gods.

All were sown this spring, recently sprouted, and still seedlings.

Currently, he is an L7 elementary warrior discovered by Lizhu Peak, so naturally, Giant Dragon No. 3 was chosen as his life seed plant.

Qinggang moved to Qinggang Peak, and warriors from Camellia and Xiangfei Peak went to help guard it.

The serval warrior Suocao moved over as well. The Quercus guyavifolia is, after all, a tall tree-like god-given seed, and it helped find it, so it's not good to abandon it casually. It's a bit older, but that's not a problem. It's only a high-level warrior, so using several longevity Origin Force foods to eliminate impurities in the body, and then using 20 bamboo fruits when the Holy Bamboo god-given seed matures next year, extending life by 20 years is no problem.

As for that wild Suocao god-given seed, its annual output is only worth a hundred or so Origin Stones. Banbu originally planned to give up on it directly, but Qinggang and Suocao were reluctant. There was no other way, so with some effort, it was planned to transplant and move it over together in the late winter season this year.

With the matter settled, everyone returned to the mountain peak and inspected the territory to see if there were any small warriors left behind, but to no avail.

The ordinary small cockroaches in the jungle all strayed from Lizhu Peak, and the wild small warriors are also considered members of Lizhu Peak.

News was sent to Chijian County, and the Chijian Roach King could send two small warriors next year, bringing the number of warriors in the Jinping Mountain Range to 23.

Due to the large number of mountain lord-level warriors, preliminary estimates suggest that a small warrior can be born on average every 3 to 5 years.

… …

At the end of April, all 64 newly grown bamboo poles of the Giant Dragon Bamboo god-given seed were fully grown. Because they were planted on flat ground at the foot of the mountain, the bamboo poles were distributed in a regular octagonal shape.

Big Bear was stationed next to the Giant Dragon god-given seed to guard it.

Banbu had nothing to do, so he spent most of his time guarding the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.

Guanli was occasionally called over as well.

Banbu simultaneously imparted knowledge to the Giant Dragon Tree Spirit, Guanli, and Qinggang.

In the rainy summer, coupled with the bamboo poles cut from the transplanted bamboo sea being burned for power generation, Baba often had electricity and would always run over to nitpick and argue with Banbu. It was very certain that Banbu was not a good person when he was a human, and he was not a good insect either.

There were few birds and beasts in the bamboo forest. The hot summer was peaceful, harmonious, and warm.

Banbu brought Big Bear, Guanli, and Qinggang, mainly to lecture the Giant Dragon Tree Spirit.

Big Bear kept staring, listening in a daze. Qinggang was just playing along. Living in the wild, his nature was relatively wild. He thought that learning addition and subtraction was enough, and he wouldn't learn more, and forcing him was useless.

When it came to the knowledge of the second-level technological civilization, Guanli's little brain couldn't handle it either and started to feel sleepy.

Banbu, however, felt a great sense of accomplishment. Many of the knowledge that he couldn't understand and had forcibly recorded with his inherited memories, the Giant Dragon Tree Spirit was able to understand instead.

Was this because he taught well?

Regarding this idea, Baba repeatedly showed disdain: Second-level technological knowledge has stumped you? What about the knowledge of the seventh-level technological civilization? In the entire Lizhu Peak, only the Giant Dragon Tree Spirit has a normal IQ!

Outside the bamboo forest, Baizhu suspiciously poked his head out.

This guy was born with shifty eyes and a rat-like face, and he liked to stop every three steps when he walked, peeking around, tiptoeing, looking like he was doing something sneaky no matter how you looked at it.

"Banbu…"

"What?"

"Tata just told me that it might be about to evolve."

Baizhu spent most of his time guarding Guanli Peak, but he insisted on returning to his old nest every day to chat with Tata and take care of Tata.

The Tata Tree god-given seed not only had its strength decline, but it also seemed to have suffered a blow to its intelligence, being muddle-headed and unaware of many things, like a child, and very dependent on Baizhu.

The tree body was growing, but its wisdom seemed to be regressing. Now, it couldn't even tell whether it was about to evolve.

"Is Tata finally going to evolve?" Banbu stood up, swayed his antennae, and instructed, "Guanli, that's it for today. Go back and do your work."

Big Bear stood up as well.

"Big Bear, you guard here and protect the Giant Dragon. Qinggang, you stay too and play with Big Bear, but don't run around." Banbu then asked, "Baizhu, where's Baba?"

Baizhu shook his head and said, "Last night, it directed Xueli to drain the reservoir. I don't know where it flew off to play today."

"… …" Banbu was speechless.

In contrast to Guanli, Xueli was simply stupid. Anyone could direct it, even an intelligent robot could order it around.

"Baizhu, go up the mountain and notify Datou to send two bags of Origin Stones down."

"Okay." Baizhu ran away quickly.

Banbu flapped his arteries and took off, landing directly next to the Tata Tree.

Spending 4 years, the Black and White Flower Roach tribe had stimulated Tata to grow for 40 years. The height of the tree quickly exceeded 150 meters, and after two years of recuperation, it had basically recovered from the weakness of being stimulated. In the past two years, it did seem to have signs of transformation and evolution.

"Tata…"

"Banbu, take a look quickly. Am I about to evolve?" Tata was very anxious.

Tata knew that it was once a World Lord-level existence. It had lost a lot of memories and was anxious to restore its original strength and regain those lost memories.

"Tata, don't worry."

Banbu comforted it, calmed down, and unfolded his mental power to scan and sense the Origin Force fluctuations of the Tata Tree's body. Finally, his gaze swept around: Usually, he didn't pay much attention to the growth of the Tata Tree, so he couldn't see any different changes.

Banbu asked, "Tata, are you lacking Origin Force?"

Tata said, "Yes, I'm always lacking."

Banbu paused and asked, "Do you feel particularly lacking now?"

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Tata thought for a while and said, "I'm always particularly lacking."

"… …" Banbu thought again and said, "Tata, don't worry. From now on, I'll have Datou replenish you with 1,000 Origin Stones of Origin Force every day."

Baizhu carried a large bag of Origin Stones, followed by two combatant ants, who in turn led 100 soldier ants and 300 worker ants, carrying various labor tools down the mountain.

"Baba said to water less." Tata immediately reminded Banbu. It was most afraid of these big-headed ants, who always liked to water.

Dry soil was very comfortable.

Moist soil was a bit uncomfortable.

"Dig some marsh residue over and bury it under the soil." Banbu turned to the combatant ant and issued an order.

The combatant ant, corresponding to Datou's mountain lord-level strength, was able to receive and fully understand the information transmitted by mental power, and immediately shook its antennae, directing the other ordinary soldier ants and worker ants to act.

Baizhu dug a small pit under the tree, took out a metal tool, took out an Origin Stone and put it into the round slot, grabbed the handle of the metal tool, and pressed hard. The entire Origin Stone was crushed into powder and poured into the pit.

This was an Origin Stone crushing tool specially designed by Banbu to facilitate the replenishment of Origin Force to the god-given seed.

1 block of Origin Stone was the equivalent of 100 Origin Stones. Datou dug 10 pits in a row and filled them with 10 blocks of Origin Stone before stopping and starting to communicate with Tata.

"Banbu, Tata said that it also needs World Tree debris and marsh residue."

Tata trusted Baizhu more.

Banbu nodded his antennae and said, "Baizhu, go to the warehouse and carry a few bags over."

With the replenishment of Origin Force, marsh residue, and World Tree debris, by the evening, Tata's aura began to show obvious changes.

Just in time, Baba returned to Lizhu Peak when its battery was running low. Baizhu held it over to help check.

It was confirmed that it had entered the first transformation and evolution, and its condition was good. It should be able to complete the evolution smoothly.

Some preparations were needed.

After Tata completed its evolution, first of all, its underground root system would expand greatly, so the original soil near the tree body needed to be dug away, and sand collected from the foot of the mountain, mixed with a large amount of World Tree debris and marsh residue, and backfilled to improve the soil quality.

The Tata Tree was also considered a "divine-grade" god-given seed. The evolution time would last for 1 month, and the demand for Origin Force was great, requiring at least 3,000 Origin Stones to be invested every day.

After completing the first transformation and evolution, the quality of the fruits condensed by Tata would be greatly improved, roughly in the upper-middle range, and the strengthening effect could go up a notch. The key was that the number of fruits would increase accordingly.

The flowering and fruiting cycle of the Tata Tree god-given seed was 3 years. Previously, the output had always been digested internally by the members of Lizhu Peak.

After the transformation and evolution, the output would be fixed at 3,000 fruits, and the output would no longer change. 300 fruits were one portion, and the members of Lizhu Peak could reach the ultimate strengthening effect without using one portion. In the future, growth would only improve the quality, and the flowering and fruiting cycle would be extended accordingly to 6 years.

After at most two more flowering and fruiting cycles, all the members of Jinping Mountain Range would no longer need Tata fruits, and there would be some surplus that could be sent to Iron Saber Mountain Range.

There were too few warriors in Jinping Mountain Range. How to deal with the next output?

It could roughly increase by 0.26 energy levels, which translated to being able to store the equivalent of the physical energy of an L5 mountain lord warrior at the L1 mountain lord level. Second only to longevity, it was as popular as the strengthening power of the Giant Dragon Bamboo.

Sell it with a clear price tag? That would be asking for trouble again. Once a precedent was set, it would be difficult not to sell future output. With the development of Jinping Mountain Range, the number of insects would increase in the future, and there would eventually be a day when there wouldn't be enough for themselves.

The strengthening effect of Tata fruits was too great. From the beginning, Banbu was unwilling to publicize the existence of the Tata Tree god-given seed. The Chijian Roach King didn't even know that Lizhu Peak's other wild tree-like god-given seed was also "divine-grade."

Baba gave a good suggestion: Since Lizhu Peak didn't lack Origin Stones, then let Tata rest its flowers and fruits and focus on growth, so that it could complete the second transformation and evolution sooner.