Astral Cockroach

Early spring, February.

Banbu arrived at the Northern Mountains base of the Dragon Bamboo Continent ahead of schedule.

He repaired and reinforced the mountain warehouse, and also chopped down some wood, transporting it to the mountains to dry in the sun. After waiting for about 10 days, King Rat and his party arrived, carrying large and small packages of Origin Force food.

The Origin Force food was put into storage and stored away.

Tasks were assigned.

The four Red Pincer Ant warriors, Dragon Bamboo, Torreya, Fire Bamboo, and Light Bamboo, continued to search for plant species in the temperate and subtropical forests south of the mountains.

Banbu led King Rat, Big Bear, Oil Tea, and Golden Bamboo, crossed the mountains, passed through the Northern Wilderness Grassland, and entered the jungle to search for the former settlement of the "Pine Sea Grey Bear Tribe".

The information was provided by Nine-Leaf Red Lotus, and the specific location was about 10 degrees northwest of the Frost Wolf Tribe's lake. It was located in that cold-temperate jungle. The specific distance was very vague, and could only be locked within a range of 500 to 1000 kilometers.

The Pine Sea was mainly managed by the Grey Bear Tribe with five-needle red pines, as well as larch, cold pine, cedar, and fir.

The most conspicuous signs should be two: a majestic mountain peak, with three Origin Stone veins branching out from the equilateral triangle; a sea of broad-leaved iron birch trees.

Iron birch is the tree with the highest known wood hardness, even harder than steel. Among the "divine-quality" God-given seeds of the Pine Sea Grey Bear Tribe, there is at least one iron birch seed. This thing has hard wood and is located in the colder jungle further north, so there is a high probability that it has been well preserved. For this reason, Banbu specially brought the two silver-edged war knives that he had found in the wreckage of the warship.

The war knives were carried by King Rat and Golden Bamboo, and the two of them partnered to search.

Oil Tea walked alone in the jungle.

Banbu flew alone in the air for reconnaissance.

The available time was very short, only 3 months. By mid-June, they had to evacuate south in advance, withdraw from the jungle, cross the grassland, and shrink back to the southern mountains.

Blizzards were not a joke. Big Bear, with its thick skin and flesh, might be okay, but the raccoon and bamboo rat warriors, born in the south and accustomed to winter temperatures that were at least 10 degrees, would most likely lose their lives if they were caught in a blizzard of minus tens of degrees. If it weren't for confirming that there were remnants, Banbu would not have risked running to such a deadly place.

White Bamboo and Little White Bamboo stayed in Daqing Mountain to continue searching, and Big Bear also stayed to collect and transport food for them. Banbu didn't bring the three of them because Big Bear was too large and inconvenient to move. Also, he was worried that White Bamboo and Little White Bamboo would accidentally get lost in the jungle. He didn't want to end up searching the entire jungle for bamboo rats instead of finding the iron birch remnants.

… …

April in the cold-temperate jungle was not as scary as feared.

Under the sunshine, the temperature was above zero degrees, the ice and snow melted, and the streams in the forest gurgled.

Various cold-resistant plants, facing the sun and warm wind, sprouted branches and buds, and various animals, even insects, birds, snakes, and rats, were busy, coming and going, foraging for food.

Like the southern jungle, it was full of vitality and lush greenery.

This time, Nine-Leaf Red Lotus didn't trick Banbu.

The towering mountains standing in the plain jungle, with the upper half still covered in ice and snow, plus three large mountain ranges, extremely obvious signs, the general direction was correct, and the aerial reconnaissance quickly found it.

Landing on the top of the peak and looking down, he immediately locked onto the Pine Sea and the iron birch forest.

With the mountain peak as the center, three mountain ranges branched out, forming three triangular plains, two of which were growing pine trees, and one was growing birch trees.

Banbu swooped down the mountain and carefully inspected them one by one.

The pine tree sea was mainly composed of five-needle red pines and fir trees.

The birch tree sea was mainly composed of iron birch, and there were also black birch, water birch, gray birch, white birch, hornbeam, and other tree species, all of which were cold-resistant derivatives after selection and breeding.

He visited the mountains in turn.

The Origin Stone mines had all been excavated, leaving many mine pits with obvious backfilling marks.

Without rushing, he strolled around, and finally returned to the main peak, searching downwards from the top of the mountain.

This time, there were no accidents, and it didn't take too much time. At the foot of the mountain on the southeast side, there was a prostrate tree carcass that used to be about 300 meters tall.

The relatively slender branches and leaves had long been unable to withstand the years of wind and snow, and had decayed into dust.

The main trunk and a small number of thick branches were quite completely preserved, with a gray-black surface.

He scratched with his toe, peeling off the surface humus layer, and underneath was the hard wood, gray-white with dark red纹理.

Banbu carefully checked it from beginning to end.

The lifespan of this "divine-quality" iron birch God-given seed should have been long enough. The tree spirit comprehended the life-saving method of concentrating power to condense the tree heart, so there was a tree heart left, but unfortunately it was completely dead.

The overall nature of the Origin Force in the trunk was well preserved. To the disappointment of the insects, the ability corresponding to this "divine-quality" God-given seed was the low-value metal element ability.

Purple Gold and Steel Bamboo God-given seeds could be used, but the tree species were completely mismatched. One was a northern tree, and the other was a southern herbaceous plant, so the strengthening effect would not be very good.

The Quercus glauca God-given seed of Qinggang Peak was a tree, and the Quercus glauca tree and the birch tree were considered to be close relatives. Unfortunately, one was water and the other was metal, so the elements didn't match.

Now that the thing was found, there was no need to rush to transport it back.

Perhaps the Quercus glauca tree sea, the Castanopsis tree sea, and the Quercus tree sea of the Red Pincer Ant tribe in the future might be able to cultivate God-given seeds that strengthen metal elements. There would be a day when it could be used and then transported.

… …

The habits of the Grey Bear Tribe were much better. They concentrated the God-given seeds and planted them at the foot of the mountain.

Continuing to search, they soon discovered several more corpses of birch, pine, and Castanopsis God-given seeds. Due to the long time, the decay was a bit serious. From experience, they were basically ordinary God-given seeds, and there were still a few that could not be determined, and samples of the corpses needed to be brought back for Baba to identify.

It took a full two days to complete the search of the largest mountain and the jungle near the foot of the mountain, and only one "divine-quality" corpse was found.

However, the Grey Bear Tribe was once a large tribe that was more prosperous and stronger than the Frost Wolf Tribe. Its position among the beast tribes in the Northern Wilderness was like that of the Crimson Crow Mountain in the Myriad Races Continent today.

There should be more than one "divine-quality" God-given seed!

Banbu had wandered around the Crimson Crow Mountain. Of the 9 "divine-quality" God-given seeds they announced, he only saw one Bi Xue Longan, and the others were hidden somewhere.

The Grey Bear Tribe was probably the same.

There should still be some.

Oil Tea was the best at running and searching in the jungle, and arrived first.

Everyone dispersed and walked in the same direction. King Rat and Golden Bamboo should not be far away. Banbu sent Oil Tea out again and spent three days to find the two of them.

Next, King Rat and Golden Bamboo stayed to chop down the iron birch God-given seed corpse and build a warehouse on the mountain for storage.

Banbu and Oil Tea dispersed and continued to search, first walking along the mountain range and searching bit by bit.

After working for more than two months, they didn't find anything good. The temperature showed signs of dropping, so they didn't dare to stay any longer and set off south.

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According to the agreement, they would pass by Daqing Mountain on the return trip and notify Big Bear, White Bamboo, and Little White Bamboo to leave together.

When they arrived, they flew around the mountain range but didn't see White Bamboo and Little White Bamboo.

As expected, they always messed up at critical moments.

Banbu returned to the ground.

King Rat asked, "Lost?"

"Little White Bamboo is clever and knows how to identify directions, so it shouldn't be." Banbu pondered for a moment and ordered, "Oil Tea, hurry up and go to the place where we used to collect food and see if Big Bear is still there."

"Okay."

Oil Tea didn't waste any words and left directly.

King Rat asked, "Banbu, what do we do?"

Banbu said dejectedly, "The weather is getting colder every day. Take Golden Bamboo and evacuate first. Meet up with Dragon Bamboo and the others at the mountain base. Oil Tea and I will stay and look for them for 5 days. If we can't find them… there's nothing we can do. We'll return in a straight line."

King Rat waved his paw, beckoned Golden Bamboo to follow, and said, "Maybe they've returned to the mountains in advance."

Banbu said, "If they return, hurry up and come along the established route. Oil Tea and I will search for 5 days. If we can't find them… there's nothing we can do, we'll return in a straight line."

King Rat waved his paw, beckoning Golden Bamboo to follow.

Banbu continued to fly around the mountain range, expanding the scope and searching at low altitude.

In the distance, a small black dot appeared in the field of vision, slowly moving towards Daqing Mountain.

Big Bear?

Getting closer quickly, he confirmed that it was Big Bear dragging his wheeled cart.

The direction was wrong!

If he was collecting food, he should be hauling it from the west of Daqing Mountain. His direction was exactly the opposite, it was the east.

"Banbu!"

From afar, Big Bear put down the wheeled cart and used his mental power to call out.

On the wheeled cart, White Bamboo and Little White Bamboo poked their heads out, cheering happily, waving their front paws vigorously, and shouting:

"Banbu, we found it!"

"The 'divine-quality' God-given seed corpse you were looking for, it was hidden so far away!"

"I told you Little White Bamboo is as amazing as me! It was him who found it."

"Found it!" Banbu landed, waving his antennae and pointing to the east, asking, "Where is it?"

White Bamboo replied, "Yes, it's very far!"

Little White Bamboo replied, "It's 17 kilometers away from Daqing Mountain. It should have been a small hill, but it was buried by wind and sand."

Banbu scanned with his mental power and, sure enough, the wheeled cart was full of vine branches that had been sawn into sections.

There was no need to ask more, they had dug out the things and were transporting them to the Daqing Mountain warehouse to hoard.

"17 kilometers away? How did you find it?" Banbu asked strangely.

White Bamboo rushed to answer, "The range was too large, we couldn't search it all. The clever me boldly guessed that the Northern Wilderness beast warriors are similar to your insect warriors, and they also like to plant good things on the mountains, so we specifically went to those protruding sand dunes to search."

Little White Bamboo listened with wide eyes, and then nodded vigorously, emphasizing and supplementing, "I found it!"