Astral Cockroach

The boat was very small, 8 meters in length, with a maximum deck width of 3.5 meters.

When Banbu lay down on it, there was basically no space left for Youcha to stand.

It was divided into two levels.

The lower level was divided into 3 cabins. Youcha occupied the widest one in the middle. The other two smaller cabins were filled, one with top-quality origin power food that could be stored for a long time, and the other with jerky and a few barrels of fresh water.

The rudder was omitted entirely. The metal ability controlled the propeller's swing to adjust the direction. If special circumstances were encountered, the metal manipulation could be increased to easily control the entire boat's steering and movement.

Banbu set off in full condition, with 12 million origin stones worth of origin power stored in his primary heart, maintaining full physical strength at all times, sufficient to cope with any major storms.

He set off in March, timing it precisely.

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere meant winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Generally speaking, the ocean is relatively calm in winter, without storms or heavy rain.

Indeed, after 41 days of sailing, most of the time it was calm and peaceful. Occasionally encountering wind and rain, the largest waves were no more than 3 meters high, making it easy to cross the ocean.

The coastline was straight, and as far as the eye could see, both ends were black cliffs of unseen heights, making it difficult to land.

Beating his wings and ascending into the air, he gazed into the distance.

Indeed, it was a lush, tropical jungle.

Scanning with his mental power, everything was familiar, with records of the flora and fauna in his inherited memories.

Landing and carefully observing the jungle, his mood immediately turned sour.

…

Youcha sensed the movement and came out of the cabin to observe.

Banbu dragged back a reticulated python and landed on the deck.

Youcha quickly jumped to the bow of the boat.

The small boat swayed, looking like it was about to capsize. Youcha subconsciously arched its back, raised its tail, and became a little nervous.

"Banbu, this is a reticulated python."

Youcha didn't like to study much, and Banbu forced it to learn a lot of biological knowledge.

It looked like one, but it wasn't quite sure.

"Reticulated python," Banbu replied affirmatively.

Youcha immediately said, "What species is it? Its patterns and head shape seem very special."

Banbu said, "The isolation time is too long, and the genes have naturally evolved, creating some differences from our Myriad Race Continent. I need some time to collect geographical and climatic information from this continent, and I also need to collect some plant and animal samples to take back and show Baba."

"Oh, I understand," Youcha didn't understand Banbu's meaning, wagged its tail, pointed to the reticulated python's corpse, and asked, "Has the taste changed?"

"…" Banbu said, "Try it yourself."

After eating jerky and drinking fresh water every day for more than a month, Banbu was also feeling uncomfortable. The fresh meat made the whole bug feel much better.

Controlling the boat to continue sailing along the coast, a day later, he finally saw a golden beach with dazzling colorful spots.

Youcha began to get busy, throwing away the remaining jerky in the storage cabin and moving out the origin power food.

He checked the electric boxes. The two electric boxes in use had only used less than half of their power, and there were two fully charged spare electric boxes, more than enough for the return trip.

Banbu used his metal ability to cooperate with Youcha, and together they dragged the small boat onto the beach. This thing was a matter of life and death, so it absolutely couldn't be lost. He wasn't comfortable leaving it on the beach, so he simply moved it to the edge of the distant jungle and chained it to two coconut trees.

With preparations complete, he packed up his things and set off, mainly the top-quality origin power food. There were originally 10 bags, but he had eaten two bags on the way, leaving 8 bags, which Banbu carried, traveling on the ground.

There shouldn't be any warriors living in the coastal jungle. He needed to go deep inland. He had agreed on a time with Chiwu Ghost King and the others before setting off, estimating a year of exploration, which was quite tight.

…

Half a month later, they traveled north through the tropics and entered the subtropical jungle, and found a mountain that was tall enough.

Youcha dug a hole on the mountaintop.

Banbu used his metal ability to reinforce it.

The origin power food was stored inside, forming a simple base.

Next, they would act separately.

Youcha would travel on the ground, exploring and searching for the ruins where the warriors once lived.

Banbu would soar in the sky, constantly surveying and examining.

The geographical structure was roughly similar to that of the Northern Hemisphere's continent, and it could be transformed according to the same model. But after all, they were separated by the sea, and the "Insect Race Gods"' methods of transforming the planet were not sophisticated enough, so the climate and environment still had considerable differences.

He inventoried the local flora and fauna to confirm that the same life species were used when developing the planet. After a long period of time, due to differences in climate and environment, divergences occurred in the natural evolution process compared to the Northern Hemisphere.

This was a good discovery. When Banbu first discovered that the evolution of species had obvious differences, the first thing he thought of was that it was due to time. If too much time had passed, the remnants of the God-given seeds might completely disappear, and this continent would lose its value for exploration and excavation.

The Phantom Mist Barrier cut the planet into eight pieces, divided into two groups, one for ants and the other for other insects, which meant four groups. The "Insect Race Gods" should have left some means to activate them in sequence.

There were three possibilities for the activation mode: one was that there was always origin power on the continent, but the land was barren and without life. When activated, the sealed biological resources were activated; the second was that there were abundant biological resources, but no origin power. When activated, the sealed origin power was released, and insect warriors and origin power plants were successively born; the third was that there was neither origin power nor creatures, existing in the form of barren wasteland. When activated, the sealed biological resources and origin power resources were released simultaneously.

Banbu also guessed that there were two sequences of activation: one was that the 8 continents were divided into 4 groups, starting from the Southern Hemisphere. When the origin power of the two continents was exhausted, the adjacent two continents were activated, in 4 batches in sequence; the second was that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres were activated at the same time, which meant two batches, with 4 continents activated each time.

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If it was the second guess, the continents activated in the first batch had already exhausted their origin power, namely the Dragon Bamboo Continent, the Crown Pear Continent, and the continent under his feet, as well as the continent opposite the Crown Pear Continent. The origin power of these 4 continents was completely exhausted. The Myriad Race Continent and the Myriad Kingdom Continent were both activated in the second batch, and they had been active for a long time and could be maintained for a very long time. Correspondingly, there should also be 2 continents in the Southern Hemisphere that still had origin power and origin power creatures, and they were located across the sea from the Myriad Race Continent and the Myriad Kingdom Continent, respectively.

As for why?

Chonglou and Yuzhu had been running to those large tribes in recent years, and inadvertently heard a message: Two old insect kings with "God-grade" God-given seeds and great reputations died suddenly at about the same time as the Longevity Roach King and the previous Chiwu Ghost King.

Died in a group? That was impossible.

Banbu could basically be sure that they didn't die of old age, but broke through the origin power creature level and left the planet in a group!

Unsurprisingly, one day in the future, the current Chiwu Ghost King and Yunsong Roach King would also "die" within a short period of time.

The divine power of protection would eventually be exhausted, and the star realm would eventually wither.

Seeking a return to the light in the darkness.

The genetic lock was left by the Insect Race "Gods", so it must be broken. They should have left with the important task of finding a way out for the race.

…

Banbu wandered in the mountains and jungles for two months and returned to the base.

After waiting for two days, Youcha returned with a small spider silk bag in its mouth, which seemed to contain something.

"Youcha, did you find something?!"

"I found a ruin where warriors used to live. The traces are obvious, but I didn't find the remnants of the 'God-grade' God-given seeds you wanted."

As Youcha spoke, it put down the spider silk bag, tore open the mouth of the bag with its claws, and took out 2 pieces of wreckage.

One piece was grayish-black, the wreckage of an ordinary God-given seed. The part exposed to the air was severely corrupted, and the wood grain was blurred, turning into a charcoal block.

The other piece should have been buried underground, and it was the inner core of the trunk, with clear wood grain and severe petrification.

The origin power properties of both pieces of wreckage had been almost completely lost, leaving only the effect of high-quality fertilizer for watering origin power plants. It could be inferred that the remaining usable value of the entire wreckage was small and not worth digging up.

Banbu said, "The southern jungle is warm and humid. Let's rest for a few days and then go to the north."

The so-called rest was to eat some origin power food to maintain the origin power genes in a good state.

The southern end of the Southern Hemisphere should be called the "Southern Wilderness".

Dividing the Southern Wilderness was still a large mountain range.

At this time, it was late summer and early autumn. To the north, the temperature remained around ten degrees Celsius, and it was a lush temperate forest.

To the south, the temperature was a bit strange. There was no ice and snow, no grassland, but arid desert, with clusters of various thorny shrubs sparsely distributed. The sky was cloudless, and the sun shone directly during the day, with the temperature hovering around zero degrees Celsius. At night, it plummeted to below minus ten degrees Celsius.

The climate of the Southern Wilderness in the Southern Hemisphere was completely different from that of the Northern Wilderness in the Northern Hemisphere, which in turn led to a completely different ecological structure.

Banbu took Youcha and walked along the mountain range for more than half a month, understood the general situation, chose a mountain peak as a base, and began to search.