Astral Cockroach

The sunlight in late spring and early summer was already a bit harsh.

Beneath the divine seed of the Wedge-thorn Cherry, Yucca lay lazily on its side in the shade, gently wagging its tail as a greeting when it saw Banbu return.

"Yucca, did you bring the electric box over?" Banbu asked.

"No."

Yucca's reply was perfectly natural.

"No!" Banbu asked, "What's going on? Don't tell me you got lost."

Yucca said, "Banbu, I found a little warrior, but not a red cockroach warrior."

Nonsense, how could there be red cockroach warriors on this continent.

Banbu's heart skipped a beat, and he looked up at the sky, then startled and asked, "Little warrior?!"

Yucca slowly rolled up from the ground, and said calmly, "An ant-type little warrior, very cute, its size should be much larger than Big Head was when he was a kid. Bringing it back to Li Bamboo Peak will definitely make it even more capable than Big Head."

"Ant-type!" Banbu's ominous premonition came true.

When ordinary insects awaken their original power and become warriors, in addition to natural probability, there is also the divine gift of the stars in the sky.

The stars release special powers to help awaken the original power, and there is a regional selection mechanism.

In the kingdom where ants live, the stars in the sky will preferentially choose ants to project the power of divine bestowal.

However, the methods of the insect "gods" are relatively crude, and various signs indicate that their positioning is always not accurate enough.

Coincidentally, the continent next door is the ant kingdom, and now it happens to be the season of ant nuptial flights.

Having recently witnessed a war of annihilation between the Fierce-winged Termites and the Thatching Ants, Banbu was particularly wary of ant species and asked, "What kind of ant is it?"

"You didn't teach me, I don't recognize it," Yucca said matter-of-factly, wagging its tail, and said, "I'll take you there."

About a hundred meters away from the divine seed of the Wedge-thorn Cherry, a small slope was dug into the cliff, judging by the claw marks, it should have been done by Yucca.

The ant nest was on the cliff wall, a very small and shallow pit, a temporary ant nest.

"Come out," Yucca called.

After a moment, a small ant queen poked its head out, peering out of the cave, and when it saw Banbu, it instinctively felt a little fear, and then mustered its courage, climbed out of the ant nest, and climbed up the slope to Yucca, straining its neck to look up and size up Banbu.

Banbu was also sizing up this little ant queen, about 3 centimeters long, with a strength of only a beginner L1 warrior.

Its head was very small, its head and thorax were black, its abdomen was large, brownish-red, with 3 circles of dark red ring patterns, and its carapace was smooth, shiny and without fluff.

"Exploding Ant!" Banbu jumped in fright, his antennae standing on end.

"Exploding Ant?" Yucca asked, not quite understanding and somewhat despising Banbu's intense reaction, and suggested, "Banbu, let's not dig the canyon for now, let's go back and take this little guy back with us."

Banbu said angrily, "This thing will be even more ferocious than the Thatching Ants when it grows up, take it back?"

Yucca asked in confusion, "Thatching Ants?"

"…" Banbu felt that there was no way to clearly describe the power of the ant species to Yucca in words, and simply said, "Thatching Ants are a huge and extremely aggressive ant tribe. Exploding Ants are slightly different, with relatively fewer clans, but the individual lethality is a hundred times more terrifying than that of Thatching Ants. When they go all out, they explode in patches…"

"Explode?" Yucca was even more confused.

"…" Banbu froze for two seconds, ignored the unlearned Yucca, and concentrated on observing the little ant queen in front of him.

It really was an Exploding Ant! It is said that on the Myriad Races Continent, this ant tribe had long been wiped out.

The little guy was quite brave, getting closer and closer, unable to see Banbu's full appearance, so he climbed onto Yucca's head to get a better view.

Yucca realized its intention and cooperatively took a few steps back so that the little guy could see more clearly.

"Born fearless, when it grows up in the future, it will definitely be a troublemaker."

Banbu slandered, then seriously thought: It is impossible to take it back to the Myriad Races Continent, kill it?

A flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he had an idea: Sending it to the opposite continent to support its growth and foothold might be a good choice!

Yucca tried hard to promote it: "Banbu, it's very smart. I gave it a piece of agarwood pine nut, and it knows it can't finish it all at once, so it eats it little by little. I gave it a piece of beast meat, and it knows to dry it in the sun and store it in the ant nest. Banbu, let's take it back."

Banbu slowly shook his antennae and said, "The Myriad Races Continent cannot accommodate it."

Banbu pointed to the Rainbow Mist in the distance again and said, "That continent is the land where ants survive, it is the arrangement of the gods."

The Myriad Races Continent cannot accommodate powerful ant species.

Similarly, the continent where ants live will never tolerate the insects of the Myriad Races Continent.

Cultivating this little ant queen and supporting it to establish a country on the opposite continent can become a bridge of communication between the two continents.

Banbu continued, "However, 99% of the little ant queens born every year cannot survive, and are killed when they are turned out when they are weak. This place is good, it can be arranged for it to grow up here. Yucca, you can stay and protect it. I will return to Red Crow Mountain, and then I will transport a batch of raw stones and original power food."

Banbu glanced at the canyon and muttered, "There must be no raw stone veins below, forget it, I'll bring that stupid Bai Zhu over and let it dig slowly."

"Oh… I'll stay…" Yucca didn't quite understand, and said, "Banbu, the natural original power here is too barren."

Banbu said, "That's why I'm going to transport raw stones and original power food over. I will also bring a batch of high-quality seeds to make life seeds for it."

Yucca said, "Banbu, it takes a long time to go back and forth."

"There are still 2 bags of original power food left, leave them all for you, eat them sparingly," Banbu shook his antennae and pointed to the divine seed of the Wedge-thorn Cherry in the distance, "It has borne fruit, although the original power is insufficient and the condition is very poor, it can at least condense a batch of original power food."

"Okay…" Yucca repeatedly asked, "Banbu, when are you planning to come again?"

Banbu said, "At the latest 2 years. Yucca, you only need to protect it and safely grow into an intermediate little warrior. An exploding ant queen of intermediate warrior level should be able to handle ordinary beasts. You can go to the jungle to wander around when you have nothing to do and continue to look for relics."

"Okay," Yucca agreed, and asked again, "Banbu, what kind of plants do you think it will like? Like Cattails, will it not prefer a certain plant?"

"Yes, ants and bees are not fixated on a certain plant," Banbu said, "You can name it now, let's call it Sakura."

The little ant queen standing on Yucca's head shook her antennae vigorously, rejecting Banbu's suggestion.

It really was a little troublemaker.

Banbu said again, "Then let's call it Wedge-thorn, Wedge-thorn Cherry is the best of all cherry tree species."

The little ant queen nodded her antennae, indicating her agreement.

Yucca happily said, "Then from now on, it will be called Wedge-thorn."

Banbu instructed, "The water pump equipment was made with great effort, don't break it, it will be useful in the future."

Yucca said, "I know."

Banbu said to the little ant queen on Yucca's head, "With Yucca protecting you, don't waste your energy cultivating worker ants and soldier ants for now, concentrate on growing up and advancing to an intermediate warrior, understand?"

The Wedge-thorn little ant queen nodded her antennae: Understood!

Banbu thought for a while, it seemed that there was nothing else important that needed to be instructed, and finally said, "Life seeds are the only weakness of ants, just plant them in the canyon, the growth of ordinary life seeds doesn't require much raw stone."

Banbu pointed to the divine seed of the Wedge-thorn Cherry in the distance and said, "Plant them around it, so it's convenient to replenish original power with raw stones."

"Understood," Yucca responded, not like she really understood.

On the other hand, the Wedge-thorn little ant queen, standing on Yucca's head, nodded her antennae seriously.

…

Banbu's things were mainly seeds of various colors and an oak heartwood, he simply packed up and hurried on his way.

When he returned to the coast, he carefully calculated and recorded the direction, route, and other information in the metal core to avoid forgetting, and set sail.

It took more than 40 days to reach the Northern Hemisphere continent.

It took another two months to finally return to Red Crow Mountain.

Autumn Maple Cockroach King had been staying in the trading square at the foot of the mountain, waiting for Banbu's return.

Since it was agreed a year in advance, Red Firm Cockroach King was also waiting at the foot of the mountain, timing it.