Astral Cockroach

Xiang Pu commanded a battle worker bee, carrying a small warrior bee, arriving late.

Having eaten rain bamboo rice, the battle worker bee possessed a certain degree of intelligence and was very dissatisfied with this little alien freeloading in their hive. It released its grip when it was more than a meter above the ground.

With a thud, the small warrior bee landed on the ground, tumbling awkwardly. It seemed not fully awake, waving its antennae, looking around blankly.

The sun in the sky was blazing, and the light was too strong, making it uncomfortable.

After looking around, the small warrior bee quickly locked onto the largest and strongest Yellow-striped Mountain Master and scurried over.

The sun was somewhat slanted, casting a shadow. The small warrior bee hid in the shadow of the Yellow-striped Mountain Master, constantly waving its antennae, releasing pheromones full of flattery and affection.

"Haha." The Yellow-striped Mountain Master chuckled and praised, "To be able to survive in the dangerous wilderness, it's exceptionally clever."

This little fellow was lucky to be picked up by Camellia. Under normal circumstances, born in the wild jungle without the protection of elder relatives, it would not have survived.

"It is quite clever," Ban Bu echoed, announcing, "Cut the melon!"

After speaking, he took one first and cut it open.

A rich fragrance began to spread, carrying a hint of coolness.

Basking in the scorching sun and eating cool watermelon was an unspeakably wonderful enjoyment.

Big Head directed the worker ants to send a small piece to the small warrior bee.

The little fellow took a few bites and quickly realized that it couldn't finish so much. It dug out two melon seeds and carefully hid them under its abdomen, preparing to save them for a late-night snack. Then, it curiously turned its head, looking around, somewhat puzzled: Why is everyone staring at me?

The Yellow-striped Mountain Master said, "Ban Bu, you are the Mountain Master of Jinping Mountain Range. According to the rules, you should be the one to question the wild small warrior bee."

The small warrior bee understood this, and it recognized Ban Bu.

So it turned out that Ban Bu was the most powerful one.

Hugging the two melon seeds, it quickly ran to Ban Bu, crawled down in the shadow beside Ban Bu, waving its antennae, releasing affectionate pheromones.

"..." Ban Bu was speechless for a long time, suppressing and softening his mental power, and asked, "Little fellow, tell me, what plants do you like?"

The small warrior bee was blank, wiggled its head and thought for a moment, stretched out its forelimbs, pointed to the Bloodthorn God-given Seed not far away, mustered its strength, and stimulated its mental power, saying, "Bloodthorn!"

Bloodthorn?!

Windbell asked in disbelief, "Why?"

"Royal jelly!"

"Delicious!"

The small warrior bee was a little tired after using its mental power twice. It drooped its antennae and lay on the ground.

It was currently the flowering season of the bloodthorn, and Xiang Pu's red-ringed bee colony was busy collecting nectar, which would be brewed into royal jelly.

What plants does the small warrior bee like? It's actually that simple, and it seems there's a pattern to follow!

Ban Bu thought for a while and said, "Very good! Excellent! From now on, you can choose bloodthorn seeds to nurture into life seeds, sow them at the foot of the mountain, and gradually replace ordinary bloodthorns, forming a defensive wall."

"Bloodthorns are shrubs, and their development prospects are not as good as trees. I will give you some primordial stones every year as compensation."

The small warrior bee understood somewhat, nodding its antennae repeatedly to convey joyful emotions.

Du Zhu scrambled to shout, "Ban Bu, then its name will be Bloodthorn?!"

"No! The tree spirit of the Bloodthorn God-given Seed is also called Bloodthorn, it's a duplicate," Red Rice immediately retorted.

Red Rice had already grown into a high-level warrior.

The two little fellows, Du Zhu and Red Rice, no longer dared to provoke it or refute it.

Ban Bu said, "Bloodthorn was originally cultivated from firethorns through countless generations. Let's call it Firethorn, how about that?"

The small warrior bee didn't quite understand the meaning of names yet. It gently nodded its antennae to express its approval, feeling mentally exhausted and absent-minded.

"It has no objections, so let's call it Firethorn." Ban Bu called out, "Eat quickly while the melon is still cool."

...

After eating the melon, Firethorn stuck to Ban Bu again, lying on Ban Bu's head, refusing to move.

Ban Bu had many things to do and had no time to take care of it. He had Red Rice grab it and forcibly send it to Windbell's territory.

The little fellow refused to follow Windbell and ran back that night.

Ban Bu then had Red Rice send it to Xiang Pu's place.

Xiang Pu fed it some royal jelly, and the little fellow finally calmed down and stayed in the hive.

This was exactly what he wanted. In the future, he would let it open up a residential cave next to Xiang Pu, nurturing a large number of bloodthorn life seeds to plant at the foot of the mountain, without occupying the land area of ​​Li Bamboo Peak.

Primordial plants are a whole level of life higher than ordinary plants. Their branches are thicker and stronger, and their thorns are sharper and more poisonous. Using bloodthorns as life seeds to form a defense will definitely be much more effective than ordinary bloodthorns.

...

Camellia was accustomed to wandering the jungle alone and could not get used to the leisurely life of settling in Li Bamboo Peak. After only resting for half a month, it hurriedly finished eating the primordial food that Ban Bu had given it and left again.

This time, it was following Ban Bu's instructions to enter the Iron Saber Mountain Range territory north of Li Bamboo Peak to scout the distribution of beast warriors in the Iron Saber Mountain Range.

No need for Ban Bu to teach too much, it was born to be an excellent scout, with rare lurking and tracking talents.

Cats eat mice.

Conversely, bamboo rat warriors, which were already sensitive to primordial energy, were particularly sensitive to Camellia's aura, somewhat restraining Camellia's lurking talent. Therefore, earlier, every time it approached Li Bamboo Peak, it was detected.

If it were other beast warriors, including insect warriors, Camellia only needed to maintain a certain distance to monitor them well without being discovered.

According to Camellia, cloud leopard warriors also had similar abilities, but not as good as it.

...

Summer passed and autumn arrived.

A busy harvest season.

Li Bamboo Peak passed relatively smoothly, and various God-given Seeds were successfully harvested and stored.

Li Bamboo Peak was safe because of the contraction of power.

Other mountain ranges were not so peaceful.

The Iron Saber Mountain Range suffered two attacks by beast warriors, and the Banyan Mountain Range suffered one attack by beast warriors. Fortunately, they were all small groups of beast warriors and did not cause major losses.

The Red Orange Mountain Range was not so lucky. About 40 beast warriors launched simultaneous attacks on multiple peaks, including a viscount-level dire wolf warrior and two mountain master-level dire wolf warriors. They suffered heavy losses, directly losing 8 high-level warriors, and a large amount of primordial food was robbed.

The Red Scarab King was furious and personally dispatched to pursue them, but to no avail. So, it organized thousands of red scarab warriors in advance to begin sweeping and searching the Red Orange Mountain Range in the autumn.

...

Autumn passed and winter arrived.

Camellia completed its reconnaissance and returned to Li Bamboo Peak.

The situation was as expected, yet unexpected.

After being swept by the red scarab warriors led by the Red Scarab King, beast warriors were almost extinct in the Iron Saber Mountain Range and the Red Orange Mountain Range.

They were not all killed, but had become smarter. They all hid in the Great Eucalyptus Mountain Range and the Jinping Mountain Range to the northwest, spending most of their time hiding in these two major mountain ranges. Driven by both hatred and greed, in the autumn harvest season when primordial fruits matured on a large scale, they organized themselves again, traveled long distances, launched surprise raids, and then quickly withdrew.

Ban Bu's Jinping Mountain Range was not chosen as the primary target of attack because it had reed marshes and Cloud Mist Mountain as barriers.

Camellia was very effective, finding the dire wolf warriors' established lair in the Jinping Mountain Range. Moreover, it discovered that these guys were guarding a sapling of a tree God-given Seed.

Camellia didn't recognize what kind of tree it was, but could only judge by its aura that this wild God-given Seed strengthened plants and trees.

The Oil Hemp Field Dire Wolf tribe's previous Silk Tree God-given Seed also strengthened plants and trees. Ban Bu judged that the newly discovered sapling of the tree God-given Seed would definitely be able to gather the scattered dire wolf tribes.

Ban Bu informed the Red Scarab King, terminated the sweeping of the Red Orange Mountain Range, and prepared to reorganize a group of elite forces to enter the Jinping Mountain Range and wipe out this dire wolf tribe that was constantly causing trouble in one fell swoop.