Astral Cockroach

Seeing Red Bean Mountain Master leave, Ban Bu lazily called out, "Bai Zhu, sense around, where is the primal force more abundant nearby?"

Bai Zhu raised its head, sniffed, stretched out its front paws, pointed in a direction, and said, "Over there."

"I need to recover my primal force, Bai Zhu, you should also rest for a while." Ban Bu trotted forward and lay down, spreading its wing membranes.

Now, within the Orchid Mountain Range, there are insect warriors everywhere. Other insect race warriors may not necessarily be friendly to beast race warriors. Bai Zhu didn't dare to run around and stayed close to Ban Bu, crawling around and digging up grass roots to fill its stomach.

Yellow Stripe Mountain Master lay in front of the stone cave, guarding for a while, feeling uneasy, and went to find Ban Bu.

"Ban Bu, is that Red Bean Mountain Master reliable?"

Ban Bu asked, "What's unreliable about it?"

Yellow Stripe Mountain Master said, "It's not a good bug. Handing the boxes over to Red Bean Mountain Master, will it rip us off on the price?"

Ban Bu disdainfully said, "A few worthless broken boxes, what's there to rip off?"

Yellow Stripe Mountain Master's antennae twitched, and it asked, "Ban Bu, the metal spheres inside the boxes aren't as simple as they look, are they?"

Ban Bu said, "There are things inside, but the metal outside is too hard. My currently awakened metal ability can't open them, but maybe in the future, I can."

"I understand!" Yellow Stripe Mountain Master asked, "What's inside?"

"Not sure." Ban Bu said, "Judging by the pattern, anything packed in boxes is a valuable treasure, so it can't be bad."

Yellow Stripe Mountain Master asked, "How do we explain it to Princess Da Ye? Before leaving, Princess Red Rock instructed her to watch you and not let you enter the Illusionary Mist Barrier."

Ban Bu said, "Princess Da Ye should be coming to find me soon."

…

Ban Bu hadn't fully recovered the primal force it had consumed when Princess Da Ye came looking for it, excitedly shouting before even landing, "Ban Bu, the compass you made works!"

"Not necessarily! Currently confirmed, it works on the flatlands outside the Misty Mountains." Ban Bu said seriously:

"I feel that the Misty Mountains aren't that simple. Don't be careless, and don't rashly break away from the spider silk operation. Whether the ability works or not still needs further testing."

"Right, to be safe, we need to test it more." Princess Da Ye turned her head to look at Bai Zhu, who was digging grass roots, and then looked at Ban Bu, whose carapace was shimmering with a red halo, and asked, "Have you been inside?"

"Princess Da Ye, we found good stuff!" Yellow Stripe Mountain Master said, "A large cabinet. Ban Bu went inside and used both metal and fire abilities to open it…"

No need for Ban Bu to say more.

Yellow Stripe Mountain Master gave a detailed explanation and took Princess Da Ye to see the harvest.

Princess Da Ye pondered that the location was on the flatlands outside the Misty Mountains, and with the compass and Bai Zhu's assistance, there shouldn't be any problems. She gave a symbolic warning and turned to leave.

Ban Bu recovered and continued to work.

Arriving around noon, it spent an afternoon opening 23 cabinet doors.

By evening, as dusk approached, the light dimmed, and visibility was completely lost within the Illusionary Mist. The compound eye's night vision ability was obstructed. Going inside would be like groping in the dark, unable to see anything.

Work had to stop.

Red Bean Mountain Master brought several mantis tribe warriors to deliver food.

"Mountain Master Ban Bu, can this place be finished tomorrow?" Red Bean Mountain Master asked, then lowered its mental power and said, "I've found out another location."

"The efficiency is so high?!" Ban Bu said, "Opening the boxes requires using both metal and fire abilities at the same time. It's a very laborious technical job, so tomorrow is definitely not possible. I can probably finish it by the morning after tomorrow."

Red Bean Mountain Master said, "It doesn't matter, I'll wait for you."

Ban Bu said, "Don't wait, find out a few more locations. Some cabinets may contain worthless garbage, some cabinets may not be able to be opened, and some cabinets have double doors, which can be emptied directly after opening."

"Understood!" Red Bean Mountain Master chuckled. "I understand, efficiency! Right? The more boxes we open, the more fortune we can make!"

"Smart, that's what I mean!" Ban Bu said, "You can take the 23 small boxes we brought back today and sell them first. Set the base price as you said, 1,000 primal stones. No matter how many primal stones they sell for, the extra will be the reward for the little warriors in your mountain range."

"No problem!" Red Bean Mountain Master said, "The market is the most lively and busiest in the evening. Tomorrow at dawn, I will send little warriors over to move the things away."

…

Ban Bu ate its fill, rested for a while, and as night fell, instructed Bai Zhu to keep watch and took out a primal force food that strengthens the brain to consume.

Drowsy, it fell asleep without realizing it.

Waking up the next day at dawn, it felt refreshed and invigorated.

Calming its mind, it communicated with its heart, read the stored information, and tried to deduce the cultivation method.

With just one, the brain's computing power doubled!

This is the convenience of primal force food processed by human technology. It incorporates other auxiliary materials, fully absorbs primal force, and utilizes it to the maximum extent, improving efficiency and reducing resource waste as much as possible.

"If I eat two more, I will be able to complete the deduction of the remaining part of the cultivation method within a month!"

"The brain is fragile, so take it easy and don't overdo it."

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Ban Bu carefully recalled human memories and vaguely remembered that strengthening the brain should not be done frequently. For S-grade primal force food, once every three months is the most effective.

The Roach race is different from the Human race.

Humans have many brain cells, most of which are in an idle standby state, and losing one is one less.

The Roach race has fewer brain cells, but they have a very strong regenerative ability.

"Then should I lengthen the interval or shorten the interval?"

"Forget it, I'll try eating one more in half a month. At most, I'll just waste one. I still have 16, so I can afford to waste one."

Ban Bu thought happily.

As dawn broke, sunlight shone through the Illusionary Mist, casting a hazy halo on the earth.

Red Bean Mountain Master brought 3 advanced mantis warriors to move away the 23 metal boxes opened yesterday.

Ban Bu called Bai Zhu and Yellow Stripe Mountain Master to start working.

It was soon discovered that another benefit of strengthening the brain was that with strong brain computing power, the rate of cracking secret locks increased, and the speed of opening boxes also increased.

That day, all the remaining 57 cabinet doors were opened, completing the work ahead of schedule.

…

In the evening, Red Bean Mountain Master brought food.

"Mountain Master Ban Bu, how many boxes did you open today?"

"Finished opening them." Ban Bu explained, "Opening boxes is a technical job. Practice makes perfect, and my box-opening skills have improved."

"That works too? Amazing!" Red Bean Mountain Master was pleasantly surprised and simply said, "Then I'll have those little guys come earlier tomorrow and make two trips to transport all the boxes away. The boxes and cabinets are exquisitely made and are the most popular novelty items, even better selling than primal force food."

"Yeah." Ban Bu responded simply and asked, "How many locations did you find out?"

"I found out another one today, but…" Red Bean Mountain Master said with difficulty, "White Locust Mountain Master in charge of that area wants to divide at least one-tenth of the harvest."

Ban Bu pondered slightly and said, "Okay, from now on, we'll divide according to this ratio. You find out the information and get one-tenth of the income, and the Mountain Master in charge of the local location gets one-tenth of the income."

Red Bean Mountain Master said, "Mountain Master Ban Bu, the distance isn't very far. Let's go over now. I'll tell you both locations, and then use earth and stone abilities to build a hidden nest chamber. Tomorrow you can go over and take a look."

Ban Bu said, "Okay, there's no time to delay, let's go over now."