Astral Cockroach

"Spot, take a close look and see how to open it."

"No need to look, just use an evil weapon to force it open!"

Spot had already begun moving his claws, digging out a silk pouch buried in the ground.

Inside were a neutron gun and magazines.

Merging the gun and magazine, he pulled back the safety, positioned the box, and fired continuously at the electronic combination lock.

After a dozen shots, a hole was finally blasted through the box.

Activating his metal ability, with a snap, the lock opened.

The lid of the box sprung open a crack.

Spot discarded the neutron gun, opened the box, and began counting.

Sixty-four sparkling and translucent Force Crystals, perfectly preserved!

"We're... we're... rich?" Princess Daye stammered, feeling lightheaded, a little like she was dreaming.

This insect-dominated planet was the opposite of human society; it had no shortage of Force Plants, but it lacked raw crystals, and managing the territory required a large number of raw crystals.

Of all the transported goods, the originally cheapest Force Crystals had become the most valuable treasures on this planet.

Sixty-four Force Crystals.

Six million four hundred thousand raw crystals!

One box, instant wealth!

Spot was much calmer, quickly packing the Force Crystals into the box, closing the lid, using his metal ability to carefully create a new hidden lock that he could control, and then using metal to fill the holes shot by the neutron gun.

Perfect camouflage, from the outside, the metal box looked untouched.

Activating his metal ability, he could easily open the box.

Spot pulled down the safety of the neutron gun, separated the gun and magazine, and said, "This evil weapon doesn't have much energy left, I'm afraid it can't open another box, but don't throw it away, we can go back to Jinjiang later and see if we can find usable magazines."

Princess Daye shook her head vigorously, lightly touching the Force Crystal storage box with her antennae, and asked, "Spot, this... shall we leave now? Send it back to Chijian County first?"

"One box isn't enough, let's keep looking!" Spot said, "When things fall, there's a pattern to follow, there might be more nearby!"

After speaking, he buried the box in the ground.

Princess Daye finally recovered and said, "Let Huangwen lie on top, guarding it. Recently, foreign warriors have been visiting, we must guard against their divine sense probing."

"Indeed, we need to send a warrior to guard it, but not Mountain Lord Huangwen." Spot said, "I think we can send Mountain Lord Huangwen back to Chijian County first, to find more helpers to expand the search area. Oh, yes, the most important thing is to bring the Rat King of Lizhu Peak!"

"Understood!" Princess Daye asked, "What about Youcha? That raccoon warrior is even more powerful."

Spot said, "Youcha won't do, it's only good at tracking living creatures. For metal and minerals, the bamboo rat warriors are more sensitive."

...

In the evening, Mountain Lord Huangwen returned from a leisurely stroll to the market.

Princess Daye grabbed it, gave it a thorough explanation, and set off overnight, returning to Chijian County.

Hiding a huge fortune of 6.4 million raw crystals, the other three Mountain Lord-level warriors dared not wander around anymore and entered a state of alert, guarding it day and night.

...

Baizhu leaves early and returns late every day, entering the Illusionary Rainbow Mist. Spot doesn't know if this guy is working hard or slacking off. So far, he has only brought back some broken armor, broken war knives, unusable neutron guns, and energy-depleted magazines... all useless junk.

Having no income for a long time, Spot was already feeling restless. Stimulated by the huge fortune of 6.4 million, he gritted his teeth and decided to go into battle himself.

After detailed preparation, he set off with Baizhu.

He couldn't walk too fast.

Each step taken, he tried to keep the stride consistent, while counting the number of steps he took, so that he could roughly calculate the distance traveled.

Calculating carefully, and then confirming the direction based on the deflection angle of the compass.

Climbing the mountain range.

The average slope was about 40 degrees, the slope length was about 1.5 kilometers, and the height of the mountain range was about 950 meters...

Crossing the mountain range, it was a barren plain again.

Continuing to walk in a straight line, crossing the plain, about 40 kilometers away, was another mountain range.

According to the description of the Illusionary Rainbow Spider tribe, the width of the Misty Mountains was between 40 and 50 kilometers.

Spot was very sure that after crossing this mountain range, the opposite side was the Continent of Nations.

Changing direction, returning in a straight line, reporting safety to Princess Daye who was guarding outside.

Princess Daye was still relatively relieved about this. Previously, Baizhu had been leaving the spider silk and entering and exiting the Misty Mountains every day without any problems. Baizhu's skills were taught by Spot, and he was taking Baizhu with him, so there shouldn't be any problems.

...

Within the Illusionary Rainbow Mist, the field of vision was only two or three meters. After Baizhu's brain had been strengthened twice, he could sense metal substances about 8 to 9 meters away in the Illusionary Rainbow Mist.

Perfect cooperation, Spot focused on traveling, calculating the distance, holding the compass with his forelimbs, measuring the direction, Baizhu stood on Spot's carapace, scanning left and right, specifically responsible for detection.

"Zhi zhi!"

Baizhu grinded his teeth to remind him.

Extending his left claw, he knocked on Spot's carapace, knocking 7 times: 7 meters to the left, there's something!

Spot stopped and turned left at a right angle, moving forward.

The rocks in the Illusionary Rainbow Mist were extremely hard after being treated with earth and stone abilities.

A personal storage cabinet, smashed to the ground, only made a very small impact crater. Because the cabinet was made of cheap materials and was very thin, a corner that landed was deformed due to the violent impact.

Spot went forward, pulled open the drawers one by one, and rummaged through them. They were all garbage such as daily leisure clothes, and they were still used by female soldiers.

Baizhu jumped off Spot's carapace, took off the backpack on his back and opened it, moving quickly, stuffing everything directly into the bag.

Spot shook his antennae, patted Baizhu's head, and signaled to leave.

"Zhi zhi?"

Baizhu was puzzled, pulled over a pink duckbill cap, looked at it, put it on his head, and then pulled over a pair of pink briefs, gestured twice, and immediately understood the general purpose, lay on the ground, and was about to put them on his legs.

Spot waved his antennae and slapped Baizhu hard on the head, signaling it was time to leave.

Baizhu quickly put on the briefs, put on his backpack, and jumped on Spot's carapace.

"..." Spot suppressed a smile and continued on his way.

...

One day, he happened to walk east, reaching another mountain range, and then turned back, walking west.

Going straight in and straight out, convenient for calculation, preventing mental confusion from getting lost, very stable.

But in this way, searching only on a straight line about 36 meters wide on a round trip was still not very efficient.

He had been empty-handed for nearly four consecutive days.

Spot didn't dare to be anxious, nor was he in a hurry. Other treasure hunting teams, using spider silk, could at most cross the mountain range and go two or three kilometers deep.

The treasures that fell on the central plain between the two mountain ranges were all his own. When would he find them? It was just a matter of time.

...

"Zhi zhi zhi!"

Baizhu grinded his teeth to remind him, and knocked Spot's carapace with his left claw, knocking 5 times: 5 meters to the left, there's something!

Turning straight to the left, he went to check.

The corpse of a warrior wearing armor.

Very miserable.

The head was completely gone, and two calves and an arm were missing.

Checking the number on the chest of the armor, he didn't recognize it.

Spot mourned for this unlucky strange comrade for two seconds, and took off the dagger on his thigh and the neutron gun and magazine on his waist.

Baizhu quickly put them into his backpack.

Checking the compass, turning straight to the right, returning to the original path step by step, and continuing to move forward.

He walked about 2.5 kilometers again.

"Zhi zhi zhi!" Baizhu grinded his teeth to prompt, the voice was fierce and urgent, and he knocked Spot's carapace vigorously with his right claw, knocking more than ten times.

Spot stopped, without immediate action: Idiot, what do you mean by knocking more than ten times?

Seeing that Spot didn't move, Baizhu stopped for a while, stretched out his paw, and knocked 14 times.

14 meters away?

How did you sense it?

Spot was puzzled, turning right at a right angle, silently calculating the distance, staring at the compass, and walking on foot.

A Force Crystal storage box that had been torn apart!

Falling rapidly, it was directly embedded in the ground rock.

Baizhu jumped down, ran forward quickly, and dug out the broken box.

The Force Crystals in the box were either scattered elsewhere or shattered, with only 8 at the bottom remaining intact.

Baizhu's perception of Force Crystals was more sensitive than metal, his eyes glowing, carefully taking them out, putting them into his backpack, and jumping on Spot's carapace.

Keep looking!

The Force Crystal storage boxes were densely stacked in cabins, and it was highly probable that there were still boxes falling in the nearby area.