Astral Cockroach

Rat King and Bai Zhu used their Silver Edge daggers in turns, cutting through the roots, and opening up a passage into the depths of the root system.

Even if a Domain Lord level origin plant is withered and decayed, every bit of its remains is a treasure. The cut roots were all moved out and neatly arranged.

Ban Bu continued to wander around the cabin, searching for any other inscriptions, but found none.

Ferdinand Hunt was not a qualified soldier; he didn't even explain what the spaceship had encountered.

Where had the spatial turbulence taken everyone?

Why didn't they send out a distress signal?

Why hadn't any human warships come to rescue them when transporting such valuable cargo?

However, as long as he could revive that Domain Lord level origin plant named "Tata", these questions wouldn't matter. It possessed high intelligence and could answer their questions.

...

"Ban Bu, found it!" Rat King struggled to emerge, dragging a section of purplish-black wood. Bai Zhu followed behind, also exerting all his strength to help push.

The dead outer part of the root had been scraped off with a dagger, leaving the vital heartwood.

This section of the World Tree's heartwood was about 0.6 meters long and 0.2 meters in diameter. It didn't look big, but it contained the essence of the World Tree's life and had extremely high density and mass.

Ban Bu took it and weighed it; it weighed over 100 kilograms!

Bai Zhu said, "Ban Bu, it has a soul, and it's dying."

"I know. Get some origin stones," Ban Bu instructed, scanning and inspecting with his mental power. The origin power within the heartwood was completely exhausted, its vitality was weak, and its soul was extremely frail, in a deep sleep, teetering on the edge of life and death.

If it couldn't be replenished in time, it would probably be exhausted to death in another year or two.

Bai Zhu opened his backpack and took out a silk pouch.

Before coming, Ban Bu had anticipated the general situation on the spaceship and had specially prepared 20 origin stones.

The origin stones were cut into powder and sprinkled on the purplish-black heartwood. The origin power overflowed and was immediately absorbed.

The 20 origin stones, equivalent to 2000 origin stones, were quickly used up.

The purplish-black heartwood's vitality was somewhat awakened, and a hint of purplish-red appeared in its color.

The dying soul's condition improved slightly, but it was still far from waking up.

...

Working in an oxygen-free environment, Rat King and Bai Zhu were a little overwhelmed after a busy time, and they were both visibly exhausted, their breathing becoming rapid.

Ban Bu did the work himself, packed the things into his backpack, took as many decayed roots as possible, and left directly.

...

Climbing up the Misty Mountains on the side closer to the Myriad Race Continent, Ban Bu changed direction, moved sideways, and walked about 10 kilometers away, drilling out of the Illusionary Mist Barrier far from the Red Ant Tribe's treasure hunting team.

Within the Illusionary Mist Barrier, origin power was rejected.

Leaving the Illusionary Mist Barrier, the Heart Divine Rune suddenly awakened, flashing rapidly, frantically extracting natural origin power.

300 Divine Runes could store the origin power of 6 million origin stones.

Opening the three defensive doors of Cabin No. 1 consumed about the equivalent of 5 million origin stones of origin power, almost depleting it.

Fortunately, the natural origin power of this planet was extraordinarily rich and could be absorbed and replenished for free. Otherwise, with Ban Bu's current wealth, he wouldn't be able to make up for it even if he bankrupted himself.

The origin power vacuum zone around Ban Bu's body reached a terrifying 5 meters. Wherever his body went, the natural origin power was drained in a short two or three seconds.

"Ban Bu, this thing is still absorbing origin power!" Bai Zhu shouted, somewhat worried and instinctively frightened.

After all, that was a Domain Lord level soul, and even in a dying state, the aura it exuded carried a sense of pressure.

Bamboo rat warriors were particularly sensitive to this.

The heartwood was on Rat King's back, and Rat King only felt a chill down his spine, worriedly saying, "Ban Bu, that is a God-given Seed, it's too big! In our world, a God-given Seed cannot grow so big. Ban Bu, I can feel it, it will threaten our safety."

"Look at you two, such cowards. It's just an origin plant, and it's half-dead. What kind of trouble can it cause?" Ban Bu said unhappily:

"Rat King, carry it on your back, don't let it touch the ground. If it takes root, that will be troublesome. You can let it absorb origin power for a while, and then wrap it up with a few more silk pouches."

Bai Zhu was a little more relaxed, carrying a bag of decayed roots on his back and two Silver Edge battle knives on his shoulder. Looking at Rat King's appearance, he couldn't help but gloat.

Ban Bu continued to instruct, "Bai Zhu, look around, find a place where the origin power is relatively rich."

"Over there, about 3 kilometers!"

Rat King and Bai Zhu answered at the same time, pointing their claws in the same direction, then retracting their claws, glaring at each other, and glaring angrily.

After strengthening their brains, they were both more sensitive to origin power.

"If you two make any more noise, I'll kill you!" Ban Bu warned harshly, shouting, "Go, let's go over there to rest."

...

The origin power concentration in a small area was higher, but it was still not high enough.

Ban Bu kept walking slowly, back and forth, for a whole night, only absorbing the equivalent of 50,000 origin stones of origin power.

At this rate, he would absorb at most the equivalent of 100,000 origin stones of origin power in a whole day, and it would take hundreds of days to fully recover.

The current state was too abnormal. Under normal circumstances, a mountain lord level warrior using elemental abilities could not absorb natural origin power at such a terrifying speed, let alone a mountain lord, even a county lord and a ant king couldn't do it.

The key was that the amount of absorption was also wrong. Absorbing continuously for more than three months was completely unreasonable. A normal mountain lord could replenish the origin power consumed in battle in half a day. If he returned to the Red Ant Tribe's treasure hunting base, it wouldn't take two or three months. After spending two or three days together, even a fool could see that Ban Bu's state was abnormal.

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"Ban Bu, when will the origin power you consumed recover?" Rat King had been carrying the heartwood on his back, feeling that this thing was absorbing origin power and its vitality was gradually recovering, and his back was numb and his heart was flustered.

"It may be difficult to recover for a while..." Ban Bu was also a little anxious, deducing various possibilities and thinking about solutions.

It would probably be okay if he didn't go back for three or five days or ten days.

However, if he didn't go back for more than half a month, the warriors guarding outside the Illusionary Mist Barrier would definitely think that he had an accident and would worry.

Go back? How to explain the strange phenomenon on his body? County Lord You Li was not easy to fool, and this matter could not be fooled over.

There was also another problem, that was, the heartwood was also constantly absorbing origin power, and its vitality was recovering. It was very likely that the tree spirit named "Tata" would wake up soon.

Ban Bu was not sure whether Domain Lord level souls had special attack abilities.

He was not sure about the attitude of the tree spirit Tata towards insect races.

Tree spirits who surrendered after defeat were generally not good people, and he had to be on guard.

"Rat King, let's solve the trouble on your back first," Ban Bu said, "Wrap it in a few more silk pouches, do it on my carapace, and be careful not to touch the ground."

"Okay." Rat King jumped onto Ban Bu's carapace and began to move.

Ban Bu used his metal ability to transform the soil and rocks in front of him into metal elements, manipulating them like a spirit snake, climbing onto his back, and wrapping the tree spirit, which was wrapped in three silk pouches.

The metal solidified, disguised as an alloy cylinder 0.8 meters long and 0.4 meters in diameter, sealing the heartwood. The exterior of the metal cylinder was an inconspicuous black, and there were two round holes left.

Ban Bu continued to instruct, "Rat King, Bai Zhu, use silk to tie it to my back, tie it firmly, I'll carry it."

"Okay!"

"Understood."

Rat King and Bai Zhu really understood.

Ban Bu was currently frantically absorbing origin power.

A fragment, a weak, slumbering, dying soul, would definitely not be able to compete with Ban Bu for origin power. Tying it to Ban Bu's carapace would prevent the heartwood from absorbing origin power and continuing to recover.

It was quickly done.

After careful inspection, as expected, the heartwood did not get origin power replenishment and slowly became silent again.

Ban Bu was not worried about its life or death. At the Domain Lord level of life, it was very tough and would not die for a while.

Getting rid of the burden, Rat King finally felt relieved and asked, "Ban Bu, do you want me to go back first and report to County Lord You Li to reassure her so she doesn't worry about us?"

"No need." Ban Bu sighed, "Let's go back together... Pack up and prepare to return to Li Zhu Peak."