Astral Cockroach

The spaceship hatch was more difficult to open than any box. Banbu estimated that even if a bug king with metal abilities unleashed their full power at the cost of their lifespan, they might not necessarily be able to open it. It would likely require the combined effort of multiple bug kings.

Opening the door was an extremely difficult task.

Banbu had revealed his ability to open boxes, but he had never mentioned that he had the ability to open doors.

Banbu's expression turned serious, and he asked, "How did they know I could open doors?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King glanced at Princess Yuli and said, "Doesn't Princess Blood Peach often come here to wander around? She heard you were capable and informed the Fire Peach Cockroach King, who then introduced you to the Snow Pine Cockroach King."

"I just mentioned it casually while chatting..." Princess Yuli was first embarrassed, then annoyed, and said, "That Blood Peach Princess is a mixed bag. Her mouth is never reliable!"

"Let's not dwell on that for now." The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "Banbu, the Fire Peach Cockroach King's idea is for you to give it a try. If you open it, the Shuo Cockroach Tribe will take 70% of the income, the Fire Peach Cockroach King will take 10%, and you can take 20%..."

Banbu said, "This distribution is too fair, isn't it?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "The Shuo Cockroach Tribe refuses to budge and insists on taking 70%..."

Banbu said, "I'm talking about the Flying Fire Cockroach Tribe. Why should they take 10%?"

"Don't be impatient, let me finish." The Red Fiend Cockroach King was a little annoyed, waving his antennae and knocking Banbu on the head, saying, "Listen carefully, it's the Fire Peach Cockroach King who takes 10%, not the Flying Fire Cockroach Tribe."

Banbu asked, "Is there a difference?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "Three hundred years ago, Princess Longevity spent most of her time sleeping in her cave and rarely showed her face. Even at the Longevity Banquet, only a few younger members of her clan were allowed to visit her."

"The affairs of Longevity County are handled by the Fire Peach and Oil Peach Cockroach Kings. The sale of Longevity Peaches has always been the responsibility of the Fire Peach Cockroach King."

The Red Fiend Cockroach King lowered his mental power and said, "The Fire Peach Cockroach King takes 10% of the income, and at the next Longevity Banquet, he will take out a Longevity Peach to sell to you."

"Sell?" Banbu asked, "How many origin stones?"

"2 million." The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "The key is the purchase privilege. Even if you don't use it yourself, you can resell it and earn hundreds of thousands."

"..." Banbu asked, "What's behind that door?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "Everything that falls from the sky has a special marking. You noticed that a long time ago, right?"

Banbu said, "I noticed."

The Red Fiend Cockroach King raised his toe and carved a string of characters on the ground: TH03 - B09

"This is the large golden mark." The Red Fiend Cockroach King explained, then carved another string of characters: D - G107

The Red Fiend Cockroach King explained, "This is the small mark. Based on experience, it should contain Yuan Power food that enhances fire abilities with good quality."

Banbu nodded his antennae and said, "I recognize the meaning of this row of small marks. Many boxes containing Yuan Power food have similar markings."

G107 is a code for Yuan Power food that enhances fire abilities. The overall rating of the goods' value is D grade.

If the codes match, the Yuan Power food stored in the cabin is likely produced by the same Star-Destroying grade Yuan Power plant.

Among the Yuan Power food escorted by the spaceship, D grade is the most numerous. The reason is simple: for cosmic-level life forms, regardless of the type of life form, including Yuan Power plants, it is not difficult to grow to the planetary, stellar, or star-destroying level. However, the probability of evolving from the star-destroying level to the constellation level is generally no more than 1%, and even technological means are ineffective.

When humans conquer, they don't necessarily transport every surrendered Yuan Power plant back to the Milky Way. They only transport those at the constellation level or higher back to be included in the federal public asset system. Those below the constellation level are left directly on the original planet, and after the war ends, they are publicly auctioned and sold to colonial lords.

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "A whole nest chamber (cabin), there must be a lot of things inside. Getting 20% is very good, not to mention a Longevity Peach."

Banbu said, "I can try."

Banbu knew the situation inside the cabin best. There should be a total of 14 single-sided cabinets fixed to the four bulkheads of the cabin, and 18 double-sided cabinets fixed by splints and top plates.

The cabinets themselves are of standard design, convenient for disassembly and transportation, but for the creatures of this world, they are too heavy and probably cannot be moved out, so the cabinets cannot be sold and have no value.

Each single-sided cabinet contains 9 boxes.

Each double-sided cabinet contains 18 boxes.

That's a total of 450 boxes.

Each box itself can be sold for 10,000 origin stones, and the Yuan Power food sells for about 12,800 origin stones.

The total value of the goods in the entire cabin is about 10 million origin stones, and 20% of that is 2 million origin stones.

The 10% income taken by the Fire Peach Cockroach King should have belonged to Banbu, which is equivalent to him taking 1 million origin stones as a benefit fee, and then using his authority to promise the purchase privilege of a Longevity Peach as a reward.

Banbu buys the Longevity Peach and resells it... It is difficult for the Longevity Peach to sell for the sky-high price of 3 million origin stones, so it is still a bit of a loss.

Then again, it's just a door, and an ordinary cabin door at that. It's not particularly troublesome, and it's too easy to earn these origin stones. I still have to thank the Blood Peach Princess and the Fire Peach Cockroach King for their intermediation.

Let's consider the loss as an intermediary fee.

Banbu asked, "Red Fiend Cockroach King, who will open the cabinets inside?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "Of course you will open them."

Banbu asked, "Is there no split for opening the cabinets?"

The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "I heard that these cabinets are easy to open, and many insect warriors who have mastered metal abilities can open them. There is no loss, so just do it along the way."

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"This is a technical job, I think it should be divided more." Banbu said seriously, "That, an even split is indeed a bit too much. I'll take 30%, the Fire Peach Cockroach King will take 10%, and the Shuo Cockroach Tribe will take 60%. This is more appropriate."

"The job of opening boxes has been monopolized by the large clans who have mastered metal abilities. It's already very good to have boxes for you to open and to have benefits to take." The Red Fiend Cockroach King said, "I have talked to the Snow Pine Cockroach King, and he refuses to budge. Or, you can go try it yourself?"

"I heard that the Snow Pine Cockroach King has a bad temper?" Banbu said, "Then forget it, I'll take a loss."

The Red Fiend Cockroach King asked suspiciously again, "Banbu, opening a door won't hurt you much, right? I heard that you opened three doors in a row last time?"

Banbu said, "My metal ability is quite special. There is damage, but it is very small. It's just a door, and the impact on lifespan is less than a year. If it takes a long time, it may even recover without leaving hidden dangers."

"That's good!" The Red Fiend Cockroach King relaxed and said happily, "Does that mean this benefit is free?"

Banbu said, "How can you say it's free? Opening doors and opening cabinets are both technical jobs. This is earning origin stones with skill."

The Red Fiend Cockroach King waved his antennae and said, "Stop talking nonsense, rest first, and we will set off tomorrow at dawn."

......

Banbu used to travel around, promoting his "lock picking" skills. Later, because there were too many competitors and the competition was too fierce, he couldn't get any work and simply gave up.

He had been to the Shuo Cockroach Tribe before. The warriors in charge were lukewarm and didn't like to pay attention to him. He knew a few of them, but the relationship wasn't very close.

Banbu followed the Red Fiend Cockroach King and the Fire Peach Cockroach King to directly meet the big boss, the Snow Pine Cockroach King.

The Snow Pine Cockroach King had always been stationed outside the Illusionary Maze. In the past, he didn't pay attention to Banbu, whose strength was only at the mountain lord level. However, he still remembered that this insect had come to his door to promote his lock picking skills, and he recognized him at a glance. This time his attitude was different, and he greeted him warmly:

"This is Mountain Lord Banbu of the Red Fiend Tribe, right? Possessing many god-given species and mastering both metal and fire abilities, your future is limitless!"

"Greetings, Snow Peak Cockroach King, you flatter me." Banbu said politely, while his mental power condensed into a bundle and secretly probed towards the nest chamber behind the Snow Peak Cockroach King: There are many good things inside!

The Snow Pine Cockroach King swept his wing veins and, without using fire abilities, scattered Banbu's mental power by simply using force to stir the air current. He said indifferently, "These are all small things of little value. There's nothing to see."

The Red Fiend Cockroach King also noticed Banbu's small actions, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Haha, the younger generation is reckless, Snow Pine Cockroach King, please don't mind."

"I don't mind, it's not surprising. Every guy who comes here wants to see what our Shuo Cockroach Tribe has gained." The Snow Pine Cockroach King retracted his wing veins and asked Banbu, "Can you really open that kind of metal door?"

Banbu said, "Let me take a look first."

"It's not easy to go in, we can't be reckless." The Snow Pine Cockroach King shouted, "Pengsong, take a box out and let Mountain Lord Banbu try it."

"Okay." A princess-level Shuo Cockroach warrior immediately drilled into the nest chamber where treasures were collected, and then drilled out carrying a metal box.

A well-preserved Yuan Power crystal storage box!