Astral Cockroach

"Pomelo, Flame Cluster Miscanthus, you two first carefully search Li Bamboo Peak. More than a year has passed, and most likely large beasts have been attracted here."

"Okay."

"Understood!"

After landing, Pomelo and Flame Cluster Miscanthus were responsible for eliminating threats, while Mayu led Banbu and began to explain:

"Banbu, this is the residence of the Golden Bamboo Mountain Master, the best location on the entire Li Bamboo Peak. Look carefully at that withered bamboo forest; the Golden Bamboo Mountain Master's life-seed plant used to be incredibly lush."

"The only regret is that it chose various bamboos as its life-seed. Banbu, you should be aware that ordinary bamboo can only flower and bear fruit once in its lifetime. As a life-seed, that means it flowers and bears fruit only once every thirty, fifty, or even a hundred years."

"Benefiting from the high-quality soil and the rich Origin Power environment, its life-seed grows exceptionally vigorously. However, it doesn't produce corresponding Origin Power food every year."

"Banbu, look carefully at the soil of the mountain; this is the most fertile, most suitable for plant growth, humus black soil! Feel it carefully; the Origin Power of Li Bamboo Peak is even richer than that of Iron Saber Peak."

"Banbu, you have a God-given Seed; you can do better than the Golden Bamboo Mountain Master; you can surpass the Iron Saber Mountain Master, understand? Your future is limitless!"

Mayu became more and more excited as he spoke, his tone high-pitched and encouraging.

Banbu flapped his wings, flying at low altitude, examining the withered forest ahead. Strictly speaking, it should be considered a bamboo grove, not very large, formed by the propagation of one Golden Bamboo life-seed.

Near the residential cave, there were also small bamboo forests formed by the propagation of twenty or so large and small bamboo life-seeds.

The Golden Bamboo Mountain Master's feelings towards bamboo were no longer in the category of "liking," but a kind of extreme "obsession." The vast majority of its life-seeds were bamboos, of various kinds and different varieties.

Not only did it choose bamboo as its life-seed, but the entire Li Bamboo Peak was planted with ordinary bamboo. Due to the drought, most of it withered, with only a small portion surviving.

Bamboo is indeed not suitable for planting on a mountain. The painstaking and laborious large-scale sowing must have another reason: the Golden Bamboo Mountain Master was screening and cultivating new varieties of bamboo.

Once a bug clan warrior has a certain foundation, it will no longer be limited to the existing plant varieties in nature. They will spend their minds screening and cultivating new plant varieties. For example, the Iron Saber Mountain Master plants ordinary iron saber trees on a large scale on Iron Saber Peak, collecting the condensed seeds every year, selecting the most plump seeds to sow, and then selecting the best-growing seedlings to cultivate.

After generations of selection, better tree species can be obtained.

After many generations, the genetic difference widens, and a brand-new tree species will appear.

Seed selection is the most common method. In addition, there are also mutations to obtain different species, and close-relative hybridization to obtain hybrid tree species.

Cockroach warriors use tree seeds to nurture life-seeds. Naturally, they use their wisdom in plants, thereby deriving a series of knowledge.

The inherited memories record simple, introductory-level knowledge, vast but superficial. More knowledge requires acquired learning and independent exploration.

"Banbu, move over here in the spring and sow your life-seed."

"Before that, Pomelo and Flame Cluster Miscanthus will help you cut down these withered bamboos, chop them up, and bury them underground to increase soil fertility."

Mayu came to a cave entrance almost covered by weeds and complained, "These annoying weeds are really tough; they actually survived the drought."

"The Golden Bamboo Mountain Master won't make mistakes in choosing a residence. This cave will be warm in winter and cool in summer, with suitable humidity, and will be very comfortable. Banbu, this will become your comfortable nest; you should be diligent and clear the weeds from the cave entrance."

"Mm, mm."

Banbu reluctantly began to act.

A question still echoed in his mind: the death of a life-seed will cause damage to the soul. In severe cases, the soul will be severely injured, and the future will be blocked.

Along the way, Banbu basically saw the current situation of the Jinping Mountains. As Flame Cluster Miscanthus described: vast, complex terrain, rampant beasts, full of crises.

Banbu was very worried.

Surviving alone in such a dangerous place was worrying.

As for the so-called "opportunities" of Mayu and Pomelo, Banbu also felt that the Origin Power abundance of Li Bamboo Peak was even better than that of Iron Saber Mountain, about twice as much as ordinary places.

Banbu was now more curious as to why an ordinary life planet would have such a thick Origin Power? Unscientific! Definitely not a natural phenomenon!

"Kacha, kacha…"

From a withered yellow bamboo forest in the middle and lower layers of the mountainside came the dense sound of bamboo breaking.

Mayu was alert and lowered his mind power to Banbu, saying, "It's a fight, Banbu, come on, follow me, let's go take a look."

After Mayu finished speaking, he quietly approached the direction from which the sound came.

Banbu also ran close to the ground, closely following behind Mayu.

This was a withered ordinary hemp bamboo forest due to the drought.

In the bamboo forest, Pomelo was confronting a giant python more than three times its length.

The giant python's body surface was brownish-gray, covered with deep cyan diamond-shaped patterns, named "Gouju Mountain Python," a dominant predator beast rampant in the mountains. Adult Gouju Mountain Pythons can easily strangle tigers and leopards and then swallow them whole.

Banbu saw the situation clearly and decisively retreated, climbing a withered tree to watch from a high position.

After Mayu saw the situation clearly, he slowed down and slowly approached the Gouju Mountain Python.

Flame Cluster Miscanthus noticed the movement and followed closely.

The three red ant tribe warriors stood in a triangular formation.

The most powerful Pomelo took the lead and launched an attack.

Flame Cluster Miscanthus followed suit.

"Kacha!"

A crisp sound of collision.

Pomelo's pulse wings were bitten by the Gouju Mountain Python.

The Gouju Mountain Python was barbarically strong. With a flick of its head, Pomelo was thrown out, breaking the roots of withered bamboo, and finally falling to the ground.

Flame Cluster Miscanthus seemed to be shrinking back from the battle. The charging offensive suddenly changed, leaping over the abdomen of the Gouju Mountain Python. Very cunningly, when landing, the two hind legs suddenly exerted force and kicked, the poisoned toe tips leaving four bloody holes in the abdomen of the Gouju Mountain Python, and the body also took advantage of the momentum to accelerate and escape.

At this time, Mayu, who was slowly sneaking, had approached the tail of the Gouju Mountain Python. He suddenly accelerated, pounced forward, waved his fore claws, leaving four blood marks, and then quickly pulled away.

"Moo, moo…"

The Gouju Mountain Python opened its mouth halfway, making an angry sound, wriggling and fleeing, chasing after the seemingly weakest Flame Cluster Miscanthus.

Banbu noticed that its mouth, due to biting Pomelo's poisoned pulse wings, had paralyzed muscles and lost its biting ability. Mayu's poison had taken effect, the muscles in the injured area were out of control, the swimming motion was unnatural, and the speed seemed a bit slow.

Pomelo launched another attack, speeding up the charge, suddenly flapping its wings and taking off, crossing the body of the Gouju Mountain Python, kicking its hind legs in the air, and the sharp toe tips left four bloody holes.

Mayu used a similar method, closely following the attack.

In the blink of an eye, the Gouju Mountain Python's huge body had eight more bloody holes. Mayu's toxin immediately took effect, almost losing its ability to move.

The three warriors, Flame Cluster Miscanthus, Pomelo, and Mayu, seeing this, were no longer afraid and launched attacks at the same time. After this round, the Gouju Mountain Python was completely paralyzed, and only half of its body could swing, twisting back and forth in place.

Pomelo stepped forward and used the toe tips of its forelimbs to cut the neck, slowly removing the entire python head.

The battle ended.

Flame Cluster Miscanthus said, "The Jinping Mountains actually have such dangerous climbing beasts as the Gouju Mountain Python. It's too dangerous!"

Mayu checked the corpse and said, "This is a healthy, strong male Gouju Mountain Python. Given time, it may be transformed into a Mountain Python warrior. It's only been less than two years, and various beasts have begun to spread to the mountains? It seems that a large-scale cleaning must be carried out."

Pomelo said, "Flame Cluster Miscanthus, let's go, let's go find it nearby again. The Gouju Mountain Python lays 8 eggs at a time, and the survival rate of young pythons is high. There should still be some nearby."

Mayu said, "No need, no hurry. Let's stop here for today. Let's go back first. Flame Cluster Miscanthus, tomorrow morning you and I will go to Iron Saber Peak and ask the Iron Saber Mountain Master to preside over the gathering of all the tribe's warriors. Everyone will work together to find and kill all the large beasts in Li Bamboo Peak and the surrounding territories."

"Banbu, you come with me. From today onwards, I will teach you all kinds of hunting and farming knowledge."