Astral Cockroach

"Red-Shield, the trade caravan said that your tribe's Great Yellow Fruit Banyan, a god-given seed, is using a large number of god-given seed remnants from beyond the heavens, and its quality and scale have both improved?"

"Yes."

Red-Shield Roach King replied: "I went to see it, the scale of the tree trunk's growth is quite considerable, but the quality improvement is very small."

Fire-Peach Roach King immediately asked: "What about the yield?"

Red-Shield Roach King said: "The number of fruits hanging is still not good, and the yield has not increased significantly."

Fire-Peach Roach King said: "The Great Yellow Fruit Banyan is only at the Mountain Lord level now. When it is promoted to County Lord in the future, there should be a considerable change, and the future potential is huge!"

In the eyes of outsiders, the most dazzling thing about the entire Red Roach tribe is the Great Yellow Fruit Banyan, which also has the effect of prolonging life.

It has not really grown up yet, but its reputation has already spread.

Thinking of the personality of the Great Yellow Fruit Banyan, the Red-Shield Roach King felt a burst of helplessness, changed the subject, and asked: "Fire-Peach Roach King, what do you think of this little fellow, Banbu?"

"Smart."

Fire-Peach Roach King shook his antennae again and said: "Its carapace color is not very pleasing in the first place..."

"Fire-Peach Roach King, you let that dark guy go to pay respects to the Longevity Roach King? You are wasting an opportunity."

A mental power filled with dissatisfaction suddenly came from outside the peach forest.

Red-Shield Roach King greeted indifferently: "Oil-Peach Roach King."

Fire-Peach Roach King said coldly: "This matter is my responsibility, Oil-Peach, it's not your turn to interfere."

Oil-Peach Roach King arrived with two young warriors from the Flying Fire Roach tribe and questioned: "Fire-Peach County Lord, you didn't discuss it with me in advance and arbitrarily changed the quota. What about the two little guys, Gold-Peach and Camphor? Who will go?"

"Greetings, Fire-Peach Roach King!"

"Greetings, Fire-Peach Roach King..."

The two warriors who came with Oil-Peach Roach King greeted Fire-Peach Roach King, carefully ignoring Red-Shield Roach King, and lowered their antennae, all somewhat uneasy.

Gold-Peach and Camphor are both warriors with god-given seeds, born from the lineage of Oil-Peach Roach King.

Gold-Peach is already a Mountain Lord in the third instar.

Camphor is just a senior warrior in the fifth instar.

Fire-Peach County Lord glanced at them and said casually: "Camphor, go back and come again tomorrow, postpone in order. Who is the last warrior in the arrangement? Let it be postponed to the next Longevity Banquet."

The Longevity Roach King receives the visits of the tribe's younger generation during the Longevity Banquet, which is held every nine years.

Only two juniors are allowed to visit each day. The number of places is limited, and the rewards issued are also limited.

"You..."

Oil-Peach Roach King was angry, remembered something, and continued to question: "I remember that you arranged a place for that little bastard at the last Longevity Banquet, right? He didn't even come!"

Fire-Peach Roach King didn't want to continue arguing and said indifferently: "The warrior who is postponed lives outside the Tree Sea, right?

Or is it from outside Longevity County?

I will take out a portion of Dark Bamboo Rice as compensation."

"Dark Bamboo Rice... You are using your authority to collect benefits again!"

Oil-Peach County Lord paused, lost his temper, and said: "How many portions have you collected?

I want 4 portions!"

...

The annual output of Dark Bamboo Rice is less than 32 portions at most.

Banbu spent 5 portions of Dark Bamboo Rice to get a place to pay respects to the Longevity Roach King, not just to compete for the remnants of the Longevity Peach god-given seed, but simply to see this legendary ancient Roach King with his own eyes.

Along the way, carefully counting, he discovered something unusual. The total number of the Longevity Roach King's life seeds actually reached more than 53.

L9 Roach King!

Only one step away from breaking through the limit of Force lifeforms and being promoted to the cosmic life level!

"Genetic lock restriction, stuck at the key node, unable to continue growing?"

Banbu speculated silently in his heart.

More than a thousand years is almost the end of the lifespan for carbon-based Force lifeforms, but for carbon-based Force plants, it is the most prosperous period of life.

Thinking that when the Longevity Roach King dies of old age, these Force plants of excellent quality will wither and die with him.

Especially the Longevity Peach god-given seed on the mountain...

Banbu felt inexplicably heavy and worried: would he also be trapped to death on this planet?

"Eh, little black fellow, metal ability, are you from the Red Roach tribe?"

The Longevity Roach King's residence cave is opened at the foot of the mountain. Mental power came from inside the cave, with a novel meaning, and also with a strong, indelible vicissitudes and weakness.

There was no kindness from an aging warrior towards a younger generation. On the contrary, Banbu's first impression was the wisdom of seeing through everything.

A bit of an uncomfortable feeling.

Banbu agitated his divine sense and replied: "Red Roach Tribe, Brocade Screen Mountain Range, Li Bamboo Peak, Banbu, paying respects to the Longevity Roach King."

"Come in."

The Longevity Roach King's divine sense floated out from inside the cave.

Banbu's metal ability controlled the metal food plate to float in the air. Holding the beef leg with both forelimbs, he quickened his pace and came to the front of the cave.

As he approached, he clearly felt the unique aura exuded by a powerful lifeform entering its aging period, dull and oppressive, that was the smell of death.

After entering the aging period, the Longevity Roach King secluded himself in the cave, no longer moving easily, entering a state of suspended animation and semi-sleep, reducing the metabolism in his body, and thus, delaying the arrival of death as much as possible.

Food intake has also decreased accordingly. It is said that he only eats once every nine years, which is during the Longevity Banquet, for 15 consecutive days before and after, and is delivered daily by outstanding juniors of the tribe.

Every time he survives a nine-year period, the Longevity Peach god-given seed blooms and bears fruit once, and he can leave a huge fortune for future generations.

Banbu stood at the entrance of the cave, carefully peering inside.

The carapace's luster was dim.

After the insect warrior was promoted to a duchess, the original force patterns that should have been hidden flickered in the dimness, emitting a fiery red light. This was because the aging body caused the original force patterns to be unable to perfectly contain the original force, constantly absorbing and dissipating it.

Aging is divided into many stages, and the loss of control of the original force patterns belongs to the final stage, which means that the lifespan of the Longevity Roach King has entered the final countdown.

Banbu manipulated the feeding plate to land gently, arranged the beef leg, and began to cut it into very thin slices, neatly placed on the plate.

"Huh, your metal ability is not right!" The Longevity Roach King was surprised, and a little puzzled, and said, "The original force pattern is located in the heart... it’s different!"

As long as Banbu uses his metal ability, insect kings can basically detect that the original force pattern related to the metal ability is located in the heart.

This was not the first time he had encountered such a question, Banbu calmly replied: "It's innate."

"Is it?" The Longevity Roach King didn't quite believe it, and said, "If you don't want to say it, then I won't ask."

After the Longevity Roach King finished speaking, he immediately asked: "The juniors who come to me all have at least one divinely bestowed seed, what kind of divinely bestowed seed do you have?"

On the way, the Big Yellow Fig and the Big Fruit Camellia had told Banbu that this was a question that the Longevity Roach King would ask every junior who visited it, after all, the divinely bestowed seed is related to future development.

He had spent 5 portions of Dark Bamboo rice to get a spot.

Banbu didn't want to waste it, and began to introduce them one by one, saying: "Purple-Gold Divinely Bestowed Seed, originally a creeping plant, with a cloning growth mode, currently has 29,523 clones, each plant condenses 3 grass seeds every year, strengthens metal abilities, standard medium quality, the selling price to the caravan is 1 original stone per seed."

"Emerald Bamboo Divinely Bestowed Seed, this is a high-quality bamboo species that I cultivated that can bloom and bear fruit every year. There are a total of 6 bamboo-type divinely bestowed seeds on Lizhu Peak, all of which were cultivated in a similar way. Emerald Bamboo is a cloning growth mode, with 584 clones, each bamboo pole condenses 2 bamboo fruits every year..."

……

Banbu patiently introduced all 7 divinely bestowed seeds that he owned.

The Longevity Roach King also listened with interest, but only when Banbu mentioned the Camellia, Blood Thorn, and Dark Bamboo three divinely bestowed seeds, did he slightly nod his antennae, and praised in a low voice: Not bad.

This was a spot bought with five portions of Dark Bamboo rice, wouldn't he be losing money?

Banbu brought the cut plate of beef into the cave and placed it gently in front of the Longevity Roach King, and with a flash of inspiration, he suddenly thought: The Longevity Roach King has worked hard for the development of the tribe all his life, doesn't it prefer insects that consider issues from the perspective of tribal development?

Most likely!

Banbu continued: "Lizhu Peak is mainly based on bamboo species, so I also invited a Red Ring Bee King to live there."

Sure enough, the Longevity Roach King became interested and asked: "Little Bee King? What's its name? What is its strength now? You are a lucky little fellow."

Banbu said: "Its name is Xiangpu, it has a Xiangpu divinely bestowed seed, and a Small Fire Bamboo divinely bestowed seed."

"Oh! That's really good." The Longevity Roach King began to eat, and at the same time sighed: "The bamboo species you cultivated are also good, at least many divinely bestowed seeds were born."

"Yes! Relatively speaking, bamboo species are relatively easy to cultivate." Banbu said: "There is also a small warrior on Lizhu Peak named Huoji, who conceived a Mud Bamboo divinely bestowed seed."

"So many." The Longevity Roach King asked: "Does your Lizhu Peak have other divinely bestowed seeds?"

Banbu said: "There is also a small warrior named Hongdao, who conceived a Deep Water Barnyard Grass divinely bestowed seed."

"In addition, there is a wild Cliff Cypress divinely bestowed seed, which strengthens the speed in basic physique. I once invited the Black and White Flower Roach tribe duchess to help promote its growth, and in recent years I have also used a large amount of wreckage from the divinely bestowed seed from outside the sky to irrigate it. Its growth state is very good, and it is about to undergo its first transformation and growth."

The Longevity Roach King said: "Fire Peach has shown me that kind of wreckage, I believe you guessed some of its origins, right? Cliff Cypress is already a good tree species, and it will definitely be more excellent after being strengthened with that wreckage. It has great development potential and is worth spending psychological cultivation on."

"Yes." Banbu agreed, and said: "If this wild Cliff Cypress divinely bestowed seed grows up, it can become a guarantee for Lizhu Peak."

"Are you starting to think about the future now?" The Longevity Roach King stopped eating, paused, and then fell silent completely, speeding up his eating.

Banbu sliced all the meat from a beef leg, plate after plate, and handed it to the Longevity Roach King to eat.

According to the rules, after eating, it was time to issue the rewards.

The rewards were placed next to the Longevity Roach King, a colorful tray with 20 small and exquisite colorful roach-shaped tokens inside.

This was a token, rewarding a few pieces, and in return, he could receive a few ordinary Longevity Peach seeds from the Fire Peach Roach King, and in the future, he could also get a corresponding share of the Longevity Peach divinely bestowed seed wreckage.

The Longevity Roach King tapped the tray next to him with his antennae and said, "That wreckage from outside the sky is the remains of an entire huge divinely bestowed seed, and you got it all, right? Your Lizhu Peak is already rich enough, you don't like this thing, do you? I won't give it to you."

"???"

What are you saying?

Banbu stammered: "Um, Longevity Roach King, the Brocade Screen Mountains are located in the wilderness, Lizhu Peak is barren of original force, and the investment in operating the divinely bestowed seed is very large, why don't you still give me some?"