Astral Cockroach

Banbu discovered that just himself, the Rat King, and Jinzhu were really too busy.

Currently in the Western Region, the westernmost part of the Dragon Bamboo Continent, both the chestnut trees and the suspected raw stone mineral vein are located in the Western Region.

The confirmed "divine-grade" remains of the God-bestowed species are located in the Central Region of the Dragon Bamboo Continent, more than 3,000 kilometers away from here. Running along the mountains will take about 10 to 15 days.

Transporting things to the Dragon Clan Continent is even further.

Should the chestnut tree seeds be sent back to Lizhu Peak first?

Should the raw stone mineral vein be confirmed first? After confirmation, how to mine it? Mining is a problem, and transportation is also a problem.

The same goes for the remains of the God-bestowed species. First, they have to be cut and bagged, and then consider how to transport them out of the Dragon Bamboo Continent, and also plan to transport them back to Lizhu Peak at the lowest cost.

… …

The chestnut tree forest has existed for tens of thousands of years, and the tree species are all there, they can't run away, so there is no need to rush.

It was February, and there was still no sign of melting ice and snow on the northern grasslands.

Banbu simply took the Rat King and Jinzhu to the location of the "divine-grade" remains of the God-bestowed species, dug out the things, and started working.

The Rat King and Jinzhu excavated a large mountaintop warehouse and used earth and stone abilities to solidify it.

Banbu used metal abilities to create a super-large alloy saw. The Rat King and Jinzhu worked together to saw off the branches, then saw the trunk into pieces, and finally cut them into small pieces, all of which were sent into the warehouse.

The warehouse was directly sealed, and the things were hidden first. Next time, when the Dragon Bamboo fruit is produced, 9 warriors from Lizhu Peak will gain the ability to walk into the Dragon Bamboo Continent, and then consider the transportation problem.

This busy period directly reached April, the ice and snow in the north of the mountains melted, ushering in the vibrant spring of life.

Banbu took the Rat King and Jinzhu back to the Western Region, and Jinzhu led the way, heading north all the way.

The grassland is not entirely grassland, there are also many hills, rivers, and wetlands.

Ahead is a large lake.

"Banbu, Rat King, it's here."

Jinzhu stretched out his front paw and pointed to the small island in the center of the lake, and said, "I felt the primordial energy fluctuation on the island."

The lake is too big.

Looking from afar, the island seen is just a black dot. There are no plants on the island, it should be a special rock.

Banbu asked, "Jinzhu, can you swim?"

"No, not very well…" Jinzhu explained, "Last year, that should have been winter, it was already very cold when I returned, the lake was frozen, and it was all white. I only felt the primordial energy fluctuation, but I didn't distinguish it clearly."

The Rat King said indifferently: "The primordial energy fluctuation is weak, not a raw stone mineral vein. The soil and stone structure is wrong, there are traces of soil and stone ability hardening."

The Rat King said, angrily: "You idiot, use your brain, how big can a lake island be? Even if there is a raw stone mine, how much can you dig out?"

Jinzhu stammered: "I… It was too cold, it was all ice and snow, I was almost frozen to death, I didn't think carefully…"

Indeed, the scale of the island in the lake is not large enough, it is absolutely impossible to be a raw stone mineral vein.

But the primordial energy fluctuation does exist, and Banbu vaguely sensed it.

"We've already walked here, let's go take a look."

Banbu spread his pulse wings and said, "I'll carry you over."

"Let's take a look." The Rat King climbed onto Banbu's back shell and continued to analyze: "There are traces of habitation around the lake, perhaps a beast tribe living here stored the raw stones on the island."

Jinzhu said unwillingly: "Then there should be some gains, right?"

The Rat King said: "Yes, but it certainly can't compare to a raw stone mineral vein."

Banbu's guess was similar to the Rat King's. The black rock island should be a warehouse for a beast tribe to store raw stones.

What he couldn't understand was, with the depletion of natural primordial energy, why didn't they use up the raw stones?

Flying across the lake and landing on the island.

Oval, with a long diameter of about 800 meters and a short diameter of about 500 meters.

The whole body is black rock, with obvious traces of soil and stone ability hardening. Due to the passage of too much time, the hardening effect disappeared, and many places have collapsed and weathered.

The Rat King ran around the Black Rock Island and immediately locked a location, saying: "The raw stone is hidden underground, there is a sloping downward passage, the entrance is at this location, it's collapsed."

Banbu shook his antennae and said, "Dig!"

The Rat King waved his paw and said: "It's buried very deep, Jinzhu, you dig. Banbu, there is another mountain range over there, not small in scale, let's go take a look."

According to the laws of nature, raw stone mineral veins are attached to mountains.

If the beast tribe gathered here has a mineral vein, then the ore must come from the distant mountains.

With the depletion of primordial energy, even fools know to dig out the mineral vein, and the possibility of omissions is almost zero.

"Rat King, you dig with Jinzhu, hurry up, don't delay time. I'll go to the mountains to check. I guess there won't be any big gains this time. After confirming, we'll leave and continue to search separately."

After speaking, he spread his pulse wings and soared into the air.

The mountains are only ten kilometers away from the lake. Looking down from the high altitude, the length of the mountains is estimated to be no more than 50 kilometers. The two ends are short, and the middle section is very tall, with undulating hills and an isolated peak. The upper half of the peak has not yet melted, which looks quite eye-catching.

Banbu flew and landed directly on the top of the peak, starting from the upper layer of the mountain and searching downwards in turn.

There are many traces of excavation on the mountain, and there are passages, which should be mine tunnels. After a little excavation and careful inspection, it can be found that after the raw stone was dug away, soil and stone were transported back to fill the mine pit.

This mountain once had raw stones.

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After checking it all over, it had long been hollowed out.

After searching the entire mountain, no residential caves were found.

Continuing to search for the adjacent mountains, similarly, large and small mine tunnels were found. The deep mine pits are filled with soil and stone, and there is also soil and stone solidification. From this, it can be inferred that the lake is not 100% naturally formed. The beast tribe warriors living here are very smart. They mined on one side and dug soil from the lakeside to fill back, preventing the mountains from collapsing.

At the foot of the mountain, corresponding to the location of a red pine forest, a neat row of residential caves was found. Those beast warriors should be concentrated in this place.

The red pine forest has traces of cultivation, and they are all high-quality tree species that have been selected. The beast warriors gathered here have actually learned to manage tree species and have achieved something!

After carefully searching around the entrance of the mountain cave, I actually found a fallen dead tree, super huge, more than 400 meters in length, and nearly 40 meters in diameter. It is a rare giant tree.

Most of it is exposed outside, and it has been severely damaged by wind and rain over the long years. The small half buried in the soil is relatively well preserved.

Especially in the central position where the root system is entrenched, there is still extremely weak primordial energy that has not dissipated.

Without collecting samples and sending them back to Baba for inspection, Banbu can be sure that this is definitely a wild 'divine-grade' red pine God-bestowed species.

This wild God-bestowed species is not simple. After completing the third transformation and evolution, and experiencing the long years of growth, the tree spirit naturally awakened, infinitely close to the cosmic-level life level, but unfortunately, it still failed to break through the genetic shackles.

The tree spirit learned without a teacher to abandon the tree body and condense all the life essence into a ball, condensing the tree heart. This is the life-saving measure for primordial energy plants in the face of sudden environmental changes and life-and-death crises.

Banbu's forehead Tianmu launched, observing, but did not see the tree spirit's soul.

It's a pity that it died due to the lack of primordial energy replenishment for too long.

"Alas, what a pity, it didn't die long ago. If it had come one or two thousand years earlier, it might have been saved."

Banbu felt a little uncomfortable at first, and then cheered up: his guess was correct, in the cold northern regions, God-bestowed species that died due to primordial energy deficiency are easier to preserve!

The God-bestowed species condenses into a tree heart, which is itself to survive the sudden harsh environment. All life activities are infinitely close to a state of stagnation, and it can survive for a very long time without dying. When the crisis is over and suitable soil is found, the tree heart can be rejuvenated.

If you are lucky enough, you might even find a living one!

However, it is not very wonderful. A hundred kilometers north of here is the northern wilderness cold forest, which is already very far north. In a year, only from mid-April to mid-June, a short three months, the temperature is above zero.

Whether it is bamboo rat warriors or red cockroach warriors, they are not suitable for survival in an environment where the temperature is below zero. What's more, the temperature here is below -10 degrees most of the time. In the cold winter, the lowest can reach -40 to -50 degrees, it is difficult to survive, let alone work.

Banbu marked the location, flapped his wings and took off, looking down from a high altitude, found a forest growing next to the mountains, and flew away.

It is a maple forest, a derivative species after cultivation. It can be distinguished that the native species is "Fanleaf Maple".

Next to the maple forest, at the foot of the mountain, there is another neat row of residential mountain caves. After searching around, I found an incomplete remnant of the God-bestowed species, which was severely decayed and had no value.

Banbu felt that he had found a pattern.

Once, the beast warriors living in this mountain knew how to cultivate plants, and their settlements were adjacent to the forest.

Find the forest, then find the settlement, and then search the settlement to find the remains of the God-bestowed species.

As for the mineral vein, bamboo rat warriors are the best at it. Let the Rat King and Jinzhu come over and walk around the mountain. However, Banbu does not have much hope for this. Since the beast warriors rely on this mineral vein to survive, there is no reason not to dig it clean and use it to save their lives when the primordial energy is exhausted.

What Banbu wants to find are the mineral veins that have not been discovered by the beast tribes.