Astral Cockroach

With an unlimited supply of various high-quality Origin Force foods, the growth of the Wedge Thorn Ant King was smooth sailing. In just a year and a half, its strength reached the intermediate level of L8 warrior, not far from becoming a high-level warrior.

The development of the ant colony also entered a stable phase. Battle Ant Soldiers and Exploding Ants were born, eliminating the need to worry about the threat of ordinary beasts in the jungle.

King Rat, Big Bear, Cattail, and Big Head successively advanced to the rank of County Lord.

Big Head's ant colony wasn't great at fighting and specialized in labor, with improved management skills.

The Red Ringed Acid Bees under Cattail were, after all, a race blessed by the gods. While the bee colony expanded in size, their combat power soared. In the event of a battle, the bee colony could also participate, providing excellent aerial combat power.

Big Bear guarded the bamboo forest, protecting the seed bestowed by the Dragon Bamboo God.

King Rat, having consumed a bit of the Origin Heart, saw an increase in its ability to produce Origin Force after advancing to County Lord. It could barely survive in an environment without Origin Force, so King Rat continued to travel to Dragon Bamboo Continent.

The growth of Iron Gall Burr was not so good. Its tree height reached about 10 meters, then suddenly slowed. It was difficult for trees to grow, and only its original root remnants could stimulate rapid growth.

After thinking it over, Banbu sought help from the Red Crow Ghost King to jointly transport a batch of metal materials to the coast of Dragon Bamboo Continent in the form of wheeled vehicles. This took a lot of effort and a year's time to rebuild the ship.

The hull was 16 meters long and 6 meters wide at its widest point, using 4 level-one electric boxes to drive navigation, greatly increasing its carrying capacity.

This time, Banbu brought Torreya with him to sail together.

He brought 40 bags of top-quality Origin Force food for White Bamboo and Little White Bamboo, which would be their rations for the next 5 years. He also brought 10 Origin Force crystals for replenishing Origin Force during breakthroughs and evolutions.

On the return trip, he carried 40 bags of Iron Gall Burr root remnants, laboriously transporting them back to Li Bamboo Peak.

These remnants helped Iron Gall Burr quickly grow to 15 meters, and its weak soul began to recover to its peak. However, traveling back and forth to the Red Firm Continent was too far. Before the rail tracks were laid through Dragon Bamboo Continent, Banbu didn't plan to bring back more remnants for it.

… …

The last time the Northern Wasteland Prairie Wolves spied on Li Bamboo Peak, the news spread, and Changsheng County's Oil Peach Roach King contacted the Wolf Scorpion and Pincer Scorpion kingdoms on the northern border, and then… … there was no then. At least Li Bamboo Peak didn't receive any relevant news… … Changsheng County didn't have the same power as before and couldn't take care of the Red Roach tribe.

In recent years, Banbu had been running around and couldn't focus on growth at all. He needed to recuperate for a few years to make up for it, so he personally stationed himself at Cloud Mist Peak.

Brown Burr Peak, with the native Burr species and Iron Gall Burr as its core, developed a burr tree forest. This Brown Burr fellow had no experience and wasn't very bright, so Banbu often had to go over and guide his work.

Time flies, year after year.

Little Ant King Wedge Thorn advanced to a high-level warrior, and Banbu still needed to teach it how to arrange branch nests.

Exploding Ants are different from Big Head Ants. The most important thing in the development of Exploding Ant colonies is the division of nests.

Big Head Ants are omnivorous, eating meat, fruits, seeds, grass seeds, and anything else. Moreover, the size of the colony has never been large. The rice paddies managed by Red Rice alone produce enough rice each year to feed them, so there is no problem with food.

Exploding Ant colonies are large in scale, and the overall size of the soldier ants is quite large. They mainly eat meat and can only eat a moderate amount of high-sweetness fruits. As the Ant King's strength increases, the colony size increases dramatically. When the main nest reaches a certain number, it will divide into batches and occupy a wider territory, while dispersing and sharing the food pressure.

Dividing nests also has a benefit, which is to form the defense line that Banbu wants.

All ants have a "marching" instinct, which is especially strong in army ants, followed by powerful ants such as Exploding Ants. Among their ant colony divisions, there is a "Scout Soldier Ant" species. Scout Soldier Ants are slender, run fast, have keen vision and smell, and are quite intelligent, knowing how to act according to circumstances.

During wartime, the main role of Scout Soldier Ants is to be responsible for reconnaissance, doing some scouting work.

In ordinary times, Scout Soldier Ants are centered on the branch nest, scattered around, wandering around, patrolling the territory while locking on to prey. When the tribe needs food, the foraging Battle Soldier Ants will follow the signals left by the Scout Soldier Ants to encircle and hunt.

Therefore, as long as the location of the Exploding Ant branch nests is reasonably distributed, there is no need to deliberately guard against it. Once a beast warrior attempts to enter the territory of the Iron Saber or Brocade Screen Mountains from the east, it cannot escape the patrol of the Scout Soldier Ants.

Banbu planned for the branch nests to be distributed in an S shape, from the Iron Saber Mountains in the north to the Jin River in the south.

Usually, he would take Wedge Thorn out to inspect and familiarize himself with the terrain, and arrange the specific location of each branch nest in advance.

During this period, an incomprehensible accident occurred. The small worker ant that followed Wedge Thorn across the ocean had been busy working, but there was no sign of aging or death.

This small worker ant seemed to have lived for more than 5 years.

Wedge Thorn himself couldn't explain what was going on. There was no relevant record in his inherited memories.

Banbu had a whim and fed this small worker ant a serving of Queen Bee Honey (the amount needed to cultivate a Battle Bee). As a result, miraculously, this small worker ant showed signs of molting and evolving.

Its life level jumped from a "semi-Origin Force creature" to an "Origin Force creature", gaining the ability to evolve infinitely, but it was different from the Ant King, as it had no life sac, could not incubate life seeds, and did not have the ability to lay eggs.

Lotus Mist Ghost King and Hibiscus Butterfly King had been stationed at Li Bamboo Peak. Baba had been hiding in Snow Pear's cave pretending to be dead for several years, and there was no way to get Baba to help check the specific cause.

After this small worker ant molted and evolved once, not only did its size grow, but it also obviously gained independent consciousness and complete insectoid wisdom, possessing a complete soul and giving birth to mental power. This situation should belong to an independent intelligent life form, and Banbu named it "Red Flower."

The Red Flower County mentioned by Iron Gall Burr also cultivated and managed a cherry tree forest. Before obtaining the native Burr species, Red Flower Cherry was their iconic plant.

Red Flower County had long since disappeared. Naming it "Red Flower" was a commemoration of those roach ancestors, and there were also plans to open up a small-scale cherry blossom tree forest on Cloud Mist Peak in the future and hand it over to Wedge Thorn to manage.

… …

"This is the Jin River. South of the Jin River is the Flower Roach Kingdom, the territory of the Black and White Flower Roach Tribe, which is considered a good ally of ours. On the other side, specifically the Cliff Cypress Mountains, County Lord Flower Cypress comes to Li Bamboo Peak every year to purchase… …"

Banbu explained as he led Wedge Thorn along the way.

Oil Tea followed with little interest. Behind him, Red Flower trotted along happily. This little fellow was only a mid-level L2 warrior now, and his growth rate was a bit slow. He was a bit clumsy, like a tagalong, and liked to follow Wedge Thorn or Oil Tea. Without the two of them, he would become disoriented and at a loss.

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While explaining, Banbu suddenly raised his antennae and shook them gently, capturing a trace of radio waves: Banbu, the Red Crow Ghost King is visiting.

The information Holly Thorn was spreading was coming from a very distant direction.

"Oil Tea, pay attention and protect Wedge Thorn back to Cloud Mist Peak."

Banbu instructed, flapping his wings and taking off, while shaking his antennae to release a signal: Understood.

The Red Crow Ghost King would never and could never leave Red Crow Mountain easily.

Even Holly Thorn was sent out to find him. It must be quite urgent.

Banbu couldn't figure out what could be so urgent and hurried back to Li Bamboo Peak.

… …

Sea棠 Butterfly King followed. At this time, Crown Pear was taking it to visit its tree forest, as well as the Flame Crown Pear God-given seed sapling that had just been sown last spring.

Lakeside.

Under the Iron Gall Burr tree, the Red Crow Ghost King was communicating with the tree spirit.

"Red Crow Ghost King!" Banbu greeted as he landed.

The Red Crow Ghost King waved his antennae, pointed to the Iron Gall Burr God-given seed, and asked: "County Lord Banbu, aren't you planning to transport the remnants back as soon as possible to help it grow and recover?"

Banbu said: "There are too many remnants, and transporting them is too troublesome. Let's wait until the rail tracks are laid."

The Iron Gall Burr tree spirit said leisurely: "I just heard that it will take another ten years."

The progress of laying the rail tracks was much slower than previously expected. The main reason was that the Ghost Kings of Red Crow Mountain were not strong enough. After using their earth and stone abilities once, they had to run out of Dragon Bamboo Continent and return to Red Crow Mountain to recuperate for a while before they could continue a second time.

Banbu then changed his tone and said: "A new batch of Dragon Bamboo fruit is about to ripen, and I will be going to the Red Firm Continent soon. I can bring two warriors and spend more time transporting more remnants back."

"Move more," Iron Gall Burr emphasized.

In the distance, Green Bamboo was playing with a group of little warriors. The little fellows were all curiously looking this way.

After spending a long time together, they discovered that Iron Gall Burr wasn't nagging; it liked to communicate and chat, and especially liked to chat with the little warriors, talking about some irrelevant topics.

"Green Bamboo, bring them over to play under the tree," Banbu greeted, and said: "Red Crow Ghost King, let's go up the mountain to talk."