Astral Cockroach

Baba led Banbu to a smooth stone wall.

"Banbu, the door is behind here."

"Baba, has your scanning function recovered?"

"Of course."

"Is there no defense system at the entrance?"

"Not in front of the door, but behind it."

"Are the buildings all well-preserved? Was there no fighting?"

"That's what I can't understand either."

Banbu was still uneasy and said, "We're already down here, no need to rush, let's take our time."

… …

The dojo concerns the inheritance of martial arts secrets, so various defense systems must be densely distributed, and any one of them could be fatal.

Banbu didn't dare to be hasty.

The solution was simple: first, use metal wire to connect a bridge that sloped from the crack to the ground of the plaza.

Rat Overlord, Baizhu, Huitao, and Dongzhu could freely go up and down.

Dongzhu and Huitao would slowly guide all the ordinary little cockroaches into the martial arts plaza.

Then, they would harvest and collect dry grass and branches from the ground, hunt large beasts, and transport them down as food.

Using food as bait, they spent some effort to gather the ordinary cockroaches on a large scale near the entrance, the "gate," of the dojo ruins.

Only then did Banbu begin to act.

From a distance, Rat Overlord and Baizhu worked together to use their earth and stone abilities to peel off layers of rock, revealing the transparent glass door behind.

Baba approached, and the door automatically opened to both sides.

Ahead was a spacious hall.

Banbu threw a piece of beast meat inside, and the ordinary little cockroaches guarding nearby swarmed forward.

Dark red light swept across, and in an instant, thousands of ordinary little cockroaches turned to ashes.

However, the backup energy was only enough to support a thousand attacks.

More ordinary little cockroaches successfully rushed towards the food,争搶啃 食.

Banbu waved his antennae to test, but there was no reaction. He cautiously used his antennae to probe, and still did not trigger the defense system.

The method was feasible!

Baba impatiently said, "Stop testing, the backup energy is exhausted, let's move on to the next door." After saying that, she flew to the left side of the hall.

The glass door on the left automatically opened.

Baba introduced, "This side is the medical area. There's only a simple defense system behind the door, and the rest of the area is safe. At the end of the corridor, break through the wall, and you'll exit this building. Going straight ahead, about 50 meters away, the next building is a supermarket, selling both daily necessities and cultivation items. The warehouse there should store a lot of Origin Power food."

After speaking, she turned to the right side and scanned to identify her identity, but there was no response.

Baba said, "This side is another exit passage. Going out from here, there's a road leading to the central area, but I don't have permission to pass."

Banbu stepped forward and threw a piece of beast meat inside the door on the left.

Immediately, a large number of ordinary little cockroaches scrambled forward.

A burst of dark red light flashed, and the defense system's backup energy was exhausted.

"It's okay now." Baba took the lead and rushed over, quickly returning to introduce, "If I remember correctly, the medical room corridor is clear all the way through, with no other defenses. However, the alloy walls need your metal ability to break through, Banbu. The back should be blocked by rocks, so Rat Overlord and Baizhu will have to dig through."

Concerning his little life, Banbu seemed relatively conservative. First, he threw a piece of beast meat deep into the corridor, first letting the ordinary little cockroaches scout the way, confirming that there were no other defenses, and then cautiously moved forward.

He went straight to the wall at the end of the corridor, and with an eruption of metal ability, he cut the wall, breaking open a square opening 2 meters wide.

Baba's guess was correct. Outside the building should have originally been open-air lawns, groves, or roads, but now it was completely blocked by rocks.

Rat Overlord and Baizhu began to work, needing to dig a 50-meter-long passage to reach the next building.

Banbu observed for a while, completely relieved, and asked, "Baba, how many buildings are there in the dojo in total? Where are the valuable things located?"

Baba said, "The Piercing Star Dojo consists of a large number of two-story villa buildings. Each martial artist can live in a separate villa, and there are other public places for living and cultivation. The specific number exceeds 1,000.

"The overall layout is octagonal, with shaded paths in the middle and quaint and elegant garden landscapes. These are safe paths that everyone can pass through. The outermost layer is temporary villas for guests; the middle layer is the residential area for ordinary martial artists of the dojo; the dojo master, important members, and important things are all in the central area."

"The truly valuable things are definitely hidden in the central area, and that divine-grade God-given Seed called 'Piercing Star' is also planted there."

Banbu asked, "Are there any other dangers?"

Baba said, "Each residential villa has a simple defense system at the entrance. The ordinary roads are not defended. However, near the center, you need to pass through several important checkpoints. Don't worry, I've been there with Philin, and I know the specific paths and detailed locations and distances, so there won't be any problems."

"Hopefully." Banbu looked around and shook his antennae, saying, "Caution is paramount."

"Cowardly as a rat." Baba said disdainfully, flying to a medical room door and saying, "Banbu, open the door."

Banbu stepped forward and looked at the doorplate: Origin Power - 101

Easy to understand, after martial artists consume Origin Power in the martial arts arena, this is the Origin Power secret room for quickly replenishing and restoring Origin Power.

It was a sliding door. Baba had the permission to open the door, but it didn't open and close automatically. There was also a handle corresponding to a simple mechanical mechanism. You had to twist the handle by hand to open the door.

Banbu used his metal ability to open the door, and squeezed in sideways with great effort.

The room was empty. A bed was placed in the corner, and a meditation cushion was in the middle.

Martial artists could lie on the bed to recover, or they could sit cross-legged on the cushion to recover.

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Upon closer inspection, due to the long time, the seemingly intact cushion and mattress sheet turned to dust upon slight contact. However, the room frame and the metal products in the room used the most top-notch materials, and after countless years, they were as good as new.

"Banbu, look, it's so strange, it can still be used!" Baba scanned the instrument behind the door and asked, "How much Origin Power is needed?"

Banbu said, "10 units."

"Okay." Baba agreed.

Immediately, the walls of the room began to quickly seep Origin Power, and then stopped, and the Origin Power concentration in the room soared.

The total amount of Origin Power that seeped out was exactly equivalent to the amount of 10 Origin Power crystals.

Banbu had just used a lot of metal ability and consumed a lot of energy. The supernatural patterns in the first heart position entered a crazy absorption mode, and the Origin Power concentration in the room quickly dropped.

Baba said, "The Origin Power supply system also has a backup energy system, which can still be used now. However, there shouldn't be much backup energy left, so don't mess around with it, it can be used at critical moments."

"Each residential villa has a similar cultivation room for supplying Origin Power. It is very likely that the earthquake caused a problem with the instruments in a certain room, so it has been slowly leaking Origin Power outwards."

"Understood." Banbu asked, "Baba, how much Origin Power can be stored in those large devices you mentioned?"

"That's not certain." Baba said, "Theoretically speaking, the capacity of that kind of storage instrument can reach 100 teras. After completely occupying them, corresponding instruments are arranged to extract the Origin Power of a certain star field."

"100 teras… Origin Power crystals? A star field…" The Hoss family to which Banbu belonged in his previous life could only be considered a small family. He was ignorant and ill-informed, and this was the first time he had heard that the human race also had such a large-capacity Origin Power device.

Baba said, "The manufacturing technology for this kind of storage device is not difficult, but the manufacturing materials are expensive. Only places like inheritance dojos are so extravagant. Other places in the Federation rarely use this type of equipment."

Banbu asked, "Don't you have to pay for using Origin Power?"

Baba said, "No, Origin Power is supplied for free."

Banbu pointed his antennae to the direction of the "supermarket" building next door and asked, "What about buying things? Free?"

"You wish." Baba said, "The first floor sells ordinary daily necessities, which are privately owned, related households, and sell several times more expensive than other places. The second floor is all high-quality Origin Power food. Management is very strict. Not only do you need to spend money, but you also need corresponding merit points to be eligible to buy."

"Understood." Banbu asked, "Baba, how many permanent residents are there in the dojo? Besides the advanced martial artists who come to receive inheritance, there should also be related service personnel, right?"

Baba calculated slightly and said, "The Piercing Star Dojo should have more than 500 permanent martial artists, but less than 1,000. The number of related personnel serving these martial artists must exceed 1,000. So, the entire dojo has about 1.5 to 2 thousand people."

Banbu said, "Baba, there should be corresponding personnel on duty in the infirmary from time to time, right? Let's go take a look."

"Okay." Baba agreed.

Baba used her authority to open the door.

Banbu opened and checked each room one by one.

There were no remains of any human corpses, nor were there any traces of battle.

All kinds of items in the medical room were complete and naturally placed there.

It was as if, suddenly, the humans in the dojo all disappeared silently.

Baba analyzed, "It should be some incredible and powerful supernatural power that instantly wiped out all the humans on the entire planet."

Banbu asked, "What about the corpses? There should be some traces left, right?"

Baba asked, "Eaten? I see you insects eat everything."

"Impossible!" Banbu said, "Martial artists all have armor and weapons, what about the armor remains? Were they also eaten?"

"That's right!" Baba said, "Then they should have been captured… It's impossible that they all escaped, right?"