Astral Cockroach

Star Shuttle Dojo Ruins.

Medical Building, Origin Power Chamber.

"Baba, 100 Origin Power Crystals."

"100 crystals? The chamber's space is limited. The maximum is only 60 Origin Power Crystals. 1 cubic meter of space, 1 Origin Power Crystal..."

The room's dimensions are 4 meters wide, 5 meters long, and 3 meters high, totaling 60 cubic meters.

"Then 60 it is. Anyway, maintain the highest Origin Power concentration for me."

"Okay!"

Baba began using her authority to manipulate the electronic equipment.

Soon, dense Origin Power permeated outwards from the chamber walls.

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Banbu opened his mouth, and a dark brown round bead, slightly larger than a pea, floated out. With a thought, the bead's color changed to mixed white, hovering in the air, slowly rotating, and absorbing the Origin Power within the chamber.

"Oh, it's grown a little again?" Baba scanned and checked, then said, "The material composition has undergone subtle changes."

Banbu said gloomily, "This thing is not only troublesome to grow, but it's also limited by my strength. It's almost reached its limit... It's very weak and doesn't currently possess any combat capability."

The most troublesome thing is the growth of the Life Sac space. The Life Sac also needs to absorb natural Origin Power, but the absorption rate is slow, and the growth rate is extremely slow. A high concentration of Origin Power environment has a slight promoting effect, but the effect isn't very significant.

It seems there must be an accumulation of time.

Or perhaps, it lacks some kind of key external force.

Banbu also had a feeling that the growth of the Life Sac space was being suppressed by some invisible force.

Baba couldn't help at all with the "Life Sac" and "Natal Weapon". The database couldn't find any relevant or similar information. She had been helping to monitor the changes, and after much deliberation, she had come up with many bad ideas, but not a single truly feasible suggestion.

Banbu had specifically consulted with the Thunder Bamboo Ghost King. Their experience was to maintain abundant natural Origin Power and grow slowly. As strength increased, the awakened "Ancestral Divine Power" would become stronger.

The natural Origin Power of Li Bamboo Peak couldn't compare to Crimson Crow Mountain.

The Star Shuttle Dojo Ruins and the Origin Power Chamber were a very good choice.

In practice, it did have a tiny bit of effect.

One month later.

The Natal Weapon had grown from 7 millimeters in diameter to about 7.5 millimeters. This speed was about 5 times faster than at Li Bamboo Peak.

The Life Sac space had grown from the original 20 centimeters in length to 21 centimeters, which was also not bad.

What was needed was the concentration of Origin Power. In fact, the Origin Power consumption wasn't particularly large. Baba released the Origin Power of 60 Origin Power Crystals, but the actual consumption was less than 2 crystals.

"Baba, let's go check on King Rat's excavation progress."

"Okay."

Baba scanned the instrument behind the door.

The dense Origin Power filling the room re-integrated into the walls and was recovered by the Origin Power supply equipment. The chamber's design ensured no waste.

A "ding" sound reminded them that the door lock was open.

Banbu activated his metal ability, and the door opened.

… …

The excavation progress was not satisfactory. In a whole month, they had only dug forward about 100 meters.

King Rat was doing okay.

Bai Zhu, the L3 Princess, was a bit lacking.

Little Bai Zhu was also brought along. Being a newly promoted L1 Princess, her claws weren't sharp enough, and she couldn't dig. Banbu used his metal ability to make her a flatbed cart to help transport the rubble outwards.

At this rate, they would dig about 1.2 kilometers in 1 year, and it would take 3 years to approach the central area.

He entered the martial arts practice square, an open space, to check the situation.

Hui Tao, Dong Zhu, Jian Zhu, and Nightingale, four small warriors, remained in the canyon, specifically responsible for feeding and nurturing ordinary small cockroaches.

Jian Zhu and Nightingale were responsible for the ground.

Hui Tao and Dong Zhu were responsible for underground.

Currently, the number of ordinary small cockroaches had reached over 2 million.

Upon discovering Banbu's arrival, Dong Zhu rushed forward to report, "Banbu, half a month ago, Yun Zhu sent a message that she discovered the territory of a large tribe. This tribe cultivates maple trees and discovered a fragment of a divine-grade maple tree, which is a rare wind-element enhancement."

Hui Tao followed and ran forward, asking, "Banbu, should our Li Bamboo County also open up a maple tree sea?"

Banbu asked, "How is the fragment preserved?"

Dong Zhu replied, "Due to the climate, there is a lot of rain and moisture, causing severe corrosion."

"Wind element..." Banbu shook his antennae and said, "If any of the small warriors like maple trees, they can plant some appropriately, but there's no need to open up a tree sea."

Banbu waved his antennae and said, "Dig out the thing first and transport it to the Hainan port, stockpile it, and notify the warriors of Crimson Crow Mountain and Autumn Maple County to make a return trip in 3 years."

He drilled out of the underground and foraged in the jungle.

After eating and drinking his fill, he returned underground, had Baba scan and check again to confirm that King Rat and Bai Zhu's excavation work was safe, and entered the Origin Power Chamber to continue absorbing Origin Power.

One year later.

The Natal Weapon had reached 1.3 centimeters in diameter and had reached its limit, unable to continue growing.

The Life Sac space, however, continued to grow little by little over time.

Following Baba's guidance, King Rat and Bai Zhu excavated a 1.2-kilometer-long tunnel towards the center of the ruins.

They had now reached the middle layer area. Continuing forward could be dangerous.

Baba had to stay by their side at all times, scanning and checking every 3 meters they dug forward.

Banbu also followed, just in case.

Sure enough, when they dug to a depth of 1.5 kilometers, they encountered the first defensive barrier, which should have been an energy shield, but because the dojo's energy system had run out of fuel, the shield had automatically shut down.

Nearby, a large number of alarms and defensive weapons were also deployed, with backup energy, still in operation.

Banbu used the method of throwing food to lure small cockroaches into the forbidden area and spent a lot of effort to deal with it.

Continuing forward, at 2.5 kilometers and 3.5 kilometers, they encountered two more obstacles respectively.

Further ahead was the octagonal central area surrounded by sixteen small buildings, the core area where only Dominator Realm experts who inherited the dojo were qualified to reside.

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Digging sideways, they quickly broke through, only to find that the buildings were made of wood, and only ordinary wood. The passage of time was too long, and the wooden walls had petrified.

The furnishings inside the rooms were extremely simple, only the most ordinary daily necessities, without even simple cultivation aids and facilities.

The most frustrating thing was that due to the passage of too much time, everything would shatter at the slightest touch. After a few simple tosses, the entire building collapsed.

"These Dominator Realm martial artists really lived a frugal life... There's something wrong with them!"

"Baba, are the other residential buildings like this?" Shaking off the dust, Banbu asked.

"Probably, I haven't been inside. The Star Shuttle Dojo advocates natural antiquity, pure and simple, they're all annoying old fogeys." Baba said, "Continue digging forward. In the center, there is also a single-story round building, the inheritance forbidden area, built entirely of pure metal machinery, where the dojo master sits all year round. It is suspected that there is an underground secret chamber, and important things are hidden there."

"On the left side of the gate, about 100 meters away, is planted the divine-grade God-bestowed Seed called 'Star Shuttle'. However, since the dojo's martial artists are all gone, I guess it's gone too."

Banbu asked, "How far is it from the gate?"

Baba replied, "Not far, about 240 meters."

Banbu asked, "Continue digging? Is there any danger?"

Baba answered impatiently, "There is no danger, not even any electronic equipment."

"Have you been there?" Concerned about his life, Banbu didn't dare to be negligent.

"I once followed Fei Lin to visit Master Bi, an annoying old man. The most annoying thing is that they also set up a special energy field to suppress electronic life." Baba's tone began to turn nasty.

"Oh..."

Banbu no longer asked more questions, waved his antennae, and ordered, "King Rat, Bai Zhu, Little Bai Zhu, keep digging!"

Following the path pointed out by Baba, they quickly dug to the gate.

Two metal doors, 8 meters high.

There was no door lock.

Banbu manipulated it with his metal ability, and the door slowly opened with a series of clanging mechanical rotations.

Looking inside, Banbu was first startled.

In the spacious hall, in the central position, a human martial artist wearing cyan-bottomed, black-patterned armor was sitting cross-legged.

The lowered head slowly lifted, and two pupils suddenly burst out with a faint cyan light.

"A God Race!"

"And a Beast Race!"

"Damn little bug! You have trespassed into the Human Race's inheritance forbidden area! This is not where you should be..."

Mental power transmitted information!

Alive!

The one sitting cross-legged must be Bi, the master of the Star Shuttle Dojo.

Awakening from the slumber of countless years, his thinking was still a bit stiff, and his mental power also seemed weak and feeble.

With a "clang", the metal door closed.

"Baba, what the hell is that thing? It's alive!" Banbu shouted in horror.

"I I I... How would I know?" Baba also panicked.

"Bai Zhu, you idiot, what are you standing there for? Run!"

King Rat took the lead, and had already run out of sight along the tunnel.

Little Bai Zhu was also quick to react, pulled Bai Zhu, and followed, disappearing.

Banbu grabbed Baba, turned around to escape, but the fool Bai Zhu stood there motionless, blocking the way.

"Escape?"

"Squeak! Escape!"

Bai Zhu screamed and turned to run wildly.