Astral Cockroach

The black bear's massive frame brought considerable pressure to Banbu.

“What do you want?” the black bear asked again.

Banbu introduced himself, “I am Banbu, of the Flower Mantis Kingdom, the Red Mantis Tribe, the Mountain Lord of Lizhu Peak in the Jinping Mountains.”

The black bear said, “I know you.”

“You know me?” Banbu asked, “Then what is your name?”

“Name?” The black bear said, “I don’t have a name.”

Banbu shook his antennae and asked, “Don't you beasts have inherited memories?”

“Inherited memories?” The black bear was puzzled for a moment, then shook his large head and said, “No. I was born and have lived here ever since, this is my territory.”

The black bear stretched out its claws, pointed to the wild God-given species, and said, “I discovered it, I planted it, it is mine, you can’t take it!”

“So you really planted this God-given species?” Banbu said, “I am a mantis of principle, don’t worry, I won’t take it. Our Red Mantis Tribe has life pouches and can nurture many, many of these origin power plants. We have endless origin power food, so there’s no need to take yours, right?”

“I know you, you’re right.” The black bear was slightly relieved and asked again, “Then what are you here for?”

Banbu said, “To make a friend.”

The black bear asked, “Friend?”

Banbu said, “Yes, a friend, where both sides trust each other and help each other. The mountain range is so large, do you have any friends?”

The black bear's wariness decreased, and it honestly replied, “I do.”

Damn, it really does?

Having a friend means there are other beast warriors nearby?!

Just how many beast warriors are hidden in the Jinping Mountains? Don't let another team like the clouded leopard show up one day.

Banbu was stern, and coaxed him, asking, “What is its name? Where does it live? Maybe I can become friends with it too.”

The black bear stretched out its bear paw, pointed in a direction, and said, “It lives in that mountain over there, I call it Big Head, it’s also an insect, but it doesn’t have the inherited memories you mentioned, and can’t nurture life seeds like you.”

Banbu asked, “Big Head? An insect? What insect? Which species?”

The black bear shook its head and said, “I don’t know.”

Banbu patiently said, “Can you describe its appearance and characteristics?”

The black bear scratched its head and struggled for a long time before saying, “It can give birth to many, many of its kind, and can command those of its kind. Big Head’s head isn’t big, but those of its kind that it gives birth to have particularly large heads, so I call it Big Head.”

Ants!

Banbu made an instant judgment, then became puzzled: How could ants not have inherited memories? How could it be said that they can’t nurture life seed plants?

The black bear asked, “Do you know what species it is?”

“An ant species.” Banbu said, “There are many ant species with big heads, I don’t know which species it belongs to specifically.”

The black bear thought for a while and said, “They like to collect plant seeds, they eat seeds, but they prefer to eat meat. Every time I hunt, I send some meat to Big Head, it likes it very much.”

“Big Head Harvester Ant!” Banbu was 100% certain. The inherited memories recorded that there were not many harvester ant species. Within the Flower Mantis Kingdom, there was only the Big Head Harvester Ant species. Adding the characteristic of a large head, it was easy to make a judgment.

Banbu said, “It is the Big Head Harvester Ant, a very weak ant species.”

Speaking of the Big Head Harvester Ant, Banbu couldn't help but recall his Big Head Harvester Ant neighbors when he had just become a Red Mantis Tribe warrior and lived under the Black Stone.

Cute, hardworking little fellows, I wonder how they are now.

“Big Head Harvester Ant? I knew it, it should be called Big Head.” The black bear pondered for a while and curiously asked, “Why can’t Big Head turn ordinary planting into this kind of plant, like you? You call it… nurturing a life seed?”

Banbu was equally puzzled about this and guessed, “Perhaps Big Head didn’t awaken its inherited memories for some reason?”

After Banbu finished speaking, he immediately overturned his guess and asked, “Do you know about nurturing life seeds?”

If they knew, if they had a crop pouch, then Big Head should be able to figure out how to use the life pouch to nurture life seeds. The method is very simple, just swallow seeds of the appropriate size into the abdomen and guide them into the life pouch.

The black bear said, “Big Head can command its kind, and can know many things without moving, so it knows you.”

The black bear stretched out its paw, pointed into the distance, and said, “You live on the largest mountain over there, you have many, many life seeds. There are also many powerful Red Mantis warriors there.”

They probably regard the branch of the Xun Grass God-given species as a separate life seed, so they think there are many.

“……” Banbu was speechless and dryly said, “That’s right, I have many life seeds.”

Insect species nurture life seeds, manage life seeds, and harvest origin power food, and grow by eating origin power food. It can be said that this is a very ideal, very comfortable, and almost perfect growth model.

The only flaw is that because the life seed plants are rooted in the soil, the territory is fixed and cannot be easily moved, becoming a stationary target.

The tall and majestic Lizhu Peak, with its abundant origin power, attracts the attention of many beast warriors, which is normal.

It is also normal for the existence of Banbu to be known by beast warriors.

Banbu's understanding of the beast warriors within his jurisdiction in the Jinping Mountains is almost non-existent.

There's no way, the land is too vast, the terrain is complex, and the beast warriors are not bound by origin power plants. They can stay in one place for a few days, and if they feel uncomfortable or unsafe, they can change places at any time, living a nomadic life and being difficult to figure out.

This is also one of the reasons why County Princess Chi Jian is unwilling to easily mobilize the entire tribe to clear out the Jinping Mountains.

It is difficult to completely clear them out. In case a blood feud is formed and certain beast warriors are angered, Lizhu Peak, or even the Iron Saber Mountains, may suffer intentional retaliation.

The most fearful thing is that beast warriors break into the territory and destroy the life seed plants. That loss would not be worth it.

Banbu said, “It’s not easy for everyone to survive. As long as you don’t rob our insect territories, we won’t harm you.”

The black bear stuttered, “No, I won’t, it’s them who rob.”

“Them?” Banbu asked, “Are you talking about the clouded leopard warriors? The clouded leopard that was just killed?”

“Clouded leopard? Clouded leopard warriors?” The black bear pondered for a moment, understood Banbu's meaning, and said, “Yes, they are clouded leopards.”

It really doesn't have inherited memories, it doesn't even recognize common species, I'm afraid it doesn't even know what species it belongs to.

Banbu pointed at the black bear with his antennae and said, “You are a black bear tribe, you are not an ordinary black bear, you are a black bear warrior.”

Banbu then pointed to the wild God-given species and said, “God-given species, a God-given species that has not been nurtured by a life pouch, it is a juniper tree.”

The black bear nodded vigorously, pointed to itself and said, “Black bear warrior!”

Pointed to the wild God-given species and said, “God-given species, juniper tree.”

Pointed to Banbu and said, “Red Mantis warrior, Banbu.”

Banbu said, “That’s right, my name is Banbu, Banbu is a kind of plant. You should also have a name.”

“Plant, name.” The black bear scratched its head, pointed to the God-given species, then pointed to itself, and asked, “Then should I be called Juniper?”

Banbu said, “No, we already have a warrior in the Red Mantis Tribe named Juniper, it’s best not to repeat names, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish.”

The black bear pointed to a tree again and asked, “Banbu, what is this?”

Banbu said, “This is a Chinese arborvitae tree.”

The black bear said, “Then my name will be Arborvitae.”

“The name Arborvitae doesn’t sound good.” Banbu said, “You are a beast, you don’t necessarily have to use a plant name, you can be called Big Bear, it sounds mighty and imposing, a name that suits you very well.”

“Big Bear, Big Head.” The black bear tilted its head and pondered, nodded and said, “Banbu, you are really amazing, then my name will be Big Bear.”

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