Astral Cockroach

Bamboo rat warriors were timid and cautious, extremely sensitive, and able to sense Hei Sang's goodwill, so they were close to and trusted Hei Sang.

Banbu had been pondering how to improve their relationship and trick them into going to his Jinping Mountains to help find the original mineral veins.

He never expected that the Rat King would take the initiative to come to his door.

Banbu was unwilling to agree so readily.

"Rat King, you want to go to my Jinping Mountains to find mineral veins?"

The Rat King corrected him: "Banbu, it's to help you find mineral veins."

Banbu asked: "Do the mineral veins we find all belong to me?"

The Rat King said: "Of course, the mineral veins we find belong to you. We can also help with mining. The raw stones all belong to you, and you only need to pay a portion of primal force food as a reward."

Banbu said: "The greatest possibility is that we won't find anything."

The Rat King said: "You also need to pay some primal force food as a reward."

Banbu fell silent.

These bamboo rat warriors were penniless and had no capital to bargain with him.

The problem was that Banbu was also very poor. His lifeblood had not yet developed, and he couldn't even achieve self-sufficiency. He simply couldn't afford to support seven bamboo rat warriors.

Moreover, finding mineral veins was not a matter of a day or two, or a month or two. With a bit of bad luck, it could take years. And it was a risky investment, with a high probability of losing everything.

Of course, once found, Banbu, as the investor, could become rich overnight and reach the peak of his insect life.

After thinking it over, Banbu said truthfully: "Rat King, I can't afford to hire you now with enough primal force food, but I will be able to in the future."

The Rat King said: "I have observed the growth of your Red Cockroach Tribe warriors. I'm referring to the future. Actually, the time won't be too long, right?"

"We have a relatively complete understanding of bamboo species, Banbu. We can live in the bamboo forest first and help you find bamboo species. As a condition, you need to do your best to cultivate a vast bamboo forest for our tribe to survive in."

"Once you become a high-level warrior, we can consider moving to the Jinping Mountains, right?"

Communicating with truly intelligent life was indeed easier.

Banbu said: "That's right, about a year from now, but you need to wait about two years. Rat King, don't think the time is too long. During this time, I will find a way to get a batch of primal force food to help you grow."

The Rat King readily agreed: "Two years is not a long time. I can sense that my life is still far from aging. It's good that you agree. You, like Hei Sang, don't have that strong hostility towards us beast warriors. This is rare in the Red Cockroach Tribe. I look forward to cooperating with you."

Banbu asked: "Are you bamboo rat warriors naturally extremely sensitive?"

The Rat King said: "That's right, especially sensitive to mental power. During communication, we can distinguish subtle emotional fluctuations. We are also very sensitive to primal force, especially primal stones. We can sense the primal stones hidden deep in the stone layers."

Banbu had witnessed the bamboo rat warriors' keen perception of mental power and was not surprised.

Having a special perception of primal stones was amazing!

Mental power detection was easily blocked, especially by hard rock layers.

Banbu looked around and asked: "Using this mountain rock structure as an example, how deep in the rock layer can you sense the existence of primal stones?"

The Rat King moved his body, measured the distance, and pointed to the stone wall, saying: "From here to the stone wall, about this deep."

The distance pointed out by the Rat King was about 1500 or so.

Banbu was secretly amazed. He focused his mental power into a beam and probed into the ground. He also possessed a soul strength no less than that of a high-level warrior and had absorbed metal cores, so his mental power quality was high, but he could only penetrate about 100 into the rock layer.

What an exaggerated talent!

Ma Zhu also moved his body, pointed to the stone wall, and said: "I can only sense this far."

The distance pointed out by Ma Zhu was about 500 or so, far worse than the Rat King.

It could be seen that their talent for surveying primal stone mineral veins improved with evolution and growth.

"Ma Zhu, you are also very powerful!" Banbu praised him and then asked: "Do you also have a keen sense of other types of primal force, such as the primal force contained in primal force food?"

The Rat King said: "Yes, but not as sensitive as to primal stones."

Banbu took out a cypress seed, peeled it open, took out a cypress kernel, and asked: "Just this one, without being blocked by rocks, Rat King, how far away can you sense its existence?"

The Rat King said: "Without being blocked by rocks, it can be very far, very far."

Banbu asked: "How far?"

The Rat King pondered for a moment, went into the passage, stretched out his claws and pointed remotely, saying: "From here to the stone wall that far."

This time the distance pointed out was about 5000 or so.

Not too far, Banbu spread out his mental power, and the range covered was about the same distance. Moreover, with each evolution and growth, and constantly absorbing the mental power emitted by the metal core, he would definitely surpass the Rat King in the future.

Banbu was slightly disappointed, his heart moved, and he asked: "Using mental power?"

The Rat King said: "No need to use mental power. Once we enter a certain range, we can discover its existence."

Using mental power for a long time would lead to soul fatigue and must be restored through hibernation. The bamboo rat warriors actually didn't need to use mental power to sense the subtle fluctuations of primal force…

"That's amazing…" Banbu pondered slightly and said: "Rat King, I also look forward to cooperating with you."

The Rat King said: "According to Hei Sang, the God-given Seed contains primal force, Banbu. You are also planning to let us help you find the God-given Seed, right? You only need to pay a small amount of primal force food, and we will not disappoint you."

Banbu simply poured the cypress seeds in the snakeskin bag on the ground and said: "A parting gift. In the coming year, I hope you can help me find the bamboo species I need. Also, you can look for the God-given Seed along the way."

"If the God-given Seed falls into your beast warriors' hands, planting and cultivating it might not be as profitable as an ordinary lifeblood. Only after being nurtured by our insect warriors' life sacs can it exert its value."

The Rat King said: "I understand. I have seen the ordinary lifeblood and the God-given Seed in the Goat Hoof Mountains and know the difference between them."

"It's good that you understand. If you find the God-given Seed, give it to me. I will be responsible for nurturing it with my life sac, planting it, and cultivating it. You can take 10% of the future income."

Banbu explained in detail:

"Cultivating the God-given Seed requires frequent weeding, loosening the soil, watering, and fertilizing. During the fruit ripening season, a large amount of primal stone must be invested to ensure quality. I will be responsible for all of this. You don't need to worry about it. For every 10 primal force fruits produced, you can get 1 fruit."

The Rat King did not immediately agree or deny, saying: "The God-given Seed is too rare. Let's talk about it after we find it."

"That's right. So many warriors in our Red Cockroach Tribe spend a lot of time searching every year, but very few are actually found. Finding the God-given Seed depends entirely on luck. Let's talk about it after we find it."

Banbu waved his antennae and said:

"I should go back. Let's meet again next autumn."