Astral Sand Locust

Upon reaching the ridge, both the sand locust and the bean tree noticed the change in the bean tree's life below: the color of the pods on the tree had changed from bluish-green to brownish-red.

This is a sign that the color has matured.

"Mudou!"

"I saw it!"

"The fruit of the Bean Seedling is almost ripe!"

"Yes! I saw it!"

"Let's go take a look!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

"..."

The sand locust tree kicked off and took off, gliding rapidly.

Mudou, carrying a bundle of sea buckthorn branches ten times its own size, raced down the mountain ridge.

The sand locust tree was the first to arrive at the base of the tree. After taking a look, it took off again, returned to its cave, grabbed two raw stones, and went back to the base of the tree.

The sharp, blade-like toes scrape away at the raw stone, slowly releasing the Force.

The pods are changing color, and the fruit will soon be ripe for harvest.

During the color-changing stage, the peas inside the pods need to absorb a large amount of Force to complete their final qualitative change. Using Primal Stones during this period can both accelerate ripening and effectively improve the quality of the peas.

Mu Dou arrived a step too late, and with a quick scan using his spiritual power, he immediately understood the situation.

"Sand locust! Sand locust! Go dig a hole and plant a tree. I'll replenish the primal force for Mu Dou's seed."

Mu Dou was overjoyed. She quickly removed the branches from her back, waved her antennae to drive away the sand acacia, and took the raw stone to scrape it.

"Well... I'll take a break."

The sand locust was speechless. After resting under the bean-shaped tree for a while, it went to take another look at its own sand locust tree.

Then I strolled around and examined the Golden Tortoise God-given Seed, the White Thorn Life Seed, and the Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar God-given Seed in turn.

Finally, we went to the planned woodland to dig holes and plant the newly brought-back sea buckthorn branches.

...

Last year, 10 drought-resistant plant species were selected and 1000 cuttings were taken. About half of them, approximately 500 cuttings, survived.

As usual this year, the plan is to propagate 100 cuttings of each of these 10 high-quality drought-resistant plants that are not found near the territory, for a total of 1000 plants.

Then, collect various easy-to-grow plant cuttings near the territory, learning from last year's lessons, focusing on various succulents, as these have the highest survival rate.

...

"Sand locust! Sand locust!"

As the sand locust tree was concentrating on digging a hole, the bean tree, carrying two bean pods that were over twenty centimeters long, came bobbing over.

"The Bean Seedlings are ripe! Have a taste!"

"……good!"

The sand locust retreated backward from the burrow, turned around, raised its paw, and took the bean pod that Mu Dou handed it to.

The shell is jet black, and inside are black beans with wrinkled skins and short white stripes along the wrinkles.

A powerful and robust system of original energy.

Foods that specifically enhance strength.

According to convention, it should be called "Muzuko".

In fact, before this, Sha Huai and Mu Dou had only eaten two kinds of Force food: white thorn to enhance vitality and divine golden beetle to enhance shell.

Beans are the third type of Force food produced in the territory.

He picked a locust seed with the tip of his toe, brought it to his mouth, and slowly nibbled, chewed, and swallowed it.

It tastes like raw beans, is slightly bitter, and is highly poisonous.

This level of toxin can easily kill almost any ordinary creature, but it cannot harm Zerg warriors.

The primal force is rich and concentrated, and it is easily absorbed after entering the stomach. It circulates throughout the body with the blood, permeates and integrates into the body, and transforms into physical enhancement and increased strength.

The seeding of the Bean Life is only at the initial stage of primal force life, and the Bean Seeds produced are only at the initial level.

The energy concentration is low, resulting in a weaker enhancement effect.

Five beans per pod.

The sand locust tree ate one after another in one go, and then quickly grabbed another one from the shepherd's paw and ate it.

It smacked its lips, licked the bristles on the tarsi of its forelegs, and buried its head in grooming its antennae.

"How's the sand locust tree?"

"It's alright. The enhancement effect is fine, it's just that the level is a bit low."

"I know. Sand locust, have you noticed? The fruits of the Bean Seedlings are starting to ripen and be harvested, but there are no new flower buds..."

"This means that the Mudou Life Seed is accumulating energy and is about to break through to the intermediate level."

Sha Huai had long been aware of this problem and planned to allocate the 1 point of divine power produced by the divine country in 11 days to Mu Dou Ming Zhong to help it accelerate its breakthrough.

At that time, we can verify one question: [Will advancing the evolution level of Destiny Plants from the beginner to the intermediate level accelerate the production rate of Divine Power in the Divine Kingdom?]

This is crucial!

Mu Dou muttered, "The inherited memories say that ordinary life seeds need to grow for 3 years to advance to the intermediate level. My Mu Dou life seed has only been growing for 2 years~"

Sha Huai said, "Perhaps it is the protection of the true god of nature that has bestowed divine power, accelerating the growth of the Mu Dou life seed and my Sha Huai life seed."

Mu Dou nodded seriously and said, "That's how it is!"

Sha Huai quickly changed the subject, saying, "Mu Dou, although we have the protection of the True God of Nature, we still don't have enough primal energy food. Let's concentrate our resources; you evolve first. I'm not in a hurry. I need to find a divinely bestowed seed with compatible attributes to use as my life seed before evolving."

"oh--"

Mu Dou asked, "So, I ate all the ripe Mu Dou beans myself?"

The sand locust tree gently touched its antennae.

...

The pods of the Mudou seedlings are gradually ripening and being harvested.

The quantity is small and the quality is low. Mudan is eaten one at a time when it is ripe, so it is picked and eaten on the spot, saving the work of drying and storing.

It took five days to finish eating everything.

Mu Dou and Sha Huai packed up and set off to collect branches and transport them back to their territory for propagation.

Six days later,

field,

An unnamed, desolate mountain.

After a busy day, it's late at night and time to rest.

As usual, Sha Huai turned on the blue screen to check.

[Divine Power: 1/100]

Without much thought, Sha Huai opened the top-down map, locked onto the Mu Dou life seed, manipulated it with his mind, gathered and poured in divine power, and completed the task instantly.

The bean seed immediately entered a rapid growth mode.

...

The following evening

When Mu Dou dragged the heavy branches of the fake Bauhinia tree and struggled to climb the mountain, her attention was instantly drawn to the Mu Dou seed when she stood on the ridge and looked out.

Three days ago, when it left the territory, the life seed was only a little over 15 meters tall.

How did it suddenly grow so much taller?

17 meters?

It's not just the height of the tree that has increased, but also the overall size of the tree.

Mu Dou was dumbfounded.

"Wow!"

"What happened?"

"What's the deal with the 'Bean Seed'?"

The sand locust tree feigned shock, roused its spiritual energy, let out a cry of surprise and joy, flapped its wings and took flight, gliding swiftly down the mountain.

"oh--"

Mu Dou snapped out of her daze and gave chase.

……

In just one night and one day,

The Bean Seed consumed 1 point of divine power to complete its rapid growth.

However, it also overdraws the biological energy and nutrients stored in the branches and trunks, and the primal energy is also excessively consumed.

The entire tree entered a state of rapid recovery, a state of ultra-high-efficiency photosynthesis, and at the same time, it was frantically drawing on the surrounding natural primal force to synthesize and replenish primal energy substances for the newly grown branches.

—From now on, it's best to use divine power when there are insects protecting you, and at the same time use primal stones to replenish your primal power.

Sha Huai, having learned the inside story, pondered silently for a moment before urgently retrieving the raw stones one by one from the cave and handing them over to Mu Dou.

Mu Dou stood guard under the tree, its forelegs rapidly cutting through the raw stone, scraping off layers of crystal powder and releasing its primal force at a steady pace.

The two insects worked until midnight, and only when they saw that the rate at which the Bean Seedling absorbed the Force had slowed down did they feel a little relieved and rest on the spot.

Staying in the territory, during the day they continue digging holes and making holes to complete the cutting work, while closely monitoring the status of the bean seedlings.

The growth and evolution of Force Plants are directly linked to their tree size.

The current size of the Mudou species' tree body has already exceeded the requirements of the intermediate level of evolution.

They urgently need raw stones to replenish their original power and accumulate energy for a breakthrough.

Breakthroughs in the evolution of life-sustaining plants are major events in the life of insects.

The sand locust and the succulent plant have suspended their long journey and instead collected various succulent cuttings for transplanting nearby, while also taking care of the succulent plant.

daytime,

After working for a while, the sand locust would fly over and replenish its primal energy with two primal stones.

After working for a while, the sand locust flies over again and replenishes its primal energy with raw stones.

at night,

The sand locust and the pea bean take turns working through the night, replenishing the primal force every now and then.

With meticulous care, the new leaves of the Mudou seedling quickly become dark green and thick, the new branches quickly harden into wood, and the primordial substances, nutrients, and bioenergy accumulate rapidly.

It took only five days for it to recover from the weakness caused by rapid growth.

Five days later,

Midnight,

Planting beans under the tree

The locust tree rests first.

Mu Dou guarded it.

Due to the influence of nature, Mu Dou's soul suddenly jumped, paused for a moment, straightened its front legs, looked up at the big tree in front of it, and then excitedly jumped up and down.

"Sand locust! Sand locust!"

"Shahuai, wake up!"

"?"

"The Mother Bean's destiny is about to break through!"

"Crack—"

Sha Huai's hazy consciousness instantly cleared, and all sleepiness vanished.

He cautiously extended his spiritual power, calmed his mind, and carefully sensed the surroundings.

That's right!

At the heart of the tree, about a meter above the ground, the primal force and life force converge and condense, brewing a life fusion.

Without a word, Mu Dou, with a raw stone embedded in its jaws, rapidly sliced ​​with the tips of its two forelegs, scattering white crystalline powder and sending up large amounts of primal force that were instantly absorbed by the branches and leaves of Mu Dou's tree above.

Sha Huai remained calm and observed carefully for a while. He confirmed that the Mu Dou tree was accumulating power for a final breakthrough sprint and needed to replenish its primal force. Only then did he follow suit, picking up a primal stone and scraping it from the opposite side of the Mu Dou tree, releasing his primal force at a steady pace.

The whole process lasted all night.

Until dawn, as the sun peeked over the eastern horizon, a beam of golden morning light shone down, as if igniting the highly concentrated primal energy at the heart of the trunk. It suddenly collapsed, rapidly transformed, and became another, more substantial, solid, and stable primal energy.

The transformation was completed quickly, flowing upwards along the trunk, spreading into the branches, twigs, and leaves, and downwards, spreading into the dense network of roots of all sizes.

The original energy underwent a qualitative change, and the Mudou species experienced a severe deficiency of original energy, causing its rate of absorbing original energy to accelerate continuously.

Sha Huai and Mu Dou tried their best to scrape the raw stone, but they still couldn't keep up. So they switched to using their jaws to bite and crack the sharp corners of the raw stone crystals, skillfully breaking the raw stone into tiny crystal particles that scattered.

Large amounts of pure primal energy surged up and were absorbed by the Mudou Life Seed.

This continued until mid-morning.

It used a full 800 raw gems.

The primal energy within the Bean Life Plant became abundant again, and the entire tree's condition stabilized.

What follows is a slow and steady process of plant life transformation, with each level rising higher and higher.

The sand locust and the wild bean remained motionless, guarding the tree.

Two days later,

dusk,

Through the natural contract connecting with the Mudou Destiny Seed, Mudou seemed to sense something and exclaimed with delight, "Shahuai, the Mudou Destiny Seed has successfully evolved!"

……

The Bean Seedling has successfully advanced to the intermediate level.

Shahuai and Mudou stayed to take care of it for two days, replenishing its energy with raw stones. Once its condition stabilized, they set off to continue their journey to collect plant branches and transport them back to their territory for propagation.

Meanwhile, Sha Huai kept a close eye on the movements of the divine kingdom and calculated the time it would take for divine power to be generated.

[Divine Power: 1/100]

During the rainy season, the divine kingdom produces 1 point of divine power every 10 days.

Another 1 point was produced.

The seed was given to the golden tortoise by the god.

Sha Huai attempted to calculate the effect of advancing the Mu Dou Life Seed to the intermediate level on increasing the rate at which the divine power was produced in the divine realm.

8 days later,

Sha Huai estimated that it was about time, so he would turn on the blue screen every now and then to take a look, and then turn on the blue screen again to take a look...

It wasn't until nine days later, on the morning of the tenth day...

According to precise statistics, this time it takes 9.5 days to produce 1 point of divine power.

However, before the Mudou Life Seed evolves to the intermediate level, it takes 10 days for the God Country during the rainy season to produce 1 point of divine power. To be more precise, it should be between 9.8 and 99 days.

As expected, the advancement of the Mudou Life Seed to the intermediate level did indeed increase the rate at which the divine power was produced in the divine realm.

Unfortunately, it wasn't as big as I expected.

"A basic-level destiny, calculated individually, produces approximately 1 point of divine power every 150 days. Advancing to the intermediate level increases it by one-third, producing 1 point of divine power every 100 days?"

"Then we need to recalculate the priority of divine power supply..."

The sand locust tree was like a miser, meticulously calculating the time it would take to produce each point of divine power and how to use each point of divine power.

How can we use it to maximize its benefits?

Currently, there are a total of five Force Plants rooted in the territory.

If ranked according to the importance of the Force food they produce, the order would be: Golden Tortoise God-given Seed, Bean Seed, White Thorn Seed, Sand Locust Seed, and the useless Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar God-given Seed.

However, if ranked according to their effectiveness in enhancing the efficiency of divine power production in the divine realm, the order would be: Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar, God-given Seed...

The Bean and Locust species are tied for second place, and neither has a significant effect.

The Golden Tortoise Divine Seed and the White Thorn Life Seed have zero effect.

Currently, the Divine Kingdom possesses only one wild Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar, a divinely bestowed seed that is of great use.

Another factor that must be considered is that the enhancement effect of the same type of Force food will decrease after a certain amount is used.

The growth and evolution of Zerg warriors requires the use of a variety of Force foods to obtain various enhancements and upgrades, resulting in a comprehensive improvement.

The growth and evolution of Force-based life forms is a process of continuous self-improvement.

The sand locust and the pea have long been tired of eating the white thorn seeds produced by the white thorn life-seed. The key is that the more they eat, the weaker the enhancement effect begins to be. Therefore, they don't need to consider the white thorn life-seed for a while.

The effect of the Golden Tortoise's Divine Seed in strengthening its shell is somewhat weak, but it is, after all, a Divine Seed, and a super high-quality one at that, producing the best Divine Force food of the Natural God system.

You can eat as much of the divinely bestowed seed of the golden tortoise as you like.

Taking all factors into consideration, the Golden Tortoise Divine Seed has the highest priority.

Next is the Bean Seedling.

Next is the sand locust tree species.

The wrong element was chosen for the sand acacia. The sand acacia is an earth-type element, meaning only sand acacia seeds can be eaten by sand acacia, not by wild beans. Wild beans are a different element, and their attributes don't match.

In contrast, the effect of the "Grass Bean Seedling" is to strengthen and enhance the system's power. The Sand Locust can still be eaten, and in fact, more can be eaten.

Although Sha Huai lacks a system talent, as a Zerg warrior, he is born with system potential.

Physical fitness is the foundation of everything, and during the growth and evolution process, a sufficient amount of systemic primal energy food is also required.

Finally, there's the Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar, a divine gift...

This thing is water-based, so it doesn't fit with either the Bean Tree or the Sand Locust. Its biggest function is to greatly increase the rate at which the divine power is produced in the divine realm.

The Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar God-given Seed increases the efficiency of producing divine power in divine lands three times that of ordinary life seeds of the same price.

If we say that the Force Plant advances to the intermediate level, it will improve by one-third.

That means that if the Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar God-given Seed is accelerated to the intermediate level, the resulting improvement is equivalent to that of a common life seed at the initial level.

This is an extremely significant improvement.

The priority of the Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar God-given Seed should be higher than that of the Sand Locust Seed, and second only to that of the Bean Seed.

Based on a comprehensive analysis, the priority order for using divine power, as listed below, is: Golden Turtle Divine Gift Seed, Bean Seed of Destiny, Rain Tree Flower Crown Pillar Divine Gift Seed, and Sand Locust Seed of Destiny.

The white thorn species is listed last.

Sha Huai hesitated for a moment before allocating the newly produced 1 point of divine power to Mu Dou's life seed.