Astral Sand Locust

Last year,

The search team completed the search of the super-giant mountain range in the north, as well as the mountains and hills in the south.

Centered on the Green Tree Mountains, the search proceeded 400 kilometers outward, starting from due north and proceeding clockwise until it reached due west.

Simultaneously, geographical exploration and mapmaking were also carried out.

Within a 400-kilometer radius of the Green Trees Mountains, the Sand Locust completed three-quarters of its exploration last year.

Next, starting from due west, search clockwise, exploring and investigating along the way to continue completing the map.

...

Wilderness plants thrive with water, but enter a semi-dormant state when they are dry.

This year's rainy season lasted for 62 days before it ended.

The divine kingdom produces 1 point of divine power every 9 days.

The Golden Tortoise Divine Seed only consumes 1 point of divine power every 20 days.

In other words, during the rainy season and for a month after the rainy season ends, there is a surplus of 1 point of divine power every 18 days.

Priority will be given to Mudouming seeds.

The Mudou Life Seed grows rapidly every 18 days.

The tree reached a height of 27 meters, and later grew to 28 meters.

28 meters is enough. In the next year, it can grow on its own and break through 30 meters in height. During the next rainy season, the yield may reach the peak of the intermediate level.

The Seedling of Beans no longer requires the input of divine power.

...

More than a month has passed.

Starting from the east and proceeding clockwise, the sand locust trees traced the map all the way to the north, returning to the starting point, thus completing the drawing of a wasteland map with a radius of 400 kilometers centered on the Green Tree Mountains.

However, they still couldn't find the divinely bestowed seed.

—Even if your luck is bad, it can't be this bad, right?

Sha Huai seriously doubted whether the true God of Nature was playing tricks on him.

All efforts seemed to be in vain.

The vast wilderness

Feeling lost and helpless, not knowing where to start looking.

—Mudou is almost 4 years old.

—Should we just give up and stop pursuing the divinely bestowed seed?

—Choose an ordinary seed as your life's seed?

—There is only one slot for the Life Seed at each major realm, and each slot is extremely precious, so we cannot be careless.

The sand locust tree lay inside the cave for a day and a night.

Adjust your mindset

The decision was made to prioritize searching the super-giant mountain range to the north, as well as the mountains and hills to the south of the range, starting from the due north direction of the Windbell Basin and proceeding from west to east...

early morning,

We set off as soon as it was dawn.

"Huh—"

Sha Huai, who was rushing along, suddenly felt a tremor in his soul.

In my perception, there was a familiar yet unfamiliar fluctuation of primal force, so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

The sand locust tree slowed down in mid-air, focused its senses, found its direction, and vigorously flapped its wings to accelerate, its body transforming into a blur as it shot away.

"Hey--"

Sha Huai stared blankly at the giant pillar that had shattered a mountain and was now tilted and embedded in the earth.

The stronger sensations and unusual fluctuations of the Force emanated from this area.

Continue searching forward following your senses.

About 700 or 800 meters away from the giant cylinder

When it hit the ground, rocks flew everywhere, scattering across the barren wasteland.

A cluster of rock amber that was unfortunately hit by falling rocks.

A huge piece of amber, seventy or eighty centimeters in diameter and over one meter in height, was unfortunately half-shattered by a falling rock and lay askew on the ground. At its top was a curved, elongated oval-shaped, deformed fruit.

The unusual fluctuations in the Force were emanating from this deformed fruit!

This fluctuation of primal force felt somewhat familiar and comforting.

Earth elemental force

Rock Amber has an Earth-type talent.

correct,

Rock Amber God-given Seed!

A normal rock amber fruit will contain a large number of seeds.

Because of the birth of the divinely given seed,

The seeds bestowed by God were domineering, robbing all the nutrients, causing other seeds to wither and die, resulting in deformed and malformed fruits.

This is a rock amber fruit that is currently nurturing a seed bestowed by the rock amber god.

"The giant cylinder is of the earth element; where it crashed, a divinely bestowed earth-element seed was born..."

Is this a coincidence?

A strange doubt suddenly arose in Sha Huai's mind.

It shook its antennae, dismissing this inexplicable thought.

With a leap, he landed on a nearby boulder that had also been smashed down by a landslide. Standing on the rock, he slowly turned around and looked around.

This place is the most common type of landform in the wasteland, sparsely covered with some succulents, herbaceous plants, low shrubs, and a few drought-resistant trees.

The rubble had left the place in a complete mess.

Three years have passed, and the damaged vegetation has still not recovered, remaining a scene of devastation.

The sand locust tree leaped up again, spread its wings, and took flight slowly, hovering before landing atop the giant cylinder.

Standing on high ground, observe the surroundings.

After confirming several times that there were no creatures nearby that could possibly destroy the divinely bestowed fruit, Sha Huai felt relieved, took off, and sped back to his cave in the Green Tree Mountains.

He retrieved two raw stones from the warehouse deep within the mountain, then hurriedly returned to the rock amber thicket, getting as close as possible to slowly scrape off the raw stone powder, releasing his primal energy to replenish the fruit's primal energy.

Adequate replenishment of primal energy can accelerate the gestation of divinely bestowed seeds.

But this green fruit had clearly only recently formed.

The fruit that bears the seeds given by God has a much longer growth period than ordinary fruit.

It's still a long way off.

Do I need to hydrate?

After a moment's thought, the sand locust tree took action.

Activating the earth-based ability "Earth Rhythm," he sensed the underground conditions and found a good spot about 20 meters away from the rock amber thicket. He tilted downwards, dug a hole, and spiraled down to the depths of the earth.

They successfully discovered water seepage at a depth of seven or eight meters underground, and then deepened and enlarged the opening, reinforcing it with stones...

It took five days to build a simple, temporary emergency deep well.

Late at night, use a clay pot to fetch water to replenish the moisture of the rock amber.

After all the preparations were completed,

Sha Huai then stayed by his side with peace of mind.

As expected, a rock amber seed was born 6 to 9 months later.

……

The seeds of the Desert Bloodwood Tree, a divine gift, and the seeds of the Kauri Tree, are both harvested during the rainy season.

Shell led Mu Dou back to the Qiongshu River territory and completed the harvesting, drying, and storage work.

Mudou eats enough Force food and then enters the 4th age of dormancy.

After finishing,

Tidy up the territory,

Shell followed Mu Dou, crossing plains, climbing mountains, and traversing deserts...

Midnight,

The two insects were resting on an unnamed peak in the Supergiant Mountains.

"Mudou, shall we head straight back to Green Tree Mountains?"

"certainly."

The seashell wiggled its tentacles, pointed westward, and said:

"I looked at the map of the cave and headed west. There was a freshwater lake not far away."

You must be referring to "Fish Lake".

"Shall we go take a look?"

"..."

What's so interesting about a lake?

The distance is indeed not far.

Seashells are naturally aquatic, having an affinity for water.

I did promise a long time ago that I would take it to see mountains and lakes.

I'm eager to go back and meet up with Sha Huai, but I'm not in a hurry for just two or three days.

Mu Dou hesitated for a moment, then nodded with her antennae and agreed, "Okay! Then get some rest early, and we'll take a detour to visit Fish Lake tomorrow morning."

They set off early the next morning.

After crossing the mountains, we entered the southern mountain region.

Two insects, one large and one small, ran and hurried along the mountainside.