Dawn Spider

Chapter 147 Moving into Dafeng Mountain

Silky Mountain.

Jin selects the divinely bestowed food needed for the third-generation evolution stage, processes it using equipment, and produces it into a gene agent.

Finally, I carried two metal boxes on my back, traveling light.

Years have passed since then.

There might still be danger on Ivory Island.
The Lord of Silk Sunflower Mountain, the Lord of Red Cone Mountain, Silver, and Taro, all with somber expressions, bid farewell to Gold.

"Jin, when you arrive at the Red-headed Termite Kingdom, be sure to get along well with them."

"The wind flies fast. Whether there's trouble or not, send it over to let us know we're safe."

"Jin, this year you should just follow the fixed route and visit the seven major tribes. Don't wander around too much."

"Yes. Don't rush to expand trade with those small and medium-sized tribes."

"Fourth Brother, don't worry, Taro and I will help you manage the territory."

"Splash! Splash!"

Taro immediately stated that as long as he was given the raw stone, he would agree to anything.

After a long string of instructions, we went down the mountain together.
I first checked the Divine Seeds of Pokeweed.

The significant increase in the concentration of natural energy after the fog surge likely contributed to the reduced consumption of primal stones by the Divinely Gifted Pokeweed Tree over the past year, leading to its accelerated growth. Precise measurements indicate the tree has reached a height of 7.3 meters.

Unfortunately, after the fog surged, the concentration of the natural force increased dramatically, but then began to decrease continuously, and it will soon return to the level before the fog surge.

The pokeweed fruit at the top of the tree maintained a strong rate of absorbing primal force, and remained only a tiny bit in size, showing no signs of a second expansion.

There's nothing particularly interesting about the pokeweed seed.

Next, we arrived at plot 02.

"Golden Leaf Vine! I'm going to Ivory Island to make my fortune. You stay on Silk Sunflower Mountain. Silver, Taro, and the Mountain Lord will take care of you. If you have any questions, just talk to Taro."

"I know~"

Golden Vine asked, "Purple Hair, are you sure you want to use dragonflies for air transport instead of building a ship?"

Golden Leaf Vine is dedicated to shipbuilding.

Its idea is simple: the ship carries soil, it takes root on the ship, and drifts at sea with the cargo ship, traveling to different places.

"We won't build ships for now. In the future, when our company grows and expands and we start trading in the southern continent, I'll build a large ship."

"We can build a small boat now."

"The small boat can't carry you."

"Then build a bigger one."

"..."

Faced with such a solemn and dignified farewell scene, Jin had no time for haggling and simply agreed, "Okay, Golden Leaf Vine, don't worry, I will definitely build a big ship before your first fruit is ripe and harvested."

"I believe you!"

Jin Ye Teng didn't believe it and continued to find fault.

Jin waved his claws, signaling the spiders to run away quickly.

Next, proceed to plot 07 to examine the Blood Camphor Tree Seed bestowed by the Gods.

After nearly a year of growth, the Blood Camphor Tree has grown to a height of over 15 meters. It will take at least another year before it can flower and bear fruit for the first time, at the earliest next year.

Next, we proceeded to plot 06...

Even from a great distance, the Black Oak God-given Seed's angry, abusive, threatening, and extremely unfriendly mental energy transmitted over.

"..."

The spiders stood at a distance, watching.

Yin approached and informed Jin that he was going to Ivory Island to make a transaction and wouldn't be back until next year.

The Black Oak, a divinely bestowed seed, remained unmoved.

The limited flowering and fruiting did not hinder the growth and evolution of the Black Oak God-given Seed, which grew to over 50 meters in height, but its growth rate slowed down significantly.

It bloomed again half a month ago, and this time 800 flowers and 800 small dark green fruits were preserved.

Meanwhile, the 500 fruits from last year have begun to grow, and their shells are turning from dark green to brownish-black. They are expected to be ready for harvest within half a month.

The quality is better than expected, mainly because they are large and each one is quite heavy. They can probably sell for about 6 rough stones per stone.

...

After inspecting the area,
Lord Redcone and Silver escorted Gold to Shark Harbor, where they met with Lord Famu and other spiders before boarding the ship.

In mid-February, the sea lemon flowers withered.

The goods for the transaction are ready.

At the command of the Kashimo Spider King, the cargo ship set sail.

...

The giant seagoing vessel was jointly built by the Flame Spider Kingdom and the Ivory Island Kingdom, and they also cooperated to trade with the southern continent.

Departing from Hornshark Harbor, the ship sailed southeast for most of the day. In the late afternoon, the giant ship slowed down and entered 'Blue Shark Harbor', located in the south-central part of Ivory Island.

...

The Kingdom of Ivory Island has eight trading squares, where warriors gather to trade every year when the Thousand-Layer Flower blooms.

Each of the seven major tribes has its own core territory.

There is another one located in Qingsha Port, right next to the port.

The thousand-layered flowers have withered, the trading season has ended, and there are still a few Zerg warriors scattered around the port square, some of whom are strolling around.

Warriors from the seven tribes participating in the trade were ready and waiting at the dock. After the cargo ship docked, seven inclined ladders extended out, and the warriors from the seven tribes carried the trade goods onto the ship in an orderly manner and lined up to send them into the lower cabins.

"gold!"

The strong winds swirling high in the sky descended vertically and hovered above the gold.

"Goodbye, King Kashiwa!"

"Goodbye, Worry-Free Spider King!"

"Goodbye, Lord Famu!"

"..." Jin spoke quickly, bid farewell to the spiders on the ship, and rushed off the ship.

The strong wind gave a vague signal to the spiders on the boat and sped up to catch up with Jin.

"Jin, over there, Fire Tube has brought 30,000 soldier ants to pick you up."

"They've brought troops? Thirty thousand? Won't this arouse suspicion from other tribes?"

"Thirty thousand is nothing, not three million. Soldier ants are weak and rely mainly on numbers to win. Thirty thousand lord-level soldier ants can be wiped out in a few moves by a powerful lord-level Zerg warrior. They are nothing to fear."

"Uh……"

"The Secret Order Ant King said that arranging for the ant army to escort you was mainly to tell the small and medium-sized tribes along the way that your trade on Ivory Island was protected by the Red-headed Termite Kingdom, and to warn certain restless insect races not to have designs on you."

"Understood. Thank you for your trouble, Secret Order Ant King."

"Shall we go and meet up with Huotong? Or should we wander around the square first?"

"Let's skip the sightseeing for now and head straight to the Red-headed Termite Kingdom."

"Good! The Secret Order Ant King has made arrangements. He has dug a living cave for you and even specially hired earth-type warriors to harden and reinforce it."

"..."

Led by a strong wind, they crossed the square and arrived at the mountain peak behind, where they met up with the termite army led by Huotong. Surrounded by the ant army, they marched north in a grand procession.

...

A journey of over a thousand kilometers.

Led by strong winds flying low, two days later they entered the territory of the Red-headed Termite Kingdom and went straight to a large mountain about five kilometers from Apple Mountain.

“Jin, this is ‘Great Wind Mountain’ where I live. I live on the north side of the mountain, and my life-planting ants are concentrated in the woodland on the north side of the mountain peak. They are usually taken care of by worker ants. Your cave is located on the south side of the mountain…”

Da Feng explained, increasing the flight speed.

Jin quickened his pace as he climbed the mountain.

Huotong dismissed the termite army, then followed closely behind, pointing to the newly cultivated fields on both sides of the mountain path, and said:
"The Secret Order Ant King said that our cooperation will last for a hundred years, or even two or three hundred years. He has specially prepared enough arable land for you on the south side of the mountain and within a 3-kilometer radius at the foot of the mountain. Jin, you can use these plots as you see fit and plant whatever you like. If you feel it is not enough, just say so and we will allocate more for you. When you and Dafeng go out to trade, Baiye or Ziye will arrange for worker ants to help take care of it."

"..."

And it's a species, you idiot?

There's really no need to be so considerate!

Jin replied stiffly, "Thank you."

Let's go up the mountain together to take a look.
The Flame Spider tribe's usual dwelling cave, carved into the mountainside, consists of a hemispherical living room with a radius of just over 15 meters, a bedroom inside, and a square warehouse with sides of 6 meters further in.

Outside the cave, there is also a courtyard that is 20 meters long and 15 meters wide, reinforced and hardened with soil.

Then we visited the cave dwelling of Dafeng in the north of the mountain.

Since the dragonfly warriors' wings cannot be retracted when they are spread out, the entrances and exits are designed to be flat and round. Otherwise, they are not much different from the caves where regular Zerg warriors live.

After descending the mountain and briefly examining the plants in Dafeng's life form, I hurried to Apple Mountain to visit the King of Secret Order Ants.

In the lobby reserved for distinguished guests, after a few pleasantries, the Secret Order Ant King inquired, "Jin, I heard you're preparing to evolve to the 3rd instar? Are you in a hurry to use the 10 Primogems we agreed on last time?"

Jin replied, "I'm in a great hurry!"

The Secret Order Ant King immediately ordered, "Bai Ye, go and prepare 10 Primal Stones and send them to Jin in a little while."

"Roger that!"

King Zuo Baiye agreed.

The Secret Order Ant King said, "Jin, when you break through to evolve, you can find Da Feng, or you can directly find Fire Tube King or Fire Thorn King. They will arrange soldier ants to help protect you."

"Understood. Thank you, King Secret Order Ant!"

Jin agreed.

The Secret Order Ant King then asked, "I heard from Da Feng that you mainly traded among the seven major tribes this year?"

"Yes."

Jin explained in detail: "This year, I plan to first explore the fastest and most efficient main trade route, connecting the north and south and linking the territories of the seven major tribes. Later, I will expand the trade to medium and small tribes and explore the side routes. Running back and forth on the narrow island is too time-consuming and laborious, so I want to shorten the distance as much as possible."

"Oh……"

The secret order ant king didn't quite understand and asked, "Following a fixed route?"

Jin said, "A fixed route, a fixed time."

The Secret Order Ant King said, "Doesn't that mean that if I wanted to, I could intercept you halfway?"

"I haven't made any enemies with insects yet, so no insect should ambush me on the way for no reason."

Jin explained, "By appearing at a fixed time and place, it's easy for insects who want to trade with me to find me accurately, and it also makes it easier to expand our business in the future..."

"Expanding business?"

The more the secret order ant king listened, the more confused he became.

Jin explained briefly, "In the future, as I accumulate more trading relationships, reputation, and capital, I can consider providing paid loan services to Zerg warriors who possess the God-given Seed..."

The secret order ant king asked again: "Paid lending? Services?"

King Jin and the Secret Order Ant King explained some basic financial knowledge, emphasizing the enormous role of finance in promoting social development.

The entire Zerg civilization, including the most intelligent Flame Spider tribe, is still in a primitive stage, with immature legal and moral concepts, let alone economic concepts.

They had no real commercial trade. The tribes organized their best warriors to travel to the southern continent to trade, earning only a 5% commission for their labor.

Tribes also have 'loans', but they don't have the concept of 'interest'. More precisely, this 'loan' is the assistance that tribal elders provide to young warriors.

Jin had long had a money-making idea in mind, but he couldn't say it out loud, or rather, he didn't dare to mention it.

Those who break with convention are easily punished.

Termites, however, are different.

A termite colony consists of a king and a queen, forming a hierarchical kingdom. Their ideology is completely different from that of insect tribes.

It's clear that the secret order ant king is particularly interested in making money.

It was rare to meet a kindred spirit, so Jin spoke a few more words in one breath.

Bai Ye Zuo Wang came to report that the raw stones were ready.

Jin bid farewell and returned to his cave on Dafeng Mountain, where he settled down.

(End of this chapter)