Dawn Spider

Chapter 165 Blackwood Mountain Civil and Military Academy (1)

Jin became famous on Ivory Island for excavating the ruins. News also spread about the alien civilization's equipment for processing divinely bestowed food, and the trade and cooperation that Jin and Dafeng were engaged in.

As Jin passed by the Qingsha Port Trading Plaza, he was greeted by a large number of Zerg warriors, some of whom even invited him to trade. There were also many kind-hearted Zerg warriors who told him where there were God-given Seeds suitable for processing equipment for alien civilizations.

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As planned, Dafeng conducted a detailed aerial reconnaissance of the surrounding mountains centered on Suoyu Mountain, identifying which peaks were inhabited by insects and which contained divinely bestowed seeds.

During the peak trading season for bottlebrush flowers, Da Feng was still searching for insects in the trading square, inquiring about relevant information.

With thorough preparation,

Jin and Dafeng visited them one by one.

The strong winds are also very distinctive.

Upon seeing the large dragonfly hovering in the air, the Zerg warriors immediately knew that the lightning-mutated Flame Spider Warrior 'Purple-haired Gold' had arrived to make a trade.

Another advantage of being famous is that people subconsciously assume there is a 'guarantee of credibility'.

Furthermore, cooperative processing is a win-win situation for both parties, and every mountain Jin visited was immediately in agreement.

With ease, and in just half a month, an agreement was reached for a total of 17 divinely bestowed seeds, centered on the Red Banana Arrow Mantis tribe's Suoyu Mountain and surrounding mountains.

While the heat of the incident had not yet died down, Jin and Dafeng headed south to visit various tribes, large and small, that were rooted in the nearby forests, centered around the Red Firefly Tribe's Polei Mountain Grand Canyon.

First, find out where there are suitable divine seeds.

Jin and Dafeng went to visit and reached an agreement.

The process is simple, and most Zerg warriors are happy to provide information.

Interspersed with some cooperative transactions, the process took a month, during which all the tribes, large and small, near the Polei Mountain Grand Canyon were visited, and an agreement was reached for 8 more divinely bestowed seeds.

Before we knew it, it was April...

Of the seed plants that have already been agreed upon, as many as 55 are scheduled to mature and be harvested in April, May, and June.

Jin and Dafeng began to get busy, traveling north and south along the planned trade routes.

As agreed, since we were passing by, we also had to stop by the excavation team of the Curcuma zedoaria king to check on their work and provide guidance...

In early July, the transactions were finished.

Jin and Dafeng rushed to the site of the archaeological excavation to check on the situation.

After more than four months, the excavation team organized by the King of Eshu Insects successfully found the '2002 Ruins' 117 kilometers away, which is the 'AS City' mentioned on the road sign. It is a large city where ordinary people live.

The Stone Insect King is personally leading his team to dig parallel tunnels along the highway.

The King of the Curculigo Insects is a metal-type insect, unsuitable for excavation work. It calls itself the team's "intelligent brain insect" and doesn't do any work itself, spending most of its time wandering around. It immediately came to greet us.

"Little Spider! Big Dragonfly! Are you done?"

"Busy working."

"There were basically no transactions during the three months of July, August and September."

Jin answered, then asked:
"King of the Curcuma Insects, what's the situation with the ruins below?"

"The situation is not good. It's completely different from the 2001 site. This time, the road goes straight through the 2002 site. We've dug for 8 kilometers and only found one side road leading to the 2002 site. We haven't found any other side roads or metal road signs with directional information."

"Does this tunnel go north?"

"Yes."

"Try turning south."

"The Meridian Lord has led a squad of warriors and is digging south!"

"Oh, never mind then. Let's find the metal road sign and see."

Jin proactively explained, "Dafeng and I are planning to head to develop trade with the surrounding smaller tribes, centered around the Partridge Mountain of the Great Poison Armor Tribe. It's expected to take about a month..."

With a wave of its antennae, the King of Eshu said with great pride, "Go find Lord Gemu. He is in charge of exchanging the divine-given food from Partridge Mountain. He is quite familiar with the divine-given seeds of the surrounding tribes and is also well-acquainted with many insect warriors. Ask Lord Gemu to guide you and help with introductions. It will be all settled in half a month at most!"

"Thank you, King of the Curcuma Insects!"

Jin and Dafeng rushed over, not only to check on the progress of the ruins, but also to try to leverage the insect-based relationships and influence of the Great Poison Armor Tribe to quickly expand trade in the mountains near Partridge Mountain.

Get what you want.

Jin and Dafeng, out of politeness, went to greet the Stone Insect King again before taking their leave.

Just 5 days later,

A lord-level warrior from the Great Poison Armor tribe found the three lords, Gold, Great Wind, and Wood, who were on their way to visit him.

"Spider Gold, the King of the Curcuma Insects is looking for you. He says there's an important discovery at Ruins 2002 and he wants you to go check it out right away!"

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Jin and Dafeng traveled day and night, rushing to the ruins at site number 2002.

The highway has a side road leading into the city, located south of AS.

At the fork in the road, the road forty or fifty meters in front and behind it was cleared.

On the road, there was a set of tattered road signs.

The road sign heading south is now just a few metal fragments, the lettering completely illegible.

The road sign heading north was also dilapidated, with four incomplete characters still faintly discernible.

One character caught Jin's eye: 【文】 (Wen)

As expected, it should be the "文" (wen) in the speculated name '黑木山文武学院' (Heimu Mountain Martial Arts Academy).

This character '文' (wen) perfectly confirms Jin's previous speculation.

It has been basically confirmed that there is a training ground called 'Blackwood Mountain Martial Arts Academy' located between AS City and a certain sea city.

Besides evolving and growing stronger, Force Warriors also need to learn various kinds of knowledge. "Wen" mainly refers to knowledge in the fields of culture, economics, and politics, while "Wu" refers specifically to military command. The Wenwu Academy is a place for cultivating talents in both the military and political spheres.

"The King of Curcuma zedoaria, the King of Ziziphus jujuba, have we dug too far?"

"Dug too far? What do you mean?"

"It seems that the 'Level 0 Ruins' where the Force Warriors live is located between Ruins 2001 and 2002!"

"Any idea?"

"It's hard to say..."

Jin Siwei pondered for a moment, then pointed with his claw and said, "Two Insect Kings, look, these few broken characters can be roughly divided into three rows. The top row of characters points to Ruins No. 2001, and the bottom row has numerical characters that indicate the distance."

"Further down, there is a third row of characters, which clearly points to an important place."

"Doesn't this perfectly echo the signpost for Relic No. 2001? It shows that Relic No. 0 is somewhere between Relic No. 2001 and Relic No. 2002."

The Stone Insect King, who almost never expresses his opinion, asked, "Jin, isn't this analysis a bit too far-fetched? What if there are other branch paths leading to other large level 1 or 2 settlements, and the markings point to them?"

From the perspective of an illiterate person who cannot read, this possibility cannot be ruled out...

If we turn north to search, and the distance is uncertain, then we can only dig a tunnel along the highway and search one by one, which is a huge undertaking.

The Stone Insect King was worried about digging the wrong hole and wasting time and energy.

How to persuade it? Jin had a headache and looked at the Curcuma worm king.

The King of Curcuma Insects, with its bewildered eyes, gently shook its antennae and said, "There's too little information. I don't know how to decide."

The King of Eshu Insects changed its mind and asked, "What if we continue exploring south along the road?"

Right!

Jin strongly agreed, saying, "The analysis by the King of Eshu Insects is very correct! The signposts pointing south are completely rotten and contain no information. Continuing to explore southward will also lead to the unknown, and it will be completely unknown."

The King of Curcuma Insects chimed in, "I agree with Purple-haired Gold; let's turn north. Shi Zi, two against one, you've lost."

"..."

After thinking about it, the Stone Insect King realized that it made sense. Digging to the south or to the north was uncertain, but the probability of digging to the north was higher.

"Row!"

The Stone Insect King gave a brief reply, then unleashed his spiritual power, summoning all the warriors involved in the excavation to gather and discuss the next steps in the tunnel excavation plan and the division of tasks.

After chatting briefly with King Jin and the Curcuma Insect King, Jin hurriedly took his leave to continue his trade and expansion work with the insect tribes around Partridge Mountain.

(End of this chapter)