Dawn Spider

Chapter 187 Ancient City of the Imperial Continent
Hua Teng exudes a wild, natural aura; she clearly wouldn't take care of a young soldier.

Jin stayed behind, dug a simple cave on the mountain, and personally led Rong to teach him some basic knowledge and explain the basic situation of Ivory Island.

In mid-September, there were no transactions for the next ten days or so.

Da Feng made four trips, delivering 4000 Primal Stones, and then made another trip to Mount Sikui to gather enough Divine Force Food, worth 4 Primal Stones, to enhance the overall physical constitution of Hua Teng.

The warriors of the Two-Colored Cockroach tribe helped the Flower Vine once, but they were quite stingy. The most important thing they gave was the Flower Vine's divinely bestowed seeds. They helped build a simple wooden trellis by using wood and binding it with metal wire.

Jin then arranged for Dafeng to invite a Zerg warrior with awakened earth-type talent who was skilled in territory modification to use earth and stone abilities to replace the wooden frame with a sturdy stone frame.

Since we've already invited all the insects here, let's dig a few more reservoirs on the mountain, level the land in the forests on the north and south sides of the mountain peak, divide the land into plots with irrigation canals, and transform 10 plots with sides of 500 meters into a central area for planting the divinely bestowed seeds...

Jin funded the project, spending one Primal Crystal and four days to completely transform the entire survival territory from top to bottom.

...

Jin's dislike of farming doesn't mean he can't; on the contrary, Jin hails from the Flame Spider Kingdom and has received the most professional training. Moreover, Jin has traveled throughout the large and small tribal territories of the Twin Islands of Sal and Ivory Island, seeing all kinds of cultivated plants, chatting with all sorts of insects, and learning various plant cultivation techniques.

For example, different plants require different seedling cultivation methods, including when to sow seeds, when and how to transplant seedlings, how to prepare fertilizer, and how to apply fertilizer...

For example, some plants need pruning, but how exactly should they be pruned? Some plants can be planted with weeds for symbiosis, but what kinds of weeds are available? Other plants, however, cannot be planted with weeds and require regular loosening of the soil…

For example, how to select and breed plants generation by generation to continuously optimize varieties; how to discover and identify mutations in a plant, confirm the variant, and then how to handle it...

Territory management is a complex and intricate subject, with countless intricacies that could take three days and three nights to explain.

Simply talking about it isn't enough; a lot of knowledge requires practical application.

Jin, along with the flower vines, first imparted the various farming techniques he possessed that could be clearly explained.

"gold!"

"Boss Jin!"

The strong wind, which had gone out to scout and gather information, rushed in hastily.

"Boss Jin! The King of Curcuma Insects is looking for you; they seem to have dug something up."

"Have you scouted the area? Where exactly did they dig something up?"

"The second team led by Shi Zichong Wang dug something about 240 kilometers south of Qingsha Port."

—Emperor Continent!
Jin has never returned to his home planet, but he learned about it from history textbooks.

Its original name should be 'Emperor Penang', also known as 'Emperor Ancient City'. Emperor is a large place, and what the worm king and the others dug up should be 'Penang', a super-large city located in Emperor.

Its history can be traced back 130 million years. Dizhou is the place where Mengwu Primordial Ancestor, one of the seven primordial ancestors, rose to prominence. At that time, the 'Mengwu Republic' was not a republic but an empire called the 'Cloud Sea Empire'. Mengwu Primordial Ancestor was known as the 'Cloud Emperor'.

Penang is one of the oldest inhabited metropolitan cities in human history, built by the original Mong Mui organization.

With the development of technology, human civilization ventured beyond its home planet, ushering in a new era of interstellar conquest and space colonization. Vast living spaces and abundant resources led to an exponential growth in the human population, reaching tens of billions, hundreds of billions, and even trillions.

The mother planet, Imperial Continent, became the ancestral home of the Mengwu progenitor lineage of human races, and the former capital site of the Yunhai Empire.

The 'Ancient City of Dizhou' preserves a large number of ancient buildings constructed 130 million years ago. These are important cultural relics that bear witness to the origin of human civilization and have extraordinary cultural and historical significance.

Such a place certainly wouldn't have a training ground for Force warriors, let alone allow the existence of an industrial base related to the Force.

As a coastal city, it boasts a pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, and pristine marine ecology, attracting a large number of wealthy or powerful Force warriors to reside here.

There must be luxury vacation homes for Force warriors in the 'Ancient City of the Empire', and there should be many valuable things left behind.

"Rong, go to the top of the flower vine. Be good, don't run around."

"Flower Vine, take good care of the banyan tree. Be careful and give it one God-given Force Food every 8 days. Don't give it too much."

"I'm going to take care of some business, but I'll come to see you when I have time."

"Big wind, let's go!"

With a single thought, Jin activated his Exile ability, moved the banyan tree to the top of the flower vine, waved his claws to summon a strong wind to lead the way, and hurriedly set off.

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The mountains stretch endlessly, with deep forests and secluded valleys.

Led by a strong wind, the king of turmeric insects crawled up the cliff and into a natural cave deep in a valley.

"You stingy purple-haired guy, all I asked you to do was discuss and analyze a few characters from some alien civilization. Do you have to act like you're doing something wrong?"

"King of the Curcuma Insects, I'm only thinking of you. If other insects see this, it will have a bad impact."

"..."

"Then I really have to thank you."

The king of the turmeric insects trembled with rage. Without another word, he raised his claw and carved two characters into the ground: 【Penang】.

"This time, a first-class site of comparable size to the Cyathea Mountain site has indeed been discovered. However, you stingy purple-haired man, your previous analysis was wrong. These two characters are the correct name for this site."

"You have to return 50 original crystals to me."

"..."

Jin turned to the side and glanced at her, saying leisurely, "How is it wrong? Didn't you successfully dig up the first-level ruins I predicted, following my guidance?"

Jin raised his claw and drew the two characters 'Dizhou' on the ground, analyzing, "This should represent a large place, such as the 'Saluo Twin Islands' of the Flame Spider Kingdom, while the two characters you found, King Eshu Insect, are similar to the more specific location 'Haimeng Peak'. So, overall, my analysis is correct."

The King of the Eshu Insects said, "Although we successfully found a level one ruin, your analysis was wrong after all. We can compromise. I won't take back the original crystals I paid, but you need to help me analyze the third piece of information. If it's wrong and we don't find any worthwhile ruins, even if we come up empty-handed three times, according to the agreement, you need to help me analyze two more pieces of character information for free..."

Jin Xin hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly agreed, "Okay." The Eshu Insect King was overjoyed. Without further ado, it raised its claw and carved three characters on the ground: [Lanhai District].

Jin glanced at it but didn't say anything.

"This is the third message I've sent you to ask for your advice..."

The King of Eshu Insects explained, "These are the characters carved on the magnificent road sign made of specially treated stone at the entrance where we dug our way into the settlement along the road."

"Oh……"

Jin looked deep in thought, pondered for a long time, and then said, "This should be the general name for a certain area of ​​the settlement."

The king of the turmeric insects raised its claws, carving a string of characters: [Lanhai Ancient City Wall Ruins]

"You stingy purple-haired guy, look closely, those first two characters..."

"I've noticed."

Jin said, "This must refer to a specific area within the settlement, a particular place, and this place must be quite important. However, for ordinary people's settlements, being important doesn't necessarily mean there's anything of value there."

The king of turmeric insects raised its claws and carved four characters on the ground: 【Luqi West Road】

gold:"……"

Jin said directly, "It must be the name of a road within the settlement, right?"

Jin raised his claw and pointed to the character '路' (road), saying, "This is one of the most common characters found in the ruins of alien civilizations. I've seen it no less than ten times. According to my analysis, this character means 'road.' If a settlement has many roads, the alien civilization will name them to make them easier to distinguish."

"Um--"

"Although the purple-haired spider is stingy, it must be admitted that it is indeed very clever."

Clearly, the King of the Curcuma Insects guessed the meaning of the character '路' (road), and by asking about it, he was testing the gold's abilities.

The King of the Eshu Insects tapped its antennae and said proactively, "You stingy purple-haired fellow, I'll pay you 150 primal crystals to inquire about three character messages. Since I didn't find any ruins where alien primal force warriors lived, as agreed, you'll analyze two more character messages for free. Now that the two free messages have been analyzed, we're even, right?"

Kim replied, "Yes."

The King of Eshu Insects said, "No other noteworthy character information has been found yet."

The King of the Cyathea Insects raised its paw and pointed to the words 'Penang' on the ground, saying, "The Cyathea Mountain Ruins are numbered 1001. According to the pattern, this super-large settlement is officially numbered Ruins 1002."

"There are two questions now. First, is there a place similar to the Cyathea Mountain Ruins where Force food was processed within Ruins 1002? Second, if so, how do we find it? If not, what should we do next?"

"Purple Hair, can you help me analyze this?"

Jin Moran said, "100 Primal Crystals."

The King of Eshu Insects shifted his body and glared at her, "Purple Hair, I didn't ask you to analyze alien characters. I was just having a normal chat with you, discussing and exchanging knowledge."

Jin Moran said, "I'm very busy and refuse to chat."

"..."

The King of the Eshu Insects said, "Primal crystals and primitive stones are meaningless to me. I directly rewarded the primitive crystals I obtained from the first two ruins to the little beetles below. As for those 150 last time, sigh, I forcibly snatched them back from the claws of my direct descendants..."

"Purple Hair, I'll owe you this time. I'll give you more next time I dig up some more, okay?"

"no!"

Jin flatly refused, asking, "King of the Eshu Insects, I heard that you, a single insect, harvested over a hundred boxes of divinely bestowed primal force food at the Cyathea Mountain ruins? The treasure chests must still be there, right? You can use them to settle your debt..."

"no!"

The King of Curcuma Insects was annoyed and instinctively refused. After thinking calmly for a few seconds, he asked hesitantly, "How will it be priced?"

Jin said, "On the Twin Islands of Salas, a chest containing ordinary Force food costs 2000 Origin Stones, while a chest containing divine Force food costs 5000 Origin Stones..."

"roll!"

The King of Curcuma zedoaria roared in fury.

"..."

Jin flinched in fright.

The Great Poison Armor Tribe has a talent for metals, and high-grade metal objects like gene agent storage boxes are precious treasures to them. Let alone 2000 or 5000 primal stones, even 2 or 5 primal stones would not be an offer they would accept.

Judging from the fierce reaction of the Curcuma worm king, it was even less likely to agree.

Jin quickly changed his tune, saying, "It's almost the end of the year again, so we're having a big year-end promotion. King Eshu Insect, how about this: two questions, and I'll only charge you 20 treasure chests."

"..."

These words greatly provoked the King of Curcuma.

That's right! It's almost October, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye, yet the excavation team still hasn't earned any substantial income.

The King of Curcuma Insects pondered for a moment, weighing his options, and then asked suspiciously, "You stingy purple-haired fellow, are you sure you can give me satisfactory answers to my two questions?"

Jin affirmed, "Satisfaction guaranteed. If you're not satisfied, you can refuse payment, and we'll go find the Ancient Hook Spider King to reason with him."

"..."

"Scared me?"

"I'm very dissatisfied right now!"

The King of the Curcuma Insects said helplessly, "You stingy purple-haired fellow, here are 20 treasure chests for you, what do you want?"

(End of this chapter)