Dawn Spider

Chapter 203 Exploration
The Ink Beetle tribe and the Water Beetle tribe are closely related, both being aquatic insect tribes skilled in diving.

The difference is that the Water Armor tribe possesses a unique ability called 'Deep Sea Fish Skin,' which can buff other Zerg warriors. The Ink Lice warriors, however, do not have this ability.

Lord Tuanhua arrived and, after a brief discussion, went diving alone to enter the underground ruins to investigate the situation.

After waiting for a while,

Lord Tuanhua has returned.

"How about it?"

"What's going on down there?"

Have you unearthed any buildings made entirely of metal?

"..."

The insects asked.

Lord Tuanhua looked at Lord Jinnan with a strange expression, then at Lord Xueguo, and asked, "Jinnan, Xueguo, do you have such low status in your tribes?"

Lord Jin Nan asked, "What do you mean?"

"The situation below is not as simple as just being flooded."

Lord Tuanhua bent his antennae and gestured, stating, "It is certain that the teams led by the three Insect Kings did indeed dig something up."

"But during the excavation process, after they dug out the first location and finished exploring it, when they went to dig the second location, they used the excavated rocks to backfill the first location, and the Insect King personally used earth-type abilities to reinforce it."

"Similarly, when excavating the third location, the excavated rocks were transported back to the second location and reinforced to the highest level."

"So, everyone, please take a look. There isn't much soil and rock piled up nearby."

"I could only see some remaining tunnels down there, and I couldn't confirm what kind of relics they had dug up."

"To figure out what's underground, we'll have to painstakingly drain the water, expend a lot of effort to remove the reinforcements, and then dig again."

"..."

Lords Jin Nan and Xue Guo were dumbfounded. What grudge could this be? What hatred could this be? Their own clan elders! Was it really necessary to go to such extremes?

"This must be the Sumeru Insect King's bad idea!"

"The King of Sumeru Insects is of high moral character and prestige; he would never stoop to the level of us juniors. The King of Eshu Insects is of a vile nature, and it is probably his doing."

"The Eshu Insect King is a straightforward and generous person; it's impossible for him to do such a despicable thing. Both the Sumi and Shizi old Insect Kings are cunning and treacherous; only they could do something like this."

"..."

Lords Jin Nan and Xue Guo started arguing amongst themselves, blaming each other.

Jin, Dafeng, and Tuanhua lords all had a headache.

"Stop arguing! Stop arguing! Don't argue about such a pointless issue!"

Lord Tuanhua, with his calm and reliable nature, inquired, "Jin, you absolutely must find out what the Three-Headed Insect King actually dug up? Or rather, do you really want to see the condition of this ruin?"

"If that's the case, then I can start now and drain the water. Da Feng, fly faster and head to Zitan Mountain to ask Lord Bai Cang for help."

"No need."

"Let's go look around somewhere else."

Jin said, "However, we can notify the team to assemble and prepare to start excavation."

Lord Tuanhua asked, "What about Lord Zifeng and Lord Huangying? Should we invite them again for this excavation? Bringing two junior lords won't help. The Sumeru Insect King, the Eshu Insect King, and the Shizi Insect King don't care about the feelings of their own kind at all, and they've even gone further in trying to sabotage us."

Lord Tuanhua said, "In terms of work efficiency, two mountain lord-level warriors are far inferior to one lord-level warrior."

"The difference isn't that big."

"We don't rely on excavation speed to find relics."

Jin quickly denied it, saying, "We called them last time, but we're not calling them this time. How are we going to continue processing the fruits of the God-given Seeds?"

Jin instructed, "Dafeng, return to the Red-Headed Termite Kingdom and ask the Secret Order Ant King to send troops to join you. Then, notify Zifeng, Lord Huangying Mountain, and Lord Baicang in turn."

"Roger that!"

The strong winds rose into the air and then departed.

Jin called out, "Tuanhua, Jinnan, Blood Fruit Lord, let's take a look around the area and see if there are any other vertical tunnels for downward exploration."

"it is good."

"Row."

"Wander around."

Lords Tuanhua, Jinnan, and Xueguo agreed.

...

The insects, together, searched the vicinity of the three digging points.

Sure enough, dozens of vertical holes were also discovered, all dug down to a depth of four or five hundred meters. The three insect kings were remotely sensing the underground conditions from a distance of four or five hundred meters from the underground ruins.

The exploration and excavation area here is extremely large, with a length of about 13 kilometers and a width of about 4 kilometers. It is located in the northeast of the ancient city of Dizhou and is adjacent to the east coast of the original Blue Star Dizhou Island. Its geographical location also matches Jin's speculation about the settlement of Force Warriors.

Jin was almost certain that the teams led by the three Insect Kings had dug up and completely destroyed a community inhabited by Force Warriors. Force Warriors needed to absorb and consume Force to maintain the activity of their Force genes and also needed to meditate using Force. The higher their evolutionary level, the greater their demand for Force.

Force warriors who have the ability to travel or settle on their home planet are either rich or noble, and their level of evolution is definitely not low. Therefore, the residence they need must not be mediocre and the space it occupies cannot be too small.

Jin speculated that the three insect kings had only unearthed one of the inhabited communities.

There must be other similar communities nearby.

Communities must maintain distance from each other to avoid large numbers of highly evolved Force warriors meditating at the same time and competing for the Force.

But they can't be too far apart. After all, they're here for tourism and leisure. Important people interact with each other, and Force Warriors need to be with Force Warriors to have common topics.

Jin traced the exploration routes of the teams led by the three Insect Kings.

They started digging from the north, following the highway all the way into the city, heading straight northeast. Then they turned south, but found nothing. Then, following signs with the character for 'hospital,' they turned west, digging deep into the city and into an underground illegal workshop.

Jin followed the route and surveyed the area, eventually getting a general idea of ​​what was going on.

...

Firethorn and Purple Night led an army of 10 ants to arrive.

Zifeng, Lord Huangying, and Lord Baicang arrived one after another, guided by the wind.

The excavation team has assembled.

Jin led his team to the north of the city highway entrance, where there was a T-shaped fork in the road, one leading south and the other north.

The teams led by the three insect kings dug in both the north and south directions, and finally chose to go south.

The road heading north was dug up for only about 400 meters before encountering a Y-shaped fork, one road leading due north and the other northeast. They gave up here.

"Mr. Jin, according to the rules, there should be metal road signs indicating the destination at this kind of intersection, right?"

“There must be some, but they might not be preserved. It’s also possible that they were preserved, but were maliciously destroyed by the insects that dug them up here.”

"I wish that the three-headed old insect king would die a violent death tonight. Jin Nan, Xue Guo, Zi Feng, what about you?"

"..."

"Bai Cang, you talk too much nonsense."

"Their actions were indeed quite egregious."

"If we dig up something good this time, we must send it over to them to see. I'll make those three old guys furious."

"Stop arguing. Business comes first. Mr. Jin, which way should we dig?"

Jin raised his claw and pointed to the northeast intersection, saying, "Same as always, follow the road and open a tunnel ahead. Lord Jin Nan, pay close attention to your senses and don't miss any metal road signs."

"Don't worry about me, Mr. Jin!"

Lord Jin Nan, full of energy, raised his antennae and answered with all his might.

The Blood Fruit Lord asked, "Gold, the usual rule, is it to open a vertical tunnel every 10 kilometers forward?"

"Yes."

Jin said, "However, according to my estimate, we should be able to see preliminary results after digging for about 10 kilometers."

The implication of this statement is that if you follow this path, you'll soon be able to dig something up.

In recent days, the three lords, Jin Nan, Xue Guo, and Tuan Hua, have been following Jin Shen closely, running around tracking the excavation route led by the three insect kings, investigating along the way, but haven't figured out anything.

Lord Tuanhua humbly inquired, "Jin, what was your basis for this deduction? Could you teach us?"

"Don't teach!"

Jin flatly refused, explaining, "By then you'll be just like the three old insect kings, figuring out the distribution patterns of the ruins and leaving me to play by myself."

"..."

The insects were speechless.

Jin urged, "Let's get started quickly. We don't have much time. I'll be busy with cooperative transactions in October."

"start!"

"start!"

"Purple Night, command the ant colony to begin digging!"

"..."

The insects began to move their claws.

Jin watched for a while, then returned to the ground, found a random hilltop, dug a simple cave to live in, took a primal crystal into his sucking stomach, and entered a meditative state.

One raw crystal every three days.

Take a three-day break.

After resting, and having just swallowed a primal crystal, the ant colony guarding the area became restless, and King Zuo Huoji rushed out in a flurry.

"Mr. Jin, we've dug another fork in the road, and it's really complicated. Luckily there are metal signs, so go down and take a look."

(End of this chapter)