Dawn Spider

Chapter 205 Original Crystal Treasury
Lord Jin Nan activated his ability, and the lumps of abandoned equipment that had been fused together were blown away, leaving behind a disgusting, viscous solution of black, blue, yellow, and green corrosive substances, mixed with a large amount of sediment and silt.

Using his mental energy to scan downwards, he discovered a vertical shaft leading to an underground 'treasure trove'.

"Everyone, please move aside a bit, be careful not to get frostbite."

Lord Bai Cang shook his tentacles in acknowledgment, while wisps of white, chilling air emanated from them.

In a confined space, the temperature drops instantly to freezing point.

Upon seeing this, all the insects scattered and moved away.

The chill spread, and soon the colorful slime froze, leaving only the scanned entrance to the underground treasure vault.

The Blood Fruit Lord stepped forward, activated his ability, and cleared away the accumulated mud and sand.

Lord Tuanhua followed and activated his ability, controlling the water flow to transform into slug-like worms that crawled out of the cave and into the distance.

Lord Bai Cang gave chase, and the chill released from his waving tentacles froze into ice blocks.

Finally, the termite army carried it to the ground and discarded it.

Working together, the insects spent some time clearing away most of the accumulated water and silt from the underground space.

I couldn't wait any longer and rushed down to check.

This is the server room where relay transmission equipment and data storage and computing equipment for information related to the 'Dimensional Universe' are placed. The protection level is not high enough, and it has long been soaked and corroded by water seepage, leaving only debris everywhere. The building structure is severely damaged and on the verge of collapse.

"The treasure vault is over here!"

Lord Jin Nan shouted excitedly and led the way at breakneck speed, passing through the server room, entering a wide corridor, and then turning into another row of server rooms.

At the far end of the server room, there was a metal building wall with a trace of primal energy remaining, and a heavy metal door.

—A true treasure trove?

When Jin Shen was human, he frequently visited such entertainment venues, but he only accessed the dimensional universe through ground-based equipment and had never seen the underground back-end servers, so he didn't know much about them.

Before it could even think, Jin Nan's inner energy surged, converging at its two front horns to form dark metallic energy spikes, and its hind legs gathered power to crash into the treasure vault gate.

"stop!"

"Wait a moment!"

"Lord Jin Nan, please don't panic!"

Jin hurriedly called a halt, saying, "This underground treasure vault is already on the verge of collapse. The violent tremors will inevitably lead to its collapse. Everyone, please use your abilities to reinforce it first."

"..."

Lord Jin Nan withdrew his accumulated primal force, manipulated the underground metal slag to gather, forming a simple metal pillar as support.

Similarly, Bai Cang and Tuan Hua Lord manipulated the mud and water in the underground treasure vault, turning them into rock pillars and ice pillars respectively.

Soon, the underground server room was filled with all sorts of pillars, large and small, supporting it.

"Mr. Jin, is it ready now?"

"can."

"Then I'm on?"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Jin activated his blinking ability to dodge, and the other insects scattered in all directions.

Lord Jin Nan once again walked to the front of the treasure vault gate, gathering primal energy at his front horn to form a sharp horn, which he then violently charged towards.

The metal used for the gate is a high-hardness, low-toughness material.
A series of dull thuds echoed, followed by a flurry of flying metal fragments that struck the surrounding pillars with clanging and creaking sounds.

“I’ve always felt that Jin Nan’s mind isn’t quite right, and now I’m sure of it, and I’ve found the reason.”

"I've always wondered why the warriors of the Great Poison Armor Tribe are all a bit mentally unstable. Now, I've found the reason."

"So it was from a collision."

"Their brains are all damaged."

"..."

The insects hid behind an icicle, using their mental powers to scan and observe the situation while chatting and joking.

The treasure vault door was pierced through one hole after another. Finally, with a loud crash, the door shattered, and Lord Jin Nan crashed headfirst into the treasure vault.

The insects that had been watching from a distance followed closely behind, and were all stunned by what they saw inside the treasure vault.

Inside the enormous warehouse, which is hundreds of meters deep and forty or fifty meters wide, neatly arranged black raw crystal storage boxes are filled.

This is a super-large treasure trove storing primordial crystals!
Jin suddenly realized that operating the equipment related to the dimensional universe was extremely energy-intensive, so the underground warehouse stored tens of millions of raw crystals.

—Wahahaha!

—We've struck it rich!

—Have you made a fortune?
The insects swarmed forward, moving and weighing the object.

Empty, empty, empty...

Empty boxes, empty boxes, empty boxes...

There had been speculation before the excavation of the relic gold that the original crystal supply on the home planet had been cut off for a long time before the incident occurred.

This speculation has been confirmed once again.

The Ocean Star Arena, such a large arena and such a large warehouse, has exhausted all its original crystals.

"In stock! In stock! There are still some left!"

Lord Jin Nan activated his metallic energy, manipulating a pile of storage boxes placed separately at the back of the treasure vault to lift off the ground. He could tell roughly what was inside just by lifting them.

"We're rich! We're rich! Ten boxes, all full!"

As they spoke, 10 primal crystal storage boxes lined up in a long row and flew over, landing in front of the insects.

Raise your claw and inject the Force. A blue screen rises above the box lid. Manipulate a spider web and click rapidly. Try to input eight '0's. Error.

I tried entering eight '1's, but it still resulted in an error.

I tried entering eight '2's, but it still resulted in an error.

……

Try typing 12345678, and after four ringing sounds, the lid pops open.

A coil of spider silk, the lid of the box is opened, and neatly arranged, a full box of 1000 crystals, sparkling and shiny!
Original crystals aren't particularly precious, so with such a large number of storage boxes, the passwords must all be the same.

Other insects followed suit.

Ten boxes were opened quickly.

Ten boxes in total.

"1 Primal Crystals!" "We're rich!"

"It's a pity it's just a raw crystal!"

"..."

After a brief moment of excitement and cheers, the insects cooled down.

For Force-based life forms to evolve and grow, Primal Crystals and Primal Stones are indispensable consumables. However, the required quantity is limited.

Zerg warriors are primarily used during molting and evolution. Force plants use them more often, as they are needed for flowering, fruiting, and breakthrough evolution. Godseekers may require the use of Primal Stones to replenish Force during their daily growth, but the required amount is very small.

Due to widespread demand, Primal Crystals and Primal Stones became natural universal currencies, but they could only be used to buy ordinary Primal Foods on the market, not the divinely bestowed Primal Foods that everyone craved.

Lord Jin Nan exclaimed with delight, "What a great haul! I'll have enough raw stones to manage my territory for the rest of my life!"

Lord Bai Cang retorted sarcastically, "If you can't break through to the Insect King level, you're doomed for the rest of your life."

Lord Jin Nan roared in fury, "If I comprehend one more ability during my seventh instar, I will meet the requirements to break through to the Insect King!"

Seeing that another argument was about to break out, Blood Fruit Lord quickly raised his claws to hold down White Cang Lord, who was about to utter another venomous remark.

Lord Tuanhua said, "Jin, I see you are using Primal Crystals to enhance your alien power?"

"Yes."

Jin explained in detail: "As everyone has seen, it is an extremely powerful alien power. It absorbs the Force and converts it into Force Energy, with an enhancement effect comparable to God-given Force Food. However, the consumption is also terrifying. The Force of 100 Origin Stones, after conversion, can only obtain an enhancement effect equivalent to about 5 Origin Stones worth of God-given Force Food."

The insects gasped in astonishment.

Lord Tuanhua followed up with, "Jin, you've already mastered two different types of abilities? Are you now focusing on strengthening and enhancing your different types of power?"

"Yes."

Knowing what Lord Tuanhua wanted to ask, Jin took the initiative to say, "My evolution and growth will likely be primarily based on heterogeneous power, with lightning as a secondary element. If I focus on strengthening and enhancing heterogeneous power when evolving into a Mountain Lord, each stage from age 1 to age 3 will require approximately 2000 million Primogems. From age 4 to age 6, this will increase dramatically to 3000 million Primogems."

"I have an unlimited need for Primal Crystals and Primal Stones. If you feel you can't use them all, you can keep them. In the future, I will exchange them with you using God-given Primal Food. However, there will definitely be a discount."

"50% or 60% off..."

Jin paused, reorganized his words, and explained in detail: "To be specific, it means 100 Primogems can be exchanged for God-given Force food valued at 50 or 60 Primogems."

"This……"

"You little spider, aren't you too dark?"

"This is a raw crystal!"

"The original crystals haven't become so abundant that their value has depreciated to this extent."

"Then I might as well keep it to manage my territory."

"..."

The insects were dissatisfied.

Jin Wusuo waved his paw and said, "We'll talk about that later. Let's check the treasure vault carefully and see if there's anything left."

……

A mental scan revealed exactly 1 primal crystal storage boxes inside the treasure vault.

The insects checked the boxes and found that only the 10 boxes that were set out separately still contained the original crystals; the rest were all empty.

Firethorn and Purple Night directed the ant colony to first move the box out of the ground.

Jin stayed at the exit, checking each item one by one to make sure nothing was missed.

Lord Jin Nan and Lord Xue Guo joined forces to search the ruins again, finding two sets of rather cool-looking Immortal-grade Force armor and two longsword-type weapons.

Jin, without any hesitation, took the armor and weapons and arranged for Dafeng to send them back to Sikui Mountain, where they were displayed as decorations in the main hall of his cave dwelling, thus enhancing the appearance of the place.

The insects went down together again and searched carefully, confirming that there was nothing else of value.

Return to the ground to assemble, and the gold organization will distribute the treasures.

"1 Origin Crystals will be distributed according to the agreed ratio. Jin Nan, Blood Fruit, Tuan Hua, Bai Cang, Huo Ji, and Zi Ye will each take 10%, which is 1000 Origin Crystals."

“The three mountain lords, Dafeng, Zifeng, and Chuisi, will each take 5%, which is 500 original crystals.”

"The remaining 25%, or 2500 raw crystals, are mine."

The insects all nodded their antennae, indicating that they had no objections.

Jin continued, "There are also Primal Crystal Storage Boxes, which can be taken back to seal divinely bestowed Primal Force food or to store other valuables. These used to be rare and could fetch a good price, but now that so many have been dug up at once, their value will probably drop."

"A total of 1, everyone will receive them according to the profit-sharing ratio."

"I suggest we don't rush to use our claws. We can save them and use them slowly. Alternatively, we could entrust our tribal elders to send them to the Southern Continent, where we might be able to exchange them for some divinely bestowed food."

"Correct!"

"Mr. Jin is right."

"We have a deal! Neither of us is allowed to sell it cheaply."

"1000 raw stones each?"

"It must be exchanged for food imbued with divine power!"

"it is good!"

"No comment!"

"..."

The insects agreed.

The Blood Fruit Lord raised a paw to signal, and asked, "Gold, shall we divide it now? What happens after we divide it? So many boxes, they're not easy to move!"

Jin said, "Everyone, return to your tribes and ask your tribesmen to come and help carry it."

"That……"

The Blood Fruit Lord turned its raised claw, pointing west, and asked in a low mental state, "Then, there are two more forks in the road. Aren't we supposed to dig them?"

Jin said, "There have always been insects scouting and spying on us from the air. Recently, some insects have even been blatantly approaching us to observe the situation."

"Ten thousand Primal Crystal Storage Boxes—that's a huge number. We can't hide them, and we can't possibly take them with us to continue digging for relics, right? Taking treasure chests with us to continue digging would be too conspicuous, and it would directly show that we are certain there are more relics nearby. Not only might the teams of the three Insect Kings come to compete with us, but other Insect warrior teams would probably swarm over as well."

"On the contrary, if we divide up the harvest now, or even take a break for a while, it will be less likely to arouse suspicion."

After Jin finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then said, "Those two paths offer a chance to dig up something, but even if you do, the harvest won't be as great as what we have here. However, there is a certain chance of finding some truly valuable treasures! Everyone, let's hurry up and process what we have here first. We'll rest for a while and continue once the situation has stabilized."

"Keep this a secret, don't tell any insects. Anyone who dares to leak it, we'll all gang up on and kill it."

(End of this chapter)