Dawn Spider

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the pokeweed plant, and a fog storm is expected to break out this year.

Based on an interval of eight and a half years, the corresponding time is June. However, the timing of the outbreak is not stable; it may occur one or two months earlier or later.

...

This time it's ahead of schedule.

Early April
The Sumeru Insect King, which was monitoring the fog sea, sent back a warning message that the fog tide was about to erupt.

Within a few days,

The weather in northern Ivory Island is unusual, with dark, thick clouds gathering and torrential rain falling continuously.

Jin dared not be careless and decisively took Yin back to the Red-Headed Termite Kingdom, where they obediently hid in the Great Wind Mountain.

The cooperative processing matters were left to Dafeng to handle.

...

Just like last time,
The heavy rain lasted for more than half a month before finally stopping.

Under the scorching sun, thick fog shrouded the rainforest in the north of the island.

Unlike last time, the evolutionary level of the dense-sequence ant king and the cluster flower queen has been raised from the 2nd instar lord to the 4th instar.

After breaking through a minor realm, the Queen Ant of Cluster Flowers comprehended a ranged fire attack ability called 'Whirlpool'.

Thus, the combat soldier ants can inherit five fire-type abilities: Sun, Whiplash, Flame Wings, Fire Rain, and Whirlpool.

Furthermore, with the King and Queen Ants' realms improving and their overall abilities greatly increasing, the newly trained soldier ants also experienced a surge in overall strength.

The secret order ant king and cluster flower ant queen urgently bred 100 million new elite soldier ants.

Moreover, this time, both the Battle King Fire Cannon and Firethorn have evolved to the Lord level, resulting in a qualitative leap in their combat power and battlefield command capabilities.

The overall strength of the termite kingdom has risen to a new level.

...

5 month 7 day,
Midnight,

The scout, Da Feng, sped past Da Feng Mountain.

"Boss Jin, Silver, Sky Blue, the fog tide is coming and has made landfall. Be careful."

A strong wind gave a warning, which transformed into a streak of blue-yellow light, streaking across the night and landing on Apple Mountain to inform the Secret Order Ant King of the news.

Gold and silver quickly rubbed their chelicerae together and made a sound:
"The fog tide is coming."

"Don't eat it."

"Stop wandering around."

"Back to the cave. Back to the cave."

"All the spiders returned to the cave."

"Quickly go back to the cave and hide."

"Where are you spiders going? Come back here!"

"Let's go back to the cave!"

"..."

Jin and Yin shouted, driving all the spiders that were wandering around nearby into the cave to hide.

Some unruly spiders even ran up the mountain, wanting to watch the excitement. Jin immediately used his banishment ability to throw them into the cave.

A spider web was woven at the entrance of the cave, sealing everything inside.

After finishing,

The silver transformed into a crimson ray and soared up the mountain.

The golden figure flickered and arrived in an instant.

The two brothers stood on the mountaintop gazing into the distance.

Sky blue wings hovering a thousand meters above the ground, overlooking the scene.

The same setup as last time.

Three million soldier ants were divided into small fighting units of 20,000 to 30,000 ants each, and dispersed within a 20-kilometer radius of Apple Mountain to form a defensive line.

This time, Firethorn and Firethorn each led 50 elite soldier ants to build a second line of defense 15 kilometers away from Apple Mountain.

The Apple Mountain mother nest houses a full 100 million elite soldier ants, ready to be deployed at any time.

Soon,
The battle began 20 kilometers to the east.
Flames shot into the sky,

Fire and water primal energies surged forth like a tsunami.

The fog wave landed, spreading in a comprehensive manner, and the battle quickly spread in both the north and south directions. Gradually, it spread to the west, merging in the west to form a circular battle line with a radius of 20 kilometers.

"Oh!"

"Click! Click! Click!"

“How spectacular!”

"Is this a kingdom built by a king ant and a queen ant? The power of a termite kingdom is terrifying!"

"No wonder everyone is afraid."

"..."

Yin and Tianlan were seeing such a large-scale war scene for the first time, and they exclaimed in amazement.

Having witnessed it once before, Jin was much calmer, remaining secretly vigilant and watching the surrounding mountains and forests for any movement.

...

The intense battle triggered wave after wave of violent fluctuations in the primal force, and the natural primal force filling the world was rising steadily.

More than an hour later, the frontline ant army was running out of energy and began to retreat in an orderly manner, with a large number of soldier ants returning to the mother nest to rest.

The circular battle line contracted rapidly, soon reaching a position with a diameter of 15 kilometers.

In the due east direction, the elite ant army led by Fire Tube and Firethorn erupted. In an instant, the confrontation between flames and mist evolved into flames burning and destroying the mist. Tens of thousands of mist spirits were killed in a short time. Mist spirits within a hundred kilometers were instinctively attracted by the extremely high concentration of water-based primal force that had collapsed and erupted, and swarmed over.

The million-strong elite force led by Firecannon and Firethorn was quickly overwhelmed, and the linear defensive line continued to shrink.

Just like last time, when the defensive line shrank to a dot, the Queen of the Cluster Ants, who lived deep in the mother nest, led her elite troops to fly to the rescue, transforming into giant ants with wingspans of thousands of meters, raining down fire rain from the air, and bombarding the location where the Mist Spirits were clustered.

Meanwhile, the soldier ants that had returned to the mother nest to rest and recuperate were able to disperse and set off to begin clearing out the stray mist spirits that had intruded into the surrounding woodlands.

The fog surge ended at midnight, and the battle also concluded swiftly and decisively at midnight.

This time, the termite kingdom's strength has greatly increased. Judging from the observation, no mist spirits have entered the Great Wind Mountain area, so the crisis has basically been resolved.

Jin and Yin went down the mountain, released the round purple flame spiders sealed in the cave, distributed food, and repeatedly instructed them to return to their nests to rest after eating and not to run around.

...

It is May, the busy season when the fruits of the divinely bestowed seeds ripen and are harvested.
The following morning, Jin found the Secret Order Ant King to say goodbye, and hurriedly set off with Silver, Sky Blue, and Big Wind.

...

A rainforest swamp dotted with puddles. The ground...

The gold-clad runner was at the forefront, with the silver-clad runner close behind.

Sky,

Strong winds and blue skies, one high and one low, flying in sync, conducting surveillance and reconnaissance.

"stop!"

Jin suddenly experienced a mental shock and called a halt.

Yin's primal energy surged, flashing crimson light. He braked abruptly, unleashing his mental power as he cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

Yin was puzzled, but his mental scan revealed nothing unusual.

Da Feng and Tian Lan simultaneously unleashed their mental power to scan the surrounding woodlands and puddles, lowering their altitude, speeding and circling, their eyes scanning and searching.

Nothing was found either.

"Gold? A malevolent spirit?"

Da Feng asked doubtfully, "We don't need to pay attention to the newly born weak evil spirits. Ant armies or special Zerg warriors will come to sweep them away."

"It's not a malevolent spirit..."

"Are you three so oblivious to fluctuations in natural primal forces?"

Jin pointed with his paw and said, "Over there! It's less than two thousand meters away. It looks like regular fluctuations of primal force caused by a divinely bestowed seed that's currently developing. Let's go take a look."

—A divinely bestowed seed in gestation?
Silver, sky blue, and strong winds were all quite startled.

Silver reacted first, transforming into a crimson streak of light and rushing towards the direction Gold pointed.

Sky Blue and Strong Wind reacted quickly and accelerated their sprint.

"Silver! Slow down!"

Jin Zhendong shouted with his mental power, his figure flashed and teleported, arriving first, and then turned around to activate his banishment ability, shaking off the charging Yin.

Looking back,

On the bank of a naturally formed pond in the swamp, amidst dense weeds, a cluster of tall, blooming *Pterocarya stenoptera* flowers is in full bloom.

One of the flower clusters contained only a solitary, not yet fully open, blue-purple flower with eight petals, which absorbed the surrounding natural energy at an extremely slow pace, infusing it into the budding seed.

"..."

Silver, sky blue, and the strong wind were stunned.

—It really is a divinely bestowed seed that has just begun to sprout!

—The seeds of the tall stalk, blessed by the goddess of flowers after a long rain!

"Fourth Brother, it's over two thousand meters away, far beyond the range of mental detection. How did you sense it?"

Silver asked incredulously.

Jin casually remarked, "His innate, exceptionally keen perception of the Force, and the insight he developed through training that far surpasses that of ordinary warriors."

"Fourth Brother is awesome!"

Yin offered a dry compliment and asked curiously, "Fourth Brother, your Golden Leaf Vine Divine Seed was also born after the fog tide erupted, right?"

Kim replied, "Yes."

Yin asked, "Then, will this seed of the Tall-stemmed Rain-Gathering Flower, bestowed by the God, be like the Golden Leaf Vine...?"

Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he said uncertainly, "It seems that this is just an ordinary divinely bestowed seed."

The tall stalks and the rain-dwelling flower are water-related.

The primordial energy fluctuations exhibited by this nascent Tall-stemmed Rain-flower divinely bestowed seed are also of the water element.

First of all, there is no change in the Force attribute.

In other aspects, it is not yet possible to see any further developments.

After carefully examining and sensing it for a while

Everyone calmed down from the euphoria of discovering the divinely given seed.

Yin announced, "This divinely bestowed seed was discovered by Fourth Brother and belongs to him."

"..."

The blue sky and strong winds were disheartening.

It's one thing for Boss Jin to be good at digging up ancient ruins, another to be good at making money, and yet he's also incredibly skilled at finding divinely bestowed seeds.

The true God of Nature is so unfair; He bestowed wisdom, talent, and luck upon a single spider.

Yin was overjoyed and immediately asked, "Fourth Brother, herbaceous divine-given seeds are not suitable for cultivation into wild divine-given seeds. So, shall I cultivate them into life-giving seeds?"

"Don't you already have two?"

Jin said, "The banana plant doesn't yet have a divinely bestowed seed."

"Like a banana?"

Silver remained silent.

That guy Xiangjiao wasn't a normal spider; he was obsessed with banana plants and spread his seed everywhere almost frantically.

Over the years, Yin has traveled all over Borneo and Ivory Coast, encountered all sorts of insects, and deeply witnessed the cruel reality that hard work and effort do not necessarily bring rewards.

Conversely, the vast majority of Zerg warriors who spend their lives toiling on their territory will ultimately not reap the divinely bestowed seeds and will receive no reward.

The true God of nature is not a fair and just God.

It is highly likely that the banana plant is one of the vast majority of insects that will not reap any rewards even after a hundred years of hard work, and its life will most likely end in failure and tragedy.

"..."

Yin remained silent for a long time.

"..."

Tianlan lowered her mental energy and asked, "Gold, Silver, what do we do next? Stay and guard?"

Jin said, "Dafeng, go back to the Termite Kingdom and bring back a bag of raw stones."

"Roger that!"

The wind agreed, and it soared into the deep sky, transforming into a streak of blue-yellow light that disappeared into the horizon.

Jin continued, "We can't neglect our business. After Dafeng returns, Tianlan will stay and keep watch with me. Yin, you and Dafeng will visit them one by one according to the plan."

"Ok."

"clear."

Silver and Sky Blue agreed. (End of Chapter)