Astral Gods

Chapter 82 Coastal Defense Treatment

On Daqing Peak, the Green Bamboo King lay basking in the sun near the Green Bamboo God-given Seed.

Its Green Bamboo Divine Seed is considered one of the most productive divine-given herbaceous plants, producing a batch of bamboo fruits every five years, with an average annual output of over 400,000 raw stones.

Thanks to this divinely bestowed seed, it was forced to evolve to the Lord level. With the addition of some primal force food provided by the tribe, it barely managed to advance to the King level.

The lifespan of a King-level being is approximately eight hundred years. For each age level that is advanced, their lifespan can be increased by another twenty to fifty years.

However, after advancing to the King level, the cost of advancing to each age is too high. It is currently repaying the tribe's debt of primal force food and has no plans or ideas to evolve upwards in the short term.

Just as it was resting comfortably, it sensed that Purple Plum and Purple Pearl were flying over from a distance.

However, it didn't make any move, letting the two of them land in front of it.

"King of Green Bamboo Armor!" the two insects called out to it with great respect.

The Green Bamboo Armor King asked listlessly, "What is it?"

Lord Purple Plum waved his tentacles, signaling Purple Pearl to come forward and speak.

"The Green Bamboo King and the Rain Flower Insect King of the Thousand Star Islands are asking if we should send insects to join the coastal defense force?"

King Qingzhujia remembered that the insects from the Thousand Star Islands had indeed mentioned this before.

At this moment, Lord Zili asked, "King Qingzhu, if we voluntarily join the Thousand Star Islands' coastal defense force, how many Primal Stones worth of Primal Energy food will our tribe need to provide?"

The Azure Bamboo Armor King swayed its antennae and said casually, "According to the custom in the Thousand Star Islands, the amount of raw stones a tribe needs each year is related to the area of ​​the island it occupies, roughly ten raw stones per square kilometer."

"Ten raw stones per square kilometer!" Lord Zi Li silently calculated in his mind. The islands allocated to their Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe in the Thousand Star Islands were 21,000 square kilometers, which meant that they would produce 210,000 raw stones every year.

This number is neither too much nor too little; it is equivalent to the annual output of all the life seeds of seven ordinary mountain lord-level Zerg warriors combined.

"They don't have requirements regarding the quality and type of Force food, right?"

"The number of Zerg warriors in the Thousand Star Islands is large, and they need all kinds of Force food, so they don't care about the quality."

"That's acceptable. But if our tribe's Zerg warriors join the coastal defense force, will the Force-based food they receive be suitable for our tribe's Zerg warriors?"

"There's no need to worry about that. The Thousand Star Islands will find Flame Spider Merchants to trade for Force food suitable for all Zerg warriors."

According to their regulations, Mountain Lord-level warriors receive an annual supply of Force food worth 20,000 Primal Stones.

Lord-level warriors receive an annual supply of Force food worth 100,000 Primogems, while the Insect King receives an annual supply of Force food worth 300,000 Primogems.

The words of the Green Bamboo King made Lord Purple Plum and Purple Pearl's eyes light up.

Even with the added income from the Purple Plum Lord's Life Seed, the average annual output of the Purple Plum God-given Life Seed is only around 30 Primogems.

The estimated annual output of purple pearl is at most 3 rough stones.

If they can join the coastal defense force, it's equivalent to increasing their annual income by two-thirds, which is enough for them to advance to the next age group.

Lord Zili said eagerly, "That's quite a good deal. As long as two lord-level Zerg warriors join the coastal defense force, the cost of the Force food they pay will be recouped."

King Qingzhu sneered, "Don't think it's that simple. Every Zerg member who can join the coastal defense team is an elite among their peers, and almost every one of them can fight beyond their level."

Although our Rhinoceros Beetle tribe is exceptionally powerful among Zerg warriors of the same level, fighting against opponents of a higher level is not an easy task.

Upon hearing this, Lord Zili and Zizhu remained silent. After advancing to the Mountain Lord level, physique could indeed become one of the key factors in determining victory or defeat, but awakened talents and abilities were even more important.

Some Zerg warriors awaken extremely terrifying abilities, making it easy for them to challenge opponents of higher levels.

The probability of a Zerg warrior awakening their talents and abilities is related to the Force food they usually eat.

For example, the Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe possesses elemental talents in both metal and earth. Before advancing to the Mountain Lord level, they can eat either earth-elemental food or metal-elemental food.

The more of a certain type of Force food one consumes, the greater the probability of awakening the corresponding talent. If a Zerg warrior consumes only one type of Force food for a long period of time, the probability of awakening the same type of talent will greatly increase.

The same applies to Zerg warriors who advance to the Mountain Lord level. Upon reaching the Mountain Lord level, they will awaken at least one ability. In subsequent evolutionary stages, the better the quality of the Force food they consume, the greater the probability of awakening an ability.

After all, there is a big difference between evolving by consuming Force food produced in the territory of a low-level warrior and evolving by consuming Force food produced in the territory of a king-level warrior.

Of course, the best way to increase the probability of awakening talents and abilities is to evolve by only eating God-given Force food. However, God-given Force food is expensive, and most Zerg warriors can only eat a small amount to assist in evolution.

If one wants to evolve by only consuming food given by the gods, even a single Insect King would be insufficient to support an Insect warrior to advance to the Mountain Lord level.

The number of awakened talents and the size of the Rhinoceros Beetle Warriors are among the best of the Zerg warriors, but because they are not wealthy enough, the number of awakened abilities is not large.

Lord Zili comforted them, "Once Zishan is promoted to the Mountain Lord level, the tribe will be better off."

The Green Bamboo Armor King waved its tentacles but did not respond. In fact, it understood very well that the ability of the yew to transform its life seed into a divinely bestowed seed was indeed helpful to the tribe, but the help was not as great as imagined.

It's impossible to say that possessing a divinely bestowed seed would directly double the strength of a tribe.

There is a key point here: the difference between an individual insect possessing a divinely bestowed seed and a tribe possessing a divinely bestowed seed is significant.

Even if it possesses many divinely bestowed seeds, it does not belong to the tribe. The divinely bestowed seeds it possesses will definitely be given priority to itself and its two brothers.

The Zerg warriors within the tribe can at most get a taste of the fruit peels and pulp. Being able to use male mulberry trees for pollination and share the profits with the tribe's warriors is already a great benefit.

What it values ​​more is not the many divinely bestowed seeds that the yew possesses, but the fact that the three yew brothers will surely become powerful insect kings in the future.

At that time, it will be natural for them to lead the tribe's rhinoceros tortoise warriors to expand their territory, increase the planting area of ​​the forest, and increase the probability of the birth of divinely bestowed seeds.

Speaking of which, it remembered something: "Spring has come, has the yew's red-hearted cherry seedling bloomed yet?"