Astral Gods

Chapter 12 Evolution, Evolution

Zitong flew back to the nest with the three little ones and fed Zishan a lot of Force food and peanuts. Only after she was sure that it was full did she let it go deep into the nest to sleep.

Before long, bursts of primal force fluctuations emanated from inside the nest.

Having learned from their previous experiences, Zitong and the others had already made preparations, placing thousands of raw stones in their nest chamber.

As the rate of Force absorption within the nest chamber increases, several insects immediately begin scraping against the Primal Stone to assist the yew in absorbing Force.

To be honest, they didn't understand what was going on with the yew. Normally, apart from being a bit bigger than other Zerg warriors of the same age, eating more, and absorbing more Force, the yew was no different from other Zerg warriors.

In their view, if this growth rate continues, let alone Purple Pearl, even Lord Purple Plum might not be able to afford to raise her when she evolves to a higher level.

However, since it's a junior, we can't just give up on it like that. We need to at least help it advance to the intermediate level before we see how things go.

Moreover, as the purple locust and purple artemisia age, they can output more primal force to the yew, thus reducing the consumption of primal stones.

Deep within the nest chamber, the fluctuations of the yew's absorption of Originium grew stronger, and several insects accelerated their scraping of Originium, consuming hundreds of Originium in the blink of an eye.

Purple Locust and Purple Artemisia drained their primal energy and surged into the depths of the nest, where it was also quickly absorbed.

The two insects then separated and began to draw upon the primal force of nature, while Zizhu and Zitong continued to busy themselves scraping the raw stone.

After the fluctuations of primal force within the nest subsided, Zizhu glanced at the remaining primal stones and immediately ordered, "Zitong, we might not have enough primal stones. Go find Lord Zili and get another two thousand, no, three thousand primal stones!"

"good!"

When Zitong returned, Lord Zili also returned with it. At this moment, the suction force that draws in the primal force was generated again in the nest. Zihuai and Ziai, who had just recovered, drained the primal force in their bodies and poured it into the nest.

Lord Zi Li hurriedly put down the raw stones he had brought, somewhat shocked, and said, "This is just a lowly warrior at the initial stage, how could it need so many raw stones? This is completely illogical."

"We don't know either. Let's see what happens after it finishes evolving!"

Zi Li led the way with her claws, violently crushing the raw stones. The insects worked for a while longer, and when they had used up less than 500 of the 3,000 raw stones they had brought, Zi Tong was about to go and get more raw stones when the fluctuations of the primal force in the cave finally stopped.

"Finally, it's stopped." Zishan entered the nest chamber at night to break through, and the fluctuations of primal force did not stop until dawn. Everyone was very busy that night.

Deep inside the nest chamber, the yew slowly withdrew its shell and crawled out of the chamber.

Zihuai and Ziai asked with concern, "How is Zishan? Is everything alright?"

Zishan replied with a relaxed air, "Not bad."

It's just a beginner warrior advancing from the first to the second stage, and it took half a year to evolve, during which it ate so much Force food.

This kind of conventional evolution, apart from requiring a great deal of Force, doesn't put much pressure on other aspects.

Lord Zili couldn't help but ask, "Zishan, what's going on? Why does a novice warrior need so many Primal Stones to evolve?"

It should be noted that it has cost tens of thousands of bushels of grain since it was born.

If each age stage requires so many Primogems, advancing from age one to age nine would require 90,000 Primogems. When one reaches the intermediate warrior level, wouldn't the consumption double?

What about advanced warriors?

What about the Mountain Lord-level warriors?

Such a terrifying consumption of raw stones, let alone Purple Pearl, even the entire Double-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe couldn't afford to support them.

Zishan said with a somewhat serious expression, "During this period of dormant evolution, I awakened many inherited memories. I think I may have found the reason." As it spoke, it spat out the mulberry seed that had been nurtured in its first instar and showed it to the insects.

"Lord Zili, Zizhu, Zitong, what changes have occurred in my destiny seed?"

Some of the insects sent out their spiritual senses to examine the tiny seed with some doubt, only to find that it had developed the primal force patterns that only divinely bestowed seeds possess.

"This is a divinely bestowed seed?" Zi Tong was shocked and looked at the life seed in Zi Shan's claws in disbelief.

Lord Zili hurriedly asked, "Zishan, where did you obtain this divinely bestowed seed? Why didn't you tell us?"

"Really? We had no idea." Zitong asked the same question.

But at that moment, Zizhu realized something and raised a strong question: "Wait a minute, Zishan, I remember the first life seed you nurtured was an ordinary male mulberry tree. When did you change it to a divinely bestowed life seed?"

The yew tree shook its antennae: "When I was conceived, I was indeed an ordinary mulberry seed, but after I finished gestating, it became a divinely bestowed seed."

"How is this possible?" Lord Zili and the others were utterly shocked by Zishan's words.

"How could Zerg warriors possibly cultivate ordinary seeds into God-given Seeds? If that were the case, wouldn't God-given Seeds be everywhere?"

Yew shook its antennae again: "I don't understand what's going on either. I was going to ask Lord Purple Plum!"

Lord Zili murmured, "Incredible, this is simply unbelievable."

"Let's not talk about that for now." Zizhu took out a mulberry seed and handed it to Zishan: "First, nurture the second-year life seed, then eat some primal energy food, and plant this life seed to see what happens."

Zitong put the mulberry seed into her life pouch; this time, she took the seed from a female mulberry tree.

Then it ate a large amount of Force-based food. After the adverse effects of its second-year evolutionary stage had largely subsided, it held up the Life Seed and asked, "Where should I plant this Life Seed? Should I plant it in the same place as before?"

It turns out that Zizhu and the others dug a large pit in their territory, intending to use it to plant life seeds for the yew trees. However, more than half a year passed and the yew trees did not evolve, so the pit was never used.

"Wait a minute," Lord Purple Plum said. "If it really is a divinely bestowed seed, then the area it needs is much larger than that of an ordinary life seed, and it cannot be planted in the original place."

It shared its experience: "Ordinary life seeds can be planted 50 meters apart, but divinely bestowed seeds require a much larger area and need to be planted 500 meters apart. Otherwise, they will compete for the Force. Try planting this life seed in the center of the original territory of the yew first."

"Okay," the insects readily agreed.

Under the watchful eye of Lord Zili and the guidance of Zizhu, Zihuai and Ziai worked together to dig a large pit, fetch water, and after a long period of hard work, they finally planted the life seed.

Two days later, the seed began to sprout and grow into a small tree that was thirty centimeters tall.

Five days later, the life seed grew to half a meter tall and emitted a peculiar fluctuation of primal force.

Lord Zili, who possessed the divinely bestowed seed, was all too familiar with this kind of Force fluctuation.

At this moment, it finally realized that the first life seed that the yew possessed was a divinely bestowed seed.