Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Chapter 938 - 667: Persuasion_3

Dragon Cypress: "On the Zhibai Continent, temporarily only 13 spots are available. One each for Wind Phoenix Mountain, Golden Creek, and Shanglu, and an additional selection of 10 from other reliable top-level Great Tribes. Moreover, these spots are not free; they must participate in the final battle for Blue Island."

"Of course, it’s not necessary to send formidable warriors to fight. They can also undertake logistical tasks, such as collecting food! The Wave Tree Bay Alliance will organize a group of Ant Kings and Bee Kings to mobilize at least one billion troops in the next 16 years for an attack on Octal Land."

Purple: "???

Color Steel: "One billion?"

Yellow Thorn couldn’t help but interrupt: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, even if we gather all the edible food from Zhibai and Wanglan Continents, it won’t be enough to support an army of one billion, right?"

Yellow Heart replied: "To feed an army of one billion, we would need at least thirty million bees and ants dedicated to logistics transport. If it’s intercontinental transport, the logistical burden would double, if not more."

Earth Shrine Beetle King roughly understood Dragon Cypress’s intention and said with difficulty: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, collecting food on the Zhibai Continent by various tribes is definitely feasible, but the problem is the 20,000-kilometer journey, transportation is challenging!"

Purple proposed: "Gather the Ant Kings and Bee Kings at Dragon Stride Mountain? Or gather the larvae at Dragon Stride Mountain for cultivation. After hatching into insects, they can march to Yu’e Island or Blue Island for assembly."

Color Steel praised: "Purple is the smartest!"

Butterfly King Nupur: "..."

Some Holy Beetle Warriors hunted fresh meat and laid it out but no insects ate.

Dragon Cypress said: "Since I proposed this, naturally I have the perfect solution!"

He lightly tapped with his tentacle, generating a water sphere that wrapped around the whole forest python corpse placed in front. Controlling it to drift off the ground, primordial energy gently undulated, turning the water sphere azure, rapidly circulating, bleaching white, compressing, quickly condensing into a White Refining Bead.

"This is an ability I comprehended called ’Refinement’..."

Dragon Cypress demonstrated it once on-site and roughly explained the refinement ability.

After explaining, without looking at the surprised insects, he used Earth System abilities, causing the earth to surge up, changing and solidifying, forming a rough map of Zhibai Continent. Then, with Water System abilities, he changed it into a sea area map.

"Yellow Thorn, Yellow Heart, Yellow Leaf, Assistant King Yellow Vine, how many Hawk Wasps Army do you have stationed on the Zhibai Continent?"

Yellow Thorn: "About 60,000 left."

Yellow Heart: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, you mean that the great tribes of Zhibai Continent will organize to collect food, the Hawk Wasps Army will airlift it, and I’ll refine it into these ’White Refining Beads’ centrally."

Dragon Cypress: "Exactly!"

Yellow Heart calculated silently, then looked up and said solemnly: "Not only do our Hawk Wasps fly quickly, but our load-bearing capacity is top-level. I estimate 60,000 troops would be enough."

Dragon Cypress: "Good! In this matter, you will earn great merit, and after the battle, you will receive rewards according to your contributions, and the Hawk Wasps Kingdom won’t miss out on benefits."

"Listen to Great Leader Dragon Cypress’s command!"

Yellow Thorn, Yellow Heart, Yellow Leaf, and Assistant King Yellow Vine eagerly agreed.

"My Soldier Ants can also go into the sea to fish; the resources in the sea area of Zhibai Continent are not to be missed. Thus, I plan to set up posts in the southwestern, southeastern, and directly western coastal regions."

Dragon Cypress gestured with his tentacle, dividing Zhibai Continent into three major areas, saying: "13 spots, except for Shanglu, the other twelve spots correspond to 12 tribes, evenly distributed across three large areas, 4 in each."

"I will build a sub-nest in each area, taking one, the Hawk Wasps Army will be responsible for airlifting food from the other three points."

The four Hawk Wasps Assistant Kings nodded and agreed.

Dragon Cypress: "Purple, Color Steel, Green Heart, you each guard an Ant Army post, responsible for air sentry alert and communication."

"Listen to Great Leader Dragon Cypress’s command!"

The three insects joyfully agreed.

Earth Shrine Beetle King asked: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, does that mean the southwestern area post will be at our Wind Phoenix Mountain?"

Dragon Cypress: "Correct! I observed that the sea entrance location at Ya River is most suitable. The upstream great tribes collect food which, aside from air transport, can also flow down the river, shipped by water, easing a large part of the transportation burden. My Ant Army can go out to sea for fishing, considering both land and water."

The insects all nodded their tentacles in recognition.

Dragon Cypress continued: "Butterfly King Nupur, Assistant King Yellow Heart, Bald Cypress Bettle King, and you, well-acquainted with coastal kingdoms, can each recommend an Ant Nest post along the southwestern and eastern coasts?"

Dragon Cypress added: "This also involves the future allocation of ’Sea God Trust Scroll’ spots, requiring selecting reputable great tribes with concurrent influence."

Purple eagerly waved his tentacle, gently pointed on the map, and said: "The southeastern sea can choose Pangqi Lake, Thorn Ant Bee Kingdom! The Lone Bee, in terms of lineage, belongs to the Bee Clan. It’s closely related to the Ant Clan."

Color Steel echoed: "That’s right. That’s right. Pangqi Lake is a power formed by the Black and White Thorn Ant Bees, Red and Black Thorn Ant Bees, and Golden Fluff Thorn Ant Bees, totaling around thirty thousand, with strong capabilities."

Dragon Cypress looked at Butterfly King Nupur and then at Bald Cypress Bettle King.

Bald Cypress Bettle King hesitantly said: "The Thorn Ant Bees have a fierce nature, not easy to interact with."

Butterfly King Nupur said: "Pangqi Lake operates under a fully closed management system, only interacting with the Flame Spider Caravan and a few nearby kingdoms, rarely communicating with the outside world. If discussing influence, it may be slightly lacking."

Butterfly King Nupur paused and added: "Our Golden Creek has no exchanges or communication with Pangqi Lake."

Dragon Cypress looked at Assistant King Yellow Heart.

Yellow Heart introduced in detail: "Pangqi Lake has three tribes, nine leaders, one Great Leader. The position of Great Leader rotates every century among the three tribes. Currently, it’s the turn of the Red and Black Thorn Ant Bee Tribe, led by Red Grapefruit Bee King."

"For the past few decades, I have been overseeing coastal reconnaissance work. As we are all from the Bee Clan, I often interact with Pangqi Lake. Red Grapefruit Bee King is quite approachable."

Color Steel echoed: "I am also very familiar. Their Green Grapefruit Leader is generous."

Dragon Cypress: "Good! Since you say so, let’s try communicating."

Dragon Cypress continued: "On the continent’s due east, near the passage between the realms, we need to select a nearby post on the coast."

Yellow Heart waved his tentacle, circling a sea area on the map, saying: "Great Leader Dragon Cypress, due east of the continent, an area with unclaimed scattered islands. From my observations, the marine fisheries are exceptionally rich. It’s less than 100 kilometers from the mainland, and I suggest setting the third post on these islands as a central storage site for the collected White Refining Beads on the Zhibai Continent, making it convenient for returning to the Wanglan Continent."

"Is that so?"

Dragon Cypress happily said: "Worth checking!"

After a detailed discussion,

Cypress sends ten thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers to stay, stationed at Ya River’s entrance.

Dragon Cypress and Silver Cypress, leading another forty thousand Specialized Blue Soldiers, with Butterfly King Nupur, Yellow Heart, Purple, Green Heart, Color Steel, and other insects accompanying, first head to visit Pangqi Lake.