The Lich of Glory Knight Spirit: Moving towards Krimasha!-Chapter 677 - 5: Insect Clan (Part 2)

"Water shortage?" Richie looked at Attila.

"Yes, we need the heat provided by the lava to grow food. There are lava veins nearby, so there’s no need to worry about heat. But fresh water is a troubling issue. The underground rivers here are not abundant. With water and heat, the Insect Clan can grow extremely powerful in a short time." As he spoke, Attila quietly glanced at Richie.

Water and heat... Hmm, above ground, these are all easy to solve. But...

Richie just observed without giving away any reaction, saying nothing.

Attila seemed a bit disappointed: "Next, let’s visit other places."

Carrying the two of them, the beetle flew to the next destination.

It could be said that every part of the Insect Clan’s nest was extremely spectacular. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Well, anything becomes spectacular when it reaches a certain quantity. The Insect Clan’s territory fully met this condition.

Countless insects that had passed the larval stage, under the leadership of many mature insects of the same species, were engaged in some kind of bizarre training in a space that was both vast and crowded.

Insects covering the cliffs were frantically digging some kind of black ore.

Old or injured insects voluntarily walked into the thick green liquid, perishing, and were then broken down into the same green liquid. These green liquids were then fed as food to larvae and adults...

Meanwhile, almost everywhere, Richie could see brain bugs like Bofran being carried and cared for by other insects of the clan.

"Brain bugs are the extension of the Insect Clan’s will; they lead the clan in the absence of the Retinal Bugs and Noble Bugs, making up for their intellectual deficiencies," said Attila.

"Noble Bugs?" Richie seemed to hear a new term.

"You could understand it as my ’husband’," Attila replied with a smile.

The actual scale of this territory wasn’t very large. Or rather, compared to the Human Lords’ territories, its scale wasn’t large. At most, it was only the scale of a Baron Territory.

Of course, in terms of power, even one Insect Clan nest was far from being comparable to a human Baron’s territory. Even without mentioning the Insect Clan’s vastly superior combat power, this small space held hundreds of thousands of insects...

After touring the whole territory, Richie was finally brought back to the "heart chamber." Together, they stood at the opening of the heart chamber, gazing at the endless stream of insects and the continuously flowing lava.

"Is the prelude over at last? Time to talk business. Unfortunately... the other side seems to have too high expectations," Richie thought.

Both sides just remained silent without saying a word.

Insects came in from time to time, circled around Attila, and then extended their tentacles to gently touch Attila’s tentacle before quietly leaving.

"What’s happening?" Richie glanced at the departing insects and asked.

"Giving orders," Attila replied with a smile.

So, the Insect Clan indeed communicates information using tentacles.

Richie then asked, "So what order did you just give?"

"Gave... Haha, to be honest, I don’t know either," Attila laughed and said, "Many races think the Insect Clan’s intelligence is low, but that’s not true. I need to manage the lives of hundreds of thousands of insects, and if necessary, I can know at any time where any specific insect is, what it’s doing, and what problems it’s encountering. Do you think other races can do that?"

"But you didn’t even know what kind of order you just gave."

"That’s because the Retinal Bugs have two brains, one here." Attila pointed to his head, then pointed to his abdomen: "One here. The upper brain governs strategy, and the lower brain governs details. It’s like humans’ brains and cerebellums. The difference is that if necessary, we can know the details at any time, although it’s a very frustrating thing. And humans can’t; they can’t even fully control their own bodies."

"You seem very familiar with humans?" Richie looked at Attila.

Attila sighed and continued to gaze into the distance: "Of course, we’ve dissected them. Humans are an interesting species, even better if they can be used as food."

Following Attila’s gaze, Richie also looked into the distance: "That must have been a long time ago, right? As far as I know, there are no humans in Shisun City. Could it be that you existed in the second era?"

"No, I wasn’t born then," Attila replied calmly: "The Insect Clan is an excellent species. Other races need a long cultivation period for their new members to finally take shape. Often, newly born members cannot reach the heights of the parent species. But we don’t. Because we can completely replicate all the knowledge, memory. It’s like copying another self without any flaws. As long as one Retinal Bug has dissected a human, the entire insect swarm will clearly know the details learned during the dissection. We don’t even need laws like other species do because whatever any Retinal Bug or Noble Bug does is a decision made by ’oneself.’ There’s no crime; there’s no punishment. We don’t even need to consider the issue of so-called justice. Besides us, is there any other species in the world as excellent?

"So I’m conversing with the entire Insect Clan right now?"

"You could say that. Am I not also conversing with the entire White Bone Holy Light Court? No one would believe, at a time like this, that Lord Bailey, an important role in the White Bone Holy Light Court, would send an irrelevant undead here. Surely... there must be something important, right?"

After a brief silence, Richie straightforwardly asked: "Then, regarding my request, what is the Insect Clan’s response? I am referring to my wish to meet Lord Pegasus."

"Certainly," Attila replied with a smile, "Lord Pegasus is indeed in Shisun City; we are very aware of that. Allowing you to meet with him is a simple matter. But..."

"But?"

"But, everything comes at a price, doesn’t it?"

"What price do you want?"

"Attila thinks, the esteemed guest has toured the entire Insect Clan territory. You’re so smart, you must already know what ’price’ we wish to obtain, right?"

Richie couldn’t help but take a deep breath: "I just made a small request, is this not excessive? Perhaps you should ask if Lord Pegasus is willing to see me?"

"Lord Pegasus wouldn’t want to see you; he wouldn’t see anyone. Even... Lord Pegasus doesn’t want anyone to know he’s in Shisun City. The fact that you know is only because Bofran leaked the information." After a pause, Attila put away the smile on her face and continued: "As you said, it is an insignificant request indeed. But we are not interested in insignificant requests, nor are we interested in accepting your friendship when the White Bone Holy Light Court is opposing Heaven and Hell. But if it’s a more equitable, larger, and intriguing transaction, that’s a different story... Hehehehe. Transactions should meet each other’s needs and be mutually beneficial, don’t you think? If what you offer isn’t what we want, then the transaction cannot succeed. I hope you will consider this seriously."