Chapter 1433: Chapter 1433
1433: Chapter 1429: Chaos 1433: Chapter 1429: Chaos “…..It was truly a delightful celebration, making one forget all about the war at the frontline.”
“I always feel like you’re implying something, and I don’t need proof.”
Looking at the girl’s unpredictable demeanor in front of him, Lu Ping’an, as a master, remained quite calm.
He was actually a bit surprised, surprised by the prosperity of this city….
The Eastern Country had all sorts of facilities, and there were even special materials from the Octopus and Lava Clan, Lu even saw cultural products and flesh products of the Insect Clan.
Mingxi Archipelago had been confirmed as the capital of the New Kingdom, but its prosperity had still exceeded Lu Ping’an’s expectations…..
When he was at the Outer Ring Island Dock, he even saw warships of the Lava Clan and biochemical vehicles of the big insects.
Clearly, fighting while negotiating, and even secretly trading with certain entities, seemed to be the norm in kingdom warfare.
Of course, the nominal controllers wouldn’t be enemies from the Exotic Races, it seemed some were Hybrids, a part were defectors from other clans…
These defectors’ way of survival might just be to act as bridges for trade and communication between the two sides.
Intelligence, resources, specialties, and even some people’s lives could all become objects of trade, they were simultaneously suspected by both sides, yet entrusted with heavy responsibilities by both.
“Aren’t the Abyssal Worm Swarm a collective consciousness?
Are there defectors too?”
On this matter, Lu Ping’an didn’t really understand; he wasn’t interested in insects…..
To be precise, he lacked interest in collective consciousness, which from the very beginning went against his “trade” rules.
As for such creatures, at his current level, it was also hard to separate them from the collective consciousness…..
Simply put, he couldn’t effectively utilize these materials, and many Beast Tamers who tried to tame insect swarms ended up feeding the insects instead.
Especially since the local insect swarms were mostly results of the Abyss bloodline transformation, being cruel and blood-thirsty was a basic trait, making them too difficult to sustain.
“This, it’s somewhat related to those ten years of ‘dark history.'”
Originally, the whole world was isolated and accelerated, naturally, the local “collective consciousness” had its network broken.
Under normal circumstances, this wasn’t anything serious….
When reconnected, it would naturally be assimilated by the stronger side.
“When the world was isolated, the Abyssal Insect Race left on this planet split apart, some chose to resist the collective consciousness, while some were ultimately annihilated…”
Adding the Abyss to the Insect Clan, it always looked like a candidate for natural disasters, a Devourer reshaping the world in its own image…
but this also meant that its “composition” was quite mottled.
“Local network breaking away from the internet, preparing to set up its own server….
“Uh, I think I get what you mean, but it’s a bit different.
Those Abyssal Insect Race got some help from Ancient Heroes, they became a new ethnic group.”
At this, Lu Ping’an suddenly understood.
He remembered the Ancient “Heroic Spirit” he had seen before, who were preserved by the World’s Will of this civilization, their external structure clearly had the structure of the Insect Clan.
“Right, now that you mention it, I seem to remember those Abyssal Insect Race, originally being the Ancient Clansmen who fled here, which means, they and those insect-like Ancient Heroes are actually from the same clan…”
With this hint, Lu Ping’an knew how to fill in the rest.
Those Ancient Heroes had revived, found out their former clansmen had become slaves to the Abyss plus collective will, which naturally saddened them…
Their rescue of those “defectors” seemed only natural.
“…It’s also possible those heroes were dragged down by the collective consciousness.”
Lu Ping’an’s thoughts had a bit of malice.
But those insects were destined to be a minority, perhaps they were the ones most eager to fight against their clan’s collective will.
Once a soul had tasted freedom, it naturally consented to be enslaved anew.
And their unique forms of existence and their origins predestined that they could never gain the trust of the races of this world…
No one could guarantee whether they were just acting, so from the start, it seemed most wise not to trust them at all.
Looking at some of the shops, where big insects appeared to be bound, Lu Ping’an was lost in thought.
The three great enemy races, Octopus, Abyssal Insect Race, all had their own traitors, only the Lava Dwarves, who still remained a complete kingdom, seemed to have none…
“No, there must be some, those unlucky ones left on the homeland within the last decade, there must be traitors among them…
If the high-level combat power that stayed behind on this planet wasn’t foolish, they could take in some Gray Dwarves, even if just to provide information or act as insiders.
At the very least, they could provide some technical support…”
At that moment, even Lu Ping’an was somewhat helpless.
From the scenery of the Exotic Races before him, he thought of the traitors among the Exotic Races, thought of the modern warfare situation where you contain me and I contain you, and inevitably, he doubted…
“…Those guys, probably didn’t tell the whole truth.”
Linnu Force is, in reality, the foremost local power, but it is also a gathering of more than twenty eighth-tier and above Big Shots.
Every individual has their own targets and forces, no one is truly selfless…
The things, resources, and even Exotic Races they control, they had no reason to share with others.
Eastern Country was able to push forward a new military leader as the spearhead, go test the waters…
now the voluntarily stepping forward Lu, was he not also a spearhead pushed forward by the Big Shot Linnu?
If things went well, all would be well, if they didn’t…
“…It really looks like I need more allies.”
Five Quasi-Gods, as well as more than a dozen eighth-tier, they originally had their own small circles, Lu Ping’an had just managed to squeeze into their larger circle.
It seemed he needed to go even further, have more reliable allies.
Small circles, often pejorative, but within the larger circles, small circles meant more specific common interests…
and also facilitated competition for resources with other small circles.
These Big Shots surely still had many hidden Chess pieces, if Lu Ping’an really wanted to do something, he would at least need the genuine support of one or two small circles.
“…I should have a talk with a few Quasi-Gods.” He would probably need to actively seek them out and confide in them next.
Lu Ping’an here, actually had his own advantages.
He was inducted into the scheme by King Kui, naturally having an ally relationship, and he already had a very good relationship with Old Mr.
Liu, as for the large group…
Lu Ping’an guessed that they would remain neutral to the end.
Since she could become the ultimate winner just by staying neutral, she really had no reason to favor any side.
Of the three Quasi-Gods under Linnu, Lu Ping’an had at least two choices, those two other foreign Quasi-Gods were not familiar to Lu Ping’an, and he didn’t need to consider them too deeply.
Lu Ping’an sighed, this was really troublesome, with the situation already , yet still a pile of big and small calculations…
He looked down, his gaze at his disciple filled with a bit more sympathy.
Regardless, he was still a Chess Player, and even if he gambled everything and lost, he could always start over…
he was still young, he could afford to lose.
And his disciple, who had voluntarily jumped down to serve as a Chess piece, especially in the “protagonist’s position,” would likely have a very hard time ahead.
“Keep it up.” He patted the girl’s head, in that moment, Lu Ping’an was unusually tender.
“I will.” The girl was full of vigor, and she was actually still just bothered by those military affairs, not yet aware of what she was going to face next.