chsdbacks Chapter 96 Rejection
Chapter 96 Rejection
Chapter 96 Rejection
"King Qingzhu is joking. The Zerg warriors who joined the coastal defense force are somewhat rigid in their thinking and do not know how to be flexible."
In addition, there are quite a few Zerg tribes coming over at this time of year; if they were all let in, things would get chaotic.
"Since you have a large insect king, don't bother with the small insects."
The pale blue armored king flew to the front of the rhinoceros tortoise warriors and scanned them with his mental energy, counting the number of Zerg warriors present.
"Are these all soldiers from your tribe who joined the coastal defense training team this year?"
"Most of them are. Some are just here to see what it's like. I'll bring them back after I'm done with my work on Zanzibar."
"So that's how it is."
King Danqing Bujia was not surprised by this, as no tribe could possibly devote all its strength to the public army.
Some of the Zerg warriors participating in the coastal defense training are trained for their respective tribes; this is an unspoken rule that everyone knows.
As one of the insect kings in charge of the coastal defense forces, it was already used to this. Anyway, it didn't join the coastal defense forces and didn't need them to spend Primogems to train it. At most, it would just help them train.
It flapped its wings, signaling the patrol team to continue their patrol, while it personally led the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors into Lotus Island.
With the White-Headed King of the Pale Blue Armored Tribe leading the way, no Zerg warriors dared to stop them this time, and the group flew towards the center of Lotus Island.
The Zerg warriors who participated in training here two years ago also introduced this island, saying that the islands in the Thousand Star Islands are named after the unique plants found on each island.
The island is called Lotus Island because there is a very large lake in the center of the island, which is planted with many lotus flowers.
In fact, this island is quite large, covering an area of over 4 square kilometers, which is comparable to the size of the 20th anniversary of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe.
That's the size of the existing territory.
However, no Zerg tribes live here; it is all Zerg warriors who are participating in coastal defense training.
The warriors of the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, including Yew, flew from the edge of the island all the way to its center. Along the way, they saw many strange and wonderful insectoid warriors, even more different kinds of insectoid warriors than Yew had seen in the trading square.
These Zerg warriors practiced combat training all over the island, and various abilities could be seen being displayed from time to time. The atmosphere was quite intense, which made the many Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors' blood boil.
The island in the middle of the lake is vast and boundless, stretching as far as the eye can see, and looks to be at least seven or eight hundred square kilometers.
The roads on the island, solidified with earth and stone, are straight and orderly, planned in a large hexagonal shape, looking like a giant beehive.
Between the grid of roads, various Zerg buildings stand side by side, some heavy and sturdy, others delicate and orderly, all built in the shape of Zerg warriors themselves, making them easy to distinguish and highly distinctive.
On the east side of the island stands an enormous plaza, which has been solidified by the Zerg King, who possesses the ability to solidify soil and rock. Even if a Lord-level Zerg warrior were to fight on the plaza, it would be impossible for him to cause significant damage.
To the west of the square, an extremely magnificent building rises from the ground. The building is circular in shape, and its interior is not visible, but it is said that all the food items made from the primal force by various tribes are stored here.
Some of the Force food stored here will be traded with the Flame Spider Merchants for God-given Force food, while the rest will be stored and stockpiled according to different attributes in designated areas.
Then each autumn, the Zerg warriors submit a list of Force foods they need to eat.
More than ten insect kings presided over the distribution of Force food to the insect warriors.
The White-Headed Armor King led all the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors to the eastern plaza. After they landed, the White-Headed Armor King spoke, "Green Bamboo Armor King, your tribe joined the coastal defense warrior training team two years ago. You should know the rules, right?"
"I know the rules here, of course." The Green Bamboo Armor King raised its middle leg, on which hung a spider silk bag. It opened the bamboo silk bag, took out the metal cylinder inside, unscrewed it, and then took out 21 Spider King Scrolls with a face value of 1 and handed them to the White-Headed Armor King.
Their Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe is thousands of kilometers away from here, so naturally it wouldn't bring a large bag of Force food all the way here.
Spider King's Scrolls circulate throughout the entire continent and can be used as currency in place of raw gems.
After giving them the Spider King's Scroll, they can use it to buy goods from the Flame Spider Merchants every November when they arrive. The effect is the same as Force Food, so the White-Headed Armor King naturally won't refuse.
Not only the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe, but most tribes on the Thousand Star Islands also use the Spider King's Scroll to pay their bills.
The main reason is that Force food is troublesome to carry. Even among the insects of the Thousand Star Islands, some insect tribes have a journey from their islands to Lotus Island that is no shorter than that from Banana Island.
Secondly, the requirements for obtaining Force food here are very strict.
They only require Primal Force food of Mountain Lord level or above, and there is no premium for Primal Force food here.
All Mountain Lord-level Force Foods, whether they are relatively useless auxiliary enhancements or more valuable strength enhancements, vitality enhancements, or mental enhancements, are all priced at 2000 Primogems per kilogram.
For example, a mulberry seed from a Zerg warrior's territory of a Mountain Lord is worth about 0.12 raw stones, and the weight of a mulberry seed after removing the pulp is about 0.05 grams.
Even if each one weighs 0.05 grams, one kilogram would be 2 pieces, which would be worth 2400 raw stones according to their tribe's selling price. But here, it's only worth 2000 raw stones.
For every kilogram of Force food they bring, they lose 400 Primal Stones. If they bring 100 kilograms of Force food, they lose 4 Primal Stones. Most tribes are unwilling to do such a losing business.
As for why the Flame Spider Merchants are willing to travel thousands of miles to do this kind of business, the reason is quite simple: the Flame Spider Merchants collect Force Food from various tribes at cost price.
After collecting Force food from these tribes, they paid their debts with a light, woven scroll of the Spider King.
This is equivalent to saying that for every Spider King's Scroll they pay, they get a certain amount of Force Food for free.
Then they would combine the Force food they had traded with each caravan to create Force food sets, and then resell a portion of these sets back to the various tribes at a premium.
They don't need to give up a single grain of Force food. They only need to go through a simple procedure and pass through the claws to get Force food from the claws of various tribes and make a profit from it. So naturally, they come frequently.
Even with such a large deficit from bringing over Force food, one can only imagine the losses from God-given Force food. For example, a kilogram of God-given Force food produced in the territory of a Mountain Lord-level warrior can be worth only 8 Origin Stones or 20 Origin Stones depending on the type.
If these guys were to cut them all into pieces worth 8 raw stones per kilogram with a single stroke, these tribes would be furious.
Therefore, they preferred to have the coastal defense forces buy from the Flame Spider Merchants, or trade with their own tribes using the Spider King's Scroll, rather than bring Force food directly.
Of course, nothing is absolute, and the coastal defense forces didn't set prices arbitrarily. They must have had their reasons for setting the price of Force Food at this standard.
In fact, apart from some Force foods that can be widely circulated, such as the mulberry seeds mentioned earlier, as well as Force foods of the strength type, Force foods of the mental type, or special different Force foods.
For most Force foods, including those of various elemental types, 2000 Primogems per kilogram is a fairly normal price.
Many tribes also collect poisonous or otherwise useless Force foods and trade them with the coastal defense forces.
As for the coastal defense forces, they have all sorts of Zerg warriors in their ranks. No matter if your Force food is good or bad, poisonous, bitter, or rotten, there's always a Zerg warrior who can find something suitable and enjoys it.
They are able to perfectly distribute the originally inexpensive Force food to suitable Zerg warriors.
In a sense, this actually replaced the trading of the Flame Spider Merchant to a certain extent.
The White-Headed Armor King put away the Spider King's scroll. It would soon register the fees paid by the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe, after which Sang Island, where the Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe was located, would become one of the islands patrolled daily by their coastal defense forces.
There's nothing that can be done about it. The Sea Beast Kingdom is a powerful force, and its overall strength is not necessarily weaker than that of the Thousand Star Islands.
The Thousand Star Islands have too many islands, and many of them do not have Zerg warriors living on them. Even if Zerg warriors are born on these islands, they will be relocated to places where Zerg warriors live, or directly to Banana Island to live.
The White-Headed Armor King said to the Green Bamboo Armor King, "Green Bamboo Armor King, is there anything else you need to tell the little warriors? If not, I will arrange for the insects to take them to the settlement planned for your Rhinoceros Golden Tortoise tribe."
Next, we'll conduct a six-month training program. If any Zerg warriors meet the standards, we'll select them for the coastal defense force. What do you think?
The Green Bamboo King had no objection to this, and it responded by tapping its antennae: "This is a very reasonable arrangement."
Then it turned to Yew and instructed, "Stay here for a while. I'm going to Sang Island to take care of some things. After I'm done, I'll bring you back to the tribe."
Zishan readily agreed, "Okay."
Then, King Qingzhujia gave a few more instructions to the mountain lord-level Zerg Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors in the group before ending the conversation.
Seeing that it had finished speaking, the White-headed Armor King swayed its antennae and released its spiritual power to beckon the two Zerg warriors over from afar: "You two take them to the Rose Butterfly King to get the life imprint of the sea defense training team, and then send them to their tribe's settlement."
The two oddly-looking Zerg warriors replied, "Yes!"
The two Zerg warriors were a pear leaf beetle warrior and a ten-star glistening leaf beetle warrior. They led the rhinoceros beetle warriors to fight for the so-called life mark: "The high-level warriors and the pear leaf beetle warrior Chijia go together, and the mountain lord-level warriors come with me. We'll go fight for the life mark first."
The Mountain Lord-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors and the High-level Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors split into two teams and followed two Zerg warriors to different locations.
Thirty-three high-level rhinoceros tortoise warriors followed a pear-leaf armor warrior named Red Clamp as it flew toward the base behind the island in the middle of the lake.
The yew tree was curious about the "life mark" mentioned by the white-headed armor king. It flew to the pear-leaf armor warrior's side and asked directly, "Lord of Crimson Armor Mountain, what is a life mark? Why is such a mark placed on someone?"
As the Lord of Crimson Armor Mountain led the way, he said indifferently, "The Life Mark is a life-enhancing ability. After you have this mark, you will not be blocked when entering and leaving Lotus Island."
Having this mark will also appropriately increase your vitality. If you get injured, it can help you recover more quickly. Furthermore, within a certain range, it can sense the location and status of other coastal defense soldiers, making it a very useful ability.
"Oh!" Upon hearing what the Lord of Chijia Mountain said, Zishan immediately understood.
Injuries are inevitable when participating in coastal defense training. After being marked with such a life-saving mark, minor injuries can be ignored, and even serious injuries can be recovered relatively quickly. So this ability is quite useful.
But then it had a question: "Lord Crimson Cliff Mountain, if we're all going to imprint life marks, why aren't we going to the same place as the mountain lord-level warriors?"
The Lord of Chijia Mountain was a little impatient, but considering that the other party's elders were still here, he had to give the Insect King some face, so he patiently said, "The training places for Lord-level warriors and advanced warriors are not in the same location. You train and live in different places."
You should have heard about this from the insects who came for training a couple of years ago. Okay, you'll understand some things in a few days; asking too many questions now is pointless.
Zishan sensed the Zerg warriors' aversion to her group of insects, so she didn't say anything more.
They arrived at the building behind the island in the middle of the lake after flying for a short time. The rhinoceros tortoise warriors came from the west and had just passed by this place.
Looking back now, the buildings on the island in the middle of the lake are divided in two by a wide road that is 50 meters wide.
Half of the island is inhabited by mountain lord-level insectoid warriors who primarily hone their various abilities. The other half of Lotus Island serves as their training ground, where various abilities are frequently displayed.
The other half of the island is mainly inhabited by advanced warriors. These advanced warriors primarily train in physical fitness and teamwork, making much less noise. However, there are significantly more advanced Zerg warriors than on the mountain lord-level side, so when they come over, you can often see squads of Zerg warriors rushing back and forth.
The Lord of Chijia Mountain led them to a building with a butterfly-shaped exterior and a rather large area.
Here, a large group of Zerg warriors were queuing up. After the Lord of Crimson Cliff brought them here, he raised his paw and pointed at the queue, saying, "You are queuing here to wait to be marked with the life mark. Some of you have already been trained here, so you should know which district you originally lived in. You can go there on your own when the time comes."
"Alright!" The rhinoceros beetle warriors responded sparsely. Not only the yew, but they also realized that the insectoid warriors on the Thousand Star Islands didn't seem to like them much. Under such circumstances, they naturally wouldn't shamelessly try to please them.
The Lord of Red Cliff Mountain slightly twitched its tentacles, then ignored them and flew away.
Everyone was quite angry when they saw this.
A rhinoceros beetle warrior complained, "King Whitehead told them to take us back to our home after we had imprinted our life marks, but he dared to disobey and just brought us here. He is utterly despicable."
Zi Ai also said angrily, "I sensed something was wrong the moment we entered the island. These guys seem to completely disregard us!"
"Yes, they're rejecting us. Is it because we're not Zerg warriors from the Thousand Star Islands?"
The Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors were having a heated discussion here.
At this moment, Zishan released her spiritual power to stop the insects from continuing: "Alright, if they don't want to take it, they don't have to. It's not like we've never been here before. After we line up and get our life marks, we can just do our own thing."
Upon hearing what the yew tree said, the insects immediately fell silent.
Among the many high-ranking warriors present, only Zishan, Tiannanxing, and Qingyulan possessed the God-given Seed. In the Zerg society, those who possess the God-given Seed have a higher status than other Zerg.
Not to mention that the yew tree possesses a male mulberry tree seed bestowed by the gods, which is much better than the Arisaema heterophyllum seed bestowed by the gods and the Cymbidium goeringii seed bestowed by the gods. It can also increase the production of other Zerg warrior seeds.
It can be said that none of the Zerg warriors present did not want to curry favor with Zishan. In addition, the tribal king and lords valued Zishan highly, so it naturally became the leader of the Zerg when the tribal elders were not present.
Seeing that the insects had quieted down, Zishan instructed, "Don't worry about anything else for now, everyone line up!"
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