Chapter 1197 - 750: Interstellar Trade Route (Part 2)

Poison Bean piloted the Star Spider away from the Humped Bark Beetle Tribe's territory, racing down the flat, straight public main road directly toward Blue Eucalyptus Star 1001 District.

Successfully negotiated a big deal.

White Ivy and the others were overjoyed.

"Chairman White Ivy, that Great Leader Betel Elm looks down on you!"

"How so?"

"In matters of cooperative leasing, reclamation, and management of Zero Level Origin Points."

"Hmph. I was just casually speaking, testing their attitude."

"Their attitude is that they don't think you possess the necessary leadership abilities, that's looking down on you."

"Is it?"

White Ivy was secretly angry, "Poison Bean, pull the Star Spider to the side, let's get down, and you explain to me in detail."

"No need. It's unnecessary…"

Poison Bean hastily said: "I was just complaining. That Great Leader Betel Elm is too ignorant. The wise and courageous Chairman White Ivy actively offered to make them rich, and they dared to refuse. Stupid!"

White Ivy didn't want to speak.

Red Peach said: "Their Humped Bark Beetle Tribe will certainly lease Zero Level Origin Points themselves, reclaim and manage them. With a prosperous large tribe of eighteen hundred insect population, there's no need to cooperate with us."

"Such a large tribe has a severe labor surplus, and what they think is, outside of tribal capacity, providing those idle insects with jobs to increase income."

"I understand… I was just making conversation… probing a bit…"

White Ivy sighed lightly: "It seems we can only collaborate with those small, impoverished forces."

Red Peach: "Not only can we, we must."

Red Peach: "Actually, the Great Leader Betel Elm speaks quite appropriately; when a power becomes large, even within the same tribe there's interest conflict, let alone cooperation with different tribes."

"But if a power's tribal composition is diverse and large enough, then there's no racial conflict. Chairman White Ivy, you would also have more prestige, making it easier to coordinate and command."

Red Peach: "Of course, our White Ivy Chamber of Commerce currently has only a single-digit number of members, not enough insects, we must expand."

"Makes sense—"

"But certainly can't recruit externally."

"If our own juniors can't be relied upon, how can those recruited from outside be?"

White Ivy mumbled, pondering, saying: "Let's find a batch of ordinary Dulai Flame Spiders and Metal Mantises, the usual way, place them on Yellow Peach Mountain, let Yellow Peach take care of them."

"That's certainly no problem."

Red Peach suggested: "Chairman White Ivy, there are two spiders that we can directly recruit."

White Ivy: "Who?"

Red Peach: "Heliotrope and Cicada Seed."

"Heliotrope is fine."

White Ivy grumbled: "Forget Cicada Seed. Right now, I can't help wanting to smack with a claw any spider named with 'bean' in it."

Poison Bean: "…"

Originally intending to say something, but wisely, Poison Bean focused his gaze ahead, fully concentrating on steering the Star Spider on its way.

Red Peach said: "Chairman White Ivy, judging from the Humped Bark Beetle Tribe's reaction, our promotion of the Bee King Honey and Gene Potion trade model can easily be expanded."

"However, due to the speed limitation of the Star Spider, you, I, and Poison Bean, the three of us spiders, can only run one line."

"Considering the long term, we can completely center on the Sheep Hoof Armor Star System and Fragrant Herb Star System, opening two, three, or even four interstellar trade routes. Chamber of Commerce members divided into two, three, four teams, running together."

White Ivy: "…"

White Ivy: "Heliotrope and Cicada Seed forming a small roving merchant team?"

Red Peach: "Heliotrope is still very reliable in handling matters."

White Ivy: "Heliotrope is a bit far from us~"

Red Peach: "Currently, Silvergrass has nothing especially important to do, we can arrange for Silvergrass to go and recruit them both."

"Good—"

White Ivy readily agreed.

Sky Blue reached South 1001 District Plaza, directly diving into the Star Network and disappearing.

The next stop,

Po Lei Star System, only about 8 light years away from White Eucalyptus Star System.

Soon arrived.

Sky Blue directly landed in the commercial area.

Soul-Setting ability detected, similar situation as on the White Eucalyptus Star System side, somewhat deserted.

Activate super brain ability in coordination, screening, searching...

This time not so lucky, didn't find any familiar Insect Clan.

A signal from White Ivy's eyes.

Poison Bean, understandingly, controlled Sky Blue, with a graceful stride, unhurriedly crawled to the designated area of the plaza, its eight legs neatly retracted, chest and abdomen lowered, and docked smoothly.

Poison Bean jumped off the Star Spider, paused for a couple of seconds, and immediately, several Flame Spider Warriors driving Star Spiders with passengers surrounded him.

"Spider, an outsider?"

"Your Star Spider isn't ordinary, is it?"

"A Third-Level Star Spider?"

"That big Flame Spider Warrior… looks unusual, huh?"

"Which Chamber of Commerce are you with? Not simple, right?"

"What are you here for?"

"We're all the same tribe, got any good jobs? Introduce some?"

...

"Third-Level Star Spider, Sky Blue, 22 billion. Everyone move aside! Don't touch it!"

"My name is Poison Bean! White Ivy Chamber of Commerce."

"That is Chairman White Ivy. It has been recognized by the Shanglu Divine Tree, eaten Shanglu Fruit, and possesses the Shanglu Divine Pattern as a spider! It has also eaten the Ghost King Sophora Seeds of Red Crow Mountain, awakened Ancestral Divine Power, so it's larger than usual spiders."

"You come from the Home Planet?"

"Of course."

"Which route is the boss getting rich from?"

"We trade Bee King Honey and Gene Potions, and came to Po Lei Star System to survey the market."

"Bee King Honey?"

"A delicious Divine-Given Origin Force food. We specialize in this on the Home Planet and Venus Star System, it's quite popular."

"By the way, spider, what's your name…"

After a lot of chattering, greeting, and inquiring.

Poison Bean bid farewell and left, catching up with White Ivy and Red Peach already strolling down the street.

"Chairman White Ivy, I found out about three large tribes with an insect population over a thousand, among them, the Stag Beetle migrated from the Venus Star System nearly ten thousand years ago. Settled on Tieling Star, north 1438, 1439, 1440 districts."