The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 126 - 42 No man can conquer Crete before surrendering!

Chapter 126: Chapter 42 No man can conquer Crete before surrendering!

"Surrender? Or a national surrender?"

Bai Yi originally thought that Bai Sheng would be quiet for a couple of days, but she didn’t expect that early in the morning, she would receive such a message from the orange cat.

"Last night, Bai Sheng and her team launched a night raid on Crete, but before long, they received an official surrender from Crete, and it was their level 6 Transcendent, the Crete Chief Justice himself who came forward.

’To represent Crete in surrendering to Emilia’

Because Bai Sheng and her group also encountered this situation for the first time, they asked the cat to consult your opinion."

Not to mention Bai Sheng and her group hadn’t seen it, she hadn’t seen such a scene either!

Moreover, were they not just in the Sun Church Court yesterday! They crossed half the Sun Church Court and the whole Emilia to reach Crete in just one day?

What kind of execution is this?

She vaguely remembered, from looking at the map, this distance was equivalent to running from the northeast to Tibet...

But Crete’s direct national surrender is even more explosive.

People in Gaul only surrendered after fighting to the capital; they barely just touched the border!

Couldn’t they resist even a little?

However, when Bai Yi recalled the history of the Crete Republic she read in Zhuchen’s books, she somewhat understood their decision.

Crete, relying on its excellent geographical location, has always served as the commercial hub of the Seven Countries. It is nominally ruled by the Grand Court, but in reality, the entire country is secretly controlled by merchants.

If they calculated that Crete had no chance of resistance, choosing to directly surrender to preserve themselves and their assets might not be impossible.

After all, merchants are adaptable, and having capital means they can live anywhere. At most, they would lose some property and their previously noble status, which is surely better than losing their lives along with their assets.

Of course, all this is under the assumption that Bai Yi’s Insect Swarm is a normal country.

If they indeed were Emilia, then Crete’s action would undoubtedly be correct.

The problem is, they don’t need their so-called assets; for Bai Yi, their accumulated wealth is less valuable than packing a set of industrial facilities from Zhuchen.

Acknowledging her own strength, Bai Yi’s perspective also grew.

And, merchants are not an asset in Bai Yi’s eyes; since they can betray once for their assets, they can betray a second time.

"Absolutely do not accept surrender, have Bai Sheng directly..."

Bai Yi’s voice suddenly halted.

She thought that if they directly announce not accepting the surrender, then in the end, the Swarm would still have to make some sacrifices to conquer Crete.

And it might indeed be too wasteful to just eliminate all those shrewd merchants.

So perhaps...

"Ju, relay this to Bai Sheng and her team..."

......

Crete Republic, border city Manni City

Several businessmen representatives in neat suits sat anxiously in the room, occasionally glancing through the room’s only narrow window towards the city now covered in darkness, watching the Insect Swarm intermittently flying by.

Yet, as if fearful of being noticed by the Insect Swarm, they quickly withdrew their gaze.

Since arriving here last night, they had not rested at all, submitting their conditions as they witnessed the city being gradually engulfed by the dark Blood Flesh called "Fungus Blanket" by these insects.

Thinking of the city filled with those terrifying insects, and without the "Chief Justice" by their side, they felt completely insecure.

After coming here yesterday and indicating their willingness to surrender, they hadn’t even proposed their conditions yet when they were brought here by those insects.

They did not even see the face of the person speaking behind the scenes.

"These Emilia people are truly a bunch of primitive, barbaric, and uncivilized savages!"

They could only curse in their hearts, as they were the ones who had to surrender and could do nothing but swallow their complaints.

Recalling the bottom line set before they left, the businessmen continued to imagine how they would negotiate with the person behind the scenes to ensure their own interests.

Finally, the tightly closed door made a noise and was pushed open from the outside.

Seeing the Wing Flapping Insect outside the door, the business representatives involuntarily took a step back.

But they soon realized that this must be taking them for the negotiations, quickly straightened their suits, suppressing their fear and put on a smile.

From last night’s negotiations, they had learned that these insects possessed intelligence and could communicate.

Although they didn’t know how the "Emilia" people had achieved this, it didn’t hinder them from playing to their strengths.

"Insect, Lord Chong, haha, are the negotiations about to start? I, I am a representative of the Crete Ship and Freight Company..."

"Lord, a small token of appreciation, please accept with a smile..."

The business representatives somehow produced valuable pieces of gold or gemstones, eagerly approaching the Erosion Worm relaying the messages.

Yet fearing the Erosion Worm’s venomously sharp limbs, they stood rigidly half a meter away, awkwardly extending the gifts they held, their actions somewhat comical.

A hint of confusion flashed in the Erosion Worm’s eyes, but it soon understood from the Swarm Consciousness what this meant.

Giving gifts in advance to seek favor or care, aiming for better outcomes in the proceedings to follow.

Regarding their actions, the Swarm Consciousness responded that the Queen would probably like these items, and they could be taken.

This was part of the information obtained from Bai Yi’s surface memory when Bai Yi had connected with the Swarm Network before. Although several generations of the Swarm had passed since then, this information had always circulated within the Swarm Network.

As for whether to disclose messages in advance after receiving the gifts?

Unknown, group consciousness didn’t say.jpg

However, as it prepared to accept these gifts, looking over its limbs, it realized it seemed unable to take them.

One business representative quickly realized Lord Chong’s predicament, hurriedly took a cloth bag from his pocket, placed his gemstones inside, and passed it over with a flattering smile.

The others quickly grasped their oversight, equally using that cloth bag, stuffing it full with their modest gifts, before finally, tentatively, attaching the bulging bag to the Erosion Worm’s limb.

After completing this, the Erosion Worm resumed its original task, connecting spiritually with everyone in the room.

"Lord Bai Sheng wants to see you all, follow me, do not stray, as it could be very dangerous."

With that, the Erosion Worm, taking the bag of gifts, turned and left, leaving the businessmen looking at each other in confusion.

Isn’t it, the gifts were accepted, then what?

Even if dissatisfied, they only dared to keep their thoughts to themselves.

Watching as Lord Chong moved away, they quickly followed, fearing that lagging behind might anger Lord Chong.

Following the Erosion Worm flying ahead through several corridors within the building, they understood why losing one’s way could prove very dangerous.

Besides the passages they crossed, all other corridors were covered with what was referred to as the Fungus Blanket made of dark Blood Flesh.

Seemingly sensing the presence of living things, the Fungus Blankets increased their wriggling speed, appearing eager to spread and devour them as prey.

Several of the more faint-hearted had unconsciously quickened their steps, moving closer to their "temporary allies" who could almost be considered arch-enemies on normal days, hoping this would provide them more security.

With varying thoughts, the business representatives finally arrived in a room and saw the first living person since they arrived.

Bai Sheng stood behind the only long table in the room, while Bai Fa stood beside, holding a Magic Wand, both pointing at a map on the table.

That is...

Two women?

......

Crete Republic: Leveraging its unique geographical advantage, many merchants collectively established this commercial empire. Though officially led by the Crete Supreme Court, it was actually controlled by the commercial union, turning it into a battleground for major merchants...