After hearing this news, Gu Xi fell silent for a moment.
"If I seal Ika, would you be able to control the entire Omatikaya Rainforest?"
"Theoretically, yes."
"Then I hope you can protect my subordinates while they mine until every bit of Light Crystal Mine has been excavated."
Ilu hesitated only briefly before agreeing to Gu Xi's request.
Ilu's core was not this kind of light crystal. Although these light crystals were quite important to many Evas, they were not something Ilu could not part with.
As for protection, that went without saying.
As long as Ilu took over the Omatikaya Rainforest, every animal in the rainforest would obey him. He would only need to designate an area and keep the beasts out.
Gu Xi had encountered this situation before.
When Gu Xi had been traveling, that feeling as though everything had been wiped away had been caused by this method.
It was just that Ilu's control had not been strong enough back then, which was why Gu Xi had noticed the obvious problem.
Once Ilu controlled the entire Omatikaya Rainforest, Gu Xi would not sense even the slightest anomaly.
After reaching an agreement, communication between Gu Xi and Ilu became much smoother.
Gu Xi also learned the approximate number of beasts in the Omatikaya Rainforest.
Normally, hearing the number two million would not have made Gu Xi feel anything unusual.
After all, if all the troops in Aryadovi City were gathered together, they could barely field more than a million soldiers.
Not to mention that Gu Xi had just experienced an invasion involving ten million dragons.
Two million did not sound particularly imposing.
But what if those two million were not the number of beasts in the Omatikaya Rainforest, but the number of biological species?
Although that number of