Sarah gave the pros and cons Chen Mu had laid out only brief consideration before deciding that he had a point.
Setting everything else aside, merely being able to lead the ant race out of the Quantum Realm was something the ants desperately desired.
For ants, the Quantum Realm was simply unsuitable for survival. Though they had developed here for over a thousand years, they faced restrictions everywhere.
And while it seemed to the Ant-Man family that only a few days had passed, for the ants, it had truly been over a thousand years.
Just thinking about it felt suffocating. For over a thousand years, they had been confined to a tiny patch of space. Though they seemed to have developed this time-dilated region quite well, the ants had genuinely lived through more than a thousand years.
Time had always been the fairest thing in the world. Their advanced technology had not come from good luck, nor had they gained it without paying anything. The ants had paid with time—over a thousand years of it. Having almost no contact with outsiders was what had led them to their current state.
The ants' present achievements had not suddenly appeared in just a few days, as though they had become rich overnight. They were the result of a thousand years of experimentation and development.
Setting everything else aside, several generations of their colony had already been replaced. Even the Ant Queen had no idea how many generations had passed before they attained their current strength.
There was never success without cause in this world. Every achievement was earned through effort.
"Mm, I can agree to your conditions, but only if I can be sure that you will truly treat my people as equals, rather than enslave us."
Chen Mu's words had naturally