Riko still could not accept the idea of making use of the Swarm Kingdom, but she said nothing more. Her thoughts were simple: find news of her missing mother and enjoy the thrill of adventure with everyone.
Rabbit Girl did not particularly care what happened to the Swarm Kingdom.
Aitaljia offered no opinion. She listened until she was drowsy, and once she was certain Taros would not actually dig Zhou Qing's brain out, she yawned, draped herself over Zhou Qing's shoulder, turned into mist, and entered a sleeping state to go play with the villagers inside her body.
After watching Aitaljia fall asleep with a gentle gaze, Timidit unexpectedly voiced her opinion for the first time. Her voice was a little quiet. "Um, I think it would be better not to make use of the Swarm Kingdom..."
When everyone looked at her, Timidit grew a little nervous, but she still voiced her thoughts. "...This Swarm Kingdom is actually much like Nami Village. Every living being is born from the Mother Bug. Even if they truly have no will of their own and are like machines that only know how to work, that is their way of survival. It is far more complete than Nami Village."
Zhou Qing agreed with that.
The Swarm Kingdom and Nami Village could be said to follow the same principle. Aside from the difference in scale, the only issue was whether the individuals possessed independent thoughts.
Judging from what the Swarm Kingdom had displayed so far, none of the individual swarm creatures within it possessed individual thoughts.
But that did not mean the Swarm Kingdom had no thoughts.
That Spiritual Energy—
It concerned Zhou Qing greatly.
"The outside world really has changed a lot."
Taros sized up Timidit. From her clothes and the somewhat timid way