Hearing this, Lu Yuan nearly jumped out of his seat in shock.
Fine, fine, you guys sure knew how to eat, huh?
He could only cover for the insects. "Well... I don't really know what's going on with the Insectoid Legion..."
"You know, a lot of insects don't have intelligence... I can't command them either."
There was no helping it. The goods had already been swallowed, and Lu Yuan couldn't exactly make them spit them back out.
The director paused before voicing his true thoughts. "These ores are ownerless. It's not a big deal if the Insectoid Warriors eat some... After all, if they grow stronger, humanity benefits as well."
"It's just that... could some of the money humans owe the Insectoid Legion be waived?"
Humans really did owe the insects an enormous sum.
Hiring the insects to mine and transport materials cost money.
Otherwise, if humans had to build railways and machines themselves, who knew how long that would take?
At the production efficiency of Earth's Mother Civilization, laying a railway hundreds of kilometers long would take several years!
"I'll go find those King Insects and discuss it with them... I don't think it'll be much of a problem."
As they continued discussing matters, evening arrived before they knew it, and the development meeting came to an end.
The attendees chatted and laughed as they hurried off.
Lu Yuan casually ate some dinner, then headed for Green Field Mountain.
He saw the enormous war machine, Leviathan, squatting on the only route leading to Green Field Mountain.
"Bia!" The creature cried out happily when it saw Lu Yuan, its scorpion-like pincers clicking away.
"You can sneak food, but don't go this insane! You even got caught red-handed!!" Lu Yuan gave it a vicious kick.
"Biga!" Leviathan narrowed its eyes, still