When Meruem's strength had recovered to forty percent, he finally lifted the spatial restriction and freed the Chimera Ant army.
Though they were somewhat surprised that Meruem had become a child, due to the innate racial hierarchy, the vast majority of the ants still obeyed Meruem.
As for why it was only the vast majority, it was because when they learned that Meruem was no longer as powerful as he had been at his peak and only retained a portion of his strength, and that this was no longer the world they had once lived in—a world where humans were nowhere near as terrifying and possessed none of those strange weapons—several Chimera Ants' gazes began to flicker.
Every Chimera Ant had their own personality. Every Chimera Ant had their own thoughts and ambitions.
Among them, Zazan and Aureole, who had once been strengthened by the Golden Silkworm Gu, were the leaders. The main reasons they had submitted to Meruem before were Meruem's strength and the threat posed by the humans of that world.
But once all that was gone, every one of them began to entertain other thoughts.
After freeing the Chimera Ants, Meruem had them continue developing their influence in this world just as they had in the previous one.
It was the same in every world. Power and influence were the foundation for surviving in the world.
As for Meruem himself, aside from constantly holding a huge egg, he spent his time with Uchiha Ruiko.
Although the other Chimera Ants could not understand why he was so close to a human, he was still the King of the Chimera Ants, so none of them questioned him.
On the surface, he appeared to be doing nothing, but Meruem was actually remotely controlling the remnants of the Uchiha clan and