Ant Lord in the Star Realm

"Great!"

White Ivy decisively agreed, thought for a moment, then turned and waved a claw toward Red Peach, Dragon Cypress, and Ink Orchid.

As they were ascending the steps, but before they entered the main door, a Flame Spider warmly welcomed them.

"Welcome~"

"Oh!"

"Looks like a powerful and successful Flame Spider fellow. And there’s an Ant King..."

The clichéd greeting came to an abrupt stop.

Stunned,

staring at each other,

Dragon Cypress asked, "Column Spotted?"

"Dragon Cypress Ant King!"

"White Ivy!"

"Red Peach!"

"Ink Orchid!"

"Wow! You’re all together?"

"Where’s Poison Bean? Green Peach?"

"Oh! Everyone’s here!"

"Fragrant Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Sophora are here too!"

Column Spotted jumped up excitedly, "Long time no see! I’ve missed you all so much!"

White Ivy: "..."

Insects waiting for news below were using spiritual power to spy on the situation here.

Green Peach, Silvergrass, Poison Bean, Fragrant Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Sophora rushed over.

Once again there was a round of greetings.

Poison Bean looked up and down, asking, "Column Spotted, my most respected elder, you seem to be doing well, huh?"

Column Spotted: "It’s not easy!"

Poison Bean eagerly asked, "I heard that Luoli Chamber of Commerce members are divided into 21 levels. Column Spotted, what level are you?"

Column Spotted: "Level 7."

"That’s not low at all!"

Poison Bean thought for a while and said:

"That’s not right! I heard that levels 1 to 3 are temporary hires; levels 4 to 6 are probationary; levels 7 to 9 are just regular members. Level 10 and above are core members?"

"...Yes."

"Level 7?"

"Poison Bean, you talk too much."

"Then you’re not doing too well!"

"...Not too well."

The joy of the long-awaited reunion gradually faded, and Column Spotted’s gaze became colder.

Poison Bean didn’t notice at all and continued to ask, "Then you only have a dead-end salary? How much is your annual salary? Not high, right?"

"Poison Bean!"

Column Spotted angrily.

"It’s been two thousand years! Have you not improved at all, you fool?"

Column Spotted’s figure flashed, raising a claw to press Poison Bean, and knocked on its head incessantly.

After the reprimand,

Column Spotted asked, "White Ivy, Red Peach, Dragon Cypress Ant King, it looks like you’re doing well! Being able to protect Poison Bean from getting killed by insects and even bringing it to evolve to the Half-Star Realm, it’s really quite a feat for you."

White Ivy said lightly: "Average, average. Not much difficulty."

Red Peach asked: "Column Spotted, what are you doing here?"

Column Spotted said bitterly: "Bringing in customers. This is the transportation hub of Luoli Chamber of Commerce in the Honeysuckle Star System, and many medium to long-distance traveling insects come here to take the Star Spider. I’m specialized in reception, explanation, booking records, dispatch arrangements, etc."

For intra-galactic travel,

a distance of 0 to 100 light years is considered short-haul, with Private Bugs piloting zero-level, first-level, and second-level Star Spiders.

Over 100 light years, within the Star Domain, is considered Midway Star Voyage.

Cross-Star Domain travel is considered long-haul Star Voyage.

Mid to long-haul Star Voyages generally take second-level or third-level Star Spiders.

The starting price for this type of Star Spider is in the tens of billions, and slightly better and more expensive ones are hundreds of billions, up to thousands of billions.

General insects can’t afford or are unwilling to buy, and they don’t travel frequently, so most choose to ride the Major Commerce Chamber’s public Star Spider.

As a fixed asset, a Star Spider can run mid to long-distance routes and is a profitable business.

Red Peach asked: "How’s the pay?"

Column Spotted: "..."

Column Spotted: "I’m quitting now! I’ll just follow White Ivy!"

"Column Spotted, wait a minute!"

"Poison Bean being so stupid is half your fault!"

Red Peach, as one of the elders of Column Spotted, was not polite and continued to ask: "What about other Spiders? Are they all here?"

Column Spotted: "...No."

Column Spotted explained: "The Chamber of Commerce doesn’t allow us to group together, and they’ve assigned us to different places, each undertaking different tasks. Every 300 years, we get a 30-year vacation, but the vacations are staggered, so we basically can’t gather together."

Red Peach followed up with a question: "How is Luoli developing?"

Column Spotted said gloomily: "Luoli is a great name, same as the Chairman, and everyone treats it politely. Luoli is already level 10, a core member of the Chamber of Commerce, also in the Phoenix Eye Star Domain, in the First Level Source Point Gongjia Star System, managing three Life Planets. Luoli is calm and quick-witted, the best-developed Spider in our lineage."

"Heh~Heh~"

White Ivy snorted disdainfully: "Still just working for insects? Not very impressive!"

Column Spotted: "..."

White Ivy asked: "What about the old Spiders Aconite and Spurge? Are they still around?"

Column Spotted: "Aconite is also a level 10 core member, doing well, working in the Giant Plate Star System, responsible for the customization and sale of Star Spiders and Starships."

"Spurge isn’t doing too well, only level 8, just a bit higher than us, far worse than Luoli and Aconite."

"Spurge the old Spider is this miserable?"

White Ivy looked serious.

Red Peach asked: "Seven-Leaf and Natsumi must be developing well, right?"

Column Spotted enviously said: "Yes. They’re different, with Shanglu Divine Pattern, joining the Chamber of Commerce as direct level 10 core members."

"Seven-Leaf is also in the Giant Plate Star System, fully responsible for the customization and sale of zero-level and first-level Star Spiders and Starships in the entire Phoenix Eye Seat. It has now, in turn, become the leader of Aconite."

"Seven-Leaf ascended quickly and is now a level 14 core member of Luoli Chamber of Commerce, reportedly with 5000 shares. In addition to regular salary, bonuses, and allowances, it can earn about 10 million Primordial Crystals from the Chamber’s thousand-year profit distribution! On average, just from the profit share, it earns 100,000 a year."

"Natsumi is similar, pursuing advanced studies in Origin Point development-related knowledge. I haven’t seen it in many years, unsure of the current situation, but the future is certainly promising."

Listening to this, White Ivy was somewhat envious, hesitated for a while, but couldn’t help asking:

"What about those two bastards Lupine and Grass Dragon? Are they miserable? How miserable exactly?"