Jiang Yu nodded: "Not bad." "Have you been attacked by a powerful enemy?" Jiachu continued to ask. Jiang Yu shook his head: "No, we are planning to take the initiative, but we are short of manpower." The toad was stunned. It originally thought that the human race outside was attacked by enemies, so it came to seek their help. But the result is not like this? That would be difficult to deal with! The other party is not asking for help in a critical moment, so it is not easy to ask for benefits. "Tell me in detail." said the toad. Jiang Yu began to tell the story of Qingmu in detail. He said: "This Qingmu does not seek competition himself, but deliberately blocks us."

"So we plan to get rid of them. If we don't get rid of Qingmu, you won't be able to leave Wanshou Mountain in the future." The toad fell into deep thought. It silently pondered Jiang Yu's words, and suddenly asked: "Lord Jiang Yu, how do you understand evolution?" Jiang Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't expect that the king of Wanshou Mountain would ask such a seemingly unrelated question. But he soon realized that Jiabu must have his reasons for asking this question. However, even if Jiang Yu directly told the toad that evolution is a change in the gene frequency of a population, it probably wouldn't understand. So, he thought about it and said, "Evolution is a necessary condition for survival in the universe." "Natural selection, survival of the fittest." Just like a giraffe's neck becomes longer so it can eat the fruits on the trees. The toad said: "Yes, this is the truth about all races in the universe!" "All races have evolved step by step from wild beasts over the long years." “Before evolution, we were all animals, ignorant and incompetent; after evolution, we acquired wisdom, became species, and established civilization.” "That's why we are so eager to leave this dark and secluded Mountain of Beasts. If we are imprisoned in this underground space, our race will never be able to truly evolve into a highly intelligent race." "We must break free from our shackles, go to the surface, and welcome the sun and rain, so that we can continue our evolutionary journey." Jiang Yu couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, and his doubts became even greater: "Is that so... But I'm curious, why didn't you choose to leave when no one blocked the Mountain of Beasts before?" "For example, before we first came to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts, couldn't the vast world outside the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts and the countless open spaces be your choice to establish a territory?" The toad sighed and said helplessly: "Alas, the reason is actually very simple." "Because most of our people in the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts are still in the early stages of evolution and have not yet completed their true transformation."

"Our intelligence has not yet reached the level where we can build our own territory." "If we want to establish our own territory on the ground, we can't just find a random piece of vacant land." "What we need is a large habitat that can shelter all of our people. This environment must have sufficient vegetation coverage and dense jungle for us to survive and reproduce." Jia Toad continued, "Only by surviving in such an environment can the seventeen races of our Ten Thousand Beast Mountain maintain their evolutionary momentum and keep moving forward. Only then can we truly gain a foothold in the universe in the future." Jiang Yu fell into deep thought after hearing this. After a moment, he slowly spoke: "You have indeed demonstrated extraordinary adaptability by being able to survive in the extreme environment of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. It seems that you are evolving towards 'not relying on terrestrial survival elements'." "If you continue along this trend, it is entirely possible that you will develop into a unique underground civilization..." Jia Toad shook his head slightly, interrupting Jiang Yu's speculation: "That being said, we realized a long time ago that most intelligent species thrived on the ground and established brilliant civilizations." "If we can't adapt to life on the ground, how can we, the Toad Clan, explore the vast universe in the future?" Jiang Yu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Jia Tou had such lofty aspirations and ambitions. Indeed, if they were confined to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts, their future would undoubtedly be greatly restricted. He thought for a moment, then said: "I just mentioned that Qingmu is the lord of the Cuilin tribe. The territories established by the Cuilin people are all in places with dense vegetation." "So, if we can successfully take over Aoki's territory, how about that territory be given to you?" "We can choose new territories from the surrounding areas." "Qingmu's current sphere of influence is very wide, because he has occupied the territories of Fentian, Yingwu, and Kuangba." "So, even if we give Aoki's original territory to you, it won't be a big loss for us." When Jia Toad heard this, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, but he quickly shook his head and said: “This is indeed an exciting suggestion, but it is not enough!” "I want not only the control of Qingmu Territory, I also want all the resources in Qingmu Territory." "However, I can let you take the resources in other people's territories occupied by Aoki." Jiang Yu immediately shook his head and said, "That won't work. He has already taken many of Qingmu's resources to his own territory. There aren't many resources left in other places." "And many of Aoki's resources are what we urgently need, such as recruitment orders." "You don't have a lord's order, so you can't use the recruitment order at all." "Besides, many of the equipment and props are not suitable for you. It would be a waste if you took them." "How about this? We will give you 5 million units of iron ore, food, coins and other materials. If it's not enough, we will pay for it out of our own pockets. But conversely, if it exceeds 5 million, it will all be ours." "We also want the remaining equipment, props, recruitment orders, relics, etc." Hearing this, Jia Toad also shook his head and said, "We really don't need things like recruitment orders, but relics are still very useful to us. We also need to divide the relics into several pieces. In addition, the guaranteed resources are too small, 10 billion." Jiang Yu frowned and said, "We'll give you 6 million for each resource and % for Qingmu's relics, rounding down. This is the biggest concession we can make." Jia Toad insisted: "Sixty percent, this is our bottom line." Jiang Yu said dissatisfiedly: "Your request is too high, and we may have other helpers this time. It is impossible to give you all the resources."

Upon hearing this, Jia Toad raised his eyebrows and asked, "Other helpers? Who are they?" Jiang Yu sighed and said: "Although it is not certain whether the human lords in another place can play a substantial role, the scale of this battle may be very large." (End of this chapter)