Synopsis

The Lord of Automation details their strategy of using insect swarms to control territory and hinder agricultural players, while the 'Host' swarm farms experience. The chapter shifts to a funeral where Hwee, a representative of the Automation Castle, attempts diplomacy with a Lizardmen tribe, offering rock salt as a gift. However, the tribe leader cleverly interprets the gift as an insult and declines the proposal, revealing the Lord's failed attempt to secure the allegiance of another tribe beforehand and questioning Hwee's purpose.