523. Alibi
Many nations had tried to rebel against the influence of the three big nations, but the Hive was the only organization that had managed to claim real independence.
The borders of the Coral archipelago were protected by the copying technique retrieved in Divine Demon's separate dimension, and a rank 6 existence ruled those islands, the three big nations couldn't affect that domain without suffering losses.
The Hive could develop away from the clutches of those forces, improving and solidifying its foundation, becoming something similar to a fourth influent power in the old continent.
Yet, the road to becoming the fourth big nation was still long, especially since the Hive was lacking in heroic assets, the only way to improve in that field was to nurture large numbers of human cultivators after all.