Chapter 1538 - 185 Worm Overload_2

"All right, Ancient Mage Tower, let me see exactly where you are!"

The passive signal transmission was slow, so Long Yi prepared for a prolonged battle. While the radar searched, Long Yi set out towards different star zones in search of any clues about the worms. When passing through a certain star zone, he happened to encounter The Divine Auffa Empire and the Sanctuary Empire in conflict. In the past, Long Yi might have intervened to stop them. However, this time Long Yi merely passed by, knowing well that any intelligent being with independent thought and consciousness would inevitably conflict. Even if there were only two such beings, conflict would still arise. Therefore, even though Long Yi could have temporarily pacified them, peace would quickly disappear after his departure.

Thus, Long Yi did not intervene.

Let them be.

However, sometimes, not intervening didn’t mean he could quietly slip away.

Continuous conflicts plagued the entire plane, yet Long Yi passed through various locations unscathed.

However, as he passed through a place, he was stopped.

They were several warriors dressed in Divine Armor, but the emblem on the armor was neither that of The Divine Auffa Empire nor the Sanctuary Empire, but of a medium-sized empire. Clearly, these were likely some allies.

"Halt, the star zone ahead is restricted! Please take a detour!" the warriors said with an icy tone.

At that moment, Long Yi, without any protective measures, was flying boldly through space, which could not help but alert the warriors.

"Oh, alright."

Long Yi nodded, preparing to detour. His time was precious, and after realizing these two warriors had no connection to the worms, he had no interest in wasting time.

"Wait!"

A wave of mana fluctuated and followed by a spatial rupture, an old man appeared from thin air.

Clearly, this was an ancient powerhouse.

"Who are you, barging into a critical meeting uninvited? What are your intentions?" the old man asked sternly while his scanning magic swept over Long Yi.

"Sorry, I was unaware of any meeting. I’ll leave right now." Long Yi sincerely wanted no trouble and turned to leave.

"Thinking of leaving? You seem suspicious; you must have ulterior motives. Better come with me!"

As he spoke, a restraining magic spell locked towards Long Yi.

"No! I really don’t have time to play with you!"

Bang!

The restraining spell collapsed, and Long Yi tore through the space, disappearing.

The old man’s face turned sour immediately; his restraining spell was one of his proudest magic spells. Even when facing stronger ancient powerhouses, no one had ever broken his spell so effortlessly, and the person looked quite young to manage such a feat!

"Declare martial law in the star zone! A possible malefactor has intruded!" the old man shouted.

Long Yi, of course, did not circumvent the star zone but stealthily entered it. He had no interest in any meetings held here; he was only searching for clues. This star zone had several inhabited planets, and through some devices, Long Yi could determine information related to the worms.

As Long Yi was busy, the cosmos behind him churned, and then, two massive fleet forces tore through space, thunderously appearing.

Identifying the emblems, these fleets should belong to The Divine Auffa Empire and the Sanctuary Empire respectively. Had they mastered the technology of large-scale fleet teleportation?

Watching the fleets break away from the teleportation leaving halos in the vacuum, Long Yi smiled and was just about to leave when a surge of worm disturbance stopped him.

Worms! Not just one! But a swarm! A large swarm!

Damn! What exactly is going on! There shouldn’t have been this many worms when I left the Lower Plane.

No, no, no! Long Yi suddenly realized that when he had left the Lower Plane, he hadn’t understood much about the worms, and it was very possible that a significant number of worms were still hidden there without his knowledge! And after he had left the Lower Plane, those hidden worms had already been awakened and massively occupied the minds of the world’s leaders!

No matter what, this just couldn’t be allowed to happen!

Long Yi immediately rushed to the flagship of the Sanctuary Empire. Using his Divine Power, he transformed himself into an ordinary soldier and hid himself within the spaceship. Whenever he entered a new area, he would change into a new appearance.

Meanwhile, the sound of the broadcast kept coming to his ears.

"We are preparing to dock with the flagship of the Divine Auffa Empire. All soldiers, get ready for the impact. The docking will commence in one minute."

"We are docking with the flagship of the Divine Auffa Empire. Three, two, one, docking successful."

"The Emperors of both nations are heading to the central passage for a historic handshake."

"The Emperors have shaken hands. Emperor Saint Jialin of the Divine Auffa Empire will soon enter our flagship. All reception personnel, please get ready."

"Emperor Saint Jialin is about to arrive at the reception hall. Staff, prepare."

As these broadcasts kept coming, Long Yi continued moving forward, as the signals of the worms ahead were too dense for him to pay attention to anything else!

Just then, someone grabbed his arm.

"Hey! You! Why are you still here? Hurry and deliver these snacks!" a person, who looked like a chef, shouted at Long Yi. It was then that Long Yi realized he had inadvertently disguised himself as a waiter.

"What are you still looking at me for? Get going now!" the chef yelled loudly.

Long Yi immediately took the tray and dashed towards the reception hall.

"Quite fast, that’s more like it!" the chef nodded in satisfaction.

Upon arriving at the reception hall, the signals from the worms were off the charts! In Long Yi’s eyes, all the people parasitized by worms emitted a red glow, and at that moment, his vision was filled with red! Aside from a few waiters like himself, nearly everyone in the hall was parasitized by worms!

Then, Long Yi saw Emperor Saint Jialin and Emperor Saint Danze, and unsurprisingly, they too were parasitized by the worms. And it seemed that the worms parasitizing them were even stronger.

Long Yi felt disheartened, realizing that if he hadn’t come here suddenly in search of the worm’s nest, he would have never known that the worms had overrun to such an extent!

These infected emperors and high-ranking officials seemed to be merely eating, drinking, and chatting, but the worms parasitizing them were constantly exchanging information through a unique frequency of the worms. Long Yi had a complete worm inside his body; although he dared not join in the information exchange, he could receive their messages. And the intense exchange of information had only one purpose — to locate the nest of the worms!

So they were also looking for the nest!

The damn worms! How did they learn about the nest?

Long Yi remained unnoticed, patiently waiting, just like he was eavesdropping on a radio, just silently listening was enough.

"According to the information we have now, the nest should definitely be in the Lower Plane, but I have already ordered my people to search everywhere, yet no one has found any trace of a nest, nor any fluctuations similar to that of a nest," said Saint Jialin.

"I feel the same; with such a massive search, it’s impossible not to have a single clue like now," said Saint Danze.

"This is the star area we’ve searched through; the nest can’t appear on a planet without any life, so we focused our search on planets where life exists, but we came up empty-handed," Saint Jialin said.

"We likewise completed our search in other star areas and found nothing," Saint Danze added.

"So, are you sure the nest is here? Where exactly did you get your information?" Saint Jialin asked with a skeptical face.

"My source is absolutely reliable; it was a worm that I devoured. That worm had once parasitized the mental world of a pirate. When it found out the location of the nest, it immediately changed to a stronger host and made its way to the Lower Plane," said Saint Danze.

"However, with such a huge ship like the Ancient Mage Tower, could it really just disappear?"

Indeed! They were also looking for the Ancient Mage Tower!