Chapter 1541 - 1187: Not here either?

This time, it was truly eerie.

The Ancient Mage Tower had run away again?

Could they have gone to the Upper Plane?

That seemed impossible! The strength of the Ancient Mage Tower was not even considered strong in the Middle Plane, let alone venturing into the Upper Plane. Long Yi decided he needed to verify this with some acquaintances of this plane, but of course, before that, he needed to resolve the troubles here.

There were an enormous number of worms here. Long Yi decided to disguise himself as a new worm, splitting a small fragment of his original complete worm to show, then entering the Azure Sky Empire’s territory from the outside.

His vibrations soon received a response.

"You’ve arrived too late, brother. What stopped you?" a series of inexplicable vibrations inquired.

"I don’t know, I heard the call and hastened here, changing numerous bodies in the process, which delayed me some time," Long Yi improvised from the memory of a certain worm.

"The master will remember your dedication, but now, the master needs us to locate the hive. Do you have any information about the hive?"

"No, I don’t. Do you have any information about the hive?"

"No, none of us do. The master has commanded us to find the hive, so, my brother, I need you to inhabit a new host. I will make you a fleet commander, and you’ll head to a certain star field to begin the search." This message was clearly from the Emperor of the Azure Sky.

"Yes, my brother, I would be delighted," Long Yi immediately responded.

Around the capital star of Azure Sky, fleets were stationed all year round. Now most of these fleets had been dispatched to search for the Ancient Mage Tower, but some fleets were still on standby—not because they were not needed for the search but because there were not enough worms to infest. Now that Long Yi had arrived, he could naturally be assigned new tasks.

The parasitism process went smoothly, after all, the general populace had no strong resistance against the worms. Long Yi had replicated a fragment of a worm for parasitism, naturally also to avoid any suspicion. He himself infiltrated the Imperial Palace as a common person.

He quickly targeted one worm that was isolated. Long Yi controlled it in the fastest way possible and replicated its fragment. After all, now that Long Yi already possessed a complete worm, replicating one of its fragments was exceedingly simple. Then, Long Yi stole its memory, disguising himself as the parasitized officer, perfectly replacing that person.

"What just happened, my brother? You seemed to disappear from our contact for a while," the thoughts of some worms came through.

"I just found an object left by Long Yi in the Imperial Palace, which released strange vibrations; I think that might have affected me," Long Yi fabricated.

"Stay away from it! My brother! Stay away from anything related to Long Yi. Our plan must proceed in secrecy; we absolutely must not let Long Yi realize what we are doing!" the worm inside the Emperor of Azure Sky commanded.

Long Yi’s disguise was perfect, no worm realized anything was amiss, and all the information lay unabated before Long Yi. From this information, Long Yi realized that these worms were almost all in a state of extreme excitement yet total confusion. Unlike the cunning worms Long Yi had known before, the only thought in these worms’ minds now was to find the hive. Beyond that, they seemed to lack response to any other external stimuli. This state was not normal. However, it was precisely because of this state that Long Yi could so safely insert himself.

Like the worms from the Lower Plane, they too had been suddenly awakened by the same voice, and regardless of what these worms were currently doing, their thoughts immediately focused solely on one awareness – to find the hive. This troubled Long Yi because he could not locate the source of the command. As a deity, Long Yi’s sensing of energy was impeccable, but now, for these worm fragments, the command appeared suddenly in their consciousness, as if their minds had been rewritten.

After a brief investigation, Long Yi gain no results. He decided to visit someone, someone who might have a say in this matter.

Yahola.

Yahola was the Group Leader of the Black Sea Demon Pirate Group and also a worm. However, he was quite special; this worm chose to merge completely with its host, opting for luxury and riches. Merging with the host rid him of many disadvantages of being a worm; of course, by then, he was no different from a normal human.

Originally, to prevent Yahola from pulling any tricks, Long Yi had secretly left a mark on him, which would conveniently allow him to locate him. Long Yi remembered leaving a sum of money for Yahola to live an ordinary human life. However, when Long Yi found him, he discovered Yahola hiding in a cave, shivering.

"Yahola, what’s wrong with you?" Long Yi asked.

"Don’t come near me! I haven’t betrayed you, my master! No no! You’re not my master! I am human, not a worm! You have no right to command me!" Yahola’s mental state was not very good, seeming as though he was frightened by something.