Chapter 2225 - 15: Era Worm, 150 Million Contribution Points?!_4

Chapter 2225: Chapter 15: Era Worm, 150 Million Contribution Points?!_4

"Screech~"

A sharp cry, like some primordial giant beast, suddenly came from within the planet.

Starfire Divine General directly had seven or eight Divine Power Incarnations drag out a phantom from the contracting planet.

That phantom was actually half a worm. It had a ferocious set of mouthparts, rows upon rows of sharp teeth inside, with some scraps of paper still stuck between them.

The flowing light fell like liquid, setting the Mechanical Planet ablaze.

Zhao Xing felt a moment of dizziness, as if he were seeing layer upon layer of overlapping images.

At the same time, the Historical Book Worm larva in his Storage Ring also became restless, continuously ramming against the insect box.

[Epoch Worm (Mutated)]

[Type: Book Worm]

[Quality: Divine Level]

[Status: Adult Form]

[Explanation: A mutated form that has devoured Time Pages as well as a large quantity of special-type Historical Records, capable of affecting the space-time memory of Artifact Spirit lives.]

...

"Hiss~" Zhao Xing looked at the giant worm-beast spanning the starry sky, continuously writhing, and couldn’t help drawing in a sharp breath of cold air.

He had never imagined that a mutated "Epoch Worm" had actually burrowed into the Dayan Divine Weapon.

This special-type Historical Book Worm specifically targeted Artifact Spirit lives.

Compared to humans, the memory of Artifact Spirits was far more complex and vast.

Who knew how many copies of Mechanism History and similar books this Epoch Worm had devoured.

Taking advantage of Emperor Red Star’s departure, it had actually slipped into the interior of the Dayan Divine Weapon without anyone knowing.

Causing the entire Empire’s Mechanical Soldiers system to fall into disorder!

No wonder Craft God Qi Yuan hadn’t been able to repair it at first, because this wasn’t just an attack in the direction of mechanisms, but on another level entirely.

"Screech——"

When the Epoch Worm screamed, a great many Daoist Soldiers began to tremble. Zhao Xing observed that many experts behind him who used Daoist Soldiers were all becoming restless.

Daoist Soldier Mechanics were affected the most; at this moment quite a few Venerables were even injured by their own Daoist Soldiers.

However, after just two cries, this Epoch Worm was jointly hacked into nine segments by Divine General Qi Yuan and Starfire Divine General.

"Chi~"

There were still over ten thousand small nodes that turned into fragments and spread in all directions, with a massive number of characters reflected in the flowing light.

Zhao Xing felt that these things had no physical form, yet they truly affected space-time.

But very soon they were bound by the Empire’s God Realm.

"Buzz~"

In the next instant, the Mechanical Planet returned to a gentle blue.

As the radiance began to draw inward, Zhao Xing saw the true body of the Dayan Divine Weapon—the Mechanical Planet had developed several terrifying holes.

"Swish~"

Divine General Qi Yuan and Starfire Divine General returned once more.

"The Artifact Spirit of the Dayan Divine Weapon has recovered." Craft God Qi Yuan’s expression was somewhat grim. "But the three sub-bodies Chen Jiu, Zifang, and Tianyi have been heavily damaged. Among them, Chen Jiu will need to ’be reborn’. If the Great Emperor doesn’t return, it will take thirty thousand Boundary Star Years to recover to its pre-damage level."

"What is that thing?" Yan Ao frowned, looking at the corpse of the worm-beast.

"Epoch Worm," Starfire Divine General said. "A unique Dao Insect capable of causing deviations in Artifact Spirit memory."

"Originates from the space-time Territory of the forty-eighth epoch of the Desolate Domain."

"I’ve never seen it before." Heart God General Qi Luo’s expression was grave.

"You haven’t seen it before indeed." Starfire Divine General shook his head. "This should be a creation by some Divine General Level Evil God walking the Heaven and Earth Dao."

All the Divine Generals fell silent. This was an extremely severe signal.

Any creation born of Heavenly Dao’s Path of Enlightenment was extremely powerful. It was hard to say whether similar attacks would follow in the future.

Starfire Divine General set his gaze on Zhao Xing. "If Zhao Xing hadn’t brought back Qing Yu Zi’s warning, I fear I would not have detected it. This is a Dao Insect we have never seen before."

"If we’d been one second late, the loss to the Empire would have been enormous."

"It seems Qing Yu Zi discovered something in that space-time."

"The Reincarnation Temple is probably going to run into trouble again. Gnawing away at the history of the Heaven Leisure Ancient Country will likely trigger a great calamity."

"The Mystic Spirit History Book failed to issue a warning; it was probably suppressed by Historical Book Worms as well..."

"Act according to plan."

"..."

Most of the conversation between the thirty-six Divine Generals was not shielded from Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing immediately understood that Old Qing’s going out to work was probably because he’d made some major discovery.

However, his process of transmitting information across space-times was extremely difficult; at the very least, that kind of high-efficiency, rapid method had been blocked.

In the end he could only send messages to "small roles" like Purple Moon and Yuqing Mansion Master.

If not for Zhao Xing having accepted the task of cultivating Historical Book Worms from Wuliang True God, he probably wouldn’t have been able to read it.

"Swish swish swish~"

A large number of Divine Generals began to withdraw their divine radiance and disperse.

Although the problem with the Dayan Divine Weapon had been resolved, in many places across the Empire the Artifact Spirits were not controlled by the Dayan Divine Weapon.

Zhao Xing followed Guluo River back to the Primordial Realm.

Returning once more to the familiar Taichu City, Zhao Xing discovered a clear hint of fatigue in Guluo River’s eyes.

"Destruction is easy, reconstruction is hard. For a long time to come, the Empire will need to completely rebuild the Daoist Soldier system and Artifact Spirit system."

"Since the Mystic Spirit History Book didn’t issue a warning, if not for Qing Yu Zi’s message, the consequences would have been extremely serious."

Zhao Xing nodded. Artifact Spirits collectively rebelling? That would indeed be terrifying.

For example, the Empire’s legion-type Divine Artifacts, the Desperate Great Wall and the Four Seasons Heavenly Pass, were capable of annihilating a Free God General. If they turned inward, it would be a catastrophic disaster.

Fortunately, activating them required human operation; with a simple Artifact Spirit rebellion, it would still be difficult to start them up in the short term.

"For this warning, Qing Yu Zi holds the primary credit, and you hold the secondary credit," Guluo River said.

"The Empire’s thirty-six Divine Generals have unanimously decided to award you one hundred and fifty million contribution points."

One hundred and fifty million contribution points? Zhao Xing’s heart trembled.

What did that mean?