The Great Worm Lich

The female intelligence officer of the Department of Defense, who was as beautiful as a black pearl, bluntly stated Zhang Lisheng’s intentions, but what she received was not the young man’s awkwardness, but an unconcealable yet cold smile instead. “Lieutenant Alison, it’s good that you understand my attitude towards you military or federal government intelligence officers. To be honest, it’d be a joyful Christmas in another two to three days time so unless it’s doomsday, the last thing I want to see on such a day is a group of solemn-looking FBI agents and soldiers from the Department of Defense bringing a group of aliens to find me, for usually, such a strange situation would mean big trouble, and I hate trouble a lot. Listen, Lieutenant, why don’t we just pretend that nothing has happened and you can go back and disappear with your helicopter while I go back to catch my flight back to New York…”

“Mr. Lisheng, are you going back to New York? What a coincidence! You don’t have to use civil aviation, we can send a private plane for you,” Alison smiled and interrupted Zhang Lisheng’s monologue. “In fact, the reason we came to New Mexico this time is to purposely find you and I can’t believe that we’d just so happen to run into each other. It’s like this…”

“No, no, Lieutenant Alison, I don’t need some sort of special plane escort, and I don’t want to hear why you’re looking for me, I just want to leave immediately, goodbye.” Before the black female officer could finish her words, the young man had already said aloud, “Hayde, drive. Immediately!”

In the US, where the legal system was very particular, the general public usually revered law enforcement officers and soldiers, but it was also because of this legal system that this kind of respect and fear was not enough to let a driver with an annual salary of more than 100,000 dollars disobey the order of his generous boss without violating the law.

“Sorry, beautiful officer, I need a good job to support my family.” The middle-aged driver started the car and said aloud to Alison, before stepping on the accelerator pedal. At this time, the rubber on the thick tires of the jeep, that had a powerful grip, suddenly melted slowly and flowed on the wheel rim.

A few seconds later, the car speeding on the sand lost its control and suddenly lost its speed, with its engine roaring continuously, as it made several spins and broke down in the desert.

“What the hell are you guys doing, Mr. and Mrs. Atlantean?!” Alison, who had been looking at the jeep driving away with a wry smile on her face, saw the accident take place in front of her eyes, keenly becoming aware of the abnormality of the car tires. With rage bursting out of her face, she pointed at the group of red-haired Atlanteans behind her and roared loudly, “Do you guys really want to direct a murder case in front of a federal official?”

“The body and most of the parts of this kind of land transport machinery are made of stainless steel and according to your Earth’s measurement unit, its weight more than five tons. It’s impossible for it to roll over when the speed is 60 kilometers per hour. I was merely teaching the two barbarians who don’t know any manner, a lesson.” One of the young man who had slender eyes among the redheaded aliens said in a calm tone.

“You’re the barbarian instead! Mr. Zhang Lisheng is not a federal employee. It’s his right to refuse any invitation from the government. And the reason why the United States is the United States is because of such rights that she gives her citizens!” the black female officer roared angrily as she ran towards the jeep several dozens of meters away.

Looking at the subordinates’ sense of justice, an ordinary looking middle-aged colonel officer frowned and whispered to the leader of the Atlanteans, “Sergeant Major Someril, each ‘society’ has its own unique operating rules. I should not say such a thing, but y’know, if that Mr. Zhang Lisheng that we’re looking had been an ordinary person, I’d have long used other methods to ‘invite’ him. However, he’s no ordinary person. I believe that I’ve already stressed to you that it’s very hard for us to force a businessman and a scientist like him, who has a high position in the US society, to do anything, especially now that such a thing has happened…”

“I understand what you mean, Colonel Larry, Guteali was indeed rash in this. I’ll let him apologize to Mr. Zhang Lisheng and will even offer a gift of apology sincerely.” With her supple red hair dancing like a torch in the wind of the desert, Someril, who had the appearance of a Greek god, crossed her arms on her shoulders and said in a voice that was as beautiful as a wind chime.

“Countess Someril, I’ll never apologize to any lowly Earthling!” However, the moment her words left her mouth, the young Atlantean man with the slender eyes, who created the trouble, suddenly said out loud in their native language.

“I have said countless times before. Don’t call me Countess when I’m executing the fleet command.” When Someril heard her subordinate’s stubborn cry, a female Atlantean soldier’s persevering yet cold expression appeared on her beautiful face. “Guteali, the Earthling are now our allies. This has been decided by the Supreme Elders. If you had said the word ‘lowly’ in the language that they understand just now, I believe that Supreme Commander Gulev, the highest commander of the fleet, will not hesitate to impose a heavy sentence of sealing you in ice for ten years to save the bad situation just now. I have no right to sentence you to punishment, but if you don’t apologize, then all the reasons why this preliminary investigation task can’t be performed will be attributed to you. I think you should know what that means.”

“Hah— Hah—” Guteali clenched his fists while gasping for breath as he gritted his teeth loudly. His slender eyes had somehow become bloody red in color. Even so, he did not make a move and merely took a few deep breaths to swallow his rage. “Sergeant Major Someril, I’ll apologize to the Earthling and I’ll ask for forgiveness with the most sincere attitude. But what if he still doesn’t want to help us? ”

“Then we can only go to World 3009 with the Earth soldiers and government intelligence officers. As for Mr. Zhang Lisheng, the ‘Cosmos’ will naturally punish him in the future,” Someril answered in a cold voice, with a profound meaning underlying in her words.

When the Atlanteans had just reached a consensus in their own native language, Zhang Lisheng, who was not far away, deliberately acted dizzy and walked out of the car in a swaying manner.

Shaking his head hard, he seemed to be slightly more awake. He circled the jeep and looked at it carefully for a while before suddenly howling out loud, “How can a special Jeep of 2.4 million dollars suddenly have all six of its tires broken? And not only that, the rubber of the tires have completely melted as well! This is not an accident! This is done by the Atlanteans! They can manipulate light and fire! Hmph! They’re threatening me! Those group of mad aliens are threatening me, trying to kill me…”

“Please calm down, Mr. Lisheng. Please calm down. I admit that this joke has crossed the line but it really does not contain any malicious intent,” Alison, who walked up to the young man, was still roaring angrily over the Atlanteans’ rashness but she had no choice but to speak for them due to the position that she was in. However, the reason she used was not really that convincing at all.

“Joke? Miss Lieutenant, if melting the rubber on all of the tires of a speeding jeep was a joke, then the federal court would not have sentence those who cut and steal someone else’s car sluice as an intention to murder and endanger one’s safety anymore.” Zhang Lisheng purposely did not let this matter go and howled loudly.

“It’s like this, those Atlanteans could see that the body and most of the parts of your car are made of stainless steel and weighed more than five tons so it’s impossible for your car to roll over at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. It’s only because of this that they decided to melt the rubber on your tires as a joke,” the beautiful black female lieutenant had to explain using Guteali’s excuses with a bitter smile.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang Lisheng, my sergeant has made an irrational move. I, Sergeant Major Someril of Atlantis would like to ask for your forgiveness.” The instant Alison’s words left her mouth, Someril shouted in a pleasant tone from 40 to 50 meters away. As she was speaking, she slowly walked up to Zhang Lisheng and crossed her hands on her chest before bowing.

“I, Magma Sergeant Guteali of Atlantis would like to apologize and present a gift of apology to you over my reckless move just now.” Guteali unwillingly followed his sergeant major and did the same posture as he bowed to apologize.

Then, with a humiliated brilliance flashing across his slender eyes, he took out a round stone the size of a chicken egg, gleaming with soft light, from the belt on his waist out of the blue and presented it to Zhang Lisheng.

Brilliant light suddenly burst out in front of Zhang Lisheng’s eyes. He, who had been seriously injured by the light curtain set up by the Atlanteans not long ago, immediately became instinctively tensed all over. When the brilliance showering down on his skin did not create any sense of discomfort, he relaxed and began to take the shining stone to try rubbing it. Unable to suppress his curiosity, he lifted it up to study it carefully under the sunlight.

Through the rich and soft milky white light, the young man saw that the stone at his fingertips was actually crystal-clear. The inside was burning with a blazing flame and the rays that it gave off actually had seven colors. astonished, He could not help but say, “A light stone. A magma-grade light stone. This is really a sincere gift of apology.”

“You can recognize the magma light stone? Looks like you have conducted a special study on the civilization of Atlantis before, Mr. Zhang Lisheng,” Someril said with a smile.

“Oh, Madam Someril, it’s not like I’ve done any research on your civilization before but I have a good friend who is an Aryan Special. She has activated the supernatural ability of manipulating light and heat and she keeps telling me all day long. It’s because of this that I started to have some understanding on the light stones. According to her, carrying an energetic light stone is very good for the human body. Is it a precious treasure?”

“No matter how precious the stone is, it’s still difficult to express our apologies,” Someril said with a smile when she saw that Zhang Lisheng knew what he was looking at. “It’s all thanks to the protection given by the cosmos that you have a deep friendship with an Aryan Special who has the ability to manipulate light and heat. In that case, you must know about the terror of the foreign worlds right?”

“Oh, of course. I do understand the terror of the foreign worlds. In fact, I was in Cape Town when South Africa was attacked by the Karlado people. It was a complete disaster!” Zhang Lisheng acted like a fool and said with a shrug.