Chapter 1262: Chapter 1010 You Can’t Do This
Before it became Solis, when it was just a worm, it instinctively knew that devouring the consciousness of its own kind could make itself stronger. So, that’s what it always did. At that time, it hid inside the body of a small demon realm squad leader, and with the status of squad leader, although not achieving anything remarkable, it could conveniently find more of its kind to devour. As it grew stronger, it realized that there were quite a few of its kind in the demon realm doing the exact same thing, so it kept protecting itself, always trying to devour more of its kind. Finally, one day, their existence caught the attention of the Empress of the demon realm, and they began to be hunted. It discarded part of its own consciousness and, using the powerful energy of the Empress of the demon realm, crossed planes to come here, attaching itself to Solis.
The power of the lower planes was much weaker than that of the higher planes. Hence, Solis believed it was an invincible existence, thinking that as long as it mastered the Ancient Mage Tower, it could act with impunity across the entire plane. However, what surprised it was the appearance of Long Yi, who turned out to be a Giant—and even had Divine Status!
This was simply the most perfect body! So at the time, already transformed into Solis, it plotted how to invade Long Yi’s consciousness when he was at his weakest.
But Long Yi proved to be incredibly troublesome, much to Solis’s annoyance. Solis had never expected Long Yi to be so difficult! It didn’t even know when it had given itself away!
However, all that Solis did was for one purpose.
To complete its own body.
Solis was well aware that it, like any worm in this multi-universe, had an incomplete body. It was imperative to find a way to make its body whole, devouring the consciousness of other worms, acquiring their information, which could make it complete. This was also what most worms did. Of course, some worms found other methods, but Solis chose not to use them, for nothing brought it more joy than devouring the information of other worms.
Now, however, Long Yi was right in front of it, using the most common magic, in an almost mass production manner, swiftly completing its body!
A surge of regret blossomed from the depths of Solis’s consciousness and then took over its entire consciousness!
Damn it! Why is this happening! You damned Giant! Why didn’t you say sooner that you could so easily complete my body! If I had known you could do it, I would have called you master all this time! Why did I waste my time on those meaningless things!
Solis yelled loudly, but Little Zi had already turned off the Cosmic Stone’s ability to speak since Solis’s loud shouts could easily distract people.
Mana kept being drained, and the worm’s body gradually became complete. And when Long Yi filled in the missing part, that strand of life code unexpectedly folded into a structure that was familiar to Long Yi.
Chromosomes!
"Solis, oh Solis... to think you’re a big chromosome?"
Long Yi couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
Solis didn’t understand the word, and shouted, "What are you talking about!"
Of course, Long Yi could not hear Solis’s voice. After a careful examination, the structure in front of him was indeed a complete chromosome. At this moment, Long Yi felt somewhat baffled. If this were a chromosome structure, could it be that the essence of all worms within the multiverse was this very thing? Consciousness-bearing chromosomes? Then, what would happen if all the chromosomes were combined together?
That thought somewhat terrified Long Yi.
The chromosome had no differences from human ones, Long Yi concluded after his examination, nor from those of the Giants. It seemed that the defining differences did not lie here.
Long Yi felt like he might take a risk just this once.
He entrusted the AI interface of the Great Explorer to use this chromosome as a blueprint and fill in the rest of the chromosomes. The Great Explorer accepted the task and, using the Giants’ scepter as an output structure, began the chromosome manufacturing process akin to mass production.
As for the outcome, Long Yi dared not imagine.
At this moment, in the Imperial City of the Divine Auffa Empire, Elder Slite was looking at the empty Emperor’s study. Just a moment ago, the Emperor vanished into thin air right in front of his eyes. The faint scent of Divine Power lingered in the air, clearly indicating someone had used Divine Power to replicate an Emperor and place him here, while the true Emperor had surely fled. But Elder Slite felt not a trace of anger, he even let out a sigh of relief. As an Elder of the Black Dragon, he was very aware of who he was dealing with. It was the Giants, incredibly powerful beings. In the original battle formation, the Giants almost let the Dragon Clan off with an inexplicable sense of tolerance. Otherwise, with the curse capable of sweeping the entire multiverse, how difficult would it have been to annihilate the Dragon Clan? That’s why, as a once firm advocate for war, Elder Slite, after nearly ten thousand years in slumber, had finally come to a realization. This war, it was best to drag out indefinitely. If possible, he really didn’t want to be enemies with the Giants anymore.
However, he was just an Elder, the true decisions were made by another.
Ogang was a Black Dragon General, young and strong. He had been active at the forefront of the wars and had personally destroyed the Giants’ most advanced Golems. The ability to destroy the Golems became his proudest asset, and whenever he was awake, he always boasted about it. With Ogang leading the charge in this offense, it was almost certain that a severe conflict would erupt between him and Long Yi.
Just then, heavy footsteps sounded, and the study’s door was kicked open. A huge half-Dragon, half-Human figure strode in. One of its eyes bore hideous battle scars, legacy of the battle with the Golems, and to prove his bravery, he allowed no one to heal that wound.
It was Ogang.
But Ogang was just a normal Black Dragon, not an old dragon, so why could he assume human form?
"Ogang? How did you manage to transform?" Elder Slite asked in surprise.
"Hahaha! Old fellow, are you jealous? I don’t know why, but just now a strange wave hit me, and I seemed to hear a female voice saying she wanted to liberate my power. And now, our cursed power has been largely restored! Hahaha!"
As he spoke, Ogang suddenly boosted his Dragon Power. This energy, originally devoid of any lethality, erupted in a roar, instantly shredding the bookshelves and desks around the study, not to mention the books themselves.
At that moment, Elder Slite remembered a rumor he had never quite believed. But now, it seemed that the rumor might actually be true!
"So you’ve come to show off to this old fellow?" Elder Slite said with a laugh.
"Of course not! I heard that the Emperor has run away?" Ogang asked.
"Yes, he vanished right in front of me," Slite said.
"Hahaha! So there are things you can’t handle after all. Seeing how arrogant you usually are, I thought you were omnipotent!" Ogang burst into laughter again, and the Half-Dragons behind him followed suit.
"I certainly can’t be omnipotent. I think, even the gods of old wouldn’t dare claim they were," Slite laughed too.
"Since the Emperor has run away, can we start a massacre now?" Ogang suddenly asked.
"Why would you want to conduct a massacre?" Slite asked in return.
"Because those little bugs keep fluttering around in front of me all day, and it’s annoying!" Ogang said.
"So, if you massacre them all, where will your food come from?" Slite asked.
"There will still be others, of course!" Ogang said matter-of-factly.
"If others hear that you’re conducting a massacre, they certainly won’t dare to come and bring you food," Slite said.
"Then I’ll kill half and leave the other half!" Ogang declared.
"Which half?"
"The farmers!"
"If you kill all the farmers, who will breed the livestock and bring you meat?"
"Then I’ll kill the merchants!"
"Without merchants, who will make money to buy your food?"
"Ah!! You old man are so annoying! This won’t do, that won’t do! I’ve been asleep for nearly ten thousand years! Finally out, and I can’t even kill someone? Back in the day, I was a warrior who destroyed Giant Golems! Am I just supposed to sit here and fatten up every day?"
Ogang roared, spewing out a tremendous amount of energy. That energy instantly shattered the wall and flew towards the distance. The mountains afar were blasted through, and on the second peak, it exploded, leveling the mountaintop!
"What are we here for?" Slite asked.
"To kill the Giant Long Yi!" Ogang bellowed.
"Is Long Yi still alive?" Slite asked again.
"Isn’t that obvious? Of course, he’s alive. Not only alive, but he’s also vanished without a trace!" Ogang roared angrily.
"Since he’s still alive, let’s not waste our time on such useless things. Find Long Yi, kill him, and complete our mission."
Ogang was thoroughly dissatisfied, roaring a few times before eventually saying nothing more and turning to leave.
Slite sighed inwardly, unsure of why he was acting like this. If it had been in the past, he would never have stood in the way of Ogang, but now he genuinely felt that this kind of action was inappropriate.
And as for why it was inappropriate, even he didn’t know.
The process of chromosomal engineering was monotonous and boring. Long Yi couldn’t be bothered to watch; he had more important things to do.
He found the planet where the Dragon Clan had been hiding before, and to his surprise, it was now filled with Dragons soaring through the sky. It turned out that not long ago, the Black Dragons in the Divine Auffa Empire had cast an astonishingly extensive magic, which awoke all Dragons on this Plane and informed them that the great Golden Dragon had bestowed upon them a new mission. This mission was to hunt down the lurking Giant, Long Yi!
"So, I’m the enemy now?" Long Yi asked the old Emperor, who was also an Elder of the Dragon Clan.
The old dragon gave a wry smile and said, "Even within our Dragon Clan, there’s been a fierce debate, but unfortunately, as you can see, the pro-war faction still holds the majority. Especially now, we have been tempted."
As he was speaking, a group of Half-Dragons rushed in.
"Where is Long Yi! Seize Long Yi! Execute Long Yi! Our curse will then be completely lifted!" the leading Half-Dragon roared. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
