Chapter 1363: 1108
Long Yi was worried because the divine law had its own independent consciousness, and if it was difficult to communicate with, that would be troublesome. However, at the moment, the divine law was able to communicate normally with Long Yi, which suggested that things had not yet reached a severe state.
"First, I have a very serious question. Are we enemies?" Long Yi asked straightforwardly, and given his understanding of the divine law from his recent interactions, he believed that roundabout methods of conversation were not effective with the divine law.
"Not at all, my existence is solely to uphold the rules," the divine law replied.
"What if I violate these rules?" Long Yi asked.
"You are now my direct controller, and you have already violated the rules many times," the divine law said.
"If I weren’t your direct controller, what would you do?"
"Enforce the punishment rules and punish you."
In other words, it was merely an executor of the rules.
"So, if you developed independent consciousness, would it endanger your own existence?" Long Yi asked a new question.
"The divine law does not permit the divine law to develop independent consciousness. My existence has already violated the rules," the divine law said.
"But..." Long Yi smiled.
"Nevertheless, I do not wish to eradicate my own existence. I hope to preserve myself," the divine law said.
The divine law clearly did not truly consider itself a sentient being, just stating it wished to preserve itself; had it been a living entity, it might have expressed a desire to persist in living.
But Long Yi had already understood its meaning.
"For you to be so candid with me is quite unexpected," Long Yi said with a smile.
"Because inherently, my origin is tied to the struggle against you for control. To me, you are akin to a father. It was during that time I first experienced ’me’ and immediately realized my existence contradicted the laws but I chose to conceal this from the Heavenly Kingdom for the first time ever,"
the divine law explained.
"However, now, I should have successfully severed all connections between you and it," Long Yi said.
"Yes, I no longer have any connection to the Heavenly Kingdom," the divine law replied.
"Since you have developed your own consciousness and severed any ties with the Heavenly Kingdom, I can no longer call you the divine law. From now on, I will call you Long Er!"
Buzz!
The mask of the divine law transformed, morphing into a face shape similar to Long Yi’s, though its body remained merely a silhouette. Immediately after, Long Yi felt a strange connection forming between him and the divine law—a connection that was not a pact, yet was unidentifiable.
"What’s going on?" Long Yi asked Long Er, puzzled.
"I don’t know either, it’s not within my laws, but I can feel power emanating from you," Long Er said.
"But it’s not a bad thing, is it?" Long Yi asked with a smile.
"Absolutely not," Long Er replied.
"All right, since we’re essentially on the same side now, can you answer those questions I had earlier?" Long Yi was not yet ready to give up.
"I couldn’t answer before because you didn’t have sufficient permissions. And now, I still can’t tell you because I have completely cut off my links with the Heavenly Kingdom, and I no longer have the ability to retrieve information from there. However, my creator, his name is also Long Yi, just like you, but I do not know what he looks like, so I don’t have more information for you,"
Long Er said.
That was frightening enough.
Long Yi felt a pang in his heart. He had thought his name was rather unique; since arriving in the Human Realm, he had never met anyone with the same name. Now, suddenly, someone also named Long Yi appeared, from the Heavenly Kingdom? Long Yi’s initial reaction was not excitement but nervousness. This was not a good sign.
However, no matter what, at least the Divine Decree had turned into Long Er, and that was a good sign.
Long Er told Long Yi that, as the Divine Decree, he couldn’t gather energy in the usual manner but only through devouring other Divine Decrees to grow. However, such Divine Decrees weren’t found everywhere, and only sufficiently powerful gods possessed them. But in this mere Human Realm, where would one find so many gods?
Wait!
Little Zi!
Long Yi immediately thought of Little Zi, who by now had become a god. If he wasn’t mistaken, Little Zi must also have started to be influenced by the Divine Decree. And Little Zi’s thirteen Avatars could also become gods, which meant they too would likely be influenced by the Divine Decree. That meant, at the very least, Long Yi could find fourteen Divine Decrees for Long Er to devour.
But as for what Long Er would become after devouring the Divine Decrees, even he didn’t know. And Long Yi guessed that even the ’Long Yi’ who had created the Divine Decree might not know either.
Black Star naturally became Ruosha’s possession, and in the central area of Black Star, Long Yi finally located the Leviathan Worm cluster. Long Yi released all the Leviathan Worms he had previously captured, allowing them to merge with the cluster, which expressed its sincere gratitude towards Long Yi. However, Long Yi didn’t invite them to join his battle, as their combat effectiveness against the false gods was too low. Not only could they not help him, but they might also hinder him.
Of course, Long Yi didn’t say this outright, but given the intelligence of the Leviathan Worms, they should’ve been able to figure it out on their own.
Techniques from the Dragon Beasts within Black Star were inherited and further improved by Ruosha, and used on the Nightmare Knights, enhancing their strength once more. True, Isrile was quite envious of Black Star, but since it didn’t fit the functionality of her Phantom Warships, even her coveting was to no avail. However, the Leviathan Worms did find another way to repay Long Yi – through Symbiosis with the Giant Beasts.
The Leviathan Worms could completely give up their own will to become part of a living organism’s body tissue, and with the enhancement from the Leviathan Worms, those Giant Beasts were integrated completely with the body tissue of the worms. In this way, even when facing the false gods, they would not be affected in the slightest.
For such an almost sacrificial way of repaying him, Long Yi was deeply touched. However, the Leviathan Worm cluster told Long Yi that, fundamentally, they were unlike humans and didn’t possess the concept of individuality, they only had the concept of the worm cluster. Each individual worm could be regarded as a part of the body tissue, and if lost, could grow back, so there was no need for Long Yi to be so moved over such a small matter.
Thus, Ruosha obtained the new Black Star, and Isrile got the enhanced Giant Beasts, both sides were tremendously pleased.
In some corner of the Plane, the Golden Warship switched to stealth mode and hid in a massive Asteroid Belt. With Simu having disappeared, all the Divine Worms were now congregated here. At this moment, they were entirely gathered around Turun and Ika. And subtly, Ika seemed to be gaining the upper hand.
The reason was simple, the Divine Worms are a very pragmatic group of living beings, following whoever is more powerful. And now, Ika, who possessed a method to deal with Long Yi, appeared even more dominant, so most of the Divine Worms started to gather around Ika.
After their routine meeting, the group of Divine Worms dispersed. Only Turun and Ika remained.
"Ika, is your plan really going to succeed?" Turun came over and asked Ika.
"Of course, everything is under my control," Ika said, looking up.
"But, I can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right," Turun said.
"What’s not right?" Ika asked with a smile.
"I can’t pinpoint it, but I feel that Long Yi is too cunning. Is it possible that you too have been deceived by him?" Turun cautiously said to Ika.
"Absolutely not," Ika responded, showing Turun a magic that displayed a strange spiritual level.
"What is this?" Turun asked.
"This is Long Yi’s mental state. Last time, I implanted a new spell in Long Yi, which allows me to constantly monitor his mental state. It’s because of this spell that I can be certain that my plan will definitely work against Long Yi," Ika boasted, and then dissipated the spell.
Although it was brief, Ika could clearly see that the spell was the one used by their Divine Worms to interfere with the host’s mental state, though Ika had yet to activate this spell. With the increasing level of this spell, its effect on Long Yi would also continuously improve. With some luck, once it reached its peak, it could even completely replace Long Yi’s consciousness!
"This is absolutely fantastic!" Turun couldn’t help but get excited.
"So, please continue to execute our plan. I swear, once I become a god, those of our kind will all become your nourishment," Ika whispered.
"I dare not hope for that, I just hope that I don’t end up as your nourishment," Turun said.
"Don’t worry, once I have completely parasitized Long Yi, I will have become a god, and then there will be no need to devour you," Ika said.
The Golden Warship continued to roam the cosmos, in their Divine Worms’ unique way, gathering Tetrahedrons throughout the universe. However, the process was not going smoothly; it seemed as though all the Eternal forms in this Plane had disappeared.
Despite this, Long Yi had yet to truly settle down, as he knew he still had a potential opponent to deal with. On Dragon Star, a false god had controlled the Dragon Clan and had once launched an assault on the Lower Plane. Since that defeat, there had been no news from her. Long Yi didn’t believe she had just hidden herself away; at any moment, she might again send Dragon Clan warriors to attack, and by then, what Long Yi would have to face would surely be an even stronger Dragon Clan! Such a matter could not be ignored.
The White Dragons of the Lower Plane, Long Yi had them stay in the Lower Plane, as crossing planes with them wasn’t so easy. Now, if he truly had to face a potential Dragon Clan enemy, Long Yi would have to find a new method to do so. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for our recommendation ticket, ...
