Chapter 1529: Chapter 1181 The So-Called Test_2
The Emperor had just helped Henki and Aisa to their feet.
"Ha ha ha! Congratulations on passing my test!" he exclaimed loudly.
"Test?" the two little ones asked, puzzled.
"Yes! This was a test specially prepared by His Majesty for you. Anyone prepared to become His Majesty’s confidant must undergo such a test, and only those who pass this test can truly become trusted by His Majesty! So, be grateful, for you are now trusted by His Majesty!" the Emperor’s attendant explained.
In fact, what he said was true, and at that moment, the Emperor felt a great relief wash over him. For if Henki and Aisa were not Worms, there would be almost nothing that could stop his Empire from becoming incredibly powerful! It would not be long before he unified the entire race, then the entire Plane; eventually, the whole universe would be under his control!
"So it was a test! You really scared us!" the two little white-skinned ones laughed as well.
But just then, the metal door behind them shut heavily.
The Emperor and his attendant turned around, only to see the locking mechanism of the metal door slowly engaging.
"What’s going on? Is there a malfunction?" the Emperor asked his attendant in a low voice.
"That can’t be, this door is manual, and there’s no wind here," the attendant said, not worried that anything unexpected could happen, as they saw absolutely no chance of that.
"Actually, this is a test we have given you," the two white-skinned little ones said.
"What do you mean?" the Emperor felt that something might be wrong.
"What we mean is, Your Majesty, we would like to ask you if you might consider yielding your throne to us,"
Henki’s voice came down from above, and the Emperor looked up to see that Henki and Aisa had somehow managed to climb up above!
"I didn’t expect these two fools would be so easily deceived; we just brought in two random people to impersonate them and they couldn’t even recognize them," Elsa said.
"The Forgotten Ones are accustomed to appearing in armor, and their own appearances are so interchangeable that even they might not remember them, let alone the esteemed Emperor," Long Yi commented.
Knowing what the Emperor was planning, they naturally wouldn’t be naive enough to walk straight into the trap. Before this, Elsa had, through her own means, taken control of two white-skinned individuals, and then Long Yi replicated two sets of armor identical to his and Elsa’s for them to wear. Since The Forgotten Ones had poor abilities in discerning truth from deception, they were easily fooled.
"Henki! Aisa! What on earth are you doing! Let us out immediately!" the Emperor roared.
"Ts ts, my respected Emperor, why be in such a hurry? We’re all the same kind, don’t you already know what I intend to do?" Long Yi said, immediately releasing a slight Worm vibration.
The Worm that Long Yi possessed was only a Puppet, but it was still a complete Worm, while most of the Worms in this Plane were just fragments of Worms. Initially, the Worms and Creator God Simu were split into thousands of pieces, resulting in no single Worm possessing significant strength. Yet, even though Long Yi only released a slight Worm vibration, it was enough to shake the Emperor.
"He’s so powerful!" the Emperor was truly frightened this time. In his view, the only way for a Worm to become strong was by consuming its own kind. And at this moment, the powerful Worm vibrations from Henki indicated that he had devoured many of his own kind!
"Bastard! You’ve been scheming against me all along!" the Emperor silently prepared himself, hoping only that Henki didn’t know how to use this cage. But as the cage began to recharge, the Emperor instantly despaired.
As a preventative measure against any enemies trapped inside the cage escaping, the Emperor had designed this cage initially with no escape function. Now, all he could do was watch helplessly as his splendid golden armor crumbled bit by bit. Clad in a golden robe, he and his attendant stood there, fear flickering in the red glow of their eyes.
Yes, it was fear.
"Actually, I hadn’t planned on dealing with you so soon because being an Emperor is quite troublesome. I thought as long as you didn’t discover my identity, I could just honestly assist you. After all, I’m not interested in power. But unexpectedly, not only did you become suspicious of me, you even planned to kill me. So, there’s nothing I can do. I can only say that I am disappointed, and at the same time, pleased to meet you. Goodbye," Long Yi said, as the fluctuations became increasingly massive. The Emperor and his servants even felt themselves being forcibly extricated from their host bodies!
"Wait a moment! I know a huge secret! If you devour me, the secret will disappear too!" the Emperor shouted.
"It’s fine, I will read your memories," Long Yi replied.
"No! It’s useless! I’ve hidden the secret in a place that can only be accessed by my unique mental fluctuations. If you devour me, my mental fluctuations will cease to exist, and you will never know that secret," the Emperor said.
"No! You mustn’t tell him where that place is, you’ll doom all our kin in this plane!" the servant yelled.
"I don’t believe you, and I’m not interested," Long Yi replied.
"The Worm Nest, are you interested in that?"
That’s another story.
Initially, someone on our side had warned Long Yi to destroy the Worm Nest before entering the Divine Realm. This indicated that the existence of the Worm Nest was a considerable threat. If this threat wasn’t neutralized, even entering the Divine Realm wouldn’t be safe. However, based on Long Yi’s understanding of the worms, so far, none of them knew where the nest was.
"Hahahahaha! Yes, you couldn’t possibly refuse this secret, right? After all, not only does the nest affect whether we can return to the Divine Realm, but more importantly, if you control the nest, you’ll control all fragments of us in this universe! You won’t have to go around devouring by yourself anymore!" the Emperor gasped dramatically, the pressure from Henki filling him with dread. But he was confident in his judgement—no worm could resist this secret!
"It sounds tempting, but if you know where it is, why don’t you find it yourself?" Long Yi watched his words carefully, ensuring no flaws were revealed.
"Do you think I don’t want to? But the nest is in the middle plane! Inter-plane travel is not that easy! That’s why I had to become Emperor first, unify the entire race, and then the entire upper plane. Finally, we can use Celestial Clan’s plane-travel technology to invade the middle plane comprehensively and find the nest!" the Emperor urgently said.
"You said, finding the nest? Does that mean you actually don’t know where the nest is, either?"
Long Yi’s energy became even stronger. The worm parasitizing the Emperor’s consciousness was still struggling, and his personal servant’s worm, being much weaker, could no longer maintain its parasitic state and was forcibly extracted by the energy, slowly drifting towards Long Yi.
The Emperor watched in horror as the energy of the worm dissipated, then suddenly shouted, "Although I don’t know where the nest is specifically, I do know where to look for it! I know a name, no no no! Or rather, I know something, that thing will lead us to the nest!"
Long Yi slightly reduced his energy: "Speak."
However, the Emperor shook his head, saying, "I’ve already told you, I’ve hidden that memory in a secret place only I know about, and only my mental fluctuations can open it. Besides me, anyone else even coming close would destroy that secret place."
"Should we believe it?"
Long Yi asked Elsa.
"From his description, it seems quite plausible. At least several key information points are correct," Elsa said.
"Better believe it?"
"It’s worth a try!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote and support on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)
