The Great Worm Lich

“Oh, you are a man with amazing executing ability. No wonder you can be so successful,” Upon seeing that Zhang Lisheng followed them directly, the United States Secretary of State praised him and walked beside him. Surrounded by federal agents, the two of them stepped through the crowds, who were gradually awakening from their bewilderment and starting to make a commotion to the armed helicopters.

 “Sir Fernand, what is your next plan?” The young man asked in a whisper as he walked. “Do you want to send me directly to the Sky Fortress and then set sail for the Shrimp World No. 2, or do you have other plans?”

 The instant his words left his mouth, he suddenly heard a girl shouting loudly behind him, “Zhang Lisheng! I know already! I could guess which Zhang Lisheng you’re now, but you must not have remembered my name yet. Remember, I’m Eleanor! Eleanor Lund! We’ll definitely meet again, definitely … ”

 “Oh, Dr. Lisheng, it seems that you are really popular among girls,” Fernand suddenly joked as he saw that the black-haired young man beside him continued to walk without stopping, “Of course, it’s hard for a young, handsome, and smart man like you who has a successful career to not be well-liked by the girls. Don’t you want to say goodbye? The matter is urgent, but we still can spare a few minutes for you.”

 This unexpected joke by the Secretary of State made his strange relationship with Zhang Lisheng inexplicably harmonious right away.

 Without turning his head around, Zhang Lisheng knew that it must be the tall Asian girl who kept chatting up to him just now the instant they met who shouted to him. He merely smiled and shrugged before replying in an equally joking manner, “It’s a pity that I’m a playboy who is destined not to be captured by any woman easily, Sir Fernand. Oh, to be honest, I don’t even remember that girl’s name, so do you think it’s necessary for me to say goodbye? Should we talk about your next plan instead?”

 Fernand nodded solemnly, “Okay, doctor., it’s like this. All six federal aircraft that carriers motherships are on patrol missions on Earth, so I’m afraid you can only go to the Shrimp World No. 2 by taking a military freight plane. I’ll send you to the Vistana military base directly later. The plane and the escort fighters are already ready for you.

 “I’ll go with a freight plane?” Zhang Lisheng frowned and deliberately complained. “That wouldn’t be safe for me, Mr. Secretary of State. Never mind the fact that I might be attacked by the invaders from the foreign world, even the malicious intent hidden by the Atlanteans alone…”

 “The Karlado people and the Shrimp World No. 1’s god civilization did not only attack the Noah World’s spatial gate alone this morning. They’ve attacked a total of 26 regions on Earth, including the Kunlun World in China. We believe that they’d not launch another strike within a short period after such a large-scale attack. As for Atlantis, please rest assured, doctor. There’ll be an entire fleet of 22 fighters escorting you, so those aliens would not make their move so recklessly unless they’re absolutely desperate.”

 The two of them entered the helicopter while they were talking. Zhang Lisheng sat down casually next to the door of the cabin and said, “Your inference seems to make sense, Mr. Secretary of State. Alright then, let’s talk about the next problem. If I really can—of course, I’m talking about the best-case scenario here—if I really can persuade Wizard Li to send troops to Karlado, then how will the federal army cooperate…”

 Amid the question raised by the young man, the three armed helicopters began to rise into the air in the middle of the crowd’s exclamation and a series of ‘click click…’ sound of photos being taken by cell phones. Not long after, they flew up into the sky and began to fly towards the distance, disappearing in the bright sunlight.

 

Over an hour later, the helicopters finally landed in a vast military base hidden in the desert, 1,500 kilometers away from the southwest side of New York C.

 After five to six minutes later, Zhang Lisheng changed to another plane and began to depart again under the close guard of the federal Air Force. Crossing the spatial gate, he began to set off to the Shrimp World No. 2.

 Time passed by, and it was already midnight. Accompanied by a dim night, the formation of Earth fighter jets that were glowing dimly guarded a high-speed freight plane to cross two world barriers in a day before finally reaching the air above the Wizard Li Island.

 Zhang Lisheng, who was the only passenger in the dark and spacious cabin of the T908V aircraft, sat beside a small, circular window while staring blankly at the dark foreign world in the distance.

 All of a sudden, the iron door of the cockpit to the cabin slid open silently, and a series of definite ‘thud-thud…’ footsteps woke him up.

 “Dr., we’ve contacted the Wizard Li people and will land in their Central City airport in five minutes. Unlike the civilian plane, the freight plane will be very bumpy when it’s landing, so please be mentally prepared. I’d like to further remind you that the seat belt is your lifeline, so please don’t unfasten it,” The co-pilot with three vertical stripes embroidered on his shoulder rank walked up to the young man and checked his seatbelt as he was saying.

 “We’ve reached?” Zhang Lisheng took a deep breath, and said jokingly, “Don’t worry, Captain. I’m not as delicate as you think, nor am I an idiot…”

 While he was speaking, he caught sight of thousands of lights that flickered like a pupil magnified hundreds of times in the night sky from the corner of his eyes. A faint smile appeared at the edge of his mouth as he asked in a low voice with his tone becoming peculiar, “Captain, that must be Wizard Li’s biochemical battleships, right? As a military pilot, what do you think of those dwarfs’ aircraft?”

 “Very horrifying. The largest model of the biological warship called ‘Skybeast’ of the Wizard Li people is at least comparable to the nation’s Sky Fortress in terms of size,” Not hearing the peculiar tone used by the black-haired young man in front of him, the federal officer replied, “I’ve never seen a large-scale or medium-sized Skybeast in action before. Still, I happened to come across the scene of a small Skybeast attacking a sea monster before. In the case where it’s compared to an aircraft of a similar size, Skybeast’s combat power can only be described as terrifying!”

 A dreadful expression appeared on the thin face as the co-pilot of the freight plane continued to say after his comment, “Since the Wizard Li’s Skybeasts have already taken off, it means that they have already given up the runway for us to land in the airport. Bye, doctor, I need to start to do my work now. Please relax as much as possible, and soon, we will land safely. ”

 “Alright, Captain,” Zhang Lisheng smiled and nodded as he watched the federal officer’s back disappear before his eyes. After that, he turned his head and continued to look out the window.

 A few minutes passed by, and the freight plane began to dive and descend. The dazzling night scene before the young man’s eyes began to change as well. Finally, the freight plane jolted for a moment abruptly after a short period of losing gravity and began to dive forward bumpily for more than ten seconds before gradually stopping.

 “It’s really rough!” Glancing one last time at the brightly lit Wizard Li airport outside the window, Zhang Lisheng retracted his gaze and mumbled to himself as he unfastened his seat belt and stood up.

 At the same time, an announcement resonated, “Doctor, we’ve landed safely, and you may leave the aircraft now.”

 

After the broadcast, the cabin door from not far away opened automatically and silently.

 The young man looked at the light and strolled to the rear of the cabin before exiting the plane along the steel ramp; he saw a group of ferocious-looking dwarfs with feathers on their heads and more than ten federal diplomats of various skin colors wearing suits walking together towards him under the illumination of a bright yellow ‘light tree.’

 The United States ambassador was directly appointed by the president and was not in the rank of the national public affairs officer. As long as one gambled on the correct candidate and contributed a political contribution of more than one million dollars in the federation election, he would be able to serve as an ambassador in a small country on Earth that was unknown to at least 5.99 billion people among the 6 billion population on Earth.

 Of course, if one wanted to be the highest-ranking diplomat of the federation who was stationed in major countries such as China, Japan, and Germany, the conditions required were very harsh and challenging. Other than having rich political and diplomatic experience, one must also have an enormous local influence and reputation.

 As a symbolic compatriot of the States, the ambassador stationed in Wizard Li was not a particularly outrageous mediocre figure, but he was not particularly outstanding as well. When he suddenly received the special message from the White House, he would have long panicked if it was not for the support he received from his experienced counselors, secretaries, and so on.

 The black-haired young man walked briskly away from the freight plane, ignoring the saluting Wizard Li people and extended a right hand towards the ambassador with a smile, “You must be Maegor Fort, the federal ambassador stationed in Wizard Li, I’m Zhang Lisheng. I didn’t expect you to come pick me up so late at night, thank you!”

 The fat yet gentlemanly-looking highest-level diplomat stationed in Wizard Li smiled and took Zhang Lisheng’s hand, “Doctor, I’ve heard of your name since a long time ago. I’m honored to know that I can complete this difficult work with you this time. Let’s go back to the embassy to talk about the details of this matter.”

 Zhang Lisheng, who originally intended to transmit the order to his mortal pastors to gather the army to be on standby after dealing with the federal diplomats, was stunned for a while. Upon remembering his identity as a special envoy of the White House, he nodded with a smile, “Alright, Mr. Ambassador. Please wait a minute.”

 Then, he turned around to the Wizard Li chiefs, who were either kneeling on the ground or bowing deeply to him and asked, “Where’s headman Tugra?”

 “Headman Tugra is visiting Round Moon Island, dear distinguished Pundit,” The chief choresman with four feathers on his head represented the crowds and replied respectfully.

 “Tell the headman, I want to meet him.”

 “Yes, Pundit!” Upon hearing the command of the black-haired young man in front of him, the choresman chief kneeled on the ground and replied.

 “Alright, all of you may retreat now,” Zhang Lisheng nodded and gestured at the federal ambassador. Then, the two began to walk quickly while being surrounded by diplomats to a grand carriage pulled by four strange beasts that looked rhinoceros but did not have any horn on their noses before stepping on the pedal to enter it.

 “Doctor, I’ve long heard that you have a lofty status among the Wizard Li people, but it was still quite shocking to me when I saw it with my own eyes just now,” Maegor who had a surprised expression on his face said with a low voice in admiration as soon as he sat down.