Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 118: Chapter 18 Insect Nest World

War paid heed to the principle of a famous claim, and spreading the wisdom of Wizard Civilization was a common pretext for the Wizard World to invade other worlds. Besides this claim, the Wizard World also justified spreading the light of reason, educating savage natives, and avenging their own kind among other reasons.

Using war to spread wizardly wisdom, subjugating and educating barbaric locals, this was the essence of the Wizard World or Wizard Civilization.

With the appearance of the Black Tower Great Wizard, the Floating City began to transmit ripples of energy within.

Standing on the floor, Richard could distinctly feel the floor vibrating, albeit the vibrations were incredibly subtle.

The Floating City was awakening.

“As the commander, I hereby declare the following rules.

During the war, any wizard must obey all commands from the headquarters.

During the war, any form of fratricide is prohibited.

During the war, free wizards need only turn over a third of their acquired wealth.

During the war…”

The Black Tower Great Wizard consecutively pronounced over a dozen rules in midair, doing with the movements and earnings of wizards comprehensive regulation.

After announcing the rules, the Black Tower Great Wizard opened a rift and pulled out a somewhat ethereal Rune Wand from within.

He lifted the wand high, and a beam of light shot into the void.

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Subsequently, Richard felt a jolt, and the Floating City began moving towards the space rift from which they came. Simultaneously, starting from the central spire, a Magic Barrier spread over the tops of all spires, extending to the edge of the Floating City, and enveloping the entire upper section of the city.

In the void, continual space storms impacted the Magic Barrier, sparking ripples. Richard felt somewhat nervous; if the barrier shattered, the space storm would instantly tear apart most wizards except for the Great Wizard.

He glanced at his side and found that the wizards who had experienced war appeared remarkably calm.

His senior, Eric, noticing his gaze, explained to him.

“Don’t underestimate this Magic Barrier. Its threshold stands at fifty thousand energy levels, and in a critical moment, it could reach one hundred thousand. No space storm can break through it.”

Richard chuckled, slightly relieved.

As the Floating City fully entered the void, the space rift gradually sealed shut.

Standing on the edge of the Floating City, Richard could clearly see the appearance of the Wizard World within the Star Realm—a massive, glowing bubble.

“Is this the Wizard World?”

As Richard gazed at the glowing bubble, a sudden panic fluttered through his heart.

This panic felt like that of a baby leaving the cradle, the vast world rendering him bewildered.

“Junior brother, stop looking, this is your room.”

A voice came from behind Richard. He turned to see Chax sitting behind him riding a giant black wolf, holding two bags.

“Room number, Communication Crystal Ball.” Chax threw one of the bags.

Richard caught it, finding a metal card and a black crystal ball inside the bag.

On the battlefield, commands from the headquarters would be transmitted to every wizard through this crystal ball.

“Thanks, senior brother.”

The lower hemispherical structure of the Floating City was split into three layers: the lowest Slave Army Layer, the middle War Machine Layer, and the topmost, nearest to the deck, Wizard Residence Layer.

Following the numbers, Richard found his room below the deck. The room was fully equipped, even having a quiet room for meditation.

The travel time through the Star Realm was lengthy, and invading a world’s barrier took even longer. If nothing unexpected occurred, the wizards would stay in the Floating City for at least a year.

…

“Aldo, in the language of the Black Crystal Worm Clan, means Insect Nest.

In ancient times, the great Mother Worm God Aldom was born into the world, becoming the first Black Crystal Worm.

During the first millennium of Aldom’s life, She was immensely happy, curious about everything in the world. But in the second millennium, She began to feel lonely.

Thus, She birthed thirty-six Mother Worms as Her children and divided the world into thirty-six parts for Her children, forming what are now the thirty-six Insect Countries.

The Mother Worms, emulating their own mother, bore their children, and to enable these children to grow healthy, they dug beneath the ground, and built above it, creating the original thirty-six Insect Nests, the holy sites we visit today…”

In an insect nest constructed of sand and stone, an aged Black Crystal Worm taught a group of youngling insects the history of the Black Crystal Worms.

The appearance of the Black Crystal Worms somewhat resembled mantises, but between their eyes grew a black crystal, and their bodies were significantly larger—even the newly born was the size of a baby, and they could grow up to around two meters in length as adults.

“Mr. Sta, the teacher!” a young Black Crystal Worm interrupted, “Mr. Sta’s words differ slightly from yours. He said that the Divine created the Mother Worm God, who then birthed us…”

“Absurd!” Sta roared in anger, his wings trembling behind him.

“Sta is just a madman obsessed with his observatory, pay no heed to a word he says.”

Dong! Dong! Dong!

A bell toll interrupted Sta’s furious outburst. He shook his body and called for recess.

The young worms swarmed out of the classroom, leaving Sta alone in the room.

“Sigh, the young worms no longer show proper respect to the Mother Worm God.”

Leaving the classroom, Sta returned to his dwelling—a room at the peak of the insect nest.

Black Crystal Worms used the insect nests as their residences, with all worms living within these mountain-like colossal insect nests, few living independently outside.

“Sta, you’re back. I made a new discovery today!”

A voice came from outside the door; Sta knew without a doubt that his brother Sta stood there.

He hissed, a gesture among Black Crystal Worms equivalent to a sigh.

“Sta, what have you discovered again?” Sta opened the door and welcomed Sta inside.

As insects born in the same batch and grown up together, Sta and Stade were brothers, both in terms of bloodline and in terms of feelings.

But unlike Stade, there seemed to be a problem with Sta’s thinking organ during its development.

The roles of Black Crystal Worms were destined at birth.

Warrior Worms responsible for guarding the Insect Nest, Priest Worms responsible for star-watching rituals, Cultivating Worms responsible for cultivation … etc., the insects’ body structures at birth determined what they were to do.

Yet Sta was somewhat different.

As a Warrior Worm, he, unexpectedly, enjoyed star-watching like Priest Worms.

This was an unthinkable thing among the Black Crystal Worms.

“Where’s your telescope? I’ll find it for you!” Sta excitedly walked to the Observatory’s platform in the room.

Indeed, Stade was a Priest Worm.

As a Priest Worm, from childhood, he was followed by a Warrior Worm who obsessed over star watching.

After searching the Observatory for a long while, Sta finally excitedly pushed Stade to the telescope.

“Let go, Sta! I can look on my own.”

After Sta released his hold, Stade peered into the telescope towards the sky.

The weather tonight was very good, the sky void of any clouds, allowing every star to be seen clearly.

“Isn’t it just the same as usual?” Stade asked, somewhat discontent.

“Take a closer look again!”

Sta waved his arms beside him. As a Warrior Worm, his arms were a pair of extremely tough chitin scythes, which could easily cut or clamp off the bones of wild beasts or the stems of certain fungi.

“All right, all right, I’ll take a closer look.”

Stade grudgingly said, then peered through the telescope a few more times.

This time, Stade noticed something unusual.

As a Priest Worm, his memory of the star map could not be mistaken. Yet today, he could vaguely make out…

A star!

…

Insect Nest core, Mother Worm Hall.

“Are you sure?’

A Warrior Worm clad in golden armor asked loudly.

In front of him, a Priest Worm wrapped in white silk was communicating with the Mother Worm. In the Priest Worms, only the most powerful three-star priests wore white silk.

After a while, the Priest Worm stood up.

“Slavt, the Mother Worm has confirmed that the great Mother Worm God commands us to quickly assemble the army. All Worms that have reached the star level, Warrior Worms and Priest Worms alike, must go to battle.”

“High Priest! Are you sure that all the star-level creatures must go?” Warrior Worm Slavt asked again.

The strength of the Black Crystal Worm group was divided by stars, with a one-star constituting a level 1 creature.

“If we are to gather, just the insects from our Insect Country alone could reach millions. What kind of enemy warrants mobilizing so many insects?”

The High Priest shook his head: “I do not know, I am merely conveying the command of the Mother Worm God.”

He too was puzzled, as ever since the Black Crystal Worms defeated the Earth Cave Demon Spider race, no other races in this world were capable of competing with them. What kind of enemy warranted them deploying such a multitude of insects?

He thought, and a piece of information flashed through his thinking organ.

It seems that yesterday a Priest Worm reported a star appeared in the sky that shouldn’t have been there.

Could this enemy be an extraterrestrial?

The High Priest shook his head, discarding the thought.

Regardless of who this enemy was, the command of the Mother Worm God must be obeyed, even if the enemies turn out to be a bunch of mushrooms.

Seeing High Priest unable to provide an answer, Slavt left, huffing.

As a Warrior Worm, he must follow the command of the Mother Worm.

After he left, the High Priest once again began to communicate with the Mother Worm God.

“Great Mother Worm God, where do our enemies originate from? The sky or the underground?”

After a long while, a message was conveyed to the soul of the High Priest.

“From beyond the heavens.”

…

“Prepare yourselves, we will follow the headquarters’ plan later.”

In the War Machine Layer, Richard and hundreds of wizards boarded the War Airship.

One and a half years had passed since they set off, and the Floating City under the control of the Black Tower Great Wizard was about to break through the world barrier, by then they would face the siege from the entire world.

“Richard, are you scared?”

Beside Richard, Ali, emanating illusory sparks, watched him closely.

According to headquarters’ orders, the Black Wizards were divided into several small groups. Each group was balanced, including members across the four schools Plastic Energy, Alchemy, Undead, and Mind, led by a Second Ring Wizard, and the entire airship of Black Wizards commanded by a Three Rings Wizard.

Their role on the front lines was simple: to clean up natives left by White Wizards who sanitized the area, as well as to carry out raids and disrupt enemy placements.

“Fearful of what?” Richard chuckled. “It’s just killing, after all.”