Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears-Chapter 88: The Terrifying Spirit-Devouring Worm Swarm, the Hive Will
The moment the words were spoken, the entire room was stunned!
Control the Spirit-Devouring Worms?
Was... was that really possible?
It was too incredible to believe!
"I know none of you believe me!"
Zhou Ping seemed to have anticipated their reaction. A confident smile touched his lips as he directly opened the meeting room window.
He carefully took out an Insect Shepherd, placed it on the windowsill, and then used his Mental Power to issue a simple command.
BZZZ—
The Insect Shepherd’s wings trembled slightly, emitting a ripple of Mental Power invisible to the naked eye.
The next second, a miracle occurred!
Outside the window, on a Spirit Grass plant riddled with holes.
Dozens of Spirit-Devouring Worms that had been frantically chewing on the Spirit Grass’s roots and stem suddenly froze. Then, as if driven mad, they turned and began to furiously attack their own kind!
They bit and devoured each other in a bloody and bizarre scene!
"HISS—!"
A collective gasp echoed through the meeting room!
It worked! It actually worked!
"My heavens! Zhou Ping! You... you’re an absolute genius!" Master Wang trembled with excitement, his gaze filled with admiration and awe. ’The student really has surpassed the master!’
"Simply incredible! A creation like this is nothing short of a miracle! You will surely go down in history!" The other experts from the Capital City were also lavish with their praise.
The experts from the Xiao Group were even more profoundly shocked.
They looked at Zhou Ping with eyes full of respect and admiration.
They had heard that Zhou Ping came from a rather ordinary background—just a common family in the Capital City—yet he had reached such heights in the field of cultivation through his unparalleled talent and hard work!
Now this was a true prodigy!
His future achievements would be unimaginable! In terms of status alone, he would be no less than a King-level Powerhouse!
They subconsciously glanced at Gu Yuexi, who was standing nearby, and couldn’t help but shake their heads.
Compared to a truly talented genius like Zhou Ping, this Country Cinderella—who had shot to the top through her bloodline and was now so conceited as to flaunt her privileges here—seemed utterly out of her league.
Gu Yuexi watched Zhou Ping, the center of everyone’s attention, her expression unchanging, but inwardly she wanted to laugh.
’Using mental control against Spirit-Devouring Worms?’
’These people have no idea what makes the Spirit-Devouring Worms so terrifying.’
’If they were this easy to deal with, they wouldn’t have earned the title of "Nation-Ending Calamity" in her past life.’
She was already looking forward to the show.
Chu Sheng was also a little surprised. ’This kid’s insects... their ability is a bit like mine?’
’Controlling other insects?’
’What if I made his insect my underling, and then had my new underling control the Spirit-Devouring Worms...’
’Holy crap, wouldn’t that be like infinite nesting dolls?’
’I’d become the commander-in-chief of the entire swarm!’
But a second later, Chu Sheng abandoned the thought.
Because through his [Nether Vision], he could already perceive a massive, chaotic, yet faintly unified and terrifying spiritual fluctuation slowly awakening deep within the medicine fields!
’Is this the "show" the Empress was just thinking about?’
Chu Sheng seemed to understand something.
Just then, under everyone’s expectant gazes, a beaming Zhou Ping walked out to the open space outside the meeting room.
He opened a large incubator he had brought with him and released the thousands of Insect Shepherds inside!
"Go! My children!"
Zhou Ping’s heart swelled with excitement. He felt he was on the verge of creating a miracle in the Spirit Plant Realm!
’Once I succeed, I’ll definitely go down in history! I’ll be ranked among the most distinguished alumni of Huaqing Academy! My status in the upper echelons of the entire Federation will rise to a whole new level!’
The next second, hundreds of Insect Shepherds shot like arrows released from a bow, plunging into the boundless sea of insects!
At first, the effect was remarkable.
Vast swaths of Spirit-Devouring Worms fell into chaos under the control of the Insect Shepherds and began to slaughter each other frantically.
Thunderous cheers and applause erupted from the meeting room.
All the experts were ecstatic, as if they could already see the insect plague being completely eradicated!
However, at that very moment!
A sudden change occurred!
The boundless tide of black insects was seen to suddenly freeze in unison.
At the exact same moment, every single Spirit-Devouring Worm stopped moving.
BZZZ—!
Immediately after, an invisible yet terrifyingly immense spiritual pressure, so powerful it was suffocating, swept out like a tsunami, instantly enveloping the entire Spirit Medicine Base!
Everyone felt as if their minds had been struck by a heavy hammer, going completely blank!
"This... This is... the Hive Will?!" Master Wang cried out in horror, all the color draining from his face!
The moment this term was uttered, everyone’s expression changed drastically. Zhou Ping’s face, in particular, instantly became whiter than a corpse!
The Hive Will!
This was a term—a lesson—that the Great Xia Federation had learned through bloodshed.
Over seventy years ago, during the Federation’s golden age of exploring Secret Realms, three King-level Powerhouses had entered a new Secret Realm called the ’Celestial Fall Insect Abyss’ to explore.
Within this Secret Realm, 99% of all life signatures originated from insect-type Demon Beasts.
The three King-level Powerhouses didn’t think much of it. After all, the Spiritual Wisdom and Bloodlines of insect-type Demon Beasts were generally weak, so they assumed they would be easy to handle.
However, they were wrong.
Within the Celestial Fall Insect Abyss, the hundreds of millions of insects were no mere mob. It was as if they shared a single brain, their countless faint strands of Mental Power linking together to form an immense collective consciousness!
After entering the Secret Realm, those three King-level Powerhouses perished in less than half an hour, completely overwhelmed by the perfectly coordinated attacks of the billion-strong swarm!
The Celestial Fall Insect Abyss was subsequently designated a "Calamity Level" Secret Realm, and that terrifying collective consciousness was named the "Hive Will."
And now, these Spirit-Devouring Worms were undoubtedly displaying a similar ability.
In that single instant, the Mental Power of all the Spirit-Devouring Worms had merged into a single entity!
The Mental Power of an individual Spirit-Devouring Worm might be insignificant.
But when the Mental Power of hundreds of millions was gathered together... that force was so great it was faintly touching the threshold of the King-level!
Faced with this world-destroying collective will, the spiritual fluctuations released by Zhou Ping’s Insect Shepherds were like a small boat in a tsunami. They didn’t even last a second before being instantly crushed!
And then, something even more terrifying happened!
After being washed over by the Hive Will, the golden Insect Shepherds no longer obeyed Zhou Ping’s commands. Instead, just like the Spirit-Devouring Worms, they latched onto the Spirit Grass plants and began to devour them!
They had been "assimilated"!!
"No! Impossible!"
The confidence and pride on Zhou Ping’s face were instantly replaced by boundless horror and fear. He stood as if struck by lightning, his face ashen.
"My... My Insect Shepherds..."
’His perfect creation, the fruit of his blood, sweat, and tears... was defeated just like that?’
Chen Xiaozhang and the other experts also looked aghast, the hope that had just been kindled mercilessly crushed.
Despair.
Endless despair descended upon the entire meeting room.
Just then.
A cool, clear voice echoed softly, breaking the dead silence.
"Now, it’s our turn."
"We’ll need two complete sets of King-level Essence Blood."
