The Great Worm Lich

After more than 200 days of abundant development of manpower and material, the oasis that was originally used by the LS Group for experimental purposes had been transformed into a huge farm that had an area so vast that it would take an hour or two to drive to see the edge from south to north and east to west.

Grazing herds could be seen everywhere. The moderately sized farmlands that were doing well were neatly cultivated among the herds of livestock, giving off a lively and orderly scene everywhere.

In the ranch, under the hot sun, the cowboys who had long replaced their horses with small farm light trucks, that had high cross-country capacity, grazed the herds speedily, with an inexplicable satisfied expression on their sweaty faces.

However, in the distance, a white old man was standing upright in the convertible jeep’s co-driver seat looking around with a telescope in his hand while appearing to be laden with anxiety. He heard his short and fat companion wearing a suit and leather shoes behind him said, “Look, Professor Carnegie, Dr, Kaqinu, the Hope Ranch is a miracle in the desert. If it was not for the damn big December sun above, this place would not have been different with the big ranches in California and Utah during the peace time. Only the boss can create such a miracle… Ahem, of course, all of you have worked hard as well so you can also be called as one of its founders. History will keep this in mind… ”

Immediately, the old man pointed at a group of 500 to 600 strange animals, that looked like a pig but had the size of a cattle, that were shaking their heads gnawing on the grasses deliciously and interrupted with a sigh, “Mr. Charlie, I can understand the pride in your heart but do you think a livestock like these pigbeast would appear on California ranches?”

“Oh professor, our ancestors did not eat peppers 1000 years ago, and corn was not one of the staple foods of human beings 500 years ago. Why would you abhor the animals in the foreign world so much?” When Charlie saw the old man started to lecture him in an ill-timed manner, Charlie replied with disapproval. “In this environment of the farm that is burning hot all four seasons, we can’t just breed only camel right? Animals that have a mature cycle five times more than cattle can’t be used as a stable source of meat.”

“But that is still better than being invaded by alien species. The pigbeasts are unlike peppers and corn! They’re from a different world!” Carnegie looked away into the distance and said in a low voice.

The instant his words left his mouth, a brown-haired middle-aged man with dashing brows and big eyes wearing pale yellow pants and jersey sitting in the back row with Charlie could no longer hold it back when he heard the result that he managed to achieve after going through tons of hard work being slandered repeatedly over and over again. Frowning, he said, “Professor Carnegie, I respect your achievements in the field of geology, but you may not be as good at animal husbandry as you think. There’s no so-called species invasion problem in domesticated animals, for they’re always under control. Besides, the ranch is always surrounded by desert so it’s even more isolated…”

“Dr. Kaqinu, the meaning of ‘species invasion’, in a broad sense, doesn’t only refer to the invasion of biological races but also relates to the field of genetic evolution. The food that we’re consuming would imperceptibly influence the development of our genes in the future at all times. Of course, development of genes in the future 100 to 200 years…” The old man jabbered on and voiced out his thoughts.

The tall man also refuted the lengthy argument, “Professor Carnegie, I can’t believe that you are actually in those ridiculous perplexing Atlantean theory of maintaining the purity of the ‘universe’. Don’t you know that a true high-quality species would often need to be crossed-breed to endure the test of time and natural elimination? The word ‘pure’ in the field of evolution is almost equivalent to ‘failure’…”

Listening to the meaningless profound debate between the two scientists, Charlie could not fully understand the meaning behind it. Secretly finding it funny, he shrugged and interjected in a joking tone when he saw that Carnegie and Kaqinu were getting more and more serious. “Alright, professor, doctor. The three of us ‘nobody’ cannot decide the future of the ranch anyway so do you think it’ll have any meaning to have such an argument in front of me? ”

“Of course, Mr. Charlie, scientific discussions will not be meaningless at any time.” Kaqinu immediately replied loudly, but Carnegie stopped refuting after a moment of silence. He smiled and asked Charlie instead. “Mr. Chalrie, then where is that important person who can determine the destiny of our ranch, that is destined to be the landmark of the human conquest in Noah World, that we’re standing on now? I want to ask him for a leave so I can go back to New Orleans B for Christmas. I have five daughters to choose Christmas present for.”

“Haha… Dr. Kaqinu, the boss is occupied so I don’t think he has the time to see you for the time being. However, he has ordered the ranch to lift the go on holiday during the Christmas period so you can leave at any time. Oh yeah, by the way, do you want to take a few ponies home to as gifts? Your salary is enough to pay for these expensive pets for your daughters now. I’m sure they would love them.”

“What a good suggestion, Mr. Charlie.” Kaqinu nodded rather heartily, and said casually, “Do you know what Mr. Lisheng is busy doing right now? Just let me know if there’s anything that I can help.”

“I don’t know about this, but perhaps it may be another big event that may cause a sensation in the future.” Charlie unwittingly looked at the direction of the experimental oasis that was the origin of the Hope Ranch and replied with admiration. In fact, he would never thought that the boss whom he already saw as basically omnipotent was currently doing something that would bring a great impact on the entire Colossal World right now…

In the depth of several thousand meters underneath the land that had just been transformed from sand to grassland, dark and icy spring water replaced the bright and dazzling sunlight and the hot air in the high-pressure environment and killed all organisms except microbes.

For thousands of years, this area forbidding ​​life had never been invaded before but at this time, a human-headed demon god-like strange creature whose body was densely covered in yellow, red, blue, and green scales was slowly swinging its thick tail swimming in the underground ice spring and continued to dive downward.

As the waves rippled, the demon god soon dived to the deepest part of the lake. gliding over the moss, he came to the only raised oval-shaped rocky mountain at the bottom of the vast, flat lake.

The devil reached out a hand to caress the complex natural patterns on the boulder and slowly showed a satisfied smile. As soon as this faint smile appeared, a powerful repulsion force started to spread forward from his body and slowly push away the enormous amount of lake water, forming a moist land on the bottom of the lake.

“This is it!” After creating a miracle that resembled Moses’ splitting of the sea, the demon god did not put on a proud expression as he looked at the tone mountain in front of him while muttering to himself, “So it’s actually an egg and not an embryo fossil. Well then, it has already restored enough vitality now.”

His smile turned into hesitation.

After that, he shut up and fell into a contemplation for a long time before opening his mouth to mutter to himself again, “An egg would beget a worm while an embryo would beget a beast. By right, the animal in this stone egg should be a type of ancient strange worm according to ancient Chinese classification and it’s most suitable and easy to be refined into a wizard gu but why I feel so uneasy in front of it? I’m now a god who has traced back my wizard’s ancestor god’s bloodline now and have inherited the Ancient Goddess Nuwa’s inheritance so which ancient strange worm won’t yield to me now? Why am I feeling this bad premonition? Don’t tell me that the thing in this stone egg is actually the planet-devouring Taotie from the Colossal World period? But the True Text of Mountains and Seas has stated before that, ‘in the north of the divine land and the south of the bronze mountain lies a beast with a mountain-like body, burrow-like head that is ferocious and a glutton. Dreaming of it will cause a bad luck to fall.’ According to this text, the Taotie should be a beast instead. Ah, that’s right, the ‘Southern Chinese Guide’ has described the Taotie before. It’s said that ‘there’s a strange object floating in the water during the ancient time that is neither insect nor beast. If it’s breed for 10,000 years, it would devour the world when it’s mature’…”

After contemplating about it, countless ancient books buried deep in his memory emerged in that human-headed demon god’s mind but it still could not infer a correct conclusion. The usual cautious character of demon god gradually worn away, as the fierce and determined nature in its bone began to erupt as the demon god encountered difficult problems that could not be evaded.

“Whether it is a worm or a beast, it’s in my hand anyway. If it’s a strange worm, I’ll just refine its body and if it’s an ancient beast, I’ll just consume its soul. Don’t tell me that a dignified god like me would even afraid of this ‘little thing’ hatched from the stone egg?” Finally making up his mind to take a risk, it murmured to himself and threw a piece of scales off his shoulders before slowly closing its eyes.

The leather with scales depicting miniature patterns of marine continents, mountains, rivers, and lakes leaving the hands of the demon god slowly spread out and rapidly stretched on all sides. After a short while, it became so huge as though it had shrouded the entire underground.

Feeling that it was time now, the demon god opened its eyes and clasped his hands. Waving them forward, he clenched his teeth and exerted his entire strength as it began to use its divine power to drive an immense amount of sediment and water to penetrate into the mountain-like fossil egg. At once, dark tide surged, and the crustal movement within a thousand kilometers radius became disordered.

No matter how strong the demon god was, its power would soon be exhausted if it was continuously used without reservations. After a few minutes, the original shiny luster of the demon god’s skin began to dim and dry gradually. Its star-like deep eyes also slowly lost their luster.

Fortunately, the stone egg that had its vitality replenished to saturation finally began to undergo qualitative changes. Thousands of tiny cracks appeared on the shell of the stone and numerous stone powders were scattered.

The stone powder appeared to spread endlessly as soon as it appeared, mixing the clear water to become turbid. Not long after, a strange loud sound that resembled the sound of animal grinding its teeth began to resonate in the depths of the bottom of the muddled lake.

When the sound first appeared, it penetrated thousands of meters of the earth’s crust and faintly spread out throughout the desert, causing the young people with good hearing among the federal citizens who were already on holiday in the hundreds of the oasis cities to notice the abnormality. At once, the streets were filled with surprised frowning people who kept looking around.