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Chapter 1018 - 670: Insect God!

Chapter 1018: Chapter 670: Insect God!

However, at this moment, neither the Centurion of the armored warriors nor the Auxiliary Army’s Major Guo Yi realized that their actions had already been detected by Chen Yu’s energy perception.

In the same inn, Chen Yu, as a player with high energy levels, was able to perfectly capture the opponent’s movements and details, even their voices.

Soon, Chen Yu shared the information he had discerned.

"Zhang Liang?" Li Changhe pondered, "The general of the Chenhai Empire is actually him..."

Zhang Liang is the sixteenth in the ranking of the twenty-four meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion of the Great Tang. In actual history, Zhang Liang privately raised five hundred foster sons and was executed by Li Er after being accused of harboring intentions of rebellion.

After receiving help from Li Changhe and others, the Great Tang opened up the timeline of the Eternal Prosperous Tang Dynasty.

And Zhang Liang obviously avoided his original fate but somehow became the general of a second empire in this world.

Could it be that while leading the Expeditionary Army, he realized that the Tang court had lost its controlling strength and thus declared himself emperor? And who is that Regent King? Is he also one of the twenty-four meritorious officials of the Lingyan Pavilion?

"About this, I have a question," Xiao Nan said after some thought, "After you opened up the timeline, Li Shimin should have received all the historical information originally available. From his perspective, he would be completely aware of certain individuals in the Tang who would rebel or have ulterior motives."

"Exactly, even he... he wouldn’t let such a person lead so many expeditionary forces to other worlds if he knew the possibility of rebellion, right?" Chen Yu said, "Of course, we know more about that Emperor of the Great Tang from historical records. But Li, you have had contact with him, would he do such a thing?"

"Hard to say," Li Changhe shook his head, "You’ve all seen his schemes in the Great Tang. He used his feigned death to avoid the attention of the Chaos Believers and allowed the Chaos Faction to infiltrate the Great Tang for thirty years, all the while using his own son to lure out those treacherous Chaos Faction members. In the end, he made a sweeping move. By deploying me, the Tian Ce General, he awakened the Teleportation Gates and the sleeping sectors of armored warriors. Understanding such a meticulous mind is beyond me."

"It’s also possible... that he did it deliberately," Li Changhe mused, "Anyway, the fact that Zhang Liang and others have established a new nation is now a fact. If the Great Tang comes into contact with them, the so-called Chenhai Empire won’t have a good outcome."

The Eternal Prosperous Tang Dynasty now has the status of players, and their numbers are continuously rising.

Unlike the elf players in the elf world, where Rorodoa, a thief who stole the Divinity of the Elf Divine Tree, alone subdued many elf players and even killed high-level elf players.

Of course, this cannot be denied to have something to do with the cultural system of that world.

Such a situation would not occur in the Great Tang, which is home to a human emperor who has wrestled with an Evil God.

Officials speculate that Li Er is at the level of a Demigod or even higher.

With such a figure for protection, and with the players’ reciprocation, the strength of the Great Tang will grow even stronger.

Of course, that is, provided that Evil Gods like the Blood River no longer bother them.

In any case, once this second empire is discovered or perceived by the Great Tang, they won’t have much ability to resist.

"Of course, they are also fearful, afraid of us ’Exotic people,’" Chen Yu said, "Perhaps in their eyes, we players who can travel between worlds at any time might expose their existence. This can be inferred from Zhang Liang’s tone."

Zhang Liang mistook Qiu Wentian for a player surnamed Mo, considering the time they cut ties with the Great Tang.

Obviously, he mistook Qiu Wentian for Mo Mang, who also established a timeline of the Great Tang.

In the Great Tang, Mo Mang was known as the Lady Mo, and her original self even became a famed figure in the jianghu of the Great Tang.

Zhang Liang was extremely wary of this, probably fearing that Mo Mang would pass on information to the Great Tang, or thinking that Mo Mang was a player sent to track them down.

They are likely desperately trying to hide their existence, but they can’t escape the imprint of the Great Tang.

"Hmm... have they started their operation?" Li Changhe asked.

"Yes, they’re casting the well," Chen Yu replied.

"Casting... the well?" Li Changhe was puzzled, "Lining up for suicide?"

"Uh... not exactly," Chen Yu said as he closed his eyes to enhance his perception, "They’ve come to the backyard well, jumping down with bottles and jars. A total of twelve people, four armored warriors, and the rest are Auxiliary Army troops."

A well? Li Changhe recalled, the inn’s backyard indeed had a well with a substantial diameter.

It seems that the second empire’s team chose this inn specifically to facilitate this activity.

There must be some secrets hidden beneath this well.

"Can you sense the terrain under the well?" Li Changhe asked.

"Within a certain range, yes. There seems to be an underground river connected to the outer lake below, though the terrain is somewhat complex. To fully sense it all will be somewhat taxing," Chen Yu replied with her eyes tightly closed. "Let me extend my perception a bit further..."

She was focusing her energy on sensing, in order to detect the entire underground river’s terrain and find the target of the Second Empire.

At that moment, Yun Ting’s graceful figure appeared. She asked, "Do you need me to follow them? They probably won’t notice me."

According to the previous plan, she intended to use the Assassin Rank heroic spirit state to follow the Second Empire’s team.

"That would be unwise, underwater tracking is not the same as on land. Currents and water pressure are unpredictable factors. It’s too easy to be detected," Xiao Nan said. "I’ll go instead. In the moisture-rich underground river, my authority can be greatly exerted. Under the control of the water flow, hiding my presence is not difficult."

"I have the ability to breathe underwater and adapt to the pressure, so I should be able to keep up," Li Changhe nodded, indicating he could join as well. He had now acquired the ability to survive underwater.

While his combat ability might be affected, moving in water was not an issue.

Chen Yu, with her eyes still closed, then said, "Wait, it seems they’re trying to move toward Xuan City’s inner city."

"Inner city?" Li Changhe frowned. "Are they planning to infiltrate the inner city?"

"No, from the current terrain, they seem to be headed to an area below the inner city." In Chen Yu’s perception, the complex network of river channels extended beneath the direction of the inner city.

The four armored warriors of the Second Empire and the Auxiliary Army were clearing silt underwater while marching through a narrow stone passageway.

Chen Yu’s perception was clearly faster and covered a greater distance than their footsteps.

However, just as Chen Yu was making an all-out effort to extend her perception to explore the end of the river channel.

A wildly aggressive psychic force pierced violently into her perception. It was...

"The consciousness of an insect swarm!"

And to Li Changhe, Chen Yu, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly let out a cry of shock.

Her body stiffened, and her delicate face turned deathly pale in an instant, blood seeping from her mouth and nose as her body collapsed toward the ground.

The sudden change made Li Changhe’s heart skip a beat. He quickly stepped forward and caught Chen Yu’s body in his arms.

The bright red blood immediately stained Li Changhe’s sleeves and shoulders.

Li Changhe could feel that Chen Yu’s body was burning hot, and her usually animated eyes were now filled with blood vessels.

Xiao Nan’s face turned pale with shock, and he immediately took out a golden medicine. He was about to inject Chen Yu’s neck with it for emergency treatment.

However, in the next second, Xiao Nan stopped in his tracks.

Because ’Chen Yu’ had already slowly risen from Li Changhe’s embrace and impolitely seated herself on Li Changhe’s crouched thighs.

But all three players present could feel that ’she’ was definitely not Chen Yu.

Looking at the ’girl’ who sat admiring her own fingers gracefully, Li Changhe’s heart gradually sank.

The last warning from Chen Yu clarified many things for him.

The Great Tang, the Great Tang Expeditionary Army, the non-human berserk soldiers of Great Chen, the consciousness of the insect swarm... as well as the bioengineered beings from Mysterious Island!

"Insect god?" Li Changhe asked faintly.

"Sort of, now it’s me in control." ’Chen Yu’ chuckled softly and, touching Li Changhe’s cheek, said, "I’d rather you call me..."

"The Queen of Xuan City."