The Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 329:The Crystal Core of the Commander Bug

Knowing that the ancient insect calamity would not erupt in the short term, Su Nan did not pay much attention to it.

He handed over all the affairs of the Star Alliance to Lize and continued to immerse himself in the comprehension of laws. Only occasionally, when he stayed too long, would he leave the Realm of Truth to busy himself with the upgrade and transformation of the sky city.

Time passed, and years went by.

While Su Nan was deeply engrossed in his cultivation, the scale of the ancient insect invasion gradually expanded.

In the year 4988 of the Starlight Calendar, a swarm of ancient insects numbering over five million appeared in the Tianhai Plane Cluster. In just half a month, more than three Planes were conquered by the ancient insects, and over ten Planes were simultaneously invaded.

The Deep Blue Alliance immediately dispatched sky cities to exterminate the invading ancient insects.

In the year 5020 of the Starlight Calendar, tens of millions of ancient insects launched a large-scale invasion of the Dark Throne, even attacking the main Plane, the Youyue Plane, before being repelled by the Dark Throne.

In the following decade, other Wizard forces, the Myriad Gods Plane Cluster where deities resided, and even the Dragon Realm Plane Cluster where dragons gathered, were successively invaded by ancient insects.

Although these forces immediately sent armies to exterminate the ancient insects, they failed to repel the swarms. More and more ancient insects emerged from unknown places, and the scale of the war not only failed to be contained but showed a tendency to gradually expand.

The entire Multiverse gradually realized the terror and strength of the ancient insects and began to take this bizarre race seriously.

In the year 5520 of the Starlight Calendar.

Su Nan ended his cultivation and returned to the Starlight Continent from the Realm of Truth.

After more than seven hundred years, the divine spark of the Firemane King was finally consumed by him, and his Law of Gravity had grown to over 300 energy levels.

Now, relying on his dual law domains and law core, Su Nan even had the confidence to fight against a sixth-level Wizard.

Returning to the Starlight Sky City, as soon as he entered the Central Crystal Tower, Lize came to find him.

Upon meeting, Su Nan immediately sensed the more pronounced aura of laws emanating from Lize.

He raised an eyebrow and smiled, "It seems it won't be long before our Star Alliance gains another True Spirit Wizard."

"It's all thanks to your Enlightenment Potion," Lize replied with a smile.

Thanks to the ample supply of Enlightenment Potions, her comprehension of the Law of Stars had been very smooth, far surpassing that of an ordinary third-level Wizard.

At this rate, she would be able to advance to a True Spirit Wizard in less than a thousand years.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they quickly got down to business.

"How is the situation with the ancient insects recently?"

"Just as you said, the scale of the war has been continuously expanding," Lize said with a serious expression. "The number of ancient insects is beyond imagination. According to statistics, they are currently attacking over a thousand Planes simultaneously and have already occupied nearly the same number of Planes, almost all of which are inhabited by intelligent races."

"It's too early to be surprised now," Su Nan's eyes flickered slightly.

Only he knew that the current situation was not yet the peak intensity of the war.

The ancient insect race's invasion of the Multiverse was still in the stage of casting a wide net. It was only in the middle and later stages of the war that they would gradually shift their main targets of attack to the Planes with the greatest resistance to invasion.

Namely, the well-known forces in the Multiverse.

Only then would the war enter a white-hot phase.

"This is the latest battle report," Lize handed over a document.

Su Nan took it and carefully read through it.

The battle report summarized the losses of various forces since the appearance of the ancient insects.

From the data, it was clear that deities and Wizards were undoubtedly the two groups that suffered the most losses.

This was understandable, as the territories of deities and Wizards were the most extensive in the Multiverse.

Even the dragons could not compare in this regard.

Since deities were an opposing faction, the intelligence collected was relatively rough and will not be discussed here.

Su Nan focused on the situation in the Wizard world.

In general, almost no Wizard force could remain unscathed in this war, and more or less, all had been invaded by ancient insects.

As of now, seven third-rate Wizard forces and one second-rate Wizard force had been annihilated by the ancient insect invasion.

Most Wizard forces were not in a good situation.

Even powerful large Wizard forces were being overwhelmed by the ancient insects.

Among them, the Dark Throne was the most unfortunate.

In the entire Multiverse, it suffered the most intense invasion.

In just five hundred years, nearly one-fifth of the Dark Throne's territory had been conquered by the ancient insects. Even the three Throne Wizards, who had been in seclusion for many years and had not appeared for a long time, had taken action, but they only slightly curbed the disadvantage and could not fundamentally reverse the situation.

It was foreseeable that as the ancient insect race gradually narrowed its targets of attack and shifted its main forces, the situation of the Dark Throne would become even worse.

Su Nan was quite pleased with this.

"No wonder the Dark Throne has not made any moves regarding the deaths of Jude and others in recent years. It turns out they are too busy to seek revenge."

Su Nan was somewhat gleeful.

In contrast, the situation of the Star Alliance could be said to be the best.

Thanks to Su Nan's early warning, the Star Alliance had long been prepared and had made ample preparations, so the losses suffered in this war were not significant.

The current situation was still under control.

After Su Nan finished reading the battle report, Lize said, "Our subordinates have captured some peculiar ancient insects. I think you might recognize them."

"Peculiar ancient insects?"

Su Nan became interested and went with Lize to the Magic Prohibition Prison.

In a confinement room engraved with dense runes, more than a dozen ferocious insect beasts were imprisoned.

These insect beasts were not large, only three to four meters tall, which was considered medium-sized among the ancient insect race. Their appearance was not particularly remarkable, except for a crystal cluster resembling a horn on their heads.

"These ancient insects seem to act as commanders in the insect swarms. In any swarm numbering over a thousand, there is at least one of these ancient insects."

"I dissected a few in the laboratory and found this in all of them."

Lize extended her hand, holding a stone-like object the size of an egg. It looked ordinary, but upon closer inspection, one could see that it could actually stir the Law Power in the surrounding void.

Su Nan's eyes flashed with interest. He took the stone and carefully sensed it, finding that within a radius of a hundred meters centered on the stone, the activity of some Law Power had noticeably increased.

However, the attributes of this Law Power were quite extreme.

Killing, destruction, devouring... almost all were negative laws!

"These ancient insects are called Commander Insects. In the ancient insect race, they hold a position equivalent to a commander, responsible for directing ordinary ancient insects in battle during wartime. They possess relatively high intelligence and only obey the commands of the Nest Mother Insect."

"Nest Mother Insect?" Lize frowned in confusion. "The insect queen?"

Su Nan nodded, "More or less. The Nest Mother Insect itself has little combat power, but it can simultaneously command tens of millions of insect swarms in battle. It is the royal family of the ancient insect race, and there are probably not many Nest Mother Insects in the entire ancient insect race."

If the Nest Mother Insect is the commander of the insect swarms, then the Commander Insects are the generals.

The former is responsible for commanding large-scale wars, while the latter is responsible for commanding regional small-scale wars.

After listening to Su Nan's explanation, Lize suddenly understood. She glanced at the stone in Su Nan's hand and asked, "Then what is this?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but it should be some kind of core."

Su Nan shook his head. His knowledge of the ancient insect race was limited. He only knew about the existence of Commander Insects and Nest Mother Insects, but more detailed information was beyond his reach.

This was also the first time he had learned that Commander Insects had such cores that could stir Law Power.

"Regardless, anything that can be related to Law Power is not ordinary."

"This core is worth studying. Perhaps we can make some interesting discoveries."

"Send these Commander Insects to my laboratory."

With Su Nan's command, the dozen or so Commander Insects were quickly sent to his laboratory.

Without delay, Su Nan began dissecting and researching them that very day.

The terrifying aspect of the ancient insect race mainly lies in their swarm tactics and fearless combat style.

Their individual strength is actually not that strong.

Even the higher-ranking Commander Insects only have combat power equivalent to a first-level Wizard.

After dissecting them, the body structure of the Commander Insects did not bring any surprises to Su Nan. He eventually focused his research on the core.

The result, however, gave him a pleasant surprise.

In the structure of the Commander Insects, the core serves the purpose of ultra-long-distance transmission and reception of information waves, thereby directing the insect swarms in battle.

To draw an analogy, it is somewhat similar to a divine spark.

Deities can simultaneously receive prayers from millions of believers through their divine sparks, process the information, and issue commands to their believers, even bestowing divine power and miracles.

In this regard, the core of the Commander Insects is quite similar to a divine spark.

As for why the core can stir Law Power, Su Nan speculates that it is due to the close connection between the mental will of the ancient insects.

The ancient insects are an extremely communal race. Ordinary ancient insects have almost no independent thought; all their actions are commanded by the Commander Insects or the Nest Mother Insect.

They have completely surrendered their mental will to the latter two.

Through the connection of the core, the mental will of the insect swarms gathers together to form a vast mental network. freeweɓnøvel.com

A single ancient insect is insignificant, but when the numbers reach a certain scale, the mental network can leverage laws such as killing, destruction, and devouring.

These Law Powers eventually converge at the source of the network, which is the core.

Under this subtle influence, it is not surprising that the core has the function of stirring Law Power.

Of course, since the Commander Insects themselves are too weak, the Law Power they stir is minimal, only sufficient to assist the core in processing vast amounts of information, with almost no impact on their combat power.

In simple terms, the core is essentially an ultra-low-level version of a divine spark.

"If that's the case, can we use the core to synthesize something similar to a divine spark?"

A flash of inspiration struck Su Nan, and his eyes lit up.

It's worth a try! With this in mind, Su Nan immediately used the Magic Cube to synthesize all the cores he had.

After synthesis, the various killing and destructive thoughts within the cores had completely disappeared, leaving only the purest essence.

Su Nan tried using it and indeed found that the efficiency of comprehending laws had noticeably improved.

"Although the effect is not as good as a divine spark, that's because the number of syntheses is too small. As long as the number of syntheses increases, it can completely replace the divine spark in assisting cultivation."

Delighted, Su Nan immediately ordered the Star Alliance to hunt Commander Insects and collect their cores, while also purchasing Commander Insect cores externally.

Although these cores are somewhat peculiar, their effects are not significant. Only by using the Synthesis Rubik's Cube can their effects be maximized, so Su Nan was not worried about not being able to acquire them.

Originally, if the cores of Commander Insects had such effects, the Nest Mother Insect must have similar cores, and their effects would undoubtedly be even stronger.

However, Nest Mother Insects are rare, and whenever they appear, they are always protected by massive insect swarms.

Unless a sky city is dispatched, it is unlikely to kill a Nest Mother Insect, so Su Nan did not set his sights on them.

As long as the ancient insect calamity continues, there will likely be opportunities to encounter Nest Mother Insects in the future.

After Su Nan issued the order, the Star Alliance began to collect Commander Insect cores in full force.

Commander Insects are relatively rare among ancient insects. Among a thousand ancient insects, there might not even be one Commander Insect.

But given the sheer number of ancient insects, the number of Commander Insects is not insignificant.

Many were curious about the Star Alliance's purpose in collecting the cores, but after much research, they found nothing particularly special about them.

Meanwhile, as the intensity of the war increased and it was foreseeable that it would not end for a long time, major Wizard forces began to consciously purchase and stockpile resources, leading to a noticeable rise in the prices of various resources.

In this situation, everything had to give way to war reserves.

Seeing that the Star Alliance was offering high prices to purchase cores, most Wizard forces also traded their cores to the Star Alliance.

Although the number of cores purchased was not large, it was more than enough to support Su Nan's cultivation.

"At this rate, it will take at most three thousand years for my Law of Gravity to break through to 1000 energy levels."

Su Nan smiled.

In the entire Multiverse, there is probably no second True Spirit Wizard like him, who has been assisted in cultivation by a 'divine spark' and Law Node from beginning to end. (End of Chapter)