Chapter 572 324: Cataclysm of the Ancient Bugs (Part 2)

As for the final outcome of the war, he did not know.

Until before he traversed, there was no sign of the Ancient Insect disaster ending, and the war against the Ancient Insects was still raging intensely.

Although the Ancient Insect Race was not well-known, the fact that they could leave Wizards and Divine Spirits flustered and exhausted reveals their formidable combat strength.

Unfortunately, Sunan only remembered that there was an Ancient Insect disaster, but he couldn't recall the exact time it happened.

Unexpectedly, there were already signs at this time.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Sunan's expression turn extremely serious all of a sudden, Lize couldn't help but feel confused.

Sunan said solemnly, "The Insect Beasts that attacked the Dark Throne's exploration team are a dangerous race called the Ancient Insect Race."

Lize was stunned: "You recognize those Insect Beasts?"

Sunan did not hide anything and briefly explained the intelligence about the Ancient Insect Race.

After listening, Lize found it hard to believe.

A race so difficult to combat that not even the Wizards and Divine Spirits could handle?

If such a race truly existed, why hadn't the Wizards and Divine Spirits noticed before?

The words Sunan said were truly unbelievable.

If it weren't for Sunan's impressive past achievements, Lize's first reaction would have been to think he was talking nonsense.

Sunan, seeing Lize's change in demeanor, wasn't concerned.

He could understand Lize's reaction.

No one anticipated the terrifying disaster these insects could bring until the Ancient Insect disaster fully erupted.

Before then, Wizards and Divine Spirits stood at the top of the multiverse's biological chain.

No one thought insects could almost topple these two major groups.

"The Ancient Insects that attacked the Dark Throne's exploration team are just the vanguard. There should be some time before the Ancient Insect Race launches a massive invasion. Before that, we must prepare, stock enough war materials, and enhance our military strength as much as possible."

Sunan said with a solemn expression.

At Sunan's words, Lize hesitated only for a moment before nodding in agreement.

Since the past, Sunan's judgments have never been wrong, so even though she still had doubts in her heart, she chose to believe Sunan's judgment at this time.

Sunan also did not explain much, as the future would prove everything he said.

The Ancient Insect disaster was a massive catastrophe but also contained opportunities.

If prepared early, the Star Alliance might use this disaster to achieve new heights.

Historically, war has always been the strongest force driving the rapid growth and expansion of influences.

...

Leaving the study, Sunan returned to the top floor of the Central Crystal Tower.

After the Floating City was built, he only rested for a few days before throwing himself into the enhancement of the Floating City without delay.

According to his plan, there are many core facilities of the Floating City that need strengthening.

Including floating devices, the Maze Lock Defense System, the Super-Large Energy Protection Barrier, various turrets including Magic Energy Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannons, and Magic Energy Mecha.

To complete the enhancement plan, a significant amount of time is required.

Currently, Sunan is enhancing the Maze Lock Defense System.

It's not that he doesn't want to upgrade and expand the Floating City to medium-sized or even large-sized, but upgrading the Floating City is a process that requires massive resources and is extremely lengthy.

A solid foundation as a large Wizard Influence, the time spent upgrading the Floating City is often counted in tens of thousands of years.

The main reason is that upgrading core facilities requires a lot of rare materials, and collecting and accumulating those materials alone is a long process.

As Sunan knows, among the current large Wizard Influences, only the ancient Deep Blue Alliance possesses a large Floating City, the only large Floating City in the entire multiverse.

The rest of the Wizard Influences possess medium-sized and small-sized Floating Cities.

As for the super-large Floating City called the Star Realm Fortress, it only appeared in the Ancient Era epochs ago and had long been destroyed in the protracted war.

No Wizard Influence has yet been able to replicate the glory of that time by creating a new super-large Floating City.

Compared to the long time required for upgrading the Floating City, enhancing it indeed can immediately boost the Star Alliance's combat power in preparation for the forthcoming Ancient Insect disaster.

"Once the Floating City's enhancement and upgrade are completed, the Half-Plane should be put on the agenda."

The concentration of Energy Particles in ordinary planes is far from satisfying Sunan's needs.

Even in the environment of the Floating City, Sunan can only feel a little more comfortable and is far from reaching the conditions of the Truth Realm.

Therefore, many True Spirit Wizards develop a Half-Plane with high Energy Particle concentration as a place to rest usually.

Moreover, the Half-Plane is also crucial for True Spirit Wizards to break through to higher realms.

The larger and more complete the developed Half-Plane, the higher the chance of breaking through to a higher realm in the future.

Of course, Sunan is still far from breaking through to a higher realm, which is something only Level Six True Spirit Wizards need to consider.

Besides, developing a Half-Plane is no less difficult than building a Floating City, and the resources invested are astronomical.

Before the Floating City's enhancement and upgrade are completed, the Star Alliance has no spare effort to develop a Half-Plane.

...

Truth Realm.

Just entering Wizard Town, Sunan received Maisy's message and rushed to the meeting place immediately.

Maisy, Morick, and Ortis were already waiting there.

"Congratulations, Sunan."

Upon meeting, Maisy immediately offered her congratulations.

Morick and Ortis then also smiled and congratulated him, showing a few more degrees of enthusiasm and even respect compared to before.

Today's Sunan, in terms of status, already surpassed them and was not much different than Maisy, who was a great scholar of the Wisdom Code.

After some pleasantries, the four quickly got to the main topic.

"Recently, a few temporary law nodes have appeared near the buffer zone close to Wizard Town, reducing the search area again."

Maisy extended her hand, and immediately, a map of the Truth Realm appeared in the void.

A green marker on the map showed the areas in the buffer zone where temporary law nodes might appear.

The buffer zone near Wizard Town now had only about two-thirds of the searchable area remaining.

"I suggest we first search this area."

Maisy pointed at the green area on the map.

"If we find nothing, we can then move towards the direction of the Divine Spirit-occupied region."

Sunan and the other two nodded in agreement.

In fact, this wasn't their first time doing so.

They had tried to search in the direction of the Divine Spirit-occupied region before, but they had found nothing.

But anyway, doing so increased the probability of finding law nodes.

However, the risk of conflict with the Divine Spirits also increased.

The four present had all mentally prepared themselves.

"Then it's settled. We'll set off now."

Without delay, the four immediately left Wizard Town and ventured into the buffer zone.

Shortly after their departure, four figures also silently left Wizard Town.

"When should we act?" one of them asked.

If someone familiar with the Dark Throne was present, they would be shocked to find that the four here were all Crown Wizards of the Dark Throne.

Since the end of the Wizard civil war, the Dark Throne has never deployed four Crown Wizards simultaneously for an operation.

Seeing such a scene would inevitably cause great shock.

"No rush," Jude said expressionlessly. "Follow them first, and when they encounter a battle and expend most of their strength, we'll strike."

Even though Jude was confident that with the strength of the four of them, they could definitely kill Sunan and the others.

However, the target consisted of four True Spirit Wizards, including the troublesome Maisy, who had comprehended the Law of Life. Facing them head-on, even if they could win, they would have to pay a considerable price.

It would be more prudent to follow in secret and strike fiercely when the target showed weakness.

The other three Crown Wizards exchanged glances, agreeing with Jude's proposal.

"Alright, let's follow them. Be careful not to be detected."

The four quickly headed in the direction Sunan and the others had gone.