The number of people in a family is generally not large, but the meaning they represent is not small, so families with similar herds often establish family embassies to exchange information. They report to the family daily and receive diplomatic instructions from the family. However, strangely, they have not received any reply from the family for several days.
They reported to the Preyers Family immediately, but after several days, the Preyers Family had no response.
"What the hell are those Preyer bastards doing? So many days have passed, and all they do is send that little girl at the door to say 'welcome'?" the black-haired man with an eye patch roared.
"Come on, one-eye. What can we do if they don't want to talk to us? This is their territory, they are the bosses," the pale-faced man continued weakly.
"Stop with the sarcastic remarks and think of something to do."
"What can we do? Nothing! It's clear that the Preyers don't want us to contact our main family. I don't even dare to think about what they are doing."
"What do you mean?"
"What do I mean? I mean the family is gone, understand?"
"Impossible. How dare the Preyers? No, I have to go and ask." With that, the one-eyed man slammed the door shut and left.
"Sir, aren't you going with him?"
"Why would I go? To get myself killed? Prepare the car, I'm going to the starport." The pale-faced man prayed silently, hoping there were still ships to escape from at the starport. Anywhere would be fine.
The next day, Ambassador Naluotluo died unfortunately while testing his physical strength with a starship engine. Ambassador Sharvens died after suffering dozens of gunshot wounds and could not be saved. The forensic doctor ruled it suicide. The Preyers Family expressed their deep sorrow and commended the two ambassadors for their outstanding diplomatic contributions. The Naluotluo and Sharvens Family embassies made no response.
"Can't sit still now?" Yuluoke looked at the day's report, the headline being the deaths of the two ambassadors.
That one from the Sharvens Family is brainless. He probably burned his brain playing with the Demon Eye. How dare he come to the Preyers Family to demand an explanation? Yuluoke, as always, expressed his contempt for the Sharvens who played with the Demon Eye.
The Clan Consciousness had already sealed off external communication channels after learning about the Insect Tide. Especially family embassies, which also served as spy outposts, had their communications completely cut off. They pulled out the phone lines to see how you could send messages. Yet that kid dared to come here to demand an explanation, so they arranged the suicide package. Explanation? The Preyers' word is the explanation!
As for Naluotluo, he was a bit smarter and knew how to run. But not many are smart. In the past few days, no ships other than resource transport ships could leave. How could they let a ghoul like you leave?
And recently, to avoid exposure, the Preyers Family even proactively severed contact with their own embassies. Due to the rushed timetable, they only had time to issue instructions to the embassies to confuse other families as much as possible.
Although it would become more suspicious as time passed, there were not a few spells that could "follow the network cable to your doorstep." If they didn't directly cut off contact, he really could crawl over through the network cable.
So the current situation is that the Preyers Family has isolated themselves. And in the Preyers Family's imagination, their three major families are currently scrambling to develop stars? Plus, they were quietly packing up, completely unaware that the logs from the star development side had not changed a single punctuation mark for days.
Yuluoke vaguely felt something was wrong, but unfortunately, star development was not his responsibility. If he had paid a little attention, he would have noticed the anomaly. However, due to various coincidences, he did not discover it until the very end.
A month passed like this. By this time, even the most foolish person would know that something had happened.
The Preyers proactively contacted the other two families, but only received a deafening silence. There was no sound from the other end.
A great fear swept through the Preyers' Clan Consciousness. It tried to contact the other two Clan Consciences, but still received no response. It couldn't even feel their presence. It dared not imagine the outcome. Thus, it hysterically urged the family to act, living in constant dread.
For the first time, Yuluoke saw fear on that faceless visage. So even the high and mighty family god could show such ugliness, he thought to himself.
The unchanging result was the most maddening. The Clan Consciousness was no exception. The reconnaissance teams it sent out in the past few days had sent back no news, whether they were heading for star development or to the other two families. It was as if the Preyers Family had been stripped from the entire universe, wandering alone in an unknown space-time.
Yuluoke also realized that all of this might be Yagebo's doing, but then he thought it was impossible. This was not something a Fourth-tier Mage could accomplish, unless...
His thoughts were interrupted by an ominous red light in the sky. A magnificent magic array quickly enveloped the sky above the entire Hisvia Spaceport. Soon, starting from the lower-ranking vassals, to the important figures in the family, their lives and souls were drained in agony. The extreme pain made them roll on the ground and wail uncontrollably.
Yuluoke also felt the soul-draining pain. He struggled to stand up, and just as he was about to do something, he saw Yagebo, dressed in a black trench coat, walking towards him with his hands in his pockets under the magic array. Countless souls passed by him, converging somewhere. That place was the Clan Consciousness!
The Clan Consciousness had immortality within the clan territory. Even after accepting a massive Sacrifice, the only result would be it crashing from overcapacity. But for Yagebo, this was enough. As long as he transferred the Clan Consciousness outside the clan territory, he could completely kill it. So hurry up, Yagebo. The dark cloud that had overshadowed the family for a thousand years is about to dissipate, isn't it.
Yuluoke hoped so.
Yagebo did not rush to finish off the Clan Consciousness. He came to Yuluoke and snapped his fingers. Yuluoke felt the pain subsiding considerably.
"As expected of you," Yuluoke couldn't help but sigh, but he was still a little anxious. Why wasn't he killing the Clan Consciousness yet? Thinking this, he spoke and urged him on.
"Yagebo, hurry up and kill the Clan Consciousness." The anxiety in his heart made him increasingly uneasy. He didn't understand why Yagebo was still delaying.
Finally, Yagebo spoke.
"A Sixth Rank Insect Tide arrived. The three Clan Consciences and the Preyers Patriarch Yagebo, four Fourth-tier cultivators, all strained to resist and unfortunately perished. All members of the three major families were lost to the horde."
"What do you think of that?"
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about!" Yuluoke pointed at Yagebo, his face full of disbelief.
Then, in front of him, Yagebo beckoned, and a leg segment emitting an ominous aura floated over from a distance.
"The remains of a barren growth Hive Mother, a rare treasure for a Sixth Rank Hive Mother," Yagebo dangled the insect leg in his hand.
"You haven't heard from the other two families in a long time, have you?"
"I killed them all."
"You... you!" Yuluoke was both shocked and terrified, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Alright, it's time to say goodnight, Yuluoke."
Two months later, when the insect disaster struck, only ruins remained at Hisvia Spaceport.