Zhao Fu had been utterly wronged. When had he ever been so selfless? What happened to the promised exchange of Brain Worms for insights? These people had actually forgotten—truly shameless beyond measure. Of course, Zhao Fu did not know what was happening. Seeing no one speaking in the chat, he assumed something had gone wrong and prepared to exit the Heavenly Spirit Stele.
Fortunately, this time Zhao Fu was not disappointed either. Just as he exited, some people remembered their earlier promise and gifted him Brain Worms for free.
This brought Zhao Fu's total number of Brain Worms to two thousand, far exceeding his task requirements. Originally, Zhao Fu had only needed eleven hundred Brain Worms to control those City Lords who had not yet been controlled. Now, after subtracting twelve hundred from two thousand, he could control an additional nine hundred people.
Put together, he could control 2,300 City Lords. This could absolutely be called an unimaginably vast force. With such strength, Zhao Fu could begin planning to sweep through Darkwater Continent. If he could unify Darkwater Continent, Great Qin's hidden power would become terrifying as well.
With two thousand Brain Worms in hand, Zhao Fu infiltrated Fish Scale World once more and arrived within the forces controlled by Darkwater Continent. Here, those not controlled by Brain Worms still greatly outnumbered those who were, so he had to act with greater caution.
Taking advantage of their trust in System City Lords, Zhao Fu divided them into batches and dealt with them bit by bit. Sometimes, he summoned them over and secretly controlled them amid warm hospitality and conversation. Other times, he simply suppressed them with overwhelming power. As he wished, Zhao Fu controlled 1,400 City Lords.
As one of Fish Scale World's seven continents, Darkwater Continent was comparatively large.