"Like Lazy Worms, Ear Worms are arthropods of the chelicerate subphylum and arachnid class. Other common creatures in the arachnid class include spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. The Qinling Guzheng Spider you have seen before belongs to this class. But unlike the Qinling Guzheng Spider, which belongs to the order Araneae, Lazy Worms and Ear Worms belong to a very special order—the Virtual Dimension Order."
"Virtual dimension does not entirely mean that a dimension is non-existent. In many cases, species with uncertain dimensional attributes are classified under this taxonomic order."
"Like several worms we have encountered: the Sand Hour Worm and the Lazy Worm both belong to the Virtual Dimension Order, the Spacetime Family, and the Lazy Worm Genus. One belongs to the Sand Hour subgenus of the Lazy Worm Genus, while the other belongs to the Lazy Worm subgenus. Ear Worms diverged from those two at the next higher rank. They belong to the Virtual Dimension Order, the Spacetime Family, and the Ear Worm Genus. Overall, these three kinds of worms can be considered close relatives. As for whether they are reproductively isolated, the magical world has yet to reach a conclusion."
"After all, magic makes anything possible."
Professor Li's voice was very soft, almost a whisper, even quieter than usual, as though he feared that raising it even slightly would wake the Ear Worm.
The Ear Worm lay in the blue porcelain dish in his hand.
Just moments ago, after the students had gathered around, the professor had taken only a few seconds to fish the little worm out of Li Meng's right ear using something like a strand of spider silk. It looked plump and fleshy, with no antennae, but it definitely had several pairs of abdominal legs. Zheng Qing could not understand why a worm shaped