Song Lan's soul questioning was answered that very night.
After a day of research, Medea made a startling discovery. She summoned all the Bug Swarm's higher-ups to the junkyard and informed them of the shocking news—they were dealing with an unprecedented new creature whose essence was the Worm, surviving by parasitizing human bodies.
They didn't always need to kill their hosts. The hosts parasitized by the Worms were influenced by them, secretly laying new bug eggs under the guise of marriage, thereby spawning more Worms.
According to Medea's conjecture, the Worms that turned into bank robbers might only represent a small fraction of their race. Their role was somewhat similar to that of Worker Bees, amassing a large amount of wealth through criminal means, which likely ended up in the hands of their tribal leaders. This also explained why all the wealth transferred out seemingly vanished without a trace.
