Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 100 Golden Horned Beast Fleet

Before the Golden Horned Beast descended, Qin Mu had deployed a large number of insect swarms near the Hawaiian Islands. Almost half of the creatures within hundreds of kilometers of the Hawaiian Islands were insectoid creatures in disguise.

The swarm did not find the golden-horned behemoth that flew in with the golden light, but soon the oval black egg was discovered by marine creatures.

A fish-like monster swam to the giant egg, observed it for a while, and then instinctively opened its sharp teeth and bit down.

"Click"

The fish monster's teeth were shattered, but the enormous black egg remained motionless on the seabed, its shell still black with mysterious golden patterns. The fish monster's terrifying bite had left not a single mark.

The fish monster with its broken teeth did not panic like ordinary fish, but waited in place for a while.

More fish and monsters swam over, seemingly sensing the extraordinary nature of this giant black egg.

Even king-level monsters appeared, tightly surrounding the oval black egg that was about twelve meters long.

"A giant black egg that suddenly appeared near the Hawaiian Islands?"

Qin Mu, who was engrossed in his research, was suddenly jolted awake.

"The Golden Horned Beast?"

"Haha, you're finally here! I've been waiting for you for so long!"

Qin Mu laughed heartily.

The Golden Horned Beast was a crucial part of Qin Mu's plan. He had been worried that it would discover the Zerg, which had spread across the Earth.

In order to make the Earth's environment seem suitable for the Golden Horned Beast's growth, Qin Mu refrained from dealing with the ocean monsters. He didn't even bother with those two Ocean King-level monsters, all in order to attract the Golden Horned Beast to descend.

"Quick! Mobilize the insect swarm, don't let that golden-horned behemoth's egg escape."

Qin Mu was thrilled. He stepped onto the Crescent Moon Disc and rushed out of the research base, flying towards the waters off the Hawaiian Islands.

In theory, the Golden Horned Beast should be unable to move when it is just an egg, but who knows if it will hatch and run away after sensing danger?

As it turned out, Qin Mu's concerns were not unfounded.

As more and more monsters surrounded the Golden Horned Beast, including more than ten King-level monsters, a continuous stream of monsters continued to gather around it.

The once stable black egg seemed to sense something, and a faint power emanated from it, radiating outwards.

Within the radiation zone, at least millions of monsters are gathering.

Sensing the gathering of so many monsters, the giant black egg, which was supposed to hatch in more than a year, suddenly trembled slightly.

"Click click click~~"

Seemingly sensing danger, the black giant egg began to shake violently, with the amplitude of the shaking increasing.

"Click click click~~"

With a crisp sound, a crack appeared on the surface of the black giant egg.

The cracks multiplied with each violent tremor until, with a loud "crack!", the entire black giant egg shattered completely.

A dark, slimy "unidentified object" emerged from the eggshell.

Then came a series of "snap!" "snap!" "snap!" sounds as the black, giant egg cracked open, and a black, slimy, winged crawling creature emerged from the shell.

Sensing the threat, the golden-horned behemoth actually hatched ahead of schedule.

Under the watchful eyes of countless monsters, the Golden Horned Beast began to devour the eggshell. Throughout the process, none of the surrounding monsters disturbed it, as if they were deliberately giving it enough time to eat the eggshell.

As it continued to devour the eggshells, the Golden Horned Beast grew larger and stronger, eventually revealing its full form.

It is entirely black, covered in black scales, with strong limbs, a pair of scale-covered wings on its massive black body, and a tail that sways slowly like a dragon's tail.

The most striking feature is the single horn on its head that proudly pierces the sky!

Just as the Golden Horned Beast was devouring the eggshells under the watchful eyes of millions of insects, a streak of light flashed across the sky above the Hawaiian waters and stopped above the area where the Golden Horned Beast was located.

"Still eating eggshells? Go ahead and eat! Unleash your full potential. I don't want a crippled golden-horned behemoth."

Above the ocean, Qin Mu smiled, not rushing into the ocean to capture the golden-horned beast.

A golden-horned behemoth that had just hatched from its egg was only at the planetary level in strength. How could it possibly escape from the encirclement of millions of insects personally controlled by Qin Mu?

This must be a dream!

As it continued to devour the eggshells, the Golden Horned Beast's body grew larger and larger. When all the eggshells were gone, it had grown to a length of sixteen meters. All the mucus on its body had been absorbed, and its body became clear.

On its jet-black body, mysterious golden patterns faintly appeared on its sharp horn, spreading and extending along the scales of the golden-horned beast's horn, head, neck, and back.

It was as if a layer of golden lines spread from the unicorn horn to the whole body.

Its body naturally exudes an inexplicable, suffocating pressure. If an ordinary monster were faced with such pressure, it would probably choose to submit immediately.

Unfortunately, it was discovered by a swarm of insects, a swarm even stronger than it!

Even with its overwhelming pressure, the surrounding swarm of insects paid no heed, as if they had discovered something new and interesting.

Under such gaze, the golden-horned behemoth's dark golden pupils suddenly lit up and turned golden!

Its horn, neck, back, and even the mysterious golden markings on its scales all lit up.

Especially its black horn, with its golden markings shining brightly.

Under this light, the seawater around the golden-horned behemoth, and even the rocks on the seabed, trembled.

Having devoured the eggshell and activated its bloodline, the golden-horned behemoth roared to the sky, seemingly demonstrating its power against the millions of monsters before it.

As a giant golden-horned beast renowned throughout the universe, when has it ever received such treatment?

Hatching in front of millions of monsters, devouring the eggshell!

This made it feel that its dignity had been insulted. Just as it was thinking of showing its majesty to these monsters, a figure descended from the sea above, stepping on a strange disc.

"Finally finished consuming it, and all the bloodlines have been activated!"

After waiting for most of the day, Qin Mu was getting a little impatient.

Before the Golden Horned Beast could unleash its power, Qin Mu activated the Heart of the Swarm technique. He drew upon the mental power of the 100,000 most powerful Zerg around him, integrated it with his own mental power, and transformed it into an invisible soul spike that shot into the Golden Horned Beast's sea of ​​consciousness.

"roar--"

The golden-horned behemoth had just let out a roar when its dark golden eyes rolled back and it fainted.

Even after swallowing the eggshell, the newly hatched Golden Horned Beast was only at the fifth or sixth level of the planetary realm. How could it possibly withstand Qin Mu, whose mental power had reached the ninth level of the planetary realm, and who had also mobilized the mental power of 100,000 Zerg units for a combined attack?

In an instant, the golden-horned behemoth's soul was stunned and it fell into a coma.

A serpent king-level monster, hundreds of meters long, swam over, coiled around the Golden Horned Beast's body, and followed Qin Mu's figure, dragging the Golden Horned Beast into a Zerg mother nest.

"Swarm! Begin analyzing the genes of this golden-horned behemoth. Do not infect it with the Zerg; this golden-horned behemoth still has a great use."

Amid Qin Mu's excited expression, the insect swarm that had spread throughout the entire solar system immediately began to analyze the Golden Horned Beast's genes with all its might.

As soon as the analysis began, the mother hive started operating frantically, with massive amounts of information swirling within the swarm's will.

Its memories were read, and its genetic information was deciphered.

"As expected, the genes of a cosmic behemoth like the Golden Horned Beast can also be analyzed."

Qin Mu's eyes were bright.

As the analysis progressed, the inherited memories from the Golden Horned Beast's bloodline were read, and a life structure diagram gradually became complete.

"This analysis is so slow! Even with 90% of the swarm's computing power invested, it would still take at least a week to complete!"

Qin Mu was somewhat shocked. He thought to himself, "No wonder it's called the Golden Horned Beast."

It's important to know that the Zerg have now spread throughout the entire solar system, with more than ten planetary-level hives and hundreds of lower-level hives!

Its analytical capabilities are now vastly different from what they used to be.

"It doesn't matter, the stronger the better! The stronger my planned Zerg fleet will be!"

Qin Mu was thrilled.

……

A week later, an insect egg near the nest where the Golden Horned Beast was located began to mutate and turn into a giant insect egg.

The insect eggs grew larger and larger, with their diameter exceeding 16 meters.

A Zerg creature, almost identical to the Golden Horned Beast, hatched from its egg and roared to the sky.

"The newly hatched Golden Horned Beast has already reached the sixth level of the planetary realm! However, its energy consumption is astonishing, exceeding ten thousand times that of a Flame Tank Beetle of the same level!"

Qin Mu's eyes widened in shock. This single golden-horned behemoth had completely depleted the energy stored in the entire insect swarm.

Not only energy, but also more than half of the various metal resources collected by the swarm were consumed.

This is all the metal resources that the entire swarm has collected on Earth, on Mars, and even in the solar system!

"Having expended so much energy, I hope this golden-horned behemoth won't disappoint me."

After completing the analysis and obtaining the complete life structure diagram of the Golden Horned Beast, as well as the inheritance within its bloodline, Qin Mu immediately began the incubation process.

However, no one expected that the resources required to hatch a golden-horned behemoth would be so staggering; the entire swarm's nearly year-long reserves almost couldn't hold it all.

"Let me see what's so special about this golden-horned behemoth. It's a planetary-level behemoth with twelve peak-level bloodline star realms and an inner world."

Despite consuming a massive amount of resources, Qin Mu still felt exhilarated.

As consciousness entered the body of the Golden Horned Beast, it immediately felt a powerful force, a force even stronger than its own.

"The three great innate secret techniques—the cultivation technique 'Devouring,' the combat technique 'Enhancement,' and the life-saving technique 'Clone'—are all the same as those of a normal Golden Horned Beast, and it even has an inner world!"

"Hahaha, my Golden Horn Fleet plan can now be realized!"

(End of this chapter)