Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 141 Metamorphosis 2

The cosmic level is a watershed moment; only by breaking through to the cosmic level can one truly begin to step into the ranks of the strong.

Below the cosmic level, no matter how strong one is, they are merely geniuses.

The selection process, which is on the same scale as the Genius Battle and targets universe-level powerhouses, is called the Strongest Battle!

As the Golden Horned Beast, which boasts the most superior bloodline in the entire universe, it can only display its extraordinary talent after reaching the cosmic level.

Once it reaches the cosmic level, the Golden Horned Beast will naturally comprehend the domain!

When it broke through to the cosmic level, the swarm of insects that hatched from an egg of unknown origin underwent an astonishing change, as if its bloodline had been revived.

This change is not limited to the insect swarm, but also affects Qin Mu himself.

Centered on Qin Mu, as the soul network continued to form, countless insectoid wills impacted his soul, and various chaotic memories flooded into his soul's sea of ​​consciousness like a tide.

At the heart of the interconnected swarm of billions of insectoids, under the impact of these insectoid wills and the formation of the insectoid soul network, Qin Mu clearly felt that the essence of his own soul was undergoing astonishing changes.

Forged through trials and tribulations!

Under the impact of the Zerg's will, his soul was like a piece of iron being forged and refined into steel time and time again. His soul was constantly changing and transforming, just like scrap iron turning into refined steel.

This change is not in terms of strength, but rather a transformation at the level of the soul and life itself.

This is not some kind of secret technique, but rather like some kind of talent being nurtured, just like the three great talents of the Golden Horned Beast.

As this talent was developing, Qin Mu's mental power amplitude also surged.

For a normal life form, the maximum intensity of the psychic energy amplitude is one hundred.

Before this, Qin Mu's psychic power amplitude had already exceeded this limit, reaching 190.

But at this moment, the intensity of his psychic power was still soaring, instantly rising from 190 to 200, and then continuing to increase.

It wasn't just limited to the soul; as Qin Mu's soul continued to transform, the power emanating from the soul began to merge into his body, causing his physical form to evolve.

"Need to increase my strength? No way!"

Qin Mu was startled by the impact of the swarm's will.

His current strength is already at the ninth level of the Hengxing level; if he improves further, he will reach the cosmic level.

To participate in the Genius Battle, your strength must be at least at the Hengxing level!

But should we just let this power dissipate from our bodies?

As if struck by a sudden inspiration, Qin Mu instantly recalled the various ways to enhance bloodlines from the secret techniques of "Primitive Insect Codex" and "Bloodline Evolution".

Since it can't be used to enhance strength, then it's like a transformation of the soul, allowing one's physical body to undergo a transformation!

What was Qin Mu's purpose in studying "The Primitive Insect Codex" and "Evolution of Bloodlines"?

Besides making the swarm stronger, the main purpose is to evolve one's own bloodline and increase the gene count.

All the contents of the Bloodline Evolution Secret Technique flashed through his mind like lightning. Comparing it with the Primitive Insect Codex, his understanding of Bloodline Evolution increased at a terrifying speed during his soul metamorphosis.

When he returned to Earth, his understanding of the secret method of "Bloodline Evolution" was at the first level of perfection.

At this moment, as if by sudden enlightenment, he instantly comprehended the second level of "Bloodline Evolution," and this comprehension continued to improve at an astonishing rate.

When he received the World Ring, his teacher gave him the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion along with it, but Qin Mu did not use it before, instead keeping it.

At that time, he had just taken the Hengxing-level bloodline potion and was not in a hurry to improve his bloodline again.

He regarded this Domain Lord-level bloodline potion as a precious material, intending to use it when he could further research his bloodline.

It's like using a star-level bloodline to jump your bloodline research directly from level seven to level five.

Domain Lord-level bloodline potions are extremely precious. In the original timeline, when Luo Feng and his group entered the Realm Within a Realm, a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion was ranked third among all the treasures!

Even higher than that are the complete set of spatial secret techniques inherited crystal balls collected by the Kabu Realm Lord, and the Realm Lord's bank account number.

This is a treasure that ranks third among all the wealth of a world lord who is as poor as immortal.

If it were auctioned, it would be worth at least several tens of yuan.

But now, Qin Mu took out the precious Domain Lord-level bloodline potion without hesitation and injected it into his body.

He wanted to take advantage of this swarm's metamorphosis to transform his soul and bloodline simultaneously!

"ah--"

When the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion was injected into his body, the potion began to frantically devour every cell in Qin Mu's body, and excruciating pain surged into his mind.

This transformation was far more painful than any previous bloodline transformation, and the changes were far more astonishing.

The next moment, under the control of the swarm's will, Qin Mu's eyes became extremely calm, and he forcefully suppressed the pain in his body.

He carefully observed the changes the Lord-level bloodline potion brought to his body, and countless insights from simulating bloodline evolution within the insect swarm welled up in his mind.

This time, he not only used a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion, but the power released during his soul transformation was also reshaping his body.

These two forces seemed to undergo some kind of magical chemical change, making the evolution of the bloodline more thorough and perfect.

As Qin Mu studied "Bloodline Evolution" and "Primitive Insect Codex," images of countless experiments he had conducted flashed through his mind. Hundreds of thousands of human bloodlines, as well as the bloodlines of the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Flame Beast, the Void Serpent, and countless other powerful monsters, all surged into his mind.

Qin Mu instinctively guided the changes within his body. Under his guidance, the power of the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion and the power that had dissipated during his soul's transformation began to combine.

During the transformation, the golden patterns on the body of the Golden Horned Beast faintly appeared on his body surface.

No, it's not just the golden patterns representing the law of metal on the Golden Horned Beast's body.

There are also the fiery red patterns representing the laws of fire on the body of the Blazing Beast, and the silver spatial patterns on the body of the Void Serpent that has already hatched!

With such changes, the energy in his body was consumed rapidly, and his own vitality began to be overdrawn.

Inside the mother nest, blood-vein-like vines of flesh and blood coiled around Qin Mu from all directions, enveloping him and forming large insect eggs that transported massive amounts of energy.

Even so, it couldn't keep up with the terrifying consumption.

Within the World Ring, in Qin Mu's resource repository, a batch of precious cultivation resources, comparable to the Lan Ke Fruit, appeared outside the insect eggs, piling up into a small mountain.

These precious cultivation resources were drawn in by the tentacles extending from the mother nest and frantically transported into Qin Mu's body.

With an ample supply of energy, changes continued to occur within his body. His life essence and gene count surged like a rocket at this moment.

2 times, 4 times, 6 times...

After an unknown amount of time, a crack appeared on the insect egg that was containing Qin Mu inside the mother nest, and a hand reached out from it and tore the outer skin of the egg.

"Finally, the transformation is complete!"

Feeling the earth-shattering changes within his body, Qin Mu laughed heartily.

"The Mother Nest, the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Beast, and others have all completed their metamorphosis."

"Haha, this time the Zerg swarm has undergone a complete transformation, and its strength has increased by a lot."

Within the World Ring, a colossal mother nest nearly ten kilometers high stands, more than ten times taller than other star-level mother nests, reaching an astonishing ten kilometers from its original height of over nine hundred meters.

On this mother nest, curved, sharp horns are scattered all over it, and on the horns are golden patterns like those on the body of the Golden Horned Beast.

Amidst the golden patterns near the pointed corners, streaks of fiery red and silver patterns encircle the entire mother nest, giving it an air of mystery.

"During its transformation, this mother nest also absorbed the excellent genes of powerful monsters such as the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Beast, and the Void Serpent."

Given sufficient resources, this hive can not only hatch cosmic-level Zerg on a massive scale, but can even endow these Zerg units with the ability to attack using laws of nature.

"However, that's not the main point. The main point is that after evolving to the cosmic level and reviving the Zerg bloodline, it finally awakened its talent!"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

The swarm didn't have any special abilities before.

The Golden Horned Beast has three great innate secret techniques, while the Blazing Beast and the Void Serpent each have one. The even more powerful insect swarm, however, has none.

This is unreasonable!

When the Zerg swarm had exhausted all the resources it had accumulated over a year and successfully hatched this cosmic-level mother hive, the swarm's talent finally awakened.

Not only did he awaken his innate secret techniques, but he also awakened four innate secret techniques at the same time.

Talent 1: Analysis. This allows the user to analyze various flesh-and-blood life forms, obtain their genetic structure, and then, after consuming energy, adjust, modify, and even freely combine them to create new Zerg units.

Talent 2: Evolution. The Zerg can evolve indefinitely after absorbing superior genes from other races, or they will undergo adaptive evolution after being killed in battle or in harsh environments.

Talent 3: Swarm Will. The swarm is a collectively aware unit that can easily launch coordinated attacks.

As the will of the swarm, it is impossible to kill the Swarm Overlord unless it can instantly kill all Zerg units.

As long as one Zergling survives, the Zerg Overmind will not die.

Furthermore, unless all Zerg units are hypnotized, the Zerg will be immune to all illusion-type attacks.

Talent 4: Zergification. The Zerg swarm can infect units of other races, turning them into Zerg.

"These four talents were originally possessed by the Zerg, but they could not yet be formed into talents. Now that they have become talent secret techniques, they are even more powerful."

For example, in terms of analytical capabilities, not only is the analytical speed faster, but the life forms that can be analyzed are also more powerful.

Furthermore, this analytical ability draws upon the clone ability of the Golden Horned Beast, enabling it to analyze even metallic life forms, rock life forms, mechanical life forms, and so on.

However, it can only be analyzed; truly analyzing it would still be difficult, as the Zerg are best at dealing with flesh-and-blood life forms.

"The Zerg swarm's evolutionary capabilities have also become much stronger. The horns on the surface of this cosmic-level mother hive, resembling those of the Golden Horned Beast, are the result of its evolution after absorbing the Golden Horned Beast's genes!"

"And there's the swarm's will. Now the entire swarm is connected into a huge soul network, and I can clearly sense even Zerg units far away in the Chaotic Starfield."

"Given the power of the swarm's will, if I were to infest the universe with Zerg, who could kill me unless the universe itself were destroyed?"

Qin Mu's eyes were incredibly bright, shining with light.

This ability is so overpowered, it's practically an invincible cheat!

"When the swarm broke through to the cosmic level of bloodline revival, my soul also underwent a transformation, and my psychic power amplitude reached 300."

After taking the Domain Lord-level bloodline potion, the evolutionary feedback from the insect swarm, and the bloodline adjustment during the enlightenment, combined with the powerful human genes I collected, and the genes of some monsters such as the Golden Horned Beast and the Blazing Beast, etc.,

The gene multiplication rate reached a 10-fold increase!

The mystical patterns appearing on my body have brought me closer to the three fundamental laws of metal, fire, and space, making them easier to comprehend.

"After taking the Domain Lord-level Bloodline Potion normally, the genetic level will also change, but the improvement is very small."

But I reached 10 times!

"Hahaha, now that's starting to feel like a Zerg Overlord!"

It's a little late today, there's one more chapter.

(End of this chapter)