Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 142 The Turmoil in the Chaotic Starfield

"The Golden Horned Beast has also reached the cosmic level."

Qin Mu's body entered the primordial core world.

The golden-horned behemoth lying in the primordial world was already over a kilometer in size. Its three sharp horns, head, neck, continuous back, wings... the golden secret patterns on the scales on these parts, which had been there since birth, were now faintly glowing.

A hazy golden domain enveloped the golden-horned behemoth.

"Reaching the cosmic level means you will naturally possess a domain even without needing to comprehend the Golden Horned Beast."

With the help of the innate secret patterns, mental power, primal force, willpower, and body naturally reach an incomparably wonderful state of harmony.

The forces even merged, and the resulting golden energy had a controlling effect on the surrounding space.

In terms of talent, the Golden Horned Beast is simply too powerful. It is the most talented unit in the swarm that Qin Mu currently commands, without exception!

Even in this evolution, the Golden Horned Beast's genes had a significant impact on the mother nest, causing it to grow golden horns.

"The internal world has also expanded from 90 kilometers in length and width to 1000 kilometers in length and width! It has completed a fundamental leap."

"Sensing the fundamental laws of metal within the metallic continent of my inner world, the fluctuations of the universe's origin became even clearer."

As Qin Mu carefully observed the changes that occurred in the Golden Horned Beast after its strength broke through to the cosmic level, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

During his more than six months in the capital of pharmacists, Qin Mu never slacked off in his comprehension of the laws.

The Metal Domain has reached Level 5 and is not far from Level 6. It is no less powerful than the Fire Domain, and may even be slightly stronger.

"I have now reached the fifth level in both the Fire Domain and the Metal Domain. After the Void Python hatched, the fundamental laws of space have also faintly entered the threshold."

Now, the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Beast, and the Void Serpent have all reached the cosmic level in strength. Their talents have been awakened, their comprehension abilities are even stronger, and their strength will improve even faster.

Sensing the soul nodes belonging to the Blazing Beast and the Void Serpent within the Zerg soul network, Qin Mu felt extremely pleased.

"The problem is that once the Zerg swarm reaches a cosmic level, its resource acquisition speed can't keep up."

Thinking of this, Qin Mu couldn't help but frown.

Qin Mu originally thought that the territory within a thousand light-years of Earth was large enough, but he did not expect that after reaching the cosmic level, the resources consumed were too much.

As the strength of the swarm undergoes a qualitative change, so does the amount of resources it consumes.

Generally speaking, only one cosmic-level unit can be born in a galaxy. The fact that the swarm can support so many Zerg units shows that its resource utilization rate has reached a very high level.

"The resources required to incubate a cosmic-level mother nest are simply too numerous; it would be difficult to incubate a second one in a short period of time."

The remaining resources can only hatch a few hundred cosmic-level Zerg.

Sensing the empty resources within the swarm, Qin Mu pondered.

In addition to the energy consumed in hatching the mother hive, the swarm also needs to support two Golden Horned Beasts, dozens of Blazing Beasts, Void Serpents, and a large number of Zerg combat units.

Not to mention the hundreds of star-shaped mother hives scattered across a thousand light-years of Earth, which work day and night to analyze biological genes, adjust Zerg units, and deduce secret techniques, all of which require massive amounts of energy.

"Now the entire galaxy is my property, I am a pharmacist, and according to public information, I am also skilled at concocting monsters like the Skyfire Raven."

So, should we scatter some resource-gathering monsters throughout the galaxy?

Qin Mu's mind raced. The resources consumed by the swarm every moment were enormous. Unless the size of the swarm could be controlled, a way to increase its resource availability had to be found.

After much deliberation, Qin Mu decided to temporarily refrain from large-scale resource collection in the Milky Way.

That's too eye-catching!

Before entering the initial universe and obtaining the endorsement of the Chaos City Lord, spreading the Zerg on a large scale in the Milky Way is very likely to attract the attention of some powerful beings and cause uncontrollable risks.

"Instead of gathering resources within the Milky Way, why not consider extracting energy from the space storms within the chaotic star system?"

In the chaotic star field, the massive storms stretching for hundreds of millions of miles constantly radiate enormous amounts of energy.

Even the energy contained in the energy flows in the peripheral areas is astonishing. If it could be utilized, it could greatly alleviate the swarm's energy needs.

However, utilizing these energy flows is extremely difficult; they are far too violent. Even though the swarm has been breeding there for more than half a year, they still haven't found a feasible way.

"The Void Serpent in the swarm has reached the cosmic level, and its understanding of the fundamental laws of space has also reached a new level."

Furthermore, the swarm has awakened its evolutionary talent, enabling it to better adapt to its environment and evolve. Given enough time, the swarm will be able to adapt to that violent energy.

Furthermore, that place greatly helped me comprehend the fundamental laws of space.

Qin Mu pondered, and compared to letting the swarm collect resources in the Milky Way, he preferred to utilize the massive spatial storms in the Chaotic Starfield.

With the cover of the space storm and the protection of a large number of Skyfire Ravens on the periphery, after annihilating dozens of groups of space pirates who wanted to return to the Chaotic Starfield, it has now become a forbidden area for space pirates, and no one goes there anymore.

The insect swarms thrive there, which is actually safer.

"Let's make this decision. Increase resource investment in the Chaotic Starfield, and establish the next cosmic-level mother hive there!"

"Unfortunately, the Zerg swarm hasn't encountered a suitable opponent for a long time, so they can't accelerate their evolution."

Qin Mu set out a development strategy for the coming period, while also sighing inwardly.

The best way to make the swarm grow stronger and evolve as quickly as possible is still war!

During the period when the Zerg were at war with the monsters on Earth, the evolution of the Zerg swarm was astonishing, with more and more powerful Zerg units evolving every so often.

Since then, the swarm has had no rivals, no large-scale battles have occurred, and its evolution rate has slowed down significantly.

Unless it involves instigating internal battles among the Zerg swarms, or selectively choosing Zerg warriors in a cult-like manner.

However, such efficiency is actually very low, and even if the corpses of the fallen Zerg could be recovered, it would consume a huge amount of resources, which Qin Mu did not want to do.

"Let me take some time to reflect. After the swarm evolves to a cosmic level, it will undergo a transformation, and I will need time to familiarize myself with and master it."

Having made his decision, Qin Mu calmed down and focused on his cultivation.

This transformation is enormous; he will make great breakthroughs in many of the secret techniques he cultivates, such as Spatial Control, Primal Insect Codex, Heart of the Swarm, and Bloodline Evolution.

The Golden Horned Beast also needs to cultivate the secret techniques of "Original World" and "Absolute Space".

There are so many things to do, such as mastering the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, choosing a suitable flying technique, comprehending the laws, and so on.

After arranging things in the outside world, Qin Mu devoted himself to cultivation.

Time flies like water, passing by in a hurry.

Month after month...

It wasn't until January 2060, when a saucer-shaped, silver-gray spaceship entered Earth's vicinity through a wormhole, that Qin Mu was able to divert a little of his attention to deal with the matter.

"Scrap from the Noranshan family?"

Qin Mu's will resonated among the insect swarm.

Space rippled like water, and a silver-gray, saucer-shaped spaceship appeared out of thin air in the starry sky. The water-like spatial ripples disappeared, and the spaceship hovered in the starry sky.

However, this area has long been controlled by the insect swarm, so the moment the spaceship appeared, its presence was detected by the swarm.

"Captain, Captain, we've escaped! We've escaped!"

"Haha, they escaped. Haha."

Inside the spaceship, some humans were shouting excitedly, and all the crew members were extremely excited.

However, they were too quick to celebrate.

A beam of light shot out from a distance, piercing through the entire spaceship and causing a violent explosion. None of the people inside escaped.

A mere B-class spaceship is utterly vulnerable to the current Zerg swarm.

"Control this wormhole and do not allow any life to emerge from here."

"Hopefully, the Nolan Mountain family will know what's good for them, otherwise..."

Qin Mu's eyes were cold; this area was not yet ready to be exposed.

Although Earth has long been trading with the universe, Earth's cosmic coordinates have always been firmly in Qin Mu's hands. Others travel through the dark universe by having their spaceships' intelligent quantum computers do so, and this authority has always been controlled by Qin Mu.

This area is the territory of the Zerg swarm, and before anyone joins the core of the Virtual Universe Corporation and gains the approval of the Chaos City Lord, he will not allow them to be exposed.

After handling this matter, Qin Mu once again immersed himself in cultivation.

It wasn't until another year passed, when the insect swarm in the chaotic star field made an astonishing discovery, that Qin Mu was able to end his cultivation, which had lasted for more than two years.

(End of this chapter)