Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 15 The Battle of the Swarm

"Hatching an evolution chamber requires one worker insect and 100 energy. After successfully analyzing a monster, its genetic blueprint can be used to create an identical monster. Furthermore, after research, the best parts can be extracted and the worst parts discarded to create even stronger Zerg units!"

Qin Mu's expression was excited; this was the core capability of the insect swarm.

"The swarm has discovered 872 unknown biological genes. Should we analyze them?"

With a thought, the mother nest responded.

Qin Mu was surprised. Where did so many biological genes come from?

After a careful examination, Qin Mu discovered that most of these were biological genes from small insects, plants, flowers, and grasses. These were biological genes absorbed by the fungal carpet as the mother nest hatched.

"Shield the genes of all creatures below the beast soldier level!"

Suddenly, the information in my mind became much clearer, leaving only two possibilities.

One is the Tiger Mastiff, and the other is called the Black-ringed Snake!

Qin Mu, the tiger mastiff, was not surprised, as he had killed it himself. But what about the black-ringed snake?

Qin Mu's consciousness connected with the mother nest, allowing him to examine its memories.

Upon seeing this, Qin Mu broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that after he fainted, night fell, and many nocturnal monsters began to hunt.

A black-ringed serpent, a low-level beast soldier with black stripes covering its body and over five meters long, trespassed into the insect swarm's territory. It was discovered by patrolling worker insects, who attacked it en masse, tearing its corpse to shreds.

"Fortunately, I ordered the mother nest to hatch worker larvae at full capacity to protect myself and the mother nest. Otherwise, it would have been too unjust for me to die like that."

Qin Mu's expression held a hint of relief and lingering fear.

"Next, we need to incubate the evolution chamber and analyze the monster's genes."

"Currently, I have 54 worker insects and 3 energy points."

Qin Mu took stock of the forces he currently possessed.

"54 worker insects, equivalent to low-level beast soldiers, plus my own strength reaching the level of advanced warrior and intermediate-level mental master, are enough to sweep through the monsters in the villa area."

Qin Mu smiled. The monsters in the villa area were almost all at the level of low-level beast soldiers, with very few at the level of mid-level beast soldiers.

Although there are hundreds of them, monsters of this level are like mowing grass when they encounter a mid-level warrior-level mentalist!

"It's dawn! I actually slept through the whole night."

As the sun rose in the east, a golden ray pierced the darkness, and the sky instantly brightened.

"Swarm! Leave ten worker insects to protect the mother nest, the rest of the workers assemble, target the villa area—attack!"

With a wave of his hand, Qin Mu commanded the swarm of insects to quickly assemble and form a massive army around him, marching majestically towards the villa area.

"The A2-level Breaking Army Spear is too light and can no longer keep up with my strength."

After waving his hand casually a few times, Qin Mu shook his head.

However, there were no other weapons available at the time, so they made do with what they had.

"It's a pity that I didn't consider this when I was preparing the weapons. If I had known, I would have bought a few throwing knives, short spears or other throwing weapons."

The main attack methods of mentalists are generally divided into two types. One type is skilled in using objects to attack, and they are called controllers.

One type directly attacks the soul, specializing in mental and illusionary attacks, and is known as an illusionist.

Of course, there are also some other less common methods, such as beast taming and potions!

After Luo Feng awakened as a spiritual master, he embarked on the path of a controller.

Qin Mu didn't understand illusionary attacks, but he had no problem with simple and direct object manipulation attacks.

"It's not like there's no way!"

Qin Mu's heart stirred, and he wrapped his mental energy around the spearhead of the Po Jun Spear, twisting it forcefully. With a "click," the spearhead of the Po Jun Spear was removed.

The tip of the Broken Army Spear rotated around Qin Mu once, finally hovering above his right shoulder.

Qin Mu grinned as he brandished the gun, which now lacked a spearhead.

"The spearhead can be used for attacking and deflecting projectiles, while the shaft can be used as a long staff for self-defense!"

Surrounded by the swarm of insects, Qin Mu was in high spirits.

In the villa area, after a night of hunting, many nocturnal monsters, such as Shadow Cats, have returned to their lairs, while other monsters that prefer daytime activity have become active.

As Qin Mu led his swarm of insects closer to the villa area, he saw a group of 13 iron-haired wild boars rummaging for food on the edge of the villa area.

These iron-haired wild boars are robust, with a shoulder height of over 1.5 meters. Their hair is covered in sharp spikes, and their large mouths have two huge tusks, making them look like small elephants.

If it were yesterday, Qin Mu would have turned tail and run if he had encountered a herd of Iron-haired Wild Boars, but things are different now.

"Swarm! Destroy them!"

Qin Mu waved his hand, and apart from ten worker insects protecting Qin Mu's safety, the remaining 34 worker insects spontaneously formed a hunting team and launched an attack on the Iron-haired Wild Boar.

A wild boar, its head bowed and searching for food, twitched its nose. Despite its clumsy appearance, it actually has a very keen sense of smell.

Suddenly, it let out a loud howl.

It discovered a group of monsters, resembling giant ants, charging towards them with undisguised hostility.

Upon receiving the warning, the iron-haired wild boars reacted quickly, with several strong males rushing to the front to protect the young iron-haired wild boars.

Led by the strongest Iron-haired Boar, whose strength had reached the level of an intermediate-level beast soldier, the enraged Iron-haired Boar herd emitted powerful breaths from their snouts and launched a ferocious charge against the worker worms.

The iron-haired wild boars crashed down like speeding heavy Hummers, their power no less than that of the worker insects, which outnumbered them by twice as many.

Just as the two torrents were about to collide, a streak of light flew out from behind the worker insect and pierced the head of the strongest iron-haired wild boar charging at the front.

That streak of light was actually a spearhead!

After killing the most powerful iron-haired boar, the spearhead drew an arc in the air, piercing down from mid-air and passing through the heads of two more iron-haired boars.

The remaining Iron-haired Boars, upon discovering their leader's unexplained death, panicked and their once orderly ranks scattered.

The next moment, the two torrents collided with a deafening roar.

"boom--"

A wild boar with iron bristles lowered its head and galloped wildly, its tusks slamming into a worker worm.

The worker worm, which was also charging forward, suddenly stopped and was sent flying backward by the violent impact of the Iron-haired Wild Boar, its carapace shattered.

"Click-clack—"

The Iron-haired Wild Boar was also in trouble. The worker insect was equally powerful. Although it was knocked away due to its size, the Iron-haired Wild Boar's speed also decreased.

Having lost speed and being outnumbered, the Iron-haired Wild Boars were immediately in danger.

A worker insect opened its large claws and viciously bit the iron-haired wild boar's neck. The boar's tough fur was torn apart by the claws, and large pieces of flesh were ripped off.

Driven mad by the sight of blood and pain, the iron-haired boar thrashed about, twisting its body in an attempt to break free. But another worker worm seized the opportunity, climbing onto its body and tearing at it relentlessly. For a moment, the iron-haired boar could only let out painful cries.

A wild boar with iron bristles went berserk, its pair of dagger-like tusks piercing into the worker worm's body, lifting the worm away and trampling it mercilessly.

The two sides engaged in a frenzied and bloody battle. In just a moment, limbs and severed bodies were scattered all over the ground, and blood flowed freely.

"Chirp chirp chirp—"

The sound of gun barrels piercing the air rang out, and one after another, the entangled wild boars had their brains pierced and died on the spot.

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen wild boars were easily killed.

Before a mid-level warrior-level mentalist, they were utterly powerless and easily slaughtered.

"Carry their corpses back, break them down and digest them for energy; the swarm needs to expand!"

(End of this chapter)