Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 153 The Emergence of the Rock Insects

On the sacred mountain of the rock giant, the 100,000-foot-high peak has been broken in two.

The battlefield was littered with rubble from the broken bodies of the rock giants, and a thick layer of fungal carpet had spread to the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, millions of rock giants roared furiously as they clashed with countless Zerg warriors.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of blood, with the limbs and debris of the insect swarm mixed together with the rubble, creating an extremely bloody and gruesome scene.

With each step the massive rock giant took on the battlefield, the ocean of insect carcasses rolled like waves.

Every now and then, a rock giant would be devoured by the swarm of insects, its massive body shattering and disappearing into the corpses.

Deep underground, the tentacles of the fungal carpet extended out, absorbing flesh and blood and converting it back into energy.

On the distant mountain peaks, millions of Fire-Eyed Insects opened their eyes one after another, and scorching rays converged in the air, turning into a terrifying beam of light that shone continuously on the bodies of the rock giants like a laser.

"boom--"

The surviving cosmic-level rock giant conjured heavy stones in its hands and hurled them at the Fire-Eyed Insects.

But this time, their attack failed.

In mid-air, the boulders, as large as small mountains, were struck by beams of scorching rays and exploded in mid-air.

After countless deaths, the Fire-Eyed Insects' reaction speed has become much faster than it was at the beginning.

Although their bodies are still huge, even bulky, their attack speed and reaction speed have increased significantly.

Rock giants continued to die, but there were no more rock giants to support them from the Holy Mountain behind them.

The war, which lasted for more than a month, awakened all the rock giants from their slumber, and the number of Zerg killed by them was in the tens of billions.

Eight Zerg units, including the Blazing Behemoth and the Void Serpent, which are second only to the Golden Horned Behemoth, have died!

Even a powerful being like the Golden Horned Beast once nearly perished.

On that occasion, the Rock Giant gathered six ninth-tier cosmic-level beings to besiege the Golden Horned Beast.

All the rock giants attacked like madmen, delaying the rescue efforts of other Zerg units.

If it weren't for the three Void Serpents that were dispatched to provide support and traversed the void to block the fatal attack for the Golden Horned Beast, one of the Golden Horned Beasts might have perished.

As a result, all three Void Serpents perished in battle.

But it was in that battle that the Rock Giant race lost six powerful ninth-tier cosmic-level warriors in one fell swoop.

After three days of fierce fighting, the Zerg swarm made its first ascent of the Rock Giant's sacred mountain.

"We are finally about to conquer this sacred mountain of the rock giant."

At the foot of the mountain, Qin Mu's figure appeared in the sky far from the battlefield, gazing at the still fiercely fighting battlefield.

The Zerg units on the battlefield are very different from those a month ago.

The most significant changes were made to the Golden Horned Insect Clan and the Blazing Flame Insect Clan, both personally tuned by Qin Mu.

As the absolute main force of the swarm, they participate in the most intense battles, the most brutal battlegrounds, and undergo the most evolutionary mutations.

The Golden Horned Zerg alone comprised more than a dozen strains, two of which Qin Mu deemed qualified Zerg units appeared on the battlefield.

The first of these two strains is a breed that has successfully integrated the essence of metal and the essence of space. They have become larger and have the strongest overall combat power.

The second possibility is that after continuous battles with the rock giants, the Golden Horned Insects underwent extreme evolution. They abandoned their defenses, grew a pair of wings, and their speed and strength were greatly enhanced.

The Blazing Insects mutated even more thoroughly, except for one type that, like the Golden Horn Insects, fused the elements of fire and space.

Another type successfully fused with the core of the Rock Giant, becoming a fire, earth, and space-type breed, greatly enhancing its defensive capabilities.

But this is not the most extreme form of evolution. The most extreme is a breed that even Qin Mu cannot say whether it is an evolution or a degeneration.

These Blazing Insects have lost all connection to fire attributes. During the battle, after continuous mutations, they even completely abandoned their own fire attributes.

They've all been converted from fire attribute to earth attribute!

Its wings also disappeared during evolution, transforming it into a massive rock giant lizard.

Attack power, speed, and other attributes have all decreased significantly.

However, their defensive capabilities are comparable to those of the rock giants, and they have even perfectly inherited the rock giants' ability to regenerate themselves by standing on the ground.

Standing on the ground, it is difficult for other Zerg units to confront it head-on.

On the battlefield, they have become the core defensive force of the Zerg swarm against the Rock Giants.

In addition to these highly evolved strains, there are several mature strains, all of which have already been put into battle.

"In terms of evolutionary ability, the Blazing Insectoids, modeled after the Blazing Behemoth, seem to be more powerful. No, it shouldn't be said that they are more powerful, but rather that they evolve more easily."

Qin Mu watched the Zerg units advancing steadily towards the sacred mountain, lost in thought.

"The Golden Horned Beast's genes are too powerful, and its aggression is extremely strong, making evolution and mutation more difficult. But once it completes its evolution, its strength will be even greater."

While analyzing the reasons for evolution, Qin Mu was also thinking about how to bring out their respective advantages.

"The Rock Giant has also been successfully analyzed. Let me see how the Zerg swarm produces such units."

Sensing the information emanating from the swarm, Qin Mu's heart stirred, and his consciousness descended into the cosmic-level mother hive.

Within the mother nest, a highly unique rock-like life structure has emerged.

Unlike the flesh-and-blood insectoid units, it is not a genetic structure, but rather composed of a peculiar pattern.

These patterns combine in an extremely complex way to form a vast diagram of life structure.

"Interesting, so that's how it is. Studying these patterns is like studying the laws of earth; it's too profound."

After looking at it for a while, Qin Mu realized that it was not something that could be figured out in a short time, so he quickly gave up.

"Let's hatch them first and see how the swarm will nurture these rock-based life forms."

Qin Mu, out of curiosity, gave the order.

After the command was given, a large amount of energy quickly gathered in the hive. Deep underground near the hive, a yellowish-brown rock core continued to accumulate energy as the hive continuously supplied it, and the soil around the rock core was constantly covered over it.

Gradually, a human figure appeared, until a rock giant that was a thousand meters tall appeared.

"roar--"

The rock giant burst forth from the earth and stood near the mother nest.

This is a fourth-order cosmic-level rock giant!

Qin Mu, who was paying close attention to the scene, frowned slightly.

"This energy consumption is too great! And there is a serious energy leak, which has been scattered into the surrounding land."

"Hatching one rock giant is enough for me to hatch thousands of rock giant lizards."

"In terms of combat strength, the rock giant lizard of the same level is no worse than the rock giant."

The rock giant is not hatched from a larva through mutation, but rather the mother nest directly consumes energy to condense a rock core, which absorbs the surrounding soil and earth to form the rock giant's body.

Soon, Qin Mu's furrowed brows relaxed, because he discovered that when he comprehended the Earth Domain through this rock giant, the feeling was exactly the same as when he comprehended the Metal Origin through the Golden Horned Beast.

Unlike the Golden Horned Beast, which possesses both metal and spatial attributes, the Rock Giant only has a single earth attribute.

"Although it's not very cost-effective to use it for combat, it's excellent for comprehending the laws."

Qin Mu's brows relaxed as he remembered something else.

When this rock giant condenses, it needs to absorb a large amount of soil and rocks, and also needs to form energy circuits within its rock-based body.

If we go to a place where energy is already concentrated, such as the sacred mountain of the rock giants, to hatch rock giants, wouldn't that greatly reduce energy consumption?

Furthermore, the swarm can even be specially tuned to create a mother nest for hatching rock swarms.

"It's time to wipe out all the rock giants; they can no longer help the swarm's evolution."

Qin Mu gave the order.

Upon receiving the order, the swarm of insects gathered beneath the Rock Giant's sacred mountain immediately launched an even more ferocious attack.

How could a few million rock giants possibly withstand it?

Once the last two remaining ninth-tier cosmic-level rock giants died, the defeat became irreversible.

The sounds on the battlefield gradually subsided, and the roar of the rock giant before its death became much more mournful.

The continuous battles had exhausted them, leaving them too weak to even roar.

When the sound completely disappeared, the fungal carpet covered the entire mountain peak, and a huge mother nest appeared on the fractured mountain peak.

A dominant race within the Realm Lord's Realm has become a thing of the past.

"Within the World Lord's World, all races have been completely wiped out."

Qin Mu sighed softly. When the insect swarm attacked this place, nearly a hundred star-level mother nests had already hatched in the entire world of the realm master.

Almost all native species became extinct, the land was covered with fungal carpet, and the entire world, except for the core area of ​​the world's master, was completely occupied by the insect swarm.

The whole world has turned purple.

This is the first world to be completely destroyed by the swarm.

"It's time to head to the core area."

Qin Mu's eyes turned somewhat fanatical. He wanted to occupy the entire world and turn this place into the best hiding place and breeding ground for the insect swarm.

Due to the unique nature of the swarm's will, he will not die as long as the Zerg in this world are not destroyed!

"Swarm! Prepare to attack!"

Riding on the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, Qin Mu flew towards the core area of ​​the Realm Lord World.

It's time to go and meet that giant bear, who's at the level of a domain lord.

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