Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 17: Further Understanding of Zerg Doppelgangers

Around the mother nest, three biological structures covered in keratinous carapaces and covered in spikes rose and fell like the breathing of a human body.

This is the newly hatched evolution chamber.

If you get close, you can hear a buzzing sound coming from inside, as if something is spinning at high speed.

This is the evolution chamber operating at full capacity, analyzing the monster's genes.

Through feedback from the Mother Nest's consciousness, Qin Mu learned that although the Mother Nest's computing power was strong, it was not unlimited. At most, it could maintain the full operation of three evolution chambers to analyze monster genes.

Building more would actually reduce efficiency.

Therefore, Qin Mu only incubated three evolution chambers. Depending on the needs, the three evolution chambers can analyze one type of monster gene at the same time, or they can analyze multiple types of monster genes.

In order to enable the swarm to have its first combat unit as soon as possible, Qin Mu had the three evolution chambers analyze the Tiger Mastiff's genes together.

With his consciousness transferred to the mother nest, Qin Mu carefully sensed the various information flows within it.

A massive amount of information was flowing around at breakneck speed, and a situation arose that shocked Qin Mu.

At the start of the analysis, all of the monster's memories and information were presented in a very intuitive data stream, and all its secrets were exposed.

From its birth, its first howl, its growth, its battles, to its eventual death, the story unfolds as clearly as a long movie.

"From birth to death, all their memories were read!"

Qin Mu was shocked.

Some of the useless memories are removed, while some combat-related memories are retained. These memories, after being extracted and refined, will be loaded onto newly hatched Zerg units, giving them powerful combat capabilities from birth.

However, this is just the beginning; a deeper analysis is about to begin.

Countless gene-like helical structures appeared directly in Qin Mu's mind in a very intuitive way.

Inside the evolution chamber, like peeling back layers of an onion, genetic information is read one by one.

"This is so beautiful, so amazing!"

Qin Mu was stunned. Countless gene chains were combined and constructed in a way that Qin Mu could not understand at all, but which was extremely exquisite and perfect, leaving people in awe!

This structure is extremely vast, as boundless as a galaxy, constantly combining and eventually converging towards a complete diagram of life structure.

This is the life chart of the Tiger-Ao Dog!

"Once the analysis is complete, will the swarm be able to fully master the Tiger-Dog's genes?"

The moment this thought arose, corresponding information appeared in the mother nest.

the answer is negative.

After the analysis was completed, all that was known was the dominant gene in the genetic information of this tiger-dog.

With this level of genetic control, the Tiger-Hound hatched from the mother nest is only comparable in strength to the Tiger-Hound itself, which is equivalent to a mid-level beast soldier.

If all its hidden genes were truly and thoroughly analyzed, it might even be possible to hatch warriors, or even lord-level Tiger-Ao-Hounds, and control everything about the Tiger-Ao-Hound race, just like their creator.

That's something a primary broodstock can't do.

"These life structure diagrams are truly astounding. With each new life structure diagram we master, the swarm can hatch one more type of unit."

"I can feel that within the evolution chamber, I can easily and freely modify this life structure diagram."

But I don't understand the genetic structure at all. If I rashly modify it, it will only cause the life structure diagram to collapse, making it impossible to create new Zerg units.

Qin Mu frowned. He possessed Zerg clones, and all Zerg units were derivatives of his will.

Even so, due to the lack of inheritance, he couldn't understand the genetic information at all.

If you can't even understand the most basic genetic information, then creating new Zerg units is out of the question.

They can only rely on the evolution chamber's own control capabilities, consuming massive amounts of energy, to randomly evolve and try their luck.

This was clearly not what Qin Mu wanted to see.

"No, even though I can't understand this genetic information, I can learn it!"

Qin Mu suddenly thought of his home, his parents' room, which was filled with all kinds of books, including research on the genes of various monsters.

"That's right. Although the Zerg's lineage is gone, I can learn the basics of gene modulation through the genetic information researched by human technology, and then quickly master genetic knowledge through the powerful computing capabilities of the Hive and the gene modulation capabilities of the Evolution Chamber."

Thinking of this, Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

In the world of "Swallowed Star", one of Luo Feng's later clones, Youhai clone, actually possessed a similar ability.

Luo Feng's Nether Sea clone possesses a secret talent technique called Creation. With this talent, he can refine energy, combine life genes, and ultimately condense life.

Later, Luo Feng even used his abilities to create a new race!

Of course, this was something Luo Feng had spent countless hours achieving.

"Once we return to the base, we will begin studying genetics. With my current comprehension and learning ability, plus the assistance of the mother nest, my learning progress will be very fast."

A hint of longing appeared in Qin Mu's eyes; that was the creation of life!

Ignoring the constantly being analyzed genetic information in the evolution chamber, Qin Mu returned his consciousness to the mother nest to learn more about the swarm.

One thing that caught Qin Mu's attention was the soul of the Zerg clone.

Unlike the human soul, which is a unified whole, the Zerg soul is fragmented.

In Qin Mu's mind, the soul of the entire swarm consisted of an exceptionally bright sphere of light and dozens of very dim dots.

These correspond to the insect nest and the worker insect, respectively.

Qin Mu could easily transfer his consciousness to the insect nest or any worker insect.

This is somewhat similar to the soul of the Zerg Queen in Qin Mu's memory of the Devouring Stars world.

Strictly speaking, among the Zerg in this world, only the Queen is a true life form.

Luo Feng later enslaved a Queen Mother at the level of a Realm Lord. The Queen Mother's soul consisted of 10000 light spheres and 1 soul sources.

However, my situation is different. My Zerg clone is not a single Zergling, but the entire Zerg swarm.

Therefore, the soul of one's Zerg clone is composed of all Zerg units, and one's position in the swarm is more like the collective consciousness of the entire swarm, making one the absolute ruler of the swarm.

Although this swarm is still weak, its potential is far beyond what the Queen Mother can match.

"The Zerg Overlord?"

Qin Mu's eyes gleamed; this was truly intriguing.

Having Zerg clones has another advantage: they are not easy to kill.

In this universe, most powerful beings who possess clones are not afraid of death, because if a clone dies, it can be reborn.

Just like Luo Feng, his Demon Slayer Clan clone has died countless times, and each time it dies, it can be easily reborn.

Qin Mu discovered that he seemed to be able to do the same thing.

For the Zerg clones, as long as they analyze the genes of their human counterparts, the hive can easily nurture a human body.

To perform the same operations as Luo Feng.

To kill one's own Zerg clone, all Zerg units must be killed for the clone to be considered truly dead.

Qin Mu was excited.

If this guess is correct, then once the swarm has grown, it will be difficult for them to kill themselves.

"Let me see what other surprises await!"

Qin Mu was in a good mood as he checked the information in the mother nest, and sure enough, there was a surprise.

"The fungal carpet, this seemingly insignificant thing, is actually quite powerful!"

Creep can grow in most environments and can extract nutrients from the ground through its deep-seated tendrils. It can also digest the corpses of other organisms and process them to sustain itself and other Zerg units.

This is why evolution chambers are incubated on fungal carpets.

Furthermore, the creep also forms a neural network that alerts the swarm to any information, including intruders, that appears on the creep.

As long as Zerg units stand on the creep, they can receive a continuous supply of energy, which accelerates the recovery of Zerg units' injuries, and they also receive a certain bonus to their movement speed.

Therefore, when the battle takes place on creep, the Zerg swarm will have an absolute advantage!

The more Qin Mu learned about them, the more he felt the power of the Zerg. At the same time, he also felt that the Zerg were somewhat different from the Zerg in his memory of Swallowing the Stars!

However, Qin Mu didn't dwell on it too much. The world of Swallowed Star was too vast, and nothing was surprising.

"Soon, new Zerg units will appear, and it's time for my Zerg swarm to expand!"

(End of this chapter)