Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 202 The Swarm of Insects

The mechanical spaceship disguised as a meteorite stopped in the outermost cloud layer of the Blood Luo World.

Wearing a black battle armor and holding a long spear, Qin Mu, whose attire was no different from that of an ordinary Bloodlust World warrior, flew out of the hatch.

The mechanical race's spaceship vanished instantly, and Qin Mu absorbed it into the core of the iceberg behemoth embedded in his chest.

"The intelligence data shows that there are eighteen cloud layers in the sky above the Blood Luo World. The higher you go, the greater the pressure. Only a cosmic-level being can pass through these eighteen cloud layers on their own."

Qin Mu stood in the clouds.

The natives of the Blood Luo World can only fly up to the eighteenth level. In their eyes, anything beyond the eighteenth level is forbidden territory.

The "Outer Races" will kill all the natives who fly out of the Blood World. No one who has flown out of the 18th layer of clouds has ever returned to the ground alive.

"Walk!"

Qin Mu's figure plummeted downwards, flying towards the Blood Luo World below.

"What immense gravity! With the gravity of this world, only stars could probably fly in the air."

As Qin Mu analyzed the situation, his body flew downwards faster and faster, like a shooting star.

Ten minutes later, Qin Mu's body broke through the last layer of clouds.

The appearance of the Blood Luo World finally appeared before Qin Mu.

What comes into view is a mountain range stretching for tens of thousands of kilometers, with endless mountain ranges, dense forests, and the roars of beasts echoing between the valleys.

On the other side, with Qin Mu's ninth-level cosmic-level eyesight, he could vaguely see a boundless ocean!

The Blood World has a diameter of about one light-year. How vast is its area?

Qin Mu naturally needed to choose a suitable place for the insect swarm to develop.

The insect swarms of today are different from those on Earth. A lord-level mother hive can be hundreds of kilometers high. If a suitable location isn't found, being too conspicuous will hinder early development.

The unfathomable Demon Sea would be a suitable place.

The Demon Sea is a very terrifying area on the Blood Continent, inhabited by countless horrific wild beasts, which ordinary people dare not approach.

Because of their sheer number, every so often, the wild beasts from the Demon Sea would rush ashore to attack the cities of the Bloodlok.

How is this any different from an invasion of ocean monsters on Earth?

Since the savage beasts in the Demon Sea can rush onto land and launch a beast tide attack, then the insect swarm can certainly do the same.

As for why not just descend directly upon the Sea of ​​Demons?

Just kidding. According to the intelligence, the Demon Sea contains a large number of terrifying beings at the level of Domain Lords, World Lords, and even Immortals.

If you recklessly rush in, and happen to encounter an immortal being, you'll be instantly killed before you can even release the mother nest. Wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?

That's right, when Qin Mu arrived in the Blood Luo World, he planned to release the Mother Nest.

How many Blood Crystals can one person collect by himself?

The swarm contains dozens of star behemoths with peak bloodlines, each requiring at least several hundred resources, not to mention the research, which will undoubtedly consume even more.

Instead of slowly collecting them ourselves, we should let the swarm multiply and then plunder them directly!

Of course, this requires careful planning. We should wait until we have a good understanding of the surrounding situation, the insect swarm has multiplied, and we have established a firm foothold in this world before making any moves.

Amidst mountains and forests, Qin Mu's figure walked through the jungle.

"With the powerful gravity of this world, ordinary people who can live in the Blood Luo World should be close to the planetary level in strength."

The air here was created under the primordial power of the universe, and even the air itself has amazing effects on strengthening the body.

As he walked, Qin Mu sensed and analyzed his surroundings.

With its vast area, large population, and unique environment, it's no wonder that many powerful individuals emerge.

Unfortunately, the Virtual Universe Company sent a powerful figure of the level of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master to suppress it.

"This world will become a breeding ground for the swarm!"

Qin Mu sensed the atmosphere in the jungle and smiled with satisfaction.

whoosh-

A hundred meters away, a beast resembling a tiger, standing three zhang tall, suddenly pounced from behind a massive tree so thick that it would take more than twenty people to encircle it.

Its target was none other than Qin Mu!

"Um?"

Qin Mu turned his head and looked, following the invisible chain of souls that stretched out in his line of sight.

The ferocious tiger's expression instantly turned to terror, but the next moment its eyes were filled with confusion, and it pounced to Qin Mu's side and knelt down abruptly.

Within the swarm's soul network, a faint node appears.

Zergification!

This wild beast is at the sixth level of the Hengxing realm. With Qin Mu's powerful soul, he could instantly control it and transform it into an insectoid.

Wild Beasts are the name given to monsters in the Bloodlust world; they belong to a type of demonic beast.

Wild beasts are divided into four ranks: Rank 1, adult Earth-level; Rank 2, adult Sky-level; Rank 3, adult Cloud-level; Rank 4, adult Domain-level.

According to the information.

In the Blood Luo World, strength is divided into 'Earth Level', 'Sky Level', 'Cloud Level', 'Domain Level', 'World Level', and 'Immortal God'.

In fact, this corresponds exactly to the planetary level, constant level, cosmic level, domain lord, realm lord, and immortal level in the universe.

"Are there humans living in these mountains?"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up with joy as he instantly read the beast's memories.

Once we make contact with humans, things will be much easier; humans are the dominant species in the Bloodlust world.

Human cities must have detailed intelligence data.

Cities in the Bloodlust world are mainly divided into 'Territory Main Cities' and 'World Cities'.

The main city of a territory is the core of a territory, and the 'lord' of each territory must be of domain-level (domain lord) strength.

World City is the core of a world, and the city lord of World City must have world-level (realm lord) strength.

The vast world of Bloodlust...

Each world city can govern a region with a diameter of hundreds of millions to billions of kilometers, and a population of hundreds of millions.

In the Blood Luo world... there are over ten million world cities.

Above the World City lies the lofty and supreme Immortal Temple! The Immortal Temple holds a transcendent position and generally does not interfere in the ordinary affairs of the Blood Luo World.

Blood Crystals can only be produced by the Immortal Temple!

To become a lord, one must integrate at least one Blood Crystal. Apart from the Immortal Temple, the vast majority of Blood Crystals are in the hands of these lords.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng used the assassination abilities of the Demon Slayer Clan to hunt down tens of thousands of lords and obtain a large amount of Blood Crystals!

Qin Mu leaped onto the back of the ferocious tiger and sent it running towards the human settlement.

From the memories of the wild beasts, we know that the group of humans who gathered in the mountains were probably a band of robbers.

They are very powerful, some even reaching the Cloud Realm (Cosmic Realm), and ordinary wild beasts dare not provoke them.

"Tsk, I knew it. People living in these poor, remote mountains are probably not good people."

After quickly reviewing all the memories, Qin Mu shook his head.

The presence of bandits and robbers is a good thing for him, as it allows him to make contact with humans and he lacks basic information, currency, and so on.

These bandits and robbers were his best source of intelligence, and he could also obtain some currency from them.

As extraterrestrials, it's best to keep a low profile before the swarm truly expands.

As the tiger ran, members of the Demon Slayer Clan appeared one after another.

They were all at the seventh level of the Domain Lord realm, dressed as Blood Luo warriors. The moment they appeared, they scattered in all directions.

Some of them rushed towards the direction of the human city in the tiger's memory, while others rushed towards the Demon Sea.

When it comes to intelligence gathering, the Demon Slayer Clan, known as the strongest assassins, is the most suitable.

Their ability to replicate can easily replace anyone without being detected.

One after another, rock giants nearly a thousand meters in size were also moved out by Qin Mu.

The moment these enormous rock giants appeared, they blended perfectly into the earth.

Rock giants are born children of the earth, able to easily merge with it and feel its pulse.

Following the contours of the earth, they search for a suitable place for the insect colony to place its mother nest.

The earth of the Blood Luo World is hundreds of millions of miles thick, and there are some natural underground spaces inside, which are good places for the Mother Nest to hide.

Even as the wild beasts ran, Qin Mu continued to collect the genes of various plants and wild beasts he encountered along the way.

brush--

A giant eagle-like beast with a wingspan of over 100 meters and covered in black scales flew in from afar.

The next moment, a phantom soul chain stretched out, its eyes were dazed, and it became a member of the Zerg.

Its memories were read, and its body was thrown into the inner world of the iceberg behemoth by Qin Mu amidst a twisting motion.

The giant eagle beast's entire body was enveloped by the mother nest, where it was digested and absorbed.

With the current analysis speed of a domain lord-level mother nest, the genes of a mere sky-level (eternal-level) wild beast can be completely analyzed in an instant.

Its life structure diagram appears in the mother nest's database.

At the edge of the nest, larvae rapidly mutate into eggs hundreds of meters tall.

Ten minutes later, one after another, the giant eagles hatched from their eggs.

With a sharp screech, hundreds of giant eagles, wild beasts, suddenly appeared in the sky above Qin Mu's head.

They flapped their wings and flew in all directions.

These native wild beasts of the Bloodlust world will not attract anyone's attention; they will gather enough intelligence for the swarm in the wilderness.

This is to prepare for the subsequent appearance of a large swarm of insects.

Although the information provided by the Virtual Universe Company was detailed, the Blood Luo World was, after all, an incredibly vast world, and it was impossible to explain too much.

For truly specific intelligence, you still need to gather it yourself.

At the edge of the mountain range, a steep and majestic peak stands tall, as if sculpted by the hand of nature.

"arrive."

Looking at the mountain peak in the distance, Qin Mu smiled.

Hidden atop the mountain peak is a somewhat dilapidated mountain stronghold.

Although the mountain stronghold was dilapidated, its layout was quite ingenious. Built against the mountain, it made full use of the terrain's advantages, making it difficult for outsiders to invade.

Most of the houses in the village are built with wood and stone. Although they look somewhat simple, they are sturdy and durable.

At the highest point of the stronghold, there was a watchtower from which the bandits could overlook the surrounding area and immediately detect any disturbance.

Even with Qin Mu's sharp eyesight, he could see a group of burly men with swords in hand and fierce expressions watching their surroundings warily from the watchtower in the mountain stronghold.

"Walk."

Qin Mu showed no sign of stopping, urging the fierce tigers and wild beasts to charge towards the dilapidated mountain stronghold.

"Who goes there? How dare you trespass on my Blood Blade Stronghold!"

From the watchtower, a bandit wielding a bow and arrow and wearing animal hide armor spotted Qin Mu from afar, making no attempt to conceal his identity.

whoosh-

Before he could finish speaking, an arrow shot through the air, its target aimed directly at Qin Mu's chest.

The bandit had a sneer in his eyes. He dared to break into Blood Blade Stronghold just because he had a Sky-level Crimson Shadow Tiger. He was simply courting death!

With his exceptional archery skills, he has killed at least a thousand, if not eight hundred, people.

The bandits around him grinned bloodthirstyly; anyone who had stumbled into Blood Blade Stronghold by accident would be tortured and killed by them.

But the next moment, the bandit who shot the arrow changed his expression.

Because the arrow was actually caught by the young man riding the Crimson Shadow Tiger and then casually tossed back.

The arrow flew back even faster, pinning him to the watchtower.

"Enemy attack—"

Several of the bandits on the watchtower looked panicked. Some of them banged on the drum on the watchtower, while others shouted.

Upon hearing the sound of enemy attack, a burly man, two meters tall, wearing blood-red armor and wielding a blood-red longsword, rushed out from the tallest and most luxurious room in the stronghold.

"Who dares to cause trouble at my Blood Blade Stronghold?!"

The burly man roared angrily, and thousands of enraged bandits from the mountain stronghold charged out with various weapons.

"A sixth-tier cosmic-level being? The real deal has arrived?"

Qin Mu's eyes lit up. With his strength, killing these bandits, whose strongest were only at the Hengxing level, would be a piece of cake.

The purpose of making such a commotion was, of course, to attract the true powerhouses of the village.

After scanning the entire stronghold with his mental power and confirming that this was the strongest person, illusory chains extended from Qin Mu's sea of ​​consciousness and directly rushed into the burly man's brain.

As for striking up a conversation with him? Qin Mu had no interest in that!

Just focus on converting the Zerg into Zerg and that's it.

"No! Spare me!"

The burly man's eyes widened in terror. He felt an unparalleled force raging through his mind, and his gaze instantly became dazed.

How could an ordinary sixth-level cosmic-level being possibly withstand Qin Mu's soul invasion?

"So this is Red Leaf Territory, one of the territories closest to the Demon Sea."

The lord is a domain lord-level powerhouse, ruling over a territory spanning tens of millions of kilometers.

A smile appeared on Qin Mu's face.

"This guy is actually a spy for the Sea Breeze family, one of the three major families in Red Leaf Territory?"

From the bandit leader's memories, we learned that in addition to the city lord's mansion, there are three other major forces in Red Leaf Territory!

The Sea Breeze family is one of them.

Although the Demon Sea is dangerous, inhabited by countless wild beasts, it also contains countless treasures.

For example, mermaids are one of the specialties of the Demon Sea. These mermaids are the most elite women on the Blood Luo Continent. They can transform their fish tails into human form and regain their fish tails after touching water.

And each of them sings incredibly beautifully; it's an absolute treat.

However, mermaids only exist in the Demon Sea, and it is very difficult to capture one alive. Therefore, a mermaid is pursued by many powerful figures on the Blood Continent.

The Sea Breeze Clan specializes in capturing mermaids! Besides mermaids, they also abduct other beautiful women and sell them.

The bandit leader was one of the men secretly assisting the Haifeng family in their robberies.

In short, the Sea Breeze family is a group of slave traders!

"Slave trading? And they're skilled at capturing beautiful fisherwomen in the Demon Sea?"

Qin Mu's eyes shone with light. Wasn't this the best guide for the Zerg swarm?

If you're not familiar with the Demon Sea, how could a group of guys whose strongest members are only at the Domain Lord level possibly catch fish beauties in the Demon Sea?

"Once we enter the city, let's target the Sea Breeze family. But before that, we can release the insect hive first."

A smile appeared on Qin Mu's lips.

While going through the bandit leader's memories, they discovered a natural underground cave in the mountains.

With a little processing, the rock giant could easily house a mother hive.

I'm so sorry about today. My child is sick with a persistent high fever, and we have to go to the hospital soon. I don't know when we'll be back tonight. I'll owe you a chapter today, but I'll make it up later.

(End of this chapter)