Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 206 Life Gene Level 500 Times!

Inside the Zerg mother hive.

Qin Mu lay in a fleshy cavity, with countless intricate neural networks connected to his body.

A triangular, prism-shaped, blood-red crystal floated above his arm, a thread slicing across Qin Mu's palm, and crimson blood flowed from the wound.

"Let's continue the fusion. One Blood Crystal is still too little for the body."

As the Blood Crystal was applied to the wound, the invisible force immediately surged into Qin Mu's body, simultaneously activating the magical power that had been dormant in every cell of Qin Mu's body.

The simple, mysterious lines appeared on Qin Mu's chest.

"Experiment begins, start recording all data!"

Qin Mu's cold voice rang out from the mother nest.

"boom!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

It was as if an endless flood was crashing down, and that murderous and insane will was incredibly powerful, bombarding Qin Mu's will.

However, when it comes to the tenacity of will, Qin Mu is a ruthless person who can carve bloodline patterns on his body with a small golden sword. With the support of the swarm's will, even ordinary immortal powerhouses may not be able to compare with Qin Mu.

will!

It has nothing to do with cultivation level!

"Sure enough, the remaining will within the body was connected by the Blood Crystal, and the two wills merged and clashed together."

Qin Mu had anticipated this outcome.

Under the surveillance of the mother nest, a deeply hidden will was being drawn out from every cell in his body.

A sharp pain and itching that made Qin Mu's soul tremble spread throughout his body.

Amidst the pain, his entire body began to swell, his muscles and bones thickened, and all sorts of incredible changes were taking place.

"Genetic changes have begun!"

From the perspective of the brood, his body was constantly mutating, his teeth were growing sharp fangs out of control, and horns were growing on his head.

"Although these changes may seem chaotic, they are actually all evolving and mutating in the same direction!"

The crimson threads within the Blood Crystal flowed continuously into Qin Mu's body, gradually making the Blood Crystal more transparent.

Qin Mu's physical changes became even more drastic.

"laugh!"

The entire Blood Crystal, including the now-transparent crystal itself, melted directly into a strange power that merged into Qin Mu's body.

Suddenly, the seemingly simple blood-red secret pattern on Qin Mu's chest gained even more secret patterns, doubling in number, making the blood-red secret pattern slightly less monotonous.

After the patterns appeared, Qin Mu's entire body returned to normal, and the blood-red secret patterns disappeared, with that magical power completely dormant deep within every cell of his body.

"It's a success."

Qin Mu activated the strange power within his body, and instantly, blood-red secret patterns appeared on his chest.

"The alignment with the origin of the universe has significantly improved my understanding of the ten fundamental laws of the universe, increasing it by approximately 50%!"

"As expected of a born beast god at the level of a universe master, a mere drop of blood has such miraculous effects, not to mention the power of will hidden within it!"

The Beast God is born from the essence of the universe, a natural treasure. Its scales, fur, and blood all possess extraordinary effects, making it more precious than thousands of ordinary treasures.

The siege of the innate beast god was a grand feast, a feast for numerous super beings.

Since the first innate beast god perished, revealing to all races of the universe the many wondrous uses of innate beast gods after their death, the other innate beast gods are destined to be besieged.

No matter how powerful one is, if faced with an attack, or even an attack from some of the most powerful beings in the universe, unless they hide permanently, their demise is almost inevitable.

The beast god that died in the Blood Luo World was a born beast god!

Looking at the blood-red markings on his chest, Qin Mu's eyes burned with fervor.

"For the fusion to be successful, the power of Blood Luo needs to be activated so that the crimson runes can emerge, making it more compatible with the origin of the universe."

Qin Mu's mind conjured up the patterns on the bodies of many peak-bloodline star beasts, such as the Golden Horned Beast's innate enhancement technique.

The difference is that activating the Golden Horned Beast's innate arcane enhancement does not require any Bloodlust power.

Qin Mu had many guesses in his mind, but it would be too hasty to draw conclusions based on just two fusions.

"I remember that Luo Feng failed to fuse his human body with the second Blood Crystal. Although his will was incredibly strong, his physical condition was not good enough."

I am different. My body has been enhanced by the genes of the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Beast, and the Void Python, along with the Domain Lord's potion, resulting in a tenfold increase in genetic strength.

It could easily integrate ten, or even a hundred, of them, just like the Golden Horned Beast!

While he was pondering, the third Blood Crystal appeared on the wound on his palm.

After sweeping through the surrounding territory, the iceberg collected 62 Blood Crystals and returned once.

The Demon Slayer Clan is also cooperating with the insectoid forces to expand outwards and hunt for Blood Crystals.

Through the mother nest, Qin Mu carefully observed the strange changes as the third Blood Crystal merged into his body.

Integration successful! Driven!

Qin Mu activated the magical power within his body, and instantly, blood-red secret patterns appeared on his chest.

When the first one was fused, the blood-red secret pattern was simple and rare.

When the second one is fused, it becomes more complex, and the dispersion range doubles.

Three have now been fused together, and the blood-red runes on the scales have increased significantly. Moreover, these runes seem to have formed a perfect whole.

"boom!"

Qin Mu clenched his fist, then gently swung it, drawing upon the power of the ten fundamental laws within his body.

A powerful force surged through his body.

"Compared to before the fusion, the sensitivity has doubled! The compatibility with the origin of the universe has also doubled."

Qin Mu silently sensed the changes in his body.

Fusing three of them creates a Blood Warrior.

Blood Warriors possess twice the comprehension of ordinary people, making them twice as powerful in battle.

"The gene count has increased."

Through the countless neural networks connected to his body, Qin Mu could sense that when the power of Blood Luo was activated, the gene multiplier in his body doubled!

Qin Mu's gene multiplier was already 10, and by driving the Blood Luo Power, his life gene level directly reached 20 times the level.

A single strike is 20 times more powerful than that of an ordinary martial artist!

Qin Mu felt excited.

"Continue to fuse the fourth one."

After successfully fusing the fourth Blood Crystal, the number of secret patterns on his chest increased, but the improvement was not very significant compared to the previous three.

"Continue fusing the fifth one!"

The sixth one!

The seventh one!

The eighth one!

……

If a human were to fuse ten Blood Crystals, they would become a 'Black Warrior'.

In the Blood Continent, the Black Warrior is a legend!

Because the life gene level of the Black Warrior is 10 times that of many Universe Venerables.

Qin Mu took a deep breath, and another Blood Crystal flew out, touching the wound on his palm.

"The killing intent when ten were combined, though somewhat strong, still couldn't affect me."

Within the mother nest's vision, Qin Mu observed the changes in his body. With continuous fusion, his divine body was mutating more and more severely.

His entire body was trembling, but the seemingly tiny neural networks connecting his body were extremely strong, holding his body firmly in place.

His entire body was covered in scales, and his muscles and bones were mutating.

With the fusion of the last trace of Bloodlust power, Qin Mu's scales, which had already covered his entire body, rapidly disappeared.

"It's a success."

"Unlike the previous nine fusions, the genetic structure has completely changed!"

Qin Mu's eyes were filled with joy.

If the previous nine fusions were quantitative changes, this one is a qualitative change.

"The Power of Bloodlust!"

Qin Mu activated the magical power within his body.

Boom! A faint golden hue appeared on his skin all over his body, and his eyes also carried a hint of gold. At the same time, his whole body became slightly thinner, as if it were refined steel, making him even more sculpted.

At this moment, Qin Mu exuded an extremely strong aura, like an unparalleled ferocious beast.

"Hahaha……"

"As expected, my physical strength has increased tenfold again!"

"A hundredfold increase in genetic level!"

Qin Mu's original body had ten times the genetic potential, and after activating the power of Blood Luo, it increased tenfold, reaching a hundred times the genetic potential!

After a moment of excitement, Qin Mu calmed down.

Continue the integration!

The next step, integration, is what truly matters, as it relates to an extremely important issue.

That is, can his own human form break through the limit of a hundredfold!

In the primordial universe, the amplitude of physical power was limited to a hundredfold.

The amplitude of the soul is limited to a hundredfold.

Even a hundredfold increase in the level of life's genetic makeup is the limit!

This is part of the laws governing the universe, just like how the fastest speed in the original universe was the speed of light; these are ironclad laws.

Of course, this limit can be broken.

For example, possession!

Possessing a special life form, or the clone talent of the Golden Horned Beast, but the special life clones that can be conceived are generally very weak special life forms.

This is a relatively common method in the universe that can break through limits.

Although it is a conventional method, it is still extremely difficult. How easy is it to possess a special life form?

Because the life imprint of an immortal god is integrated into every cell fragment, destroying the life imprint of the other party is equivalent to destroying the entire divine body.

Therefore, possession can only be performed on those below the Immortal level.

In the vast universe, how many special life forms are there?

Even if we did encounter them, how many of them would be opponents of special life forms!

Moreover, special life forms at the realm lord level almost never leave the cosmic secret realm. Even if you encounter one and defeat it, the special life form might prefer to self-destruct rather than be possessed.

This isn't really breaking down, but rather abandoning one's original body.

Possession, the creation of clones, and many other methods are generally achieved with the help of special life forms.

Of course, besides these, Qin Mu also knew that there was a unique Nine Tribulations Secret Manual on Earth!

My mind was filled with a multitude of thoughts, a constant flow of ideas.

next moment.

The eleventh Blood Crystal began to fuse.

success!

During this fusion, the impact on willpower was even less than that of the tenth one, and the excruciating pain throughout the body was greatly reduced.

"Success! The eleventh one!"

After activating the power of Bloodlust, Qin Mu carefully sensed the changes within his body.

Sure enough, my understanding of the origin of the universe and my ability to exert the power of its laws have improved somewhat.

"I've broken through the limit! No, I didn't even feel the limit!"

Qin Mu clenched his fists tightly, feeling the surging, powerful force.

The limitation of a hundredfold increase in genes did not appear in his body.

"It seems my guess was right. From the moment I obtained the Zerg larvae, as the swarm continued to reproduce and expand, especially with the construction of the swarm's soul network, the entire swarm was perfectly connected."

Perhaps, I too have become a special kind of life.

Special life form—the Zerg Overmind!

In the primordial universe, only special life forms could easily break through the limitations of a hundredfold increase in genetic strength!

"Hahaha"

Qin Mu burst into laughter.

Once he can break through the limit of a hundredfold, and his research on many peak bloodlines advances further, he can completely integrate their bloodline genes into his own body.

Then one's own gene multiplier can increase dramatically again!

However, at this point, it continued to integrate the Blood Crystal.

The 12nd one...

The 13nd one...

The 14nd one...

……

The 50nd one...

One by one, the Blood Crystals were fused together. Qin Mu himself possessed ten times the genetic potential and had also incorporated the genes of the Golden Horned Beast, making him an extremely suitable candidate for fusing the Blood Crystals.

"The 51st one..." Qin Mu continued to fuse with the Blood Crystal, his anticipation growing stronger.

"It failed!"

Within the mother nest's vision, Qin Mu discovered that his body's bones and muscles were constantly cracking and tearing apart. Immediately, the power of Blood Luo began to flow back, returning to the Blood Luo Crystal.

"That's the limit!"

Qin Mu sighed. Although he could easily resist the impact on his will, his body couldn't take it anymore.

The fusion of Blood Crystals will require increasingly higher physical qualities, and the fact that he was able to fuse 50 crystals with ten times his genetic strength was already somewhat beyond his expectations.

In the original timeline, Luo Feng only fused 82 of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual after obtaining it and reaching a 48-fold increase in his life gene level.

The ability to achieve a hundredfold increase is still thanks to the blood of the Beast God!

The effects of the Beast God's Blood are simple: one drop of Beast God's Blood integrated into the body is equivalent to one Blood Crystal being integrated into the body.

However, this is an extremely extravagant method. Normally, fusing up to the limit of 100 Blood Crystals is sufficient, but relying on the Blood of the Beast God requires 100 drops, which is equivalent to 1 Blood Crystals.

This is the price to pay—a hundredfold price—to reduce the invasion of evil energy and the pain.

Qin Mu believed that the reason he was able to integrate 50 of them with ten times the gene was because he had some Golden Horned Beast genes in his body, which made him more compatible with the Blood Crystal.

After all, Blood Crystal is the blood of a naturally born beast god with gold and void attributes.

"The Power of Bloodlust!"

Qin Mu activated the strange power within his body, and countless blood-red patterns immediately appeared densely on his body.

"His overall strength has increased 50 times! That's 500 times his genetic potential!"

"A life gene level of 500 is considered quite powerful even among special life forms."

Qin Mu's eyes held joy, but even more so, they held ambition.

500 times?

That's not enough! He can get even stronger!

This is the fundamental reason why Qin Mu came to the Blood Luo World.

This is the place where he can improve his strength the fastest.

Four solutions.

"First, we need to go to the [Ancient God Ruins] to draw upon the malevolent energy there, which will help us fuse with the Blood Crystal."

The Ruins of the Ancient Gods is the most important and dangerous place on the Blood Luo Continent. It is an ancient battlefield of gods where countless immortal gods once fought, and it exudes an extremely strong baleful aura.

The true center of power on the Blood Continent, the Immortal Temple, is located in the Ruins of the Ancient Gods!

That is the true core of the Blood Continent.

"The second method is to increase the foundation of my own gene count!"

The higher the foundation, the more elements can be integrated!

Qin Mu has already started working on this, and the initial plan is to absorb the excellent genes of many powerful creatures.

Not only the five peak bloodlines, but with the continuous improvement of his authority within the virtual universe company, he has also acquired the genes of the eight powerful bloodlines of the Starry Sky Behemoths and successfully hatched them in the swarm.

In addition to these, he also used his points to purchase the genes of many powerful creatures. Although they were not as powerful as the giant beasts with peak bloodlines, there were dozens of creatures that were comparable to powerful bloodlines.

For example, one of the peculiar life forms called the Twilight Wolf, although not as powerful as the Destroyer Beast, has a strong talent for comprehending the fundamental laws of time.

If he can do that, his gene multiplier can be increased again!

The third method is even more direct.

Use the blood of the Beast God! Charge straight in!

This method, aside from being a bit extravagant, is the simplest.

As long as we obtain the method to create the Blood of the Beast God from the Virtual Universe Company, we can continuously improve!

The last one is to study the essence of the Blood Crystal's ability to enhance gene multiples!

If we understand how Blood Crystal is enhanced, then we can naturally raise the upper limit of this fusion.

This method is the most difficult, but it is the most effective for insect swarms.

This is a way to improve the overall strength of the swarm.

"Not only myself, but also the research on the enhancement of many swarm units by Blood Crystal must begin."

"The enhancements for the Golden Horned Beast, the Flame Star Beast, the Hill and Ravine Beast, the Destroyer Beast, and the Iceberg Beast are about to begin."

The true strength lies in the power of the swarm!

When the bloodlines of these elite races within the swarm are strengthened to their limits, Qin Mu's speed of comprehending the fundamental laws will surge once again!

Especially the strongest iceberg behemoth, which was originally a peak world lord and could contend with ordinary immortals.

If strengthened through Blood Crystal, one's strength can increase more than tenfold.

Sensing the location of the iceberg behemoth, it was currently piloting a mechanical race spaceship, flying at high speed in this direction.

The fusion of Blood Crystals takes a long time. By the time Qin Mu had fused 50 Blood Crystals, the Iceberg Beast had already swept through hundreds of lord cities and collected 308 Blood Crystals.

"There are four ways. There's no rush to go to the Ancient God Ruins. My Red Leaf Territory is hundreds of worlds away from the Ancient God Ruins."

Even if the mechanical race's spaceship flew there at top speed, it would still take two or three months.

It's not worth it to go now.

The Blood Continent is too vast, and it is impossible to travel through the Dark Universe, so we can only fly slowly.

The swarm's infiltration of the surrounding territories into Zerg has only just begun, so there's no way they're in a hurry to go to the Old God Ruins.

He only had a small amount of Blood Crystals in his hand.

We should wait until the swarm has occupied a world city and possesses a large amount of Blood Crystals before heading to the Ancient God Ruins.

As for the method of synthesizing the Blood of the Beast God, you need to apply to the Virtual Universe Company or study it on your own.

So all Qin Mu can do now is to enhance his gene multiplier and study the essence of Blood Crystal enhancement!

"It's begun! We'll strengthen Zerg units while simultaneously starting research!"

As soon as Qin Mu's thoughts raced, the entire swarm of insects began to stir.

"I need more experimental samples!"

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