Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 209 Humanity has its limits! As long as you stop being human...

"After two years, we've finally achieved some results."

Inside the mother nest, Qin Mu sighed.

Before him stood a humanoid experimental subject, a thousand meters tall.

Its head clearly has human features, but a golden horn stands proudly on top of its head, with intricate dark gold patterns on the horn.

Its body is covered by a layer of dark red scales, which are closely arranged and shimmer with a faint light. They have countless fine patterns in blood red, dark gold, ice blue and so on. These patterns are intertwined.

Behind the body, a pair of golden wings unfolded, each feather on the wings like a meticulously crafted work of art.

What's even more striking is that this experimental subject also has a thick tail extending from its back, which wags behind it from time to time.

"The experimental subject hatched from my genes, after fusing the genes of five top-tier bloodline behemoths—Golden Horn Behemoth, Flame Star Behemoth, Hill Ravine Behemoth, Destroyer Behemoth, and Ice Mountain Behemoth—as well as parts of eight powerful bloodline starry sky behemoths, actually turned into this."

Looking at the hundred-meter-tall experimental subject, who could no longer be considered human, Qin Mu shook his head.

If you look closely, you'll see that its dark gold horn is a clear feature of the Golden Horned Beast, while its wings are from the Flame Star Beast.

The scales on its body are very similar to those of the Mountain and Valley Beast, and its body and limbs are incredibly strong, resembling the Destroyer Beast.

Its thick tail was exactly the same as that of the iceberg behemoth.

Besides these obvious external features, the patterns of the eight powerful bloodline star beasts can also be seen in many subtle details.

These are his external physical characteristics; his internal body also has unique features.

Inside its chest was something resembling a pronucleus.

This protocore has countless strange patterns coupled together in a peculiar way.

At the beginning of the experiment, all the test subjects who had incorporated the genes of numerous peak-blooded star beasts died without exception.

Because human genes simply cannot integrate so many powerful genes!

Therefore, Qin Mu changed his approach and stopped maintaining his human form.

"The human body has its limits! Once you stop being human, those limits naturally disappear."

Once the idea was opened up, countless strange test subjects appeared, such as those with five heads but the bodies of golden-horned giant beasts, those with snake bodies but wings, and those with human upper bodies but octopus tentacles lower bodies.

The one in front of him is the one that best suits Qin Mu's needs.

"This test subject is barely qualified, at least it has the Ten Laws gathered in its body at the same time."

If we only consider the gene multiplication factor, it has reached 30 times.

It activated the Blood Luo Power within his body, increasing his gene multiplier to approximately 2000 times.

Unfortunately, this fusion was entirely forced together by the power of the Blood Crystal.

If they can be perfectly integrated, the gene multiplier could reach 100, or even more!

Combined with the power of Bloodlust, it can reach a terrifying value.

Unfortunately, even with the strange power within the Blood Crystal sustaining it, its genes are still constantly collapsing, and it will die from genetic failure within half a month at most.

Looking at this seemingly perfect body, Qin Mu knew that its internal structure was on the verge of collapse.

The reason they were able to maintain this state was because Qin Mu accidentally discovered that after fusing with the Blood Crystal, the experimental subjects who were in a state of genetic collapse were able to barely survive.

This discovery overjoyed Qin Mu, who immediately began conducting experiments.

Blood Crystal truly lives up to its name as the blood of a born beast god, possessing miraculous power.

The more Blood Crystals are continuously fused, the more Blood Crystal power is contained within the cells, and the stronger their stability becomes.

The experimental subject in front of us is the product of fusing 72 Blood Crystals.

However, to maintain such stability, it is necessary to continuously activate the power of Bloodlust to ensure that the genes do not collapse instantly.

The reason the experimental subject is a kilometer tall is because this is the maximum extent that a Blood Crystal can modify the body. Beyond this level, it cannot be completely modified, and the genes will still collapse.

If it's too small, it won't be able to integrate enough genes.

The experimental subject in front of us, which can only survive for half a month, is far from a success; it can only be said that we have made some progress.

The resources required to create such an experimental subject are greater than those required to create a Golden Horned Beast of the same level.

It also requires 70 precious Blood Crystals!

Therefore, this experimental product can only be considered a semi-finished product.

"Once the genes of the test subjects are stable, we can consider enhancement."

Shifting our gaze to the other side, there was an experimental subject whose height, build, and appearance were nine-tenths similar to Qin Mu's.

"Although the ideal body was not realized, there has been some progress in strengthening the existing body."

The test subject has gold, red, and silver markings on its body.

These patterns are very similar to the three-colored patterns on Qin Mu's body, but much more complex!

The three-colored markings on Qin Mu's body are due to the fusion of genes from the Golden Horned Beast, the Blazing Beast, and the Void Python.

The experimental subject in front of us is a fusion of the genes of the Golden Horned Beast and the Flame Star Beast, and on the basis of the Void Python gene, it also incorporates some spatial patterns of the Demon Slayer Clan.

This is already the limit; fusing more will only lead to the complete collapse of the genes.

After enhancement, the gene multiplier increased by approximately 5, which is 15 times the gene multiplier!

It was only with the help of the Blood Crystal that it was barely possible to achieve this.

During this process, Qin Mu also discovered that, for some unknown reason, his own genes were more suitable for fusion than those of other people.

He had also used the genes of other Earthlings such as Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, but at most he could only fuse with the genes of one peak bloodline behemoth.

He also collected genes from powerful human races, such as the Manka Star people. Even for a race that is born with the bloodline of a domain lord, he can only fuse with one of them!

Of course, even when the same gene is fused, the strength boost varies.

In numerous experiments, the strongest one increased the gene count by six times, while the others only increased it by three or four times.

"After the gene adjustment is complete and the upgrade is finished, I'll go out for a stroll and see the ancient god ruins in the Blood Luo world!"

Qin Mu walked into a flesh and blood chamber and modified his body according to the successful gene template.

Flesh-and-blood tentacles enveloped Qin Mu's body, transforming him into a humanoid insect egg.

Under the influence of the mother nest, Qin Mu's body genes began to adjust and evolve.

A massive amount of energy continuously flowed into his body, ensuring the resources needed for evolution.

……

three days later.

"It's time to get out and about; it's unlikely that there will be any major progress in research in the short term."

Qin Mu's body appeared in a cultivation room.

This is still the Red Leaf City where Qin Mu first entered the Blood Luo World. He has been studying here for the past two years and has never left.

"Over the past two years, the swarm has secretly expanded, transforming nearly a hundred world cities and reaping nearly six million Blood Crystals."

"Without the support of so many Blood Crystals, the progress of various research projects wouldn't have been so rapid."

Although Qin Mu has been researching Blood Crystal and gene fusion for the past two years, the expansion of the insect swarm has never stopped.

Iceberg, piloting a mechanical race spaceship, has been hunting in the surrounding world cities, and the insectoid race has transformed into more world lords.

This process is somewhat similar to a snowball effect. After successfully transforming into the first world lord, Fei Hua, the Zerg, he relied on his interpersonal relationships and the many memories in his mind.

Iceberg quickly selected its next target, while the swarm's intelligence network continued to expand.

The intelligence organization, comprised of the Demon Slayers from the Zerg Swarm and numerous Zerg-transformed Bloodloans, has given the Zerg Swarm a deeper understanding of the Bloodloan world and the Temple of Immortality.

Of course, the expansion process was not without its unexpected twists and turns.

On one occasion, when Iceberg was raiding a world city, a friend of the city lord happened to be visiting. Iceberg suppressed him completely to avoid being exposed.

"Next, let's go check out the ruins of the ancient gods!"

Qin Mu's mind raced.

Qin Mu definitely needs to go to the Ancient God Ruins, the most core area of ​​the Blood Luo Continent. If he wants to seek real benefits, he must go there.

"Perfect timing, Iceberg can also take this opportunity to infiltrate the Temple of Immortality."

In the Blood Luo World, the city lords of many world cities are elites from the Immortal Temple, and their term of office is generally ten thousand years.

Recently, a World Lord who had been transformed into a Zergling by the Zerg Swarm had reached the end of his term at the Immortal Temple and needed to return there.

Qin Mu planned to have the iceberg behemoth use its innate transformation technique to sneak into the Immortal Temple.

There, you might find some unexpected surprises.

It just so happens that Qin Mu's research has also reached a bottleneck, so let's go to the Ancient God Ruins together to see if the evil energy there will have any effect on fusing with the Blood Crystal.

Qin Mu was also very curious about those vortexes of malevolent energy, as well as the phantom of the beast god and the secret runes of law at the core of the vortexes.

After making the decision, Qin Mu's body transformed into a stream of light, passing through layers of clouds and mist until he broke through the 18th layer and arrived in the void outside the Blood Luo World.

brush!

Qin Mu flew directly into the mechanical race's spaceship that had appeared in the void beside him, and at the same time gave the order.

"Forward, to the ruins of the ancient gods!"

The mechanical race's spaceship, disguised as a small meteorite, moved swiftly through the void.

Red Leaf Territory is far from the Ruins of the Ancient Gods; it takes the Mechanical Race's spaceship more than two months to fly there.

If we could travel through space, it would only require accelerating through the space and then decelerating back to the original universe to reach our destination.

Unfortunately, they cannot travel through space. If they could enter the dark universe at the speed of light, many of the indigenous immortals in the Blood Luo World would not be trapped there and unable to leave.

It can only fly slowly.

Besides Qin Mu, Iceberg was also on the mechanical race's spaceship. The two would travel together to the Ancient God Ruins.

"Go check out the virtual universe; it's been a while since I've been there."

Lying in the chair in the control room, Qin Mu looked relaxed.

The long hours of research had put him under some mental strain, and now he could finally relax a little.

……

Virtual universe, primordial secret realm.

Qin Mu's body appeared in the manor in the primitive area.

"Hmm, there are so many emails."

As soon as I logged into the virtual universe, a large number of emails popped up.

Some of these emails were sent by Jia Yi, and they were all about China's expansion.

The other part is that Uncle Qing occasionally sends emails to chat about everyday things.

Finally, there were emails from Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen.

The three of them will soon leave Chaos City and head to their respective secret realms.

The initial universe where Chaos City is located has a flow rate about three times that of the primordial universe. Qin Mu has been in the Blood Luo World for more than two years, but Chaos City has been less than a year.

He casually replied to an email, and to his surprise, Luo Feng and the other two responded immediately. So the three of them decided to meet up.

"Let's go to the public area of ​​Yuxiang Mountain to chat. I happen to have some things I'd like to discuss with you."

(End of this chapter)