Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 288 Harvest and the Leviathan Fleet's Advance

"By the way, Tyrant, are you selling that [Netherworld Serpent Venom]?"

Suddenly, a lean and short, powerful king asked somewhat embarrassedly.

Upon hearing this, the many powerful figures who had originally intended to bid farewell fell silent, looking at Qin Mu with anticipation.

On the battlefield, they had witnessed the Hive Tyrant's ability to take down high-ranking Kings with a single shot.

The Netherworld Serpent even managed to trap the King of Annihilation into a deep slumber with a single sneak attack; who wouldn't covet such a treasure?

Someone brought this up, and it immediately captivated everyone.

Similar venoms are not uncommon among human populations.

For example, Fimo Venom.

Unfortunately, this stuff can only be prepared by the most skilled alchemists, and it's extremely rare; it's hard to even buy.

Why was Luo Feng, the founder of the original timeline, able to buy it so easily?

That's because Luo Feng is the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord!

How many people have this kind of authority?

"Netherworld Serpent Venom?"

Qin Mu paused for a moment, then frowned and smiled.

"It is possible, but as you should know, the venom of the Netherworld Serpent, as a special life form, has an extremely strong corrosive effect on the divine body, even more toxic than [Fimor Venom]!"

Generally, seven or eight grams are enough to kill a peak-level expert.

However, it is very difficult for the Netherworld Serpent to produce venom; it needs to devour a large amount of highly toxic materials and absorb their essence.

It's not cheap.

You can have that if you want.

Since we're all friends, I'll sell it at the price of [Firmware Venom]: 300 million Mixed Units per gram.

What do you all think?

The lean, short, powerful king-level expert's eyes lit up, and he quickly said...

"No problem! Of course, this price is very cheap, I'll take 10 grams!"

Qin Mu nodded, and with a flick of his hand, he took out a palm-sized metal tube from his inner world, wrapped it with the power of the world, and handed it over.

"No problem! This vial contains ten grams of Netherworld Serpent venom."

"As a biological venom, unlike pharmaceuticals like Femoro venom, it needs to be stored in this special device, otherwise its toxicity will decrease over time."

"The use of venom is also explained here. Like normal venom, it also has many restrictions."

For example, it needs a carrier, and it needs to penetrate the body to be effective; you should know this, right?

The lean, short, powerful king-level expert happily accepted the metal tube and laughed.

"Hahaha, I am known as the Shadow King, and I follow the assassination style. How could I not know how to use poison?"

Tyrant, I've transferred the money to you through the universe's first galaxy. Please check your account.

Qin Mu nodded, and the smart brain on his arm vibrated, indicating that 3 billion Hunyuan had been deposited into his account!

Following the example of the Shadow King, dozens of powerful figures who had reached the King level came to purchase a batch of Netherworld Poison Python venom.

For a powerful figure who has been granted the title of King, even one gram of 300 million Chaos Yuan is extremely expensive.

Buying ten grams as a trump card is a very good deal.

Once the poison is applied, anyone at the highest level or below the King rank will be instantly killed once their defense is breached!

How brutal?

In just a short while, Qin Mu sold about three kilograms and earned nearly one trillion Hunyuan!

This group mainly consisted of several peak-level experts who bought several hundred grams at once.

For those at the peak of the King-level powerhouses, their net worth can be in the hundreds of billions, and some even have hundreds of billions.

"That's outrageous profit!"

Seeing his assets suddenly surge, Qin Mu was secretly delighted.

The cost of the venom of the Netherworld Serpent is indeed extremely high, with one hundred grams costing approximately 3 million Hunyuan.

Even so, Qin Mu made nearly a hundred times the profit by selling it at the price of Firmor Venom.

Venom is a single-use consumable.

Once these skilled users use it and find it truly effective, they will become repeat customers and even encourage others to use it.

This is a long-term business!

After purchasing the venom, and as batches of powerful warriors led the Hive Tyrant away from the 028 War Base, Qin Mu also found an excuse to go into seclusion for cultivation.

Despite being told he was in seclusion, Qin Mu immediately entered his inner world after returning to the cultivation room.

"Look at my other takeaway this time."

Within this vast inner world, the most eye-catching feature is undoubtedly the Tree of Life, which grows on the central island and is six million kilometers tall!

During the battle, the area of ​​suppression was only exerted by the Tree of Life within Behemoth's body.

Qin Mu's own internal world's Tree of Life was not exposed, otherwise it would not be a double suppression, but a triple suppression.

Beneath the Tree of Life lay a divine body radiating boundless pressure. Although it was in a deep sleep, the invisible pressure... remained as terrifying as ever.

"King of Annihilation".

Qin Mu stood in front of him with a smile.

"My first King-level powerhouse, join the Swarm and become a part of it."

It is very rare for someone to be killed to fall into a deep sleep.

King Nirvana was actually defeated unjustly.

The moment the Tree of Life controlled the spacetime domain and suppressed it, it was attacked by Qin Mu, but even so, it only suffered minor injuries.

The real killer move is the sneak attack by the Netherworld Serpent.

It instantly eroded his divine body, injecting a large amount of venom that put him into a deep sleep.

"From this day forward, you are a member of the Swarm."

Qin Mu looked at the Annihilation King in front of him and directly manipulated the soul power of the insect swarm to begin the invasion.

Unlike other Zerg-infected units, they will fight back desperately.

King Nirvana was too badly injured, so badly that he lost consciousness. At this moment, he was like a fish on a chopping board, completely powerless to resist.

moment--

"success."

Qin Mu smiled.

The swarm has acquired its first immortal life form! And it's a powerful being with the ultimate strength of a king!

Looking at the Silent King, who was still unconscious and floating in the void, Qin Mu's brows gradually furrowed. Although he had transformed the Silent King into an insectoid being.

However, this did not help the King of Annihilation's injuries at all; he remained severely injured and in a deep sleep. A sleeping King of Annihilation was of no use to him.

"We need to restore his strength and his complete immortal divine body."

Qin Mu pondered that the insect swarm was only at the World Lord level and did not possess immortal divine power; no matter how much energy resources it had, it could not restore it.

"I guess I'll have to buy it in the virtual universe. It's worth the cost to acquire a King-level expert."

"In addition, we need to convert the other three peak-level King-ranking experts into Zerg, and also determine the value of the spoils of war."

……

Qin Mu spent a week confirming the price of his spoils through the virtual universe network.

On the battlefield, Qin Mu roughly estimated it to be around 50 trillion Hunyuan, but this was just an estimate.

After a detailed scan using the virtual universe system, the exact figure is 52.3 trillion Chaos Elements!

In addition, there's a powerful warhammer, the Annihilation Hammer!

Qin Mu collected some of the items that he and the Zerg swarm might be able to use, and sold the rest to Virtual Universe Company.

A total of 49.2 trillion yuan was harvested!

With the money earned from selling the venom of the Netherworld Serpent, the balance in his bank account directly exceeded 50 trillion Hunyuan!

Incidentally, Qin Mu also purchased the treasures that the Silent King and the other three King-level experts had recovered from their awakenings.

For powerful kings like these who were killed and forced into a deep sleep, recovery has two stages: first, awakening from sleep, and second, complete recovery.

Once awakened and possessing self-awareness, one can actively absorb the mysterious power contained within numerous treasures to quickly recover.

However, when it is dormant, it cannot actively absorb nutrients, so the required treasures are much more expensive.

Among them, the King of Annihilation is a top-tier expert at the King level.

The "awakening phase" requires 2250 billion mixed units. Although it only increases the state from 13% to nearly 20%, the cost is very high.

The "Recovery Phase" requires 1280 billion Mixed Units.

The combined consumption of the other three peak-level King-level experts was roughly equivalent to this.

This wealth is astonishing even for a king-level expert.

"This consumption is outrageous. With this much, we could hatch a large Zerg army."

Qin Mu frowned.

"It seems we need to initiate a project ahead of schedule to study how to quickly and efficiently restore the divine body."

Once the swarm advances to immortality, given its size and combat style, a single battle will inevitably result in the loss of a large number of divine bodies. This method will be used to repair them.

No matter how many resources you have, they're never enough!

"The Zerg Queen should have the means to recover."

"Or, obtain the flesh and blood tissue of the Nine Netherworlds and let the swarm possess the Nine Netherworlds, the largest life form in terms of volume!"

The Nine Netherworlds of Huahai are the best incubation pool for the insect swarm!

That way, the insect swarm wouldn't need to worry about the god's regeneration.

……

While Qin Mu was selling the treasures he had acquired, hatching swarms of insects, and researching how to restore the four immortal kings under his command.

King Chongyuan has returned to War Base 032, where he is stationed, with ten Hive Tyrants.

"King Chongyuan, you may call me Ghost Face."

Send us the intelligence on this area; we need to formulate our operational plan based on the specific intelligence.

If possible, we need certain permissions, such as access to the detection system of War Base 032.

Upon arriving at the war base, the leader of the Zergling Tyrant, Ghostface, spoke up.

As a high-level unit, the Hive Tyrant possesses its own consciousness and also has its own name.

"Ghost Face, so in such a hurry? I've organized a welcome banquet for the high-ranking officials in the base. You've just been through a battle, so you can rest for a while before setting out again."

King Chongyuan was somewhat taken aback.

"No need for those pointless activities! We need to get to the fight as soon as possible!"

"That's what the Hive Tyrant Ghost Face said."

For a Zergling Tyrant, only war and evolution matter; everything else is completely unimportant.

"Okay, I understand!"

King Chongyuan stopped talking nonsense; the situation around Base 032 was indeed not optimistic.

"I have granted you the permissions; you can take a closer look."

This area is under our control; the rest is occupied by the Zerg, Mechs, and Demons.

This area is where we clashed most fiercely with the Zerg warriors and the Mechs' machine golems.

King Chongyuan projected a star map.

Only one-tenth of the area belonged to human populations; the rest was entirely red.

In the area where the two sides meet, several continents are marked in particular.

"I already know the general information."

"The ten Leviathan fleets we brought will enter these areas!"

"If we are in danger during the battle, we do not need rescue!"

Death is merely an evolutionary process for us; we will return to Behemoth and be reborn.

The Hive Tyrant Ghostface pointed to several of the most intense battlefields and said in a low voice.

"There is only one thing: if the battle becomes too intense and we are unable to protect Leviathan, I will need your assistance in defending Leviathan!"

It is our mothership. Although Leviathan also has powerful combat capabilities, its more important function is to quickly spawn a large number of Zerg warriors!

Of course, Leviathan can also be abandoned in a critical moment.

They can also be reborn within a Behemoth, but Leviathans are so enormous that even a Behemoth needs a very long time to gestate them.

The Insect Hive Tyrant Ghost Face explained the pre-prepared settings to King Chongyuan.

This is, of course, just a fabricated story, a story used to mislead the outside world and enrich the background of Behemoth and the Zeg race.

It doesn't really matter where the Hive Tyrant respawns, as long as there are resources, Leviathan can hatch their bodies.

This only makes Behemoth a special case.

Similarly, any problems that arise later can be attributed to Behemoth.

"I understand. I will arrange for strong individuals to assist in protecting you."

King Chongyuan's heart tightened.

Leviathan's strength has been roughly demonstrated on the battlefield. Its attack is extremely powerful, and its combined attack can rival the peak of the King-level realm, or even the limit of the King-level realm.

However, like the Hive Tyrant, its defense is a fatal weakness.

Even the Chongyuan King was unaware of Leviathan's hatching capabilities; the Tyrant said it was at least a hundred times that of a queen's nest of the same rank!

However, the specific situation will depend on the performance in the subsequent war.

"Very good, let's familiarize ourselves with the intelligence first, and then we'll set off!"

The Insect Hive Tyrant Ghost Face Path.

"Alright, I'll arrange for you to enter the battlefield right away. The pressure at the front is indeed immense, and your arrival may be a turning point in the war!"

King Chongyuan's eyes revealed admiration. Perhaps it was the tyrants of the insect hive's fanaticism for battle that gave them such terrifying power even during their time as realm lords.

Of course, besides admiration, there was also a hint of envy.

As long as Behemoth lives, they will not die!

What a terrifying talent!

The Hive Tyrant Ghostface acted swiftly and decisively, and after sorting out the intelligence in just one day, ten Hive fleets set off.

"Boom!"

The outermost gate of the passageway of the AAA-level God Base No. 032 opened, and ten Hive Tyrants flew out from one of the passageways.

"Whoosh!"

Ten insectoid fleets, each over three thousand kilometers long and resembling giant fish with heads covered in tentacles, appeared in the void. These were known to the public as Leviathans.

The Hive Tyrants each entered the body of a Leviathan.

"Leviathan! Initiating Dark Universe Transmission, Entering the Designated Battlefield!"

(End of this chapter)