Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 321 Having seen all the ways of the world, the reactions of various races

"These secret techniques, although not of a very high level, are still the culmination of the efforts of a realm lord or even an immortal god. Reading them has greatly benefited me."

After reading through tens of thousands of secret techniques, although the overall level was not very high, Qin Mu was still quite moved.

He himself didn't use some of the secret techniques very well.

However, it is very effective for use on low- to mid-tier units within a swarm.

Some were quite outstanding, which made him suddenly realize the truth.

The swarm itself possesses many secret techniques, such as the twelve peak-bloodline star behemoths, all of which come with their own inheritances. These are the foundation of the swarm.

For example, special life forms like the Tree of Life and the Netherworld Serpent also possess secret techniques bestowed by the universe.

Most special life forms hide in secret realms before they achieve immortality.

Besides preventing them from being captured and possessed, another important reason is that they themselves have no shortage of inheritance, and even have no shortage of cultivation resources due to their special birth environment.

These legacies are stored within the swarm, becoming its foundation.

The various units within the swarm choose the appropriate practice from these inherited secrets based on their needs.

However, neither the peak bloodline of the star-sky behemoth nor the inheritance of special life forms can compare to the secret techniques in the treasure trove of the human race.

One of the six supreme races in the universe, they have recorded almost all the secret techniques created by mankind since the birth of the virtual universe.

How many realm lords, immortals, and cosmic venerables were born from this?

Vast as the ocean!

For example, the invincible King Zhenyan created the "True Yan Secret Method".

This secret technique is worth only 80 points within the Virtual Universe Company.

There are countless similar secret methods.

Unlike ordinary people, Qin Mu can cultivate almost all secret techniques.

In terms of understanding the laws, he has gained the recognition of the original laws for all ten laws, and has also fully comprehended the profound mysteries of the two original laws of time and space.

Close combat, a weakness he once had, has long since been overcome.

The swarm fought fiercely on the extraterritorial battlefield, and the presence of the Hive Tyrant and Hive Guardians, in particular, raised Qin Mu's martial arts melee skills to an extremely high level.

The path of the Spiritualist is paved with exceptional talent because of his extremely powerful soul. Whether he is a master of manipulation, an illusionist, or a more unorthodox puppeteer or beast tamer, he possesses exceptional talent.

His talent as a pharmacist goes without saying...

"From this moment on, the Hive Tyrant's weapons will no longer need to be specifically spears, but will be diverse."

As Qin Mu perused the secret techniques of the Thunder Sound Blade, a thought popped into his mind.

In the past, in order to cultivate the "Nine Revolutions of the Star River" and its accompanying secret techniques, Qin Mu specifically instructed all the insect hive tyrants to use long spears.

Not only the Hive Tyrant, but many units in the Zerg swarm are armed with spears.

But it's not necessary now.

When one's strength reaches a certain level, such as becoming a King or a Universe Venerable, the type of weapon one uses becomes less important.

Many powerful individuals, upon acquiring a suitable treasure, will replace their original weapons.

At this level, battles become more about comparing one's understanding of laws, the size of one's divine body, gene multipliers, secret techniques, and so on.

Of course, a handy weapon can better unleash combat power and bring one's understanding of the laws to its fullest potential.

"As for weapons, I will continue to use a spear. The Star Spear is a treasure that I can use for a long time."

The stars that evolve on the gun can also be used as telekinetic weapons.

"But what kind of secret technique should I create? Gunmanship? A technique for attacking the soul?"

Qin Mu was uncertain.

Because of the swarm, he knows too much.

But precisely because of this, he fell into confusion, unsure how to create his own secret technique.

"My confusion doesn't stem from knowing too much, but from being too shallow and lacking in depth."

My strength has increased too quickly; even including the time within Chaos City, it has only been a mere thousand years.

For a typical genius, this might be considered a profound foundation, but for someone like me who possesses a swarm of insects, it's far from enough.

Keep watching. When you've mastered many secret techniques, your horizons and knowledge will broaden, and perhaps then you'll be able to comprehend your own secret techniques.

With these thoughts in mind, Qin Mu closed the secret manual and opened the next book to continue comprehending it.

He knew that creating his own secret technique would not be something that could be done in a short time.

It may take hundreds or thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years.

……

Just as Qin Mu was browsing through the endless secret techniques in his clan's treasure trove, many races in the universe were in an uproar.

"Has the human race gone mad? They're actually using precious resources to boost the genetic potential of some immortals? And even enhance their divine bodies? What were they thinking?"

Upon receiving the message, the Dream Demon Ancestor looked puzzled.

"Is it our combined attack by our three major races that made the human race so restless?"

Opening a piece of intelligence about the extraterrestrial battlefield, one learns that under the siege of the three-race alliance, a large number of human immortals and even king-level powerhouses have perished.

The alliance of the Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race indeed holds an absolute advantage overall.

The four dominant races have been entangled for countless epochs, and it is common for them to form alliances and counter-alliances with each other.

The demon race was once powerful, but it also suffered joint suppression from the insect race, the mechanical race, and the human race.

Later, the demon race gradually weakened, especially after the star beasts broke away from the demon race, their strength was greatly reduced.

This suppression naturally stopped.

In the most critical moment, the demon race also opened its treasure vault, cultivating a large number of core forces.

But has humanity already succumbed to the pressure of just a thousand years?

"Some time ago, we received intelligence that the Lord of Chaos City obtained a batch of 'Amethyst Elixir' during his exploration of the Cosmic Sea. This 'Amethyst Elixir' is extremely effective in increasing gene multiplication."

Could it be that he took out the 'Amethyst Elixir' he had obtained?

The Dream Demon Clan thought to themselves, "With so many resources, it would be far more cost-effective to use them to upgrade those Universe Venerables."

Just for the sake of the situation in the extraterritorial battlefield, precious resources are consumed to upgrade 100,000 Kings, or even to upgrade their genes by a hundredfold!

That's incredibly irrational.

"These 100,000 people are not just their human race, but the entire Hong Alliance."

Is this an attempt to win over allies? To attract more ethnic groups to join their Hong Alliance?

The Dream Demon Ancestor frowned. His demon race had also spent a lot of resources to win over some other races.

But it's not that exaggerated.

"Perhaps it's just a smokescreen. If we really wanted to upgrade 100,000 immortals to a hundred times their genetic potential, the resources required would be enormous."

"And what is this armor? Is it a treasure created by the Zeg clan?"

To possess multiple talents, isn't that even more powerful than the armor, general armor, and king armor of the Yan God Clan?

Fortunately, its upper limit is relatively low, and it can only be applied to the Immortal stage.

After reading through all the intelligence sent back by the spies lurking among the human race, the Dream Demon frowned slightly.

The Zeg clan appeared on the battlefield for a very short time, but their influence was enormous.

That Leviathan has an incredible ability to hatch Zerg warriors, and it also has a combo attack capability.

A single battlefield only needs one Leviathan to spawn a massive number of peak realm lords.

The several hundred Hive Tyrants, whose overall strength was only at the initial level of King, had little impact on the battlefield.

However, once they put on the armor, their weaknesses are compensated for, their strength leaps forward, and it's a completely different story compared to the peak of being a king.

If it's just about having strong defenses, then that's not important at all.

The demon race has far more powerful armor than this.

The important thing is that talents can be shared.

"The Zeg clan, in their holy land, can share talents with the help of the so-called ruler, no wonder they all have a deep understanding of the laws."

But their numbers probably aren't too many, maybe only a few thousand at most.

I wonder what kind of power the ruler of this Zeg race possesses. Is he a cosmic venerable? A cosmic overlord? Or the master of the universe?

They've hidden it so well, there's almost no news at all.

The Dream Demon Ancestor wondered to himself.

Judging from the performance of the Hive Tyrant, once it reaches the King level, it is at least invincible, or even comparable to a Universe Venerable.

That ruler is at least immortal, a cosmic sovereign.

A more likely candidate is a top-tier cosmic overlord, similar to the strongest World Tree.

But it can't be too strong either.

For example, the strongest in the universe.

Those who reach the level of the strongest in the universe can occupy a territory in the universe without needing to form an alliance with humanity.

There can't be too many of these special life forms.

There are only a few hundred Zerg Tyrants active in the outer battlefields.

Powerful special life forms did exist in the primordial universe. For example, in the first cycle of reincarnation, thousands of special life forms with extremely large divine bodies were born: the Qiuyan Clan.

For example, the Purple Fire Apes live in the fiery regions that even cosmic venerables dare not enter.

It was formed from a purple flame born from the universe, and its appearance is similar to that of an ape. It has extremely powerful combat capabilities.

There are only tens of thousands of Purple Fire Apes in the entire universe.

What makes the Hive Tyrants so unique is not their strength, but their ability to be resurrected within a Behemoth after death.

This is their most famous place.

Of course, this is why beings above the level of a Cosmic Venerable are not allowed to take action in the extraterritorial battlefield; otherwise, a Cosmic Venerable would have already killed Behemoth.

Behemoth died, and naturally could not be reborn.

"Let's see what this Chaos City Lord is thinking. Will he continue to unite with the Zerg and the Demon Race to maintain a high-pressure stance against the human race and suppress them in every way?"

After thinking for a while, the Dream Demon Ancestor murmured.

He didn't care about the 100,000 kings; what he was considering was the Chaos City Lord and the hidden information behind the actions of the human elites.

The messages that Qin Mu and the human elites intentionally spread were a mix of truth and falsehood, so much so that even the strongest being in the universe, the Dream Demon Ancestor, couldn't distinguish between them.

……

"It's almost certain that the Seed of Genes was created by the Zeg clan, and the Immortal Domain Dust was probably just a smokescreen."

What a coincidence!

The fourth generation of the Gene Seed was just released, and now the Bio-Armor has appeared!

It's time to choose talents again, and then share them!

In which secret realm does the ruler of the Zeg clan reside?

We must find an opportunity to win him over.

In the heart of the Zerg territory, the Zerg Queen looked at the information before her, her conviction growing stronger.

She had been secretly keeping an eye on the tyrant of the Zeg clan.

In Hongmeng City, the tyrant purchased over a hundred special life remains on his first visit, including the Azure Sea Black Turtle.

This is what her people saw with their own eyes.

Not long after, the Zeg race acquired armor.

The core talent of the armor is the Azure Sea Black Turtle's talent "Black Turtle Armor Defense".

How could this not be related!

What shocked her was that the ruler of the Zeg clan could actually extract the talents of special life forms.

Although the Azure Sea Black Tortoise isn't considered strong among special life forms, it is still a special life form.

At the same time, the Zerg Queen became even more certain that the Zerg were indeed in some secret cosmic realm before.

Humans will not have been in contact with the Zerg for very long.

"The spies planted in the Hongmeng have all gotten involved with the tyrant, and one of them is even a friend."

Unfortunately, this tyrant never talks about being the ruler!

Several subtle attempts to probe were all rejected.

The Zerg Queen frowned slightly. The Tyrant would occasionally enter Hongmeng City to communicate with some friends.

Those Leviathan fleets were all decided upon among them before being dispatched to the battlefields outside the region.

Her mole had already infiltrated the area.

Unlike the brutal methods of the demon race, the insect race's invasion is often extremely covert.

She didn't pay much attention to the commotion caused by humans this time, with the human leadership expending resources to achieve immortality and be crowned kings.

Consuming resources is something any top-tier clan can do.

As for whether it is the ruler of the Zeg clan who uses certain means to increase gene multiplication?

She had thought about it.

It seems unlikely; even as the Zerg Queen and the strongest being in the universe, she couldn't do it.

At most, it will only reduce some resource input.

But the armor is different.

This showed her another path for the Zerg.

The Zerg Queen is extremely skilled in matters of genes and bloodlines.

They can hatch Zerg warriors of Immortal rank or even higher.

Given enough time, she is confident that she can also research something similar to a gene seed.

But it's unnecessary; the Zerg Queen is born with powerful bloodlines and doesn't need a gene seed.

As for research on other ethnic groups?

That's impossible!

The fact that the ability to share the talent of implantation made her heart flutter.

It is extremely difficult for the Zerg Queen to break through from the Realm Lord to the Immortal realm, and there are too few Zerg Queens.

Very few people are able to break through to the immortal stage!

If the Zerg were to have the aid of bio-armor, resulting in a large number of immortals, the overall strength of the Zerg would be greatly enhanced.

How could she not be tempted?

"The implantation equipment with a special life form as its core must be quite expensive, similar to the King Armor of the Yan God Clan."

A value of 500 billion Chaos Yuan? It all depends on how much humanity can afford to contribute.

Once you get your hands on a piece of armor, many things will become clear.

The Zerg Queen's beautiful eyes sparkled.

……

The mechanical race also received the same message.

They also coveted the colony.

Unfortunately, this thing needs to coexist with its master to function, so the mechanical race is destined to be unable to use it.

This point was mentioned in the message issued by Hongmeng.

The races in the Hongmeng are not all flesh and blood beings; there are also rock beings, metal beings, and so on.

The machine race is naturally not in a hurry for things that don't bring them any benefit.

They knew that this time, it would definitely be the demon race and the insect race that were in a hurry!

All you have to do is watch the show.

There are many races that share the same ideas as the mechanical race. Although they are envious and jealous, there is nothing they can do. They are all waiting for the movements of the demon race and the insect race.

Those who joined the Hongmeng, especially those who managed to secure a spot, were overjoyed and their morale soared.

Hongmeng City has become much more lively.

In the universe, immortals and kings set off from the outer battlefields and secret realms, heading towards Chaos City.

They willingly became Qin Mu's test subjects.

(End of this chapter)