Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 36 Second-Level Mother Nest!

Six hours later, a giant insect egg, more than ten meters tall, burst open in the underground garage, transforming into a giant mother nest, twelve meters high and covering an area of ​​over a hundred square meters.

"The secondary nest has successfully hatched!"

The moment the embryo successfully hatched in the mother nest, a surge of warm current flowed through Qin Mu's body.

Having learned from his experience during the first incubation awakening in the mother nest, Qin Mu was well prepared. Although the sensation was intense, he did not faint.

His physical attributes improved rapidly with the feedback energy, breaking through the barrier of the warrior level, and continued to improve until his physical attributes reached the intermediate warrior level before gradually stopping.

He clenched his fist and punched the air.

"boom--"

The sound of air being torn apart rang out. With control over his body, Qin Mu could clearly feel that the power of this punch exceeded 20000 kg!

This strength is quite good even among mid-level warriors.

As his physical abilities improved, Qin Mu's mental power also surged, reaching the level of a beginner war god.

"At least we have some ability to protect ourselves."

Feeling the powerful force within his body, Qin Mu smiled with joy.

As he expected, after successfully hatching in the secondary mother nest, his abilities improved dramatically in all aspects.

Besides the most obvious physical fitness and mental strength, brain speed, reaction ability, and even comprehension and learning ability are all improving simultaneously.

The comprehensive improvement in his physique allowed Qin Mu to easily master the surge in power, adapting to it in a very short time and even gaining greater control over himself.

In high spirits, Qin Mu demonstrated the "World Destruction" spear technique on the spot. The moves became extremely smooth, and the transitions were as fluid as flowing water.

"I have completely mastered the first level of 'World Destruction,' and my power can reach 1.8 times its normal strength when unleashed!"

"Is this the movement technique at the microscopic level?"

The improvement in brain speed and comprehension allowed Qin Mu to easily sense the subtle forces throughout his body and master the subtle operations of every part of his body.

This is a sign of mastering the subtle level of body techniques.

Although we had the help of the mother nest before, knowing about it is one thing, doing it is another.

Having mastered the subtle level of movement techniques, Qin Mu could easily perform various movements and dodges, as if calculated by a computer, making the most exquisite evasions with minimal cost.

"Cool!"

Qin Mu let out a long howl.

This improvement was enormous, directly raising his overall strength by two levels, with his mental power reaching the level of a war god.

You should know that there are only about 3000 powerful individuals in the entire War God Palace on Earth!

Qin Mu's own improvement was significant, but it paled in comparison to the improvement of the Mother Nest.

After the consciousness was transferred to the Mother Nest and became a Level 2 Mother Nest, the Mother Nest's processing speed was more than ten times faster than before. If it were to analyze the life structure diagram of a beast soldier-level monster, it could be easily deciphered in less than an hour.

The second-level mother hive can hatch Zerg units with the strongest rank of High Beast General!

The hatching speed of larvae has increased tenfold, with fifty larvae hatching every five minutes, and 7200 insects can be hatched in a day with ease, which is a qualitative leap.

If necessary, this number can be doubled, but such exploitative incubation would cause great damage to the mother nest itself, and Qin Mu would not do that unless it was an emergency.

After this period of development, the swarm has grown to more than 12,000 units, including more than 2000 flying units.

"There are currently six types of Beast General-level monsters that can be hatched."

Sensing the information in his mind, Qin Mu smiled, knowing that the insect swarm would experience explosive growth in both size and strength.

Even after consuming 5000 energy points to break through to the second level of the mother nest, there are still 11000 energy points in the mother nest, and this number is constantly increasing due to the digestion of the wild bull's corpse.

Tiger Hound (Beginner Beast General Level) -- Consumes 500 energy points and takes one hour to hatch a Tiger Hound with Beginner Beast General combat power.

Lion Mastiff (Beginner Beast General Level) -- Consumes 500 energy points and takes one hour to hatch a Lion Mastiff with Beginner Beast General combat power.

Bloodlust Tank (Intermediate Beast General Level) - Consumes 2000 energy points and takes two hours to hatch a Bloodlust Tank with Intermediate Beast General level.

Two-Tailed Tiger Cat (Beginner Beast General Level) - Consuming 600 energy points takes one hour to hatch a two-tailed tiger cat with beginner beast general level combat power.

Golden Vulture (Beginner Beast General Level) - Consuming 700 energy points takes one hour to hatch a Golden Vulture with Beginner Beast General level combat power.

Wild Bull (Beginner Beast General Level) - Consuming 1000 energy points takes one hour to hatch a Wild Bull with Beginner Beast General level.

Of the six types of Beast General-level monsters, only the Bloodthirsty Tank is a mid-level Beast General, while the rest are beginner-level Beast Generals.

The swarm is already analyzing the genes of that high-level beast general, the Savage Bull. Before long, the swarm will be able to hatch a large number of high-level beast general Savage Bulls!

"Swarm, hatch beast-general level monsters at full speed, according to specific needs! I want to completely control this county; the swarm needs to expand!"

A fierce flame burned in Qin Mu's eyes.

These swarms of worms are not just fighting the monsters in the surrounding area.

After acquiring the aerial unit Grey Lark, the Zerg swarm dispatched a large number of Grey Larks to conduct large-scale reconnaissance of the surrounding area.

He knew the surrounding area, including more than a dozen large and small counties, mountains and rivers, and the distribution of monsters and insect swarms.

"Once the first batch of Beast General-level Zerg successfully hatches, we'll use Golden Vultures to carry worker Zerg to establish mother nests in these two cities, and we also need a mother nest in this jungle in the wilderness!"

In Qin Mu's mind, the map drawn by the swarm of insects contained three bright spots and a dozen dark spots.

Those three bright spots belong to the locations of the first batch of expanding mother nests, while the rest are the preset locations of the second batch of expanding mother nests.

Of the first batch, two are located in counties relatively close to No. 023, and one is in a dense jungle.

In this jungle, the grey lark discovered a hidden underground cave, perfect for the insect swarm to conceal themselves.

While monsters are not as concentrated in the wilderness as in the city, the wilderness is so vast that the total number of monsters far exceeds that of cities. The future of the swarm lies not only in major cities, but also in the wilderness.

"Once these mother nests successfully hatch, allocate some computing power to prioritize analyzing some plant genes! The swarm's energy source cannot rely solely on hunting!"

A glint flashed in Qin Mu's eyes.

After the mother nest successfully hatched, Qin Mu deliberately suppressed the expansion of one of the swarm's core units, namely the creep!

Fungal carpets are supposed to be a powerful tool for swarm expansion. Once they expand, they can not only draw large amounts of nutrients from deep within the earth, but also provide powerful battlefield support for the swarm.

But Qin Mu did not do that.

In County 0203, Qin Mu only spread the fungal carpet in the underground garage and did not let it spread to the surrounding area.

Otherwise, given the rate at which the fungal carpet spreads, it would have already taken over most of the city in just a few days.

The reason for suppressing its expansion is not because we are unwilling, but because we dare not!

This eerie purple fungal carpet is extremely domineering; once it spreads, it will almost completely cover the terrain and devour all the plants and animals on it.

Once deployed in a city, it would be too conspicuous, like a torch in the dark, easily detected by human satellites and attracting human investigation.

Wilderness areas with few people are more suitable for fungal carpets!

There, the vegetation is lush, and after the fungal carpet spreads, by analyzing the genes of various plants, large areas of plants belonging to the insect colony grow on the fungal carpet for camouflage.

This not only greatly expands the swarm's territory but also brings massive energy gains to the swarm.

At the same time, we can also study fungal carpets and integrate genes from other plants. No major changes are needed; just slightly modify the strange purple color to the color of ordinary flowers and plants, and it can be perfectly integrated into the Earth's ecological environment.

Ordinary plants can obtain energy through photosynthesis, so why can't insects?

This method of obtaining energy may be slower, but it is stable, safe, and sustainable.

The current insect swarm only numbers in the tens of thousands, and hunting alone is enough to sustain its growth and expansion. But when the number reaches millions or even hundreds of millions, will we still need to rely on hunting?

The Zerg swarm's truly explosive expansion is about to begin!

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