Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 38 Evolution

"roar--"

A group of tiger-dogs belonging to the insect swarm roared to the sky, and at their feet lay a dead beast general-level unicorn boar.

After a bloody battle, most of them were badly wounded, and the ground was littered with corpses, some of them monsters and others belonging to the insect swarm.

A high-level beast soldier-class tiger-dog, covered in wounds and limping, was devouring the flesh and blood of a one-horned wild boar, enjoying its spoils.

Sudden.

The tiger-dog's body stiffened. After experiencing many bloody battles and devouring a large number of one-horned wild boar carcasses, the genes in its body combined with the genes of the one-horned wild boar, resulting in some kind of magical evolution.

Its blood was boiling, its muscles were swelling, and its bones were becoming stronger, as if it had absorbed some of the superior genes of the one-horned wild boar.

It's evolving!

Despite the pain, the tiger-dog lowered its head and began tearing at the carcass of the one-horned wild boar to replenish the energy it had lost due to its rapid evolution.

Its body was growing rapidly, its skin was torn open, revealing pale white bones, and blood flowed all over its body.

Its skull bones were deformed, and horns resembling those of a one-horned wild boar grew out!

The evolutionary process was too fast and too painful, so much so that the tiger-dog could no longer help but let out a painful howl, and its whole body began to convulse.

"This tiger-dog is evolving!"

Qin Mu, who was honing his agility on a street not far away, was startled and immediately used the short spear floating behind him to kill several monsters.

A golden vulture descended from the sky, grabbed the evolving tiger-dog, and transported it to the vicinity of the mother nest. Two worker insects then carried it to the underground garage where the mother nest was located.

Upon entering the underground parking garage, the fungal carpet on the ground sprouted tentacles that enveloped the tiger-dog, channeling energy into it and healing its injuries.

Only then did Qin Mu breathe a sigh of relief.

What just happened to the Tiger-Ao Dog is a very rare evolutionary situation, and it is also a rare positive evolution.

Similar incidents have occurred twice in the swarm, but unfortunately, both times evolution failed.

One of the cases involved a tiger-dog. After a major battle, the tiger-dog devoured the corpse of a lion mastiff and mutated, growing a lion mastiff's head on its body.

Unfortunately, after the mutation, the tiger-dog's genes quickly collapsed, turning into a pool of blood.

On the other end is a shadow cat.

After a bloody battle, it devoured the corpse of a tiger cat and underwent some kind of evolutionary mutation, greatly increasing its strength and even growing two tails and six legs. Unfortunately, it also failed to evolve and died due to genetic collapse.

The Tiger-Hound in front of us is the third Zerg unit to evolve, and so far, it is the most successful one to evolve.

After careful observation, Qin Mu discovered...

After Zerg units have gone through constant battles, their genetic structure becomes unstable. In the process, if they devour the genes of other monsters, there is a small chance that genetic fusion and mutation will occur.

This evolutionary mutation can be benign or malignant.

Evolution requires a huge amount of energy and the results are extremely dangerous, often resulting in a near-death experience.

When Qin Mu transferred his consciousness to the tiger-dog, he discovered that every cell in its body was undergoing astonishing changes, constantly dividing, dying, and then giving birth to new, even more powerful cells.

A portion of its genetic structure incorporated the powerful genes of the one-horned wild boar, resulting in disintegration, fusion, and recombination!

This reminded Qin Mu of the time when Luo Feng enslaved the Zerg Queen, and the Zerg Queen proposed two ways to cultivate the Zerg.

One of them is normal cultivation.

Another method is to mass-produce weaker Zerg, then let them fight amongst themselves, devouring each other. The weak die, the strong live, and the strong devour the weak to become even stronger. When a large group of Zerg warriors are all dead except for one, that one is the best.

This method can even cultivate incredibly brave and powerful peak-level insectoid races of the realm lords.

Although Zerg warriors all mutate from larvae, not all of them are of the same quality; some have greater potential, while others have less.

This most brutal method is used to eliminate all those with poor potential. The peak Zerg that emerges from endless slaughter are ten times stronger than ordinary Zerg warriors and can be called kings.

The current situation is somewhat similar to the second type of cultivation, where monsters become stronger after experiencing numerous battles and devouring other monsters.

In the past few days, the Zerg have launched one battle after another in County 0203.

According to the statistics of the Mother Nest, there were originally more than 500,000 monsters in this county town No. 0203, of which more than 200 were of the level of Beast General!

In just a few days, the number of monsters killed by the Zerg exceeded 80,000, including more than 60 monsters of the Beast General level.

The Zerg themselves also paid a heavy price, with 5863 Zerg units killed in action!

Almost every day, every Zerg is constantly engaged in battle.

In such an intense battle, only three Zerglings underwent evolutionary mutations, and two of them failed to evolve!

"I wonder if the Zerg bred by the Zerg Queen will also devour the genes of other races and evolve and mutate like my Zerg swarm, or if they will simply become stronger and more adept at fighting."

Qin Mu pondered to himself that he still knew too little about the insect swarm.

When Qin Mu returned to the mother nest, a while later, the evolution of the tiger-dog was finally completed, and it succeeded!

The Tiger-Dog Dog, having successfully evolved, has changed its strength from a high-level beast soldier to a low-level beast general.

A typical low-level Beast General-level Tiger-Ao-Hound is only a little over two meters tall at the shoulder, but this Tiger-Ao-Hound is over three meters tall at the shoulder!

Compared to the initial-level beast general tiger-dog hatched from the mother nest, it was much larger, with thicker bones, rougher skin, and a single horn growing on its head.

It has the agility and bite force of a tiger hound, while also possessing the strong defense of a one-horned wild boar!

This can no longer be called a tiger-dog; it's a completely different species.

Qin Mu wasn't in a hurry to be happy. Although the tiger-dog had successfully evolved, its true combat strength would only be known after actual combat!

With a thought, Qin Mu summoned a low-level beast general-level tiger hound hatched from the mother nest and put them to a real battle!

In the ruins of the city, a low-level Beast General-level Tiger-Ao-Hound stands opposite the evolved Unicorn Tiger-Ao-Hound.

The next moment, the two tigers and hounds unleashed their power and pounced on each other.

The battle was decided in an instant. The one-horned tiger-dog was clearly much stronger than the ordinary tiger-dog. The moment they collided, the ordinary tiger-dog was sent flying and was pounced on by the one-horned tiger-dog, which pinned it to the ground, unable to move.

It sold out in seconds!

Qin Mu remained unmoved.

Two ordinary tiger-dogs of the initial beast general level were summoned and appeared opposite the unicorn tiger-dog.

This time, the battle became more intense. Although the strength and defense of the Unicorn Tiger Ao-hound were significantly greater than those of the ordinary Tiger Ao-hound, it had to be careful when faced with the combined attack of two Tiger Ao-hounds.

Unlike ordinary creatures, Zerg units coordinate very well; if one is in danger, another will immediately come to its rescue.

But in the end, the one-horned tiger Aoquan won. It was bleeding profusely, but it still won.

"This is a successful evolution!"

A smile finally appeared on Qin Mu's face.

The mother nest has already collected the genetic structure of this unicorn tiger dog, and can then directly hatch unicorn tiger dogs.

Hatching a unicorn tiger hound only requires 600 energy points, which is only 100 more than an ordinary tiger hound, but its combat power far exceeds that of an ordinary tiger hound!

"Indeed, war is the fastest way for the Zerg swarm to evolve."

"The ordinary tiger-dog can be eliminated!"

Qin Mu smiled as he watched the ongoing battles in the city.

This is the Zerg!

Evolve continuously in battle!

War! Evolution! The Zerg crave war! They crave evolution!

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