Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 565 The Mountain Dweller's Worries, The Great Expedition Plan

"Repairing and controlling the spaceship is no easy task. Even in my prime, I would have to put in some effort to acquire such a massive mechanical treasure."

As for now, it's simply impossible; the gap in strength is too great.

"Given the unique nature of your insect swarm, it's somewhat possible, provided you have sufficient knowledge of artifact crafting, especially mechanical methods."

Inside the Jin King's Palace, Qin Mu and Zuo Shan Ke sat facing each other.

"It will definitely be difficult, and I don't intend to repair and control the spaceship all at once."

I'll have plenty of time to take things slowly in the future.

If the Lord of the Universe can't do it, then the True God; if the True God can't do it, then go another step—it can always be done.

Qin Mu said nonchalantly.

"That's true! But..."

The man sitting on the mountain laughed, but then his expression turned serious. "Senior, there are some things I'm unsure whether I should say or not."

"Speak freely," Qin Mu said, looking at the guest sitting on the mountain with some doubt.

"I don't know how my predecessor managed to avoid being targeted by the original cosmic will."

However, your swarm of insects has been devouring the Peak Realm, one of the three forbidden zones, and after a long time, even the Peak Realm may be completely devoured.

They even wanted to use the spaceship, one of the three perilous lands, for their own purposes.

This could trigger a major catastrophe!

"The primordial universe can nurture countless lives and possesses endless possibilities," said the mountain dweller thoughtfully.

The Cosmic Sea is a place for cultivating strong individuals, and the three forbidden lands are of paramount importance in cultivating them.

This is why various treasures and inheritances continue to emerge.

Especially the Peak Realm, which is the location of the cycle of reincarnation.

If the Peak Realm is truly and completely devoured, it may trigger the will of the primordial universe to intervene, or even the supreme rules…”

"Of course, these are just my guesses, please don't take offense, senior."

These are words that the mountain dweller did not intend to say.

However, during this time he witnessed the terror of the insect swarm firsthand. Under the devouring of billions of insects, the entire Qingfeng Realm continued to collapse and was completely swallowed up.

Although it was only a small fraction of what was consumed because of the short time frame.

Given the sheer size of the swarm and its exponential fission, it's only a matter of time before it's completely devoured.

The three forbidden zones are actually influenced by the original cosmic will.

He didn't know about the Peak Realm, but the Cosmic Boat was pulled from the depths of the Cosmic Sea by the original will of the universe.

If Qin Mu's actions affect the cycle of reincarnation or the gestation of world beasts, and violate the supreme rules, then things will get complicated.

There's no need for the Supreme Rules to intervene directly. As long as the Supreme Rules grant the Primal Universe Will sufficient authority, its power will reach an extremely terrifying level.

Despite Qin Mu's swarm of insects being everywhere, his ability to survive is extremely strong.

However, in the face of the primordial cosmic will that has been empowered by the supreme rules, it is like an ant and will be easily crushed.

Back when he was still the God King, ruling the Jin King Palace, he could only be forced to reincarnate to save his life.

This gives us a glimpse into the situation.

Qin Mu said that when he was reincarnated and cultivating, he severed most of his memories, especially in terms of cultivation, which he started from scratch.

Perhaps these things are not clear to us.

Now that he has pinned most of his hopes for revenge on Qin Mu, he certainly doesn't want to see this happen.

"Great terror?"

Qin Mu frowned slightly.

The words of the mountain dweller are not alarmist.

Based on the information I have obtained, the three thousand primordial universes surrounding the Origin Continent do indeed seem to be a training ground for the strong.

The reasons why one must navigate through the cycle of reincarnation in the three eras of reincarnation, as well as the appearance of the Beast of the Realm, are all based on this principle.

The purpose is to better cultivate strong individuals.

The three forbidden zones hold a very special position in the cosmic sea.

When the World Beasts were born, the primordial cosmic will, in order to deal with the crisis, directly pulled out the corpse of the God King of Jin from the depths of the cosmic sea to serve as the fourth forbidden zone, greatly enhancing the strength of the cosmic sea.

After the crisis was over, they pulled it away.

Directly devouring and destroying the three forbidden zones, especially the special place called the Peak Realm, could indeed trigger some kind of mechanism.

"I understand, I will be careful."

Qin Mu also looked solemn.

This is something we really need to be careful about.

Especially since his own divine kingdom is still within the primordial universe, suppressing him would be an easy task.

Perhaps when the Beast of the Realm is born, and I become a true god, and the divine kingdom transforms into a miniature universe, that will be the best opportunity to control the spaceship.

In order to avoid being devoured by the Beasts of the Realm and to preserve its own consciousness, the primordial cosmic will make a huge concession.

At that time, going there was not only an opportunity to release the original ancestors, but also an opportunity to demand many benefits.

"However, it shouldn't be a big deal in the short term. The insect swarm has only consumed less than one ten-millionth of the Qingfeng Realm so far."

This is something to be careful about, but it doesn't mean you should stop eating right now.

At this stage, the swarm's devouring of the main peak of the tilting peak is barely even scratching the surface.

"It's good that you know what's going on."

Seeing that Qin Mu had taken his words to heart, the mountain hermit breathed a sigh of relief.

The current amount of insects being devoured is nothing compared to the fact that the main body of the insect swarm is still at the entrance to the Peak Realm, where the caves in the first dangerous area alone have countless spaces.

These spaces are enough for the insect swarm to devour for a long time; what he's worried about is billions of years from now.

"I've been to the spaceship quite a few times and have done some research on it. It's very difficult to forcibly dismantle it."

Under the influence of the secret runes, even the fragments on the outer perimeter of the spaceship merged with it.

If you want to disassemble and repair it, it's best to start with the outer fragments and decipher their secret patterns.

Even a single fragment can be easily forged into an extremely powerful treasure.

I've done some research on this, so I might give it a try.

The man sitting on the mountain exuded confidence.

Of the three forbidden lands in the Cosmic Sea, he was most familiar with the Cosmic Boat, after all, it was a large-scale mechanical treasure.

He had created many similar mechanical treasures before. Although his strength had diminished, his insight and experience remained.

"Oh? How do I try it?"

Qin Mu became interested.

The fragments of the spaceship are part of the Chaos Realm Mechanical Flow Treasure, just like the fragments of the Meteorite Star that Luo Feng obtained when he was on Earth.

A true god obtained it, and the sharpness and hardness of the fragments alone were enough to make them usable as weapons.

"Haha, this involves the techniques of refining treasures..."

The man sitting on the mountain immediately began to explain.

Before this, he had already passed on his treasure-refining skills to Qin Mu.

Qin Mu also immersed himself in the art of crafting magical artifacts, and having a master craftsman at the God-King level to explain things to him was a tremendous opportunity.

At this moment, within the Craftsman God Star, a large number of Insect Hive Tyrants are working with the Craftsman God Lord to upgrade and transform the Craftsman God Star into a supreme treasure.

There are also Zerg units that are crafting top-tier artifacts.

With the personal guidance of the Mountain Guest and the deductions made by billions of insect swarms, Qin Mu's progress in the art of treasure refining was terrifyingly fast.

Qin Mu raised some questions he had previously had about refining treasures, and the Mountain Hermit answered them one by one.

This left the mountain dweller in awe.

The mountain dweller could clearly sense that Qin Mu's progress in refining treasures was terrifyingly fast. He understood everything immediately and could apply what he learned to other situations.

The questions asked are becoming increasingly profound.

If he hadn't known that Qin Mu was a reincarnated powerful being like himself, he would have wanted to take Qin Mu as his disciple.

The Mountain-Sitting Guest was also extremely obsessed with the art of treasure refining; otherwise, he would not have been able to reach the God-King level through this art.

Having been destroyed by the Food Kingdom and killed all his relatives and friends, he was only focused on revenge and his mind was no longer on refining treasures.

Little did he know that Qin Mu's near-terrifying speed of improvement in the art of treasure refining was due to the combined efforts of the entire insect swarm.

Upon receiving the weapon-refining inheritance from the Mountain Guest, the seas of wisdom and trees of wisdom within the insect swarm began to operate frantically, performing calculations and deductions.

One after another, the Zerg hive tyrants began refining weapons directly, in the primordial universe, at the virtual universe company headquarters, and in the Zerg swarm's own weapon refining center, and so on.

All the problems and errors discovered were uploaded to the swarm network.

With the massive data and computing power support of the swarm, the same mistakes are almost never repeated.

Based on his achievements in weapon crafting and his insights into the transformation of the God of Crafts, Qin Mu is already creating the second-generation Super Behemoth within the Zerg swarm.

Behemoth, who once held absolute dominance in the extraterrestrial battlefield, has completely withdrawn from the stage after Qin Mu entered the Cosmic Sea.

These colossal units, constructed from countless swarms of insects in a modular fashion, have lost their effectiveness when facing stronger opponents.

However, considering what the Mountain Guest had said, and his own plan to explore the cosmic sea with the insect swarm, Qin Mu had a new idea in mind.

That is the Great Expedition Plan!

No matter how vast the three forbidden zones are, they will be completely devoured by the swarm of insects.

But the cosmic ocean is different.

The cosmic sea is extremely vast, seemingly boundless, and even the Origin Continent is merely a point located at the center of the cosmic sea.

Within the vast ocean of space, there must be boundless opportunities, which is also the future journey of the Zerg swarm.

To explore the depths of the cosmic ocean, the Hive Tyrant alone is not enough, nor is the Leviathan; their divine bodies are too small to travel very far.

Therefore, Qin Mu plans to build an extremely large insect hive mothership with the new generation of Behemoth as the core!

A massive insectoid mothership, similar to Artisan, with a diameter of 3.2 trillion kilometers or even larger!

It should be noted that, apart from the Nine Nether Sea, which is twelve light-years away, the World Tree, the largest and most powerful life form, is only 5.9 million kilometers tall and has a canopy diameter of 10 billion kilometers.

For normal living organisms, the larger the size, the more difficult it is for them to move.

Even the strongest World Tree has difficulty moving, and the Nine Nether Sea can only be fixed in one place.

Palace treasures are different.

A top-tier palace, a masterpiece craftsman, can reach a distance of 3.2 trillion kilometers, and a star tower is 9 light-years high.

The spaceship is tens of millions of light-years high and hundreds of millions of light-years long.

But these things can achieve high-speed flight.

With their own technological capabilities and methods of crafting treasures, they might be able to create and cultivate a super-large mothership belonging to the insect swarm.

As for letting the swarm directly ride the palace treasures to explore distant places?

The universe is infinitely vast, offering countless opportunities as well as countless dangers.

Even the most powerful treasures can be damaged, but a Zerg mothership that you cultivate yourself is different.

As a living mothership, if it is damaged, it can be restored by simply consuming resources.

Even if things don't go well, they can be cultivated again.

Their foundation is the insect swarm; refining treasures is merely a means to strengthen the insect swarm.

The same principle applies to advancing one's life level, learning treasure crafting, and researching insect swarm body refinement.

Qin Mu was well aware of this.

Only by absorbing more knowledge and allowing the swarm to continuously evolve and grow can they roam freely in the cosmic ocean and even in the wider world.

……

Time flies like an arrow; a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Qin Mu and the Mountain Guest were discussing and learning how to refine supreme treasures to strengthen the insect swarm.

A massive Leviathan fleet has also assembled outside the Peak Boundary and is flying towards the spaceship.

(End of this chapter)