Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

A floating stone is moving forward in the dim light.

This stone has no trace of life; it's just a normal rock.

We moved forward.

Suddenly, an ugly and ferocious Beast teleported in and, using its spatial perception, immediately detected the presence of the rock.

The Beast's two blood-red eyes stared at the rock.

"Something feels off about this rock."

"snort!"

The ferocious beast stomped on the rock, and with a loud bang, the rock shattered into more than a dozen pieces.

"Huh? It's just an ordinary rock?"

The ferocious beast looked at the broken rocks with some doubt, but after confirming that there was no problem, it left without a care.

It just sensed something was wrong, and once it was sure, it naturally wouldn't keep staring at it.

"Reconnaissance unit No. 41561647 has self-annihilated; the exploration direction will be continued by other reconnaissance units."

A cold voice rang out from within the Zerg swarm network.

"In such a short time, we have already lost 136 reconnaissance units. If this continues, it will probably not be long before we attract the attention of those world beasts."

The distribution of the inner world beasts in this dimly lit place is far too dense.

Qin Mu sighed inwardly as he sensed a fading point of light within the insectoid network.

To figure out the details of the Beast Realm and explore the situation within the Dark Land, relying solely on the palace's treasures to fly slowly is too inefficient and too risky.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Qin Mu decided to expand the swarm's reconnaissance units.

How vast is the Dark Land?

Qin Mu was unaware of this.

However, a place capable of accommodating a billion beasts comparable to top-tier true gods fighting is absolutely outrageously large.

True god-level powerhouses can easily break through a hundred times the speed of light.

With such a vast area, without a map, even if one were to slowly fly through a single palace and treasure, it would probably take until the world beast king had been conceived before even one percent of the map had been explored.

So Qin Mu dispatched a large number of reconnaissance units to quickly spread outwards and conduct reconnaissance, with the mountain range where the Sovereign Palace was hidden as the core.

However, in order not to attract the attention of the Beasts of the Realm, Qin Mu also gave an order that if they were discovered, they would not need to fight, but would simply self-destruct!

Just like that rock torn apart by the World Beast, it was actually a Zerg unit shaped like a rock.

Before the Beast of the Realm could kill it, it had already annihilated itself, becoming indistinguishable from real rock.

In this way, the Beast of the Realm would naturally be unable to detect anything amiss.

……

"So, what's the situation in the Dark Lands now?"

In the vast expanse of water, the creator of the giant axe looked at Qin Mu and asked.

"This is very bad. A large number of world beasts have been bred in there. My insect swarm has encountered tens of thousands of them in just one year after it spread out!"

Each of these Beast Realms possesses the strength of a Ninth-Order True God, and their methods are extremely bizarre.

The most troublesome thing is that the dimly lit place is extremely disorienting. I still can't determine my location, let alone get out.

However, I also noticed that the battles between these realm beasts weren't as frenzied as I'd imagined. They usually roamed around leisurely, only occasionally hunting.

Qin Mu shook his head. These races, born specifically for destruction, were somewhat different from what he had originally imagined.

However, upon closer examination, it's not surprising.

After all, in the original timeline, it took hundreds of millions of epochs for these world beasts to go from killing the giant axe to their true emergence!

The fact that tens of millions of world beasts could survive such a long period of fighting among a billion world beasts speaks volumes.

It should be noted that the Beasts of the Realm can sense each other's location.

If it were a battle like the Zerg unit selection process, let alone billions of eras, even ten years would be far too long.

At the same time, Qin Mu also revealed some of the World Beast's methods, such as the 99 incarnations he had seen, the black mist silkworm cocoon, and so on.

"You don't need to wait any longer. I will mobilize a group of insectoid units to establish defenses in this area. I will notify you immediately if any Beasts emerge."

Let's go to the spaceship first; we can explore the core region of the universe.

The main purpose of the giant axe and the queen coming here was to witness the Beast Techniques used by the Ancestral God of Qiuyan and King Zhenjia; it would be a waste for them to stay here any longer.

"Splitting ourselves to escape? The most troublesome thing is that we can't locate ourselves in this dark place, otherwise we could have charged in and tried to capture a few Beasts alive."

With your research capabilities, you might be able to make some targeted preparations.

"I'm having a headache," said the giant axe.

His greatest skill is the way of the axe!

Even with the inheritance of Duan Donghe, he focused his main efforts on the axe path.

This makes him extremely powerful in combat, but his methods are relatively limited.

He was fearless against ninth-tier world beasts and could easily defeat them, but if he were to be surrounded by a continuous stream of world beasts, he would surely die.

"In that case, we can only rely on you."

The Empress also sighed slightly. If Qin Mu could quickly find a way out, they could also try to enter and explore.

With their top-tier tenth-tier strength, even though the World Beasts have bizarre methods, they still have the possibility of capturing them alive.

"Hmm, wait! Something's not right. My swarm seems to have discovered a World Beast nest, a nest that's breeding World Beasts!"

Just as Qin Mu was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed, and he revealed a look of joy.

……

In the dimly lit place, a huge rock flew swiftly through the void, directly plunging into a distorted space.

This is a space spanning billions of miles, resembling a twisted fruit with layers upon layers of membranes.

Even the interior space has many folds and twists, making it very strange and unpredictable.

The Zerg reconnaissance unit, disguised as a rock, actually traversed tens of thousands of miles, with half of its body being torn apart by the distorted space.

His consciousness instantly descended upon the rock, transforming into a rock giant, and Qin Mu carefully sensed the surrounding space.

This unique spatial structure was an eye-opener for Qin Mu.

The swarm of insects has spread across the three perilous lands and seen many unusual places, but it has never seen such a peculiar spatial structure.

"This enclosed space seems to be still growing and changing, and the twisted and folded space here is actually quite stable. I seem to sense an extremely evil aura in this space."

The aura of a World Beast!

Qin Mu looked at the distorted space, stepped into it, and when he reappeared, he was in another area that was quite far away.

Following that extremely evil aura, Qin Mu continued to walk forward.

However, the space here is so distorted that sometimes it seems to be moving forward, but once you step into it, you are instantly teleported to another area.

It took Qin Mu a full day to finally sense the place emanating from the evil aura.

"Let's go take a look."

It was just a rock reconnaissance unit, so Qin Mu was naturally unafraid of danger and went directly into the small, secluded area that exuded an evil and destructive aura.

Whoosh!

Upon entering this space, Qin Mu's body vanished instantly. As soon as he emerged from the distorted void, he saw the appearance of this space.

"The Beast's Nest!"

This is a peculiar space, where the void inside is twisted into the shape of a large tree branch, with the other end extending towards the end of the endless void.

It was a colorful ray of light, seemingly composed of countless spaces, incredibly mysterious.

Through that light, Qin Mu seemed to see a towering tree, a towering tree made entirely of distorted void, filled with an aura of destruction!

Under this big tree, there are also gray eggshells.

The eggshell is already broken!

Just one glance at that big tree and Qin Mu couldn't help but feel a chill of fear.

This feeling of fear and trembling was exactly the same as when I was enveloped by the black mist formed by the power of the Beast Realm, but it was ten or even a hundred times stronger!

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Qin Mu looked at the void tree.

"The void can actually form a giant tree, and even grow eggs to give birth to boundary beasts?"

Before he could even think about it, Qin Mu's expression suddenly changed.

Wow!

A hideous and ferocious Beast teleported in, its two heads sweeping around with madness in their eyes before finally fixing on the direction of the rock giant.

"We've been discovered." Qin Mu's heart sank. (End of Chapter)