Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 65 War Preparations

Above City 023, a golden flame eagle streaked across the sky.

Qin Mu jumped vertically off the back of the Golden Flame Divine Eagle, hovering in mid-air a few meters above the ground.

Currently, city 023 has five Tier 3 mother hives and over four million Zerg units. With full-scale incubation, it can hatch 350,000 Zerg units per day, making it the city with the most units in the entire Zerg swarm.

These days, they have been slaughtering monsters in a frenzy, with the number of dead exceeding ten million, plunging the entire city of 023 into extreme turmoil.

Amid such turmoil, most human martial artists, under pressure, have left City 023, with only a few confident in their strength still wandering the city.

The city can no longer accommodate so many Zerg units; it's time to divert them.

Under normal circumstances, monster hunting is primarily for sustenance, and they don't kill indiscriminately.

But the swarm is different; it kills every monster it encounters!

It was a massacre that could be described as extermination.

This unusual situation has attracted the attention of the military and even multiple forces around the world.

However, it has only been a short time, and most forces are still observing.

Similar situations have occurred in a few cities in the past.

In cities where king-level monsters are born, or when king-level monsters fight for territory, fierce battles between monsters will occur.

By logging into the military network through the auxiliary computer, Qin Mu used his privileges to investigate the surrounding military squads.

Among the teams still remaining in city 023, two are from the military, and both are led by the God of War.

In recent days, they have discovered that some monsters are behaving abnormally. After constantly hunting down the monsters, they are dragging them into the subway.

Monsters kept crawling out of the subway and hunting other monsters everywhere.

This situation is clearly abnormal.

One of the squads attempted to infiltrate the subway, but was discovered by the swarm of insects and forced to retreat amidst the overwhelming insect onslaught.

Qin Mu did not allow the swarm of insects to pursue them, because he did not intend to actually kill them, but merely to drive them away.

The swarm has been growing rapidly these days, and he needs to take stock of its current strength before he can plan his next steps.

His thoughts were connected to the entire swarm, and detailed information about the swarm was gathered in his mind.

The swarm currently has 30 mother hives, half of which have been upgraded to level 3 mother hives, and the other half are level 2 mother hives.

The reason it's half, rather than all, that they advanced to the third-level mother nest.

The main reason is that the swarm itself does not have enough energy reserves to support the metamorphosis and evolution of all the mother nests.

Another reason is that some of these mother hives are located in relatively remote small towns or wilderness areas, where a level 2 mother hive is sufficient to deal with threats.

The total number of insects is currently around 1600 million, and it is increasing at a rate of nearly one million per day.

Of these 1600 million Zerg, the vast majority are Beast Soldiers, around 100 million are Beast Generals, and there are only 892 Lord-level monsters, with the majority being High Lords.

The main reason for this is insufficient resources; otherwise, everyone would definitely be cultivating to the level of a lord.

Each lord-level monster, even a low-level lord-level monster, requires 10,000 energy points to defeat.

Mid-level and high-level lord-level monsters require even more energy!

Given limited resources, we can only make reasonable allocations and strive for the optimal configuration.

A high-level beast soldier-grade Tiger Hound only requires 30 energy points, while a low-level beast general-grade Tiger Hound requires 500 energy points.

In the wilderness, hunting a low-level beastman monster, sending a high-level beastman Zerg, and sending a beastman general Zerg have almost the same effect.

Therefore, it is crucial to allocate resources rationally and hatch Zerg units of varying strengths when resources are scarce.

The resources of the swarm are not only used to hatch Zerg units, but a significant portion is also used to analyze the genes of various monsters and even plants.

In addition to these, some energy also needs to be stored as a backup in case of emergencies that require a large amount of energy in a short period of time.

"The resources required to upgrade a level 3 mother nest to a level 4 mother nest are not 500,000 points, but 5 million!"

The genetic data requirements for advancement have also increased significantly!

Qin Mu frowned slightly. The energy was relatively easy to handle, but the genetic data was a problem.

Clearly, a martial artist's advancement from the apprentice level to the planetary level is a qualitative change, akin to an evolution of the essence of life.

The evolution from a level three mother nest to a level four mother nest is also a qualitative change!

Based on the behavior of the mother nest, once it is upgraded to a level four mother nest, it means that it can hatch king-level monsters on a large scale, which are planetary-level monsters.

If a Level 4 Mother Nest appears on Earth, then there's no need to fight the monster war anymore; we can just push through directly.

To advance from a Level 3 Mother Nest to a Level 4 Mother Nest, the genes of monsters at the level of ordinary beast soldiers or even beast generals are no longer of much use and can only be stored as genetic material in the gene bank.

For the current swarm to advance, it needs the genes of a Lord-level or even King-level monster.

There is only one way to obtain the genes of Lord-level or even King-level monsters on a large scale: war!

A total war with the entire Earth as the battlefield!

"1600 million is still too few. In the event of a full-scale war, it would be far from enough, even compared to the land monsters."

Compared to all the monsters on Earth, 1600 million is far too few.

The number of land monsters alone is at least several hundred billion, or even more!

This data is not an exaggeration. Of course, most of these monsters are very weak, only at the level of low-level beast soldiers.

For example, a random outbreak of a level 3 rat swarm can generate hundreds of millions of rat monsters. Similar swarms include ant swarms, bee swarms, and so on.

Moreover, there are also a large number of king-level monsters on land.

Although there are fewer King-level monsters on land than in the ocean, there are still at least several hundred!

As for the various monsters in the ocean, their number can only be counted in trillions!

There are at least a thousand King-level monsters!

To confront so many monsters head-on, the swarm would need to number in the hundreds of millions.

Fortunately, the monsters themselves are not all on good terms.

"The swarm needs to expand rapidly, which means it needs more mother hives!"

The swarm now has enough Lord-level monsters to rapidly expand its nest bases in a relatively safe manner.

In this process, I must also enslave and transform as many King-level monsters as possible.

Qin Mu carefully took stock of everything.

"It's about time to have a proper talk with the military. Once the war between the swarms and the monsters breaks out in full force..."

If the military is completely unaware, it will inevitably lead to misjudgment and unnecessary consequences.

Qin Mu had a very favorable impression of the military and felt a certain sense of belonging to them; he also did not want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings or casualties.

One of the swarm's next major development directions is City 003, which is the largest monster gathering center in Eurasia and is home to a massive number of monsters.

Moreover, City 003 is a coastal city, from which the insect swarm will enter the ocean.

The military built a war base on the Huangpu River to prevent the monster from entering the land along the Yangtze River.

These war bases not only block the sea monsters, but also prevent Qin Mu's insectoid race from entering the ocean.

The underwater mother nest has now hatched hundreds of thousands of aquatic insect units in the Taihu Lake area.

If we don't give the military advance notice, a major battle will definitely break out when they enter the sea and pass by the military's war bases.

Communication is one thing, but how to say it is another.

He couldn't possibly tell the military directly that he had a Zerg clone.

It's fine as long as Earth hasn't made contact with the universe yet, but once it does, it could get into trouble if the information reaches certain people's ears.

After thinking for a while, Qin Mu suddenly smiled.

Actually, there's no need to think too much about this issue. Some things are simply not explainable, and there's no need to explain them.

My previous identity as an animal tamer was enough.

What I need to do is demonstrate my strength!

When you are strong enough, you don't need to find reasons for yourself; others will find the reasons for you.

All I need to do is reveal part of my strength to the military high command and let them know that I have enslaved a king-level monster, the Flame Giant Lizard.

Not just one fire giant lizard, but he could enslave and transform several king-level monsters into insectoid beings.

There is no monster king on land; even the strongest of them are no match for Qin Mu.

"Let's set a small goal first: spread the Mother Nest across China and wipe out all the monsters within its borders!"

(End of this chapter)