Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 71 Ocean Insect Race

In the virtual space of the War God Palace, there is a huge hall with a large number of sofas and chairs, at least several thousand seats.

Nearly a thousand people sat together in twos and threes, drinking and chatting, and they were almost all discussing the same thing.

There was a huge screen on the wall of the lobby, playing a video.

A video shows Qin Mu, amidst a horde of beasts, single-handedly charging out of the sea, surrounded by countless ocean monsters, carrying two king-level monsters.

"That's too strong! Absolutely too strong!"

A bald war god looked at Qin Mu in the video with shining eyes.

"Those are two king-level monsters!"

They were all killed in just a few breaths!

Another spiritual master, the God of War, revealed admiration in his eyes.

"This level of strength has probably surpassed that of the Third Speaker, hasn't it?"

Suddenly, a white war god spoke up.

"It has definitely surpassed it! I've seen the Third Speaker in action, and even with his full strength, he would have a hard time killing such a powerful King-level monster."

Another white warrior stared intently at the octopus-king-like monster, hundreds of meters long, in the video.

"The title of Earth's number one psychic is likely to change hands!"

Some people sighed.

"We've never fought before, and Fourth Speaker Ister is also very strong."

However, Qin Mu is no ordinary mentalist!

He is an extremely rare beast tamer even among psychic masters; all the high-level lord-class monsters flying in the sky are his tamers!

Some people disagreed, but others praised it.

"Look at those high-level flying monsters in the sky! Good heavens! There are fifty of them! Each one is much stronger than me!"

"How did he do that? Other animal trainers can only tame one or two at most, it's outrageous!"

"..."

The war gods in the War God Palace were discussing among themselves. They had to show awe to a powerful figure who could easily kill a king-level monster.

The even stronger councilors, who were planetary-level powerhouses, were equally shocked.

How many politicians are there on the entire planet? Not counting Qin Mu, only 52!

"China is about to rise! Apart from First Speaker Hong and Second Speaker Lei Shen, I'm afraid no one can rival Qin Mu."

A Black congressman lamented.

"I heard that Fourth Speaker East is going to visit China with HR Alliance Speaker Isadora. I wonder if they're still going?"

Suddenly, someone sneered.

One of the Chinese councilors, who belonged to the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, smiled and said.

Who knows?

"..."

As members of parliament, they certainly knew what it meant for these two to visit China together.

Not only them, but even Hong and Thor were paying attention to Qin Mu. Given the combat power Qin Mu had shown, even they dared not underestimate him.

Unfortunately, Qin Mu rarely went to the War God Palace. The War God Palace was a very loose organization. Although it had many functions such as a "shop", "auction hall", "arena square" and "trial tower", after trying them out, Qin Mu found that they were not very useful to him, so he rarely went there.

On the contrary, the virtual space built by the military itself is logged into every day.

The military's virtual space contains the genetic knowledge that Qin Mu needs. Learning in the virtual space, as long as one's consciousness is strong, is much faster than in reality.

With his current power and authority, all of the military's classified research has been made available to him.

After these days of learning, and with the help of acquiring his own high-standard laboratory from the military, he is now able to independently extract the self-healing factors needed for the self-healing agent and produce it.

In fact, self-healing drugs are essentially an application of gene technology.

After a series of complex operations, Professor Zhou combined the self-healing factors extracted from the blood of swamp salamanders with certain human genes and edited them, which led to the emergence of the self-healing drug.

The self-healing medicine allows users to achieve self-healing, limb regeneration, and also grants them a slight self-healing ability.

This slight self-healing ability is actually due to a portion of the genes extracted from the swamp monitor lizard being optimized for human use.

A similar situation occurred when Qin Mu used the Spirit of Herbs and Trees. When Qin Mu took the Spirit of Herbs and Trees, his body's genes underwent a certain transformation.

The useless or defective genes in his body were discarded, and the genes in his body were reintegrated, absorbing certain genes from the heart of that thousand-year-old willow tree to form a new structure.

Taking self-healing medication also has a similar effect, but it is not as effective as herbal remedies.

The difference is that taking herbal remedies results in a passive change, while self-healing agents are a manifestation of technology; they can be edited and are controllable!

This is the technology that Qin Mu has been pursuing.

During this period, Qin Mu also tried to debug the Zerg units many times, but the results were not very good.

For example, Qin Mu tried genetic modification on the Blade Mantis and the Giant Tiger Beetle, which had just been selected as the main combat units.

Within the swarm's gene pool lies a monster called the Steel Rock Rhinoceros. This monster enjoys devouring metal, and after some transformation, the metal is integrated into its fur and bones.

Qin Mu wondered if he could implant the ability of the Steel Rock Giant Rhinoceros—which devours metal and integrates it into its fur and bones—into the Blade Mantis or the Giant Tiger Beetle.

If the mantis's pair of sickle-shaped forelegs could incorporate some metal, its attack power could be greatly enhanced.

Similarly, if this ability could be integrated into the body of the giant tiger beetle, its mandibles and already thick carapace would become even harder.

It's a pity that no breakthrough has been achieved yet.

Qin Mu was unaware of the reactions of everyone in the War God Palace, even those of Hong and the Thunder God, or perhaps he knew but didn't care.

He now devotes most of his energy to marine swarms.

With the full support of the entire swarm, the marine insectoid race developed very rapidly.

With the full effort of all the mother nests, we have already obtained the genetic maps of hundreds of relatively powerful sea monsters.

After a simple selection process, several main combat units were determined.

Among them, the Beast Soldier level is a type of shrimp monster called the Iron Claw Mantis Shrimp, which is relatively common in the ocean but is exceptionally ferocious.

These shrimp-like monsters are typically three meters long, possessing a thick shell and a pair of large claws, giving them excellent offensive and defensive capabilities.

The Beast General-level unit is also a common, yet powerful, monster called the Helical Shark.

Before the existence of the RR virus, sharks were considered among the most ferocious creatures in the ocean, and this ferocity and power have not changed after evolution and mutation.

The Helicoprion can reach a length of 18 meters. Its most unique feature is its teeth, which are rolled into a spiral shape like milling cutters. This makes it extremely deadly and it has few rivals among high-ranking beast generals.

The lord-level monsters are the most powerful sea monsters among the high-lord level—the Hydra Dragon!

This is a monster like Xiangliu from mythology, over seventy meters long and with nine heads!

With the expansion and exploration of these three powerful units, the swarms of insects in the ocean are also becoming increasingly stronger.

Three days after the first-level beast tide, the ocean swarm finally brought good news.

They discovered a lone, king-level monster.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea, a long dragon with eerie red eyes and blue scales, is quite famous among the King-level monsters.

"A planetary-level, fourth-tier monster, the Azure Dragon of the East Sea!"

Upon discovering this king-level monster, Qin Mu's face lit up with joy. He stepped onto the Crescent Moon Disc and soared into the sky, flying towards the sea.

Powerful and independent!

This is the perfect match!

"accelerate!"

Qin Mu was getting anxious. The Azure Dragon of the East Sea was very fast, and the only creature that had spotted it was a Helical Shark with the strength of a high-level beast general. If he didn't get there quickly, he would easily lose sight of his target.

The speed, which had already reached fifteen times the speed of sound, increased again, reaching sixteen times the speed of sound.

At such high speed, Qin Mu quickly arrived at the target sea area.

"We caught up!"

Covered in his entire Black God Armor, Qin Mu plunged into the ocean, with the 266 crescent moon blades of the Crescent Moon Disc flying out one after another and circling around him.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea is not a real dragon, but a mutated sea serpent, a giant snake-like monster with a body length of over four hundred meters and a body covered in blue scales.

"Break it down first, just leave it with a breath left!"

Qin Mu's eyes were icy as he charged toward the Azure Dragon of the East Sea.

However, the seawater greatly slowed down Qin Mu's speed. Even with the protective shield activated by the secret patterns of the Crescent Moon Disc, his speed dropped from sixteen times the speed of sound to fourteen times.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea seemed to have extremely keen senses, and it spotted Qin Mu charging towards it from afar.

"roar--"

Those eyes, glowing with an eerie red, held a terrifying killing intent.

A strange power emanated from the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, and the seawater around it seemed to be manipulated, turning into streams of water that rushed towards Qin Mu.

"A water-attribute king-level monster?"

Qin Mu snorted coldly. Just like human martial artists, king-level monsters awaken a peculiar talent after breaking through to the planetary level.

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea is a sea monster that lives deep in the ocean and is skilled at controlling water, which greatly enhances its strength.

However, Qin Mu's power was weakened to some extent, and the gap widened as a result.

This is precisely why it is so difficult for humans to kill King-level monsters in the ocean.

"Pfft—"

The streams of water were shattered by the Crescent Moon Blade, turning into ordinary seawater.

"clang--"

One crescent-shaped blade after another sliced ​​through the body of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, producing a metallic clang.

The Crescent Moon Blade couldn't even cut through the thick scales of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea!

"roar--"

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea roared angrily, its massive tail sweeping across the water and creating surging waves.

Qin Mu used his body and feet to dodge at lightning speed on the Crescent Moon Disc, barely avoiding the huge tail.

"Such powerful defense! Ordinary attacks can hardly harm it!"

256 crescent moon blades combined into a circular blade in front of Qin Mu, the strange patterns on the crescent moon blades lit up, and they began to cut at high speed.

"Try attacking with double the damage first, don't kill them all at once!"

Qin Mu's heart stirred, but he didn't actually go for the kill.

After combining its own 56 times amplitude and the Crescent Moon Disc's double attack, this strike was hundreds of times more powerful than a normal attack. Although the Azure Dragon of the East Sea was only a fourth-tier planetary dragon, it might not be able to withstand it.

"Rainbow Moonlight Slash, go!"

A silver moonbeam, more than ten meters long, struck the belly of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea at an extremely high speed.

"Rip—"

The silver moonlight was only briefly blocked by the water flow and scales surrounding the Azure Dragon of the East Sea before it was cut through.

A huge gash, tens of meters long, was torn open on the body of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea, and blood and internal organs flowed out.

"Damn, did I use too much force?"

Qin Mu's expression changed slightly. If he were to die, all his efforts would have been in vain!

Fortunately, the attack did not sever the Azure Dragon of the East Sea's lumbar spine, but only severely injured it.

If its lumbar vertebrae were truly severed and it were cut in two, the Azure Dragon of the East Sea would be doomed.

"roar--"

The Azure Dragon of the East Sea roared in agony, never expecting that the Crescent Blade, which had just been unable to harm it, could suddenly inflict such astonishing damage!

"Make it less powerful!"

Even in the sea, Qin Mu was faster than the Azure Dragon of the East Sea. While maintaining his distance advantage, in just over ten minutes, the Azure Dragon of the East Sea had more than ten huge cuts on its body, and was covered in blood.

"Submit to me!"

The violent mental energy radiated outwards and surged into the consciousness of the Azure Dragon of the East Sea.

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(End of this chapter)