Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 95 Preparations for Entering Space

In mid-July, Qin Mu snapped out of his cultivation.

"Heart of the Swarm is too powerful. It's not just about controlling Zerg warriors to perform combos, but also about the use of souls and the subtle manipulation of Zerg warriors."

After countless attempts at cultivation, Qin Mu finally mastered the basics and sighed with admiration.

His soul was inherently powerful, unlike the Zerg Queen who possessed ten thousand soul essences; his soul was scattered throughout the entire Zerg swarm.

He is the will of the swarm, the collective will. Every Zerg hive and Zerg warrior in the swarm is a node of his soul, making him even more powerful than the Zerg Queen.

"Although it's only the beginning, my application of soul power is already vastly different from before. With my current strength, it's not difficult for me to use the swarm's powerful computing capabilities to invade ordinary intelligent life forms."

A confident smile appeared on Qin Mu's face.

It's just the AI ​​of a Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship from a million years ago, not even an intelligent life form. With the support of the entire Zerg swarm, it would be too easy for them to invade and control it.

While Qin Mu was cultivating, the entire insect swarm was developing rapidly.

After successfully advancing to a planetary-level nest, the nest reaches a height of over 100 meters and covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, with an incubation capacity a hundred times that of a level three nest.

Hatching planetary-level Zerg warriors is just the beginning; their analysis speed and computing power are increased a hundredfold.

Unlike before, planetary-level hives can hatch any planetary-level Zerg warrior.

In other words, even if a planetary-level mother hive has just hatched, as long as it has the genetic data of a planetary-level 9 Zerg warrior, it can be hatched at will after consuming resources!

This refers to resources consumed, not just energy. Weak Zerg warriors are fine, but some powerful Zerg warriors have specific needs for resources, such as various metals and minerals.

If you simply consume energy, the energy consumption will be astonishing!

With the Zerg swarm's analytical capabilities, some planetary-level warriors with strong versatility and adaptability to various environments have been identified. Among them, the strongest, the Flame Tank Zerg, has been identified as planetary-level five!

At this rate, the planetary-level mother nest could reach the eternal-level in at most six months, and my own strength would reach the eternal-level even faster.

"It's time to prepare for our journey into space."

A burning ambition blazed in Qin Mu's eyes.

The universe! That is the real stage!

"Let's go to Ruins No. 12 first and get our hands on the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship."

The Golden Horned Beast is supposed to arrive in about two weeks. I wonder if it will even come?

Thinking of the Golden Horned Beast, Qin Mu felt a sense of unease and uncertainty.

When Qin Mu first arrived at the Devouring Universe, the Golden Horned Beast was a huge threat to him, but now he was actually worried that it wouldn't come back.

If the Golden Horned Beast really doesn't come, I'll be fine, but what about Luo Feng?

Qin Mu had a very good impression of Luo Feng. He only needed to analyze the genes of the Golden Horned Beast and could also acquire its inheritance. As for the body, it was the least important thing.

At that time, this body can also extract a lot of good things from Babata!

Although he possessed the Zerg inheritance, it did not contain any cultivation methods for humans. The descriptions of humans in the inheritance focused on how to fight and kill, but there were no specific cultivation methods.

With Luo Feng's talent and comprehension, once he enters the universe, he will become a teammate whom Qin Mu can recognize and support.

Making friends with people like Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen means you don't have to worry about being stabbed in the back. If you treat them well, they'll remember it tenfold. Who wouldn't want to be friends with someone like that?

It's just a small investment.

Perhaps they are not as strong as I am now, but their potential is beyond doubt!

For such a small planet as Earth to produce such exceptional talent and character at the same time is truly a blessing for the entire planet.

In the original timeline, during the Earth era, Hong and Thor carried the banner of humanity. After entering the universe, Luo Feng took over this banner.

Stepping onto the crescent moon disc, Qin Mu's figure transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the sea area where Ruins No. 12 were located.

[Relic No. 12] One of the three most dangerous places on Earth, located in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, at a depth of about 5100 meters below the seabed.

The No. 12 ancient civilization site is located 3300 meters below the seabed.

Here stands a Class B mothership, 16000 meters long, 3200 meters wide, and 800 meters high.

The core of Relic No. 12 is a secret compartment on the mothership.

In the secret compartment, the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship that Qin Mu had always been thinking about was parked.

The Heilongshan X81 spaceship is a saucer-shaped spaceship with a diameter of about 100 meters, and the entire spaceship is black. On the black spaceship hull, there are patterns of a giant winged dragon.

Because it was inside the mothership, and because of its excellent materials—the hull was made entirely of yttrium metal, the internal intelligence was functioning well, and it was maintained by maintenance robots.

All the spaceships are very well maintained, so that even after millions of years, they can take off directly into space.

This spaceship is a luxury item even among cosmic-level powerhouses; it is a rare treasure.

To ensure that the spaceship wouldn't be taken away by Babata beforehand, Qin Mu surrounded it with Zerg warriors, including more than one King-level monster.

Above Ruins No. 12, Qin Mu plunged from the sky into the seabed and entered the ruins.

After breaking through to the Planetary level in the Mother Nest, Qin Mu's martial arts strength increased to the seventh level of the Planetary level, his mental mastery level was the ninth level of the Planetary level, and his mental amplitude reached a hundredfold!

With Qin Mu's current mental power and a vibration amplitude of up to a hundred times, it would not be difficult for him to forcibly lift the gate of the spaceship.

After Qin Mu obtained the insectoid inheritance, he also found a way to cultivate the cloud vines on his body.

Although there were no treasures, after consuming a lot of energy, his strength increased to the ninth level of the planetary level, making it too easy for him to withstand the laser attacks from the laser channel.

"Phew—, is this the Black Dragon Mountain X81 model spaceship?"

Guided by the information, Qin Mu arrived in front of the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship.

After a brief inspection to confirm that there was nothing unusual, Qin Mu walked outside the laser tunnel, which was not long, only a little over 30 meters.

With a thought, the Cloud Vine enveloped his entire body, and 256 Crescent Moon Flying Knives rushed into the laser channel.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

Suddenly, streaks of white light shone through the entire passage, and crescent moon throwing knives were struck and thrown out.

The laser travels at 30 kilometers per second, and in this narrow passage, even a high-speed telekinetic weapon would be hit.

However, under Qin Mu's control, many Crescent Moon Flying Knives still managed to get into the gaps below the gate.

"rise!"

Qin Mu unleashed his mental power.

The heavy gate was slowly lifted by the combined force of a hundred crescent-shaped flying knives.

"Whoosh—"

Qin Mu's figure shot out and rushed into the laser tunnel.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Laser beams struck the Cloud Vine Armor, but Qin Mu remained unmoved, enduring the attacks as he charged through the gate.

"They're in!"

A smile appeared on Qin Mu's face. He raised the crescent-shaped blade of the gate, which circled around him. The gate, now without support, crashed down.

The mental energy radiated outwards and enveloped the entire spaceship. The Heilongshan X81 model spaceship was only a hundred meters in diameter, and the mental energy swept out the location of the command room with ease.

Just as Qin Mu entered the gate, the screen of the control console inside the command room lit up.

A line of universal language appeared on the screen.

"A human planetary-level psychic has intruded!"

"Threat level: weak."

"Kill him!"

At the bottom of the spaceship, three metal robots were awakened. These three metal robots were all 2.12 meters tall, with completely black bodies and red crystal eyes.

But just as the red crystal eyes of the three mental robots lit up, they became disordered again, with the light in the red crystal eyes flickering erratically.

The moment the robot was awakened, an immense surge of mental energy transformed into a torrent of data that flooded into the AI ​​in the command center.

Qin Mu had no interest in fighting this metal robot and immediately began the invasion.

The spacecraft's AI immediately issued an alarm, and red lights illuminated throughout the command center.

"Warning, the system is under attack," a universal voice announced.

"Please enter your password within 30 seconds, or the self-destruct program will be activated."

"30." "29." "28." ...

The computing power of these mother hives was diverted and, under Qin Mu's command, rushed into the spaceship's AI, breaking through its defenses with unstoppable momentum.

As Qin Mu walked through the silver door outside the spaceship's command center, the spaceship's AI spoke in the universal language.

"Welcome, Master!"

The doors opened automatically, and Qin Mu entered the spaceship's command center.

Under the attack of the swarm's will, Qin Mu has already breached the spaceship's AI and gained the highest level of access.

The command center was brightly lit.

A soldier sat in the center seat, with three guards in black uniforms standing behind him.

When Qin Mu entered the command room, a gentle breeze swept through, and the soldiers sitting in their chairs turned to dust as if they were dust.

Hundreds of thousands of hours is enough for a corpse to turn to dust, which will dissipate with a gentle breeze.

Behind the soldier, the uniforms of the three guards in black uniforms also disappeared, revealing their metallic bodies underneath.

"Silver Guardians?"

Qin Mu raised an eyebrow; this was a good thing.

The Silver Guardian is made primarily of "Silver" metal and contains an intelligent system.

They are just like real people normally. Because their body structure is made of flowing silver and their bodies are like water, even if a strong person punches them, they will easily deflect the impact.

It is an excellent bodyguard in the universe, and it is quite expensive.

However, after a long period of time, the Silver Guardians had long since lost their energy and were unable to move.

"Spaceship self-check! Is there any damage? Can we proceed directly into space?"

Ignoring the Silver Guardians, Qin Mu commanded the spaceship's AI.

"Spaceship self-checking..."

After a short wait, the voice of the spaceship's AI rang out.

"Self-check complete. The main body of the spacecraft is free of faults, but there is minor damage. Resources are sufficient for self-repair. Energy is low. After replenishing energy, it can enter space for further travel."

The spaceship's AI provided a list of repair materials, none of which were particularly valuable; they were all available on Earth.

"very good."

A smile appeared on Qin Mu's face.

The auxiliary quantum computer on his arm was connected to the spaceship, and through the spaceship, he simultaneously made communications with Jia Yi, Hong, and Thor.

"Buzz—"

Three screens lit up.

"I've entered the spaceship from Relic 12. It's a fully functional spaceship; we can pilot it directly into space!"

"I need a group of absolutely reliable personnel, including the best diplomats, economists, sociologists, and so on. Earth is about to enter the space age!"

The three people who had just connected with the phone all broke into ecstatic smiles. Even Hong, who was usually calm, couldn't help but feel delighted.

There's a huge difference between actively entering the universe and being discovered by the universe.

A person enters the universe alone and fights alone?

Qin Mu had no such idea; such matters naturally require collective wisdom and effort!

The most suitable approach is to send the world's top talents to explore the universe, combine it with the resources at hand, and calculate the optimal solution.

Babata only has the legacy of Meteorite Star and Luo Feng in its eyes; naturally, it doesn't consider the development of Earth or its future.

Qin Mu is different. As an Earthling and a Chinese, he naturally needs to consider this.

Otherwise, why would he spend so much effort unifying the world?

"Understood! We will begin personnel selection immediately!"

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(End of this chapter)