Never underestimate mutated creatures. They were actually very intelligent, and they would only grow smarter!
These words came from Ma Wancheng, an academician of the Supreme Academy of Sciences. This great scientist, who had devoted his life to researching mutated creatures, was one of the inventors of the Gene Enhancement Potion and a major advocate for the construction of Ecological Experiment Stars.
For a long time, everyone had regarded mutated creatures as mindless lifeforms, treating them as pharmaceutical materials and food ingredients, like chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep bred on farms.
But Academician Ma Wancheng had always remained wary of mutated creatures. He called for the Empire to strengthen its management and surveillance of Ecological Experiment Stars, guarding against mutated creatures invading habitable planets.
Although the great scientist had long since passed away, his warning remained inscribed in textbooks, reminding everyone.
The facts had also proven that the genes of mutated creatures could not be entirely controlled by humanity. A tiny fraction of them would evolve, giving rise to stronger and smarter individuals.
Under normal circumstances, once the Empire discovered mutated creatures capable of self-evolution, it would wipe them out at any cost, leaving them no room to survive.
The problem was that, due to the enormous demand for Gene Enhancement Potions and altered food ingredients, the Empire kept transforming uninhabited planets into Ecological Experiment Stars.
The varieties and populations of mutated creatures consequently continued to swell and spread!
Wang Chen was surrounded by dozens of Gray Armored Beetles.
They closed in on Wang Chen from every direction, coordinating with remarkable tacit understanding. Neither hurried nor slow, tight and thorough, they had actually formed some kind of battle formation.
These Gray Armored Beetles waved their blade limbs, their teeth grinding together with a heart-chilling rasp.
They were also exerting invisible