Soul Enslavement? Zerg Transformation!

After losing nearly half of their companions, the Gray Cloud Finches circling in the sky finally lost their courage.

Letting out mournful cries, they flew away without looking back.

Qin Mu didn't pursue the fleeing Gray Cloud Finches.

It was a joke. As a Mental Master, although Qin Mu could control objects to fly, fighting flying monsters in the sky without a suitable psychic weapon was just asking for trouble.

Ignoring the escaping Gray Cloud Finches, Qin Mu stared curiously at a Gray Cloud Finch not far in front of him, its wing pierced and bleeding profusely.

A faint soul link connected Qin Mu to it, and this link was becoming increasingly solid, transforming into other Zerg units hatched from the Hive Mother.

"What's going on, Soul Slavery?"

Qin Mu thought subconsciously.

In the world of Swallowed Star, there existed a terrifying ability – the method of Soul Slavery.

Once subjected to Soul Slavery, one would be completely controlled, wholeheartedly regarding the other party as master, unable to escape even in death.

"But I don't know any methods of Soul Slavery? Is this some innate talent of the Zerg Sovereign?"

In fact, Qin Mu hadn't discovered any talents he possessed as the Zerg Sovereign yet; most of what he had were the Hive Mother's abilities.

For instance, Luo Feng's Golden Horn Beast clone had three major innate secret techniques: Reinforcement, Cloning, and Devour.

Each innate secret technique was extremely powerful, possessing all sorts of unbelievable abilities.

"I used my mental power to attack a few Gray Cloud Finches, and only this one developed this condition."

After researching for a while with no findings, Qin Mu simply commanded his Worker Bugs to take the injured Gray Cloud Finch to the underground garage and place it on the Creep around the Hive Mother for treatment.

He also ordered the Swarm to capture a few more monsters for his research.

After the commands were issued, not long after, a group of heavily wounded monsters were carried over by the Worker Bugs.

Qin Mu approached a Tiger Mastiff. This Tiger Mastiff was covered in wounds, bleeding profusely, yet it still roared.

Disregarding the Tiger Mastiff's resistance, Qin Mu condensed his mental power into a ball and thrust it into the Tiger Mastiff's sea of consciousness.

"Hmm, still daring to resist?"

Qin Mu's mental power suddenly pierced.

"Crack—"

Qin Mu seemed to hear a cracking sound.

The Tiger Mastiff's eyes rolled back abruptly, it foamed at the mouth, and collapsed on the ground.

"It's dead?"

Qin Mu was speechless; it seemed he had used too much force.

He had the Worker Bugs carry away the Tiger Mastiff's corpse and then walked up to the next Tiger Mastiff.

This time, Qin Mu carefully controlled his mental power, probing into its sea of consciousness.

This Tiger Mastiff instantly went limp before Qin Mu, whimpering in pain as if enduring immense suffering.

Qin Mu's mental power easily suppressed this Tiger Mastiff, which was only at the intermediate Beast Soldier level.

After completely controlling this Tiger Mastiff, Qin Mu's mental power gradually infiltrated its soul consciousness, much like an infection.

After a while, a faint soul link appeared between Qin Mu and this Tiger Mastiff.

"It seems to have worked!"

Qin Mu's face lit up with joy. He could sense the Tiger Mastiff; although the soul link was still weak, it was continuously strengthening.

"Let's try a few more times!"

He found a few more monsters and Qin Mu continued to experiment.

"I think I understand. To establish a soul link with a monster, I need to subdue it first. Once it loses its ability to resist, my mental power will automatically invade and infect it."

"When the infection reaches a certain level, a link can be established, and it can be completely controlled, just like other Zerg units."

Transferring his consciousness into the body of the Tiger Mastiff before him and manipulating its limbs, Qin Mu arrived at his conclusion.

In a way, the Tiger Mastiff before him could be considered a member of the Swarm.

"Controlling intermediate and advanced Beast Soldier level monsters is quite easy, but controlling a Beast General level monster will likely not be that simple."

The continuous experiments allowed Qin Mu to get a grasp of the method.

"This doesn't seem like Soul Slavery. I recall Luo Feng obtaining the inheritance from the Meteorite Star Master, who was skilled in Soul Slavery. That Meteorite Star Master had as many as nine Immortal level powerful slaves!"

"But Soul Slavery is just control, and it's not the same as my situation."

"This isn't Soul Slavery! It should be called Zergification!"

Qin Mu confirmed. However, what was the use of this ability?

Controlling Beast General level monsters? Or enslaving other powerful beings?

Any Zerg Queen Mother was a soul master and was also skilled in Soul Slavery.

It's natural for the Sovereign of the Zerg to also excel at Soul Slavery, and it's a very powerful ability when used well.

"However, if that's the case, it seems I could also pose as a Beast Tamer?"

Qin Mu murmured to himself. Beast Tamers were a very niche classification among Mental Masters, with fewer than two hands' worth on the entire Earth.

Furthermore, unlike how those Beast Tamers directly controlled monsters or achieved Zergification, they did so through a form of telepathic communication, befriending the monsters. Their efficiency was very low.

Of course, this might be due to Earth's lack of corresponding secret arts.

But that wasn't important. This idea had suddenly popped into his head; posing as a Beast Tamer was merely a cover to conceal the existence of the Swarm.

As the Swarm continued to develop, it was inevitable that someone would notice it.

Having the title of Beast Tamer as a cover could extend the time before the Swarm was exposed.

After all, it was normal for a Beast Tamer to control a few monsters, right?

Controlling a few more monsters wouldn't be strange either, given how many geniuses there were in the world!

And if the pretense couldn't be maintained one day, the Swarm would have grown strong enough, and exposure wouldn't matter then.

"Heh! Plan successful!"

"I can explore this ability slowly, but for now, developing the Swarm is the priority."

Qin Mu hadn't forgotten his objective in attacking the Gray Cloud Finch.

In fact, while Qin Mu was researching the Zergification of monsters, a large number of Gray Cloud Finch corpses had already been dragged into the underground garage to be digested and analyzed by the Hive Mother.

And under Qin Mu's arrangement, the task of analyzing the Gray Cloud Finch was assigned the highest priority.

The analysis of one high-level Beast Soldier grade Gray Cloud Finch had already begun. The other top-priority analysis wasn't the Two-tailed Tiger Cat, but the high-level Beast Soldier grade Tiger Mastiff, Iron-Haired Wild Boar, and Shadow Cat.

The second priority was the Two-tailed Tiger Cat, and Qin Mu's own Gene!

Why was the Two-tailed Tiger Cat the second priority?

Because even if the Level 1 Hive Mother analyzed it, it couldn't hatch a Beast General grade Two-tailed Tiger Cat. In the short term, it wasn't very useful, and it was even less cost-effective than the Shadow Cat.

As part of the second priority, Qin Mu's own Gene served two purposes: firstly, to better understand his own body, facilitating targeted training.

Secondly, in case he was accidentally injured or died, he could also receive treatment and be resurrected through the Hive Mother.

The third priority was for other monsters like the Unicorn Wild Boar, Armored Ox, Lion Mastiff, and so on.

The reason for making the high-level Beast Soldier grade Tiger Mastiff and the first batch of Zerg combat units the first priority for analysis was simple.

Given that the intermediate Beast Soldier grade Tiger Mastiff had already been analyzed, analyzing the high-level Tiger Mastiff would be much faster compared to other high-level Beast Soldier grade monsters.

As the current main combat units of the Zerg, analyzing the Tiger Mastiff and the other two types of monsters would more quickly improve the overall strength of the Swarm.

The Swarm was Qin Mu's foundation!

In fact, the analysis of the high-level Beast Soldier grade Tiger Mastiff was nearing completion, and soon the Swarm would be able to hatch high-level Beast Soldier grade Tiger Mastiffs.

"I hope they can unlock the Gray Cloud Finch before I return. Aerial units have too great an advantage. Just their wide-range reconnaissance ability alone is extremely important."

The reason for this sigh was that in the underground garage, the recovered Gray Cloud Finch, under the Hive Mother's control, had already demonstrated its utility.

As the Swarm's sole aerial unit, the Gray Cloud Finch soared into the sky, overlooking the land from hundreds of meters above.

Vast swathes of County Town 0203 were clearly visible in the sky, and countless monsters were brought into view.

This scene was then transmitted to the Hive Mother through the soul link, shared with the entire Swarm.