Level 2 Hive Mother!

Six hours later, a giant insect egg, over ten meters tall, in the underground garage, exploded with a bang, transforming into a twelve-meter-tall Hive Mother covering over a hundred square meters of ground.

"Level two Hive Mother successfully hatched!"

The instant the Hive Mother successfully hatched, a surging, powerful warm current flowed through Qin Mu's body.

With the experience from his first Hive Mother hatching and awakening, Qin Mu was prepared. Although the sensation was intense, he didn't faint.

His physical fitness rapidly improved with the feedback energy, breaking through the bottleneck of the Battle General level and continuing to rise until his physical fitness reached the Intermediate Battle General level before the growth slowly stopped.

He clenched his fist and punched the air.

"Boom—"

The sound of tearing air echoed. With his control over his body, Qin Mu could clearly feel that the power of this punch exceeded 20,000 kg!

This strength was considered quite good even among Intermediate Battle Generals.

While his physical fitness was improving, Qin Mu's Mental Power was also surging, reaching the Beginner Battle God level.

"Finally, I have some power to protect myself."

Feeling the powerful strength within his body, Qin Mu's face broke into a joyful smile.

As he had expected, after the successful hatching of the level two Hive Mother, all aspects of his being had greatly improved.

Besides the most obvious physical fitness and Mental Power, his brain's operating speed, reaction ability, and even comprehension and learning ability were all improving synchronously.

The comprehensive improvement of his body allowed Qin Mu to easily master the surging strength, adapting to it in a very short time and even gaining greater control over himself.

In his excitement, Qin Mu immediately performed the "World Annihilation" spear technique. The movements between the stances became extremely fluid, with seamless transitions like flowing water.

"I've completely mastered the first layer of 'World Annihilation,' and my power output can reach 1.8 times!"

"Is this the Microscopic level movement technique?"

The improvements in brain operating speed, comprehension, and other areas allowed Qin Mu to easily sense the subtle power in every part of his body, enabling him to control every minute movement.

This was the mark of the Microscopic level movement technique.

Although he had the Hive Mother's assistance before, knowing something was one thing, and achieving it was another.

With the Microscopic level movement technique mastered, Qin Mu could easily perform various evasive maneuvers, as if calculated by a computer, using the least effort for the most precise dodges.

"Awesome!"

Qin Mu let out a long shout.

This upgrade was too significant, directly elevating his overall strength by two levels, with his Mental Power reaching the Battle God level.

It was important to note that the entire Earth's Battle God Palace had only a little over 3,000 experts at that level!

While Qin Mu's personal improvement was immense, it paled in comparison to the Hive Mother's upgrade.

His consciousness transferred to the Hive Mother. After becoming a level two Hive Mother, its computing speed had increased more than tenfold. If it were to analyze the life structure diagrams of Beast Soldier level monsters again, it could easily complete the analysis in less than an hour.

A level two Hive Mother could hatch Zerg units with a maximum strength of High-level Battle General!

The speed of hatching Larva had increased tenfold, capable of hatching fifty Larva in five minutes. In one day, it could easily hatch 7,200 Zerg units, which was a qualitative leap.

If necessary, this number could be doubled, but such a strenuous hatching process would cause significant damage to the Hive Mother itself. Qin Mu would not do so unless it was an emergency.

After this period of development, the Swarm had grown to over 12,000 units, with more than 2,000 flying units.

"Currently, there are six types of Battle General level monsters that can be hatched."

Sensing the information in his mind, Qin Mu's face showed a smile. The Swarm's size and strength were about to experience explosive growth.

Even after consuming 5,000 energy points to break through to a level two Hive Mother, the Hive Mother still had 11,000 energy points, and this number was continuously increasing due to the digestion of the Raging Bull's corpse.

Tiger Mastiff (Beginner Battle General level) — consumes 500 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch one Tiger Hound with Beginner Battle General combat power.

Lion Mastiff (Beginner Battle General level) — consumes 500 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch one Lion Mastiff with Beginner Battle General combat power.

Bloodthirsty Tank (Intermediate Battle General level) — consumes 2,000 energy points. In two hours, it can hatch one Bloodthirsty Tank with Intermediate Battle General level combat power.

Two-tailed Tiger Cat (Beginner Battle General level) — consumes 600 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch one Two-tailed Tiger Cat with Beginner Battle General level combat power.

Golden Vulture (Beginner Battle General level) — consumes 700 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch one Golden Vulture with Beginner Battle General level combat power.

Raging Bull (Beginner Battle General level) — consumes 1,000 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch one Raging Bull with Beginner Battle General level combat power.

Among the six types of Battle General level monsters, only the Bloodthirsty Tank is an Intermediate Battle General; the rest are Beginner Battle Generals.

The Swarm was already analyzing the genes of that High-level Battle General Raging Bull. Soon, the Swarm would be able to mass-produce High-level Battle General Raging Bulls!

"Swarm, according to specific requirements, fully prioritize hatching Battle General level monsters! I want to completely control this county town. The Swarm needs to expand!"

Qin Mu's eyes burned with fierce flames.

The Swarm had not only been fighting monsters in the vicinity these past few days.

With the addition of the flying unit Gray Cloud Finch, the Swarm had dispatched a large number of Gray Cloud Finches for large-scale reconnaissance of the surrounding areas.

Within a radius of several hundred miles, the Swarm had a clear understanding of over a dozen county towns of various sizes, mountains, rivers, and monster distributions.

"Once the first batch of Battle General level Zerg successfully hatches, using Golden Vultures to carry Worker Bugs, we will first establish Hive Mothers in these two cities, and we also need a Hive Mother in this jungle area within the Wilderness Zone!"

In Qin Mu's mind, on the map drawn by the Swarm, there were three bright glowing dots and more than ten dimly lit dots.

The three bright points of light belonged to the first batch of expanded Hive Mother locations, while the rest were preset locations for the second batch.

Of the first batch, two were relatively close to County Town 0203, and one was in a dense jungle.

Within this jungle, the Gray Cloud Finch discovered a hidden underground cave, perfect for the Swarm's concealment.

While there were fewer monsters concentrated in the wilderness compared to cities, the sheer area of the wilderness meant the total number of monsters far exceeded that of cities. The Swarm's future lay not just in the major cities, but in the wilderness.

"Once these few Hive Mothers successfully hatch, I'll allocate some processing power to preferentially analyze plant genes! The Swarm's energy source cannot solely rely on hunting!"

A glint flashed in Qin Mu's eyes.

Ever since the Hive Mothers successfully hatched, Qin Mu had deliberately suppressed the expansion of a core unit of the Swarm – the Creep!

Creep was originally the Swarm's sharpest tool for expansion. Once it spread, it could not only draw abundant nutrients from deep within the earth but also provide powerful battlefield support for the Swarm.

But Qin Mu hadn't done that.

In County Town 0203, Qin Mu had only let the Creep spread within the underground parking garage, not allowing it to extend to the surrounding areas.

Otherwise, given the Creep's spread rate, it would have already occupied more than half the city by now.

The reason for suppressing its expansion wasn't unwillingness, but fear!

This peculiar purple Creep was incredibly dominant. Once it spread, it would cover almost all terrain, devouring all plants and animals on it.

If it were to spread within a city, it would be too conspicuous, like a torch in the darkness, easily discovered by human satellites and attracting human investigations.

The wilderness, where humans rarely tread, was far more suitable for the Creep!

There, with dense vegetation, after the Creep spread, it could analyze various plant genes, causing large swathes of Swarm-controlled plants to grow on the Creep for camouflage.

This would not only greatly expand the Swarm's territory but also bring the Swarm immense energy gains.

At the same time, it could also research the Creep, integrating other plant genes. It wouldn't require significant changes; just altering that peculiar purple color to the shades of ordinary flowers and grass would allow it to perfectly blend into Earth's ecological environment.

Ordinary plants could obtain energy through photosynthesis; why couldn't the Swarm?

This method of energy acquisition might be slower, but it was stable, safe, and sustainable.

The Swarm's current population was only in the tens of thousands, and hunting was sufficient to sustain its growth and expansion. But when the population reached millions, even billions, would it still rely on hunting?

The Swarm's true explosive expansion was about to begin!

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