Level 2 Hive Mother!

Six hours later, a massive insect egg over ten meters tall in the underground garage exploded with a bang, transforming into a gigantic Mother Nest twelve meters tall and covering over a hundred square meters.

"The Level 2 Hive Mother has successfully hatched!"

At the instant the Mother Nest finished hatching, a surging warm current coursed through Qin Mu's body.

With the experience of his first awakening when the Mother Nest hatched, Qin Mu had prepared himself. Though the sensation was intense, he did not faint.

His physical fitness rapidly improved under the feedback of energy, breaking through the Warlord-level barrier and continuing to rise until it slowly stopped at the Mid Warlord level.

He clenched his fist and punched the air.

Boom—

The sound of air tearing apart rang out. With his control over his body, Qin Mu could clearly sense that the force of this punch had exceeded 20,000 kg!

This level of strength was quite respectable even among Mid Warlords.

As his physical fitness improved, Qin Mu's Mental Power also soared, reaching the beginner War God level.

"I finally have some ability to protect myself."

Feeling the powerful strength within his body, Qin Mu revealed a delighted smile.

Just as he had expected, after the Level 2 Hive Mother successfully hatched, every aspect of him had improved tremendously.

Besides the most obvious increases in physical fitness and Mental Power, his brain processing speed, reaction speed, comprehension, learning ability, and more had all risen in tandem.

The comprehensive enhancement of his body allowed Qin Mu to easily grasp his suddenly increased power. In an extremely short time, he adapted to it and gained even greater control over himself.

On a whim, Qin Mu practiced the "World Extinction" spear technique on the spot. His movements became exceptionally fluid, each move connecting as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water.

"I've completely mastered the first level of 'World Extinction.' At full force, I can now unleash 1.8 times my strength!"

"Is this the Micro-level movement technique?"

The improvements to his brain processing speed and comprehension allowed Qin Mu to easily perceive the minute forces throughout his body and control every subtle movement.

This was the hallmark of Micro-level movement.

Although he had previously understood it with the Mother Nest's assistance, understanding it was one thing; accomplishing it was another.

After mastering Micro-level movement, Qin Mu could easily perform all kinds of evasive maneuvers. It was as though everything had been calculated by a computer, allowing him to dodge with the smallest cost and the greatest precision.

"Awesome!"

Qin Mu let out a long howl.

This improvement was enormous. It had directly raised his overall strength by two levels, while his Mental Power had reached the War God level.

One had to know that there were only a little over three thousand War God Palace experts on the entire Earth!

Qin Mu's own improvement was remarkable, but it was nothing compared to the Mother Nest's enhancement.

Transferring his consciousness into the Mother Nest, Qin Mu found that after becoming a Level 2 Hive Mother, its processing speed had increased by more than tenfold. If it analyzed the Life Structure Diagram of a Beast Soldier level monster again, it could easily complete the analysis in less than an hour.

The Level 2 Hive Mother could hatch Zerg Units as strong as the High Beast General level!

The hatching speed of larvae had increased tenfold. It could hatch fifty larvae in five minutes and easily produce 7,200 Zerg Units in a day—a true qualitative transformation.

When necessary, this number could even be doubled. However, such exploitative hatching would greatly damage the Mother Nest itself, so Qin Mu would not do so unless it was an emergency.

After developing for this period, the Swarm had already reached more than twelve thousand units, including over two thousand flying units.

"There are currently six Beast General-level monsters that can be hatched."

Sensing the information in his mind, Qin Mu smiled. Both the Swarm's scale and strength were about to grow explosively.

Even after consuming 5,000 energy points to advance to a Level 2 Hive Mother, the Mother Nest still had 11,000 energy points remaining, and that number was continuously rising as it digested the Raging Bull corpse.

Tiger Mastiff (Primary Beast General level)—Consumes 500 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch a Tiger Hound with Primary Beast General combat strength.

Lion Mastiff (Primary Beast General level)—Consumes 500 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch a Lion Mastiff with Primary Beast General combat strength.

Bloodthirsty Tank (Mid Beast General level)—Consumes 2,000 energy points. In two hours, it can hatch a Bloodthirsty Tank with Mid Beast General combat strength.

Two-tailed Tiger Cat (Primary Beast General level)—Consumes 600 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch a Two-tailed Tiger Cat with Primary Beast General combat strength.

Golden Vulture (Primary Beast General level)—Consumes 700 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch a Golden Vulture with Primary Beast General combat strength.

Raging Bull (Primary Beast General level)—Consumes 1,000 energy points. In one hour, it can hatch a Raging Bull with Primary Beast General combat strength.

Of the six Beast General-level monsters, only the Bloodthirsty Tank was at the Mid Beast General level. The rest were all Primary Beast Generals.

The Swarm was already analyzing the genes of that High-level Beast General Raging Bull. Before long, it would be able to hatch High-level Beast General Raging Bulls in large quantities!

"Swarm, hatch Beast General-level monsters at full capacity according to specific needs! I want to completely control this county town. The Swarm needs to expand!"

A blazing fire burned in Qin Mu's eyes.

Over the past few days, the Swarm had not merely been fighting the surrounding monsters.

After obtaining the aerial Gray Cloud Finches, the Swarm had sent large numbers of them to conduct extensive reconnaissance across the surrounding region.

The Swarm had a complete grasp of the dozen or so county towns, mountains, rivers, and monster distributions within several hundred li.

"Once the first batch of Beast General-level Zerg Units hatches, use Golden Vultures to carry Worker Bugs and hatch Mother Nests in these two cities first. This forest in the wilderness also needs a Mother Nest!"

On the map drawn by the Swarm in Qin Mu's mind, there were three bright points of light and over a dozen dim ones.

The three bright points marked the locations for the first wave of Mother Nest expansion, while the rest were preset locations for the second wave.

Of the first wave, two were county towns relatively close to County Town 023, while the other was located in a dense forest.

Within that forest, the Gray Cloud Finches had discovered a hidden underground cave, making it highly suitable for the Swarm to conceal itself.

Although monsters were not as concentrated in the wilderness as they were in cities, the wilderness was simply too vast. In terms of total monster numbers, it far surpassed the cities. The Swarm's future lay not only in the major cities, but also in the wilderness.

"Once these Mother Nests hatch successfully, allocate some processing power to prioritize analyzing plant genes! The Swarm's energy source cannot rely solely on hunting!"

A gleam flashed through Qin Mu's eyes.

Ever since the Mother Nest had successfully hatched, Qin Mu had deliberately restrained the expansion of one core Swarm unit: the Fungal Carpet!

The Fungal Carpet should have been a powerful tool for the Swarm's expansion. Once spread, it could not only draw vast nutrients from deep underground, but also provide powerful battlefield support for the Swarm.

Yet Qin Mu had not done so.

In County Town 0203, Qin Mu had only allowed the Fungal Carpet to spread through the underground garage. He had not allowed it to extend into the surrounding areas.

Otherwise, with the Fungal Carpet's spreading speed, it would have already occupied more than half the city after so many days.

The reason he suppressed its expansion was not that he was unwilling, but that he did not dare!

This strange purple Fungal Carpet was extremely domineering. Once it spread, it would cover nearly all terrain and devour every plant and animal above it.

If it spread through a city, it would be far too conspicuous, like a torch in the darkness. Human satellites would easily detect it and draw human investigation.

The uninhabited Wilderness Zone was far more suitable for the Fungal Carpet!

There, vegetation was lush. After the Fungal Carpet spread, it could analyze all kinds of plant genes and grow large stretches of Swarm plants over itself as camouflage.

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

At the same time, they could study the Fungal Carpet and merge it with other plant genes. No major alteration was needed; they only had to slightly change that strange purple color into the color of ordinary flowers and grass, and it could blend perfectly into Earth's ecosystem.

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

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

The Swarm now numbered only a little over ten thousand. Hunting alone was enough to sustain its growth and expansion, but once its numbers reached the millions or hundreds of millions, could it still rely on hunting?

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

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