Evolution

Roar—

A pack of Tiger Hounds belonging to the Swarm threw back their heads and roared. Beneath their paws lay the corpse of a Beast General-level Unicorn Wild Boar.

After a brutal battle, most of them were covered in wounds. The ground was strewn with corpses, both monsters and members of the Swarm.

A High-level Beast Soldier Tiger Hound, its body covered in injuries and its gait limping, tore huge mouthfuls of flesh from the Unicorn Wild Boar's body, savoring its spoils of war.

Suddenly.

The Tiger Hound's body stiffened. After enduring many bloody battles and devouring a large amount of the Unicorn Wild Boar's flesh, the genes in its body combined with those of the Unicorn Wild Boar, triggering some miraculous evolution.

Its blood boiled, its muscles began to swell, and its bones and tendons grew stronger, as if it had absorbed some of the Unicorn Wild Boar's superior genes.

It was evolving!

The Tiger Hound endured the pain and lowered its head, ravenously tearing into the Unicorn Wild Boar's corpse to replenish the energy depleted by its rapid evolution.

Its body rapidly grew larger, its skin splitting apart to reveal pale bones beneath as blood flowed over its entire body.

Even the bones in its skull warped, growing a horn similar to that of a Unicorn Wild Boar!

The evolution process was too fast and too agonizing. The Tiger Hound could no longer hold back a pained howl as its entire body convulsed.

"This Tiger Hound is evolving!"

Qin Mu, who was practicing his movement technique on a street some distance away, was startled. He immediately controlled the short spears floating behind him, killing several monsters.

A Golden Vulture descended from the sky, seized the evolving Tiger Hound, and carried it near the Mother Nest. Two Worker Bugs then transported it into the underground parking garage where the Mother Nest was located.

As soon as it entered the underground garage, tendrils emerged from the Fungal Carpet on the ground and wrapped around the Tiger Hound, supplying it with energy and healing its injuries.

Only then did Qin Mu let out a sigh of relief.

What had just happened to the Tiger Hound was an extremely rare evolutionary event—and an unusually beneficial one at that.

Similar incidents had occurred twice before within the Swarm, but unfortunately, both evolutions had failed.

One of them had also involved a Tiger Hound. After a fierce battle, that Tiger Hound devoured the corpse of a Lion Mastiff. Following its mutation, a Lion Mastiff's head had actually grown from its body.

Unfortunately, after mutating, the Tiger Hound's genes quickly collapsed, turning it into a puddle of blood.

The other one had been a Shadow Cat.

After a bloody battle, it devoured the corpse of a tiger cat and underwent some sort of evolutionary mutation. Its bones and tendons became far stronger, and it even grew two tails and six legs. Unfortunately, its evolution also failed, and it died from Gene Collapse.

The Tiger Hound before him was the third Zerg Unit to undergo evolution, and judging by the current situation, it was the most successful one.

After Qin Mu's careful observations, he discovered something.

When Zerg Units went through continuous battles, their Gene Structures became unstable. During this process, if they devoured the genes of other monsters, there was a small chance that gene fusion and mutation would occur.

This evolutionary mutation could be beneficial or harmful.

Evolution required enormous amounts of energy, and its outcome was exceptionally dangerous. It could be called a nine-in-ten chance of death.

When Qin Mu shifted his consciousness into the Tiger Hound's body, he discovered that every cell within it was undergoing astonishing changes, constantly dividing and dying before giving birth to new, more powerful cells.

Part of its Gene Structure had fused with the powerful genes of the Unicorn Wild Boar, undergoing collapse, fusion, and reorganization!

This reminded Qin Mu of the two methods of breeding Zerg that the Zerg Mother Queen had proposed when Luo Feng later enslaved her.

One method was normal breeding.

The other was to mass-produce weak Zerg, then have them slaughter and devour one another. The weak died, the strong survived, and the strong grew even stronger by devouring the weak. When an entire group of Zerg Warriors had all died except for one, that survivor would be the finest of them all.

This method could even cultivate incomparably fierce Peak World Lord Zerg.

Although Zerg Warriors were all mutated from larvae, their aptitudes were not identical. Some had greater potential, while others had less.

This cruelest of methods was meant to eliminate all those with poor potential. The peak Zerg that emerged from endless slaughter were ten times stronger than ordinary Zerg Warriors and could be called kings.

The current situation was somewhat similar to the second breeding method: becoming stronger through countless battles and devouring other monsters.

Over the past few days, the Swarm had launched battle after battle throughout County Town 0203.

According to the Mother Nest's records, County Town 0203 had originally contained more than 500,000 monsters, including over two hundred Beast General-level monsters!

In just these few days, the Swarm had killed more than 80,000 monsters, including over sixty Beast General-level monsters.

The Swarm itself had paid no small price as well. A total of 5,863 Zerg Units had died in battle!

Almost every day, every Zerg Unit spent its time fighting without end.

Yet even amid combat of such intensity, only three Zerg Units had undergone evolutionary mutation, and two of those had failed!

I wonder whether the Zerg bred by that Zerg Mother Queen can also devour the genes of other races and evolve through mutation like my Swarm, or whether they simply grow stronger and become better at fighting.

Qin Mu pondered this inwardly. He still understood far too little about the Swarm.

By the time Qin Mu returned to the Mother Nest, some more time had passed. The Tiger Hound's evolution was finally complete. It had succeeded!

The successfully evolved Tiger Hound had risen from High-level Beast Soldier level to Primary Beast General level.

An ordinary Primary Beast General Tiger Hound stood only a little over two meters tall at the shoulder, but this Tiger Hound exceeded three meters!

It was more than a size larger than the Primary Beast General Tiger Hounds hatched by the Mother Nest. Its bones were thicker, its hide rougher, and a single horn had grown from its head.

It possessed the Tiger Hound's agility and biting force while also inheriting the Unicorn Wild Boar's powerful defense!

It could no longer be called a Tiger Hound. It was an entirely different species.

Qin Mu did not celebrate just yet. Although the Tiger Hound had evolved successfully, its true Combat Power could only be determined through actual combat!

With a thought, Qin Mu summoned a Primary Beast General Tiger Hound hatched by the Mother Nest and had the two engage in a real battle!

Amid the city ruins, a Primary Beast General Tiger Hound and the evolved Unicorn Tiger Hound stood facing each other.

The next moment, both Tiger Hounds exploded with power and lunged fiercely at one another.

The battle was decided in an instant. The Unicorn Tiger Hound was clearly far stronger than an ordinary Tiger Hound. At the moment of impact, the ordinary Tiger Hound was sent flying, then the Unicorn Tiger Hound pounced on it and pinned it to the ground, leaving it unable to move.

It was an instant kill!

Qin Mu remained impassive.

He summoned two ordinary Primary Beast General Tiger Hounds and had them stand opposite the Unicorn Tiger Hound.

This time, the battle became more entangled. Although the Unicorn Tiger Hound's strength and defense were clearly superior to those of ordinary Tiger Hounds, it still had to be careful when facing the combined assault of two Tiger Hounds.

Unlike ordinary creatures, Zerg Units coordinated with exceptional tacit understanding. Once one fell into danger, the other would immediately come to its rescue.

But in the end, the Unicorn Tiger Hound still won. Blood streamed from its body, but it had still won.

"This is a successful evolution!"

A smile finally appeared on Qin Mu's face.

The Mother Nest had already collected the Gene Structure of this Unicorn Tiger Hound. From now on, it could directly hatch Unicorn Tiger Hounds.

Hatching a Unicorn Tiger Hound required only 600 energy points, merely 100 more than an ordinary Tiger Hound, yet its Combat Power far surpassed that of an ordinary Tiger Hound!

"Sure enough, war is the fastest way for the Swarm to evolve."

"Ordinary Tiger Hounds can be phased out!"

Qin Mu smiled as he watched battles continuously erupt throughout the city.

This was the Zerg!

Constantly evolving in battle!

War! Evolution! The Zerg craved war! Craved evolution!

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