Evolution

"Roar—"

A pack of Tiger Hounds belonging to the Swarm roared towards the sky, with a dead Unicorn Wild Boar at their feet.

After a bloody battle, most of them were covered in scars. The ground was littered with corpses, some belonging to monsters and some to the Swarm.

A High-level Beast Soldier level Tiger Hound, covered in wounds and limping, was devouring the flesh of the Unicorn Wild Boar, enjoying its spoils of war.

Suddenly.

The Tiger Hound's body stiffened. After experiencing multiple bloody battles and consuming a large number of Unicorn Wild Boar corpses, its genes combined with those of the Unicorn Wild Boar, undergoing a miraculous evolution.

Its blood began to boil, its muscles swelled, and its bones 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, lowering its head and tearing into the Unicorn Wild Boar's corpse to replenish the energy depleted by its rapid evolution.

Its body grew rapidly, its skin tearing open to reveal pale white bones, and blood flowed all over it.

The bones in its head deformed, growing a horn similar to that of the Unicorn Wild Boar!

The evolutionary process was so fast and agonizing that the Tiger Hound could no longer suppress its pained howls, its entire body convulsing.

"This Tiger Hound is evolving!"

Qin Mu, who was practicing his movement technique on a nearby street, was startled. He immediately controlled the short spear hovering behind him, killing several monsters.

A Golden Vulture descended from the sky, grabbed the evolving Tiger Hound, and transported it to the vicinity of the Hive Mother, where two Worker Bugs carried it to the underground garage where the Hive Mother was located.

Upon entering the underground garage, the creep on the ground extended tendrils to envelop the Tiger Hound, supplying it with energy and healing its injuries.

Only then did Qin Mu breathe a sigh of relief.

What had just happened to the Tiger Hound was a very rare evolutionary event, and a rare beneficial one at that.

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

One of them involved a Tiger Hound that, after a fierce battle, consumed the corpse of a Lion Mastiff. After mutating, it grew an additional Lion Mastiff head on its body.

Unfortunately, after the mutation, the Tiger Hound's genes quickly collapsed, and it turned into a pool of blood.

The other was a Shadow Cat.

Similarly, after a bloody battle, it consumed the corpse of a Tiger Cat and underwent some form of evolutionary mutation. Its bone and muscle strength increased significantly, and it even grew two tails and six legs. Unfortunately, its evolution also failed, and it died due to genetic collapse.

The Tiger Hound before him was the third Zerg unit to undergo evolution, and so far, it was the most successful.

After careful observation by Qin Mu, it was discovered that:

When Zerg units undergo continuous battles, their genetic structure becomes unstable. During this process, if they consume the genes of other monsters, there is a small chance of gene fusion and mutation.

This evolutionary mutation could be beneficial or detrimental.

Evolution required a large amount of energy, and the outcome was extremely perilous, akin to a one-in-a-million chance.

When Qin Mu transferred his consciousness to the Tiger Hound, he found that every cell in its body was undergoing astonishing changes, constantly dividing, dying, and then giving birth to new, stronger cells.

A portion of its genetic structure had fused with the powerful genes of the Unicorn Wild Boar, undergoing disintegration, fusion, and recombination!

This reminded Qin Mu of how the Zerg Overlord had proposed two methods of cultivating Zerg units when Luo Feng later enslaved it.

One method was normal cultivation.

The other was to mass-produce weaker Zerg units and then let them engage in internal slaughter, consuming each other. The weak would die, and the strong would become stronger by consuming the weak. When a large group of Zerg warriors was wiped out, leaving only one, that one would be the most outstanding.

This method could even cultivate peak-level Zerg units that were incredibly brave and powerful.

Although Zerg warriors all mutated from larvae, their potential was not equal; some had greater potential, while others had lesser potential.

Using this most brutal method was meant to eliminate all those with inferior potential. The peak Zerg born from endless slaughter would be ten times stronger than ordinary Zerg warriors and could be called kings.

The current situation was somewhat similar to the second cultivation method, becoming stronger after extensive battles and consuming other monsters.

In the past few days, the Zerg had waged one battle after another in County Town 0203.

According to the Hive Mother's statistics, there were originally over 500,000 monsters in County Town 0203, with more than two hundred at the Beast General level!

In just a few short days, over 80,000 monsters had been killed by the Zerg, including more than sixty monsters at the Beast General level.

The Zerg themselves had also paid a considerable price, with 5,863 Zerg units lost in battle!

Almost every day, every Zerg unit spent its time in constant combat.

In such high-intensity battles, only three Zerg units had undergone evolutionary mutation, and two of them had failed!

"I wonder if the Zerg cultivated by the Zerg Overlord will also absorb genes from other species to evolve and mutate like my Swarm, or if they will simply become stronger and more adept at combat."

Qin Mu pondered, realizing he still knew too little about the Swarm.

When Qin Mu returned to the Hive Mother, a while later, the Tiger Hound's evolution was finally complete. It had succeeded!

The successfully evolved Tiger Hound's strength had increased from High-level Beast Soldier level to Primary Beast General level.

A typical Primary Beast General level Tiger Hound would have a shoulder height of just over two meters, but this Tiger Hound's shoulder height exceeded three meters!

Its body was more than a full size larger than a Primary Beast General level Tiger Hound hatched by the Hive Mother, its bones were thicker, its skin rougher, and a horn had grown on its head.

It possessed the agility and bite force of a Tiger Hound, while also incorporating the formidable defense of the Unicorn Wild Boar!

This could no longer be called a Tiger Hound; it was a different species altogether.

Qin Mu didn't rush to celebrate. Although the Tiger Hound's evolution was successful, its true combat effectiveness could only be known through actual combat!

With a thought, Qin Mu summoned a Primary Beast General level Tiger Hound, hatched from the Hive Mother, to engage in a real battle!

Amidst the city's ruins, a Primary Beast General level Tiger Hound and the evolved Unicorn Tiger Hound stood facing each other.

The next moment, both Tiger Hounds unleashed their power and lunged at each other.

The battle was decided in an instant. The Unicorn Tiger Hound's strength was clearly more than just a notch above a regular Tiger Hound. The moment they collided, the regular Tiger Hound was sent flying and was pinned to the ground by the Unicorn Tiger Hound, unable to move.

It was a one-hit kill!

Qin Mu remained composed.

He summoned two regular Tiger Hounds of the Primary Beast General level to face the Unicorn Tiger Hound.

This time, the fight became more prolonged. Although the Unicorn Tiger Hound's strength and defense were clearly superior to a regular Tiger Hound, it had to be cautious when facing the combined assault of two Tiger Hounds.

Unlike ordinary creatures, the cooperation between Zerg units was extremely tacit. If one unit fell into danger, the other would immediately come to its rescue.

However, the Unicorn Tiger Hound still won. It was bleeding profusely, but it had won.

"This was a successful evolution!"

A smile finally appeared on Qin Mu's face.

The Hive Mother had already collected the genetic structure of this Unicorn Tiger Hound, and could directly hatch Unicorn Tiger Hounds in the future.

Hatching a Unicorn Tiger Hound only required 600 energy points, which was merely 100 more than a regular Tiger Hound, but its combat power far surpassed that of a regular Tiger Hound!

"As expected, war is the fastest way for the Swarm to evolve."

"Regular Tiger Hounds can be phased out!"

Watching the battles continuously erupt throughout the city, Qin Mu smiled.

This was the Zerg!

Constantly evolving through battle!

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

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