Fang Zheng successfully acquired Mugino Shizuri's ability. He immediately had Lurana produce a small batch of Hydralisks and Mutalisks for adjustment and testing.
That was only natural. After all, Fang Zheng had assigned the aliens tasks like infiltration, assassination, and sabotage. What kind of assassin carried a rocket launcher to the target location?
Hydralisks and Mutalisks were clearly better suited to this ability.
However... the news from Lurana was not very encouraging.
"Only Level 3..."
Listening to the information Lurana sent back through the Swarm network, Fang Zheng frowned. It was not as if he had never considered this possibility. Like that mass-produced A Certain Scientific Railgun project, it could only clone individuals at Level 3 at most. Fang Zheng had initially assumed Academy City's cloning technology was simply inadequate. But now... even the Swarm had the same limitation, so it was no longer just a matter of technology.
Of course, the Swarm could reliably replicate the "Meltdowner" ability at Level 3, something Academy City could never match.
Could it have something to do with the soul?
Fang Zheng stroked his chin, unable to reach a conclusion. He trusted the Swarm's technology, and the Swarm had thoroughly analyzed both that alien and Mugino Shizuri's corpse. There was no way anything could have gone wrong. If even a perfect replication of Mugino Shizuri only reached this level, then the remaining issue most likely lay with the soul—something the Swarm could not solve.
Still, Fang Zheng was not entirely without options. Kiyama Harumi's Fantasy Hand had been a good example, and its theory could be applied to the Swarm network. As long as part of the Swarm's processing power was transferred to those modified Hydralisks and Mutalisks with the Meltdowner ability, they could possess Level 5 damage output and attack power.
That