Mutation

Li Yao couldn't quite describe that feeling; it took him a while to think of something similar.

--cancer.

That's right.

It's cancer.

The Black Obelisk Tower -like building exuded a primal vitality as vigorous and unrestrained as cancer cells.

Li Yao pursed his lips. "This thing is weird."

Sauron, perched on Li Yao's shoulder, licked his paws and said, "What are you afraid of? You're a mage!"

Unless it's those enchanting mages with a twisted sense of humor, mages don't need any devoted servants—they excel at physical persuasion. In fact, some servants with other attributes, after being repeatedly abused, actually submit to and even begin to worship the mage.

Li Yao nodded in agreement.

The "Empress" was placed on a platform in the middle of Brass Pyramid. This pyramid was not only a containment device, but also contained a large number of mechanisms that allowed Li Yao to retrieve samples at will.

This huge Brass Pyramid alone must be worth a lot of money, right? Li Yao took out his phone and texted his best friend. "I received the package. This thing must be pretty expensive, right?"

Lin Xiaowei was waiting here. "It's alright, it's about the price of two or three passenger planes on Earth, not even including the cost of collecting the species inside."

Li Yao: "..."

Why are you asking her anything? Aren't you just giving her a chance to show off?

Lin Xiaowei was still rambling on. "It took me quite a bit of effort to come up with this plan. I waited for two hours from the time I came up with it to the time I was ready to implement it! The money is enough... it's just that collecting species and manufacturing equipment takes a lot of time, and then the money keeps increasing."

Li Yao: "..."

Lin Xiaowei: "Let me tell you, I'm really worried right now. The economic system here is relatively unregulated and not sophisticated enough, and the distribution of wealth is severely unbalanced. My biggest worry is how to spend all this money so that the economic system doesn't collapse..."

Li Yao pursed his lips; he now had an urge to smash Lin Xiaowei's brain open.

However, Lin Xiaowei was unaware of this. "Sigh, while money can bring happiness, it can also make you lose a lot, really."

Li Yao: "Like troubles?"

This reminded him of the lives of some wealthy second-generation kids in China: when they were young, they would play video games and work hard to accumulate Points to exchange for an aircraft carrier to play with, and when they grew up, they directly received a real retired aircraft carrier - the Minsk.

He aspired to attend Harvard, but before he could even begin to work on it, his Dad donated a building, and he was immediately accepted.

Li Yao wouldn't have dared to write something like this in his online novels before, but reality has dealt him a brutal blow.

They say all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born in Rome, and some are even born princes of Rome.

Lin Xiaowei is pretty awesome.

He is the father of all Romans.

Lin Xiaowei shook her head. "Son, your father is very disappointed in you. Don't you know that with great power comes great responsibility? If I don't maintain the economic rules here, what good will my money be when the market collapses? To use it to blow my nose?"

Li Yao was a little confused. "Isn't your currency made of non-ferrous metals?"

Lin Xiaowei: "Gold Coin are just a term. The mages have long since opened their own banks for the exchange and storage of large amounts of Gold Coin, but the financial system has not been developed."

If a mage wants to make money, they can simply sell magical items.

This makes money faster than anything else.

They're all scrambling to buy them! In the Main World, the saying "knowledge is power, knowledge is money" truly carries the weight and value of gold.

The mages' methods of financial regulation were also very simple and crude...

Lin Xiaowei had previously studied communications and marketing, and had some understanding of finance. Even if she wasn't at the level of an economics professor, it was still quite easy for her to make money using financial means in this other world.

For example, she has already launched a personal account application called "Sheng Cai Bao" on the Online Shopping Mall.

Even microloans are being issued to the public.

Lin Xiaowei continued, "I'm even actively promoting private education and infrastructure development..."

Money only has meaning if you spend it!

This is the sentence that Lin Xiaowei has realized most profoundly during this period!

After listening, Li Yao pondered deeply: So this guy is just showing off his wealth, right?

MMP!

Li Yao was immediately disconnected from the internet, and his profile picture turned gray.

Lin Xiaowei, far away in another world, held her phone and smiled with satisfaction, "Ha~ I'm impressed!"

After being bullied by that guy all day, I finally got my revenge! Hahahaha~~ Li Yao put away his phone, his face grim, and began to input commands on the pyramid's main control panel to move the Queen Mother from the central platform outside.

Only after his mother landed did Li Yao remove the seal placed on her.

Immediately,

The chilling aura grew stronger and more ominous.

The Queen Mother, who had landed in the open space, seemed to sense something. The vines that coiled around the Obelisk Tower emitted a faint glow, with dark purple and dark blue light echoing each other, as if breathing.

Is this normal? Li Yao and Sauron stepped back. Li Yao even put on the armor of the Azvik mage and added several layers of protective spells to his body.

A tremendous rumbling sound emanated from the Obelisk Tower.

It sounded like the rumbling of hunger from a giant's stomach, and the sound of flesh and blood writhing inside was chilling.

Sauron's cat eye shrank to an almond shape, gleaming with a fierce light as he stared at the Queen Mother.

It said, "This thing seems to be mutating."

Li Yao: "I know."

Once the isolation seal placed on the Queen was broken, it began to interact with the external environment. A large amount of spiritual energy and spiritual matter was absorbed and expelled through its own material and energy cycles, and the sudden change in the environment had a huge impact on it.

That's why Li Yao initially thought:

Is this normal?

Could it be a rejection reaction caused by not being able to adapt to the environment here?

Like the alien invasion scenes in many American science fiction movies—is Earth even suitable for their survival? They dare to invade? The fact that they've come means that Earth's environment is suitable for them to some extent, yet many science fiction protagonists use Earth's environment to kill the aliens...

Therefore, whether something is toxic or not is a rather subjective matter.

Li Yao was afraid that his mother wouldn't be able to adapt to the environment and would die right after her arrival... How embarrassing would that be? And it would be a waste of all the effort Lin Xiaowei had put in! But now it seems...

The Queen Mother's adaptability is quite strong.

After absorbing external spiritual energy, its black chitinous shell began to transform, becoming smooth and turning into a sophisticated, understated iron-gray. The blood vessel-like tree-like neural networks became more regular and uniform, and the shimmering light began to collapse and condense, arranging themselves neatly on the outer branches according to some peculiar pattern.

The Queen Mother's appearance continues to change; she has become even more beautiful.

It was at this moment that Li Yao received a thought fluctuation.

After being translated using the spell "Speak with Languages," it turned out to be a very childlike, innocent voice, its powerful yet unrestrained tone seeming to be calling out:

Mother...

Li Yao: "???"

He pondered for a moment and then projected a mental wave, "No, I am your father."

First update! Hope you enjoy reading!