Maeve's Growth

Chen Tienan and his Twelve Generals waited outside for a long time, but Li Yao did not come out for a long time.

When he sent one of his underlings, skilled in stealth, to investigate, they found the abandoned factory empty! Chen Tienan was a little bewildered!

They were hiding not far away, and their personnel were spread out to monitor the factory from all angles. They definitely didn't miss anything, nor did they notice anyone entering or leaving—but what about that big green truck? And all those people on it?

Inside the abandoned factory, Chen Tienan stamped his foot on the ground and asked, "Could it be that that person can also burrow underground?"

They didn't notice anyone flying out from there!

Chen Tienan's henchman, Jin Gang, asked, "What do we do now?"

Chen Tienan countered with, "What do you think?"

King Kong took out a monitor, looked at it, and said, "The signal has disappeared. Why don't we go and ask that person?"

That's a bad idea!

Even though Chen Tienan wasn't very good at using his brain, he knew that doing this was a bit stupid, so he rejected it outright.

He said, "Let's wait and see!"

As for where Li Yao went...

The contact area between that subspace and Earth covered the entire provincial capital, and even extended to parts of Anhui Province. Therefore, as long as Li Yao was within the provincial capital, he could directly jump to the subspace that was being perfected and upgraded through Sauron.

In subspace,

The core area appears to be larger.

The base built by Queen Maeve has become more complete, and many plants and animals from the Main World have been taken out and are now living in this subspace.

Upon seeing Li Yao and Sauron arrive, Maeve remained seated atop the Obelisk Tower, her gaze lingering briefly as a greeting.

After scanning the area, Li Yao noticed a new forest in the distance and asked, "What's that over there?"

Maeve: "Many of the biological samples in the pyramids require a relatively free environment, so after I collected their life information at the Cultivation Base and bred multiple units, I released them into the forest. The diversity of species can form an ecosystem, which is conducive to the variation of their genetic information."

so,

Even if Li Yao doesn't bring back life samples from outside, she can still extract life information through the mutations caused by environmental changes.

But this time, Maeve noticed the people Sauron brought...

She asked, "What are these?"

Li Yao pursed his lips and replied, "This is for you."

This was Sauron's first time attempting Shadow Warp with so many people, and he was utterly exhausted. He collapsed at the foot of the Obelisk Tower, panting, and said, "Nobody cares about me?! I'm so tired!"

Suddenly, a vine sprouted from beneath the Obelisk Tower, and soon a fruit shimmering with a hazy, clear light appeared on it.

Beneath that delicate, translucent fruit peel, a ghostly spirit seemed to be floating.

Maeve: "This is Soul Fruit, for you."

Sauron casually picked it up and swallowed it. "... It's a bit bland."

Maeve: "My abilities are not yet sufficient to create complex souls."

Sauron patted the base of the Obelisk Tower with his cat paw. "Not bad, keep up the good work."

Li Yao interrupted the familiars' idle chatter, "Let's get down to business."

The prisoners were all drugged with a potent sedative that Li Yao always carried with him. This was Li Yao's final act of mercy—to let them die without pain.

Maeve nodded, and suddenly hundreds of vines sprouted from the vicinity of the Obelisk Tower, wrapping around the inhuman criminals and dragging them into the Blood Pool in the center of the Obelisk Tower.

As the blood in the Blood Pool submerged the dozen or so people, the entire Obelisk Tower began to tremble. Layer upon layer of fluorescent light emanated from the steel-like vines outside the Obelisk Tower, making the entire tower seem to light up with a carousel-like display, only lacking booming, dynamic music!

Li Yao: "This is truly a death trap."

Sauron rolled his eyes...

It's almost gotten used to this guy's occasional trash talk.

Queen Maeve ignored Li Yao, as she was frowning and trying her best to digest Li Yao "food" he had brought her.

Li Yao and Sauron waited for more than two hours before Maeve finally opened her eyes, and the rapidly flashing lights on the Obelisk Tower gradually went out.

Maeve smacked her lips.

Then he let out a burp.

Li Yao: "..."

Sauron: "..."

Maeve: "Sorry, I haven't had such a big meal in a long time, I'm a bit full."

Li Yao noticed that many shimmering, glowing nodule nodes had appeared on the Mother Queen's main body Obelisk Tower, and many strange, enigmatic patterns had appeared on the tower's body. So he asked, "How is it? What changes have occurred?"

Maeve: "The life information of these foods is quite vast, with a high degree of repetition in information nodes, but the way the information is arranged is different for each one. Moreover... they also have strange psionic circuits within them. I cannot analyze and apply them yet, but I can replicate and recreate the way these psionic circuits operate!"

"Oh? Does that mean Maeve can now create not only ferocious beasts, but also magical beasts with spell-like abilities?" Li Yao voiced his doubts.

Maeve agreed.

However, the strength of the created magical beasts is fixed, and they have little potential for growth! Their strength level can only reach the high stage of the second tier at most.

and,

Creating a second-tier magical beast requires a lot of energy!

Li Yao waved his hand dismissively. "That's no big deal! Boss Li is rich now!"

After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Can those who create Biological Prosthetics possess special abilities?"

Queen Maeve thought for a moment, "That's a bit difficult."

That's fine!

Li Yao instructed, "You should research how to create Biological Prosthetics with special abilities; they will be of great use to me."

Maeve: "Okay."

Afterwards, Li Yao inspected the Cultivation Base. Under the management of the Queen Mother, everything here was in good order. However, the animals and plants being released so far were all soulless and unintelligent creatures.

Many races that require soul support are unable to reproduce due to the limitations imposed by the laws of summoning.

Queen Maeve has decided to wait until she possesses the ability to give birth to souls before nurturing them! That's right.

It refers to childbirth.

Creating souls is an extremely profound subject. Even High-Rank Mage in the Magic Association can only imbue golems with souls through methods such as "Spirit Awakening."

Therefore, Maeve also has difficulty creating souls.

But it is different from a mage—essentially it is a giant reproductive device with the ability to self-evolve and improve, and to perform genetic customization.

It truly doesn't understand how souls should be created.

But it knows how to use the process of reproduction to allow the soul to grow on its own—

certainly,

The success rate won't be very high at first.

This means that Queen Maeve might give birth to a large number of mentally challenged children in the future... Thinking of this, Maeve instinctively realized that something was wrong.

then,

She decided to conduct her research secretly, without the knowledge of the creature that called itself a "mage"!

What if the creature born is mentally challenged!

Then eat it.

Then back to the drawing board! First update, my best friend has been running around naked for over a month... It's a complicated feeling, I hope you enjoy reading it.