Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

Technology changed lives, and it could also tear the entire human race apart at the genetic level.

"Your Majesty, the simplest method is Gene Modification. No matter what genes they had before, once they complete Gene Evolution, they'll all be New Humans," Li Murong replied.

The assimilation technology obtained from the Ankordeli Kin could turn even completely different species into humans, let alone those who were already human, with only somewhat greater genetic differences.

"What about Genestealers?" Lin Zhichen projected several alien forms through Mind Connection.

Genestealers, also known as "four-armed freaks," were actually the vanguard of the Tyranids.

The Instance World contained only one world—the Milky Way Galaxy. According to its setting, the entire universe had already been devoured by this terrifying species. Endless swarms of starving Tyranids lay dormant, while only their vanguard had reached the Milky Way, searching for the biomass the swarms needed. They specialized in devouring Life Planets.

Genestealers could inject Tyranid genes into their victims using an ovipositor on their long tongues. Some Genestealer cults had even figured out how to extract these "seeds" and use them to contaminate food and medicine.

Regardless of the method of implantation, these Gene Seeds could alter their host's body and mental state within hours. The host would forget the infection and automatically submit to the Genestealers' will, while developing an uncontrollable and powerful urge to reproduce.

Once mating was complete, the host and their partner would give birth to severely deformed first-generation Genestealer hybrids.

The first-generation hybrids had obvious alien features and could only hide in the shadows. Yet they could establish a hive Mind Connection between themselves, their parents, and the Genestealers themselves. They twisted their parents' minds, making them ignore their alien appearance and revere the Genestealers as divine messengers.

The infected were linked together