Shell Insect and Bobbit Worm

[Your apostle has created its own progeny.]

[It is now requesting that you name them.]

[You may now name this new life.]

"This one, I'll call it Shell Insect."

Mona, faced with the Abigail Flower's request, only thought for a moment before saying so.

Soon.

After naming this progeny of the Abigail Flower.

He also extended his hand slightly, pressing it upon the insect's body.

In an instant.

All of its soul colors surfaced before him.

[Rot Spirit lv1] Shell Insect

[Age]: 0 years

[Traits]: "Hardened Shell lv2" "Life Energy lv1" "Growth Potential lv2"

[Habits]: None

[Sequence]: None

[A progeny fused and created by the Abigail Flower using life fragments from certain marine organisms. It possesses a certain ability to roam the ocean, and when encountering enemies in the sea, its hardened body and sharp insect pincers transform into formidable weapons. Additionally, it has inherited part of the Abigail Flower's Growth Potential, allowing it to undergo peculiar changes through learning and reproduction.]

Mona understood.

This newly born Shell Insect.

Its life structure closely resembled that of a hermit crab.

Clearly.

The vast majority of life fragments used to create this insect came from hermit crabs.

This was also easy to grasp.

Back when the Abigail Flower was first created.

The [Hermit Crab Life Essence] had made up a large portion.

This meant that within part of the apostle's life structure, hermit crab life fragments were already embedded.

After devouring those ten hermit crabs.

The Abigail Flower had fully mastered the hermit crab's life structure.

Thus, the Shell Insect inherited the hermit crab's hard shell and sharp, elongated pincers—even surpassing the original in hardness and sharpness, as if it were an upgraded version.

As for.

Its fish-like form.

That likely traced back to when people who didn't understand the Abigail Flower had offered up various fish as well.

And he had already seen the two most promising abilities of this progeny.

Just as he had thought.

This insect could roam the ocean.

With a race capable of entering the sea.

The day civilization officially stepped into that realm would also arrive sooner.

And this insect, able to venture into the ocean, had inherited part of the Abigail Flower's Growth Potential.

Its current state.

Only represented its initial form.

What it would grow into in the future was equally worth anticipating.

"Not bad."

Mona offered this progeny a measure of approval.

And the apostle beside him, pleased that its creation had earned the god's praise, immediately lit up with an excited, dancing blue glow.

Next.

His gaze quickly shifted to the next insect.

This insect was much larger than the Shell Insect, and far stranger.

Its appearance was bizarre beyond compare.

As if it didn't belong among any of the insects on this island.

This enormous insect had an extremely elongated body.

It looked very much like a worm with a hard outer shell.

That ringed shell, however, gleamed under the sunlight with a metallic luster and texture, a faint pale blue shimmering like a reflection of the sun's rays, appearing and disappearing.

Its mouthparts were highly developed, with two pairs of curved, hook-like mandibles symmetrically arranged, like the cold, savage teeth of a wild beast.

If one had to put it in words.

This rather ferocious-looking strange insect bore a slight resemblance to a creature that lived on the ocean floor, from a distant memory.

Mona recalled something.

He also pressed his hand against the insect's body surface.

Soon.

This insect was also given a name.

The color of its soul immediately surfaced.

[Rot Spirit lv1] Bobbit Worm

[Age]: 0 years

[Traits]: "Longevity lv1" "Poison Element lv1"

[Habits]: Ferocious

[Sequence]: None

[Skills]: "Corruption lv1" "Transformation lv1"

[A powerful familiar created by the Abigail Flower from a large number of insect life fragments. However, due to the excessive number of life fragments, its Growth Potential is slightly weaker. It inherits the Abigail Flower's power of decay and a trace of creative force. This Bobbit Worm will spit out corrosive mucus to dissolve stone, burrow into the earth, absorb some stone impurities, and through excretion, magically transform them.]

After observing.

Mona quickly understood the source of the Bobbit Worm's life fragments.

In layman's terms.

It had a bit of everything.

Life fragments from the island's worms, Yamal Spiders, and other powerful insects had each been partially taken, ultimately becoming the life materials used to create this insect.

While this did grant it formidable adaptability and a rich life color.

At the same time, its life color was also overly saturated.

This meant it lacked the Growth Potential that the Shell Insect possessed.

However, its birth was already at a very high starting point.

Those burrowing mandibles, combined with the ability to digest stone and transform impurities, would be a very powerful force.

Mona withdrew his hand.

If there were any flaws in these two familiars.

The only one was their lack of intelligence.

They had not broken free from the limitations of insects and retained a considerable degree of dullness.

This meant.

They were not much different from the insects the Abigail Flower controlled, completely obeying its commands, just no longer requiring the manipulation of Rot Spirit Mycelium, like tools that didn't need "manual" operation.

Even if they could see a god.

With their intelligence.

They could not comprehend the existence of a god.

Not comprehending a god meant they could not become true believers.

Therefore, they did not count as his [Anchor Points].

But regardless.

This was still a good start.

Two new races, two completely different abilities.

This also meant they could make outstanding contributions to different aspects of civilization.

Thinking of this.

Mona looked at the believer named Ned.

Or rather, at the Rot Spirit Staff he held in his hand.

After the Abigail Flower's evolution.

The Rot Spirit Staff had also undergone new changes.

Now, with the addition of the two familiar races.

The Soul Imprint of the Rot Spirit Staff had been reset and increased to two.

The two imprints corresponded to the two familiar races respectively.

The holder of an imprint naturally also had a certain degree of control over that familiar.

At the same time.

Because there were two imprints.

This meant that the [Insect Master] in the tribe would no longer be just one person.