The Queen Bee's Second Evolution!

Splitter Potion.

This was a new potion Chen Ye created using planarians as the primary material, supplemented with some materials of similar concepts.

If the theoretical concept held true, then this bottle of potion would grant the Queen Bee the characteristic of being able to self-split into dependents.

This was very important.

Regardless of whether the prerequisite for splitting was the need for supplementary food or something else, it was a concept of material transformation.

To give the simplest example, if the Queen Bee could secrete bees from her body after taking the potion.

And if the consumption for this secretion was the body's internal fluids, then he only needed to replenish fluids to continuously manufacture bees.

This was equivalent to her transforming water into bees, which was more in line with the alchemical concept of equivalent material conversion.

Of course, these were secondary. What Chen Ye truly desired was a biological factory.

If a person could continuously split out all sorts of things, then Chen Ye wouldn't have to go to such great lengths to find materials.

If a person could split out new people, then Chen Ye could use the people he split out for experiments.

And if Chen Ye needed a large quantity of a certain material, and a person could continuously produce this material through eating, then Chen Ye could achieve self-sufficiency from the rear.

This was the biological factory Chen Ye envisioned.

And the Queen Bee's potion was precisely what Chen Ye manufactured with the biological factory as the prerequisite.

However, the former clearly did not meet Chen Ye's requirements.

The Queen Bee didn't know what Chen Ye was thinking.

As far as she was concerned, Lord Aus had actually given her a chance!

She had thought Lord Aus would undoubtedly eliminate her, but now it seemed that the Lord was merciful.

Even generous, one might say!

The Queen Bee did not hesitate and drank the potion in one gulp!

"Thank you... for your grace."

Soon, the Queen Bee began her second evolution!

Her body convulsed, but as with the previous time, not many changes appeared on her body's surface.

However, a fissure appeared on her chest.

This fissure reached directly to her heart, and her internal heart turned golden!

Immediately after, a chamber formed within this fissure, filled with viscous fluid, and many hexagonal crystals began to condense within the fluid.

The Queen Bee tried to reach into the chamber in her chest and took out a hexagonal crystal.

What is this?

The Queen Bee's mind began to race. As before, she could instantly understand her abilities.

This crystal was a Hive Crystal.

It had only one function: to be used for creating dependents.

And there were three types of these crystals.

One was white, one was pale yellow, and one was a brilliant gold.

The white one was a lower-grade crystal, which could transform life into Worker Bees that obeyed commands, with no physical changes occurring.

Just like the Worker Bees the Queen Bee manufactured from fluids, but the people converted by the crystals were not mentally controlled.

Their consciousness would be killed in an instant, and then a new consciousness would be implanted.

The pale yellow crystal was a mid-grade crystal, which could transform life into Soldier Bees.

Soldier Bees could not only obey commands but also possessed extremely strong combat abilities, and their bodies would exhibit many insectoid features.

The golden crystal was a higher-grade crystal, which could transform life into Guardian Bees.

These Guardian Bees were extremely powerful, not only impervious to blades and spears but also possessing abilities that were multiples of those of Soldier Bees.

At the same time, a new bone would grow from their arms, which could extend from their palms and transform into sharp, spear-like weapons.

These spear-like weapons could be fired, possessing immense power, comparable to siege crossbows.

However, once this bone was fired, the Guardian Bee would immediately die.

In addition, Guardian Bees possessed the ability to fly, but they were extremely afraid of water; once they encountered water, their entire bodies would go limp and they would be unable to move.

The production of these three types of crystals required the Queen Bee's own energy, which could only be replenished through feeding.

The consumption for the first two types of crystals was relatively low, but the last type of crystal required the Queen Bee to expend a large amount of energy to produce.

Conservatively estimated, with the Queen Bee feeding heavily every day, it would take three days to produce one.

The only redeeming factor was that these crystals could be applied to animals.

However, animals had lower intelligence than humans, so the Queen Bee would need to expend more mental energy to control them.

If she dominated a certain number, the Queen Bee would only be able to dedicate a large portion of her time to sleep, controlling the mental network of creatures in slumber, just like before.

Controlling those individuals placed a considerable strain on her mental state.

These crystals, however, were more effective than liquid conversion and placed less of a burden on the Queen Bee when used on people.

This meant the Queen Bee could now command a larger number of dependents.

The existence of Guardian Bees, in particular, brought the Queen Bee the most pleasant surprise.

Even countless bullets striking a Guardian Bee would struggle to kill it.

Judging by this alone, a single Guardian Bee could rival a fully armed human squadron.

Of course, this was assuming they didn't encounter water.

The Queen Bee shared her abilities after her second evolution with Chen Ye.

Chen Ye listened and then shook his head.

"Still not enough."

While the Queen Bee could now produce materials herself, those materials were still used for conversion.

To achieve the Biological Factory hypothesis, another breakthrough would likely be necessary.

Afterward, Chen Ye took a few octagonal crystals from the Queen Bee to study.

The Queen Bee slumped to the ground, experiencing a sense of surviving a disaster for the first time...

However, this feeling of having narrowly escaped death wasn't brought about by those Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers.

This brush with death had been caused by Chen Ye!

"Hoo..."

"The reason for this situation, in the end, is because I can't let go of everything I previously possessed, even wanting more money, more land, and greater authority."

"I thought these things could be given back to that Lord."

"But that Lord never cared about these things from the start. Money, power—if that Lord wanted them, he could easily obtain everything, so why would he need others to give them to him?"

Clearly, that Lord didn't value these things at all.

His gaze was already fixed on heights unattainable by humans, transcending life itself, with only godhood as his sole aspiration.

The Queen Bee took a deep breath. If that was the case...

Then she would abandon everything she previously possessed and wholeheartedly assist that Lord, helping him ascend to godhood!

"It's not that I must abandon them, but that I need to make choices."

The Queen Bee had come to terms with it. Whether it was money, power, or territory, they were merely obsessions with superficial appearances.

Nothing in this world truly belonged to her.

Even the house you buy is only temporarily yours; who it belongs to after you die is uncertain.

Everything in the world is like this. Human life is finite; we are merely visiting this world temporarily.

Everything is temporary.

Only that Lord holds the concept of eternity.

Chen Ye returned home and opened his cabinet.

"Hmm?"

"Why does it seem like a bottle of potion is missing?"

"Strange... did I remember it wrong?"

"No, one bottle is definitely missing. The half-finished Spy potion is gone."

"I remember I originally intended to give that bottle to 001, but it was still missing one ingredient. Oh well, I'll deal with it next time."