"That long?"
Xu Jingming frowned.
He had thought that once he enslaved the Insect Queen, he would have an endless supply of troops to harvest Origin Points from.
But judging by this gestation time, it would not be nearly enough for him to kill!
Then again...
Golden Armor Bugs possessed strength close to that of Eight-star or even Nine-star Generals, enough to rival ordinary Eternal First Order beings.
For Haili to gestate one every thousand years was already an absurdly powerful ability.
"Master, my gestation speed is already considered extremely fast among the Insect Race."
Seemingly noticing Xu Jingming's disappointment, Haili hurriedly added,
"Ordinary Insect Queens take several times longer to gestate warriors."
"However, there is a way to increase the gestation speed."
"Oh?" Xu Jingming was intrigued. "What way?"
"Collect as many Insect Warrior corpses as possible."
A sharp glint flashed through Haili's deep blue compound eyes.
"The Brood Nest can recycle the corpses of its own kind and extract their life essence and genetic templates."
"That will greatly reduce the time needed to gestate new warriors."
"If there are enough corpses, the gestation time can even be reduced to one-tenth of the original!"
Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.
"If I kill all the Insect Warriors you currently have, how long would it take you to gestate them again after recycling their corpses?"
Haili calculated briefly before respectfully replying,
"Around a hundred years."
She paused, then added,
"Would you like me to summon them now?"
Her tone was calm.
It was as if she were not talking about warriors she had personally gestated, but merely a pile of recyclable materials.
In truth, that was exactly what they were.
Although Insect Warriors were gestated by her,
their genetic templates were all recorded within the Brood Nest. They were not descendants