Star Calamity (5)

Shimada Ikka recently fulfilled his long-held wish. With the help of scientific instruments and drugs to stimulate his bloodline, he forcibly activated his Dragon Soul. He felt as if he had completed his mission, and his strength began to leap forward dramatically.

The dragon tattoo on his body began to glow, spreading to the blade, which he then swung out with a mighty swing. The enormous azure dragon shadow, with a roar that resounded through the sky, charged towards the killing machine.

He was confident that any enemy would be destroyed and devoured by the dragon. However, what was slightly strange was that the dragon soul phantom's claws were somewhat odd, and there were two strange bulges on its back.

The monster, seeing the charging phantom of the divine dragon, didn't dodge or evade. Instead, it charged straight at Shimada Ikka. The energy impact on the monster only left a few blade marks, without causing any other damage. A black Arc Light of light flashed, and it appeared in front of Shimada Ikka.

"This is impossible!" According to family records, the soul of anyone struck by a divine dragon is Destruction. Why does it only inflict damage from the knockdown blade energy? Could it be that I obtained a fake dragon soul?

Shimada Ikka, his faith shattered, stood there stunned. When he saw the monster approaching, he raised his sword to block it. Then he saw the monster's tongue sticking out, with a ring of sharp teeth clearly visible on it.

"Get out of the way!" A blackened fist flashed past from a distance, piercing straight through the monster's body. Yellowish-green fluid splattered out, landing on Shimada Ikka, who was not far ahead.

Shimada Ikka's body was corroded. Whether it was lucky or unlucky, the knife he raised and the hand that raised the knife blocked some of the acid, preventing him from dying immediately, but causing him to suffer inhuman pain and faint directly.

The monster's body was pierced through. It twitched twice and fell to the ground. Zeng Yunge walked over with a somewhat gloomy expression, grabbed the monster with her White Vapor Hand, and then ordered in a somber tone, "Clean up the battlefield."

"Hopefully we can make up for the losses," Zeng Yunge said in a low voice. Three people died, and Shimada Ikka, who was beside her, was barely clinging to life, but she probably wouldn't survive. In addition, Mori lost an arm. This time, the losses were heavy, especially the damage to their reputation.

This also reveals the heroes' weaknesses. Their primary purpose is to fight against the Demon Calamity and the Star Calamity. The demons of the Demon Calamity Demonspawn are not particularly strong, just numerous. The monsters of the Star Calamity are generally enormous, and the parasitic monsters are not very strong either. This is the first time these heroes, including Zeng Yunge, have encountered such monsters.

Extremely fast, fearless, with a killing instinct, constantly devouring and evolving, and possessing exceptionally strong vitality, it threw everyone into a frenzy, forcing them to use less than half of their full strength, resulting in this terrible situation.

Not long after, Zeng Yunge smashed her personal terminal with a single palm strike, and news about Gale Society's defeat spread like wildfire online. The recent Demon Calamity was also brought up again, with people criticizing Gale Society for its incompetence.

"How's the situation?"

"President, with those black liquids, I'm confident I can concoct an even more advanced gene fusion solution. Then our gene fusion technology will advance by leaps and bounds!" the old man said excitedly. He didn't care whether the operation failed or not; obtaining these valuable research materials was all that mattered.

"Where is that monster?" Zeng Yunge asked, not with the expected anger, but with anticipation.

"According to our research, that monster was premature; it had the potential to become a Type IV Star Calamity, but unfortunately, its potential was thwarted," the old man said with a sigh. "That black liquid is its amniotic fluid."

"It parasitizes the Stench Calamity Beast, absorbing its life force and perhaps other things. When the time is right, it will kill the Stench Calamity Beast and be reborn, then devour a large amount of Aberrant genes, eventually evolving into a Type IV Star Calamity. But it is still far from that."

"Premature birth, malnutrition, and repeated interruptions to its evolutionary path have essentially destroyed its potential. At most, it can still devour one or two Aberrant genes before its own genes stabilize and it will no longer be able to absorb other Aberrant genes."

"What I want to know is, how much benefit can this monster bring us?" Zeng Yunge didn't feel sorry for it. The so-called second Type IV Star Calamity in history was just aborted, so what if it failed? Profit was the key to everything.

"Its genes have a built-in protective lock, making it very difficult to Extraction them. Furthermore, it is unaffected by any spiritual or soul-related abilities, which is why Shimada Ikka's so-called dragon soul was ineffective."

"Then what can it do?" Zeng Yunge's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

"It can be transformed into Brood Nest!" the old man said excitedly. "We've roughly studied the spikes on its back; those are abilities obtained from the Stench Calamity Beast. We discovered that they contain not only the Stench Calamity Beast's mind-control fluid but also the monster's level-two embryo."

"Secondary embryo?"

"That's right. Each of those level-two embryos can hatch into a larva. This larva can evolve based on the host's genes and eventually break out of the body to become a ferocious monster. We can't control the mother nest monster, but if it's just a level-two embryo, controlling it isn't too difficult."

"Shall we do it this way? What resources and manpower are needed?" Zeng Yunge thought for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction and asked.

"If possible, please temporarily transfer Lu Li to me!" the old man said with admiration. "He has genius-like ideas about physical modification and mechanical instruments. With his cooperation, the progress can be greatly accelerated."

"That's not a problem." Zeng Yunge sighed and asked, "Is there any hope for Shimada Ikka?"

"That's exactly what I wanted to say." The old man's face lit up with excitement. "His body was corroded by acid to varying degrees in different parts. Otherwise, with his strong vitality and tenacious will to survive, he would probably have died long ago."

"Even now, he would die immediately if he were removed from the life support device, so Lu Li came up with a brilliant idea that could not only ensure Shimada Ikka's survival, but also greatly increase his strength."

"That means turning Shimada Ikka directly into a weapon with its own consciousness," the old man said excitedly. "This is an unprecedented idea, President, you must approve it."

"Transformed into a robot?" Zeng Yunge asked with a frown. In the technologically advanced Starshine World, some people lose limbs due to injury and then have mechanical prosthetics grafted on, such as Mori who is undergoing the same surgery. Others have their brains placed into mechanical bodies due to organ failure, Avatar into robots.

Although these robots can survive, their thinking gradually becomes rigid, their minds and mechanical bodies become incompatible, and they eventually develop a sense of world-weariness. Very few can truly adapt to their mechanical bodies, and even if they do, they are still inferior to a real robot due to the incompatibility.

"No, it's completely different from those inferior transplant surgeries that still require preserving the brain!" the old man said confidently.

Zeng Yunge finally nodded.