First Magic Organ Transplant

Inside a transparent square culture dish, a swarm of marble-sized, sharp-mouthed bugs bared their fangs and devoured a thumb-sized piece of fresh bloody skin.

As bits of the bloody skin entered their bellies, all the bugs curled into balls together, leaving only a sharp spike like a bee's stinger exposed.

At the same time, red striped gleams spread across their bodies, rapidly shifting through red, yellow, and blue as the dominant colors.

Once they had completely turned scarlet, the bugs stopped changing, and fresh flesh began to squeeze out from their spikes.

Split Bugs, members of the Insect Race, were born with splitting organs that could duplicate flesh in equal portions.

They were living creatures as well, only with very low intelligence and bodies no bigger than human teeth.

Though the Insect Race was small, it was the most unusual race on the Red Soil Continent. Different species had evolved all manner of miraculous Magic Organs.

Their greatest advantage was their peculiar eyes, which could see the nearly nonexistent Elemental Bugs.

This was the Insect Race's greatest advantage.

In the culture dish before him alone, there were 3,872 Split Bugs, a gift Sandrew had given Li Ziran.

Of course, that was hardly something to celebrate. The Insect Race needed an environment rich in Elemental Bugs to grow, while Split Bugs needed to eat Elemental Bugs thick with the scent of flesh and blood.

They preferred mosquitoes, because countless blood-kin Elemental Bugs clung to their surfaces.

There was no need to worry about food on Corpse Mountain, but once he left Corpse Mountain, Li Ziran would have to fret over feeding this tribe.

In less than half a quarter-hour, a finger-sized piece of skin had taken shape. On the beastskin parchment beside the dish was a delicate face, and upon closer