"They really have changed considerably. These spirit essence fluctuations and the vitality of their flesh and blood far surpassed what they had before."
"Even more remarkable, the offspring it produces inherit these genes, possessing templates for the ability to replicate themselves!"
The Great Dao was impartial, placing all things on equal footing. They were originally like grains of sand in a sandbox; it was the expression of genes that gave individuals their myriad differences, like deft hands sculpting terraces, towers, and pavilions within it.
The Insect Race's own division of labor further endowed them with the ability to inherit and develop these traits separately, allowing them to make full use of them.
Li Chen discovered that Queen Bee No. 6, as artificial life, could rely on the devouring abilities of the insect swarm under its command to seize genes from the outside world as templates for its own abilities. It could also reproduce them in the offspring it directly produced. It was already a successful creation.
But what truly shocked him were some of the larvae it had laid inside the Insect Hive.
They resembled beetles, their bodies a riot of five colors. They looked like copies of Queen Bee No. 6 itself, rather than the normally programmed Worker Bees, Hunting Insects, Flying Ya, and the like.
"These are... Mother Empress Juveniles!"
"It has actually begun producing Insect Queen Mothers!"
Li Chen recalled Heavenly Pivot's report, still finding it somewhat hard to believe.
Heavenly Pivot's message rang out in Li Chen's mind. "I have been monitoring its movements all along, but after discovering these creatures, I temporarily abandoned retrieval because I wanted to continue the experiment."
Li Chen said, "You did well. This will benefit its development..."
At that point, he could not help pausing.
He suddenly thought of Heavenly