The Subo Kingdom, ruled by the Spider Queen Kaina, was the smallest of the many underground kingdoms.
Upon entering what Kaina called her grand hall, the first thing Zhang Fan saw was a statue of his original form-a Carbon-Silicon Worm.
It suddenly gave Zhang Fan the nostalgic feeling of looking at a childhood photograph. He laughed. "Hahaha, how did you... you made my original form look far too ugly."
Kaina bowed. "Overlord, we carved this from what little remained of our memories."
"Hmm, it seems you've undergone quite a few changes since being released into the universe." Zhang Fan looked at the strangely shaped members of the Insect Race in the hall.
They were entirely products of natural selection, unlike the Insect Race under Zhang Fan, who had evolved solely for invasion. Their forms varied widely, as did their abilities.
They also had a rigorous social structure and organizational system, though their savage nature had changed little.
"I never expected you to evolve into the form of Charm Spider, a Beast God General. I remember it took many rounds of fine-tuning to create Charm Spider successfully. How long have you been alive?"
Kaina quickly replied, "Less than a hundred years. I inherited the kingdom from my mother. The Subo Kingdom has existed for over ten thousand years, through eleven generations of queens."
"You can only live for a thousand years? That's far too short. Sophia."
Sophia hurried forward to examine Kaina's physical and genetic structures. "Overlord, their self-repair genes have become recessive. They lack the ability to regenerate cells, so they age and die very quickly."
"What force changed their genes?" Zhang Fan wondered aloud. Had it been nature? Or had someone in the Vitter Universe altered them?
Zhang Fan looked at Kaina. "As a member of my Insect Race,