“Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have selected the One-Star Talent: External Insect Nest, an additional Talent Extraction Slot, and a 10% reduction in Evolution Points required for subsequent Evolution Space upgrades.”
Zhou Qi’s heart surged as he looked at the prompt on the light screen.
He immediately decided to start upgrading the Evolution Space.
“Congratulations, Host, for consuming 450,000 Evolution Points (90%), the Evolution Space has been upgraded to Level 4 Evolution Space, adding one Animal and one Plant Enhancement Slot, and one new evolution origin point.”
“Congratulations, Host, for consuming 1,800,000 Evolution Points (90%), the Evolution Space has been upgraded to Level 5 Evolution Space, adding one Animal and one Plant Enhancement Slot, one Talent Extraction Slot, enabling the Insect Combination Enhancement function, and adding one new evolution origin point.”
“Congratulations, Host, for consuming 9,000,000 Evolution Points (90%), the Evolution Space has been upgraded to Level 6 Evolution Space, adding one Animal and one Plant Enhancement Slot, enabling the Evolution Space Teleportation function, and adding one new evolution origin point.”
Zhou Qi upgraded the Evolution Space three levels in a row. The 10% reduction in Evolution Points per level was too powerful; just these three upgrades saved Zhou Qi over a million Evolution Points.
He also gained one Animal and one Plant Enhancement Slot, bringing the total to four each.
A Talent Extraction Slot is gained every five tiers, and including the Cockroach Body, he now had three in total.
Insect Combination Enhancement Function: Up to five affiliated creatures that have reached the First-Tier Apostle stage can be combined and enhanced to synthesize a new creature.
Evolution Space Teleportation Function: The Host can open a teleportation at the location of an evolution origin point, allowing teleportation from one evolution origin point to another.
Zhou Qi’s eyes lit up as he looked at the two new functions, especially the Insect Combination Enhancement, which seemed like a perfect match for the newly acquired One-Star Talent: External Insect Nest.
By combining and enhancing several new species and then using the One-Star Talent: External Insect Nest, the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen could continuously reproduce them.
Zhou Qi activated the space teleportation function and instantly felt as if his entire body entered a mysterious blue, technologically advanced space. This, he surmised, was the interior of the Evolution Space.
The interior of the space was vast, with a diameter of 60 meters. According to the light screen’s prompt, the Evolution Space would increase by 10 meters for every level it was upgraded.
Zhou Qi observed the prompts within the Evolution Space. There were three marked evolution origin point locations not far away.
The closest one was at No. 1 Base, where the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen was located. The other two evolution origin points were one at the cave where the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen resided, and another at the underground Cave where the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen was.
Zhou Qi focused his consciousness on the underground Cave base, and the light screen immediately prompted, “Ding! Teleporting to the No. 3 Base underground Cave requires 1,000,000 Evolution Points. Do you wish to proceed?”
Seeing the consumption of a full 1,000,000 Evolution Points, Zhou Qi endured the heartache and began to attempt the teleportation.
Instantly, Zhou Qi felt a ripple in the blue light screen around him, and the powerful light caused his eyes to involuntarily close.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw that his surroundings had transformed into the underground Cave, illuminated by the soft glow of Ten-Order Fireflies.
Everything seemed so sci-fi. Zhou Qi blinked a few times.
He felt that for him, this world had indeed undergone a great change.
Zhou Qi took a deep breath to compose himself, walked to the side of the Army Ant Queen, and directly implanted the Seven-Star Talent: One-Star Talent: External Insect Nest into the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen’s body.
Immediately, he summoned all the affiliated creatures in the underground Cave.
Five-Tier Bullet Ant, Five-Ranked Army Ant, Five-Tier Annam Centipede, Five-Tier Giant Mantis, Five-Tier Golden-Bellied Giant Mosquito…
Zhou Qi looked at the strange and varied creatures at his feet, and a sense of pride welled up in his heart for no reason.
The Insect Combination Enhancement function can fuse a maximum of five insects. The more types of Fusion and the more compatible the life essence, the higher the success rate of the combination enhancement.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment. For the Five-Ranked Army Ant Queen, the main theme would definitely be ants.
Zhou Qi selected the Five-Ranked Army Ant, Five-Tier Bullet Ant, Five-Tier Red Fire Ant, and Five-Tier Giant Flea, four types of affiliated creatures, and began the combination.
“Ding! Currently fusing 4 types. As the genes of the 4 creatures are relatively compatible, the success rate is 85%. It requires 1,000,000 Evolution Points.”
It needs so many Evolution Points? Zhou Qi felt a pang of pain and quickly looked at the rules for Insect Combination Enhancement on the light screen.
“Based on the enhancement of two creatures, it requires 10,000 Evolution Points. For each additional creature, the required Evolution Points increase tenfold, with a maximum of five creatures combining for 10,000,000 Evolution Points.”
Zhou Qi felt a headache looking at the rules prompted on the light screen. After upgrading the Evolution Space, he still had about 88,000,000 Evolution Points remaining.
“An 85% success rate, let’s give it a try.”
Zhou Qi immediately made up his mind and began the enhancement directly.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host, the enhancement was successful, and a new life form has been obtained.” As the light screen began to prompt, the four Five-Tier affiliated creatures at Zhou Qi’s feet glowed faintly.
The four faint glows merged with each other, gradually combining into a large ball of light.
These different types of insect affiliated creatures began to approach and fuse with each other.
The Bullet Ant’s hard shell was the first to fuse with the Army Ant’s collective strength. The shell gradually extended, covering the new creature’s body.
It formed an exoskeleton that was both hard and tough, shimmering with a dark metallic luster, and bearing the unique patterns of the Army Ant.
The Red Fire Ant’s venom sac integrated into it, making the new creature’s body covered in venom-secreting glands. Its mouthparts became sharper and more slender, capable of easily piercing the prey’s skin and injecting deadly venom.
And the Five-Tier Giant Flea’s strong hind legs, after fusing with other parts, made the new creature’s legs exceptionally thick and powerful.
Each movement could leave deep footprints on the ground, compensating for the “thin dog-like” limbs of insects.
During the Fusion process, the new creature continuously emitted painful yet powerful roars.
As the Fusion neared its end, an unprecedented creature was born.
It was massive, about the size of an adult’s fist, with a body as heavy as a tank and bulging leg muscles, full of power.
Its head fused the characteristics of several insects, with multiple compound eyes shimmering with a cold light, capable of keenly capturing any movement in its surroundings.
Its mouthparts, as they opened and closed, emitted a pungent smell of venom, making it a terrifying sight.
It also had a pair of transparent but tough wings on its back, with serrated edges, which could generate powerful air currents with a gentle flap.
This newly fused creature, possessing the deadly characteristics of four insects, emitted an aura that made the surrounding affiliated creatures restless.
Zhou Qi looked at the new creature created by the combination enhancement, his heart filled with Excitement. He had, in a way, created a new life form.
