The head of the Four-Tier Human-Hand Centipede became even more massive and ferocious; a pair of huge fleshy horns grew on either side of its original triangular skull.
The surface of the fleshy horns was covered with dense, bumpy protuberances, and their tips were incredibly sharp, like two giant drills.
Its mouth was filled with sharp fangs, each as large and thick as an adult, with black viscous fluid oozing between them. When it dripped onto the ground, it would make a “sizzling” sound. Deep inside, two enormous venom sacs had grown.
Many thick limbs extended from both sides of its body. These limbs were also covered with black carapaces, and their ends were sharp claws, capable of easily tearing through rocks.
When it moved, these limbs swung rhythmically, creating a strong gust of wind that churned the surrounding air with a “whooshing” sound.
The entire Human-Hand Centipede exuded a powerful and evil aura, sending shivers down one's spine.
Zhou Qi looked at the giant creature before him and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
He immediately opened the Family panel and found that the Human-Hand Centipede, reinforced to Four-Tier, had reached a Life Strength of a full 45 points, breaking through the limit of its Advanced Life level and reaching Overlord Chief—which is to say, a semi-super life form.
The strength of the Evolution Space finally began to manifest. Generally, individuals with an Advanced Life level, after growing to their limit, are basically complete or ultimate Advanced Life forms; a very small number can reach super-ultimate forms, let alone cross life levels.
However, the reinforcement of the Evolution Space was able to continuously Breakthrough even after the individual reached its life level limit.
The purpose of this trip had been achieved. Zhou Qi did not bring the Four-Tier Human-Hand Centipede back to the Geocentric Base. After all, before reaching Five-Tier loyalty, its stability was truly not controllable enough, so he let it lie dormant in the mountain forest here.
Uka, meanwhile, was continuously directing the Six-Tier Spiked Horned Tyrant Insect to transport the dead or injured Six-Order Four Fiend Insect Soldiers, and everything was operating in an orderly manner.
Deep in the dense forest, a figure suddenly flashed and disappeared.
The glowing rocks in the sky seemed to never extinguish, illuminating the Geocentric World as if it were eternal daylight.
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March 29, 2017
Current Evolution Points: 1.66 billion
After several consecutive days, the Geocentric Base was finally completed, with a majestic base standing in this desolate Geocentric World, and an even larger Underground Base built beneath it.
Inside the base, there were several Sixth-Order Spiritmorph Demons patrolling back and forth, their powerful aura drawing the attention of the Bug Clan Family of other races.
The number of other Bug Clan Family members also steadily increased. Every night, they would come from the Underground Base through the underground passage of the Huangshi Mountain Range, and the entire base presented a prosperous and vibrant scene.
On this day, Wang Yufei and Moga Luo also brought over the parasite-like bugs they had each acquired, according to Zhou Qi's instructions.
Inside the central tent of the base, Zhou Qi looked at these parasites before him. Without exception, they were all very small in size.
These parasites varied in form: some resembled tiny spiders, glowing with a faint green light; others were like slender nematodes, slowly wiggling in their containers, with strange runes occasionally flickering on their bodies.
There was also a small bug in a glass bottle, extremely tiny, about 0.05 - 1.2 millimeters. Zhou Qi only detected its life fluctuations through Mental Energy scanning.
Seeing this, Wang Yufei immediately stepped forward and introduced, “Master, this is something I specifically had someone find. It's called a water bug, a type of insect with extremely tenacious vitality, capable of adapting to various harsh environments.”
Zhou Qi listened, then stepped forward, covering his eyes with Mental Energy, greatly enhancing his senses, and looked at the bug inside the glass bottle.
Its appearance was endearing, with a round body, eight short, thick, clawed legs, a head, and four body segments.
Its body was covered with a transparent cuticle, its head had small eyes and a retractable proboscis, and it would shrink into a “small seed” and enter a cryptobiotic state when encountering harsh environments. It was indeed a water bear.
He could not suppress his excitement and decided to reinforce it. After all, to reinforce a Bug Clan Family member with parasitic abilities, tenacious vitality was indispensable.
“Ding, consuming 1000 Evolution Points, Water Bear has been reinforced to First-Tier Water Bear. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Elementary Favorability with First-Tier Water Bear.”
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“Ding, consuming 16,000 Evolution Points, Water Bear has been reinforced to Fifth-Tier Water Bear. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Oath of Loyalty with Fifth-Tier Water Bear.”
“Ding, congratulations, Host, for successfully reinforcing a Water Bear and advancing to First-Tier Apostle. You have gained the talents: Survival in Desperate Situations, Super Pressure Resistance, Cell Reorganization, and Microscopic Insight.”
The Fifth-Tier Water Bear was already nearly 1 centimeter in size. Its body surface was covered with a thick layer of wrinkled skin, adorned with mysterious patterns. These patterns not only enhanced its defense but also seemed to contain some special energy.
Zhou Qi opened the Family panel to check:
Apostle: Fifth-Tier Water Bear
Rank: Low-Tier Life Form
Race: Water Bear
Gene: Low-Tier Water Bear Gene
Life Essence: Carbon-based Life Form
Talents:
Five-Star Talent:
Survival in Desperate Situations: Able to survive and maintain strong combat power in extremely harsh environments, such as high temperatures, low temperatures, and hypoxia.
Four-Star Talent:
Super Pressure Resistance: Able to withstand extremely powerful pressure, whether physical pressure from the outside world or energy impacts, it can easily cope.
Cell Reorganization: Body cells have powerful reorganization capabilities, able to quickly repair and regenerate after injury. Even if the body is severely damaged, it can recover in a short time.
One-Star Talent:
Microscopic Insight: Possesses extremely keen microscopic perception, able to detect objects and energy fluctuations hidden in tiny spaces.
Life Strength: 1
Looking at the talent description of the Fifth-Tier Water Bear, Zhou Qi was overjoyed. He hadn't expected a Low-Tier Life Form to possess so many powerful talents, and several of them provided tremendous help for the subsequent combined reinforcement of parasites.
Immediately, Zhou Qi carefully observed the other parasites placed on the table, selecting a few suitable ones, preparing to reinforce them to Fifth-Tier to become Family members, in order to perform combined reinforcement.
This combined reinforcement was of great significance. If successful, it might create a brand new, powerful existence with the ability to control the brains of intelligent creatures, which was crucial for his strategic deployment in the Geocentric World.