Chapter 23 The First Step of the Insect Clan

After waiting a full 2 days, Bai Yi finally gathered 450 Magic Power Value limit on the fourth evening since his arrival in this world.

During these two days, Bai Yi had been investing 10 units of Blood Flesh into the giant tree every day, obtaining an extra tree fruit from it.

Together with the swarm of bees' hunting in the southern territory, Bai Yi's Level also reached 16.

Putting all the free attribute points into Spirit, Bai Yi began the final Genetic Fusion.

[Current genes match well with the target, 450 Magic Power Value is needed to complete the Fusion. Do you wish to proceed?]

[Genetic Fusion complete, congratulations on creating a new species: Unnamed (First-tier/Gold)]

[Unnamed](First-tier/Gold)

Life Value: 250/250

Magic Power Value: 620/620

Level: lv.20 (First-tier)

Attributes: Strength 10, Spirit 12 (+50), agility 25, Constitution: 15

Talent:

(new!) Unlimited Regeneration (Gold): Growth rate significantly increased, can consume Magic Power and stored Nutrition to rapidly repair bodily damage and restore Life Value, no longer possesses fatal weaknesses, Life Value limit +100.

(new!) Destructive Poison (Gold): Use bee sting to inject extremely destructive toxin, causing corrosive damage of 5 points per second, and a Constitution check on the target. If Constitution is below 25, it causes paralysis for 3 seconds.

This effect can stack, each stack increases the judgment value by +2 and causes an additional 5 points of corrosive damage, up to a maximum of 10 stacks.

Swarm Consciousness (Gold): The swarm possesses group consciousness, unlocking corresponding attribute modifiers and extra abilities whenever the swarm number reaches (10, 100, 1000…), thereby increasing the wisdom of Swarm Consciousness. Current modifier:

[Gain 50 Spirit attribute modifier, collection speed +200%, work efficiency +200%, gain additional skill: Wing Flapping (Blue)]

Hive Expert (Purple): Worker Bees will actively search for materials to expand and repair the Hive, slowly reducing the upgrade requirements of the Hive.

Skill:

Wing Flapping (Blue): The swarm synchronizes consciousness, performs high-frequency wing flapping, releasing spiritual interference, making a Spirit Attribute check against the target. If below 31, it causes dizziness to the target, reducing hit rate by 50%.

Gathering (Blue): Even after Mutation, the skill of gathering is not lost, and materials for construction and pollen will be actively collected while Swift Swimming.

Brewing (Blue): Consuming gathered pollen can be used to brew [Giant Bee Honey](First-tier/Purple), continuing to consume pollen can further brew even better [Royal Jelly](First-tier/Gold).

sting (Green): Perform a quick sting, injecting destructive toxin into the target, causing 20 points of physical damage ignoring defensive power.

(new!) Poison Liquid Spray (Blue): Quickly spray extremely destructive toxin through the bee sting, causing 5 points of corrosive damage per second to the target, lasting 5 seconds, and this damage to armor is doubled.

(new!) Rapid Regeneration (Gold): Gain an additional 200 Nutrition Value limit, consuming food can restore Nutrition Value, using 5 Nutrition Value or Magic Power Value to regain 10 Life Value for oneself, healing up to 50 Life Value per second.

Bee Dance (Gold): Coordinate with companions for a surround hunt, each companion dealing 20 points of physical damage ignoring defensive power to the target, and each attack dealing additional (2, 4…20) physical damage as the number of companions reaches (10, 20…100).

[The "Little Bee" with an increasingly strange narrative]

"Success!"

If not for the Gold being the maximum rarity, Bai Yi thought the current Giant Bee could definitely have several "+" after the Gold.

After the fusion of the Corrosive Mucus and Acid Secretion gene entries, the Giant Bee's neurotoxin talent was also upgraded to Gold.

Now it becomes the Destructive Poison.

Directly raising the Attack Power of the Giant Bee by a significant margin!

Unlimited Regeneration has given the Giant Bee's survival ability an epic boost, and as long as it's not killed in an instant, it's almost indestructible!

[Your unit type Killing Giant Bee has undergone unknown changes, do you wish to generate the corresponding building modifications? After modification, the Killing Giant Bee Hive (First-tier/Gold) will transform into [Unnamed] Hive (First-tier/Gold).]

The final fusion was complete, and Bai Yi no longer had to restrain building modifications, directly clicking confirm.

[This modification requires First-tier Crystal Core*20/Second Tier Crystal Core*1, do you wish to proceed with the modification?]

The river in the southern part of the territory often encounters First-tier Mutant Creatures coming to drink water. After two days of hunting, Bai Yi has accumulated 57 First-tier Crystal Cores.

However, 30 were spent that morning on modifying the Beetle's Insect Nest, so the remaining 27 were enough for the upgrade.

[Undergoing modification...modification completed]

[Would you like to name the new building?]

Bai Yi had a draft in mind for the naming over these two days.

"From today onwards, you are the Destruction Giant Bee!"

[Destruction Giant Bee Hive (First-tier/Gold):]

[Destruction Giant Bee Hive (First-tier/Gold): Can consume fresh Blood Flesh to recruit (breed) unit [Destruction Giant Bee], upgrade requires: Wood*100, Honey*400, Second Tier Crystal Core*3, Fresh Blood Flesh*400, the Hive has 100 Worker Bees (100/100)]

"The materials needed for the upgrade more than doubled, but it's not a big problem.

It's just a pity that the transformation couldn't convert the original swarm of bees."

Like Accelerated Growth, Genetic Fusion can be applied to a certain range of creatures, but only 20 Giant Bees benefited from the transformation in the end.

The rest of the Giant Bees would have to be dealt with slowly in the future.

After this transformation, it takes only 1 minute for the Giant Bee to breed.

Bai Yi was not in a hurry to breed the Destruction Giant Bees right now but turned his attention to the Poison Blood Beetle Insect Nest next door.

The Poison Blood Beetle was the new name of the Bloodthirsty Beetle after the transformation.

Neurotoxin, acid secretion, and corrosive mucus fused on the beetle's body, mutating into a golden talent called Poison Blood.

Granting the beetles a blood circulation system that carried highly corrosive blood.

Combined with regenerative abilities, every beetle could at any moment transform into a self-destructing little truck.

Although the initial impact wouldn't cause much damage, once it managed to land a hit.

It could perform a remarkable Blood Splash within minutes!

This morning, after fusing all the genes, it successfully advanced to the golden troop rank.

Giving Bai Yi a huge surprise.

[Poison Blood Beetle](First-tier/Gold)

Life Value: 250/250

Magic Power Value: 560/560

Level: lv.20 (First-tier)

Attributes: Strength 10, Spirit 6 (+50), Agility 20, Constitution 15

Talents:

Hard Armor (Green): The beetle's armor protects it, reducing 5 points of physical damage.

(new!) Poison Blood (Gold): Circulating toxic blood, possessing strong corrosive and paralytic effects, inflicts powerful corrosion and paralysis on contaminated targets, causing 5 points of corrosive damage per second.

(new!) Desperate Will (Purple): Non-fatal injuries cannot kill the Poison Blood Beetle, it can continue to act before dying completely, with Life Value +150.

(new!) Swarm Consciousness (Gold): The Queen (Bai Yi) was elevated to Swarm Consciousness and connected with the swarm. Whenever the group number reaches (10, 100, 1000...), corresponding attribute adjustments and additional abilities can be unlocked and provide benefits for the Swarm Consciousness, current adjustment:

[Second Tier: +50 to the Spirit Attribute of the swarm, Swarm Consciousness (Bai Yi) gains 25 points of Spiritual damage immunity, and spiritual judgment value +50 when making Spirit judgments]

Skills:

Bloodthirsty (Green): Enters a bloodthirsty state after consuming Blood Flesh, increasing Strength by +20%, and Agility by +20%.

(new!) Swarm Battle Technique (Gold): Hunts in coordination with companions, causing 30 points of physical damage to the target per companion; for every (10, 20...100) companions, each attack inflicts an additional (2, 4...20) points of physical damage.

(new!) Blood Splash (Purple): Actively cuts itself, splashing fresh blood onto the enemy, inflicting 10 points of damage to itself and causing 5 points of corrosive damage per second to the hit target, lasting for 5 seconds.

Impact (White): Charges with full force, causing damage equal to (Strength + Agility)

[When the swarm rages, a Blood Splash in five steps]

...

The combination of Group Consciousness and the innate Swarm Talent of beetles gave birth to this powerful talent.

It not only strengthens the swarm but can even feedback to Bai Yi!

Although it still can't add any Combat Skills to Bai Yi.

And the effective control range of the swarm is not far, only about 1 kilometer.

But this is enough for the upcoming fight!

However, these are not enough to cause Bai Yi to call it a surprise.

The genes fused after these mutations could also be extracted as gene entries!

Like the current Poison Blood Beetle.

The extractable gene entries on its body have quite notably included Poison Blood and Swarm Consciousness!

As long as Bai Yi extracts them again, he could graft them onto the swarm of bees!

"What's this? A hybrid swarm version?"

Footsteps came from behind, and a delighted voice followed.

"Master, all the rice on the farm has been husked as you requested, would you like to come and see?"

Bai Yi turned around to see Zhan Er holding a handful of shiny rice with a face full of the joy that the harvest brings.

The tools promised by Jun Lin were delivered this morning.

At that time, Bai Yi's upper limit of Magic Power was not enough to start gene Fusion.

So he used a bit of Magic Power to Accelerate Growth of several batches of rice, letting a few farmwomen practice with it.

After some mix-ups early on, they figured things out through trial and error by the afternoon, and the first batch of fresh rice finally came out of the oven.

Just as Bai Yi finished remodeling the Hive, he was in a very good mood and readily agreed to come.

"Let's go, take a look!"

...

Insect Swarm·Erosion Needle Worm: Resembles a little bee, with strong Regeneration and reproduction capabilities. Once one is found, it likely means countless Erosion Needle Worm Eggs are hidden nearby. It excels in attacking with sharp stings and dangerous corrosive Poison Liquid. Its blood carries the same toxicity as its venom, making it unusable. It is recommended to destroy it with high temperatures.

— "Insect Disaster Survival Guide" by Jun Lin