Chapter 116 - 116 Huge Beast
116 Huge Beast
Currently, the black crystals could no longer be used for the system update, and Ning Shi could not absorb them either, so he didn’t have a use for them for now. As such, he simply took out all 20000 kilograms of the black crystals and put them into the hatchery.
He planned to first produce 10 generals, 500 lieutenants, 20000 captains, and 900000 soldiers. He would build the elite framework first, then start to make more troops.
After the setup was completed, the hatchery began to absorb the energy of the black crystals. The four breeding rooms were like balloons that were filled with air, expanding.
After a short while, the soldier’s reproductive room was the first to start spewing insects.
The first guardian spirit insect was born.
From the outside, the guardian spirit insect looked like a ball. Their entire body seemed to mainly be made up of their heads, and their limbs were extremely small. If one did not look closely, one would not notice that they had arms and legs.
On the outside, the guardian spirit insect was very cute. They were round and cute.
The guardian spirit insect soldiers were very small, only about 1 cm in size, and their color was very light. If one did not pay attention, the insects would sometimes be overlooked.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The hatchery’s reproduction speed was extremely fast, and one by one, guardian spirit insect soldiers shot out from the reproductive room.
After a while, the first captain was born. A lieutenant and general were also born in succession.
The difference between a guardian spirit insect and a war insect was that the higher the level of the guardian spirit insect, the smaller its body size.
The guardian spirit insect general’s body was not even 1mm in size. If not for Ning Shi’s good vision, he might have ignored it!
After seeing the form of the guardian spirit insect, Ning Shi was ready to leave because the system gave him a prompt.
[The insect tribe’s reproduction follows natural selection. Only the fittest survive. It is not recommended for the host to interfere too much with the development of the guardian spirit insects. ]
Originally, Ning Shi was going to let the guardian spirit insects parasitize the war insects and see what kind of troops would be born after the former absorbed the latter’s genes and nutrients.
However, the system had given him such a prompt. Thinking of the guardian spirit insect’s gold talent for learning, Ning Shi decided not to interfere with their reproduction.
The guardian spirit insects would learn themselves and would choose a more suitable species to parasitize.
Ning Shi only needed to provide enough black crystals.
After thinking it through, Ning Shi was worried that if he left for too long, something unexpected would happen with the war insects, so he flew back to black crystal mine No.18.
As the master of the hatchery, he could see the development of the hatchery from a distance in his mind.
In the following week, Ning Shi obediently carried out his duties as a war insect lieutenant, mining with peace of mind. At the same time, he stole some black crystals and put them into his backpack every day.
In seven days, Ning Shi had stolen a total of 100000 kilograms of black crystals which he had put all into the guardian spirit insect hatchery. The current number of guardian spirit insects had already broken through the 5 million mark.
It had been more than ten days since he came to the insect world, and the length of his stay had far exceeded Ning Shi’s plan.
He had originally only wanted to scout the insect world and planned to return in four or five days. He didn’t expect to have managed to sneak into the war insect tribe so smoothly.
If he gave up his identity as a war insect lieutenant now, all his previous efforts would be in vain.
However, it had been too long since he had returned. Ning Shi was afraid that his family and friends would worry about his safety.
Thinking of this, he flew to a place where no one was around and activated his summoning skill.
A moment later, Elena appeared in front of Ning Shi, completely naked and covered in bubbles.
When Ning Shi saw this alluring scene, his heartbeat accelerated and he could not even maintain his transformation skill, directly transforming back to his main body.
A warm liquid seemed to be about to flow out of his nose. Ning Shi quickly took out his spare clothes from his game backpack and put them on Elena.
Elena sensed her surroundings and only relaxed when she saw that there were no enemies.
“Ning Shi, I was taking a bath when I felt your call. I thought you were in danger, so I hurried over.”
Feeling Elena’s good intentions, Ning Shi’s heart warmed, and he said embarrassedly, “Elena, you should know about the insect disaster on Saturn. I’m in the insect world right now, but I might not be able to return for a while due to some delays. So not to worry my family, I hope you can help me tell them that I’m safe.”
Elena used Ning Shi’s clothes to wipe the bubbles on her chest, causing a bouncy wave of fairness that shook Ning Shi’s heart.
“No problem, I’ll tell Hao Meng to pass it on to the others. Don’t worry. Is there anything else? If not, I want to go back and continue washing up. The foam is stuck to my body, and it’s very uncomfortable if it dries.”
“I’m fine, I’m fine!”
Ning Shi canceled the summoning, and Elena returned to her bathtub on Saturn.
After telling his family that he was safe, Ning Shi’s heart calmed. He continued remaining undercover with ease in the war insect group.
Three days later, he finally got the chance.
General No.11 had come to inspect black crystal mine No.18!
After reaching the limit of a 50-meter lieutenant, Ning Shi had been looking for an opportunity to kill a war insect general.
He had previously sent a brainwave message to General No.11, saying that he had discovered a new black crystal mine where an azure insect general was stationed, so he could not attack it.
He had asked for the general’s help.
However, General No.11 never replied. This time, he finally came.
General No.11’s intelligence was obviously higher than the low-level war insects. After patrolling the mine, it looked at Ning Shi in confusion.
“No.74, the speed and number of black crystals your troops mine do not match the number of black crystals you transport to the base every day. Why is that?”
Ning Shi finally felt the pressure of being a spy. At the level of a general, the intelligence of the war insects was already better than many ordinary humans.
After a round of inspection, the war insect general saw the problem with black crystal mine No.18.
However, the genes of the war insects were deeply rooted, and there had never been a low-level war insect that could go against an advanced war insect.
As such, General No.11 only felt that the number was wrong, but he did not suspect that Ning Shi had stolen the black crystals.
Ning Shi flew to the general and sent a brainwave, “General, the reason why the numbers are not right is that…”
General No.11 listened attentively to Ning Shi’s words and was completely off guard.
All of a sudden, all the trees at the edge of the mine began to shake, and the leaves on the trees pointed neatly in one direction.
The patches of grass on the ground were originally soft, but in an instant, they hardened and pointed to the sky like sharp swords.
A chilling sword intent filled the world.
A ray of white light appeared out of thin air and struck General No.11’s head.
Bang!
The sound of metal clashing could be heard.
Ning Shi’s most powerful strike only left a deep wound on the general’s head but did not cut it in half.
The general’s body was sent flying far into the horizon by this strike, then it fell heavily to the ground. It was dead.
Although the attack hadn’t cut through its body, the destructive will contained in the sword intent still destroyed General No.11’s soul.
To display his swordsmanship, Ning Shi changed back to his human form.
The swarm of insects saw his appearance and there was a commotion. They rushed over one after another, wanting to stab him to death.
Ning Shi stomped and disappeared from where he was at an extreme speed. He then turned into a war insect and flew to the general’s corpse to devour it.
[You have devoured the corpse of a war insect general. Body size +1m, physical strength greatly increased. The war insect general’s gene has been collected. Upgrade to the war insect general.]
General No.11’s body was 15 meters long, so Ning Shi immediately transformed his war insect body into a 15-meter body and appeared in front of the war insects.
“Lieutenant No.74 colluded with the enemy and has been eliminated. You can continue mining. There will be a new lieutenant to lead you.”
The war insects felt General No.11’s aura and brain waves, so they did not doubt him and thought that the strange creature that had just appeared had been killed by the general. With that, they continued to mine.
Following this, Ning Shi found a quiet place and began to devour the remaining corpses of the war insects in his backpack.
[You have devoured the corpse of a war insect soldier. Body size +0.1cm, physical strength slightly increased.]
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[You have devoured 200000 war insect corpses. Devour skill has been upgraded to Tier 6.]
After the Devour skill was upgraded to Tier 6, Ning Shi could now devour thousands of war insect corpses in one breath, just like the insect commander.
In just a short while, the remaining 400000 war insect corpses were all devoured by Ning Shi. His war insect body thus reached a huge length of 450 meters, but it still had not reached the general’s limit.
Ning Shi estimated that a war insect general’s maximum body size was 500 meters.
When he became an insect commander, his body size would probably start to shrink. Ning Shi knew that his current body strength should be much inferior to the insect commander.
After all, the insect commander had devoured tens of millions of war insect corpses in one breath.
Rather than the increased strength of his body, Ning Shi saw an even more shocking scene.
After absorbing the general’s genes, he obtained some fragmented memories from its genes.
In the general’s memory, a “mountain” tens of thousands of meters high had come to life. It walked on the earth, crushing it.
Behind it was a huge bird that covered the entire sky. Wherever the bird flew, the ground immediately darkened.
The clouds followed the giant bird, looking like the white feathers on its body.
“What is this? A huge beast? Kun-Peng?”
Watching the general’s memory, a familiar sentence flashed through Ning Shi’s mind.
“A Kun-Peng is so big that it can’t fit on one grill…”
Following that, a flash of inspiration flashed through Ning Shi’s mind.
“The beast disaster!”