Enforcer Manual
Chapter 201: Turns Out I’m the Villain_1

Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Turns Out I’m the Villain_1

Song Lan’s experiment continued.

He had instructed the King Bug to be careful outside to avoid attracting attention and not to draw the gaze of others.

Having once been an Iron-blood Interstellar Cavalry, getting too closely involved with the Bug Tribe could lead to being pulled aside for a talk.

But plans couldn’t keep up with changes, and Song Lan didn’t know why his elite machine gunner plan ultimately turned into hatching Jump Bugs, plus the "Cavalry" roaming around in District Seventeen. The army of Horn Bugs had expanded to several hundred, more than all the enforcement departments of the Enforcers combined.

And after gaining intelligence, their combat abilities had improved by a level.

Under the leadership of the King Bug, the Bug Swarm began to learn and understand the human anatomy, mastering the more vulnerable parts of the human body. They evolved from initially flying up blindly to chop at your knees to knowing how to use their size and flight advantage to attack weak points.

But it seemed the evolution stopped there.

According to Song Lan’s observations and research in the following days, he confirmed that infusing Spiritual Energy could only grant a certain level of intelligence to the Horn Bug army, making them more organized and disciplined, but their physical strength had not improved significantly, nor had the size of the Horn Bugs changed.

It seemed that for mutant creatures, Spiritual Energy could only promote the birth of intelligence; continuing to mutate and evolve could only rely on their own strength.

Their cognition, however, seemed somewhat peculiar.

For example, in the cognition of the Bug Swarm, Lu Xiang’s status was above both the King Bug and him, as the supreme ruler of the entire system, while Song Lan was seen as the God of Harvest who provided them with sustenance.

Therefore, the Horn Bugs were full of awe for Lu Xiang, never daring to trespass in her presence, let alone enthusiastically rush up to greet her; towards Song Lan, however, they were much more affectionate. Even after the prohibition to fly onto him to greet him, quite a few Cavalry Horn Bugs would follow him like shadows when they encountered him on the street.

Song Lan was actually happy to hand over the command of the Horn Bugs to Lu Xiang.

The Bug Tribe had decided, you will be the next Blade Queen.

In addition, the Bug Swarm could sense the presence of Elmon. In their cognitive system, Elmon became their worshipped God of Life, with soldiers at death’s door coming before him to miraculously recover.

Elmon developed a strong interest in Song Lan’s Horn Bug experiment, spending even more time with the Bug Swarm than Song Lan himself. When Song Lan went to work during the day, Elmon temporarily managed the entire Bug Swarm. This gave him a great sense of achievement, but as the chief disciple of the master, he never forgot his original intention, using any opportunity he had to enlighten the Bug Swarm with the glorious deeds of Song Lan.

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"I admit, your experiment is indeed somewhat interesting,"

That day at noon, upon seeing Song Lan come to her office again, Lu Xiang spoke highly of the experiment.

Now her office had two Horn Bug sentinels on standby at all times, specially trained to report the reconnaissance corps’ findings through pictures and text.

The previously understaffed department of the Enforcers suddenly had several hundred external aids, and the number was still on the rise.

Under the siege of the Horn Bugs, the high-ranking executives of the Pasro Group started showing their true colors. Even their browsing history at home at night and all evidence of illegal businesses were fed back to the Enforcers department in their entirety.

With irrefutable evidence, the executives had no room to resist and were sent directly to the remote prison after trial.

The recent frequent troubles of the Pasro Group significantly slowed down the progress of Kolo Film and Television Media, forcing them to look for new sponsors and partners.

After wrapping up her current work, Lu Xiang added, "But there are some issues we need to pay attention to. Horn Bugs are originally harmful mutant creatures to humans, characterized by being carnivorous and reproducing quickly. If they develop to a certain scale, a pest outbreak will occur."

Although Song Lan’s experiment once stopped the Horn Bug-induced deaths in District 17, it also indirectly expanded the living space for the Horn Bugs.

Without intelligence, conventional pest control measures could eliminate the Horn Bugs in batches, but now facing a Bug Swarm that was just starting to take shape, they’d probably need exoskeletal armors and flame weapons to eradicate them.

"The social structure of the Bug Swarm differs, as they obey the King Bug’s commands completely. They are not afraid of pain or death, and would carry out even a suicidal order from the King Bug without hesitation. Therefore, as long as the King Bug is controlled, it is as though the entire Bug Swarm is under control."

Song Lan presented his research findings, "Currently, I’ve only summoned the wild Horn Bugs here. Once they exceed a certain number, I intend to send them to ’the outside world’ to monitor the trade border activities."

"That could be a solution."

"However, my research has encountered a difficulty."

"What difficulty?"

"Simply put, I need some scientists to help me complete the following research."

Although the Horn Bug experiment went quite smoothly, that didn’t change the fact that he was just a power station: after providing the mutated creatures with Spiritual Energy, he was out of fresh ideas.

At this stage, the Horn Bugs and the gunmen had the same problem: weak individual combat capabilities. They could deal with street criminals in a sneak attack, but if they encountered a real tough opponent, it was very likely that hundreds or thousands of Horn Bugs might be wiped out in one fell swoop.

And as a member of the human faction, he couldn’t follow the Bug Tribe’s tactics of unlimited reproduction, so he had to look for other ways to enhance the Horn Bugs’ individual combat abilities.

Reliance on Spiritual Energy alone wasn’t enough to empower the Horn Bugs, but fortunately, in the year 2166, there was no limit to the technology tree.

If one path didn’t work, try another.

"I want to find some researchers who can tailor-make weapons for the Horn Bugs."

"Equip the Horn Bugs with weapons?"

Lu Xiang was startled. Researching weapons for bugs?

Was this something a normal person would think of?

She scrutinized Song Lan with a serious gaze. Mingling with the Death God Crab, returning to District 17 and then raising a massive Horn Bug army—could this guy be an infiltrator from the Bug Tribe?

But then she thought it over: she had checked Song Lan from top to bottom, and he was undoubtedly human.

"I believe this is the direction for future development, both for the Bug Swarm and humans. If one path is unsuccessful, switch to another. If technology hits a ceiling, then research genetics, and if genetics hit their limit, then study Spiritual Energy. Only by combining all three can one create an invincible army."

How powerful would an army integrated with gene-based flesh, human technology, and Spiritual Energy be?

Hmm,

Why does this train of thought seem somewhat familiar?

Song Lan quickly thought of a pioneer of fusion theory—that is, everyone’s good friend, Amon.

Well, the villain turned out to be himself.