The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 109 - 25 Potion

Chapter 109: Chapter 25 Potion

"Come out, first."

After the maid delivering the plants left, Bai Yi spoke towards the side chamber of the courtyard.

"Master!"

Although they had been separated for only three days, having experienced two battles during these days, Bai Sheng had a lot to say upon seeing Bai Yi.

So, as Ju, the orange cat, usually went to relay messages and was preparing to bring over the Insect Swarm for Genetic Fusion, Bai Sheng took the initiative to come along.

However, Bai Yi didn’t ask about the specific details of the battles of the last two days but directly started discussing the troubles Bai Sheng faced in this battle.

Especially since this time, many of the Insect Swarm were killed by that lion relying on Holy Light, and they lacked decisive strength when facing that Dragon Man.

If it wasn’t for the lion losing its desire to fight at the end, they might have lost many more needle erosion insects before they could defeat it.

Apart from that, according to Bai Sheng’s calculations, given the current development rate of the needle erosion insects, their numbers could surpass ten thousand tonight.

They could still rely on the surrounding trees and plants for food now, but once their numbers increase further, they would need to consider other food sources.

"Fire Resistance, this indeed needs to be addressed. Among the plants coming this time, there are two that favor the Fire Series, perhaps we can get the corresponding genes.

Night Vision ability is even less of a worry; I can even fuse it onto both of you.

Decisive strength also has some clues; we can try using gigantification to create sufficiently powerful combat units.

As for the food issue, I also have a plan, and this is also a chance to try using the moss that hasn’t been utilized yet. If all goes well, we might even harvest the legendary Fungus Blanket of the Insect Clan...

Oh right, have you decided whether to become Transcendent or not?"

Bai Sheng shook their head; although they also found the Transcendent professions of this world appealing, they hadn’t yet decided which one to choose.

The [Gardener]’s future ability that Bai Yi currently mastered seemed to highly overlap with their own ability, and Bai Sheng wasn’t planning on strengthening it further but rather inclined towards acquiring Spell-oriented abilities to complement their weaknesses.

Unfortunately, there are only relics available now, and no corresponding Transcendent Ritual, so Bai Sheng was hesitant about whether to obtain power quickly or wait for a possible ritual.

After expressing their thoughts, Bai Yi didn’t intend to interfere in this regard and turned towards the needle corrosion insect swarm following behind Bai Sheng.

A good hundred needle erosion insects densely crawled out from the room, congregating into a mass in front of Bai Yi.

This was the limit of Bai Yi’s ability to fuse genes at one time.

If it were someone else, they might have developed claustrophobia...

Bai Yi internally complained, picking up a twig beside them, feeling the power flowing into their hands.

Night Vision matched well with the needle erosion insects, requiring only 300 Magic Power Value.

The newly acquired high-speed Regeneration also highly overlapped with the original gene, but because this gene entry leans towards plants, needle erosion insects needed 600 points to successfully fuse.

[Current gene matches well with the target, fusion requires consuming 300 Magic Power Value, proceed with fusion?]

[Current gene matches well with the target, fusion requires consuming 600 Magic Power Value, proceed with fusion?]

[Genetic Fusion complete, congratulations on creating a new species: Unnamed (Stage 2/Gold)]

The former granted these needle erosion insects the Night Vision ability similar to Fei Wen, and the latter strengthened the needle erosion insects’ original Unlimited Regeneration Talent.

From originally spending 1 Magic Power to restore 2 Life Value, it increased to restoring 4 points and also increased the maximum Life Value by 50 points.

With the remaining over two hundred Magic Power Value, Bai Yi’s gaze shifted to the delivered plants.

This time, there were a total of seven plants delivered.

Two of them were cultivated from the blood of Transcendents of the Sun Church Court, generally favoring the Fire Series, which Bai Yi spoke of as possibly being able to obtain the Fire Resistance gene.

However, after using superpower on them, Bai Yi was disappointed; neither of the two plants had acquired enough specialty, only one possessing an enhanced version of photosynthesis named Sunshine Absorption had some use.

They could only try using this time’s collected relics to cultivate some new Transcendent plants to obtain the Fire Resistance gene entry.

There is one relic corresponding to level 5 Transcendent, it should be possible to cultivate something.

The other several plants also lacked useful genes.

These plants grown in the garden of the Imperial Palace are not truly Transcendent plants; they are still at the level of ordinary plants.

They just possess some temporary peculiarities and cannot integrate their specialties into their genes like those three plants that performed the ritual for her that day.

The three plants that conducted the ceremony for her were already the best Transcendent species that could be found in the Imperial Palace.

And those truly Transcendent plants that can be stored in the Imperial Palace have all lost their vitality; Bai Yi would have to wait for someone from Zhuchen Court to go and retrieve living ones.

Results will not be available until tomorrow at the earliest.

Three gene entries were extracted from the promising ones: water storage, salt-alkali adaptation, and sugar secretion.

The remaining plants were not wasted; it was just enough for two rituals, so Bai Yi took the opportunity to test the needle erosion insect’s adaptability to the Transcendent profession.

The result was also very satisfying for Bai Yi.

Not only could they successfully fuse, but it also endowed the needle erosion insect with a highly practical ability.

The needle erosion insect, due to species and size limitations, had attributes significantly inferior to other creatures of the same rarity, such as wolves and dragons.

But the "Gardener" could ignore these species restrictions and forcibly increase the Strength and Constitution attributes of the needle erosion insects.

It also could consume Magic Power to attach the Gardener’s "Finger Blades" to limbs, tail needles, and even wings, thus further elevating the melee damage level.

With this successful example, Bai Yi became more confident about the gigantification of the needle erosion insects.

Originally Bai Yi was concerned that giant Insect Clan members would become fragile, and before coming to the Lord Game, she had taken an interest for a while in commercial films depicting monster giant insects.

She specifically studied why there were no giant creatures like beetles and spiders.

The conclusion was that due to the decreased oxygen content in the modern atmosphere, the breathing pores of insects could not supply enough oxygen for a massive body.

Additionally, giant terrestrial creatures also have to deal with corresponding gravity, which is why terrestrial creatures are generally not very large.

To achieve gigantification of a creature, the first improvements needed are its Constitution and Strength attributes.

Otherwise, even if forcibly gigantified, it would just end up like the Four Heavenly Kings who besieged the Great Saint, becoming an easy knockdown.

Now that it’s confirmed that Transcendent profession can compensate for the attributes in the Insect Swarm, there’s no need to worry.

The Transcendent profession could even grant more abilities to the giant needle erosion insects!

Making them more powerful than before!

However, the Transcendent Rituals she currently possesses have only reached the level of "Farmer". To develop giant needle erosion insects, Bai Yi conservatively estimates it would need to reach the level of "Butcher", which is a Level 3 Transcendent.

"It seems I need to find a way to advance soon. I remember Yin Hai said it’s best to fully familiarize with the power of the ’Gardener’ before advancing.

But the power of the ’Gardener’, does that mean I need to mimic the Gardener and use Finger Blades to trim plants and flowers?"

Bai Yi’s gaze quickly fell on the flowers and plants in the yard that were cramped and somewhat wilting due to the encroachment of Pumpkin No. 1.

.........

After toiling with those plants for an afternoon, Bai Yi gained some insights, at least much more familiar with the use of Finger Blades.

She feels that by tomorrow, if she damages some more plants, she can advance.

The ritual of the "Farmer" requires Bai Yi to complete the planting and harvesting process as required, which doesn’t ask for much in terms of the ritual offering, and even the Array isn’t needed anymore—she can complete it by herself.

Having a rare reunion with Bai Sheng, in the evening, she had Ju bring Bai Fa over as well, using the busy experiment as a reason and had the maids prepare dinner in the yard.

The three of them, along with an orange cat, enjoyed a grand meal, letting them experience the delicacies of the Imperial Palace before sending them back.

After sending off the two, Bai Yi then took out a pot of deep red soup from the small kitchen outside the yard and sighed deeply.

It was made while Ju went to fetch Bai Fa for dinner.

The main ingredient was the seven plants left over from the ritual held that day.

But what Bai Yi couldn’t handle was that the branches she had carried on her back today for becoming familiar with the "Gardener"’s power, surprisingly activated a passive ability while boiling the soup.

It enhanced her "Potion" slightly and reduced its negative effects, and even recorded the soup’s recipe as an approved potion formula by the Divine Fragment...

Damn it, does my soup not look like soup at all!

What the hell is a potion!

And what made Bai Yi even more upset was that the taste of that "soup" actually did improve a bit...

Resulting in Bai Yi feeling utterly defeated after boiling the soup, and in the end, the pot of soup was not taken out.

Bai Sheng and Bai Fa had left, but the needle erosion insects they brought did not go back and were waiting for the upcoming modifications.

After having a full meal, Bai Yi’s Magic Power had mostly recovered, enabling her to continue fusing the next genes.

.........

Deep Red Potion: After using 100ml, lose 33% Life Value, up to a maximum of 200 points, causing a Level 1 Transcendent life to be forcibly stunned for 1 minute, recovering 10% Spiritual Power up to a maximum of 500 points, thereafter recovering 5 points of Spiritual Power per second for 1 hour, All Element Damage +50%, up to a maximum increase of 50 points, the effect of Spiritual Power recovery can be stacked repeatedly...