The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 128 - 44: Breakthrough of Level 3 and Talent Ability

Chapter 128: Chapter 44: Breakthrough of Level 3 and Talent Ability

[The Lord Rank breakthrough is complete, level cap increased to lv.40, All Attributes +5, Basic Magic Power recovery speed increased to 1 point every 30 seconds, you can choose one Specialized Attribute, each level-up grants All Attributes +1, Specialized Attribute an additional +3, free attribute points +3, skill points +1]

[Superpower level breakthrough complete, can affect Rank 2→3 targets, skill effects enhanced, obtained gene mutation, gained Talent Skill Points *10]

[Due to the current accumulation of a significant amount of Experience Points, you have leveled up from lv.30 to lv.40 (1520w/12000), you have gained 30 free attribute points, you have gained 10 skill points]

The task of advancing to the Lord Rank is more troublesome than imagined, as Bai Yi personally needs to kill a target beyond his current rank, but fighting within Taian is clearly unrealistic.

In the end, Bai Sheng and Bai Fa took on the task, with Bai Sheng personally controlling the Insect Swarm to capture a target severely wounded in the frontlines, entrusting the orange cat to deliver it back and Bai Yi seized its Life within the isolation established by the orange cat.

After completing the mission, Bai Yi did not initiate his breakthrough immediately.

This advancement was different from the past; due to the sheer proactive initiative of Bai Sheng and her group, Bai Yi’s Experience Points were completely maxed out, and this rank advancement could very likely catapult him directly to a Rank 3 Full Level.

Skipping so many levels and gaining attributes all at once is a significant strain on the body.

Three days later, after making full preparations, Bai Yi successfully completed his rank advancement.

And this advancement, as Bai Yi guessed, saw an unprecedentedly huge increase.

He allocated the so-called Specialized Attribute slot to Spirit Attribute, which he needed the most.

After the advancement, Bai Yi’s Spirit Attribute soared by 75 points, almost doubling.

Adding the Magic Power Value gained from drinking soup these past nights, he has broken past the 2000 mark, reaching 2010.

Because of the explosive increase in Spiritual Value which was even more than last time, Bai Yi fainted on the spot before he even had the chance to check his panel.

It wasn’t until the following day at noon that Bai Yi gradually awoke to see his panel after advancement.

In terms of personal attributes, after adding the attribute increases from [Butcher], his Strength, Agility, and Constitution all exceeded 60 points, reaching 61, 60, and 62 points respectively.

His main attribute, Spirit, had reached 151 points.

Bai Yi felt somewhat regretful that reaching 100 points in an attribute did not grant him any special bonuses, which was a bit annoying.

The next Lord Rank breakthrough tasks were already viewable: one of the attributes must break through 200 points, kill at least a Rank 4 target and consume its Crystal Core/Demon Crystal, and receive the worship or fear of at least ten thousand people.

Bai Yi could easily complete the attribute breakthrough by gathering a large number of the Insect Swarm and forcefully stacking temporary attributes brought by the skill I Am the Swarm.

As for the worship or fear of ten thousand people...

This requirement was specifically marked as real-time on the panel, which means unless Bai Yi plans to advance in level directly within the instance, he needs to find that many humans to complete this task.

It’s not impossible, with the pressure of the Insect Swarm, given Zhuchen’s population, to not just achieve the fear of ten thousand people, perhaps even the fear of a million people could be gathered.

But the problem lies in the killing mission, which requires obtaining a Crystal Core...

That’s the tricky part; in this world, Transcendent beings only drop relics.

Putting aside the question of whether a dropped relic counts as a "Crystal Core," consuming relics...

The relics dropped by Transcendent beings of over Rank 4 are at least grade 5, and at that level, they are not something to be consumed recklessly.

The Burrowing Worm is a prime example; the worm can split offspring and expel excess relics, she certainly can’t give birth to children, right?

And, if she were to advance outside of an instance, the only place within the District 33 territory where she could find that many people would be White Poplar Sanctuary.

With the current strength of the Insect Swarm, obtaining the fear of the Sanctuary should be no problem.

With a rough plan in mind, Bai Yi puts this matter aside for now and looks at the Talent Ability which has broken through at the same time as the Lord Rank.

Following the advancement, all skills have undergone slight changes.

For instance, Plant Affinity can now directly read plant thoughts, syncing with plant sensations, and gene extraction can now read even smaller organisms or recently deceased fresh Animated Corpses, provided the corpse hasn’t been charred, and the cells still have a degree of vitality.

Bai Yi plans to save those ten Talent Skill Points for now and test the new skills obtained from the superpower advancement.

[Gene Mutation lv.1: Consumes 100 points of Magic Power, can actively mutate a certain gene of a living organism, the mutation will cause unpredictable changes to the gene, the mutation is irreversible, but can be forcibly overwritten by Genetic Fusion]

But as for the test subject...

Bai Yi looked at the large number of plants in the courtyard.

Having just undergone Genetic Fusion to become a Tree-man two days ago, the ginkgo tree that was still pretending to be an ordinary tree certainly couldn’t be touched. It would not be good if those plants without a second specimen underwent a Mutation with adverse effects.

The same went for the pumpkin and the few plants that had become Level 5 Transcendents.

That meant he could only target the Low-level Transcendent plants....

"No, I can’t go on like this, it’s too intoxicating!"

Bai Yi put down the notebook and pen in his hands and rubbed his temples.

After an afternoon of playing with Mutation on the Transcendent plants in the corner of the yard, Bai Yi felt once again the sour thrill of a card draw guarantee.

Mutation Skills were actually not truly random Mutations, but rather the visualization of a certain gene sequence in front of Bai Yi, which she could then modify a segment of by consuming Magic Power.

However, to Bai Yi, this was a blind spot in knowledge. She had no idea what specific functions various gene segments were responsible for, leading to the final Mutated gene entries being much like a card draw game.

On average, only one out of every ten attempts would yield a positive enhancement, with the majority resulting in weakened effects or even worse Mutations.

Nevertheless, Bai Yi had gradually begun to discern patterns. Although she still could not understand the mysterious "gene language," she could vaguely guess which aspects would be affected if she Mutated a certain gene segment.

She could target specific gene entries for Mutation.

To increase her experimental opportunities, Bai Yi even invested those ten Talent Skill points into the Genetic Mutation Skill, enhancing the Skill to Level 10 and reducing its Magic Power consumption to 80 points.

Relying on the improved Magic Power recovery rate after advancing, Bai Yi continued her intermittent experiments until the maid Niaoniao came to remind her of dinner time. It was only then that the engrossed Bai Yi somewhat realized how time had flown.

After a good rest following dinner, Bai Yi returned to the courtyard to check the day’s harvest.

Although she couldn’t remember how many times she had used the Genetic Mutation, out of the final results there were four plants that underwent Mutations that were quite beneficial to Bai Yi.

Included was the Insect Herb that provided Bai Yi with a control entry!

After Mutation, Insect Herb’s control ability had become even stronger. Under Bai Yi’s interference with her Plant Affinity, it could now indirectly control the actions of Parasitical Insects.

Extracting this upgraded control entry, Bai Yi felt one step closer to her envisioned Parasitic Insect Clan.

She might even try it out in a moment, first weaving a prototype.

Hmm, but considering the time, it had already been three days since Zhuchen’s task, it was time to finish it up, or it wouldn’t be good if she got disturbed by someone prodding her from his end...

Bai Yi thought, opening the gene weaving panel, and began a new round of pest modeling work.

The next day, Bai Yi took out a 1.0 version potato, and a Potion with a still-decent effect from the panel to deal with Zhuchen’s task. After returning to her residence, she received a message from Bai Sheng.

After she annihilated a nation on the Hailan continent due to an unexpected discovery of another country’s Level 6 Transcendent with a very useful ability, she had set her sights on that Transcendent Origin and was planning to first unify the Hailan continent, secure that Transcendent profession, then return.

However, the situation in Crete had already ended "civil war" prematurely, determining the strongest.

Unsurprisingly, that businessman who caught Bai Sheng’s eye had won this "game."

Having been helped by the Insect Swarm to return to his family ahead of others, he used the advantage of having information beforehand, and persuaded the family to decisively give up most of their assets.

With big publicity of being sent back by the Insect Swarm, riding the momentum of the Swarm, he had already established a dominant position before the other businessmen in a rush could return.

After two days of struggle, the other dozen or so businesses gracefully admitted defeat.

Bai Fa had already taken control of Crete ahead of schedule and had sent the news of the victor to Bai Yi, seeking her opinion.

Thinking that she had just completed Zhuchen’s task today and shouldn’t be disturbed by anyone, Bai Yi decided to bring that ultimate victor, along with Bai Fa, over directly.

Now with a Magic Power Value of two thousand, she had enough to integrate the victor into the Swarm Consciousness for the businessman who was about to join her territory.

Becoming one of her own sooner rather than later would avoid unnecessary complications.

Blood Flesh Tree-man: A creature suspected to be masquerading as a Tree-man, an advanced Combat Unit of the Insect Swarm. Despite looking like a Tree-man, it fears neither severe cold nor ordinary fire. Its corporeal Strength is great, each Tree-man capable of congregating Magic Power within a certain radius, accelerating the Regeneration speed of the Insect Swarm. Its only weakness is the lack of long-range Attack...

—— "Insect Disaster Survival Guide"