The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 138 - 54 Insect Swarm · Engineering Ant (3k)

Chapter 138: Chapter 54 Insect Swarm · Engineering Ant (3k)

"How is the situation?"

Bai Yi originally did not plan to interfere with Bai Sheng and their actions, but once they actually started, Bai Yi couldn’t help but care about the progress.

After all, it concerns the promotion mission of her own territory, and involves the lives of tens of thousands of humans; it is impossible for Bai Yi to completely ignore it.

But Bai Yi didn’t want to make the effort to check herself, so she caught Shang Ji to ask by her side, while she was holding a model of the new Insect Clan in her hands.

After discussing last night, all plans had been settled, the only difficulty left was the housing issue. It’d indeed be a bit challenging for Nong Yi and the others to handle the shelter for tens of thousands of people and those Skeletons.

That’s why Bai Yi was preparing to create a completely new Insect Clan, specifically trained as architects.

The template chosen for the Insect Swarm was the Marching Ant in the territory, combined with gigantification to achieve the size of giant dogs, and their limbs were modified to become more flexible.

If it weren’t for the absence of genes that could form tentacles, tentacles would have been the best fit for them, but now they had to settle for less and use this temporarily.

"Currently, we have contacted that Commander Hong through the Insect Swarm. The other party is somewhat surprised, and also a bit suspicious and delighted.

Lord Bai Sheng is preparing to meet with him to demonstrate our strength.

Heh, they really don’t care about the common folk; just using some rhetoric and temptations through the Insect Swarm easily persuaded some people.

Even after the Erosion Worm appeared, they were only briefly surprised and agreed to submit to us.

So far, we have tempted 277 individuals to go around persuading others and spreading the news.

Even though they have been running around, the Superpower Users in charge of patrolling and guarding the citizens were too dismissive to stop them.

Perhaps because it’s equally cold outside, they assume that in their state of hunger, they wouldn’t and couldn’t attempt to escape.

They never guessed our existence, nor that we could still operate underground."

Shang Ji seemed very confident, this being the first time he completely led an operation.

After proposing the plan last night, even Bai Sheng, who he used to regard as a senior and a semi-boss, was willing to take orders from him, letting him truly understand the extremely flat hierarchy within the Insect Swarm.

Everything only required accountability to Bai Yi, without needing to consider too much about human relations and personal feelings, not much need for hesitation.

As long as it could bring more benefits to Bai Yi, even some necessary sacrifices could be made.

If there were any difficulties, the boss (Bai Yi) could also provide solutions and support immediately.

Even being a "captive" who surrendered, he could receive treatment completely identical to others; after returning to the territory, he even got a separate room!

How could there be such a great organization in the world!

Of course, it would be best if he didn’t have to write reports every day!

With a touch of emotion in his heart, he continued to "live broadcast" the progress of the operation:

"Master, Bai Sheng has started negotiations with Commander Hong. Commander Hong seems to want to maintain his independence, only willing to let us join the management later, not wishing to fully integrate into our territory and become subordinate.

Our original plan was to establish initial cooperation, ensuring that we could secure enough people, then apply pressure through demonstrating our combat abilities in subsequent fights to make him agree."

Bai Yi noticed the change in Shang Ji’s reference to Bai Sheng and glanced over.

It seemed that the influence of the Swarm Consciousness on Shang Ji had gradually become complete, and along with the influence of the Facehugger, his thinking had been completely transformed into a member of the Insect Swarm.

With the Swarm Network, her needs wouldn’t have ambiguities like spoken words, so she felt reassured to delegate tasks for her subordinates to implement specifically.

Moreover, the people under her handled matters even more professionally than she did, sometimes even giving her surprises, bringing additional benefits, like the dungeon world is the best example.

Her main aim this time was just for those people; she wasn’t in a hurry before, and it could have waited after the Cycle Challenge, but since the Sanctuary offered itself directly, she didn’t mind accepting it right away.

It’s just that in doing so, there might be a risk of exposing her own strength.

This doesn’t mean Bai Yi is a coward, but she worried that this could hinder her plan to cover White Poplar City with a Fungus Blanket.

After all, apart from her, there are still several powerful Lords, although not as strong as her, if they united it could become very troublesome.

And since they are also acquaintances, she actually didn’t want to be hostile with the lords in her region, but to sustain her Insect Swarm, the spread of the Fungus Blanket couldn’t stop, sooner or later she would encounter them.

Unless...

She could find a way to leave District 33 in advance...

Keeping this plan in mind for now, she casually said:

"I have no objections, you all decide.

My only requirement is that it must be swift and not leak any information."

She pulled out a handful of Crystal Rice from her head ornament, nibbled a few grains, holding a new Abnormal Object corresponding to Chimera, and began weaving the new Insect Clan using her superpower.

The greatest convenience of returning to the territory is that she can obtain any desired material from the panel at any time without having to justify the resources used.

As soon as the Blood Flesh appeared in her hand, it transformed under the influence of the superpower, wriggling and merging with the Crystal Rice.

From it gradually emerged an exoskeleton that enveloped the Blood Flesh, forming a giant ant-like creature.

With the enhancement of her staff in hand, the consumption of Magic Power was considerably reduced. Coupled with the replenishment from Crystal Rice, this weaving was nearly complete, with only a few high Magic Power-consuming Transcendent gene entries remaining.

"Commander Hong has agreed. As a condition, he promised to relocate the Sanctuary to a location designated by us after we help him defeat others.

The specific action will take place tonight, initiating a surprise attack, hoping to gain the master’s support."

Bai Yi knew what he meant; merely relying on these one hundred thousand Insect Swarm, defeating four Level 5 individuals wouldn’t be easy, and currently, the high-level combat power within the territory, including the newly acquired Abnormal Object, were all under Bai Yi’s direct command and needed her approval to deploy.

These are currently still sealed in card forms within Bai Yi’s panel.

Since it’s for the upcoming mission, Bai Yi would not hold back. She directly took them out, and also brought along two cards of the Erosion Worm.

"When necessary, we can also release them, and there’s no need to worry about food. By next month, our Fungus Blanket would have fully spread out.

At that time, food will no longer be a problem for us."

"Of course, master, please rest assured, everything will proceed as you wish."

Shang Ji took the cards and left the tree hollow without hesitation, overjoyed to prepare for tonight’s action.

The new Insect Clan in her hand was almost complete, so Bai Yi calculated the time and within the Swarm Network, she called Nong Er, who was responsible for construction in the territory, to begin the fusion of the last two genes.

Ten minutes later, Nong Er who returned within the territory saw a group of robust ants with giant mandibles.

Also inheriting the dark exterior of the Insect Swarm, they possessed a brown exoskeleton, with six thick limbs touching the ground, each end bifurcated, increasing the contact area with the ground.

Four limbs, positioned to raise the upper body acting as claws, floated like mechanical arms, joints could flexibly rotate, appearing capable of handling most tasks.

Knowing their abilities through the Swarm Network, Bai Yi was even more impressed.

Being unaffected by extreme temperatures was already a basic trait; when necessary, they could also use some simple Spells. Although it was somewhat difficult to harm enemies, it was completely sufficient for addressing some everyday needs.

These abilities were not the effect of the gene entry but were achieved through a ritual that granted them Zhuchen’s Level 2 Transcendent Mage Apprentice status.

Their true Transcendent gene, obtained from the gene entry of a Level 6 Transcendent Sunflower, mutated with the innate genes of the Marching Ant.

No longer just emitting flames through chemical substances, they could now more directly control flames, akin to acquiring a Fire Series superpower, and their inherent Self-Destruction ability was also significantly enhanced.

In terms of combat, they were far from matching the Erosion Worm, but...

"This is simply, just like being born to be a worker!"

Having learned of their capabilities in detail through the Swarm Network, Nong Er couldn’t help but exclaim.

Four flexible arms, along with small Spells capable of resolving most issues and strong physical Strength—simply the perfect architects and craftsmans.

In just a moment, she already thought of many uses for them.

Last night, they had discussed how to handle the issues of those ten thousand people, concluding that using the building blueprints drawn during last week’s activity, building individual rooms was not feasible.

Even though the game eliminates the need for additional labor, accommodating ten thousand people would require millions of units of building materials, which wasn’t feasible even for their wealth.

Ultimately, the decision was to build large communal dormitories using soil mixed with nearly infinite stone materials.

Though this would require some labor losses, overall it is more affordable.

Cheap, durable, and also significantly better in terms of thermal insulation.

This was also Bai Yi’s reason for cultivating these "Engineering Ants"; even after the completion of this work, they could still be trained as architects and workers within the Insect Swarm.

Additionally, if changed through a different ritual to become "Gardeners", they could seamlessly transition to true gardeners who would care for Bai Yi’s Transcendent plants!

"Then master, I’ll first take them to breed and then start rushing the work."

Nong Er left a message and led the flock of "Engineering Ants" away.

Soon, only Bai Yi was left in the territory.

Having just woven a new Insect Clan, Bai Yi wanted to rest for a while, but having been away from the territory for many days, there was quite a backlog of tasks that needed attention.

The other plants in the territory needed upgrades, and there were also the Sacred Body plans for the giant banyan to be harvested, along with two diagrams that hadn’t been arranged yet.

Thinking of her scheduled plans, Bai Yi felt the time pressure, sighed, and then immersed herself in work, and soon it was evening.

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