The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 162 - 76 Man and Beast (3k)

Chapter 162: Chapter 76 Man and Beast (3k)

"Indeed, even after a Lord’s territory is destroyed, points can still be obtained, and it seems that the points received are multiplied a hundredfold..."

The "live broadcast" in the channel lasted less than an hour. It seemed that the disparity between the two Lords’ strengths was quite large; the Lord who kept cursing soon fell silent, and his name also disappeared from the leaderboard.

His fate was clear - his territory had fallen, and he had died as a result.

Before his death, the aggressive Lord that attacked him had his name revealed, and his score on the corresponding leaderboard suddenly jumped by a thousand points, shooting up rapidly in ranking.

Even during the ongoing battle, his points continued to climb rapidly. Normally, killing a 2nd rank mutant territory target yields only single-digit points, but his were increasing by dozens, apparently due to a tenfold points multiplier.

This immediately caused an uproar among all the Lords.

"Killing a Lord also yields points?!"

"And the points are multiplied tenfold!"

"You’re wrong upstairs, a 2nd rank territory only scores 10 points, 1000 points would only be obtained for eliminating a 4th rank territory!"

"A hundredfold increase!"

"That means..."

Someone suddenly brought up a point, but then stopped at the most intriguing part.

The channel’s conversation paused, no one knew what they were thinking, but the Free Market on the other side suddenly became lively.

Many pieces of Blood Flesh originally deemed slightly expensive vanished from the market, it was unclear whether they were delisted or bought out in seconds, and the number of weapons listed by Jun Lin and other leaderboard Lords significantly reduced.

Even many other high-tier materials and even building materials were bought up.

Clearly, with this news, all Lords realized that things had changed.

Whether they wanted to attack other Lords or not, they were forced to join this "game."

Ambitious Hunters wanted to exhaust all means to enhance their strength, even making alliances to attack territories.

Maybe they didn’t want to initiate, but unable to judge others’ intentions, who knew if they would become the "prey"?

Better to strike first rather than resist passively!

Even if they truly didn’t intend to act, they also had to worry about being attacked and likewise had to find ways to enhance their strength, to avoid becoming the "prey."

Even more likely, they could be dragged into becoming hunters themselves, starting this slaughter.

However, until the final moments, who is the prey and who is the hunter, who lives and who dies, it’s still not easy to say.

But Bai Yi was certain that for the ten or so days until the end of this Cycle Challenge, things would only get more chaotic outside.

And those leaderboard Lords had not yet made a statement; their strength far exceeded all other Lords’, if they too joined this game, it would be an absolute crushing for the other Lords.

This situation, combined with the name of this Cycle Challenge, reminded Bai Yi of nature’s savage battles for survival, the 2nd rank Lords like various wild animals, surviving according to natural rules in the Cycle Challenge.

Those leaderboard Lords seemed like human hunters who had disrupted these rules, disregarding various norms for their own benefit.

Thinking this, Bai Yi felt an unexpected revolt and distaste for these disrespectful actions towards "natural laws," wanting to intervene and even feeling that the chaotic skirmishing of the low-tier Lords was normal, a natural rule.

When Bai Yi realized this, she suddenly shivered...

Well, she felt nothing...

Just re-examined herself after realizing it, since even when reflecting alone she could only feel justified, those successful reflections were just convincing herself.

But since she sensed something irrational, although unclear what the influence was, after excluding the excessive part, Bai Yi still decided to follow her current heart.

Confirming that she indeed wanted to prevent leaderboard Lords from initiating slaughter.

As for more low-tier Lords, while she had this thought, unless she was willing to overtly manage the entire White Poplar City with the Swarm, these were beyond her control.

Most of them were also for their survival, so they wouldn’t become prey, become the laggards, become those who are beaten.

Furthermore, the essence of this chaos was due to the cold disaster followed by the current chaotic weather, causing a scarcity of resources including food; survival depended on devouring each other.

Unless Bai Yi could solve this issue, willing to sustain all the Lords, or...

"Can only wait until a Lord is attacked again, then help if possible..."

This challenge isn’t ending anytime soon, even if I actually let some Lords keep themselves safe, those hunters will find other prey."

Bai Yi glanced back at the chat channel, where the silence had been broken, but the conversation had shifted from idle chat to various inquiries aimed at enhancing oneself.

He even noticed that the ranking of Lords suddenly had an influx of Tier 3 Lords, seemingly to elevate their own Intimidation, as rank advancement provides the fastest method for low-tier Lords to enhance their Combat Power.

On another note, Bai Yi’s private messages suddenly surged, filled with requests to trade for food or even powerful items and weapons from the top-ranked territory ’Fan Mao’.

With a deep sigh, Bai Yi decided to prioritize her own affairs and passed these private messages to Shang Ji to handle them autonomously.

She then grabbed the Chimera cane, brushed aside other distractions, and resumed her work on enhancing the Parasites.

Last time in the dungeon, she already had a rough plan, categorizing Parasites into external attachment types with exoskeleton-like features and internal types that enhance the host directly.

The latter is further divided into those that provide various boosts and those that grant the host completely new superpowers.

Although Bai Yi intended to integrate them, she needed to conduct gradual tests and planned to develop samples of each type reaching Tier 2 standards.

With the gene entries she currently possessed in mind, Bai Yi initiated her Magic Power and began gene weaving.

...

The next morning, in front of the giant banyan tree, a row of volunteers now stood before Bai Yi.

These were chosen by Shang Ji last night from the captives at the Sanctuary, all Superpower Users with a Parasite already embedded, ensuring no concerns about leaks and absolute security.

From Tier 1 to Tier 4, male and female, even varied age groups, Shang Ji had gathered as diverse a group as possible to facilitate thorough testing for Bai Yi.

Of course, given the limitations of the captured individuals, while it was manageable to balance the ranks and genders, age was where Shang Ji had exerted maximum effort, resulting in a range from a maximum of forty to a minimum of twenty years old.

However, this was merely for preliminary testing, as the real large-scale public testing would still occur within the dungeon world.

This time, six types of Parasites were developed, two types in each of the three models, all serving singular functions, and all underwent testing on these subjects, yielding results that matched expectations per the control panel’s data.

The two enhancement-type Parasites provided recovery of Magic Power Value and an extra limit to Magic Power Value, capable of restoring 1 Magic Power Value per minute and storing an additional 500 Magic Power Value—an impactful effect for a Tier 2.

The only downside required them to provide nourishment for the Parasite, temporarily reducing the host’s Constitution by 2 points.

Even for a Tier 2 like Bai Yi, these would be considered a significant boost, making them highly appealing.

The two Superpower types, even more powerful, reached the standards of Tier 3, granting the host Telekinesis and Fire Series superpowers, both derived from plants fused with Extraordinary Relics.

The former allows control of objects within ten meters that weigh no more than one hundred kilograms, at speeds of up to 100 meters per second. The latter allows control over a larger area of fifty meters, capable of generating and manipulating fire, and causing explosions.

Both temporarily reduce the host’s Constitution by 5 points.

The External Attachment Type is the most powerful, also reaching Tier 3. Its sufficient body allows it to carry more abilities, in some ways akin to a biological type of soft exoskeleton armor.

It contains the functions of the two enhancement types, replenishing and storing up to 1000 Magic Power Value at the rate of a normal Tier 2 and granting the host an additional 10 points in Strength and agility attributes, along with one of the superpowers from the Superpower types.

They demand the most reduction in Constitution, needing 15 points.

Of course, the most basic function shared by all these Parasites is their constant connection with the nearby Swarm Network, ready to perform the original Facehugger function, beginning to erode and control the host when necessary.

This is a necessary precaution to prevent anyone from buying them and using them as weapons against their creator.

The three models of Parasites are rated Tier 2 Purple, Tier 3 Green, and Tier 3 Gold. Although it’s nearly the same effort for Bai Yi to nurture them, others aren’t aware of that!

She could market these as three different levels of enhancement for sale, much like those progressively powerful Matryoshka gear in games.

Moreover, as long as they can withstand the stress induced by them, most are capable of coexisting!

Only the two Superpower types and two External Attachment types conflict with each other, theoretically allowing up to four Parasites to co-exist, elevating a Tier 2 unit directly to Tier 3 Gold standard.

Stacked together, they would equal the end-game gear for a Tier 3.

Next, just some more improvements and she would be ready for mass deployment in tests, fortuitously as her cooldown period for entering the dungeon had passed, allowing her to use the triple time flow speed to continue improving and cultivating inside, while distributing the Parasites for testing.

She still remembered, there was still a Lord lingering in her dungeon world.

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External Attachment Type Superpower Armor·Flame II (Tier 3/Gold): Upon wearing, it immediately occupies 20 Constitution attributes, temporarily adds 15 to Strength and agility attributes, grants Tier 3 Flame superpower, with armor capable of storing up to 1000 Magic Power Value, automatically restoring 1 Magic Power Point per minute, and can be actively energized...