The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 177 - 91: 4th-tier Superpower

Chapter 177: Chapter 91: 4th-tier Superpower

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As night fell, undisturbed by the Forest Elves, Bai Yi finally enjoyed his tranquility within the hollow of a tree, starting to organize the various pieces of information he had gathered today.

Man, indeed, tends to desire what he does not possess.

Those inside the city wish to leave, while those outside wish to enter.

Back when Bai Yi was the only one within his territory, he wished to enliven the place. But now, with the addition of three Forest Elves, the territory truly buzzed with activity, and Bai Yi realized it was more than he could withstand.

Had it not been for his strength reaching the 5th Rank, coupled with You’s protection, even Furistin was considering following the Prophet’s advice to come and protect Bai Yi closely.

He had barely managed to persuade them to leave, letting them choose a spot on the tree to build their treehouses.

At least Bai Yi had decided to take in these three Forest Elves and allow them to settle in his territory.

It was not just because of the inexplicable attraction to him that they possessed, which remained unclarified, but also the prophecy they mentioned that seemed related to him.

The former had already been asked once today, after communicating with Furistin.

And her response was to quote from their creation myth, "All Forest Elves come from the Elf Master, they are fragments of him."

But that was akin to asking someone where the world came from, and getting the answer that God created it.

Essentially equivalent to no gain at all.

Bai Yi had originally planned to perform gene extraction to see if he could find anything in the gene entries.

But he discovered that even the weakest of the three small ones had 4th Rank strength, and his Superpower had not yet advanced.

Although the prerequisite for advancement had already been fulfilled during the Transcendent Profession upgrade ceremony, he had simply forgotten about it due to his recent fully-booked schedule until today’s breakthrough.

The Life Weaver at lv.4 was like the upgrades from prior levels; besides strengthening existing abilities, it also brought him a new skill.

This ability, called Balanced Adjustment, allows for the enhancement of a particular gene trait of a creature, but the cost is that another gene trait must be weakened.

After testing, Bai Yi discovered that it was akin to a stable, controllable version of Mutation, providing a clear enhancement to genes and also allowing for the weakening of certain aspects through its other effects.

After discovering this effect, Bai Yi felt some regret for not remembering it sooner; had he had this ability earlier, cultivating that batch of Three-day Rice would have been much simpler, no longer reliant on chancing Mutations.

But that doesn’t mean Mutations were rendered obsolete so quickly.

With the upgrade of the Superpower, Mutations’ ability also changed; the power to strengthen or weaken genes remained, but the likelihood of generating new genes greatly increased.

And during Mutations, it became easier to produce gene entries that adapt to the current environment.

For example, if Bai Yi put a needle erosion insect into water and used Mutation on it before it drowned, there was a chance that it would gain the ability to breathe underwater.

Hmm...

As for how Bai Yi knew...

Because there was now a needle erosion insect that could swim in his territory...

Bai Yi uncharacteristically lucked out this time, succeeding with just one Mutation.

The other abilities, gene extraction remains unchanged, only the extraction cap increased, and it was able to extract some more fundamental gene entries.

After testing, it was found possible to precisely read out the genetic information for the growth of a specific organ, like the original Marching Ants’ Fireproof Shells.

In tandem, Genetic Fusion was similar to Accelerated Growth, only reducing consumption and slightly increasing scope, but not as significant an enhancement as Transcendent Abilities and his Transcendent weapon staff.

Only the maximum limits for Accelerated Growth increased substantially, allowing for up to one month of growth effect in a single session.

However, Plant Affinity showed a trend towards the Forest Elves’ Extraordinary Abilities, gaining a certain indirect attack capability, enabling full control over a plant’s movement upon touch, much like a Tree-man’s mobility.

If Bai Yi did not possess the abilities brought by his Transcendent Profession, this would also be a decent offensive ability.

But Bai Yi felt that this upgrade came too gently, leading him to suspect, as Ju had said, that something big might burst forth at the 5th Rank.

This made him look forward even more to the 5th Rank upgrade, whether it was the Superpower or the Lord Level, as both seemed to have something special at the 5th Rank.

And the requirements for Superpower advancement were now viewable.

[Upgrade Prerequisite: Personally cultivate 10 species of 4th Rank Gold Level creatures (6/10), own 3 large structures with creature traits (1.6/3)]

Those six existing 4th Rank Gold Level soldier types were the Insect Swarm’s Erosion Worm, Burrowing Worm, Fungus Blanket, and Parasite, as well as the Banyan Tree Man and You.

Other Mutant Plants, although cultivated by Bai Yi, were not recognized as superordinary by the system, and so were not counted.

And other Insect Swarm members, like Fei Wen, were due to their own limits, fell from the 4th Rank Purple or even lower after the 4th Rank and needed to go back to the drawing board.

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Bai Yi initially didn’t understand the significance of the 3 large biological buildings behind her, but upon seeing the miraculous progress represented by that little decimal point, Bai Yi realized it likely referred to the "Blood Flesh Worm Nest," whose construction progress just happened to match that number.

The number 1 naturally represented You, who served both as a combat unit and a building, and even as the territory itself.

This at least proved that it was indeed possible for higher-ranking tasks to replace the original ones: the gigantic Blood Flesh Worm Nest could be counted as a large building without any extra bonuses.

And currently, these tasks are not difficult; the former only requires Bai Yi to spare some time to cultivate, which would also strengthen the Insect Swarm, while the latter is much simpler compared to the promotion tasks for the Lord Rank.

However, these are all things for later; this promotion has brought her a total of 20 Talent Skill points, and together with those she had saved and not yet used, she had 37 points in total.

After raising Life Weaving, gene extraction, Genetic Fusion, and the newly acquired Equilibrium to lv.10, she still had 13 points left; these four skills each received numerical improvement and reduced part of the consumption.

The remaining points were allocated to Plant Affinity and Accelerated Growth, bringing their levels under the enhancement of Transcendent abilities to lv.20, costing 12 points.

The last point couldn’t bring any skill level to a round number no matter how it was used, and she wasn’t in a rush for that little bit, so she saved it for now.

She didn’t forget her original purpose; after completing the promotion, Bai Yi immediately started reviewing the gene entry of the Forest Elf.

And this reading did indeed bring Bai Yi some gains.

Of course, it wasn’t about intelligence.

The Forest Elf, worthy of being a Magic Creature, had few gene entries, but most were enhancements in this regard.

For instance, Magic Skin, which enhances Magic Power Absorption and Magic Power Affinity, Heart of Nature, which enhances Nature Series magic, and Magic Power Cells, which enhance the upper limit of Magic Power.

As the prototype for her Transcendent profession, these gene entries seemed tailor-made for her.

The only pity was that their abilities were all part of magic and could not be extracted in the form of gene entries; it was for this reason, as someone half Forest Elf, that she could also learn them.

However, the reason that resonated with her superpower and drew her in remained unfound; Bai Yi felt it must be similar to their magic, not belonging to any physical specialty, and naturally could not be extracted in the form of genes.

Now it seems that to obtain more information, she must find the Prophet as soon as possible.

And the prerequisite for finding the Prophet is to advance in rank quickly; it all circles back to her own strength.

"The promotion task for the Lord Rank is currently not hampered by territory size; relying on the territory conquest feature to conquer the territory of other Lords, Bai Sheng has already doubled my territory size in area 34, reaching 150 square kilometers.

Only 50 square kilometers to go to complete the task, and the remaining Lords can fulfill this number.

But the problem lies with the Admirers.

Although Huaisan Sanctuary didn’t experience internal strife, it had a small population to begin with, and even after rescuing those citizens, only twenty thousand Admirers were gained.

Even if we used the Church to convert the rest into officially recognized believers, at most only an additional twenty-five thousand could be converted, which is the limit...

Maybe I have to conquer a few more areas?"

Nevertheless, there is still hope for now, and the Lords of White Poplar City have gradually started to share their Admirer numbers, though it was not much, only about five thousand so far, but it’s a good sign.

And to make up the final hundred thousand people, a conservative estimate would be to conquer three more areas at most to make up the numbers.

This is also good news—for her.

As for the advancement of superpowers, Bai Yi plans to put it after the promotion to the Lord Rank, but preparations can start now.

She just got a large building blueprint from Landon, which can be tailored for the Insect Clan or plant type.

If push comes to shove, the rewards from the territory conquest mission after 40% also include large and gigantic building blueprints, with directional and better unique affixes.

In reality, if not for the panel’s requirement for an officially recognized large building, Bai Yi could simply use plants to combine one herself.

Or even if disregarding functionality, directly cultivate a second gigantified tree.

But since there are blueprints to take a shortcut, Bai Yi will not insist on making her own; if the blueprint turns out to be too difficult in the end, it’s not too late to cultivate the second giant tree.

And of the 4 missing tier-4 Gold Level combat units, besides the Engineering Ant and Fei Wen that are already prepared for upgrade and remodeling, there’s the recent agenda for a customization plan for Bai Sheng and the others.

So there’s only one type of unit left to consider, and Bai Yi plans to create a new type of Mutant Plant, having already chosen the target—

—the Fungus Umbrella in the territory that is still struggling to recover from the cold disaster!

Having sorted out all the plans, she has already set the tasks for tomorrow.

"What kind of gene entry should I prepare for Bai Sheng and the others tomorrow?

Hmm, just to be safe, I need to catch a few Parasitic Superpower Users and use them as guinea pigs first!"

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Forest Elf creation myth: Legend has it that the original Forest Elf descended from the firmament, and upon touching the Earth, created the first Elf Tree. Thus the world had forests and Forest Elves, while She fell into an eternal slumber...

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