The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 185 - 99: Marine Regions Differing from Land Areas

Chapter 185: Chapter 99: Marine Regions Differing from Land Areas

"Hmph, just a minor business opportunity, and yet I’ve secured it?"

Bai Yi feigned anger, but inside she was quite pleased.

"It seems that researching witches was indeed the right choice. The original insect swarm was too mechanical, active only for my objectives.

Now at least the witches can take a joke, more like a person..."

Bai Yi thought of Bai Sheng and others, who, after fusing with the Swarm Consciousness, had exhibited a decrease in emotions; this time, there had been an improvement.

While ensuring loyalty, Bai Yi still hoped that her subordinates, including the insects, would have their own independent consciousness, as long as they could complete her tasks; she didn’t mind if her people had their preferred methods.

How to allocate them was a matter of her own wisdom.

For instance, she knew that Bai Sheng, when expanding her territory, preferred a direct approach, while Bai Fa would rather rely on individual Strength as the key to the plan.

And this free will could often lead to unexpected pleasant surprises, just like this time.

"The idea of seizing the business opportunity is indeed good. I have been immersed in witchcraft these past few days, but I did not consider this usage.

If it works, we can try to capture Beast Kings in the future using this method instead of the more abhorrent Parasite.

Although the essence is not much different, using spores is much easier to accept.

After all, invisible spores, compared to visibly abnormal Parasites, are quite different; if this time we used spore conversion in Zone 34 instead of Parasites, maybe we could capture both Beast Kings...

Let’s incorporate this into the plan!"

But now there was something even more important at hand.

According to the Contract, Bai Yi could now freely deploy the Snake Mother’s race; aside from getting them to work, the most important thing for her now was to first read a wave of gene entries!

According to the abilities provided by Shang Ji for the Snake Mother, she tended to be a physical Mutant Creature, with the Superpower of controlling the earth, though not proficient in it.

While barely reaching the level of tier 5, her proficiency was not only worse compared to the specialized superpower user orange cat but even less so than the White Feathered Owl and Monkey King.

But what Bai Yi needed was not her Superpower Gene, but those related to familiarizing with enhancement and hibernation, which she could obtain from her race.

Soon, a pitch-black snake as thick as herself was brought into Bai Yi’s research lab, one of the children of the Snake Mother, and other than the Snake Mother, it was the strongest tier 4 Black Snake in the clan.

Looking at the girl who appeared to be easily swallowed whole, the Black Snake obediently coiled itself into a clump, letting her touch it all over without daring to move an inch.

Not only because it knew she was the Tree King here but also because it could sense that this little girl was also a tier 5.

In other words, it couldn’t win...

Seeing how cooperative the Black Snake was, and that the gene entries she read were very satisfactory.

After reading the gene entries, she casually balanced its Superpower, enhancing it slightly, then waved her hand to let the Black Snake leave.

These newly obtained entries were very good for Bai Yi.

Besides the hibernation and its inherent Superpower that she had anticipated, there were also numerous useful entries such as Thermal Vision, Snake Scales, Poison Sack, and Poison Teeth.

Especially the Thermal Vision, which after Mutation, advanced further, acquiring magic-based vision, which was also one reason the Black Snake could judge her to be tier 5.

Some could be fused into the witch, while others could be used as upgrade entries for the Insect Swarm.

Of course, there was also the Attribute Enhancement entry that was most important to Bai Yi at the moment. The Black Snake could provide entries that boosted Constitution and Strength, primarily Constitution.

The Black Snake had a Talent that increased the Constitution attribute by 20% and additionally provided a Constitution to defensive power conversion, which could be stripped off as a gene entry.

Having obtained new entries, Bai Yi immediately got to work, continuing the interrupted tasks by Shang Ji, beginning to enhance entries on experimental subjects.

............

White Poplar City, southern boundary of the region

Bai Sheng arrived at the edge of the barrier, pressing her hand against the barrier that glowed faintly due to her presence.

As the mutant creatures she rushed over were still rarely approached by Lords, and behind her, the tier 5 Superpower User and the orange cat on her shoulder kept those mutant creatures at bay.

Having rested for a day yesterday, Bai Sheng got back to work upon waking today.

With no conflict in Zone 34, and unlike Bai Fa who could study Spells in peace or Bai Gong who handled logistics for Bai Yi, Bai Sheng was best at expanding more territory for her master.

Although according to her master’s calculations, the barrier should encompass a vast ocean and the ships wouldn’t be available until after tomorrow.

But she believed that, while she could not immediately conquer the sea, she could at least start on the land part and advance to secure a suitable port for setting sail.

Thus, she arrived at this boundary barrier.

She nodded towards the orange cat, who understood immediately, repeating the trick of passing through the barrier with the headpiece, opening a Space Gate through the region.

This time, due to the busyness at the edge of the region and not wanting to expose her master’s intentions, she couldn’t, like the last time, amass a large number of insects here and enter as soon as the gate opened.

Most of the Insect Swarm were now hibernating around the territory, including the various preparations, waiting for her to go back and open the Space Gate.

Her coming out this time was just to anchor the coordinates of the Space Gate.

After reclaiming the headpiece and confirming there were no issues with the coordinates, the two humans and the cat vanished next to the boundary barrier.

When appearing again, Bai Sheng had returned to her territory, to the platform specially designed for the Space Gate, located on the trunk of the giant banyan, embedding the headdress into the tree.

The Space Gate unfolded at the edge of the platform, and the Insect Swarm poised in the canopy within the territory received the signal and swarmed into the Space Gate.

Orderly, yet swift.

Bai Sheng watched this scene with a smile on her face.

She really preferred to wage battle this way, Bai Sheng thought to herself, picking up the Abnormal Object Longsword strapped to her back and stepping toward the battlefield where she would spend the upcoming days.

......

[You have logged into Area 28, Li Sea Peninsula. You have obtained Area 28 channel privileges. You have unlocked the Area 28 Free Market.]

[Warning: As you have not exited Area 33, you cannot read Area 28 Cycle Challenges, nor can you participate in the Area 28 leaderboard.]

[Notice: Area 28 is a marine area, and the form of the territory has changed. You have unlocked a new territory form: Warship. You have unlocked a new feature: Warship.]

[You have gained Warship binding privileges*1.]

"Oh? Has Bai Sheng set off already?"

Bai Yi saw the pop-up on the panel and immediately realized what happened. She looked from the window of her treehouse toward the giant banyan to see the Insect Swarm flying down from the canopy in a seemingly chaotic but extremely orderly fashion.

Since the number of treehouses had increased, she arranged a few laboratories for herself, conducting research at some distance from the giant banyan’s main body, hence she didn’t hear the previous commotion.

Bai Sheng’s plan had already been submitted, and Bai Yi had approved Bai Sheng’s early conquest plan, knowing it would be executed today.

Withdrawing her gaze, Bai Yi looked back at the panel’s prompt, her face showing excitement.

"Warship, sea is indeed different from land!

Could it be that marine Lords start with a raft survival script? But how would they collect materials?

Would they just throw a bunch of junk on the sea to let them pick it up?"

Bai Yi remembered that in the beginning, there were also wild monsters spawning around her territory just like in a game, so it wasn’t impossible for marine Lords to refresh random resources every day.

Moreover, the situation at sea was vastly different from land; even the Cycle Challenges might be different, especially significant differences in soldier types.

On land, the limit on the number of soldiers was food, but at sea, the abundance of fish meant the biggest limitation was the size of the vessels.

"Perhaps the marine Lords’ troop development is more oriented towards elite units, or they might focus more on developing their ships...

After all, unless one starts with a small boat, it’s impossible to have enough space for Barracks buildings with just a raft, or even no place to accommodate more people.

Maybe their starting resources are different from ours?

I remember my starting resources were a small knife plus a Barracks and a portion of food.

Perhaps theirs would be an iron hook with a rope?

But then, what role does land play for them? A resource point to be seized?"

Bai Yi speculated about the differences between sea Lords and those on land, but with Bai Sheng’s progress, she would soon know all.

Before that, she needed to complete the genetic modification of the witch as soon as possible.

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in her mind, Bai Yi refocused her attention on the experiment lying in front of her, trying to recall what she was doing before the interruption.

"Hiss...

What was I doing again?"

......

Li Sea Peninsula, on the eastern seas, the edge of an uninhabited island:

Two sides were engaged in battle, gunfire echoing without end.

On the sea, each side had three large wooden ships with dozens of smaller boats. The sailors were bustling about, raising or operating weapons in their hands, exchanging solid cannonballs and bullets.

Even on the shallows of the nearby island, many sailors were fighting each other; some held muskets, but most still wielded swords and other bladed weapons.

If it weren’t for the fact that there were many flamboyantly dressed Spellcasters causing strong winds and waves with their casting, one might think they had returned to the age of great voyages, where two groups of pirates were engaged in combat.

But upon closer inspection, one could see that a battle was also unfolding beneath the surface of the sea.

One side had sharks with human arms and legs; the other side had Fishmen with webbed hands and gill-like structures on their faces, both wielding various kinds of polearms, engaging in a bloody underwater skirmish.

But soon, as if they had all received the same order, they stopped fighting and quickly retreated back to their respective fleets, and the battle above the surface halted simultaneously.

The leaders from both fleets stepped out and stood at the prow of their respective large ships, gazing at each other, both understanding the other’s desire to cease hostilities and quickly exchange information.

What forced them to stop and negotiate was the prompt that had just appeared on their panels!

[Notice: Due to special circumstances, the cycle challenge of Area 28 has temporarily changed. Cycle Challenge — Land Treasure Hunt is over. Cycle Challenge — Li Sea Insect Calamity begins.]

[Notice: This cycle challenge is extremely dangerous. Please be cautious, Captains.]

......

Li Sea Peninsula: A slender peninsula jutting out along the coastline, a mountain range made up of a series of volcanoes bisected the peninsula. After the Mutation, the famous tourist destination quickly declined, and the remaining Humans boarded vessels following the military ships away from the land, hoping to avoid Mutant Creatures...

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