The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 207 - 120: Initial Upgrade of the Fungus Blanket (3k)

Chapter 207: Chapter 120: Initial Upgrade of the Fungus Blanket (3k)

"Fungus Blanket, oh Fungus Blanket...

I always feel something is still missing..."

Bai Yi looked at the Fungus Blanket she was pondering over, never having thought it would stall her for such a long time, yet still unable to reach the level she imagined.

If it were merely to make them adapt to underwater conditions, it would be very simple, but Bai Yi’s goals didn’t stop there.

However, at least after spending a day, besides the underwater modification part, the simple upgrade of the Fungus Blanket was complete.

Now the Fungus Blanket is closer to a purer branch of the Insect Swarm, rather than a mere attachment to the Swarm.

This is the result of Bai Yi’s efforts to upgrade the Swarm Consciousness of the Fungus Blanket, where now with a sufficiently large scale, it could develop its own group consciousness.

The various abilities that the Fungus Blanket originally possessed were also enhanced by Bai Yi, its secretion of digestive fluids and poison liquids were integrated into one, enhancing its Corrosion ability to easily melt metallic rocks.

This is a targeted enhancement by Bai Yi as nowadays the Fungus Blanket always needs to be buried underground on land, now it can tunnel through earth and rock on its own, creating pathways.

Of course, the speed is still quite touching, because truly opening a Fungus Blanket pathway still depends on the power of the Burrowing Worm.

Now Bai Yi reinforced it with the intention to allow the Fungus Blanket to have a certain transformation ability on the underground after deployment, which can coincide with its own slow growth underground, and even eventually take root in the land like tree roots.

So that the Fungus Blanket won’t lose its ability to expand outward after deployment due to the fixed underground environment size.

And it’s not just development downwards, but the upward development also got enhanced.

However, this part of the ability is not simply endowed by genes, but after a fusion of some Fungus Umbrella genes, combined with the active growth of the Fungus Blanket itself, allows the Fungus Blanket to grow a cluster of large or small Fungus Umbrellas.

Allowing them to also acquire the ability to release mist like Fungus Umbrella.

Compared to the original spore fog of the Fungus Umbrella, Bai Yi deliberately enhanced its Parasite ability, but it is not a parasitism that occupies consciousness like Parasites do, but rather carries the seeds of the Fungus Blanket, allowing the host to carry it to farther regions.

And its paralysis ability has also been completely replaced, adding various neurotoxins originally integrated into the Poison Blood.

According to the original calculation of the paralysis value, now the accumulated paralysis value per second can reach 20 points, as long as the paralysis value exceeds the target’s Constitution attribute, it can paralyze the target by judgement, the effect can paralyze targets with Constitution up to 150 points.

—This can cover the vast majority of 4th-tier and even non-specialized in physical body 5th-tier targets.

Even the orange cat could be flipped over by this fog!

The prerequisite is that the orange cat does not use superpower to isolate and obediently stays in the fog for four to five seconds.

But this effect is already strong enough, even inspiring other ideas in Bai Yi.

For example, collecting this spore fog to make special Poison Gas Bombs, to be sold as weapons.

A Poison Gas Bomb theoretically capable of paralyzing 5th-tier targets could even serve as a secret weapon for some Low-level Lords!

Of course, Bai Yi would not sell the complete version directly, but would control the dose, limiting it to only paralyze 4th-tier, or even making a 3rd-tier juvenile version, selling them in tiers and anonymously, without suspicion.

And these tasks would be handed over to Shang Ji, who is more familiar with this work.

Besides, the second gene that mainly strengthened the Fungus Blanket is its Magic Power absorption part.

At the time when Bai Yi was researching the Fungus Blanket, there was an extreme shortage of genes, and the genes fused into the Fungus Blanket are far behind today.

Although due to the essence of the Fungus Blanket, the gene Fusion effects fell short, but it was also enough to increase the efficiency of drawing Magic Power by five times.

However, unlike the Swarm updates, the Fungus Blanket itself cannot bear too many genes, or rather, it just does not need so many fancy abilities.

After all, Bai Yi does not require it to provide any combat strength, as long as it can fulfill its functions as a network carrier and convert Magic Power.

And this is also where Bai Yi is currently troubled.

The Fungus Blanket in its aquatic state can never compare to its performance on land.

If it was simply to add aquatic genes for it to adapt to the ocean environment, it wouldn’t be difficult.

Bai Yi could even present two different modification plans, but both plans are hard to meet her requirements.

One is simply letting it spread over the seabed, but as the seabed deepens, the Insect Swarm finds it difficult to communicate with the Fungus Blanket through thick seawater, enabling it to fulfill the role of Swarm Network propagation.

The other is like seaweed, letting it drift in the ocean.

But this mode is even worse, without aggregating into a sufficient scale, the network propagation range of the Fungus Blanket itself is extremely limited.

And the drifting Fungus Blanket could also be swept away by ocean currents, unable to stabilize in a fixed region, providing a stable network connection.

That is why the current conquest of the seas is going smoothly and Bai Yi is not too anxious.

But now, it’s time to eat anyway.jpg

This is already the third investment permission after the initiation of the Cycle Challenge, and because everything internally has been going very smoothly, Bai Yi’s investment permissions have been continuously doubling.

Now she could invest eighty thousand units of resources at once.

Taking today’s offerings brought by the Swarm, Bai Yi couldn’t wait to check today’s menu.

Hmm, a large bowl of seafood soup with a variety of seafood, a large chunk of meat paired with various wild spices, perfectly cooked and tender, and some fried potatoes as the main course.

Seafood is the tribute from the Sea Sons to their "Great Mother," amongst which mutant creatures are also found.

Meat comes from mutant creature carcasses preserved from previous Cycle Challenges and, with the help of the panel setting, can be kept for a very long time.

The meal arrangement didn’t feature a single green item, a "Holy Meal" characteristic of Eternal Life City.

After all, it’s a Holy Meal dedicated to Bai Yi, tailored to Bai Yi’s taste.

Since arriving in this world, she had been eating tree fruit for a long time, and now with an ample supply of meat, she started eating revengefully, hardly consuming any vegetables apart from her beloved fried potatoes.

Though a bit unhealthy, would a 5th-tier Forest Elf fear this?

And with her body’s current energy demand, unless Bai Yi deliberately controlled it, not even fat would accumulate.

The ability to eat without gaining weight, is exactly the ability she’s been dreaming of!

"Unfortunately, the seasonings in Eternal Life City are still too monotonous, even for a witch with wild imaginations, it’s tough to create anything fancy with limited ingredients...

Even if she wants them to try Chinese cooking methods, the lack of various seasonings makes it impossible.

Maybe after the Fungus Blanket is finished, when upgrading the crops, I should also cultivate some spices and vegetables?

Otherwise, it’s not good for the witches to always eat only meat..."

Although Bai Yi herself doesn’t like it, for her "children," a balanced diet of meat and vegetables is a must!

What she does not wish for herself, is always the most joyful when given to others!

Hiding her mischievous smile, Bai Yi picked up a piece of meat, opened today’s battle report, ready to prepare today’s investment.

"Let me see, what happened in the instance this week?

Hmm? Surrender?"

...

In the northwest of White Poplar City, Guangfu Town Ruins, Magic Kingdom

Landon, too, was reviewing the battle report in his spell laboratory.

However, he didn’t have Bai Yi’s leisure, with the willpower to check only once before investing each day.

This is already his fifth time compulsively pulling up the battle report today, completely distracted from his spell research, constantly worried about his instance situation.

His entered instance is a world of resurging Spiritual Energy, but by the time they entered, it had already been the third year of resurgence, various families had their ancestors awakening, each possessing the strength of 5th-tier.

It’s even said that several 6th-tier ancestors are about to awaken.

His faction landed in a country leaning towards his homeland, where these elders wield various ancient magics.

Though in the initial week, his people also passed a period incredibly smoothly, obtaining local identities with the help of game props he provided, searching ancient texts for learning magic daily.

But everything started changing after the second week.

Due to the power shifts brought by the resurgence of Spiritual Energy, many countries kindled ambitions, and wars were ignited in an instant; his faction had to join the fight, beginning to encounter Lords from other regions.

As a 4th-tier Lord, his strength was not superior, even facing another regional Lord who had a way to quickly mass-produce soldiers, gaining a numerical advantage and becoming the most powerful faction within the instance.

Now he was left with only two options, either commit more forces to try and regain control.

Or collaborate with other Lords, prioritizing taking down that most powerful Lord.

But if he had overwhelming strength, that wouldn’t be the case, why not just replace that Lord and dominate the instance?

However, that wasn’t the case.

That’s why he has been struggling about whether to invest more.

Though winning could bring everything, a loss could mean a downfall, possibly even total loss...

Unless...

"I can gain more power..."

Landon I thought of Fan Mao, the mysterious Lord who seemed to possess deeply hidden strength and was also chasing magical knowledge; if he could get some support from Fan Mao...

Landon weighed his options for a long time, ultimately opened the panel, and found Fan Mao, who was always pinned at the top.

In the input field of that panel, a message was already drafted, somewhat nervously sent out by Landon.

"Fan Mao, I’d like to discuss a cooperation with you."

...

Eternal Life City Signature Steak (3rd-tier/Gold): Legendary food favored by the Gods worshipped by residents of Eternal Life City. It’s prepared by mixing spices bestowed personally by Her with the juice of the Great Tree, then roasted over low-temperature Magic Flames, offering a tender taste.

Using it immediately restores 1000 Magic Power Value, permanently increases Magic Power Value by +50, temporarily boosts Strength and Constitution attributes by 30%, up to a maximum increase of 50 points...

[Note: What’s wrong with my drug; even Master Sandra fell faint after one bite, why does our beloved revered Primordial Witch Your Highness face no issue?]

[Note’s note: This is your reason for drugging your Master?]

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