The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 72 - New Gene

Chapter 72: Chapter 72 New Gene

Chapter 72 -72 New Gene

After wandering around the territory for half a day, Bai Yi ultimately chose to build the cat nest in the tree.

She controlled the giant tree to build a small platform with branches at the edge of the tree hole.

There was no other choice; given You’s current growth rate, leaving it outside might get it swallowed by You’s roots at any time.

The materials consumed for the cat nest were not much, with only the cat mint being difficult to obtain.

By using resource self-selection, she exchanged for a plant, and Bai Yi began the construction.

[“A cat nest (Third Rank/Purple) has been constructed, consuming 1 Third Rank Crystal Core, 1 cat mint, 30 wood, 20 fur, estimated construction time 1 hour, 59 minutes and 59 seconds remaining”]

Bai Yi did not stop her actions, placing her right hand on You and starting the genetic fusion.

This time, the gene fused was the thick fat gene, and the result was as Bai Yi expected, with even a little pleasant surprise.

Connecting her consciousness to You, Bai Yi easily felt the changes in You.

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Well, how to put it…

In Bai Yi’s words, it moved much more smoothly.

Moreover, the growth speed of the fruit had accelerated a bit, but what specific changes there were would have to wait for the new fruit to bear the next day to see the effect.

In this fusion, the thick fat gene entry did not endow You with any talents.

However, it did increase the strength of several talents that You already had.

The activation gene was greatly enhanced, to the extent that, in terms of superpower perception, the activation had become two different entries from what was originally extracted.

This was within Bai Yi’s plan, after all, even the rice had turned into Blood Flesh Rice after fusion, so it was reasonable for You’s activation to be enhanced as well.

But what surprised Bai Yi was that it actually revealed a new entry for You—storage.

Extracting the two genes, Bai Yi roughly understood the function of storage.

This was probably a specialized version of the thick fat gene, allowing You to accumulate in abundance when resources were plentiful and then consume as needed.

Bai Yi speculated that the abilities related to blood flesh conversion and storage within the thick fat gene were separated out.

This provided the giant banyan with enhancements in two directions.

However, the nutrients for You were almost entirely converted to magic supply; otherwise, relying solely on photosynthesis would not be enough to sustain such a massive Second Tier life.

The greatest utility Bai Yi could think of was to feed a large amount of blood flesh at once, saving the hassle of daily feeding.

With the completion of this gene fusion, the first phase was considered complete.

The second phase required the fusion of not only autonomous growth and adaptability but also three digestive genes, for which Bai Yi had devised a clever approach.

Or rather, Bai Yi suddenly realized she had forgotten this matter.

Whether it was the needle erosion insects or the poison blood beetles temporarily serving as territory transporters, both had integrated the three digestive genes into a new gene.

Bai Yi only needed to extract it to save a lot of magic power.

If You’s gene mutation hadn’t reminded her earlier, Bai Yi would have forgotten this part. (Actually, I forgot, sad.)

After each day’s battle, most of the needle erosion insects followed the habits of the former giant bees, searching for resources and patrolling the mountain forests freely.

Of course, this was also with the intention of letting them forage freely.

After all, with thousands of needle erosion insects, even if each didn’t eat much, it was a considerable expenditure given the numbers.

Extending the diet for the needle erosion insects served this very purpose.

The vast forests of mutated banyans were full of tree fruits.

Feeding on these tree fruits was enough to sustain the needle erosion insects.

Moreover, with the swarm consciousness now established, the needle erosion insects could attempt to fly farther away.

However, since they needed to return daily to prepare for the noon cycle challenge, their range was limited, allowing them to operate only within their swarm connection range.

Bai Yi also kept about a hundred needle erosion insects, not for home defense, but for breeding…

Their jobs were only to eat and reproduce.

The feeding was handled by Zhan Yi, a job Bai Yi took upon herself.

The skeletons left behind by needle erosion insects after eating the blood flesh became the source for her skeletons.

Additionally, lately, as her skeletons had gradually increased in number, she was contemplating whether to dig a graveyard as a home for the skeletons.

That plan was temporarily shelved due to You’s growth.

Summoning a reproducing needle erosion insect, Bai Yi touched it and extracted the fused digestive gene—devour.

Fusing it into You required 1,000 magic power points.

Since it was a fused version of the gene, requiring more magic power was to be expected.

At the current magic recovery speed, it would be sufficient by nightfall.

As for the remaining time, Bai Yi decided to first adjust the structures on the ground.

After a night’s growth, You’s roots had expanded substantially.

Although You had been quite restrained, knowing these structures were important to Bai Yi, and the roots grew around them.

It was unsustainable to continue like this.

“Several insect nests can be moved to the uppermost branches, as they all fly, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Other structures are a bit troublesome; why not mount them on the tree like the cat nest?”

While pondering this, Bai Yi integrated her consciousness with the giant banyan, beginning to remodel the territory.

……

“Humans? How could the Tree King be with humans?”

After a day, the four Beast Kings gathered once more by the stream in Chenxi Valley. After listening to the monkey’s retelling, the orange cat deliberately asked.

This was something it had planned with the monkey, with the monkey acting as the discoverer.

Its role was to provide cover. Given its usual display of animosity towards the monkey, no beast would suspect anything.

“Humans, it’s possible. I’ve also discovered quite a few new settlements while flying in the city recently.

They seemed to have sprung up suddenly, and they could even command some small creatures.

A few days ago, I went to take a closer look but was blocked by something invisible, unable to break through.”

The White Feathered Owl tilted its head sideways, sharing its observations.

However, it didn’t tell the whole story. In fact, it had already established contact with one of the humans, learning about the Lord’s existence from her.

Although its mind couldn’t fully comprehend, it understood that the humans the monkey talked about were likely in a similar situation, under the command of a Lord.

There was no need to reveal that…

The White Feathered Owl’s eyes glimmered faintly, waiting for the other three to speak.

“But as the matter concerns the Tree King, we have to check it out regardless.” Seeing that no one spoke, Black Snake grew a bit anxious.

Although their strength was roughly equal, Black Snake was most severely countered by the Gorilla, suffering the most in each fight.

If they couldn’t find the Tree King this time, Black Snake feared being in trouble again the next time that big guy came.

It felt its little brain had never been so clear, immediately realizing something.

“Little Cat, you used to be a human’s pet, you’re the easiest to approach humans, so it would be best if you investigate.”

“Grumble, meow! Meow!” (Who are you calling Little Cat! Who are you calling a pet! They were merely my servants!)

The orange cat bristled instantly, and a stone about the size of its body suddenly shot out of nowhere toward Black Snake.

But the latter swung its tail and flung it away.

The orange cat deliberately pondered for a moment before saying reluctantly,

“Meow, meow!” (It’s not impossible for me to go, but you’d have to offer something in return!)

Seeing the orange cat agree, Black Snake eagerly agreed.

The monkey snorted, reluctantly saying,

“Tch, what do you want?”

“Meow~” (I’ll pick out something from your area then, don’t worry, I won’t be courteous~)

Both Black Snake and the Bird knew about the conflict between the orange cat and the monkey, so they didn’t suspect anything.

Now that both the monkey and Black Snake agreed, the Bird also found it hard to refuse and agreed.

“Meow meow~” (I need to get the items first, after obtaining them, I’ll leave by dusk)

……

White Feathered Owl: A giant owl with snow-white feathers, often foraging over the ruins of White Poplar City, suspected of possessing wind power. Upon encountering it, immediately seek shelter in structures, and do not attempt to escape in open areas…

— “White Poplar Sanctuary’s Guide to Scavenging”