Chapter 49

【Flesh Enslavement — Units that submit to you gain Flesh Bonuses, and you gain complete control over them, able to probe their inner thoughts at any time.】

【Pick Up Flesh — All your Flesh Troops can restore their physical condition (not just wounds) by consuming flesh, and greatly increase their evolution level by consuming corpses.】

Lu Cang stared at the three new abilities he had acquired.

Flesh Enslavement.

Clearly meant for subjugating other races.

As for Pick Up Flesh.

That one was probably for restoration.

If I someday obtain special genes that enhance restoration, might there be some overlap?

But having any ability in this area is never a bad thing.

Moreover, it accelerates evolution — why not take it?

Of course, the most important ability.

Still, Flesh Blessing.

Blessed units become the supreme among this troop type.

After the Nest advances.

Lu Cang's troops had all awakened.

The fleshworms began hauling flesh.

【You have acquired new structures — Flesh Tendrils, Flesh Tubes, Blood Pools】

【Flesh Tendrils: Automatically activate when enemy units appear nearby, attacking nearby foes.】

【Flesh Tubes: Can transport Flesh Troops over long distances; this structure can be built underground, allowing your troops to burrow into subterranean Flesh Tubes.】

【Blood Pools: Can restore wounded units' injuries and cure all negative states.】

【Evolution Gene Analysis Capsule has evolved — New effect: Gene Integrity】

【Gene Integrity: Gene analysis no longer requires complete corpses — only a portion of tissue is needed.】

【Description: Every tissue sample contains a complete set of genes.】

Lu Cang stared at these new structures.

He couldn't help but sigh.

The Supreme Nest is still monstrous.

Each of these new structures has such overwhelming effects.

Lu Cang made no judgment on the tendrils.

After all: defensive structures — you don't know their true strength until you build them.

But the other things.

The long-distance troop transport Flesh Tubes.

Lu Cang could imagine if he built them in massive numbers.

His troops could reach any location at incredible speed.

Strike enemies from below, catching them utterly off-guard.

The most terrifying part? Letting troops hide underground.

In the last battle, the Crawlers mimicked the terrain on the surface and launched sudden attacks.

That surprise strike nearly won the battle instantly.

If all future attacks could launch directly from underground…

How terrifying would that ambush be?

Imagine an enemy general tightly guarded at the center of his army.

Then suddenly, a Crawler bursts forth and snatches the general's head right from the heart of ten thousand troops.

How terrifying wouldn't that be?

In the Lord World, there are indeed troops capable of moving underground.

But such troops are exceedingly rare.

And most come with severe restrictions.

Yet I can make all my troops enter the ground…

Right now, only Crawlers are capable.

Imagine in the future, if I possess a Supreme Mythic-tier Sacred Troop.

That troop appears directly inside an enemy city via Flesh Tubes.

How terrifying would that be?

As for the Blood Pool.

Restores all injuries and removes all abnormal states.

Even an angel's Holy Spring Pool isn't this good.

Who else dares claim they can restore all abnormal states?

But Lu Cang's structure description boldly says exactly that.

…………

"Pity, this upgrade still didn't grant me a new troop."

But the improvements from this upgrade were indeed massive.

Mainly reflected in the new structures and effects.

Neural capacity has increased to ten thousand.

The number of neurons has been raised to 250.

More buildings can now be constructed.

Compared to the previous tier, this is a fivefold increase.

"My current limit on troop count now rivals that of a Tier 5 Lord."

A typical Tier 5 Lord has a troop limit of only ten thousand.

Especially the leap from Tier 4 to Tier 5 for a Lord represents a qualitative breakthrough.