Chapter 1915: Chapter Nine: Mother Body

Su Xiao still wasn't sure if this little thing was the insectoid mother queen, but he would be able to tell soon enough.

【Comparing intelligence attributes between both sides……Comparison complete, our side's intelligence attribute is 2.42 times that of the enemy, obtaining 100% of enemy data.】

Data as follows

Name: Insectoid Mother Body (Juvenile Stage)

Evolution Stage: Stage One.

Health: 46.2% (cellular infection, severe hunger, head trauma, neck soft tissue contusion, slight carapace damage).

Bio-energy: 20/180 points.

Strength: 15 points

Agility: 13 points

Stamina: 40 points

Intelligence: 45 points

Charm: 63 points

Skill 1, Mother Body (Evolution Stage·Stage One): Can cultivate thorn shells through cell division, using other organisms' flesh and tissue.

Skill 2, Insect Nest (Evolution Stage·Stage One): Can establish a small-scale insect nest through thorn shells, with egg-producing biological connective tissue existing within the nest.

Skill 3, Higher Lifeform (Evolution Stage·Stage One): When the insect nest accumulates 'bio-energy' to its limit, the mother body can evolve to Stage Two, awakening new abilities for both mother body and nest, enhancing the cultivable lower insectoid types.

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Undoubtedly, this insectoid mother body is very weak, weak enough that Su Xiao could crush it with a casual hand, but she has enormous potential, provided she can grow.

The insectoids have no concept of talent; as long as they can keep evolving, they can rapidly expand their population. Initially, their overall capabilities should be roughly similar.

Moreover, by examining this insectoid mother body's data and the enemy's fragmented words, Su Xiao knows not all insectoid mothers can be called mother queens—that title belongs only to super-large insectoid mother bodies.

Mother body evolves to queen, queen evolves to mother queen; theoretically, this is a short process, but actual evolution brings layer upon layer of hardship: acquiring resources, intra-species competition, external plunder and invasion. Know this: for the Totem Tribe, mother worms are good things; they firmly believe that offering mother worms as sacrifice to the totem will grant them power from the totem.

After searching nearly the entire mountain, Su Xiao finally found an insectoid mother body. In truth, insectoid mother bodies aren't rare; when insect nests breed higher insectoids, there's a certain chance of birthing new mother worms.

The original mother queen or queen of the insectoids will nurture newly born mother bodies for a time, then give them 10~20 worker insects to let them establish their own domains.

This is due to the insectoids' nature: even if mother bodies vie for resources, species continuation outweighs individual interests. In some super-large nests, a mother queen nearing old age may even transfer the nest to a new mother queen and let her consume herself, thus continuing to maintain that large nest.

And the little thing Su Xiao encountered is clearly one recently driven out by the former queen to fend for herself, but judging by her physical state, this little thing is rather disappointing—let alone evolving, this embarrassing wretch is nearly starving to death.

Su Xiao took out a piece of jerky from his storage space and handed it to the small mother body crawling on the ground. The small mother body shrank back, and this reaction showed the charm attribute played a huge role.

Possibly because she was truly starving, the small mother body tentatively took the jerky and finished it in a few bites, then looked pitifully at Su Xiao, meaning, is there more?

"Still want to eat?"

"Mm."

The small mother body nodded; her digestive ability could only be described as formidable. After just swallowing a small piece of jerky, her body absorbed the food's energy within seconds, making her eyes brighten somewhat.

"Although I don't know if you can make it through that process, you should at least have a name first."

"Name, why, insectoids, don't need names."

The small mother body looked at Su Xiao in confusion; evidently, basic cognition she still had, after all, her former queen had raised her to independence before driving her out of the group. Because of being expelled, she had felt lost for a long time, until encountering a pack of hunting wolves, she came to her senses—she had no reliance left.

"No, you need one; having a name makes death more dignified."

"I don't want to die; dying turns you into part of the soil, and soil is hard to eat."

"..."

Su Xiao looked at the small mother body in surprise; he hadn't expected this little thing to be so hungry as to eat dirt. Actually, the small mother body—let alone eating dirt—had recently been nearly a herbivore, surviving on tree leaves for several days.

Su Xiao turned to Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, gesturing for this naming expert to give an opinion.

"Wang (potato)."

Su Xiao didn't accept it; he looked toward Bahamut.

"With such a tightly wrapped carapace, why not call her sweet potato?"

"..."

Su Xiao shifted his gaze to Am.

"Am, hungry."

Am hadn't even thought about naming; instead, he was pondering whether the small mother body could be eaten—roasted or steamed.

"You're called Ji La; if successful, your clan will also be called Ji La."

Su Xiao produced a large pile of food; the small mother body Ji La didn't care whether she had a name or not—she gulped down the food, soothing the hungry cells inside her.

When Ji La had eaten all the food, she began considering the second problem: how to escape.

Su Xiao took out the 【Demonic Jar】 from his storage space, grabbed Ji La's hind neck, and pressed the Demonic Jar against her chest carapace.

Black demonic power surged into Ji La's body; her pupils instantly turned pure black, and black patterns appeared on her external carapace.

Crack, crack……

Fissures appeared on the light purple carapace, fully injecting 10% of the 【Demonic Jar】's demonic power into Ji La's body before Su Xiao stopped. He then consecutively injected over ten kinds of potions into her.

Ji La stiffly collapsed to the ground, her health rapidly dropping and rising in continuous cycles.

With a bang, the carapace on Ji La's arm burst open, revealing purple biological tissue, but soon, her surface carapace recovered.

After about ten or more minutes, Ji La crawled up from the ground; she felt somewhat dazed, but as an insectoid, she wasn't so easily eroded.

Su Xiao took out a summoning contract scroll from his storage space; this item is of low rank, only able to bind temporary summons—meaning it can only assist the summoner in battle within one world, and when the summoner leaves that world, the contract becomes invalid.

However, this is already enough; even if Ji La could keep evolving, her individual combat strength is weak, requiring reliance on lower insectoid troops for battle. Su Xiao couldn't possibly give her development opportunities in every world.

The contract scroll shattered, and the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【Hunter's charm attribute too low, contract failed.】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao wasn't surprised at all; he took out a stack of temporary summoning contracts from his storage space—correct, it was a stack. Benny had tried to resell this in a few worlds prior, but the result was obvious: all were wasted in his hands. Because of this, Benny had been hiding under Su Xiao's bed, feeling wronged for a long time, and even cried for a while.

Su Xiao began using the contract scrolls one by one; after using 15, perhaps due to the demonic power bonus, the contract succeeded.

【You have obtained a temporary summoned creature, Zerg Brood Mother (juvenile stage).】

The summoned creature receives a bonus from the summoner's Intelligence attribute; Su Xiao's astonishing 109 points of true Intelligence attribute would naturally grant a significant bonus to Ketra, but due to the temporary contract, the bonus effect has been reduced somewhat.

Upon successful contract, Ketra's Vitality attribute reached 60 points, Intelligence 65 points, Charm 75 points; as for her skills, for some unknown reason, they did not receive the bonus.

The light in Ketra's eyes returned; she seemed to have discovered something and quickly retreated a few steps backward.

【Alert: Your summoned creature, Zerg Brood Mother, has excessively low loyalty, and there is a risk of contract termination at any time.】

【Current loyalty: 8 points (may lead to contract termination at any moment).】

……

"You dare to run? I'll steam you alive, just like steaming a crab."

Su Xiao looked at Hera with a smile on his face.

【Alert: Your summoned creature, Zerg Brood Mother, loyalty increased by 15 points, current loyalty: 23 points (may escape at any time).】