Chapter 2614

The blue sky was like a wash, and a Scale Eagle soared in the sky. Its wingspan was nearly three meters, and those sharp eyes overlooked the ground below, patrolling its territory.

After circling a few times at high altitude, the semi-circular light film in the valley below caught the Scale Eagle's attention. Just as it was about to dive downward, it suddenly stopped. It felt danger, a sense of crisis that made all the scales and feathers on its body stand up.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was the instinct of animals, not to mention that the Scale Eagle was a transcendent creature. Although it did not detect the Zerg Nest within the ring-shaped valley, it sensed Su Xiao's aura, so it left this area and would not return in the near future.

Inside the ring-shaped valley, the surrounding mountain walls were very steep. If the top of the valley were covered, this would be a mountain cave over 2,000 meters in diameter and over 230 meters high. The only exit was the narrow strip of sky in front.

Su Xiao indeed intended to do this, but at the moment, the number of basic Zerg was insufficient to complete this massive project.

In Su Xiao's view, there were actually only two major categories of Zerg: combat Zerg and basic Zerg. The former was easy to understand, while the latter was the key to maintaining the Zerg Nest.

Most basic Zerg had no combat power. Mantis Armor was one of them, but it was the lowest tier and had very low work efficiency. There were two types of more excellent basic Zerg, which were:

Worker Scorpion: Evolved from Mantis Armor, mainly responsible for building Zerg structures, maintaining creep, terrain modification, etc.

Spore Tank: Super-giant Zerg, no combat power, responsible for transportation.

Besides these two types of basic Zerg, there were many others, but none were suitable for large-scale incubation. Worker Scorpions and Spore Tanks were the more the better.

At this time, the Zerg Nest had stopped incubating Zerg, and Zhila inside had fallen into a semi-sleep state. A layer of translucent light film covered the Zerg Nest; this was undergoing world assimilation.

In the judgment of Reincarnation Paradise, Zhila was Su Xiao's summon. Therefore, after Zhila arrived in this world and established the Zerg Nest, world assimilation began. If there were no such assimilation process, not only would the Zerg Nest have problems, but it would also have unpredictable effects on this world.

World assimilation had been going on for nearly an hour, and the light film around the Zerg Nest was becoming increasingly faint. After another ten minutes or so, the inverted bowl-shaped light film disappeared.

【The creature summoned by the Hunter has completed world assimilation. Hunter authority level lv. 2 has been consumed.】

A lv. 2 authority level was completely within the acceptable range. Su Xiao's authority level had long exceeded lv. 70, but that had no practical effect. Before passing the Eighth-Tier assessment, he could only enjoy lv. 70 hunter authority at most. With his lv. 66 brand level, having authority 4 levels higher than the brand level was sufficient.

As soon as Zhila and the Zerg Nest completed assimilation, the surrounding world seemed to become different, and the ever-present sense of exclusion disappeared.

Su Xiao checked the data of the Zerg Nest. Other aspects had not changed, but biological energy savings had undergone a major change, from "81,600/2,700,000 points" to "6,270/570,000 points."

It seemed that the biological energy required for the Zerg Nest to upgrade to the Sixth Tier had decreased, but Su Xiao felt that was not the case. The tier of the Primitive Continent was two tiers higher than the Zhichong Star, and the quality of biological energy obtained in the two worlds was definitely different.

After checking the cultivation price of the Demon Beasts, Su Xiao understood. Originally, one Demon Beast required 780 points of biological energy, but now it only required 50 points. Not only the cultivation cost of Demon Beasts, but the cultivation costs of other Zerg units had also decreased.

Looking around, the large Zerg Nest was surrounded only by creep and the Mantis Armor Bu Lu waiting on it, which was somewhat desolate.

Regarding the development of the Zerg, Su Xiao would not hunt personally. He, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha would stay near the base camp and would never leave until the number of combat Zerg reached a certain level.

Su Xiao stepped toward the entrance of the Zerg Nest. The Zerg Nest was dark green overall, with thick meridians covering the surface. After walking into the entrance, Su Xiao found that it was not as dim as he had imagined inside.

With a Zerg Nest 120 meters high, one could imagine how large the interior was. Large and small passages crisscrossed; if an outsider entered here, they would definitely get lost. The Zerg Nest had extremely strong perception shielding.

The biological tissue under Su Xiao's feet was not soft, but full of resilience, just like stepping on rubber. After touring the inside of the Zerg Nest, Su Xiao found Zhila. At this time, Zhila was lying in the Queen's warm room of the Zerg Nest, sleeping sweetly. As for her sleeping posture, it was better not to mention it.

After strolling around the Zerg Nest, Su Xiao walked out. He had no interest in living in this place filled with active mucus, even though the air inside was exceptionally fresh.

Waking Zhila up through mental power, Su Xiao let Zhila control the Zerg Nest to incubate Demon Beasts. Zhila herself did not have the ability to incubate Zerg, or rather, besides controlling Zerg to fight, she basically couldn't do anything, but this was not important.

The incubation tissue inside the Zerg Nest began to work. After incubating 125 Demon Beast eggs, it began to cultivate them in the incubation sac.

In just 2 minutes, one Demon Beast after another crawled out of the incubation sac. The cultivation ability of the Fifth-Tier Zerg Nest was quite formidable, capable of cultivating up to 1,950 Demon Beasts simultaneously in a single batch.

Only 20 points of biological energy remained. Each Spore Tank required only 8 points of biological energy. Su Xiao chose to cultivate two. The carrying capacity of the Spore Tank was calculated in tons, which could significantly increase the hunting progress, allowing Demon Beasts to just hunt without wasting time transporting prey.

When the first Demon Beast ran out of the Zerg Nest, Su Xiao saw its appearance, which was completely different from the previous Demon Beasts.

At this time, the Demon Beast, not counting the tail, had a body length of about three meters. Its two hind legs were arched, and the black carapace on its body had clear lines and was at least a finger thick. Its forelimbs were shorter than its hind legs, and its claws were like razor blades, with a slight arch at the tips. As long as it grabbed the enemy slightly, it could tear off a piece of flesh.

The most conspicuous part was the Demon Beast's carapace tail. The entire tail was nearly three meters long. Due to the unique carapace structure on it, this long tail could swing 360° at will. At the tip of the tail, at first glance, it was a blade-shaped spike, but it could open. After piercing into the prey's body and opening, the prey could not escape.

With the Demon Beast's physique, if it were in narrow terrain, it could even run rapidly on walls and ceilings. A keen body, a hard carapace, sharp claws, and a sharp tail—this was the Demon Beast: simple, pure, but deadly.

125 Demon Beasts quickly gathered together. They rushed toward the mountain wall behind them, running up as if on flat ground, and disappeared from Su Xiao's sight in a short while to hunt transcendent creatures.

Name: Demon Beast

Strength: 93 (True Attribute)

Agility: 97 (True Attribute)

Stamina: 95 (True Attribute)

Intelligence: 12

Charisma: Lower-tier Zerg have no charisma attribute.

Skill 1, Demon Power (Passive, lv. 40): Attacks deal 52 points of true damage.

Skill 2, Super-Speed Running (Passive, lv. 55): Running speed increased by 150%.

Skill 3, Xenogenesis (Passive, lv. 40): Carapace defense +70, ** defense +35 points, health +1500 points.

Skill 4, Combat Intuition (Passive): A killing creature born for battle; combat ability has been engraved in their genes.

None of the three true attributes broke 100, but this was not important. The Demon Beast had not yet evolved to its complete form. As the tier of the Zerg Nest increased, the potential of the Demon Beasts would also be developed.

After checking the Demon Beast's data, Su Xiao found a string of small text at the bottom, indicating that Zerg data could be simplified. He had encountered this situation when he was on the Zhichong Star. After choosing to simplify, the Demon Beast's data changed immediately.

【Demon Beast (Fifth-Tier Combat Zerg)】

Speed: ★★★★★

Destructive Power: ★★★★★

Defense: ★★★★

The Demon Beast's comprehensive ability was very strong. Except for defense, everything else was at the top level of the Fifth Tier. It was no wonder Zhila could flatten the Zhichong Star.

One thing made Su Xiao very puzzled: this time, when cultivating Demon Beasts, no elite individuals appeared. But Zhila soon answered Su Xiao's confusion.

The current evolution chamber would no longer give birth to elite individuals, because as long as the cultivated Demon Beasts were Demon Beasts, they were all elite individuals. Within the Fifth-Tier evolution chamber, there was a certain chance of giving birth to leader-level individuals.

According to Zhila's description, Su Xiao learned that leader-level individuals were different from elite-level individuals. Leader-level individuals were weak initially, but they could grow. As long as they fought, they could continue to grow and even awaken their own unique abilities.

More importantly, when leader-level Demon Beasts grew to their limit, they could command Demon Beasts to fight on the spot, significantly relieving Zhila's pressure. After all, Zhila was commanding from within the Zerg Nest, not on the battlefield.

After listening to Zhila's description, Su Xiao was quite expectant of leader-level Demon Beasts. The most special point about leader-level Demon Beasts was their growth potential.