Chapter 327: Chapter 210: Hatching Muto, Bare Summoner (Combined)_2
With blood visible to the naked eye, the droplets splattered by the two individuals flowed down the spider legs and swarmed toward the frenzied team member’s body.
As the blood flooded in, the frenzied team member let out a skyward howl; his flesh began to writhe, spider mandibles grew from his head, black bristly fur surfaced on his skin, and the spider legs condensed by Star Power rapidly solidified, transforming him into a half-human, half-beast monster.
"This is bad! The Beast Power Gene inside him has collapsed!"
"What the hell? There wasn’t any indicator of a gene collapse..."
"Damn it! Stop him now!"
"There’s no saving him—kill him..."
The members of the Guard Team cried out in panic and began attacking the teammate who had turned into a monster.
Qin Shou watched the scene, his expression stiffening—it was the first time he had witnessed a Beast Power Master’s gene collapse with his own eyes.
But...
Why does a gene collapse absorb biological blood?
That doesn’t make sense.
Looking again at the panic in the Guard Captain’s eyes, Qin Shou rubbed his chin.
Even in the case of gene collapse, the strength shouldn’t be overwhelmingly high.
So why the panic?
Something’s off!
Suppressing his curiosity, Qin Shou recalled Godzilla and turned to leave.
This wasn’t the Beast Cultivation Main City’s jurisdiction; dealing with the unreliable Big Black Face wasn’t worth the trouble right now—his physical condition should still be weak, best to avoid complications.
Low profile! Stick to being low profile!
...
The snow-covered mountaintop.
Qin Shou walked leisurely through the snowfall. Above his head, the Space Gate swung open, unleashing one synthetic monster after another, their roars shaking the earth before they disappeared into the raging snowstorm.
As expected, the appearance of the giant beasts triggered nearby avalanches.
From beneath his feet, green vines broke through the ground, pulling Qin Shou into the earth.
A moment later, after the avalanches subsided, Qin Shou emerged once again onto the snowy terrain, as system prompt tones trickled in one by one.
"Ding, successfully killed Snow Mountain Silver Fox..."
"Ding, successfully killed Fierce Giant Condor..."
"Ding, successfully killed Storm Giant Python..."
Summoning the system interface, Qin Shou fixed his gaze on the panel displaying numerous unfamiliar monsters, contemplating the direction of monster synthesis.
Night soon fell, and the temperature plummeted.
Qin Shou took out his capsule apartment, set up barriers, and activated the apartment’s heating system.
In the kitchen, Red Tai Lang bustled about with the frying pan Qin Shou had gifted her, whipping up various culinary experiments using Muto Eggs.
"Dear Master, your dishes are almost ready—braised Muto Eggs, steamed Muto Eggs, and sautéed Muto Eggs. Oh, how about some chilled Muto Eggs?"
Watching the synthetic monsters’ movements via the communicator, Qin Shou waved hurriedly upon hearing the idea of chilled Muto Eggs.
"Keep the chilled ones for you two to enjoy!"
"Alrighty!"
Red Tai Lang squinted her big eyes in delight, nodding cheerfully.
At that moment, Big Big Wolf came downstairs, excitedly reporting: "Dear Master, the little Mutos have absorbed energy from the corpses of two Nightmare-level Monsters and successfully hatched—a male and a female. What should we do with the remaining Muto Eggs?"
Rubbing his chin thoughtfully, Qin Shou replied, "Hmm, excellent—two Mutos. There’s no need to hatch the remaining eggs."
The reproductive system of Titan Giant Beast Mutos was different from ordinary monsters.
On the surface, it appeared that the Muto species required one male and one female to produce offspring. However, in reality, male Mutos simply extracted their own cells and injected them into the female Muto’s body, which would then complete the genes within those cells, transforming them into Muto Eggs.
In essence, the Mutos had no issues with inbreeding.
The reason? All Mutos originated from the most ancient Mutant Supreme.
Every Muto was merely a fragment and continuation of the Mutant Supreme’s life!
"Big Big Wolf, keep a close watch on those two little Mutos."
"Dear Master, you can count on me!"
"Alright."
Nodding, Qin Shou began searching the system’s gene database for suitable insect genes.
After reaching the Unbreakable Realm, using Mutos to manufacture Breakthrough Potions required at least Nightmare-level Mutos to start.
That wasn’t a concern—so long as he had enough synthesis points, it was easily achievable.
Utilizing the corpses of Nightmare-level insect monsters to fuse with Titan Giant Beast Mutos wouldn’t decrease the Mutos’ Life Level.
Additionally, with a third-level synthesis device, he would likely see a significant boost in combat power.
But Qin Shou didn’t intend to train the Mutos as his primary combat force.
To him, these two Mutos were simply raw materials for crafting Breakthrough Potions.
Using Mutos as one of the synthesis ingredients for other monsters was fine—as long as the resulting creature wasn’t explicitly named "Muto," the synthesis wouldn’t fail.
...
Inside the room, Qin Shou took off his clothes and applied Gold Devouring Potion, leveraging its combined effects with the Muto Eggs to accelerate his bodily transformation.
These days, the Gold Devouring Potion’s impact on bodily transformation was barely noticeable. Relying on the remaining Muto Eggs and the amplification of the Earth Core Energy Pool, breaking through to Vajra Nine Stars would take at least six months...
Or so he kept saying every time.
Somehow, it never actually took six months before he miraculously achieved consecutive level-ups.
This time around, it probably wouldn’t be any different!
Thinking about this possibility, Qin Shou smiled slightly.
He’d soon break through to Vajra Nine Stars, then advance to the Unbreakable Realm to become a true powerhouse.
Haha, time to push forward!
"Beep beep..."
Suddenly, alarms blared within the capsule apartment, snapping Qin Shou out of his thoughts, his brow furrowing.
He pressed the remote control, and the apartment wall displayed a projection of the outside environment.
Through the icy snowstorm night, a massive swarm of black bats streaked across the skies.
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
A few low-flying black bats slammed into the barrier, only to be repelled to the ground by the barrier’s energy, convulsing violently.
"Bloodsucking bats?"
Squinting, Qin Shou said to himself, according to information about the Andes Mountains, this wasn’t supposed to be the range in which bloodsucking bats were active.
Moreover, under such icy and snowy conditions, bloodsucking bats shouldn’t have the ability to fly so fast.
Something’s happened again?
Qin Shou recalled the legends about South American bloodsucking bats...
But he shook his head, chuckling—these were just ordinary bloodsucking bats; they couldn’t possibly be associated with vampires as those tales suggested.
Clearing his mind of distractions, Qin Shou circulated his Star Power, absorbing the energy of the Gold Devouring Potion and the Muto Eggs within him.
...
After some time had passed, Qin Shou opened his eyes and checked the time.
"Strange, it’s already 11 AM the next day, but why hasn’t the sun risen?"
Glancing at the pitch-black night outside the window, he got up, dressed, and stepped onto the rooftop.
Gazing upward at the starry sky... or rather, a starless sky.
The heavens had long since been shrouded by clouds as dark as ink, not a shred of sunlight penetrating through.
A sense of foreboding welled up in Qin Shou’s heart.
Even on cloudy days, these clouds shouldn’t be this blackened.
The eerie, jet-black clouds blanketing the skies were unsettling.
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
At that moment, a swarm of dark bats flew past the barrier above, with a single bat unlucky enough to crash into the barrier and collapse to the ground, convulsing.
Lowering his gaze, Qin Shou noticed that this bat’s size was several times larger than the others before.
Were these bats from the same swarm?
Or had they grown several times larger overnight?
Raising his hand, Qin Shou decided it was necessary to report this to Su Liang.
It had been a while; Big Black Face should be done with his business by now.
Huh? No signal?
He massaged his forehead—it was either an ambush or something really big going down when signals disappeared like this.
Right, what about them?
Thinking of the synthetic monsters "on assignment," Qin Shou tried to check their situation, only to discover the monkey avatar’s communication device was unresponsive.
"Damn, am I really down to being a solo Summoner here?"
Previously, in pursuit of peace and quiet, he had temporarily muted system alerts, which is why he hadn’t noticed the abnormality right away.
Twitching a bit at the cheek, Qin Shou summoned the system interface. Finding no death notifications for the synthetic monsters brought him moderate relief.
Still, the current scenario was far too bizarre—he needed to search for them. If, by any chance, they’d all really kicked the bucket, he’d end up with nothing but himself.
Synthesis Points were so damn hard to farm.
Without further delay, Qin Shou packed up the capsule apartment and launched into the sky with his battle armor.
"Boom..."
Beneath the black clouds, the battle armor’s energy propulsion propelled Qin Shou as he began searching for traces of the synthetic monsters.
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
Suddenly, countless black-as-ink bats emerged from the pitch-black clouds, resembling a sinister, overwhelming shadow, all frantically rushing toward Qin Shou.
These bats were several times larger than before, their numbers practically limitless, akin to a beast tide.
Not wanting to waste time embroiled with the bats, Qin Shou casually drew a card and inserted it into the camera at his waist.
"Ultimate Attack Drive!"
"Click..."
An electronic synthesized voice echoed, and the camera at his waist projected numerous virtual cards, forming a cascading stream of cards stacked before Qin Shou.
"Boom..."
His speed drastically increased as he plunged forward, integrating his form into the cascading cards, radiating intense golden energy.
"Buzz!!"
Wherever he passed, the waves of black bats were blasted apart by golden energy, carving a path through the swarm.
Having pierced into the opening, Qin Shou believed he could escape the bats.
But to his surprise, as he dove through the opening, he was met not with freedom but an endless swarm of bats yet again.
He never actually managed to escape the bats’ encirclement!