Chapter 680: Chapter 286 The Special Instance (6k)_3
Even with her current abilities, she had to consume nearly a tenth of the Magic Power Crystals she brought, which, if converted to an Insect Swarm, would be enough to breed a full hundred thousand.
However, after using her abilities on the Forest Elves present, the consumption surprised her a bit.
It was not too much, but too little...
Her abilities had always leaned towards plant-based from the beginning until now. Gene extraction didn’t feel any different, but whether it was Life Weaving or Genetic Fusion, the consumption was different between plants and animals.
Especially with Life Weaving, the consumption was almost tens of times higher.
Even with Genetic Fusion, there’s nearly a twofold difference, but this time, the consumption was far less than that number.
"Forest Elves are undoubtedly normal animals, or at least not plants, this is something I’ve confirmed...
Come to think of it, I’ve only extracted genes from Furistin before; this was my first attempt at Genetic Fusion on a Forest Elf.
Could this be the special trait of Forest Elves?"
Bai Yi suddenly recalled that the Prophet Grazi had mentioned that she was the Master of the Forest Elves a while ago.
Honestly, she hadn’t taken it seriously from the start, just considered it a saying. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have needed to blend them into a network before daring to use them.
After all, such prophecies are like those classic calls of foxes in ancient times, with all the twisting of words in predictions, clearly lacking much credibility.
But now it seems, this group of Forest Elves indeed has a connection with her...
However, even counting her time as a Lord, it’s been only 18 years, while according to their historical records, these Forest Elves have existed for thousands of years.
That seems impossible...
Bai Yi paused as this thought crossed her mind, realizing that it might not be entirely impossible...
Bai Yi carefully recalled the creation myth of the Forest Elves as narrated by Furistin. It seemed to mention something creating them and then disappearing.
That thing, which created the Forest Elves, disappeared for thousands of years, only to reappear in her...
Bai Yi didn’t want to speculate recklessly, as the information she currently had was limited.
"Hoo...
I originally had little interest in this legend, but it seems I must find out more..."
Since it concerned her superpower, she felt it necessary to verify these details.
However, having just completed the Genetic Fusion with Grazi, it wasn’t the right time.
Soon, all the Forest Elves present fell into a slumber to begin their body transformation. Taking advantage of this time, Bai Yi once again repeatedly used her superpower to weave the Fungus Blanket, and create the two groups: Insect Swarm and Mechanical Brain Worm.
The Fungus Blanket and the Insect Swarm are the foundation of expansion, while the Mechanical Brain Worm is the core of this conquest.
Having received the Xuanxing Mechanical Forces, along with two rounds of technological integration from Lillian from the Starry Sky, after a month’s research and transformation by the witches, the Mechanical Brain Worm is now her most powerful combat force.
Especially now, the Mechanical Brain Worms have started to initially grasp Lillian’s "Mechanical Master" ability, which can amplify the power of the machinery through special magic operations.
In combining into large machines, in pure quantity, she does not lose to the 8th Rank or even the 9th Rank of this world.
Speaking of which, this pure quantity is quite similar to the 8th Rank and 9th Rank of this world, where the essence isn’t high, but it’s purely relying on the accumulation of quantitative values.
"Heh, this is just perfect..."
With a self-deprecating chuckle, Bai Yi no longer distracted herself, and immediately relied on this forest that resonated deeply with her to expand her power, transforming the acquired Magic Power Crystals, using the cultivating ability to expand the Fungus Blanket.
If placed elsewhere, the Fungus Blanket surely represents environmental destruction, leaving nothing behind wherever it passes, but now spreading beneath the forest, it became a bridge connecting the forest, linking all plants together.
However, at this moment, instead of absorbing the nutrients of the plants, the Fungus Blanket used its Magic Power absorption efficiency to reverse and channel magic power to these plants.
Although this forest is as large as an area within her territory, relying on the forest’s own amplification, she managed to have the Fungus Blanket completely cover the area before the Forest Elves finished their fusion, fully incorporating the forest under her control.
And beneath the Fungus Blanket, the Insect Swarm had already completed building their underground nests and had started normal reproduction.
This time, with the design blueprint for the Magic Fusion Tower in hand, Bai Yi no longer had to worry about magic consumption.
With a grand gesture, she allocated half the remaining Magic Power Crystals, allowing the breeding Insect Swarm and Mechanical Brain Worm below to directly produce metal through magic, eliminating their need to seek out mines.
And the remaining Magic Power Crystals, apart from keeping a portion for the tower’s own need to perform superpower, were all allocated to the Fungus Blanket, letting it start the immediate construction of the Fungus Blanket Fusion Tower.
Now with the Magic Fusion Tower, her development process had changed. It no longer required completely laying out the Fungus Blanket but could act like the Ten Miles Slope Sword God.
Otherwise, given the chaotic state of this world, whether her Fungus Blanket could fully spread out was questionable.
She might soon be caught in a vicious cycle where spreading the Fungus Blanket required a large military force to secure territory, and securing territory required the expansion of the Fungus Blanket to bring in magic power, needing continuous Magic Power Crystals extracted from her territory to replenish.
After accomplishing all of this, Bai Yi noticed some new nodes emerging in the network, realizing immediately that it was the Forest Elves who had completed their body transformation.
Sure enough, upon returning to the ground, the Forest Elves who were originally asleep were already waking up gradually.