149: The nest is alive, the conspiracy of the insects! (Please read

Chapter 149: The Nest is Alive, The Bugs' Conspiracy! (Seeking Reads)

The Mental Domain can transmit information seen by a person.

Besides his own women, Lu Zheng had also given a Mental Domain fruit to a few Chiefs of bases with whom he had a closer relationship, for convenience of contact.

Just now, he received video information transmitted by Wang Shengbang through the Mental Domain.

The image showed a cracked egg.

Within the pus, there was what looked like a human embryo.

Aside from the hair, teeth, and nails not being developed, it generally resembled a human infant.

Fang Qiankun and Wang Shengbang and others discussed it for a long time.

This discovery was too strange, too bizarre.

A bug's nest, and they found a human embryo!

This seemed completely illogical.

"Could it be that the bugs caught an unformed human infant and placed it in the egg to cultivate it?"

Zang Zhenyu proposed a hypothesis.

Qiu Keqin immediately retorted:

"Impossible. Bugs kill any living creature they encounter; they won't spare any food."

"I think an egg condensed from the sacrifice of so many bugs should still be directly related to the bugs themselves."

"We still have too little information on this."

"Chief Wang, Kyoto Base has many experts. Have their experts made any new discoveries from dissecting the bugs?"

Wang Shengbang said:

"Recently, there's only one discovery: even the lowest-level bugs communicate with each other, and information is transmitted at high speed."

"Their pursuit of flesh and food is partly due to the energy consumption caused by information transmission."

"During feeding, information transmission is even more pronounced."

Fang Qiankun said:

"This matter cannot be delayed."

"None of us are confident in researching this. For this thing, I think we can try using a Beast Taming Ring first."

"We need to ask Mr. Lu for help. With those Seal Card (seal cards), we can also avoid dangers similar to infectious diseases."

After some discussion, the group ultimately decided to seek Lu Zheng's help.

This matter indeed required caution.

And the safest method was to find Lu Zheng.

Furthermore, Lu Zheng also had Professor Nan Yirou and Gu Lengyue, two biology professors who both studied doomsday creatures, by his side.

These were also very important resources.

Thus, a moment later, Lu Zheng, having learned the news, traveled through the Teleportation Disk, and after several transfers, arrived at the temporary blockade area set up outside Xishan Base.

Cao Lei watched Lu Zheng appear with two cold beauties no less stunning than herself, and a strange glint flashed in her eyes.

After learning their identities, there was an even more inexplicable meaning.

Lu Zheng looked at her and said:

"First, take me to that nest."

Cao Lei frowned.

"It's very disgusting inside; prepare yourself mentally."

Saying that, she led the way towards the dark underground nest.

Before long, Lu Zheng and the two women also witnessed how disgusting it was inside.

It was as if they had entered a septic tank.

Fortunately, Lu Zheng could control his Sword Qi to block the surrounding odors, preventing them from being contaminated by the strong smell.

Upon entering, Gu Lengyue and Professor Nan Yirou spoke almost simultaneously.

"This thing seems to be alive; it has spiritual consciousness fluctuations."

"It's alive; it has life aura."

The two pointed together at the nest beneath their feet.

Lu Zheng also sensed it.

His mental power had already reached the seventh-tier, and with the existence of the Mental Domain fruit, he could easily perceive the presence of spiritual bodies and life force.

This nest was indeed a living creature.

Gu Lengyue said:

"This thing is like a fungus; it synthesizes to form a conscious entity, but if it's divided into two halves, it will become two conscious entities."

"Unless it's completely annihilated, or divided into units too small to form a consciousness, it's almost immortal."

Professor Nan Yirou turned to Cao Lei upon hearing this and asked:

"You discovered this thing before, and determined its formation is based on the Sonic Worm's excrement after consuming a large number of bugs?"

Cao Lei nodded.

"That's correct; our information is not wrong."

"This news was just confirmed yesterday morning."

Professor Nan Yirou nodded slightly and looked at Lu Zheng.

"Husband, let's go out and look at that embryo!"

Subsequently, the group exited the nest and arrived before the torn-open embryo.

This thing still had life force.

However, it seemed to lack self-consciousness.

Lu Zheng frowned and looked at Gu Lengyue, who shook her head and said:

"No spiritual consciousness detected. It's similar to a Night Demon, seemingly just a husk."

Cao Lei raised a question.

"Even the nest is alive. To nurture a lifeless object without spiritual consciousness, are these bugs just bored out of their minds?"

Lu Zheng didn't answer. He directly took out a knife and then split the embryo open, starting from the head.

No spiritual consciousness meant it wasn't a living creature.

It was just a mass of flesh, so there was no psychological burden in splitting it open.

And after opening it, everyone finally discovered the differences.

Many of this thing's internal organs did not belong to humans, but to other animals or bugs.

Its brain was even covered with worm-like lines.

Professor Nan Yirou said:

"These nematodes haven't been activated yet. Their individual presence isn't enough to form consciousness. A large number of these bugs should be auxiliary organs for this body's brain, needing to wait until this body is fully formed before they can be activated and used."

"I suspect the reason for this embryo's formation is genetic recombination."

"During this time, a large number of bugs ate humans and some other animals."

"Now these bugs are consumed by the Sonic Worms and transformed into the nest."

"The nest gave birth to this egg, completing the process of genetic recombination."

Cao Lei again expressed her confusion.

"If that's the case, what exactly is the purpose of these bugs?"

"Are they trying to turn these embryos into humans and then infiltrate us?"

Gu Lengyue nodded and said:

"That's possible."

"But it shouldn't be limited to that. Husband, what do you think?"

The three looked at Lu Zheng, who said:

"I think they might want to completely replace us."

"Night Demons, this kind of creature, might be the previous species they found to replace."

"They found humans, and found a more advanced spiritual consciousness carrier."

"So, they use bugs to obtain human genetic information and combine it with their own characteristics to create a new humanoid race."

"The guy controlling the Night Demons probably wants greater carrying capacity."

"And the human body is the best choice."

"Today's discovery of one embryo here indicates that at least hundreds of embryos have already been nurtured to maturity in various underground nests."

"We have a new crisis to face. All bases, prepare yourselves!"

"Strictly vet personnel entering and exiting."

Lu Zheng and the others' conversation was continuously broadcast live to all the Chiefs via drones.

His last remarks were for Wang Shengbang and the others.

New trouble has already appeared.