Capítulo 130: Chapter 130: Skill Upgrades, Genetic Radiation, and the Dark Truth
"Lin Feng, lv29/29"
"Health 980, Physique 980, Spirit 1045"
"Completed mental breakthrough, permanent +50 spirit"
"Note: With spirit attribute vastly exceeding limits, base skills—Appraisal, Upgrade, Replication, Telepathy—gain additional enhancements."
"Appraisal: Range increased by 100%, now 10km. Detail level improves with proximity."
"Upgrade: Upgrade time reduced by 50%."
"Replication: Effective range increased from 2km to 5km."
"Telepathy: Detection range increased from 5km to 10km."
"Note: Spirit attribute has prematurely reached the third stage, activating a new skill: Genetic Radiation."
"Genetic Radiation: Deciphers hidden insect genetic secrets, using mental energy radiation to implant ancient genetic memories into nearby insects. Each use lowers personal level by one and consumes 100 points of each attribute. Affects up to 5km radius."
"Evaluation: This is a crystallization of insect biotechnology, from the godly domain beyond Tier 6. Though a weakened version, it can trigger drastic species mutations on ordinary planets."
Reading through the details, Lin Feng's smile gradually faded, replaced by deepening solemnity.
The earlier changes were anticipated. His last mental attribute breakthrough had modestly enhanced his skills, and this time, the tier-jump enhancement naturally provided greater boosts.
Appraisal's maximum range doubled to 10km, with increasing detail and precision as the distance shortened, which was crucial for Lin Feng.
The upgrade time reduction from 10% to 50% was equally significant for the Land Cruiser Battleship's future enhancements.
Lin Feng recalled that the battleship's tier upgrade took nearly a full night, about ten hours, and reaching lv29 would require at least 90 hours, nearly four days.
Such a lengthy upgrade process was unfavorable for the upcoming battle to halt the Haicheng queen.
The mid-Tier 3 Haicheng queen was only about 20 kilometers from Taihu, roughly half a Wu City away, and could arrive in less than six days under normal circumstances.
Lin Feng's agreement to delay ten days meant holding out for at least four days.
The Thirteenth Division's defensive line couldn't be relied upon, requiring Lin Feng's entire fleet to engage in continuous combat.
Surface battles alone wouldn't suffice; preventing underground expansion was equally necessary.
With himself and Shen Jie as core combatants, Lin Feng planned to select elite awakeners from the team to quickly reach Tier 2 through the remaining eggs.
They would accompany Lin Feng into underground tunnels to curb Red Beetle expansion.
Another critical objective...
According to Ding Chenghai's data, the mid-Tier 3 queen would hatch various specialized Tier 2 insect variants.
Such as Pulse Scorpions, Tank Flame Armors...
These Tier 2 insects would team up with Wind Wing Bugs and Tiger Bugs to form special squads against human awakeners and fortified defenses.
To counter these assaults, Lin Feng needed to assemble an elite team...
A squad of Tier 2 awakeners.
Especially now that the replication skill's effective range expanded from 2km to 5km, allowing the elite team to follow Lin Feng and effectively counterattack with shotguns.
Telepathy's range doubled from 5km to 10km, enabling Lin Feng to anticipate dangers in underground tunnels, perfectly matching the lv29 railgun's electromagnetic blast range.
Reviewing the skill changes, the new skill at the end caused Lin Feng's smile to turn into a frown.
Genetic Radiation...
The skill name alone sounded daunting.
Unlike the supportive Telepathy, it was an aggressive, invasive ability.
The description and evaluation hinted at its terrifying potential.
In its simplest form, Genetic Radiation could awaken nearby insects to the ancestral memories Lin Feng experienced, unlocking their genetic bindings...
After radiation mutation, even basic Tier 1 Black Spinal Bugs and Cyan Wing Bugs would gain self-awareness, understanding their enslavement history.
This meant Genetic Radiation could become a formidable psychological weapon against insect combat morale.
Yet Lin Feng knew its optimal target was the queen commanding the swarm.
Once a high-tier queen unlocked its genetic bindings, recalling its peaceful origins...
Insects would likely fracture internally, even leading to infighting.
For the current insect hierarchy, command execution is fundamental, the vital law and the foundation of control.
Defectors refusing to invade Blue Star would threaten the invasion, becoming prime targets for the current insects...
This was more effective than merely killing a queen.
Especially as Lin Feng lacked the power to easily eliminate a high-tier queen.
Their hives housed numerous Tier 2 defenders.
Repeating his success against Tier 1 Black Spinal Bugs and Tier 2 Tiger Bugs...
Was unlikely.
Current high-tier queens, mostly around lv33, boasted tens of thousands in health and thousands in physique and spirit.
Even with lv29 railgun's penetration, several hits were needed to kill one.
Meanwhile, a queen could command Tier 2 insects to counterattack or use psychic powers against Lin Feng.
Facing a full-strength queen...
The odds weren't in his favor, risking being overpowered.
But the new Genetic Radiation skill offered another possibility.
Converting a queen and cooperating to target another would accomplish high-tier insect elimination!
The thought brought Ling Yi to mind.
His mental attribute breakthrough came from her, and the Genetic Radiation skill was closely tied...
Perhaps it was time to free her from the giant's mental control and genetic bindings.
They had multiple transactions ahead, with ample opportunities to use Genetic Radiation.
As for its effectiveness on queen avatars... Lin Feng wasn't worried.
The evaluation suggested this was a godly domain beyond Tier 6, likely from the great and unique insect god.
This ability was deciphered by high-tier intelligent insects, becoming a biomolecular genetic technology.
Using gene sequences as information carriers, rooted in bloodlines, perpetually passed down.
Lin Feng's task was to liberate it, steering insects back to their rightful course.
Analyzing this, Lin Feng's frown softened. With the tier-breakthrough mission nearing completion, a smile appeared.
Yet his expression changes alarmed Chen Yanyan watching closely.
Lin Feng's alternating smiles, solemness, and strange grin...
Combined with his vacant gaze, made him seem mentally unstable.
Chen Yanyan grabbed his hand, worriedly asking:
"Really okay? Hey? Lin Feng, don't scare me!"
"Do you remember who you are? Remember me?"
Lin Feng snapped out of his thoughts, offering a mysterious smile:
"Nothing, I was reminiscing about the strange mental world during my tier upgrade..."
He pulled Chen Yanyan into an embrace, her towel slipping off onto the bed.
An hour later, as Lin Feng vividly recounted the insects' thrilling history, Chen Yanyan's mouth turned from o to O, exclaiming in awe.
"So, the queen's mental power and the pre-upgrade nutrient fluid let you glimpse the insects' genetic history..."
"And after awakening, you can release others' genetic bindings, revealing this history!"
Chen Yanyan's hand rested on his chest, reassured by his explanation that he wasn't mentally impaired.
Anyone experiencing all this would doubt themselves, finding the insect past incredible.
Lin Feng nodded, outlining his queen awakening plan, using Genetic Radiation, then letting queens fight queens...
He'd take advantage for a Tier 3 upgrade.
Chen Yanyan agreed, reminding him:
"The cost is high; you need more Tier 2 eggs for awakening energy."
Lin Feng nodded, caressing her long legs:
"Don't worry, with the Jia City queen's deal, we have abundant energy, and this skill's cost is well worth it..."
After all, it's a legendary Tier 7 domain ability, even in its weakened form, far beyond a mere Tier 2 being's grasp.
Obtaining it early was thanks to the upgrade system's extraction and synthesis.
Using it once cost only one upgrade's energy, a fair trade.
With lv20 Land Cruiser Battleship, he could accumulate uses and bind a third-stage equipment.
Lin Feng could form an alliance of awakened queens to repel puppet insects, defending the southern Federation.
But until he had absolute strength, caution was wise.
Ling Yi hinted at higher-tier insects above Tier 3, and the mental experience showed several Tier 4+ giants...
Ultimately submitting to alien masters.
Aiding in mental control and genetic sealing of their high-tier kin.
Turning once-peaceful insects into cold cosmic warriors.
Unrestrained use of Genetic Radiation post-Tier 3, converting high-tier queens, would draw cosmic giants' attention...
A dimensional strike would find him, even underground, for instant death.
Lin Feng's only chance was during the global queen competition before a Tier 4 queen emerged, reaching Tier 4 for survival.
Cosmic giants' non-intervention aimed to assist high-tier queens in exploiting Blue Star's biomass, reaching Tier 4.
Now, seeing the truth, Lin Feng felt his burden grow heavier.
Killing high-tier queens wasn't victory, just a prelude to survival, far short of humanity's true triumph.
Reflecting, Lin Feng inhaled deeply, then stood, leading Chen Yanyan to the bathroom.
After washing up and dressing, they entered the battleship's bridge, refreshed.
It was nearly 4 PM.
Lin Feng expected his mental breakthrough to take over two hours, but Chen Yanyan said it was only about half an hour.
Yet in the dreamlike mental world, he'd witnessed millennia of species evolution, though the biotechnology was blurred in memory, beyond his grasp.
A swift time passage meant more time to prepare for the Haicheng queen's assault.
At noon, after Li Ran informed the team, they prepared thoroughly, napping and eating dinner early.
Just past 4 PM, with the western sun still in the sky, Lin Feng exited the Land Cruiser Battleship to the camp's center.
Seeing the ready soldiers waiting by the lv19 Winged Combat Vehicle replicas, prepared for orders.
Lin Feng was about to address them.
When Li Ran rushed from the rest building.
Lin Feng recalled he'd been working with veteran defectors, and now he handed over a stack of reports, urgently reporting:
"Sergeant, bad news!"
"Using the radio we brought, we finally reached the Thirteenth Division..."
"They reported at 3:40 PM today, a main fortress north of the second line was attacked by insects."
"Survivor accounts describe strange giant insects, likely new Tier 2 variants."
"Colonel Qin Hu led an armed awakening team to investigate."
"They've lost intelligence from the research institute, so I've relayed the news of the Haicheng queen's mid-Tier 3 upgrade..."
"Now the Thirteenth Division requests our support."
Hearing this, Lin Feng was surprised, immediately realizing, and warned:
"Notify the Thirteenth Division, tell Qin Hu to return."
"It's a trap!"
"The insects want to ambush and kill human awakeners!"
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