355: Pheromones

"The spirit net is flickering intensely."

Burning Star said;

"The Zerg will gnaw at the spirit net. I reckon some Zerg bigshot is unhappy and is bullying the Mechanical Race again."

"Ah?"

Ye Su was stunned as he listened.

The Mechanical Race...

Are they really pushovers?

Holding the vast majority of the universe's secrets, do they have no choice but to be 'honest'?

Otherwise, they would be besieged by everyone.

But—a sentient, intelligent race like the Mechanical Race.

If they truly felt a threat, they should have a specialized survival mechanism.

After all, they are intelligences.

Their instinct for survival is even greater than that of organic life.

Their underlying core must prioritize survival above all else.

Under such bullying and immense survival pressure—Ye Su felt that if he were the Mechanical Race, he would definitely pull something big on everyone.

"Captain Ye!"

Suddenly, a message from Mo Xiaoyu interrupted Ye Su's train of thought.

"What's wrong?"

Ye Su asked.

"Something is wrong with this Zerg Star Domain."

Mo Xiaoyu said;

"We're seeing rocks turning into flesh and blood, devouring everything frantically."

"Fortunately, we also have Flesh and Blood Power within us, so we weren't devoured."

"Currently, this territorial battlefield has been completely devoured. The flesh seems to be reviving, it's heading towards..."

*Zzt, zzt...*

spirit net disconnected!

Ye Su's gaze suddenly froze.

Flesh and Blood Power.

This incident isn't over yet?

"Senior! Something happened over there. Take me through space to get there!"

Ye Su said.

The power of Ascension Six is manifested in many aspects.

For example.

Among the Secret Arts of the Great Clans, there must be space-traversal Secret Arts.

The soul spirit channels of the Wang Clan, the Star Spirit Channels of the Star Spirit Clan, the matrix teleportation of the Mechanical Race, and so on...

Currently, the spirit net is down, so the matrix cannot be used.

And the Golden Crow Clan should have its own Secret Art.

"Alright!"

Burning Star thought to himself.

Space-traversal Secret Arts are highly iconic.

Burning Star and Burning Heaven didn't dare use them at first, fearing the impact would be too great.

After all, the Golden Crow Clan is currently under house arrest.

But now, Ye Su's status is different; he has the ability to take the blame.

So Burning Star could just open it;

"Skyfire Channel, open!"

Ahead, a sphere of flame as bright as a star suddenly lit up.

Within it was a massive vortex.

Burning Star swept Ye Su up and charged directly into the vortex.

The next second.

They burst out from another star.

Skyfire Channel.

Using stars as nodes.

As long as there are stars, the Golden Crow Clan can open a channel.

"Don't panic, I'll fly you the rest of the way!"

Burning Star said.

Since it uses stellar nodes, it cannot arrive precisely at the destination.

They still needed to fly a bit further.

How fast is the flight speed of an Ascension Six?

Burning Star almost turned into a beam of light, carrying Ye Su directly toward the distance.

In just a few minutes.

An aura of spreading Flesh and Blood Power emanated.

Both Ye Su and Burning Star possessed Flesh and Blood Power, so they could easily sense it.

Even...

Ye Su also sensed the presence of the Great Xia people.

"This... this planet..."

Burning Star also stared blankly at the scene.

The planet beneath them had completely transformed into a massive ball of flesh.

Countless masses of flesh were writhing.

And.

It possessed a powerful rejection function against the spirit net.

At the same time, it emitted pheromones.

The Broodmother carried by Ye Su sensed these pheromones immediately.

It crawled out of Ye Su's armor.

It let out a hiss and then charged directly toward the massive ball of flesh.

Ye Su didn't hesitate either.

He charged straight ahead.

While charging, he altered his aura; the Ye Su Insect made its appearance once again.

Burning Star frowned.

Following Ye Su, he said;

"I feel a great terror and a great secret within this. Ye Su, just save the people and run."

Ye Su remained silent.

He seemed to have a clue.

But he needed to observe more to truly guess what was happening.

Soon.

The Broodmother entered the massive ball of flesh.

Instantly.

The massive ball of flesh began to evolve.

A new, disgusting Brood Home... no, not a Brood Home, but a new Zerg structural achievement with functions similar to a Brood Home.

Relying on the permissions from the Broodmother's side, the Ye Su Insect easily found everyone.

Fortunately, everyone was still alive and hadn't been eroded by the flesh.

"Captain Ye, look over there!"

Mo Xiaoyu immediately pointed in one direction.

Ye Su and Burning Star looked.

Their scalps tingled with numbness.

There lay the core of the massive ball of flesh.

Connected within countless fleshy tentacles were innumerable brains.

These brains were being controlled and nourished, yet they remained active.

Simultaneously.

Supported by these brains, the pheromones began to expand their range continuously.

Finally.

Even Burning Star, a member of the Golden Crow Clan without Flesh and Blood Power, felt the existence of the pheromone network.

With a thought, he discovered that this pheromone network possessed the capability for communication.

"This is—"

Burning Star's entire body was trembling.

A terrifying possibility kept surfacing in his mind.

"The Zerg are trying to replace the Mechanical Race!"

Ye Su took a deep breath and said.

The spirit net is the foundation of the Mechanical Race's survival and its field of monopoly.

As long as no one can replace the spirit net, the Mechanical Race's position as a Great Clan is as stable as Mount Tai.

But now.

The Zerg have begun to enter this field.

And they're even overtaking on a curve!

Directly using Flesh and Blood Power to connect a massive number of biological brains, forming a flesh-and-blood supercomputer.

Then, with pheromones as the core, they construct a pheromone network.

This kind of network can communicate directly with thoughts, making it even more convenient than the Mechanical Race's spirit net.

Not only that.

It has an even more perverse aspect.

That is—those brains are not being forcibly enslaved.

It's a sort of gig mode.

If you run out of money, you can lease your brain to the Zerg to work and earn money; if you don't want to do it anymore...

...the Flesh and Blood Power will regenerate your body and then put your brain back in.

See? Just like that, you're alive again.

The reason for doing this...

...is to distribute the profits of the spirit net to more people, thereby gaining more support.

Flesh and Blood Power—forget it, the Zerg never intended to use it to forge a new path.

It only needed the preliminary framework of Flesh and Blood Power to complete the construction of the pheromone network.

"This matter—"

Ye Su said;

"This is definitely not something the Zerg are doing alone."

"There must be other Great Clans pushing this from behind."

"They are trying to make a move against the Mechanical Race."

"The Zerg pheromone net is just the beginning!"

Burning Star said;

"In other words, a war between the Great Clans is about to begin!"

Yes.

This kind of intrusion into another's monopoly is practically the start of a war.

And when your monopoly is challenged, it means your position as a Great Clan is unstable.

War is almost inevitable.

While granting Zerg permissions to the Great Xia people, Ye Su flew out of this new information Brood Home.

As he looked up.

The stars shifted.

Countless timings converged here.

The Foundational War between two Great Clans was about to unfold.

As such.

The convergence of a massive amount of timing seemed perfectly normal.