126: Chapter 126 Progenitor Gene Sequences and the Weaver of Life
The embers of thunder slowly extinguished on the charred bridge.
The power of Law, capable of tearing stars asunder, was receding from Su Chen's consciousness like an ebbing tide.
The battle was over.
The air was thick with the pungent scent of ozone, the smell of burnt protein, and the nauseating sweetness of burning demonic sulfur.
Theodore's massive head rose from the ruins, the vertical pupils of the Abyssal Demon Dragon reflecting this brilliant victory. It let out a satisfied burp, a wisp of pure fire divinity escaping from the corner of its mouth before being greedily sucked back in.
Around them, a cleanup force composed of countless Zerglings and Hydralisks was harvesting all valuable biomass from the battlefield with cold and efficient precision.
Metal was decomposed, and flesh was devoured.
The Zerg Swarm's operation was so precise that not a single bit was wasted.
Su Chen's gaze pierced through this busy yet orderly scene of destruction, landing on the center of the bridge.
There, a massive demonic statue had once stood.
Now, it had long since been shattered in the previous clash of Divine Power, leaving only a charred pedestal still stubbornly standing there.
The statue's features were indistinguishable, but its twisted, profane posture still radiated a chaotic aura from the Abyss.
Su Chen walked over step by step.
He raised his foot.
The biomass carapace covering his foot still bore traces of purple-silver electrical sparks.
Without a moment's hesitation, he kicked the dilapidated statue pedestal.
Crack—
The hard obsidian pedestal burst apart at the impact, countless cracks instantly spreading until it completely collapsed into a pile of rubble.
This was the final proclamation to the loser.
And a complete burial of a false god.
However, at the moment the rubble flew, Su Chen's movements stopped.
His perception caught a hint of something unusual.
Beneath the heavy stones of the statue's base, a hidden compartment made of a special metal was exposed.
Upon the compartment were engraved Abyssal runes incomprehensible to Mortals, seemingly some kind of Seal.
But under the violent impact of Divine Power just now, the Seal had long since failed.
Three spheres of light were peeking through the cracks of the hidden compartment.
The light was faint, without any aggression, yet it carried an indescribable purity and antiquity.
Su Chen waved his hand.
Mental Energy swirled the rubble, lifting the hidden compartment completely before him.
He reached out, the fingertips of his consciousness-form lightly touching it.
There was no heat, no cold.
Only a warm, gentle pulse originating from the very beginning of life.
He carefully cupped the three spheres of light.
They rotated slowly in his palm, like three miniature stars nurturing a Universe.
Inside the light, countless golden, indecipherable sequences seemed to flow; with every combination, they appeared to explain a supreme truth of the Universe.
In the next second, the cold System panel suddenly popped up on his retina.
A line of bold, crimson text caused even Su Chen's thought core to stall for a moment.
[Obtained: Progenitor Gene Sequence (Incomplete)]
[Description]: Life source code left behind by ancient Titans or Creator Gods. Contains the lowest-level rules of "Creation."
Creation!
These two words, like two divine thunderbolts piercing through dimensions, boomed within his Sea of Consciousness.
Su Chen's hands holding the light spheres trembled uncontrollably and violently.
The bio-currents within him began to surge due to the intense emotional fluctuations, even sparking fine electrical arcs on his body's surface.
Zerg.
His Zerg Swarm.
Devour, evolve, destroy, plunder.
This was the essence of the Zerg Swarm, the absolute Law engraved on every gene chain.
They were the Universe's most efficient destruction machines, the ultimate natural disaster for all civilizations.
But they, alone, could not "create."
They could optimize and combine devoured genes, but they could not build a brand-new life blueprint out of nothing.
This was the most fundamental shortcoming of the Zerg Swarm.
It was also the greatest shackle Su Chen had faced as the Dominator.
And now, the key to completing this missing piece was in his hands.
This was no longer a simple power upgrade.
This was an essential transition from "Destroyer" to "Creator"!
Without any hesitation.
Su Chen's consciousness crossed tens of thousands of kilometers of space in an instant, descending directly into the mothership's core.
His true body, that massive biological brain suspended in nutrient fluid, suddenly snapped open countless compound eyes.
"Return."
A concise command echoed throughout the Zerg Swarm network.
In the next moment, Su Chen's figure, along with the three spheres of the Progenitor Gene Sequence, vanished instantly and teleported directly back to the top floor of the Broodmother.
This was the Broodmother's "Sanctuary"—the Advanced Hatchery.
Upon the massive spatial dome flowed bio-luminescent patterns like a galaxy.
In the center, a giant cultivation tank large enough to hold a mountain stood quietly, filled with amniotic fluid that had been purified billions of times and contained boundless life energy.
Countless thick biological conduits, like giant pythons, connected the cultivation tank to the Broodmother's biological brain core.
"Connect the sequence."
Su Chen's voice was devoid of emotion, yet it contained an unquestionable will.
The three golden spheres of light were cast into the analysis matrix.
Buzz—
The entire Broodmother let out a low rumble.
"Invest all computing power!"
"Perform gene recombination simulation!"
As Su Chen's command was issued, the Broodmother's biological brain—a supercomputer with computing power comparable to the sum of all intelligent life in a galaxy—began operating at full capacity.
Countless data streams brushed through Su Chen's consciousness like waterfalls.
The Progenitor Gene Sequence was dismantled and analyzed, attempting to fuse with the Zerg's own gene bank.
[Warning: Gene structure conflict, Simulation Subject 1 collapsed.]
[Warning: Law rejection, Simulation Subject 2 annihilated.]
[Warning: Life rules incompatible, Simulation Subject 3 underwent malignant mutation...]
Failure.
Failure.
Still failure.
In just the first day, the number of failures had already exceeded ten thousand.
Every failure meant the evaporation of massive amounts of energy and precious biomass into thin air.
The temperature of the Broodmother's biological brain core began to soar sharply; countless cooling cavities and organs had reached their limits, emitting the smell of burnt protein.
The entire Zerg Swarm network was filled with an overburdened wail.
But Su Chen's will was cold and firm, without any wavering.
"Not enough."
"Continue!"
His consciousness was deeply linked with the Broodmother's biological brain, personally guiding the calculations of every simulation.
He could feel the massive mental shocks brought by each collapse.
His thoughts felt as if they were thrown into a meat grinder, repeatedly torn apart and repeatedly reorganized.
"No matter how many times it fails, I want to see results!"
His roar turned into an absolute command, suppressing the biological brain's instinct to overload.
Time lost its meaning in the frenzied calculations.
One day.
Two days.
Three days.
Three full days and nights.
After tens of thousands of destructive failed attempts, the Broodmother's biological brain was nearly at the brink of burning out.
At the final moment before all data streams were about to fall into Chaos.
In a brand-new simulation, a new sequence perfectly interwoven from Ancestral genes and Zerg genes bloomed with its first ray of light amidst the endless darkness.
It stabilized.
Buzz!
All the piercing alarm sounds vanished instantly.
A rhythmic pulse of harmony, Perfection, and the joy of life spread from the central cultivation tank, instantly traversing the entire Broodmother.
Under the soothing influence of this rhythm, the overloaded organs began to rapidly self-repair.
Su Chen's tense consciousness finally gained a moment of respite.
He turned his gaze toward the massive cultivation tank.
The originally turbid amniotic fluid had now become crystal clear, radiating a soft Holy Light.
A brand-new life form, in the center of the cultivation tank, slowly opened her eyes.
Her upper body was that of a perfect, stunning human female, her features interweaving divine majesty with maternal benevolence.
And her lower body was a massive snake tail, a hundred meters long.
Upon the snake tail, there were no longer cold scales, but golden runes composed of pure life energy flowing along it; every flicker seemed like a breath.
In her hand, she held a peculiar staff.
The staff's body was actually a branch of the World Tree radiating endless vitality, with living-like vines coiling around the top, forming a profound life sigil.
[Ding! Creation successful!]
[New Hero Unit]: Life Weaver · Ysera (Tier 9 Demigod Rank)
[Positioning]: All-around Support / Biological Arsenal
[divine portfolio]: Creation, Restoration
Ysera's gaze pierced through the crystal walls of the cultivation tank, landing on Su Chen.
Her massive snake tail swayed gently, and her entire body drifted out of the cultivation tank with extreme elegance, hovering before Su Chen.
In the air, countless points of light appeared out of nowhere, condensing beside her into life flowers that continuously bloomed and withered.
"I am the Life Weaver, and also your humble servant."
Her voice sounded, echoing directly deep within Su Chen's Soul.
That voice was filled with irresistible benevolence and majesty, like the first whisper of Mother Earth when all things were first born.
Su Chen looked at this perfect Creation before him, this brand-new hero he had personally brought to life, representing the authority of "Creation."
His spirit, which had been tense for three days, finally relaxed completely.
An unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled every corner of his consciousness.
He wore a heartfelt smile.
"Very good. With you, my Zerg Swarm will have true immortality."