132: Chapter 132 The Radiant Hatchery and the Holy Flame Moth

Upon the god throne, Su Chen's fingertips lightly tapped the armrest. The cold metallic touch formed a sharp contrast with his boiling will at this moment.

"This is only the beginning."

His voice echoed in the empty temple. Rather than an explanation to Lumina, it was more of a proclamation for the future.

"With this energy source, my divine domain can truly be considered 'Eden'."

As his voice fell, Su Chen's gaze did not linger too long on the reborn gray-purple land beneath his feet.

Eden was not just about peace and rebirth.

A true Eden was the supreme fertile soil capable of nurturing forbidden fruit.

At this moment, the Double Helix Tower that pierced through heaven and earth was the heart and power source of this Eden. Every low throb it made pumped massive amounts of [Chaos psionic energy] to every corner of the divine domain.

The energy was too vast.

It was so vast that the newborn creep and ecosystem simply couldn't fully absorb it. Like over-watered crops, they endured the pressure of saturation amidst their joy.

The establishment of the Double Helix Tower not only resolved the energy conflict between light and dark, but was also like forcibly connecting an ultra-high voltage power line from a higher-dimensional Universe into this nascent divine domain.

The surging torrent of energy agitated within the underlying network of the divine domain, with nowhere to vent.

An outlet had to be found for it.

A sufficiently large 'appliance,' a furnace capable of transforming this creative power into true war potential.

Su Chen's will swept across the entire divine domain like an invisible tide. His vision pierced through layers of buildings and mountains, finally locking onto a forgotten corner on the eastern side of the divine domain.

There, an ancient building that had been silent for untold ages stood quietly.

It was built of holy white giant stones, its circular structure clustering around a pool that had long since dried up. Reliefs of wings and holy swords were carved into the stone walls; even covered in dust, one could vaguely discern its former holiness and solemnity.

[Sacred Rebirth Pool].

In Su Chen's consciousness, the name of this building surfaced, along with a dusty memory.

This was from a long time ago, when he was still a weak Dominator; it was a trophy he had forcibly plundered from a dying Angel-type demigod, along with the other's divine domain fragments.

A top-tier Mythological building.

Unfortunately, the only energy source to drive it was the pure light-type Divine Power possessed by that demigod.

For the Zerg Swarm, which had always walked the path of evolution and devouring, this kind of energy was no different from deadly poison. Su Chen had tried to substitute it with other energies, but all ended in failure. This building, which should have possessed infinite wonderful uses, became an expensive collectible—tasteless to eat but a pity to discard—dormant in his divine domain until now.

But now, everything was different.

The corners of Su Chen's mouth curled into a cold arc.

He looked down at the white building, which remained unresponsive even as it was bathed in the gray energy rain. His will projected an indifference akin to a monarch feeding a pet.

"Now, you have food."

The thought arose.

The will was issued.

Upon the god throne, Su Chen merely raised a finger and pointed through the air toward that distant area.

Buzz—

As if receiving the highest command, an energy pathway within the massive and complex structure of the heaven-piercing Double Helix Tower, which had been in a locked state, instantly opened.

A visible torrent of gray energy diverted from the middle of the tower, transforming into a giant gray energy python. It tore through the earth and, with the momentum of a thunderbolt, struck the silent [Sacred Rebirth Pool] with pinpoint accuracy!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

The moment the gray energy touched the white building, it merged into it silently like spilled mercury.

The ancient building, like an awakened behemoth, began to vibrate violently.

Boom!

In the next second, golden flames erupted without warning from the long-dried bottom of the pool!

Those were no ordinary flames, but holy flames composed of the purest, most condensed radiant energy. The golden pillar of fire shot into the sky, dyeing the gray sky of the divine domain with a layer of brilliant gold.

The originally dim wing reliefs seemed to come alive under the reflection of the holy flames. The texture of every feather was clearly visible, emitting a scorching and holy aura.

A series of cold, mechanical notification sounds exploded in Su Chen's mind one after another.

[Ding! High-concentration light-type energy injection detected!]

[Building: Sacred Rebirth Pool, energy sufficient!]

[Building activated!]

[Subject environment detected as Zerg Swarm divine domain... performing adaptive transformation...]

[Zerg transformation beginning!]

Su Chen's gaze pierced through space, clearly 'seeing' that within the soaring golden holy flames, the main body of the [Sacred Rebirth Pool] was undergoing a drastic change.

On the surface of the holy white giant stones, a purple-gray chitinous texture began to emerge, hard and smooth. The reliefs originally depicting angels and holy swords were twisted and reshaped by an invisible force, turning into hideous and magnificent Zerg totems.

Sharp bone spurs grew on the circular pool walls. Between the bone spurs, energy pathways like biological vessels throbbed slowly, flashing with golden light.

The entire building was falling and evolving from a holy creation into a lurking hive behemoth.

[Transformation complete!]

[Building renamed: Radiant Hatchery (Lower Divine Rank)!]

Su Chen's breathing stalled for a brief moment.

Without hesitation, he immediately pulled up the attribute panel of this brand-new building.

When those lines of golden text, formed by the Laws of the divine domain, were clearly presented in his sea of will, even he—a Zerg Dominator who had seen great storms and personally created countless miracles—felt an electric current surge from his spine to the top of his head.

It wasn't excitement.

It was a shudder from the fuel called 'ambition' being instantly ignited.

[Building]: Radiant Hatchery

[Rank]: Lower Divine Rank

[Function]: Absorbs and compresses radiant energy from [Chaos psionic energy] to nurture light-type special Zerg units.

[Core Output]: Every fifty divine domain years, it can consume all compressed radiant energy to nurture a Zerg Emperor with complete divine portfolio potential, capable of self-advancement—[Silver Demigod Rank · Holy Flame Moth Empress].

[Building Characteristics]: The Holy Flame Moth swarm commanded by the [Holy Flame Moth Empress] is naturally born with absolute suppression effects against undead, demons, and shadow-type creatures. The scale powder they scatter can purify most curses and negative divine arts below the Divine Rank.

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Holy Flame Moth Empress.

Silver Demigod Rank.

Su Chen's consciousness repeatedly chewed over these words; every word was as heavy as a thousand catties.

The Zerg units under his command, whether leviathans or Cerebrates, all required him to expend massive resources and effort to catalyze and advance step by step.

And now, this [Radiant Hatchery] could actually directly 'produce' Emperor units with demigod potential!

Although it required a long accumulation of fifty divine domain years.

But this meant that as long as the energy was sufficient, he could continuously manufacture his own 'gods'!

In Su Chen's mind, he couldn't help but imagine what kind of appearance the creature called the [Holy Flame Moth] would have.

It would possess holy and giant light wings like an angel's; every flap would leave a burning golden trail behind it.

But its body would be a hideous yet elegant Zerg form, covered in Firmness chitin, with the compound eyes and cutting mouthparts unique to insects.

What it spat from its mouth wouldn't be acid or poison mist, but a world-purifying holy fire capable of cleansing all evil in the world.

When it flapped its wings, it wouldn't be pollen that fell, but a sky full of light dust capable of dispelling curses and incinerating the undead.

This was a combination of beauty and terror.

This was the unity of holiness and profanity.

This was the perfect war unit!

Su Chen's gaze fell on the energy reserve bar of the attribute panel, where the value displayed was '0%'.

"Although everything must start from zero now."

"Requiring a full fifty years of energy accumulation..."

He looked at the Radiant Hatchery that had completed its transformation and was slowly stabilizing in the golden holy flames. The empty bottom of the pool no longer seemed hollow in his eyes.

He seemed to already see the future.

He saw fifty years later, the first Holy Flame Moth Empress emerging from her cocoon, leading a Holy Light Zerg Swarm that blotted out the sun, soaring above his divine domain.

Su Chen slowly leaned back against the cold god throne, his previously tense body relaxing as never before.

His left hand controlled the Abyss Zerg Swarm that could devour all worlds.

His right hand was about to possess the Holy Light Zerg Swarm that could sweep away all darkness.

"When the time comes, whether facing the high-and-mighty Angel Legions or the chaotic and disordered Abyss Devil Kings..."

"I will have absolute means of suppression."

Su Chen closed his eyes, feeling the power within him—connected to the entire divine domain—that dominated everything.

Light and dark were no longer his enemies.

They would both become the sharpest blades in his hands.

"I am the Lord of All Insects."

"From now on, I am also the sole Dominator of light and dark."

A majestic will, centered on the god throne, boomed and spread across the entire divine domain.

He knew that he had stepped onto a unique path to godhood that no predecessor had ever walked.