Borrowing a hen to lay eggs!

"Gene Devour, Gene Edit..."

Chen Ming murmured to himself, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

To be fair, Xiao Jin had indeed given him a massive surprise.

The [Demon Abyss Dragon], created by devouring the bloodline genes of Little Gray and the Abyssal Undead Giant, possessed immense overall strength.

Every stat was pushed to the limit.

Furthermore, with the enhancement of dragon blood, it possessed several draconic traits.

On a battlefield, it was a bona fide killing machine.

With fifteen [Demon Abyss Dragons] attacking together, they could easily annihilate an army of a million.

"Not bad, not bad!!"

Seeing this, Chen Ming nodded in satisfaction.

The Zerg Army was finally beginning to show its edge.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming decisively activated the effect of his title, [Lord of War],

And pulled the entire Zerg Army into his [Battle Group].

The process was very smooth.

After all, the entire Zerg Army followed Xiao Jin's commands unconditionally.

Under the class traits of the [Controller of the End], Xiao Jin's loyalty to Chen Ming was forced to a maximum value of 100%.

Therefore, Chen Ming held the highest authority to mobilize this Zerg Army.

[Prompt: Your [Battle Group] members have exceeded 10,000; the [Blood Courage] effect has been triggered.]

[Prompt: Your [Battle Group] members have exceeded 1,000,000; the [Glory Sanctuary] effect has been triggered.]

Two consecutive prompts popped up before his eyes.

With the various bonuses provided by the [Lord of War] title, the Zerg Army's overall strength instantly surged.

"For the coming period, prioritize gestating Demon Engineer Bugs and Combat Proto-bugs."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Ming gave the order to Xiao Jin.

The effect of the [Lord of War] title scaled with the number of members in the [Battle Group].

The more members, the stronger the effect.

Once it surpassed 10 billion, it could directly condense the Ultimate War Beast, born specifically for conflict.

Compared to other Zerg units, the Demon Engineer Bugs and Combat Proto-bugs were much weaker.

However, they were the most cost-effective and required the fewest resources among all Zerg types.

Given Xiao Jin's current rate of gathering bio points, focusing entirely on gestating these two types would allow the [Battle Group] to reach 10 billion members in the shortest possible time.

"There are about ten days left before the beast tide erupts in Myriad Beast City."

"That's enough time for the Zerg Army to stack its numbers to over ten billion."

Muttering under his breath, Chen Ming looked at his current gold balance; there was still nearly ten billion.

"If I successfully obtain the [city building token] in ten days, I can start building the main city."

"However, to exchange for enough [Eternal Stones], I'm still quite short on gold."

At this point, Chen Ming paused slightly, then broke into a smile. "Next, it's time to recruit some people for a wave of investment."

A smirk couldn't help but appear on Chen Ming's face.

Relying on his strength alone to accumulate the wealth needed to build a main city...

...would take a lot of time.

But if he invited a few others to join, that time could be greatly reduced.

As for the target of his invitation, Chen Ming already had someone in mind.

The Dragon Soul Guild!

As fellow players of the Blue Star Civilization, the Dragon Soul Guild was definitely the best candidate for the invitation.

First, the Dragon Soul Guild had a massive membership, and their gold-farming efficiency was incredible.

Second, as Blue Star players, Chen Ming and Dragon Soul were natural allies.

Combining these two points, the Dragon Soul Guild was simply the perfect candidate for his plan of 'borrowing a hen to lay eggs'.

As for betrayal?

Chen Ming gave a light chuckle.

Only the weak fear betrayal. For Chen Ming, if Dragon Soul dared to betray him, he wouldn't mind personally wiping out their entire high-level management. When that happened, he could take the opportunity to seize all the members of the Dragon Soul Guild and turn them into his exclusive tool-using guild for farming gold.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming sent a message directly to [Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan]. After briefly explaining the situation, he invited him to bring the Dragon Soul people to visit the Hive.

[Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan] quickly replied, stating that he would definitely bring the guild leader for a visit tomorrow.

...

On the other side.

Myriad Beast City.

In the Dragon Soul Guild headquarters.

After receiving Chen Ming's message, [Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan] felt as if he had been struck by lightning, frozen in place.

"Building... a main city!!"

"And it already has a prototype..."

*Gulp, gulp—*

His Adam's apple bobbed as [Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan] swallowed hard.

One must realize that it had been less than a month since Eternal descended upon Blue Star.

Currently, in the entire Blue Star Civilization, players who had successfully entered the main city districts were a minority.

Yet, in just less than a month, Calamity was already planning to build a main city.

When Dragon Soul first entered the main city district, they had also planned to build a main city exclusive to them.

They had even thought of a name in advance: Dragon City.

But after learning about the requirements for establishing a main city, the Dragon Soul executives immediately abandoned that decision.

Good grief, for starters, the gold required to build a main city was beyond anything Dragon Soul could imagine.

Secondly, the trials required for city construction were not something the current Dragon Soul could face.

They would likely be wiped out in the very first wave of the beast tide.

Furthermore, even if they did manage to build it, Dragon Soul wouldn't be able to hold it with their current strength. The moment the city was built, it would be snatched away by top guilds from various civilizations and races.

But now, Calamity was going to build a main city by himself.

And by the look of it, he had apparently succeeded, having already created the prototype.

"Calamity..."

"He couldn't really be cheating, could he?"

"This development speed... is just too ridiculous!"

[Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan] clicked his tongue in amazement, then immediately forwarded the news to [Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord].

The moment he received the news, [Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] immediately summoned all high-level members of Dragon Soul for a meeting.

...

Abyssal Forest.

After arranging the future development path for the Zerg Army, Chen Ming didn't stay idle.

He took the Ice Abyss Dragon, Little Gray, and Emily toward the core area of the Abyssal Forest.

Compared to the outer and inner regions,

The monsters that spawned in the core area of the [Abyssal Forest] were almost all level 100 or higher.

Although Chen Ming was only level 50, this place was perfect for grinding levels.

Besides that, the most crucial point was...

Chen Ming also knew that there was a very good hidden opportunity within the core area of the [Abyssal Forest].

The Ice Abyss Dragon landed in a valley. After Chen Ming looked around for a while, he quickly locked onto his target.

At the end of the valley, a concealed cave was hidden away.

Through the cave entrance, low, muffled roars could faintly be heard.

"It should be here."

A smile appeared on Chen Ming's lips as he stood up and walked quickly toward the cave.

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred...

"Awoo!!"

With a roar, a Colorful Tiger, over three meters tall, leaped out from the cave.

...