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Chapter 15 Blood Amber
After thinking about this, Li Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"The biggest threat I'm facing right now is the [Gene Hunger] caused by the [Insect Lord] infection, which puts me at risk of turning into a monster. To eliminate hidden dangers, the best strategy is to seek help from official agencies or guild organizations."

"They entered the killing field four and a half years ago and must have accumulated considerable resources, knowledge and experience."

"However, the problem is that there is no free lunch in the world. First of all, you must show the potential to be worthy of cooperation, and at the very least, you must have the means to protect yourself. It will not lead to negotiation and communication, and then the latter will be reported to the Special Affairs Bureau, and let the latter One shot collapsed."

Li Sheng pondered for a moment and found a statement on the forum's registration page - only players can see the registration option, and non-players cannot register to become official users of the forum.

After confirming that he was a visitor and could not browse more content on the forum or collect more information, Li Sheng closed the webpage and pulled out two plastic boxes from under the bed, containing mantises and insect pupae.

When he absorbed genes and grew bone blades before, Li Sheng felt that he had some kind of connection with this mantis.

After two days of settling, it was confirmed that it was not an illusion and that he could indeed control the movements of the mantis to a certain extent.

Concentrate on it, gather your consciousness, and solidify the idea of ​​"raising your left arm" in your mind. The green insect in the plastic box slowly raised its left forelimb.

Changing his mind again, Mantis raised his right arm again and acted according to Li Sheng's wishes.

"Because I absorbed its genes, it became my appendage? In other words, if the bee-shaped monster had not died, would I have been controlled by it?"

"What method does this kind of control use? Sound, light, pheromones, or electrical signals?"

Li Sheng did further experiments. He used tape to tape the gaps in the plastic box where the mantis was located to prevent air circulation. He found that he could still control the insect, thus ruling out the possibility of control through pheromones.

Then he used an opaque bag to wrap the plastic box and the mobile phone at the same time, and used the mobile phone to take pictures of the situation in the plastic box. He continued to gather consciousness and found that the control effect still worked, thus ruling out the possibility of controlling light and sound propagation.

"If you have a lead box on hand, you can detect whether lower-level insects are controlled through electrical signals."

Li Sheng said silently in his heart: "But one thing is certain, the control intensity is related to the distance. The closer the distance, the stronger the control effect and the lower the delay."

After thinking about it for a while, he used metal tweezers to take out a piece of blood amber from the sealed plastic bag he carried with him, and gently pressed it on the surface of the mantis.

As soon as the two came into contact, the crystal-hard blood amber quickly melted and penetrated into his body along the chest and abdominal vents.

Through the light, you can clearly see the wisps of blood red, distributed throughout the body of the mantis.

Half a minute later, its forelimbs, left midfoot, and abdomen swelled. The skin on its back couldn't bear the pressure and burst open, spewing out green body fluid.

The entire insect body was trembling continuously, as if it could not bear the power given by the abominable fragments and was about to turn into something else.

Li Sheng immediately stretched out his hand to touch the mantis. As the two sides re-established the connection, the excess power of the evil fragment was transferred to Li Sheng, and the latter's distortion gradually stopped and his body shape slowly returned to normal.

After about a quarter of an hour, the mantis stopped trembling.

Its size has enlarged, its forelimbs and blades are even larger, and its overall color has changed from emerald green to brown, somewhat similar to the dead leaf mantis in Malaysia.

"The control effect has been enhanced. The precise control distance has increased from one meter to five meters, and the limit distance has increased from three meters to fifteen meters." Li Sheng felt the subtle changes and controlled the new insects to make various complex movements, such as lifting a pencil, Open drawers etc.

"Its weight and strength have been greatly enhanced, and it can almost lift a bottle of water. At the same time, its forelimbs have become stronger and sharper, and can easily cut through leather and fiber materials. The most important thing is that it can also fly."

Under Li Sheng's instructions, the brown mantis spread its wings on its back, flapped its wings, and flew around the bedroom ceiling before landing back in the plastic box.

Ordinary mantises can only fly a certain distance with their wings, but they can never fly so easily and freely.

"A flying insect with great strength, forelimbs as sharp as daggers, and the ability to hide in plants is simply an assassination weapon."

Li Sheng easily imagined the application scenario of the new ability - he asked the mantis to fly to the treetops in advance, wait for the target to pass under the tree, then suddenly land, slit the target's throat with a knife, and then fluttered its wings and flew away.

If the location, angle, and lighting are right, you can completely hide it from the surveillance cameras and achieve a silent assassination.

"No wonder the Special Affairs Bureau is so vigilant. The infection effect of the Lord of Insects can make organisms at the lower levels of the food chain extremely lethal. Not to mention those at the upper levels of the food chain."

He put the lid back on the plastic box, screwed on the wire, and put it back under the bed - the mantis feeds on average once every three or four days. When it is full, it is too lazy to move, so don't worry too much.

Next, there is the pupa of the giant halberd beetle.

Li Sheng took out the second evil fragment from the bag and gently placed it on the surface of the pupa.

Just like before, the pupa was easily penetrated by the abominable fragments and gradually expanded.

Li Sheng followed the same method and absorbed the excess power of the evil fragments through touch, establishing a connection with the pupa.

He could feel that the emerging insects inside the chrysalis were undergoing profound changes.

The color of the pupa itself has changed from brown to gray-yellow. Lying in the artificial pupa chamber, with occasional vibrations, it has no intention of hatching in a short period of time.

The Great Halberd Insect itself is the pinnacle of the Insect World, and after being infected and strengthened by the Lord of Insects, it is unknown what it will hatch into.

At this point, there are only four blood amber left. Under the light, the surface is filled with a breathtaking luster, which makes people feel a strong urge to absorb them all.

"Let's forget it for now."

Li Sheng took a deep breath, balled up the toner, air filter cotton, deodorant cotton, etc., wrapped it in the blood amber, then wrapped it tightly with plastic wrap, tied it with a rubber band, and put it in the most secret box under the bed.

The cycle of gene hunger has not yet come, so it is not that urgent, and he also has an idea - maybe he can sell the excess divine fragments in exchange for information or healing potions.

After putting these away, he began to examine his second harvest of the day.

"When I picked up the blood amber, I touched the blood of the two Insect Lord infected bodies and absorbed their genes. I don't know what abilities I can gain this time."

(End of this chapter)