High Above

  Chapter 286 Living Metal Moran Steel (13)

  【Brain-eating insect brood mother (benign mutant species)】

  【Second Energy Level · Larva · Cornerstone · Edible】

  【The alien symbiotic life that has undergone multiple artificial transformations is now completely unrecognizable and will not return to its original form. Its original body is a brainstem slug that can co-exist with sub-intelligent creatures, making it intelligent. After evolution, it can connect the symbiote to the brain-slug psionic network]

  【After returning to the ancestral distortion, it will achieve phagocytosis and assimilation by forcibly connecting the neural network, and the female insect will perform adaptive distortion and metamorphosis according to the location of the nest】

  【Current Form: Thunder, Fire】

  【Contains source quality: 3209.5531 elite units】

  【…】

  In the horizon of foresight, the carapace of the female beetle, which looks like a blue crystal prism, glows with dark purple and light blue mist—this is a unique feature of the second energy level and above.

   And the other party is actually just a larva, which shows that the complete body of the female insect has the potential of the fourth energy level!

  If it wasn't for the fear of being exposed, Ian almost took a breath.

  The power of the female worm is even more terrifying than he imagined. Logically speaking, shouldn't this kind of parasite have no strength without the parasite? Why is the female worm so strong?

   No, not right...

   While everyone was holding their breath and hiding in the passage above the rift, Ian continued to observe carefully, and a silver-blue streamer flashed in his eyes.

  He vaguely saw some visions of the past...

  A crazy man, a harmless soft slug.

   An advanced and bright laboratory, a row of genetic samples of powerful creatures.

"This life must have the ability to adapt to all harsh and extreme environments...whether it is the seabed or lava, whether it is high altitude or polar regions, the center of thunder or the void above the sky - it must have this ability !"

   "Evolution is too slow, and genetic modification is too difficult. If so, then go to distortion!"

"Using the fastest distortion, tens of millions of dead daughters select the characteristics of benign distortion, and then aggregate them back to the spiritual energy network... In this way, one day, you can achieve the ultimate metamorphosis and transform into the ultimate life !"

   "No matter what kind of natural disasters and doomsday you will face next... a life that can reach the future, you will live forever!"

  Amidst the crazy laughter, the shape of the weak slug began to change rapidly.

   No, distortion.

  Because of its simplicity, it can carry almost all mutations—harmless soft slugs, which have transformed into ferocious parasitic predators in repeated transformations.

   And all of this was crushed by the five wills that came together.

  The psychic energy network was broken, and the brain devourer fell into silence.

  Until several decades ago, due to unknown reasons, the insect swarm that reorganized the psionic network once again revived and rebuilt the insect nest, resulting in abnormal heat dissipation in the ruins, and a large storm appeared decades later.

   And this is how it all started.

   "Ian? Are you okay?!"

   Waking up from the illusion, Ian heard Isengard's concern in a low voice: "You are bleeding... stop it!"

  Shaking his head, the young man came to his senses. He noticed that his eyes and nose were bleeding again. Fortunately, Yisen had noticed this from the beginning, and used his wind element to suppress the surrounding air flow.

   Otherwise, the smell of Ian's blood will spread, which may attract the attention of the surrounding brain-eating insects.

With a thought, Ian used the source seed to control the blood in his body. He felt exhausted for a while, as if he had just fought a battle with someone: "Huh... It seems that I have to be more careful in the future. Although the vision of vision is powerful, But the consumption after advanced cannot be underestimated."

  If a normal first-level high-level sublimator has more than 1,500 basic units of source matter in his body, then Ian probably has around 2,000, which is the source matter reserve at the peak of the first energy level.

   This is already the upper limit of the first energy level.

   Of course, far from all his cards. If the core of the ancient dragon is used, coupled with the coordination of the silver chip, Ian can increase his upper limit of source quality to nearly 3000 basic source quality units, and continue to recover at a high speed.

  Combined with the high physical fitness bonus of Shakai Apprentice, this is his confidence to dare to challenge Patrick.

  But just now, when he used the vision of foreseeing to observe the brain-eating worm mother, he consumed more than 200 basic units of physical strength in an instant.

  In an instant, one-tenth of his physical strength was consumed, which was far less than any exercise, so Ian's body was instantly overloaded.

"When I looked at Andor before, it only consumed a few units of basic source quality at most... It seems that the observation target also has psychic power, and the strength is far superior to mine. If I advance to the second energy level, the basic source quality Transforming into elite source quality, the consumption is estimated to be much less."

  Restraining his spirit and suppressing his minor injuries, Ian continued to observe the brain-eating worm mother in front of him, with curious eyes: "Benign mutants... It seems that they are similar to the previous mutants, but they all have the characteristics of benign distortions?"

  After such a turmoil, the three of them have calmed down, and they can carefully observe this strange monster that is obviously very difficult to mess with.

   "This female worm is somewhat similar to the sea monster worm on the Whale Song Cliff, and the surface carapace also has some characteristics of a crystalline dragon."

This is the result of Master Goser's observation. The old man frowned slightly, and carefully observed with a small telescope: "What is behind this insect nest? It can actually provide such a huge amount of energy for the mother insect...Look at the fluorescent flesh and blood under its carapace, it is rapidly Development... wait, this is a larva?!"

   Soon, Master Goser came to a conclusion, and he was extremely astonished: "Although it hasn't reached the peak of the second energy level...but it is enough to show that it has the potential of the fourth energy level!"

  The monsters of the fourth energy level are giant beasts with names and lairs, and they are existences that even an empire needs to worry about.

   It’s nothing more than crystallized dragons and frost moths in this ruin, but there is actually a parasite with the potential of the fourth level?

   "Teacher, have you noticed?"

Isengard was also using the telescope, and the boy turned and focused the lens so that he could clearly see more details: "Look, where the blue crystal carapace meets the lair, there is something wriggling there...I don't know that What is this kind of thing that seems to be metal and seems to be crystal colloid."

"Oh?"

  Master Gesai also adjusted his position, and then he was taken aback.

  A moment later, the old man's tone suddenly became agitated: "Huaiguang Zhiguang, this is, this is living metal?!"

   "This is Morion steel! It is a necessary material for high-level ether armament, Morion living steel!"

"Oh?"

  Because Ian was recuperating his eyes just now, he didn't follow up and observe immediately. Although he doesn't have a telescope, his psionic power and silver chip are stronger than the telescope.

He also noticed the wriggling metal colloid, and noticed the dark purple with a cyan halo, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Why is there Moran steel here? It seems that the crystal coating on the surface of the female worm should be The effect of living steel."

  Morian steel, also known as living steel, is a translucent metal crystal with a very hard texture, but it has amazing plasticity under the influence of spiritual energy.

The largest live steel production area in the world of Terra is the Fallen Star City located on the northeast coast of the mainland and the domain of the dwarves. Fairies, as natural psionic creatures, have a natural sensitivity to live steel, and the dwarves are pure history. Legacy, their ancestral shrine is the largest vein of living steel on the world of Terra.

It is said that among the elves, there is a group of extremely rich and skilled elves who use pure Moran steel as their bodies. They call themselves 'steel elves' or 'silver elves', and they are extremely special among elves. A line of high-level inheritance.

   Among the dwarves, there is also the inheritance of the "Master of Steel", which was borrowed from the Lord of Stone at the third energy level of the Immovable Fortified City. Therefore, highly purified Morion steel is also needed as an irreplaceable auxiliary material for potions.

  —Is there Moran steel in this place... I thought I would go to other places to find it or buy it with a lot of money, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to get it this time.

  Thinking of this, Ian nodded slightly.

   Today should be the easiest day for him to get this rare material!

  (end of this chapter)