The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 234 - 146: The Potential of Kemonomimi

"Iron Blood has stirred up such a commotion again...

The White Poplar City Lords Union sounds nice indeed, but since someone is willing to stand up, I might as well offer some support...

Otherwise, in the end, it’ll still be me who has to allocate some witches to manage things.

The timing he chose is actually quite good; the residual influence from the last Cycle Challenge hasn’t entirely faded away. He’s seizing the chance to unite the front using the hypothetical external threat of other regional Lords.

If he can’t fully assimilate them, uniting them like this and positing himself as the leader is indeed the best solution."

Bai Yi, who also pays attention to the Swarm Network, saw Iron Blood’s message as soon as it was released. Having finished her work earlier than usual today and not having checked the channel for a while, Bai Yi also decided to join in on the excitement tonight.

Well, actually, it was her clone who noticed that the channel was exceptionally lively tonight, so Bai Yi decided to come and join in.

With witches now at her side, they have, as Bai Yi initially envisioned, established a civilization system close to the former human society, providing her companionship.

Now, Bai Yi no longer needs to maintain contact with people through the channel Lords like before.

Plus, with interactions usually focused on trading, it is Shang Ji and her anonymous minions responsible for collecting and summarizing valuable intelligence from the channel, naturally reducing her own need to access it.

This time, the topic touched upon a domain she was familiar with, and she couldn’t wait to share her own speculations.

And with the issue of regional opening mentioned again, Bai Yi also realized that the official opening of the region is not far off.

By then, no matter what, those Low-level Lords in White Poplar City will need to have a plan in place.

Now that a Lord is willing to step forward and lead them, that’s naturally the best. She wouldn’t need to expose her own strength intentionally, and forcibly twist them together to cultivate them.

After all, if they were really facing an external threat from other regions, and those Low-level Lords were no match, they would ultimately converge on the largest "Head Wolf" in White Poplar City, which is herself.

As the most powerful Lord, even without formally displaying her strength, she would still be subconsciously trusted and followed.

What could she do then?

They are all nurtured by her; she certainly can’t just abandon them, can she?

She couldn’t bear to see her Lords bullied by outsiders, but leading such a large group of Lords comes with its own set of troubles.

Even sheep herding needs sheepdogs!

And now that there’s someone willing to take on this role, of course, that’s more than welcome.

She would only need to use Iron Blood to indirectly control the other Lords.

But what Bai Yi doesn’t know is that Iron Blood is doing this out of necessity, where her influence also plays a role.

He doesn’t have any particular skills like the other Lords; his only reliance is his own strength.

Such acts of personal heroism are manageable in the early stages.

But once reaching Tier 4 or even Tier 5, if one hasn’t gained a whole version’s lead in strength, it’s impossible to dominate and have the advantage.

And now, with Fan Mao, who has already advanced to Tier 5 looming over him, even reaching Tier 6 strength might not be enough to have a say.

After all, he is very aware that for Lords, relying on a war of attrition to fight across tiers is a very common tactic.

And Tier 6 doesn’t have the power to crush a group of Tier 5...

He could use this advantage to gain the upper hand in the lower tiers initially, but it’s already starting to falter.

If he continues on without any change, he will quickly be caught up to as his advantage fades.

The lightning-fast rise of Anonymous has already given him a sense of crisis, and the Low-level Lords, under Bai Yi’s intentional or unintentional cultivation, are also rapidly advancing.

If he doesn’t seize his current clout to unite an alliance, by the time the Low-level Lords grow stronger in the future, or when Fan Mao finally remembers he is the number one in White Poplar City, there will be no place for him.

What Bai Yi realizes, he too, is clearly aware of.

So he took action, and the results so far are not bad.

The other Lords didn’t seem to contend for the role. Corpse King and Jun Lin are willing to help, and Landon and Anonymous also quickly responded after Fan Mao decided.

This also confirmed some of his doubts.

"Hm? Iron Blood has guessed something? Interesting.

Although it’s not entirely certain yet, being able to guess proves he has the qualifications to be a sheepdog..."

Returning her gaze to the channel, the formation of the alliance was quickly settled, and it was agreed to meet in the small town after the Cycle Challenge ended.

Time soon arrived at the next day.

Yesterday, she had already added the suggested functionalities put forward by Bai Sheng to those Biological Equipment, and even took the time to cultivate many of the Biological Equipment’s progenitors.

As long as there’s a sufficient supply of Magic Power, she could continuously produce specific forms of Biological Equipment.

Now, the only thing left for entering the practical stage is to build the logistics network between the Brain Clan.

While her clones were hard at work on the network, Bai Yi, amidst the occasional murmurs coming from the network, tasted the sacrificial offerings of desserts, planning to check on the battle reports before the instance ends. It was a way to pass the time and rest for a while.

"This little cake is well-made, huh. I didn’t expect that the witches would manage to establish Mia’s Dessert Shop so quickly.

"I feel like at this rate, it won’t be long before I can eat all the snacks I used to enjoy back in Witch City..."

Bai Yi, relishing a bite of a creamy cupcake, half-reclined on a lounge chair inside a pavilion on the territory’s ground, leisurely opened the battle report.

Even though for Bai Yi, this was the final two days before the Cycle Challenge ended,

for the witches inside the instance, it was a solid two weeks of time.

For the witches, the need for battle was long gone, not the slightest bit of rush, they were still diligently rushing to complete various projects.

By the time everything in the instance had settled, which witches would follow and leave had already been determined.

And the resources to be taken had already been sorted with the help of the Portal Giant Tree, piled up in the storage spaces of the Teleportation Giant Trees on the ship island and Floating Island that were preparing to leave the instance.

Within the Swarm Network everything proceeded in an orderly fashion, allowing the witches to feel not the slightest bit of tension, only wanting to make good use of the event stream acceleration inside the instance to create more benefits for Bai Yi before leaving.

Bai Yi was also aware of their indirect trade with the lords of the Beastman Clan.

Just as Bai Yi was checking the battle report, it coincided with the time agreed upon by Bai Fa and others to hand over the Beastman captives.

"The variety is pretty comprehensive...

Even Centaurs and Winged People from the Beastman Clan are included.

With their genes, could I possibly find a way to create some Kemonomimi?"

Although it was said jokingly, due to the recent genetic research, Bai Yi subconsciously began delving into the feasibility and practicality of creating Kemonomimi in her mind.

"Speaking of Kemonomimi themselves, even now I can breed them, it’s just a matter of some organ growth genes, find the corresponding creature and I could extract and culture it.

Pure biological organs don’t have much use for witches, the only somewhat useful feature is an organ like cat ears that can enhance perception...

But for the current me, this can be achieved by strengthening the corresponding genes; it might have been useful during the 1st or 2nd tier.

However, while these additional organs themselves are not very useful, they have indeed given me a wake-up call.

Since fusing superpowers into myself would cause conflict, what if I transform these external organs into superpower organs, and then merge them into my body...

If it really doesn’t work out, I can also cultivate these organs into wearable Biological Equipment like the ones I use, at least that would solve the carrying and aesthetic balance of the Biological Equipment.

Hiss...

Why didn’t I think of this earlier?

I’m simply a genius!"

Bai Yi felt a burst of inspiration, she hadn’t expected a casual idea to indeed possess significant feasibility.

If according to this method, it could even solve the problem that plagued her of how to merge multiple superpowers into the same creature, greatly increasing the number of superpowers that can be fused into her subordinates’ race.

Or this could also be an opportunity to differentiate the witches and the Insect Swarm, using different superpowers to foster subdivisions within the witches and Insect Swarm, like offspring to create several sub-races.

To have different strengths, take on different jobs, avoiding the current issue of both races being too homogenous.

Originally, Bai Yi did not classify them because she did not have a good idea, and another reason was a lack of powerful Superpower Genes before 5th tier, and after the 5th tier, various studies occupied her time.

And for the Insect Swarm and witches that had already fused with many genes, there was no need to pursue that bit of increased Combat Power.

The simple base models already had considerable combat capability and growth potential.

And the biggest limitation was, of course, the conflict between Superpower Genes or superpower organs.

But now, with this problem being resolved, it could of course be put back on the schedule.

"Perhaps the kitties can also join in...

But it seems like the kitties don’t have any spare space left, should I just directly modify their tails?"

Bai Yi continually perfected her ideas in her mind, as time quietly slipped by.

Noon, 12 o’clock, when the Cycle Challenge ended, was drawing closer.

Finally, as expected, the panel prompt arrived.

[Cycle Challenge - The chess match has ended, instance settlement begins]

[Note: Please complete the instance settlement on the Challenge Panel within one hour, otherwise the instance will settle automatically]

[Cycle Challenge Points Store is open, the store will close officially after 72 hours, please exchange your points in time]

[Version update in progress... Update complete]

[This week’s leaderboard has been settled, please collect your rewards on the leaderboard interface]

[For this Cycle Challenge, a three-day buffer period is provided, a war-type Cycle Challenge - Unmanned Battle Zone is about to begin]

[Announcement: Due to bug repairs, some panel functions will change in the next update, for details please read the detailed announcement]

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[Remark: Delicious!]