The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 269 - 180: Metalization!

Bai Yi had always been unable to develop any means for her subjects to utilize metal.

She could only expand through the consumption of biomass, and although she had become unparalleled on this path, nearly able to achieve 100% conversion of biomass,

biomass is only a minor part of the natural world. There’s much more matter that is inorganic, belonging to the rock-metal mixtures buried deep underground.

And before this gene arrived, Bai Yi’s only way to make use of it was through the slow absorption of corresponding minerals from the soil by plants, thereby indirectly utilizing metal elements.

But this form of conversion wasn’t even as fast as letting a witch dig a few times with a hoe to bring back and smelt the ore.

That was why Bai Yi valued Wade and Knight so much in the last Cycle Challenge.

Because the mechanical troops in their hands could provide the territory with an entry ticket to the inorganic world.

As long as the current trend continues, allowing those machines to successfully undergo biologization, then she could regard the abundant minerals in the earth as part of "her" body, becoming a part of "her."

However, even then, turning minerals into a part of her strength would require a series of steps such as mining, smelting, and casting.

Compared to this, the ability brought by the gene was not direct enough.

Of course, this does not mean Bai Yi would abandon the path of machinery; one can never have too much on the tech tree, and an additional path means additional means.

Mechanical beings have their own advantage over biological; they do not require any growth period, once assembled they are at their peak.

With a technological breakthrough, instantly replacing parts could lead to an immediate increase in strength.

Although the various biological species under Bai Yi have a similar tendency now, as long as Bai Yi obtains a more powerful gene, she could directly enhance the strength of her subjects.

Even now, she could quickly add, delete, or modify new abilities to an organism by directly assembling different biological limbs.

However, due to the limitations of Bai Yi’s abilities, these creatures still need a certain period of growth to reach peak strength after their creation.

But with the deliberately enhanced Magic Power Concentration in the territory and the help of various Magic Power Crystals, this growth time has been infinitely compressed.

And with this gene, she could bypass those intermediate steps and directly integrate metal materials into her system.

To achieve the true feat of grasping metal ores and instantaneously refining them!

Moreover, this gene doesn’t just simply incorporate the metal into the body but also transforms it into a means of self-enhancement.

For instance, the Insect Swarm could turn it into their armor and bone structure to enhance their Defense Ability, while witches could rapidly melt it for destroying and swiftly crafting weapons.

It would be another significant enhancement for all kinds of creatures within the territory.

Even more, it could complement the current biomechanical project in the territory, allowing internal brain machines to directly absorb metal for self-repair, or even for self-modification and upgrades.

It could directly replace the current mining machinery section, which occupies a significant proportion, and even directly replace the production lines!

With proper cultivation, she might even be able to create a genuine Mechanical Life Race!

As for how to concretely implement this gene, Bai Yi has already formulated a plan.

Firstly, the gene’s original purpose cannot be abandoned, but methods like the slow rate of Metal Grass must be enhanced.

Bai Yi’s plan is to cultivate a crop similar to the once Crystal Rice, except, unlike Crystal Rice which converts Blood Flesh into Magic Power Crystals, this plant will extract minerals into metal.

Simply tossing it onto the metal ore deposits would allow the extraction of metal swiftly, bypassing the smelting and mining processes.

Furthermore, relying on the gene’s inherent traits, one could directly enhance the extracted metal, giving it Magic attributes, turning it into higher value and more effective Magic Metal!

Besides such plants, other Biological Soldier types naturally could not be neglected.

As previously considered, the Insect Swarm could be enhanced in the direction of absorbing metal to strengthen their armor, combined with their Transcendent-level Fire resistance, to largely avoid the disadvantages of metal.

An Insect Swarm with Magic Metal for armor and weapons would definitely take their Combat Power to a higher level!

"Hiss...

This means, can my Insect Swarm try to directly construct machinery within their bodies in the future?

Using the ability of this gene, directly building various modern mechanical weapons inside the body, wouldn’t that perfectly make up for the Insect Swarm’s lack of long-range capabilities!"

What’s most important is that these weapons, thanks to Knight, are nearly all ready-made technologies!

And because of their electromagnetic weapon technology, they can be fired directly without the need for gunpowder!

Moreover, even if there’s a need to manufacture ammunition, the Insect Swarm itself has a gene for secretions of explosives!

The good old mixed Insect Swarm really does have all kinds of genes~

This gene, which initially came from the Marching Ant, after numerous enhancements, has enabled the Insect Swarm to secrete sufficient explosives within their bodies to serve as raw material for ammunition!

Just think how thrilling it would be for an Insect Swarm to suddenly pull out a cannon from its body during a fight!

Tree-men, like the Insect Swarm, can operate in the same way.

Being plants already, they are undoubtedly more suited to this gene than the Insect Swarm, and they can even absorb the metals themselves through their root systems.

The only downside is that once they receive this enhancement, the Tree-men’s agility attribute may suffer greatly.

Even though they just received a gene that enhances this aspect, considering the characteristics of metalization, being able to maintain their current agility attribute is already a strong performance of these genes.

However, the other races do not have the same excellent compatibility with this gene as the Insect Swarm and Tree-men.

For example, for the Sea Sons and the cats, metalization brings negative effects instead of enhancing their combat power.

It can only be used as a means for these two races to gather resources, such as collecting minerals from harder-to-reach areas of their territory.

Like the minerals found at the bottom of the sea...

As for the witches, this gene falls somewhere in between for them, with a moderate degree of compatibility.

They see it more as an ability to control metals, allowing them to perform numerous tricks, rather than as a way to enhance themselves.

For instance, they can extract metal directly and quickly forge throwable enchanted weapons or even real magic weapons if there is a pre-designed blueprint, to better adapt to battlefield combat.

Or like enhancing bones, witches can finely tune the metal ratio in their arm bones, turning them into a magic wand with a decent amplification effect.

Even if the witches are willing to carve runes directly on their metalized bones, or use better magic metals to inscribe on the bones, they could completely transform themselves into a mobile magic weapon!

With this ability, crafting magic tools would also be more convenient for the witches in the future, saving them the trouble of carving... ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Wait a minute...

Since witches can carve runes, why can’t the Insect Swarm...

If they could engrave their entire armor with runes, even if they are all basic amplification runes, it would definitely enhance a lot of combat power...

Especially when these runes are combined with technological weapons!

For instance, using Ice Series runes on machine guns for cooling, using force field runes to reduce the weight after metalization, or even further enhancing the defense of the armor!

Yes, exactly like that!

The Tree-men can also apply these enhancements! In this way, the Tree-men’s agility attribute can struggle once more!"

After all, I just discussed the fusion of the tech tree with Bai Fa and the others today, and the mindset of technological fusion hasn’t left me yet; Bai Yi immediately associated it with this aspect.

I thought of all the ways to combine them.

Now thinking about it, whether it’s the pain points on my subordinate races or the technological weapons, the magic side seems to have ways to solve them more conveniently.

Especially those enchantment runes and spells, they are the kings of cost-performance, and are the most suitable targets for "cross-genre collaboration."

Because during the last Cycle Challenge, Bai Fa, as the main research force, took the primary research team and all went into the instance.

Causing the external witches to make extremely slow progress in the research on combined casting, and ultimately, due to the needs of the front-line battle, all the tech tree points on the magic side were allocated to melee.

Which happens to be mostly enchantment runes and spells.

This has led to the current witches being far ahead of other magic users in this area.

Even if the witches can strengthen this ability further, allowing them to quickly change runes and body structure.

As long as they study the relevant magic runes in advance, they could possibly change the runes on their bodies according to the target’s features during battle.

Coupled with their adaptive evolution, it would definitely be effective!

And the enhancement of this ability is not impossible.

Once my own superpower reaches the 6th tier level, I will be able to extract the Superpower Gene of Snake Mother Landra.

Even if it may cause the need to artificially weaken some superpower’s strength due to conflicts, it’s still a significant enhancement compared to this basic ability from a Metal Grass!

Of course, this huge project is definitely not something to be rushed.

Then let’s start tonight with enhancing the gene entries received today!

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Nihility IX Heavy Cannon Rune Enhanced Version (Tier 6/Purple): A powerful cannon enhanced by the power of runes and magic, with a maximum firing rate of 3600 rounds per second, equipped with a 6th Generation ammunition supply system, and has discarded the heavy cooling device, instead using runes to assist in cooling and reducing weight—light and easy to use, an absolute weapon of war!

[Note: Everything about this cannon is great, the only drawback is that it’s too expensive! Shooting for one minute costs half a month’s salary, it’s outrageous!]

[Note to the note: That’s not a flaw of the cannon; that’s clearly your flaw.]