Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 94: Secret Techniques

Compared to humans, the Bug Queen's talents were far superior. By merely studying the fire-attribute genes in the inheritance, Qin Mu had mastered the Fire Domain.

Such talent was unparalleled, not just among humans but even compared to the Golden Horned Beast. When Luo Feng considered his third clone, he had thought about the bug race. For example, choosing a Bug Queen as the third clone, once Undying, it could produce a large number of Undying units, sweeping through many Undying legions.

After obtaining the inheritance, Qin Mu had a deeper understanding of the Bug Queen's talents from the numerous secret techniques.

After comparing many secret techniques, Qin Mu selected one called "Heart of the Swarm" from the special techniques. Special techniques were not necessarily stronger than ordinary techniques, but they could only be practiced by the Bug race.

"Heart of the Swarm" was a special technique for manipulating units and souls, one of the most powerful among the special techniques.

The technique was divided into four levels, with straightforward effects:

- The first level allowed perfect control over 100,000 units in a combined attack.

- The second level allowed perfect control over a million units in a combined attack.

- The third level allowed perfect control over ten million units in a combined attack.

- The fourth level, in theory, allowed control over an infinite number of units.

Only a Bug Queen with a powerful soul talent and ten thousand soul origins could practice this technique. For other races, it was impossible even to start. Qin Mu could practice it because he had become the master of the swarm.

A Bug Queen could control 10,000 units perfectly from birth without practicing any techniques. This was talent, a level of talent other races couldn't even dream of.

Perfect combined attacks, unlike Qin Mu's previous rough attempts, could fully unleash the power of all units. This power included physical strength, soul strength, and concentrated all forces into a single point.

However, "Heart of the Swarm" was extremely difficult to practice. Even for Bug Queens, they generally only reached the second level, controlling over a million Units perfectly.

But even at the second level, a Bug Queen at the Sector Lord stage, with sufficient resources, could hatch a legion of a million peak Sector Lord Units. In a combined attack, even an Undying Emperor would be annihilated if hit. So, for a Bug Queen, defeating an Undying Emperor during the Sector Lord stage was not rare.

Reaching the third level, let alone the fourth, was extremely rare in history, and the fourth level was just a legend.

Besides manipulating Units, "Heart of the Swarm" also had many applications for souls, including a trick to use the Zerg's powerful computational abilities to enslave the Automaton race. If they could enslave the Automaton race, it was even easier for them to enslave ordinary intelligent life forms.

In addition to "Heart of the Swarm," Qin Mu also chose a space technique called "Space Mastery."

"Space Mastery" was special, mainly focusing on teleportation and space sealing techniques.

When the swarm besieged a strong enemy, what they feared most was the enemy's speed or teleportation ability. The swarm's power was relatively dispersed, and if they couldn't hit the enemy, they could be picked off one by one.

"Space Mastery" could seal space, suppress the enemy's speed, and force them to fight the swarm head-on. While sealing space, the units could teleport themselves. So, it was a technique that combined escape, attack, and sealing.

"Space Mastery" had three levels:

- The first level was called "Space Lock."

- The second level was called "Prison."

- The third level was called "Mastery."

Unlike "Heart of the Swarm," which relied on talent, "Space Mastery" mainly depended on one's own understanding and practice. Unlike other races' techniques, "Space Mastery" could be used in conjunction with units, or once understood, it could be used by the units themselves.

The first level, "Space Lock," once mastered, could reduce the enemy's speed by half and double one's own speed, whether in flight speed or instantaneous burst speed. This speed reduction and doubling made it easy to surround the enemy, and even a strong enemy could be worn down and killed. This was just the beginning; at its peak, it could directly seal space, even freezing space.

Directly seal space to prevent teleportation, reduce flight speed, and force the enemy to fight the swarm head-on, perfectly utilizing the swarm's advantage. Whether used for combat, escape, or pursuit, it was a very powerful technique.

Moreover, "Space Mastery" was a method to learn and understand the law of space, gradually deepening. By following the practice path in the technique, one could almost certainly understand the rules of space.

Qin Mu sighed, although it was quite different from what he had imagined. But he had to admit, the Bug Queens in the universe had incredibly strong talents and foundations in souls and rules.

With "Space Mastery" sealing space to prevent escape and "Heart of the Swarm" mobilizing the swarm for attack, this combination technique could easily handle opponents of the same level, and even fight above their level.

"Once I obtain the Golden Horned Beast genes and use the Golden Horned Beast as the core of the swarm, the power of the swarm will be unimaginable. "

In this universe, Bug race could only hatch small units, but Qin Mu's swarm was different.

Although the Bug race in this universe were only good at adjusting small units and had almost no ability to evolve or mutate, their gene methods for units were still valuable, at least better than Qin Mu's.

Among the 108 gene modulation methods, most were related to laws. After understanding, it not only adjusted genes but also engraved special patterns on the units' bodies, allowing them to master the laws.

But Qin Mu did not choose these gene methods with obvious law attributes. He chose the most basic and ancient "Primitive Insect Canon" among the 108 gene modulation methods.

In the inheritance memory, the "Primitive Insect Canon" was the original method of gene modulating, and all other methods were developed and perfected based on it.

It might not be as good as other methods for adjusting units with a single law, but the "Primitive Insect Canon" was applicable to all units without law restrictions. This was the most suitable for Qin Mu's needs. Although Qin Mu himself was fire-attribute, it didn't mean he could only understand the law of fire; it was just easier for him to understand. Qin Mu had never intended to make his swarm consist only of Zerg with a single or partial law.

"Let's choose these three for now."

Qin Mu nodded with satisfaction. The more secret techniques one has, the better. But one must also be proficient in them and master them. It takes a lot of time to master each secret technique. No matter whether it is the human race or the Zerg, no matter how talented they are, their time and energy are limited. Each of these three secret methods requires a lot of time and practice.

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