The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 14 - The First Genetic Fusion

Having suddenly traversed from modern society to a brand-new world, without internet or mobile games, even Bai Yi found it somewhat difficult to bear at first.

But fortunately, there was still a chat channel for entertainment.

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freeweɓnovēl.coɱ.

Bai Yi quickly scanned it and discovered that everyone was sharing their experiences, such as methods for slaying monsters, wilderness survival tips, and the like—it was quite lively.

Although many things were no longer useful to her, watching everyone chat and goof off in the channel still made her happy.

Especially when someone occasionally shared their misfortune of the day, while other Lords made fun yet simultaneously brainstormed solutions.

There was no trace of daytime tensions, instead, there was a bit more of human warmth.

After browsing for a while, Bai Yi noticed something that piqued her interest.

...

Ape God: "Those Mutant Creatures have been restricted by the game. As long as you act a bit cowardly and let your soldiers charge first, you can definitely kill at least two."

Second Young Master Su: "That's right, I've tallied the subordinates of the companies in our channel. Each one's first kill of the starting game, regardless of strength, gets a treasure box."

Second Young Master Su: "Although you can't snatch the first kill announcements, it seems like there is a hidden personal first kill bonus, guaranteeing the drop of a wooden box containing at least 5 units of food and water."

Gou Dan: "Yeah, me too, I killed a First-tier Slime right at the start and got a wooden treasure box!"

Second Young Master Su: "Moreover, it seems everyone's initial soldiers can be trained with just ordinary food, enabling a fast snowball development."

Zero: "Boss is awesome! Boss, need any hang-on?"

Second Young Master Su: "Haha, well then, I'll take this opportunity to advertise. I'm recruiting newbies, and anyone who joins gets 10 units of food and water."

Gou Dan: "Second Young Master Su is so generous! Count me in!"

Herring Burn: "Really? That's for joining? Are there any conditions?"

Second Young Master Su: "You get it just for joining! We're short on people now, so of course, it's unconditional recruitment, but later when we have more people, definitely there will be some conditions to join."

Gou Dan: "Damn! Really! Got it as soon as I joined!"

[White Bread*10, Water*10]

Heavenly Venerate Han: "You're actually giving it away! Then count me in too!"

Second Young Master Su: "Those with decent strength can come too, we welcome everyone, and if the strength is good enough, we can invest heavily."

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Humans are social creatures. When they first arrive in this world, they might not feel much due to the novelty.

But as a day passes, everyone has seen the dangers of this world, and the announcements just now weighed like mountains upon everyone.

Now suddenly, someone stepped forward proposing to lead everyone, and quite a number of people rallied under the banner of Second Young Master Su.

"Smart move. At this time, just a little benefit can pull a large group aboard the chariot.

But speaking of which, with so many people spreading strategies tonight, there will likely be many who will make an effort tomorrow. Following this trend, the price of food might plummet off a cliff.

After all, scarcity adds value. Currently, only those who dare to leave their territories can get food, and that's definitely not enough for the thousands of people.

But after tomorrow when most people go monster hunting and open treasure boxes, food will start to saturate.

Tonight might just be the highest food prices will ever be."

Bai Yi opened the market panel and stared at the white bread listed there. Still, Bai Yi hesitated.

Perhaps there was an innate desire for grain reserves in her genes, but to sell all of the 60 units of bread she had painstakingly saved up today felt somewhat reluctant.

"No, after selling today, Tomorrow when the food prices drop and everybody's excess food spills out, there will be plenty willing to sell. Then there's no hurry to buy back!

And starting tomorrow I can even farm, producing my own food, so what's there to worry about!"

After convincing herself, Bai Yi quickly executed a few operations on the panel, listing all 60 units of bread for sale, then she returned to the channel and drafted a message.

Fan Mao: "Some cheap food has been listed in the market to support everyone's land development tomorrow."

Thunderbolt fire: "Holy crap! Only half the market price! But I just bought a ton of food and sold all my saved stone and wood! Huge loss!"

Hatsune Miku: "Thanks to the person above, I snatched up 10 units of bread."

Two Inches of Gray: "Do you all live in the Free Market? By the time I saw the message, it was already sold out!"

Star Pioneers: "That's right, the big guns just need to sell food, we buyers have a lot more to consider."

...

The market's response was fantastic; all the food was snapped up in less than five seconds.

A successful transaction of 170 units of stone and 70 units of wood, coupled with the original stock in the warehouse and the branches collected by the peasant women, made the wood count successfully soar past the 100 mark to a solid 101 units.

That was with Bai Yi setting a limit of only 10 units per person; otherwise, Bai Yi felt it could have gone even faster.

After Bai Yi started the trend, other ranking big shots who had not been active also stepped into the arena.

First, there was Jun Lin, followed by Corpse King, Landon I, Iron Blood; these leaderboard giants began to dump their food supplies.

But the pricing was done very tacitly, all based on Bai Yi's pricing.

Another ten minutes or so of channel surfing later, Bai Yi suddenly had a strange feeling, similar to the sense of fullness that comes after having a full meal.

When she checked her panel, indeed, her Magic Power Value had been fully restored.

"Let me see, what's the deal with Genetic Fusion?"

Taking out the rice from the panel's warehouse, Bai Yi activated her superpower.

[Current gene match with target is good, fusion requires 200 Magic Power Value to proceed, do you wish to fuse?]

"Yes!"

Bai Yi only felt the magic power rushing out of her, immersing her consciousness into the rice in her hands.

It seemed like a long time, yet perhaps just a moment of distraction, and the panel prompted again:

[Genetic Fusion complete, congratulations on creating a new species: Unnamed (First-tier/Purple)]

[Unnamed (First-tier/Purple): Actively absorbs all nutrients, with a shortened growth cycle of 7 days, and a production rate of 800 kilograms per acre]

"Nice stuff!"

Bai Yi happened to be somewhat familiar with rice yields; this yield was only average, not top-notch.

But even if the yield wasn't high, it's about the speed!

What does a 7-day growth cycle mean?

It means completing the whole process from seeding to harvest in just 7 days!

And Bai Yi also had her superpower!

[Accelerated Growth lv.2: Uses 9 Magic Power Value to progress a plant (First-tier) by one day's growth.]

Today, when Bai Yi went out to fight, she discovered that her superpower was not strictly targeted at a single plant but was effective for all plants in a small area!

Although the area wasn't large, it was just under half a meter in diameter, but right now in her small sack, she only had about one pound of rice grains.

Plus, after leveling up, the area increased a bit, and if she spread them out densely, although it was still impossible to cover them all,

even going by the yield per rice grain, it was equally terrifying; a single plant could produce a dozen panicles, each panicle with over a hundred grains.

In other words, with normal growth, a single grain could yield a harvest a thousand times over! Using her still "peak of life" high school knowledge, Bai Yi quickly calculated this very exciting answer.

Just by propagating a wave tomorrow after waking up, she could have the peasant women start cultivating large tracts of land, using these propagated grains as new seeds, directly transitioning into farming mode!

"From now on, you shall be called Endless Rice!"

Everything is ready, just waiting for dawn tomorrow!

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Slime: A peculiar creature, no one knows how they came to be, but they can be found everywhere on the continent. The children who aspire to be adventurers in Aslan always like to use them as targets to practice their combat skills...