This special reinforcement meant that during the process of consuming a host, the parasitic spore would randomly select one of the host's abilities and strengthen it into its own innate ability.
In other words, if they parasitized some top-tier creatures, it was highly probable that terrifying monsters would be bred!
Thinking of this, Fang Ming took a deep breath, wishing he could command his brood to immediately engage those S-class monsters.
Of course, it was just a thought; he and this bunch of weaklings wouldn't even be enough for one slap.
"Chirp! Chirp!..."
Suddenly, a chirping sound came from outside the tree hollow. Fang Ming was very cautious now and commanded a small monster to crawl out and observe the situation.
The small monster camouflaged itself and crawled out, quickly transmitting the scene in its mind back to Fang Ming, the mother body.
It was two turtledoves.
"Could this be their nest?" Fang Ming recalled the two eggs he had swallowed yesterday, confirming his guess.
"You guys go out too and find a way to parasitize those two turtledoves."
Fang Ming commanded several parasitic monsters to rush to the entrance of the cave. Upon reaching the entrance, the small monsters leaped out like arrows, charging at the two turtledoves in the air.
Seeing this, Fang Ming immediately pressed his forehead; these imbeciles.
As expected, the agility of the turtledoves was not something these parasitic monsters could compare to, especially in the air.
The parasitic monsters' attacks all missed, and they fell to the ground like dumplings, all dying from the impact.
Fang Ming: "..."
"I can probably guess why parasitic monsters have such powerful innate abilities, yet they are useless in the Apocalypse Game."
Such stupid monsters, and their mother body was probably even stupider.
It made sense; the mother body at that time had laid a large nest of parasitic monsters, but they had all stayed in the cave and never went anywhere, wasting such powerful innate abilities.
The two turtledoves were initially startled by these small monsters, but upon seeing that they posed no threat, they began to chirp even more aggressively, even extending half their bodies into the tree hollow to investigate.
Fang Ming's gaze met with one of the turtledoves. Seeing its nest occupied, the turtledove became enraged and squeezed its body, preparing to peck at Fang Ming and his intruders.
"You're really asking for death!"
Fang Ming was quite annoyed; these two birds were underestimating him too much!
"You guys, go up!"
Several parasitic monsters charged again. This time, the turtledove in the cave had no time to dodge, or rather, it had no intention of dodging, and opened its beak to peck at the charging parasitic monsters.
The parasitic monsters pounced on it and began to bite, but their hard feathers were impossible for them to break.
This turtledove was at least F-grade. In a rage, it could overwhelm even a small child!
Seeing that the attacks could not harm it, the turtledove ferociously bit down on a parasitic monster and tore it apart with force. The parasitic monster's fragile body was immediately ripped open, its blood splattering all over the turtledove.
Suddenly, the turtledove let out a scream and hastily retreated.
The parasitic monster's blood was highly toxic. As soon as it landed on the turtledove, it instantly corroded its feathers, causing them to fall off, and its flesh sizzled.
The remaining parasitic monsters seized the opportunity, swarmed towards the wound, and injected all the parasitic spores from their bodies into the turtledove.
The turtledove retreated, flying away in terror, followed closely by the other turtledove.
"Did it succeed?" Fang Ming crawled to the cave entrance and saw that several parasitic monsters had died, confirming his thoughts.
Once a parasitic monster successfully parasitized a host, its original body would die, and its consciousness would transfer into the host body along with the parasitic spores.
These parasitic monsters had died, indicating a successful parasitization. Now, all that was needed was to wait for the spores to mature.
Half an hour later.
"Ding! System prompt, your offspring has been born, rating experience +1."
Fang Ming closed his eyes and began to connect with the first truly mature parasitic monster – the Parasitic Beast.
Not far from Fang Ming, under a large tree, a turtledove lay on the ground struggling in pain. Its skin was constantly bulging, as if something was about to break free.
"Tear!"
Suddenly, a black claw pierced through the turtledove's chest and extended out. The turtledove's body stiffened, and it instantly stopped breathing.
The claw tore open the skin, and then, a triangular, black, shelled head emerged from the turtledove's body and quickly broke free.
A black monster, ten centimeters tall and over twenty centimeters long, appeared in the world.
This monster vaguely resembled a miniature dinosaur, with a triangular head, four eyes distributed on the sides, and it looked at its surroundings with coldness.
It had no forelimbs, but it had a pair of wings on its back. Its entire body was covered in smooth shell, stained with blood. Beneath its powerful legs were two sharp claws.
Ferocious, cold-blooded!
These were the words that instantly flashed in Fang Ming's mind.
"Chirp, chirp..." Above the Parasitic Beast's head, another turtledove chirped at it. Its mate had died at the hands of this monster, and it dared not approach carelessly.
"Kill it."
Fang Ming issued the command, wanting to test the strength of this Parasitic Beast.
Upon receiving the order, the Parasitic Beast's eyes flashed with cold light. It pushed off with its two strong legs, spread its wings at a certain angle, and shot towards the sky like a black lightning bolt.
"Bang!"
The turtledove had no time to dodge and was directly hit. The Parasitic Beast's sharp triangular head instantly smashed it into pieces, which fell to the ground as a pile of minced meat.
"Such speed!" Fang Ming was shocked. At this speed, it was almost sonic!
"Bring the prey back."
The Parasitic Beast bit down on the dead turtledove and soared into the sky. Minutes later, it arrived at the cave entrance, but its size was a bit large, so it could only grip the tree trunk with its claws to stabilize itself.
Fang Ming directed some parasitic monsters to bring the turtledove back. Not bothered by the gore, they began to devour it piece by piece.
After all, laying so many eggs required energy, and he was already famished.
As for eating raw, he had done it too much in the Apocalypse Game. After all, in that primitive world, being able to eat was good enough.
After eating his fill, Fang Ming began to consider his next plan.
His only reliance now was this single Parasitic Beast, which was far from enough. Water Blue Star was now connected to the Apocalypse, and various monsters were rampant. If he didn't develop quickly, death awaited him!
Moreover, Fang Ming had an idea about the possibility of returning to human form, but that required him to find his own body first.
"Number One, you will take these larvae to scout the surroundings. If you find suitable hosts, help them parasitize. Be careful not to provoke anything too powerful for now."
Number One, referring to this Parasitic Beast, would have countless offspring in the future. Fang Ming was too lazy to name them, so he decided to call them One, Two, and so on.
Under Fang Ming's command, all the parasitic monsters crawled out of the tree hollow and onto Number One. Number One released its grip on the tree trunk and flew away into the distance.
While waiting, Fang Ming took the time to lay another nest of eggs. This was his future! The more, the better. Compared to his life, shame was already irrelevant.
At this moment, in this forest, two behemoths were glaring at each other.
One was a creature originally from Water Blue Star – a Spotted Leopard. The other was a creature from the Apocalypse World – a Twisted-Tail Ape.
The Spotted Leopard was an E+ ranked beast, while the Twisted-Tail Ape was a D-ranked monster. Moreover, monsters from the Apocalypse World possessed certain special abilities. Even though the Twisted-Tail Ape was only D-ranked, if it truly fought a beast from Water Blue Star, it could probably overcome two minor ranks!
The outcome of the battle was obvious.
As the Spotted Leopard lunged, the Twisted-Tail Ape suddenly spat out a torrent of flames that engulfed it completely. The Spotted Leopard instantly burst into flames, and its pouncing momentum was interrupted by a kick from the Twisted-Tail Ape.
"Bang!" The Spotted Leopard let out a scream and was violently slammed into a tree. A bone-snapping sound was heard; its spine had been completely broken! It was instantly dead.
The Twisted-Tail Ape thumped its chest and strode towards the Spotted Leopard, biting its neck and drinking its blood.
On a nearby large tree, a black monster watched this scene coldly. When it saw the Twisted-Tail Ape let down its guard, it leaped into the air and flapped its wings, positioning itself directly above it.
Several palm-sized parasitic monsters fell from it like dumplings, landing precisely on the Twisted-Tail Ape.
"Pop, pop, pop..." A faint sound was heard. The Twisted-Tail Ape felt a sting on its body and hastily reached out to scratch. Upon seeing their appearance, it turned pale with shock and let out a terrified cry.
"Waa! Waa! Waa!..."
The Twisted-Tail Ape panicked and frantically tried to scratch the parasitic monsters off its body. But by the time it removed all of them, these parasitic monsters had already completed their parasitization and died!
Number One, having completed its objective, flapped its wings and left without looking back, continuing its search for the next target.
"Ding! System prompt, your offspring has been born, rating experience +30."
Fang Ming, who was nestled in the tree hollow, blinked in surprise. What was going on? How did a +30 experience offspring suddenly appear?
He quickly switched perspectives and saw a human-shaped Parasitic Beast, nearly two meters tall, emerging from a Twisted-Tail Ape. Black scales covered its entire body, and its angular exoskeleton exuded a faint glow. Barbed spikes grew from its joints. Its muscular limbs and its emotionless ape-like face had four cold and merciless eyes.
Race: Parasitic Beast (Mature Parasitic Monster)
Rating: D+ (0/10000)
HP: 100%
Sharpness/Bluntness: Click to view specific values for each part.
Skills: Lava Spit (Enhanced Fire Spitting), Toxic Constitution.
"My heavens, there's already a D+ offspring?"
Fang Ming patted his body with a tentacle to confirm he wasn't dreaming. How had Number One managed this?
"Ding, system prompt, your offspring has been born, rating experience +2."
"Ding, system prompt..."
...
Throughout the morning, system prompts rang out one after another, and various Parasitic Beasts were born. The strongest was still the Twisted-Tail Ape Parasitic Beast; most of the others were E-grade and F-grade.
As noon approached, the sun hung high in the sky, but a certain area in this forest was completely silent.
Under a large tree, more than a dozen black monsters of various forms stood coldly, like idle machines, but they all shared one common trait—four eyes.
At this moment, a small Parasitic Beast flew down from the sky, which was Number One.
Number One's return signified that the dozens of parasitic monsters it carried had all been deployed.
Fang Ming crawled out of the tree hollow and looked at the offspring below him, dozens of times larger than himself, his heart filled with pride. With these, he now had the initial capital to establish a foothold!