Chapter 257: Alchemical Factory

This person, from beginning to end, was full of wild ideas.

First, he wanted to lead people to overthrow the giants. Then, after learning the giants were creator gods, he began to envision an artificial god project, followed by the creation of artificial Cthulhu evil gods. Now, he's taking it a step further, directly aiming to become a creator god, isn't he?

"This guy is truly an expert at defying gods."

Xu Zhi felt he should pull out his little notebook again; it had been a long time since he'd made an entry.

For half a day, he sat in his chair, watching Qiu Mingshan Che Su's continuous evolution—failure, then re-evolution. This seemed to be an unprecedented biological structure, incredibly complex and precise. The evolutionary path somewhat referenced the evolutionary route of the Ancient Tree of Life.

Qiu Mingshan Che Su had spent hundreds of years, combining his mastery of evolutionary biology, to deduce what he believed to be the strongest creature.

"I've succeeded!"

Qiu Mingshan Che Su suddenly burst into loud laughter, so uninhibited that tears streamed down his face. He was extremely excited. "I spent hundreds of years researching in the Wizard World, worked myself sick, and I finally got it done!"

"Let's test the results."

This strangely shaped tree, walking with an arrogant gait, its hanging copper coin-like leaves constantly swaying, looked very smug. Its treelike claws casually grabbed a funeral chicken, plucked a feather, and then ate it with its "mouth."

The leaves rustled!

The leaves swayed, and the trunk heaved and steamed like a steam engine.

Suddenly, this "Ancient Tree of Life" completely absorbed the funeral chicken's genes. As it continuously processed them, one of its copper coin-like leaves slowly swelled, forming a plump, round fruit that dropped to the ground.

With a whoosh, a small, bronze-colored, leaf-like funeral chicken walked out, clucking!

"Hahaha, gene replication!"

His plant laughed gleefully. "I'm practically an enhanced Ancient Tree of Life! My fruits contain life embryos. Although they don't look exactly like the originals, their life structures are 70-80% replicated."

"In fact, as long as I absorb a creature's genes, the structure of that species, along with all its toxins and special lethality, will be significantly reduced against me." He burst into laughter, then grabbed another funeral chicken, plucked its feathers, roasted it, and even devoured its highly poisonous head.

Crunch, crunch.

The tree's bark-like mouth slowly chewed.

"Tastes good," he said, assessing his body. After absorbing the funeral chicken's genes, the funeral chicken, which was poisonous enough to kill a Fourth-Tier creature, now only caused him slight discomfort.

The more he thought about it, the more satisfied he became. "This way, I'll be incredibly resilient... If I just steal Yumia's genes, Yumia won't be able to suffocate me with smoke... This is the self-resistance I added after further refinement."

Xu Zhi took a bite of his apple and had the bug swarm's sub-brain pull up the creature's gene chain:

Name: Zerg Mother Nest (Pseudo)1. Replicate, merge, and create life (lacks intelligence)2. Energy absorption3. Resistance stacking4. Offspring manipulation5. [None]

It had to be said, the Zerg Mother Nest was truly versatile.

It had the potential to reproduce an endless variety of species, even creating life forms similar to itself. However, it couldn't achieve perfection, often producing unnatural, mixed components.

And the "Replicate and Merge Life" talent was simply heaven-defying, comparable to the Phoenix's rebirth from ashes and the Cthulhu Evil Gods.

However, as a gene factory, the life it created seemed to lack intelligence and couldn't cultivate on its own.

As for energy absorption, Xu Zhi took a look.

It was similar to the Ancient Tree of Life's method of absorbing energy, but more brutal, capable of siphoning energy from dead creatures. After all, producing a life form—the stronger the life form, the greater the energy required.

"Resistance Stacking?"

Xu Zhi paused. "Its form is somewhat similar to the Ancient Tree of Life! As a mother body, it lacks combat power but is incredibly resilient. It can replicate the opponent's life structure and then extract corresponding resistances, making itself tougher."

This idiot clearly knew his cultivation and combat talents were too poor, so he just decided not to fight directly!

He'd just lie there and take the hits.

"'Offspring Manipulation' is also a complementary talent. His offspring lack intelligence and can only be controlled by him." Xu Zhi pondered. This life factory, with its ability to mass-replicate and create life, indeed had infinite potential.

It certainly had the qualifications of a pseudo-Zerg hero.

Furthermore, in Qiu Mingshan Che Su's hands, with his knowledge of evolutionary biology, this creature was terrifyingly powerful, tailor-made for him. Even in another world, he could use this life factory to continuously study evolution and create bizarre species.

However, it struggled to replicate the talents of heaven-defying creatures, such as the Phoenix's rebirth from ashes or the Cthulhu Evil Gods.

At this moment, the surrounding players also gathered around.

"Big boss, you did it?"

"Holy crap, what kind of tree is this?"

"The copper coin color scheme all over, it's so bizarre!"

"Huh, why is there a copper-colored funeral chicken on the ground that matches your style?"

"Everyone, quiet down, I'll explain." Qiu Mingshan Che Su said proudly, looking at the oddly shaped creature companions around him. "This species of mine is called the Zerg Mother Nest!"

Everyone was stunned. The Zerg Mother Nest—was that the species from TV and games that reproduced Zerg and swarmed troops? A Zerg base?

"This species has the potential to become a Creator God!" Qiu Mingshan Che Su continued.

A Creator God?!

Everyone immediately became excited and dumbfounded. This big boss's ambitions were still grand; he was constantly stirring up trouble, never resting for a second.

"It can also be called an Alchemy Factory. I made it copper-colored to match the theme—it can refine life! In the Wizard World, I was always researching this life alchemy... Now, with this Alchemy Factory that combines life alchemy, as long as you 'pay-to-win' with energy, it can become infinitely stronger!"

Qiu Mingshan Che Su chuckled. "Don't believe me? If you sacrifice yourselves and put energy into my Alchemy Factory, I can reproduce all sorts of species... The characteristic of my species is to create species!"

Someone, not believing it, controlled their octopoid species, killing several to serve as life energy, and tentatively said, "Not much energy, but it should be enough for one slime, right? I want a slime."

"Wait a moment."

Qiu Mingshan Che Su immediately went and grabbed a slime, poking a small hole in its skin.

"Now, witness a miracle."

In a blink, one of his tree's copper coin-like leaves swelled, turning into a copper coin fruit that dropped to the ground. A bronze-colored slime was reproduced, hopping about, cute and adorable.

"This actually works!?"

Someone, thinking it just looked similar, went to test the slime's powerful antenna-like appendage. It turned out to be incredibly strong. His copy-pasting didn't just replicate the appearance; it captured the essence too!

"You bastard! So you're learning from Emperor Qi? All the species we worked so hard to research—they'll be yours in the next second?!"

Everyone was deeply frustrated.

Emperor Qi had been in the Primordial World, copying and plagiarizing the cultivation achievements painstakingly researched by the various Heavenly Emperors.

And this guy was in the Evolutionary Sandbox, copying and plagiarizing the potential species painstakingly researched by the various players?

He was a cancer, practically an animal! Many felt their minds go blank, a realization dawning on them: *If you can't beat Emperor Qi, join him?*

Qiu Mingshan Che Su immediately looked displeased and grumbled, "Let me tell you! What's Emperor Qi? As long as you give me enough energy to 'pay-to-win,' I can replicate any Seventh-Tier life form except for legendary deities! Even if Emperor Qi stood before me, I could replicate him! His Dantian cultivation methods, meridian flows, the characteristics of the Ancestral Witch Golden Body he cultivated... I'd copy it all, then I'd replicate a whole bunch of Emperor Qis and let the pirated versions beat the true body to death!"

At this time, everyone was unaware that Emperor Qi had already become a god.

Qiu Mingshan Che Su spoke again, "With all due respect! Emperor Qi might be a genius at replication, but he's too crude, his knowledge is shallow, and he hasn't experienced our Earth's 'pay-to-win' civilization. I've taken it a step further: copy-pasting the enemy's achievements, then getting stronger by paying to win!"

Everyone: ???

This guy was even more shameless than Emperor Qi!