The Parasite firmly pressed down on the Three-Horned Lizardman. At first, the Three-Horned Lizardman struggled fiercely, its muscles tense, trying to break free from the restraints. It let out a low roar from its mouth, the sound filled with unwillingness and anger.

However, as time passed, under the strong suppression of the many Parasite, its strength gradually ran out, its body began to relax, and the light of struggle in its eyes gradually dimmed. Finally, it completely gave up resisting, its body softly collapsed, no longer showing any intention of resistance.

Seeing this, the Parasite quickly took out a Rank 6 Mind Control Magic Insect.

This Brain-Controlling Demon Insect, while in the container, emitted a strange glow, and now it seemed to sense the target, trembling slightly.

The Parasite carefully placed the demon insect next to the Three-Horned Lizardman's head. The demon insect instantly released a powerful mental force, which, like a surging tide, violently poured into the Three-Horned Lizardman's mind.

The Three-Horned Lizardman's body suddenly trembled, its eyes widened, and a look of pain appeared on its face. Its hands instinctively flailed, as if trying to grasp something to resist this invading force, but in the end, it only futilely grabbed at the air.

Its body trembled violently and uncontrollably, and it made an indistinct sound from its throat, as if enduring immense pain.

As the demon insect's mental force continued to deepen, the Three-Horned Lizardman's eyes gradually became dazed, and a hint of confusion and submission began to appear in its originally anger-filled gaze.

After a moment, the Three-Horned Lizardman's body stopped trembling, its eyes became clear and full of awe, and it slowly lowered its head, looking at its nearby kin with a devout gaze.

At this point, the outer layer of this Lizardmen Tribe was completely unified by the Parasite.

In the following days, these parasitized Lizardmen began to act according to Zhou Qi's instructions. They moved silently through the tribe, using their familiarity with the environment to collect various important pieces of intelligence.

They also paid attention to the distribution of strength among the inner Elite Lizardmen, discovering that these Elite Lizardmen not only possessed powerful martial strength but were also equipped with weapons and armor forged from special Ores, and they would train and patrol at specific times every day.

This intelligence was continuously transmitted to Moga Luo through a special mental connection, and then reported by Moga Luo to Zhou Qi.

Time passed day by day.

April 7, 2017

Current Evolution Points: 10 billion

In these past few days, Zhou Qi clearly felt the power of faith in his mind continuously increasing.

This was all thanks to the actions of the Parasite in the real world and the Heart of the Earth World. For every new brain-controlled life form, Zhou Qi could gain a portion of the power of faith. The power of faith brought by intelligent races was indeed much more than that from non-intelligent races.

Under the miraculous effect of the talent Faith Crown, this power of faith, like a trickling stream, continuously transformed into mental force, nourishing his spiritual inner landscape.

Zhou Qi could clearly feel that his perception of the surrounding world was becoming increasingly acute. He seemed to possess countless eyes and ears, able to "see" the subtle movements of every single subordinate in the Underground Base. Even the antenna movements of the weakest Fourth-Order Army Ant when carrying food, he could perceive.

He could also "hear" the faint sounds they emitted. Those subtle rustling and buzzing sounds became incredibly clear in his perception. This powerful mental perception ability gave him a sense of accomplishment, as if he had become the Overlord of this world.

His spiritual inner landscape also broke through to a radius of 3000 meters, and the range he could manipulate was greatly enhanced.

Just as Zhou Qi was immersed in the joy brought by the increase in his strength, a notification suddenly popped up on the light screen. This information made him ecstatic—his Evolution Points had exceeded ten billion! He once again received a 5-choose-2 option.

Zhou Qi eagerly opened the option interface and saw various tempting abilities listed there:

1. Bloodline Evolution once: Can cause a designated subordinate to undergo Bloodline transformation, randomly gaining powerful ancient Bloodline abilities (energy level is planetary), greatly increasing life strength and various attributes.

2. Ten billion Evolution Points

3. Add one to the Talent Extraction slots.

4. Add one each to the Plant and Animal Enhancement slots.

5. One planetary-level creature egg.

Zhou Qi looked at these options, his heart extremely conflicted.

Each option was extremely attractive to him. After careful consideration, he finally chose "Bloodline Evolution" and "Talent Extraction slots".

Although the other options were also very tempting, ten billion Evolution Points could be obtained by him in just over ten days at his current rate, and this time would only get faster.

As for the Plant and Animal Enhancement slots, with the supplement of Mind Control Demon Bug, they were not very scarce, and a planetary-level creature egg would require cultivation step by step.

............

After much thought, Zhou Qi prepared to use the Bloodline Evolution on the Tenth-Order Army Ant Queen. After all, as the core of the current swarm, the Ant Queen bore the heavy responsibility of reproducing numerous subordinates, and her strength directly related to the rise and fall of the entire force.

Immediately, Zhou Qi teleported to the White Snake Mountain Underground Base. With an excited mood, he arrived before the massive body of the Tenth-Order Army Ant Queen.

The Ant Queen sensed Zhou Qi's arrival. Her body, which had been lying quietly, trembled slightly, and her enormous antennae gently swayed, showing respect to Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi took a deep breath, focused his mind, and prepared to activate the Bloodline Evolution.

However, just as he was about to press the confirmation button, a prominent message suddenly popped up on the light screen: This ability cannot be used on Mother-Insect level composite life forms.

These words were like a heavy hammer, striking Zhou Qi's heart, instantly turning his anticipation into nothing. He stared blankly at the light screen, his eyes full of disappointment and helplessness. It took him a while to come back to his senses, and he sighed helplessly.

Since the Army Ant Queen could not undergo Bloodline Evolution, Zhou Qi could only turn his attention to other subordinates.

He slowly paced through the Geocentric Base, thinking carefully as he walked. Although the Fifth-Order Tai Cang Dragon had huge potential and its strength was steadily increasing through the Devouring Method cultivation, Zhou Qi felt it was a bit too hasty to use Bloodline Evolution on them now.

After all, they still had a lot of room for growth, and natural growth might make their Foundation more stable. As for the Five-rank Zhu Yan Demon Insect and the Sixth-Order Spiritmorph Demon, their genetic composition was already complex, and the effect after Bloodline Evolution was difficult to predict, which made Zhou Qi somewhat hesitant.