Chapter 7: Hatching the Hidden Shadow Spider

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ling Yichen held the Mountain-Splitting Ax in his hand. He did not need to care so much when facing mutated creatures. They did not have the zombie virus on them. Even if they scratched him, he could heal his wounds very quickly with his talent.

Moreover, his sister also had the Holy Healing Talent, which greatly increased his endurance. Her recovery speed would be even more terrifying.

Ling Yichen’s body froze on the spot because the sound of the mutated dog’s footsteps came from downstairs. It was dying to tear him apart!

Unlike humans who needed to use meditation techniques to cultivate, mutated creatures could evolve by themselves while hunting. The more they experienced the laws of nature, the greater their evolution.

The mutated dog ran very quickly. In a short while, it ran up and met Ling Yichen’s cold eyes!

Swoosh!

With a flash of cold light, a flying knife flew out from nowhere and stabbed at the ferocious mouth of the mutated dog!

The flying dagger pierced through the gaps between the mutated dog’s sharp teeth and pierced through its throat. Half of the blade stuck out from the back of its neck!

The mutated dog fell to the ground. The moment it appeared, it was instantly killed. The Mountain-Splitting Ax in his hand that was used for close combat was not used at all.

Ling Zixing looked at her brother in surprise. This flying dagger was thrown by Ling Yichen. She did not expect her brother to know this move.

“Brother, when did you practice throwing knives?”

Ling Yichen chuckled and said, “I used to practice with a friend.”

Perhaps this was what it meant to have imaginary friends. It was a good excuse to cover things up.

Ling Zixing did not think too much about it. Instead, she thought for a while and said, “Brother, let me dissect it.”

Ling Yichen was surprised. He did not expect Ling Zixing to take the initiative and ask to dig up the Origin Crystal.

Not many girls nowadays would be willing to do such a disgusting thing.

Ling Zixing said firmly, “I’ve thought about it. Since it’s already like this, I should work hard to change myself and not become a burden to you.”

Ling Yichen was stunned. He did not expect his sister to think that way.

After the apocalypse, it was time for her to grow up.

Even if he could protect her, he also hoped that his sister could work hard. This way, if he was not by her side, she could protect herself well.

If one relied on others too much, accidents might happen.

Thus, Ling Yichen handed the Mountain-Splitting Ax in his hand to Ling Zixing and said, “Use this to cut it. Just cut here…”

Ling Yichen began to teach Ling Zixing how to deal with the corpse. This was the first step that Ling Zixing needed to learn, and it was also a buffer period for her to adapt to the apocalypse.

Ling Zixing’s movements were very clumsy. It was obvious that she was a newcomer to the apocalypse.

As time passed by, while Ling Zixing continued with her clumsy actions, Ling Yichen quickly went down to the second floor and saw the middle-aged man who had been bitten to death by the mutated dog.

Without any mercy, Ling Yichen put the middle-aged man’s corpse back into the Insect Nest Demiplane and continued to convert it into organic matter.

There were more human corpses outside, but Ling Yichen would wait until Ling Zixing was done with her work before taking action.

Moreover, the [Unknown Insect Egg] was about to hatch.

When Ling Zixing finally took out the Origin Crystal from the mutated dog’s head, the first insect under Ling Yichen’s command was finally born!

Ling Yichen quickly looked at the Incubation Yard. At this moment, a palm-sized spider slowly crawled out from inside.

Ling Yichen, who had received nine years of compulsory education, knew that spiders were not actually insects. However, the Insect Race did not just include insects. They included mammals, arthropods, and so on. On a macroscopic level, there were even plant insects, metal insects, elemental insects, soul insects, and various other life forms of insects. This was a very complicated race!

[Military Unit]: Hidden Shadow Spider

[Level]: Mortal Body Rank-1

[Attributes]: Darkness, Shadow

[Skills]: Silk Spit, Shadow Transformation

[Characteristics]: Assassin, Control

[Evaluation]: A spider hunter hiding in the shadows, born to hunt.

Ling Yichen looked at the Hidden Shadow Spider’s [Attributes] in surprise. Not only did it have dual attributes, but it also had a Shadow attribute.

The Shadow attribute was a rare attribute. It was the same both for the Insect Race and other creatures. Before Ling Yichen was reborn, he had only seen two Evolvers who were lucky enough to awaken a talent that leaned towards the Shadow attribute. As for a race with Shadow talents, Ling Yichen had never seen it before.

However, Evolvers who had awakened their Shadow talent could be considered lucky or unlucky. This was because when absorbing Origin Crystals to obtain combat techniques, the probability of obtaining combat techniques was related to the monsters that produced Origin Crystals. On the other hand, monsters with Shadow talents were extremely rare. Therefore, Shadow Evolvers could only absorb some ordinary combat techniques like Awakened ones who had not awakened their talent.

Those with the Shadow attribute were natural assassins. Their whereabouts were strange and unpredictable. If one was not careful, they would die!

Even Ling Yichen was not very willing to encounter monsters or evolvers with such attributes at this stage. They were too difficult to deal with.

One could imagine how surprised and satisfied Ling Yichen was with the fact that his first member of the Insect Race had a shadow attribute.

His talent leaned towards being a physical shield in the game, while Ling Zixing was a support. An assassin like the Hidden Shadow Spider was very suitable for Ling Yichen’s current team.

In the apocalypse, one person’s strength was often insufficient. Usually, only by forming a team could one survive.

However, the human heart was often complicated. No one knew when their teammates would stab them.

Before his rebirth, Ling Yichen had already become the leader of the entire human race. Naturally, he knew how disadvantageous it was to fight alone in the apocalypse. He also knew that the hearts of the strangers around him were unknown.

When Ling Yichen had just been reborn, he had thought of forming a force. Otherwise, he would not be able to do it alone.

However, with the Hive System, Ling Yichen had absolute obedience from the Insect Race. He completely eliminated the need to strengthen the team and prevented strangers from betraying him.

“Brother, here you go.” Ling Zixing handed the mutated dog’s Origin Crystal to him. There was still the mutated dog’s brain matter and blood on it.

Ling Yichen looked at the Origin Crystal and suddenly had an idea. He took the Origin Crystal and threw it into the Insect Nest Demiplane to transform it into organic matter.

The Origin Crystal did not show any signs of turning into organic matter. Instead, the brain matter and blood on the Origin Crystal began to turn into organic matter.

This was really a good way to clean the Origin Crystals. He could do it in the future.

Although the two of them would not have to consume Origin Crystals in the future, it would be more comfortable to clean up the Origin Crystals and absorb them to cultivate.

Of course, this was for the sake of Ling Zixing. Before Ling Yichen was reborn, it was impossible for him to be so particular about cleanliness every time he obtained an Origin Crystal. He did not care much about this.

“Eh, Brother, where’s the Origin Crystal?” Ling Zixing looked at the Origin Crystal, which disappeared from Ling Yichen’s hand, in surprise.

At this time, he had to start spouting nonsense again. Ling Yichen had already thought of what to say.

“Zi Xing, my summoning talent comes with a space. I put it inside. When I take out the Origin Crystal later, it’ll be clean.”

Ling Zixing did not suspect anything and said happily, “I see. How convenient.”

“I just summoned an insect. Let me introduce you to it. Don’t be afraid. It won’t bite you.”

With that, Ling Yichen stretched out his hand and used his mind to summon the Hidden Shadow Spider from the Insect Nest Demiplane to his palm.

The Hidden Shadow Spider’s figure was mainly black, and gray veins outlined a strange pattern on its body.

When the Hidden Shadow Spider first appeared, Ling Zixing was still a little afraid, but she didn’t dodge in fear. Instead, she stretched out her small hand tentatively and tapped the spider’s leg. Seeing that it didn’t react to her action, she was relieved.