Chapter 1458: Incubation

“Screeech~~”

The piercing sound of steel scraping echoed, and hearing the noise from the elevator, Wen Yu couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

He first glanced at the rough and dilapidated, rust-covered simple elevator that might have been abandoned outside centuries ago, then looked at Guer with an excited face, unable to suppress a sigh.

A “secret base with severely insufficient construction resources” can’t really afford to be too demanding on hardware.

However, fortunately, under the professionist system, every Demon Fiend possesses immense strength, making them perfect for labor — despite the severe lack of basic facilities in the base, the underground space was considerably large.

And this was the “absolute command” for Guer and Wen Yu — without enough space, they can’t contain the terrifying reproductive ability of the Balu Monsters.

As the “screeching” settled down, another round of piercing scraping followed. Wen Yu and Guer waited for about ten seconds before the elevator door slowly opened, revealing an empty, dark but fairly fresh-aired artificial cave.

“This is it, at the very bottom of the base, with an area suitable for the early breeding needs of the Balu Monsters.”

“What about safety measures?”

Guer asked seemingly unintentionally, met only by Wen Yu’s bitter smile.

“You can’t ask for more, can you?”

Guer tilted his head in thought and then smiled, shaking his head.

“Indeed.”

Joking this way, the two moved to the center of the cave, where Wen Yu stopped first, then lifted his foot to step on the ground.

“Here, the central location of the entire underground space, a simple geothermal system has already been set up, suitable for early seed incubation.”

After a month of living together, Guer had already been completely open with Wen Yu, even revealing the biggest trump card—information about the Balu Monster’s main body.

“Alright, let’s do it here.”

Guer said and then took out a space ring.

…

First, a sticky yet nutrients-rich bacteria blanket, then various medicinal potions concocted by the insider for Guer.

As Guer laid the bacteria blanket on the ground and scattered the potions on it, he formed a strange seal with his hands, accompanied by space fluctuation similar to a summoning. Wen Yu felt the Balu Monster’s main body seed in his abdomen tremble madly at an unprecedented speed; moments later, this stone-like little thing abruptly vanished from Guer’s abdomen and appeared in Guer’s hands.

“By the way, does anyone else know this cultivation method?”

Wen Yu asked, and Guer nodded.

“Many people know how to cultivate the Balu Monster’s main body, but they simply can’t achieve it.”

Guer said and placed the Balu Monster main body seed on the bacteria blanket.

As he cut his finger and murmured an unknown spell, as the blood dripped onto the seed, the seed immediately quivered, absorbing the blood continuously. A short moment later, Wen Yu felt the life force within the seed suddenly elevate significantly.

“Hatching the Balu Monster’s main body requires not only complex steps, resources, and external environment but also the blood of our Balu Tribe. Strictly speaking, without our Balu Tribe, there would naturally be no fearsome Balu Monsters… This time, just a little bit, just a little bit more, and this terrifying race would have been obliterated by Demon Spirits!”

Guer murmured these words, his eyes looking at the seed filled with some bizarre complex light.

It’s a yearning for “achievements”…

Just like when Wen Yu once studied the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill.

Wen Yu was speechless upon witnessing this; he just watched Guer continuously fiddling with the small thing on the bacteria blanket, focusing as if observing some rare treasure until about an hour later, as the life force on the seed reached its peak. Accompanied by a subtle “crack,” a two-legged lizard the size of a thumb successfully broke out of the egg.

A slippery body, two sturdy rear legs, a tail longer than its body, the round head sporting only a mouthpiece, its long tongue flicking in and out of the mouthpiece, seemingly sensing the surrounding environment.

This little creature first “stared” at Guer and Wen Yu for a few seconds before its head turned and bit its own eggshell. As the “crunching” chewing spread, this newborn Balu Monster’s main body started to grow rapidly as it ate the eggshell!

After the eggshell was completely devoured, the originally thumb-sized Balu Monster’s main body turned the size of a palm!

“It’s done.”

Wen Yu said with a smile, though Guer simply shook his head.

“Far from it…”

Guer said so and stood up, rummaged through the space ring once again, and took out more bottles and jars.

“What’s this?”

“Catalysis and strengthening the capabilities and potential of the Balu Monster’s main body.”

Guer finished speaking, unsealed all the bottles and jars, and poured them onto the bacteria blanket, while the newborn Balu Monster plunged into the blanket. With sucking sounds spreading, the palm-sized bulge in the blanket began to grow rapidly again.

Efficient energy utilization, bypassing the normal lifecycle of living beings—Balu Monsters, rather than biological entities, are more like super biochemical weapons designed for war.

Seeing this, Wen Yu couldn’t help but marvel at how the Demon Tribe could develop such a viral-like war weapon; he watched as the blanket visibly shrank at a speed that was perceivable to the naked eye; moments later, the energy fluctuation of the Balu Monster experienced another explosive growth.

“Leveled up!”

Little Guer fist-pumped, spoke excitedly, while Wen Yu slowly narrowed his eyes.

Biochemical weaponry is merely a preconceived notion; ultimately, Balu Monsters can’t escape the constraints of the professionist system.

And being within the professionist system means having levels, skills, physical fitness, and Soul Strength, possessing everything one should have!

He looked at the Balu Monster as the originally black pupils slowly changed until they became cat-like vertical slits.

Night Eyes activated…

…

Balu Monster’s main body.

Level 2, physical fitness 16 points (continuously growing).

Skill One: Fission Reproduction (Species-specific Esoteric Level, Active Skills): Consume any organic material, digest its energy, then rapidly split from oneself a same-species organism at a level one below the host; the split same-species organism also possesses the ability for Fission Reproduction.

Note 1: Individuals split by this skill will not gain any abilities other than Fission Reproduction!

Note 2: Maternal Inherent Skill, allowing selection to accumulate energy for self-strengthening or use energy to split other entities.