Innate Plunder Insect!
According to the A.I. Chip's experimental data, this insect could only plunder once in its life, which was the moment it evolved from a larva to an adult.
However, this plunder had its limits.
17% of the gene fragments was the upper limit of this insect's innate ability. If this limit was exceeded, the excessive amount of foreign gene fragments would cause the insect's genes to become unstable, which would lead to the collapse of the gene chain.
This obviously could not achieve Grimm's goal of obtaining 100% of the target's gene chain!
The Magus World was powerful and prosperous. Even Grimm himself did not believe that no Magus had ever discovered this strange ability of this insect. However, the Magus World had not developed a complete microscopic system, which meant that even the most powerful Magus in this world could only extend their magic to the molecular level.
Further down, when sorcery research reached the atomic level, the high-grade sorcerers became helpless.
This was actually a kind of inevitability!
In Grimm's previous life, Earth was a low-magic world and lacked the existence of extraordinary powers. This was why precise science had appeared. Even the most ordinary human could use microscopes and other auxiliary devices to examine the microscopic level of the molecular level.
And in a high-magic society, no matter how difficult it was to cure a mortal's disease, it could be treated with a small "Dispel Spell". If it did not work, a bottle of healing potion made from the Water of Life could be used to bring the dead back to life and rejuvenate.
It was precisely because of the convenience and miraculousness of extraordinary powers that when Magi encountered problems, they would use magic as the only way to solve them. This also caused the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and precise science in various material planes to lag behind.
However, these were inevitably replaced by a certain system of magic!
Organ transplants on Earth also existed in high-magic worlds, but they were more convenient and violent. The Magi participating in the surgery did not even need to be proficient in human organs or live dissection. They only needed a small spell called "Organ Activation".
Although the dissection of creatures was bloody and the operating table was no different from a slaughterhouse, the creatures in high-magic worlds also had strong vitality that was ten times stronger than those on Earth. No matter how crude the surgical conditions were or how crude the surgical process was, when the light of supernatural powers shone on them, the dissected subjects were still full of vigor and violence when they climbed down the operating table.
The artificial intelligence that Earth had could also be found in high-magical worlds. That was the Tower Spirit of the top-notch Wizard's Pagoda.
While the people of Earth were still worried about the betrayal of artificial intelligence, the wizards had already tamed the tower genie into the most loyal and reliable servant. Many Sorcerers spent their entire lives in their own Sorcerer Tower. Some Magi who were especially infatuated with their lovers would even fuse the souls of their lovers with the tower genie in order to stay with them for the rest of their lives.
Stripping the soul and fusing the soul with matter was a technology that was difficult to reach even when Earth's technology was developed to an extremely high level.
Therefore, in two different environments, similar material conditions gave birth to two completely different ways of civilization.
The civilization of science and technology and the civilization of witchcraft!
Grimm was a witness to both civilizations. He was a true Wizard, but the chip in his mind was the crystallization of a technological civilization. Thus, when he worked hard to fuse the two civilizations together, he had a life and soul that far exceeded that of an ordinary Wizard.
While other Magi in his position indulged in all sorts of intrigue and power struggles, he could not help but want to lift the veil that covered his eyes, and let himself see the truth of the world with his own eyes!
It was precisely this condescending view of life that made him keenly aware of the power of these mystical insects.
Of course, it was difficult for an ordinary Wizard to reach this level of power. Only an individual like him, who was a part of both civilizations, could find a way to bypass the upper limit of gene absorption.
Thus, over the past few days, Grimm had devoted most of his time and energy to researching the insects. Although he had not made any breakthroughs, the alternative plans that the chip had suggested had all been verified.
Currently, Grimm was working hard to extract the mysterious substance from the bodies of the mysterious insects that could steal life's genes. This undoubtedly consumed a lot of time and energy!
… …
This was a biological laboratory that was filled with magical colors.
The entire wall emitted a bright, soft, and colorless white light, illuminating the interior of the room.
However, in the middle of the laboratory stood a dozen translucent cocoons. Beneath the cocoons was a thick layer of flesh that covered the floor of the biological laboratory like a carpet of fungi. Some of them even extended to the walls.
The cocoons and the carpet of fungi were connected by a few thick flesh tubes. These tubes were attached to the surface of the translucent cocoons and grew like the blood vessels of a human heart. They constantly transported light yellow nutrients into the cocoons.
Through the translucent cocoon membrane, one could vaguely see embryos of various shapes and sizes floating in the cocoons. From their size and shape, it could be determined that the embryos in the cocoons belonged to different stages of the same organism's asexual reproduction.
In the middle of the large cocoon, the mysterious insect that Grimm had captured from Medusa's body was floating with its limbs spread out. Even its scorpion tail was hanging limply, as if it was in a deep state of anesthesia.
As for the owner of this biological laboratory, Grimm was currently pacing back and forth between the cocoons, silently observing the evolution and development of each embryo.
Due to the lack of the support of precise science, it was simply impossible for Grimm to build a biological laboratory that was similar to the one on Earth from scratch. Thus, Grimm borrowed the thinking of biological science on Earth and various methods of the Sorcery civilization to create this magical biological laboratory.
The nutrient fluid that supported the survival of the insects and embryos contained almost all the nutrients needed for evolution. It was a miraculous medicine that Grimm, the top pharmacist of the Blazing Flame Monarch, had meticulously concocted according to Grimm's instructions and requirements.
Any embryo that was thrown into it would be able to evolve from a larva to an adult in the shortest time possible under the stimulation of the extremely concentrated life force potion. This process was still controllable. The concentration of the life force potion that was injected at every moment was under the control of Grimm, the owner of the laboratory.
Due to the preciousness of the insects, Grimm had not been able to find a second one even after carefully searching through the old spider's lair. Therefore, in order to avoid completely destroying such a precious experimental specimen due to his own mistakes, Grim first needed to cultivate a large number of substitutes for the alien insect specimen before extracting the alien insect gene fragments.
Although this particular insect was only a larva, Grimm was able to successfully extract its life force through the A.I. Chip's deep scan.
Therefore, the next step was to work hard to cultivate Alien Insect Two, Alien Insect Three, Alien Insect Four …
Since the specimen was not the only one, he could put some deep work into slicing it and isolating its genes.
Grimm quickly arrived in front of a cocoon bubble. Within the light yellow nutrient fluid was an irregular piece of flesh the size of a palm. More than ten long tentacles hung by the side of the piece of flesh and waved about, allowing 'it' to swim around freely like a fish.
Although there were no eyes, ears, nose, or any other organs on 'its' body, and there was no hidden system of life within the piece of flesh either. However, when Grimm's gaze passed through the cocoon and landed on the piece of flesh, 'it' actually stopped moving like a startled little beast and sank to the bottom of the bubble.
'Playing dead?'
'This seems to be a survival ability that only mid-level intelligent beings can master!'
'Could it be that this unremarkable piece of' flesh 'already has the intelligence required for a mid-level life form?'
Grimm grinned and sighed silently.
The mysteries of the Sorcerer World's life system were indeed beyond his imagination. Any past knowledge and rules would only serve as a shackle for future research. If he wanted to progress in this new system of mysticism, the most important thing was to get rid of the interference of the fixed thoughts in his mind.
Grimm silently drew a rune in the air and inserted it into the blanket of fungi below him.
The flesh tube coiled around the cocoon membrane trembled slightly, and a concentrated life force potion was injected into the bubble. Grimm laid on top of the cocoon membrane and stared unblinkingly at the reaction of the 'flesh'.
The 'flesh' that was still 'playing dead' began to tremble violently under the stimulation of the powerful life force potion. More than ten tentacles retracted back into the body, and the piece of flesh began to swell and change shape.
Under Grimm's almost penetrating A.I. Chip scan and spiritual sense, the piece of flesh continuously absorbed the nutrients into its body and quickly transformed into the corresponding flesh tissues and internal organs. Some muscles and bones appeared out of nowhere and gradually developed. Then, the muscle fibers attached to them stretched them to the appropriate position, forming the initial frame of the alien insect in the future.
This process was mystical and mysterious. It had the rigor of a life science, but it also had the uncanny workmanship of a mysterious force. Grimm was secretly amazed as he watched.
However, the moment the alien insect's skeleton had just been constructed, a mysterious genetic shock suddenly destroyed everything.
The sound of the chain breaking occurred at the genetic level, and the alien insect that was halfway through its evolution exploded into a bloody paste.
This time, the explosion was so uniform that not even a single grain of meat was left in the cocoon, turning it into minced flesh and blood, evenly painting the cocoon membrane a glaring blood red color.
Grimm straightened his back in disappointment.
The A.I. Chip's prompt sounded in his mind.
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