EROS [Zerg]

Secondary evolution is a term in Zerg science fiction literature, meaning that the Zerg will gain some supernatural powers under the influence of certain external forces.

"Secondary evolution?" Santons was taken aback, but quickly realized, "You mean you want to use this technology to create a new generation of Zerg?"

Santons shook his head: "That's too risky. Secondary evolution is just a fantasy in science fiction. If it appeared in reality, it would cause a lot of trouble. We just need to use our research results to solve the problems we are currently facing."

Kuwait sneered: "If we don't do it, someone else will."

"If we can crack this technology and enable the Zerg to truly achieve a second evolution, then our names will be recorded in history."

"Mentor, haven't you always been indifferent to fame and fortune?"

"Where did you hear that?" Kowe glanced at Shane Endons with a mocking look. "Guess how I managed to obtain my general's title before my retirement without seeking fame or fortune?"

"But Professor, you never stopped them from taking your research results before..."

"Can you guess why they failed?"

"If insects do the experiments that are destined to fail for me, I won't have to bear the blame or responsibility, and I can still get the experimental results I want to see. Why not?"

"You're not really going to conduct that kind of dangerous experiment, are you?" Sandons frowned as he looked at Kowe sitting in front of him.

"If so, what would you do?" Kowe raised an eyebrow, looking at the serious-looking female insect opposite him.

“I will resign.” Santons placed his hand on his employee badge on his chest.

"Then you'll be forced to join the army."

"I may not be able to stop you, but I will never do what I believe is wrong."

“That’s not so noble. I thought you were going to say something like stop me.” Kowe chuckled softly. “Before I do anything you think is wrong, let’s take a look at my results.”

Santons pursed his lips and followed behind Kowe.

They went to Kowe's place, and in the innermost part of the apartment, in a dark storage room, Santons watched incredulously as Kowe took a bottle out of a refrigerator.

"Want one? The latest trendy soda."

Santons breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the soda that Kove handed him in disbelief. "You didn't bring me here just to buy me a soda, did you?"

"Of course not, I invited you to see...this!"

Santons watched as Kowe's claws rummaged through the old-fashioned refrigerator, finally pulling out a sealed crystal test tube: "Take a look."

"This is...?" Shandons hadn't yet recovered from the fact that Kove had put the experimental results in a household refrigerator, but when he saw the wriggling worm in the test tube, his heart trembled.

Although the insect was only the size of a grain of rice, it was already possible to see some insect-like characteristics through the microscopic examination of the test tube.

Will it grow up?

Kowe said nonchalantly, "Perhaps if conditions permit."

"I fused the genes from that sample with the genes of many races, and finally found that only the genes of the Zerg were fused with the genes of the sample and the traits were the most stable."

"If we can achieve a breakthrough in this gene fusion technology, it is not impossible to insert the gene that enables male insects to produce pheromones into female insects in the future."

Santons's brow relaxed: "If that's really possible, then it's the Insect God protecting us."

"Insect God?" Kowe opened the soda in his paw, looking disgusted. "That stuff... tsk."

Santons didn't hear what Kowe said next; the only sound in the storage room was the popping of bubbles in the soda.

……

Eros regretted it.

He underestimated the extent of Kuwait's perversion.

He had considered the worst-case scenario: that Kowe would inject him with some toxic drugs that could make him wish he were dead.

In fact, Kuwait did just that.

But it does much more than that.

Eros lay conscious in a tank of liquid. He could see his cut-open abdomen and the organs that had been moved with just a slight tilt of his head.

He should have died long ago.

But the liquid that soaked him kept him alive.

This was the third time he had been seppuku.

Eros spent the first differentiation of its insect life in Kowe's laboratory.

After its differentiation, Eros exhibited an extremely strong healing ability, which greatly interested Kowe.

So Eros's arms and legs were removed.

"As long as the insect core doesn't break, he won't die."

Eros clearly heard Kowe talking to himself outside the culture container that held him.

Eros was truly going to become numb with pain.

He could now watch with his eyes open as Kove operated the robotic arm to remove organs from his body, or rather, Eros's perception of pain had decreased to a level he could tolerate.

"This is not good news."

Eros's drowsy mind echoed with Kove's voice again. He had lost track of time, but upon hearing Kove's voice, he lifted his heavy eyelids and met Kove's gaze.

The two insects stared at each other for five seconds, then heard a few crackling sounds. In an instant, five huge cylindrical culture containers in Evita's laboratory exploded simultaneously. Kowe raised his paw and used his arm to shield himself.

Sharp crystal fragments tore his clothes and skin, and thick culture fluid soaked him from head to toe.

Kowe sat on the ground somewhat disheveled, his narrow gaze fixed on Eros, who was lying naked on the ground, writhing and crawling like a worm.

Kowe didn't stop him, and smiled bloodiedly as he watched the man lying on the ground, biting crystal fragments and cutting his severed arms and legs, which could heal into a ball.

Kowe couldn't help but laugh more as he watched, and finally, he burst out laughing.

After cutting large wounds into the remaining limbs, Eros wriggled around to find the limbs that Kowi had taken from him.

At this point, he had thrown his dignity to the wind, and his desire to live had once again reached its peak.

Its gradually insect-like body elongated little by little, just enough to reach the container where its limbs were placed.

The fully insect-transformed Eros hugged its limbs, rolled to the ground, and slowly shed its insect armor to reveal smooth skin.

Because of the soaking in the medicinal solution, his limbs had not yet turned into dead flesh. Eros used his teeth to bite his limbs, tearing out the bones and forcefully stabbing them into the wounds he had just created.

His eyes were bloodshot, and a terrifying roar came from his throat. Despite being in extreme pain, Eros did not stop moving.

Several times he reversed the position of the limbs, and then, despite the pain, he pulled the limbs off and repositioned them.

Because Eros gained extremely strong healing abilities after the first differentiation, the connections between its limbs quickly healed together.

Eros regained his limbs, though he was missing a claw, but he was overjoyed to have his things back.

The feeling of joy momentarily clouded Eros's judgment, and when a pair of iron clamps were placed around his neck, he actually forgot to struggle.

Kove used specially made steel pliers to lift Eros the whole insect and slammed him onto the dissection table like an animal.

Kove secured Eros to the dissection table and pushed the organs that had spilled out of his abdomen back in one by one.

"Okay, great."

"Listen, from now on you won't be called Eros, you'll be called Aphrodite." Kowe implanted several chips into Eros's body, and then took a knife to cut off the brand with Eros's name on his waist.

"Get out!" Eros glared fiercely at Kowe, but the immense pain emanating from the insect's core quickly caused him to arch his body on the dissection table.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

A piercing, agonizing scream echoed throughout the entire Evita Laboratory.