What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Riva felt a surge of hatred again when she thought of the woman who had caused them to end up like this. That woman, who was only at the second level, had actually exposed their entire plan to the public.

If it weren't for her psychic abilities, how could their Zerg plans have been discovered by other races?

Moreover, she wasted a second-tier ability core. She was already dead, but she had to take her ability core with her and perish together.

Riva released a green monster and glared at it. If she remembered correctly, this test subject and that woman seemed to be related.

Riva suddenly smiled strangely, a very interesting idea popping into her mind.

At this moment, His Majesty the Insect King, who was in the conference room, listened coldly to the ideas of other races who wanted to interfere. Each of them only wanted to gain more benefits for themselves and wished they could devour this planet for themselves.

A creature covered in mirror-like scales, each scale adorned with cursed runes, turned around, its scales reflecting a blinding light. The Insect King narrowed its eyes, its gaze malevolent.

“Gloria, when did you discover this planet? It’s a real pity I never heard you mention it. I thought that with our relationship, there would be no secrets between us.”

The other party's golden vertical pupils were full of calculation, and sharp feathers were hidden beneath the scales.

The Insect Queen did not withdraw her hand. She simply looked indifferently at the other party's hypocritical face. What relationship could they have besides hostility? There was no affection between them, only mutual distrust.

The Scaled Serpents have always been at odds with the Zerg. Before the establishment of interstellar order, they fed on each other's offspring. Even now, they wish they could drag each other down and devour each other on the spot.

Gloria smiled and explained, "I think you've misunderstood. This planet was previously home to the most primitive and backward nascent civilization. We Zerg simply observed them as ancient specimens."

"It was still the comet that landed. The substances inside the comet fully activated the evolutionary genes in their bodies. Moreover, the low-level creatures on that planet were still very aggressive and killed most of the insectoids that our insectoids went to observe."

The Insect Queen sighed softly and mourned for her fallen people.

The enormous parasitic flower mother, her withered body covered with vibrant flowers, stretched out her vines and held the insect king's hand in comfort.

"Those unruly and inferior creatures certainly can't understand your good intentions, but Gloria, that meteorite that fully stimulated their evolutionary genes, do you think... it wouldn't be the black crystal that's essential for our advancement?"

As the parasitic flower mother spoke, the petals on her body trembled, and poisonous pollen drifted down as she suppressed her excitement.

Although that planet was technologically backward and had only just begun to use superpowers, and was completely ignorant about them, the resources it contained were truly something that even insects envied.

The substance that can alter the genes of the entire planet is very likely the black crystal needed for their advancement.

Even those black crystals were extremely pure; if one could extract a piece for advancement...

Facing the greedy eyes before her, the Insect Queen knew that if she didn't hand over the item, they would not give up easily.

She gripped the vine of the parasitic flower mother with her other hand. "To be honest, your guess was right. If nothing unexpected happens, the comet that caused the changes in the low-level creatures of that ancient planet does indeed contain a large amount of black crystals."

Upon hearing her words, the people present could not contain their excitement. Below the sixth rank, some races might be able to reach it through talent, but after the sixth rank, they would have to rely on the enormous alien energy within the black crystal to advance.

The higher the purity of the black crystal, the greater the chance of success in advancing. If one's own mental strength level is high, and one uses the black crystal in conjunction with it, it is even possible to advance two levels at once.

Unlike humans' crude hierarchical system, other interstellar races have developed a more systematic classification of superpowers, with each tier consisting of ten levels. Each interstellar resident is given a unique magnetic card upon birth.

Each time an ability level is upgraded, a test must be taken at the corresponding department. Once the test is passed, the level in the magnetic card will be updated.

Then, different benefits are provided based on the level.

If superpower levels can be improved and changed after birth, then mental strength is a predetermined result from birth. Generally speaking, mental strength level depends on parental genes.

If two A-level mental powers combine, the child born will most likely be stable at A-level, with a very small chance of reaching S-level, and a partial chance of falling to B-level.

However, if an A-level mental power is combined with a B-level mental power, the probability of the offspring being A-level will decrease, likely dropping from 90% to 50%.

The higher the level of mental power, the faster the ability to improve, and the faster one can collect more social wealth. After a long period of accumulation, a fixed social class is formed.

For example, families that gather most of the A-level spiritual power will give priority to partners who are also from such families when looking for a partner.

Because both are A-level mental power, the probability of having offspring with B-level mental power is much higher if one accidentally breaks through to A-level mental power from a commoner. The level of mental power is far less stable than that inherited by a noble family.

Of course, some families with strong family backgrounds will use high-priced auctions to acquire high-level mental ability cores or high-level mental crystal cores to improve their mental power level.

If a family produces a descendant with S-level mental strength, they are very likely to be identified as the heir.

Noah listened calmly to the proposals for dividing the black crystal in the meeting room.

Cecil was filled with malice. His mental strength was also not weak, and he could hear the commotion inside clearly. He sneered, "If the Black Crystal could be taken away so easily, we wouldn't have had to watch helplessly in the first place."

Noah lowered his eyes and remained silent. Black crystals could help them improve their abilities and advance, but natural black crystals contained an energy that affected their abilities.

Therefore, the extraction and cutting process is extremely difficult, and if proper protection is not taken, the special energy core may be damaged.

After that celestial body with an extremely high content of black crystals fell to Earth, they only managed to dig out less than three kilograms of raw stone in more than three months.

After cutting and purification, there are still 500 grams left. This conversion rate is extremely high, and it would fetch an astronomical price if ranked on Insect Planet or even the Federation.

Advancing from Tier 6 to Tier 7 requires only 5 grams of black crystal, while advancing from Tier 7 to Tier 8 requires 10 grams. As the level increases, the amount of black crystal required also doubles.

Black crystal is usually auctioned by the gram, and the price of each gram of black crystal is no less than 300 million star coins, yet it is still in short supply.