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

She is now burning with rage and wants to kill some low-level creatures to vent her anger, while also releasing her favorite test subjects from the space.

Riva's departure did not affect Hilde's mood; however, her gaze lingered for a moment when she saw the test subject.

"This is the experimental subject modified from the child born of a crystal core creature and a primitive human?" Hilde asked, but her tone was certain, indicating that she had already confirmed its identity.

"Yes, Riva's experiments have proven that ordinary humans who have not yet been affected by the Black Crystal and have evolved into Crystal Core Creatures or Extraordinary Core Creatures have a conception rate that has increased several times," Noah answered respectfully.

Before Hilde could react, Aquinas stepped forward with a hint of surprise and delight. "You should have obtained a lot of data on that experimental subject. Have the offspring of this kind of creature been affected by its supernatural abilities?"

Cecil shook his head upon seeing this. "There isn't much experimental data yet, but based on the current situation, the number of children born with deformities through natural unions is no less than 90%."

"However, later research found that this is related to the direction of evolutionary genes in ordinary people's bodies. For example, the test subject just now, even if she was eaten by a zombie, she would not become a zombie. Oh, zombies are what we call crystal core creatures."

"If she has the chance, she is very likely to awaken as a superhuman, that is, a superhuman core creature. The combination of superhuman core and crystal core creature naturally makes it especially difficult."

"Before this test subject was born, there were many previous failures, and there were quite a few deformed samples. But we were lucky. The mother of the X00001 test subject only carried the gene of a superhuman, which is why 001 was able to successfully land."

Cecil is a cold-blooded worm, and Riva is even worse; everything they do is in order to better address the Federation's declining birth rate.

Hilde didn't care about the immature experimental subject; he was more concerned about his brother's soul than about such trivial matters.

"Cecil, I hope you can complete the task of finding my brother that I asked you to do as soon as possible."

Hilde handed the task over to Cecil, and at the same time, she vaguely felt something being placed into her palm.

It was clearly Hilde who handed him the item, but perhaps to avoid being noticed, Hilde's actions were not obvious.

“Naturally, I plan to go to the place where the incident happened and search around. Hmm, I’ll probably need Noah’s help. His special ability can help me find your brother’s soul as soon as possible.”

Hilde approved his and Noah's mission. They had just arrived on this strange planet, and the scout bugs they had sent out had not yet returned. He would not rashly begin the invasion.

This period provided ample time for Noah and Cecil to search for his brother's soul.

After receiving permission, the two insects left together, traveling from Sky City to the place where Morse had killed that useless insect. Once they were far away from the sky, Cecil breathed a sigh of relief.

"What did he just give you?" Noah asked.

Cecil took out the well-packaged container in his hand. Upon opening it, he could clearly feel the energy contained within. Cecil smiled enigmatically upon seeing the object in his hand.

"Noah, the black crystals we stole and refined after all that hard work are not even as much as Hilde gave us as a casual thank you. Now I understand why Riva harbors such malice towards us. It's really... enviable."

Cecil held a black crystal weighing nearly five grams in his hand. Hilde's meaning was clear: he was giving Cecil a benefit to get him to pay attention to his brother's affairs.

“A fool does nothing and gets more than us. Noah, if we had been born into the Bailey family, we wouldn’t be living such a miserable life.”

Cecil was genuinely jealous of Hilde's useless younger brother. He didn't have to do anything, and even though he wasn't talented, he could still get a lot of resources from the family. He managed to use potions to push this useless guy to the fifth tier.

This makes those insects who risked their lives to improve their abilities seem particularly ridiculous. The five grams of black crystal that he and Noah couldn't obtain with half their lives and ten years of time, the Bailey family was willing to give as a thank-you gift to such a piece of trash.

"Cecil, calm down. We need to deal with this hot potato promptly and find the soul of that useless worm as soon as possible, lest it fall on our own hands."

Cecil thought he made sense, so he didn't delay any longer and began to use his powers to search for souls.

Although that useless worm was killed, dismembered, and experimented on, it was only the death of its body that meant the dissipation of its soul.

Noah used his powers to block Cecil's path, ensuring that the weak souls could not escape. Just as he was sensing the direction of the souls, Cecil suddenly took a step back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Noah stepped forward and found Cecil's eyes were bloodshot, not from pain, but from extraordinary excitement.

"found it."

"Found it?"

"Yes, it's the base halfway up the mountain where you were before."

Cecil's face lit up with joy as he noticed the fleeing lower-level creatures huddled together in that spot.

He noticed the momentary stiffness on Noah's face, raised an eyebrow in amusement, and said, "You're still reluctant to part with the pet you've had for a while?"

Noah did indeed intend to keep them as pets, but unfortunately they escaped, and now Noah and they are no longer on the same path.

Of course, that little bit of time spent together wouldn't stop Cecil from taking revenge.

After all, back in the lab, Lu Yize and the others had forced Cecil to escape his human body. His parasite was hung on the wall, as if to show off and mock his mistake.

“There’s nothing to be reluctant about. Do you want me to go with you to kill them?” Noah stood up, but Cecil shook his head. “No, no, no, I just discovered another undead with a lot of resentment.”

“Since Hilde has given us time, we should certainly make the most of this opportunity. What’s the point of just killing each other? Instead of a life-or-death struggle, why not… find some fun?”

Noah was initially unaware of Cecil's plans, but Cecil led a woman out of the spatial button—a woman so weak she could be strangled at any moment.

"Was it deliberately preserved before the test subject was damaged?" Noah stared at the test subject with some displeasure, because this test subject was clearly not a good person; Noah had seen those eyes far too many times.

Cecil was very pleased with this. "Yes, it was specially kept, specifically to deal with that space-type ability user who made me lose face before."

Noah, we'll leave the task to that undead for the next few days. We should find a good place to watch the show now.

At the same time, there was a knock on the base gate, and the woman who had been turned away cried out in despair, "I'm Lu Yize's fiancée! Show me some respect!"