"After the decisive battle in Wu City is over, we can discuss this in detail back in Jin City."
"If, as you say, we can enter her Spirit World and directly kill the manifested Nightmare, then that simplifies things. If not, our only option is to see if there are any professional psychologists among the Jin City survivors who can give her some counseling."
With that, Lin Feng patted Shen Jie’s shoulder.
"I’ll bring it up with Ling Yi in a bit. I’ll be there to supervise the whole time, so she won’t do anything too drastic. Besides, this is effortless for her. It only took her a few minutes to repair that wrecked body of yours back then."
Having received Lin Feng’s promise, Shen Jie’s expression finally relaxed, a long-absent smile returning to his face.
"Thanks, Brother Feng."
Lin Feng grunted in acknowledgment.
"Go on. Train your Tier Two Battle Group well. They were all hand-picked. I’m going to announce something major to them tonight."
Shen Jie’s eyes lit up. He was about to ask what it was, but he instantly made the connection—it was probably related to the Genetic Warrior modification project.
After the two parted ways, Lin Feng found Ling Yi cooling off in a shaded pavilion. He told her about Zhang Liying’s situation, and she nodded.
"No problem. I heard you’re planning to use their two original genes as the Genetic Primordial to perform genetic modification on other Awakeners?"
Lin Feng shrugged, admitting it freely.
"Yes. Their Assimilation Superpower is equivalent to a slow fusion of Zerg and human genes. It provides a perfect template for integration, which can speed up the researchers’ refinement process."
Ling Yi smiled.
"It’s always quick when you’re working backward from the answer."
"But by doing this, these Genetic Warriors will essentially be copies of Shen Jie. For the Mother Empress, she would only need to analyze the genetic sequence of one of them to be able to affect an entire Legion of Genetic Warriors."
"At best, she could render them powerless to fight. At worst, she could directly control them, forcing them to turn traitor on the battlefield and transform into Samurai Hunter Zergs."
Lin Feng grunted.
"I know that. But their Spiritual Power is at Tier Two, far higher than ordinary Tiger Spine Zergs. As long as they don’t get too close to the Mother Empress, it shouldn’t be a major problem."
"Tomorrow, I plan to take the members of the Tier Two Corps who are willing to undergo the surgical modification in Jin City. You will come with me."
Ling Yi’s eyes narrowed slightly.
"You want me to test the Mother Empress’s range of influence on them ahead of time? And how long it takes for her to establish control?"
Lin Feng smiled faintly.
"Not just that. The success rate for the surgical modification isn’t one hundred percent yet. So I want you to be there, ostensibly to observe, but secretly to manage the situation. If any accidents happen, I need you to use your abilities to save any Corps members who fall into a divergent mutation."
"Every single Tier Two Awakener is precious. I don’t want to risk losing even one on the operating table."
Ling Yi’s brow furrowed.
"Why go through all that trouble? Just give me blood and tissue samples from Shen Jie and his little girlfriend, plus a few hundred tons of fish meat, and by tomorrow, I can complete the modifications for you. I’ll turn all one hundred and fifty-plus of these Tier Two Awakeners into powerful Genetic Warriors!"
Lin Feng chuckled.
"That’s your Realm Ability. It can’t be standardized and turned into a reserve technology we can use at any time. The significance of creating Genetic Warriors isn’t just about enhancing their individual power; it’s about giving humanity a hope for survival..."
"Besides, what’s the difference between a Genetic Warrior born from your hands and a Samurai Hunter Zerg? Other than having a more functional brain, a fully-equipped Genetic Warrior of the same tier can barely hold their own against a Samurai Hunter Zerg."
"The cost to create one is far higher than for an aberration simply stitched together from flesh and blood."
Ling Yi nodded. This was also why she had no interest in Genetic Warriors.
The cost was simply too high. First, you had to produce a Tier Two Human Awakener. Then, after the modification, you had to give him a full set of equipment just to make him slightly stronger than a Samurai Hunter Zerg.
Whether they could definitively overpower one still depended on the Genetic Warrior’s own combat experience and tactical intelligence.
Which was precisely what Lin Feng was doing now with his training and drills.
It was something that could only be obtained through vast amounts of time, sweat, and even blood.
Therefore, this entire model was fundamentally incompatible with the Zerg Race’s system, which was built for churning out war machines.
It was only then that Ling Yi had a flash of insight. She suddenly understood why Lin Feng hadn’t tried to stop her from obtaining the genetic sequences from Shen Jie and Zhang Liying. For the Zerg Race, aside from being able to pre-analyze the Genetic Warriors created from it, there was actually no other benefit.
On the contrary, if any Mother Empress tried to replicate a Zerg version of a Genetic Warrior, she would just be wasting a tremendous amount of energy and resources.
At this thought, Ling Yi nodded.
"You’re right. And a Mother Empress would never accept the emergence of a being within the Zerg Race that possessed a perfect, complete Physique and Spiritual Power."
"Even Samurai Hunter Zergs, with their rudimentary intelligence, have a chance of breaking free from control. Trying to use Human Awakeners to create Genetic Warriors would be digging your own grave."
Lin Feng shrugged, a playful taunt in his voice.
"Who knows? Maybe you could give it a try. Like that little social experiment you were running in Jia City."
"Perhaps they could become your loyal Genetic Warriors..."
Ling Yi’s expression darkened. That experimental field she had set up on a whim had long since been abandoned.
The experiment was later declared a complete failure.
The human species, despite having highly developed brains capable of absorbing the Life Energy carried by the Zerg Race to initiate Awakening and evolution, also couldn’t be perfectly controlled.