My brother is so cunning

Chapter 923 Creating a Great Race
Mosquito Taoist blinked her amber-colored insect eyes, listening absentmindedly to Rui's boasting. Her focus wasn't on this guy showing off his knowledge by inheriting the legacy of the Jie Sect, but rather on what kind of wondrous function this ancient mirror actually possessed.

Wen Rui instructed her to take a huge risk and launch a surprise attack on the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment. At first, Mosquito Taoist was very resistant.

That's Lingjiu Cave, the most important holy site for Buddhism besides Lingshan. Whether it's its symbolic significance or the magical treasures stored in the cave, it's something that Western Buddhism absolutely cannot afford to lose.

The two Venerable Ones guarding Lingjiu Cave and the two teams of Arhat monks are easy to deal with, but once the reinforcements from Mount Ling arrive, the risk will increase infinitely.

Mosquito Taoist knew, of course, that she was the obvious culprit behind this demonic calamity. All the gods and Buddhas wanted to kill her to quell the calamity, perform a great service to the world, and gain immense merit.

Once Buddha knows her exact location, he will surely come in person and use all his strength to capture her.

Even though Wen Rui had subdued Mosquito Taoist, he still had to weigh whether it was worth it just to force the Western Religion to pay more for data usage.

Disobeying Wen Rui's orders means death, attacking Lingjiu Cave also means death, either way it's death, so why do we have to listen to Wen Rui? Can't we just run away?
However, Wen Rui said that the magic treasure stored in Lingjiu Cave was the key to Mosquito Daoist's creation of a truly independent and intelligent civilization of insectoids. Only by obtaining that magic treasure could the demonic mosquitoes tamed by Mosquito Daoist awaken their intelligence and develop their own consciousness like normal creatures, instead of being beasts that follow their instincts or puppets controlled by pheromones.

Wen Rui then helped her devise a very detailed battle plan, devising an extremely insidious scheme to undermine the Buddha's heart. Only then did Mosquito Taoist take a risk and, before Tathagata arrived, snatch the ancient mirror from Lingjiu Cave right under the noses of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

"Mentor, please tell me, what exactly is the function of this mirror in modulating intelligent life..."

Unable to contain his curiosity, Mosquito Taoist interrupted Wen Rui, who was recounting the glorious history of the Jie Sect.

Wen Rui raised the corner of his mouth and smiled mysteriously, saying, "Didn't I say we'd only know by trying? The experimental sample is almost ready, so let's conduct a test."

As he spoke, Wen Rui walked up to a petri dish, licked his lips, and eagerly entered commands on the control panel.

The stand supporting the ancient mirror emitted bursts of celestial energy, and the pre-set magic array activated the ancient mirror.

A wisp of white fluorescence emanated from the surface of the ancient mirror, traveled along the wire, and was injected into the petri dish.

Wen Rui stared at the tablet for a long time, stroked his chin and pondered for a while before turning to Mosquito Taoist: "With your cultivation, you should be able to detect something, right?"

"That glimmer of light, does it seem to be a wisp of a soul?"

The Mosquito Taoist murmured in astonishment, "And it's a complete soul, a pure soul, untouched by any karma or karmic obstacles, just like a brand new one. This mirror can actually condense a soul?"

She rushed to the ancient mirror, taking three steps at a time, and focused her divine sense to investigate, seemingly trying to perceive the principle by which the ancient mirror created souls.

Only then did Mosquito Dao realize just how extraordinary a magical treasure he had obtained.

There are countless souls in the underworld; in the wilderness near the underworld, you can easily see wandering spirits.

However, these souls are either incomplete or burdened with heavy karma. Even if you find a fresh body for them to attach to, the result is just a monster with a confused mind. The billions of demonic mosquitoes that Mosquito Daoist cultivated in the blood pool used these kinds of flawed souls. As a result, the demonic mosquitoes he created could only be used as animals and could never develop intelligence.

For a being to develop normal intelligence, not only must its soul be complete, but it must also undergo the cleansing of the wheel of reincarnation to wash away its karmic obstacles and obsessions from past lives before it can be placed in a physical body and grow healthily in body and mind.

However, the Reincarnation Disc is a magical artifact of creation, appointed by the Heavenly Dao and wielded by the Three Immortal Maidens of Sanxiao. Mosquito Daoist could never possibly have any chance of getting his hands on it. He could only sigh in despair and continue to huddle in the Sea of ​​Blood, creating a large number of demonic mosquitoes that were like idiots, hoping for a miracle to happen and for a mutant individual with normal intelligence to be born from it.

From a purely biochemical science perspective, it's not entirely impossible for synthetic beasts to have normal intelligence, but the primordial world is a magical place, and a complete and pure soul is the necessary condition for the birth of intelligence.

All of Mosquito Taoist's years of efforts have been in vain; among the billions of demonic insects, not a single one with a brain has ever been born.

Unexpectedly, the ancient mirror that Wen Rui instructed her to seize had a similar effect to the Wheel of Reincarnation, and could extract pure souls that could awaken intelligence.

The fluorescent light was introduced into the culture dish, and soon the display screen showing the vital signs of the experimental sample in the culture dish changed. Many monitoring indicators started to increase from zero, indicating that a brand new life had been born into this world.

The petri dish's hatch opened, and a smooth body poured out along with the culture medium.

Mosquito Taoist rushed over and hugged the experimental sample to his chest, as if he were afraid that this treasure would be broken.

Previously, the experimental samples were soaked in a slightly turbid culture medium, making it difficult to see the details. Now, holding them in her arms, Mosquito Daoist could see them clearly, but her eyes immediately sharpened, and she glanced at Wen Rui with a slightly disdainful look.

Wen Rui spread his hands, looking innocent, and said, "Don't look at me like that. I'm doing this so that the Zerg civilization can better integrate into the family of all living beings."

In the arms of the Mosquito Taoist, there was a little insectoid loli. Although she had some insect features, they were mostly genetic fragments taken from beautiful insects such as bumblebees, velvet worms, butterflies, and lotus mantises. She did not have any ugly structures such as arthropods, keratin, carapaces, or stingers.

On the little girl's back, there was a pair of translucent dragonfly wings, which were quite soft after being soaked in the culture solution and clung to her body like a gauze dress.

It doesn't look like an insect at all; it looks more like a little fairy flitting among the flowers, so adorable that it's hard not to love it.

"Sample 001, codename Fairy".

Wen Rui looked at the tablet and introduced, "Juveniles are 0.5 meters tall, adults are 1.2 meters tall, they have the ability to fly, their intelligence level is higher than that of humans, they reproduce by laying eggs, their race is only female, they can reproduce asexually through self-reproduction, and they can also reproduce across species to increase genetic diversity, their diet is vegetarian, mainly consisting of nectar, fruits, and grains..."

Mosquito Taoist squinted and examined the nine remaining petri dishes in the laboratory one by one. Although the culture medium was turbid and the details were not clear, she could find the blind spot just by looking at the outline.

"So, all the samples are female? You didn't plan to create male Zerg?"

She muttered irritably, "Height, weight, body type, and posture are all different. I didn't realize you had such a wide range of tastes..."

(End of this chapter)