Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

These milky white liquids are the extract of the Soul-Eating Mycelium.

"The soul-devouring mycelium can cause uncontrolled growth in organisms, and the extracts derived from it can promote biological proliferation and development, and in turn, affect genetic material..."

Soon, within the pale blue 3D image of the Armed Fruit Fly, the cysts implanted inside the fly began to proliferate and permanently solidify with the flesh.

Then, in the three-dimensional image, the emulsion continues to flow energy liquid into the fruit fly's genetic organs, causing genetic changes.

"It seems that this medicine has some effect."

Wayne's eyes flickered.

Next, Wayne brought out another glass test tube containing a clear liquid.

This is the bodily fluid of a human-faced spider.

"The human-faced spider is promiscuous and likes to mate. Female human-faced spiders especially like to capture adult males of other young species and force them to mate."

"Furthermore, the bodily fluids of female human-faced spiders have the ability to damage the reproductive organs of other organisms and extract their genetic material..."

After Wayne dripped the body fluids of the female spider with a seductive aura and a mysterious, peculiar smell onto the [Armed Fruit Fly] in the petri dish.

The reproductive organs on the abdomen of the armed fruit fly quickly begin to erode, exuding blood, flesh, and some viscous fluid.

[Warning, warning! The fruit fly's reproductive organs are being eroded...] A warning message from Hive Intelligence appears before your eyes.

Wayne ignored it and closed the pop-up notification.

Then, using tools, carefully collect the leaked liquid.

Then, the injection was administered into the abdominal cavity of another female fruit fly—the female fruit fly's "uterus"—using a syringe.

The place where insect eggs are conceived after mating.

Next, after the injection was completed, Wayne placed it in a constant temperature chamber—a device powered by magic stones at the bottom to maintain a constant temperature inside the glass cabinet—for incubation.

Furthermore, in the constant temperature greenhouse, nutrient solution drips down to accelerate the reproduction process, which evaporates into mist and permeates the air.

Two hours then passed.

Under the monitoring of Hive Intelligence, the female fruit fly lays eggs in its uterus and the eggs are in the process of gestation.

Instead of waiting for the eggs to fully develop, Wayne used dissecting tools to remove them prematurely and place them in a petri dish.

Because I need to use another method to promote the perfect fusion of genetic material in the new eggs.

This cannot be achieved through the normal incubation process of fruit flies.

So Wayne opened another glass box, which contained small pieces of ice.

At the bottom of the box, there is also a magical circuit for controlling temperature, which seems to be used to maintain the refrigeration effect.

Upon opening the box, inside was a milky-white, sac-like soft tissue.

Its outer wall is crystal clear and soft, like a flesh membrane.

Wayne carefully removed it with tweezers and placed it in a petri dish.

Gradually, as the temperature rose, the milky white membrane seemed to come alive.

After sensing the damaged "eggs" nearby—because they were removed prematurely before they were fully developed and had not yet hatched inside the fruit fly, they appeared to be in a damaged state.

It actively moves forward, its fleshy membrane opens, revealing folds and villi inside, and begins to devour.

It engulfs and encapsulates the broken "eggs" that have not yet fully hatched inside the fruit fly.

This milky-white, leathery tissue is called the incubation sac of the human-faced spider.

Human-faced spiders are promiscuous, and the brood sacs of female human-faced spiders can effectively fuse and combine various substances together.

All sorts of strange and wonderful things are born.

This is a characteristic of this species.

This led to the existence of a genus-specific discipline within the zoology of the wizarding world, called "Man-faced Spider Studies," which specifically studies the various extended species of man-faced spiders.

Furthermore, some clergy members refer to the spider-like creature, which is considered lewd and immoral, as a wicked demon from the abyss, an unclean species abandoned by God.

However, the "incubation sac" inside the human-faced spider's body is exactly what it needs.

This is because it can solidify and combine genetic material within the fruit fly's eggs, promoting complete fusion between the two.

Then, half an hour passed.

When Wayne used a needle to reopen the spider's brood sac, he saw a pool of festering, rotten pus and blood inside.

"Well, it seems the first attempt has failed..."

Wayne's expression shifted, but he did not lose heart.

Since biological experiments are mostly failures, I didn't expect to succeed on my first try.

Next, Wayne gave commands to the Hive AI in his mind.

"Record the reasons for failure, perform data extrapolation, and optimize experimental methods and procedures."

[Analysis in progress... Phenotypic characteristics: genetic material fusion failure, premature disintegration of the genetic vector]

[Suggested adjustment: Introduce a buffering medium. After hatching and dissecting the eggs, try adding a neutralization step to suppress the residual energy of the soul-devouring mycelium.]

The analysis results from Hive Intelligence appear before our eyes.

"A buffer medium, is it...?"

Wayne stroked his chin thoughtfully, "If it's a buffer medium... I could try adding some frog slime to it."

So Wayne took another bottle of medicine, diluted it, and dripped it into a petri dish.

Then repeat the experimental steps.

However, after the eggs are removed from the female fruit fly's abdomen during the hatching process, they are soaked in the frog's mucus for a period of time to neutralize them.

Then it re-devours the spider's incubation sac.

This time, half an hour later, when Wayne opened the silk sac again, it no longer contained pus and blood, but a mass of overdeveloped, deformed tissue.

It also has fruit fly arthropods, unformed black spines, and several strands of viscous material resembling spider silk.

All the structures were piled up haphazardly, like a failed clay sculpture.

"We're getting close..."

Although he failed again this time, Wayne's eyes lit up when he saw that it was no longer pus and blood inside.

This proves that their experiment has made progress.

Then, Wayne said again, "Record the reasons for the failure and continue with optimization analysis..."

[Analyzing...]

Next, Wayne recorded the phenotypic behavior after each failure.

Record the results and reasons for each failed experiment, as well as the dosage of various reagents, and create an archive to continuously optimize the process.

......

Two days passed quickly.

Inside the laboratory, dozens of petri dishes were scattered about, and the table was covered with the corpses of various fruit flies.

Reagent bottles and petri dishes were scattered everywhere, creating a mess, and the air was filled with the strong smell of medicine.

Over the course of two days, I have tested seven main ingredients and twenty-three different formulations.

A total of more than twenty failures.

Each failure is marked as a possibility to be eliminated.

Then, another day passed.

By the third day...

evening.

Inside the laboratory, Wayne's eyes were fixed on the scene before him, as the brood sac of the human-faced spider was dissected.

A fully-fledged armed fruit fly crawled out of it, and... it hatched directly from an egg.

In other words... I have successfully screened out the fruit fly species with altered genetic material!

Furthermore, it is limited by the genetic material of the human-faced spider—after all, it is hatched inside the silk sac of the human-faced spider.

Human-faced spiders possess the reproductive characteristic of hybridizing and fusing with other insects.

Therefore, the current "armed fruit fly" has a light white marking on its face, similar to a human face.

Furthermore, they even develop fangs, no longer resembling the harmless appearance of the original fruit fly.

Next, Wayne had a sudden thought and used Spirit Binding Threads to connect it to his Hive Network.

Om-!

Once the connection was complete, the [Armed Fruit Fly] took to the air and hovered in the air.

As soon as Wayne gave the order to attack, the Armed Fruit Fly immediately swooped forward and spat out a sharp black spike from its mouthparts, which then shot out suddenly.

With a clang, it stuck to the wall in front of it.

"Hmm, not bad. All ecological signs are normal, which proves that the bred fruit flies are fine."

"Now, we will try to mate this genetically modified fruit fly with a normal female fruit fly to see if the genetic material can hatch normally."

So, what happens next?

Wayne connected with another female fruit fly, gave the mating command, and deliberately "teased" and "attracted" the armed fruit fly.

The armed fruit fly also showed a strong desire to mate, immediately drawing its gun and mating with the fly. The mating process ended 3 seconds later.

The weak female fruit flies were placed in a warm, humid place by Wayne to begin incubating and laying eggs.

The next morning, the insect eggs hatched and were blessed by Wayne's magical tricks to promote their growth.

Of the more than one hundred eggs that hatched, all the fruit flies that emerged were "armed fruit flies" with the characteristics of the human-faced spider.

Furthermore, it has cysts in its body that emit black spikes.

My experiment... has been officially declared a successful completion!

Furthermore, looking at the armed fruit flies that are now being bred, their bodies contain the liquid protein stored in the human-faced spider—that is, the organ that spins spider silk: the cyst.

"These sacs here can be made better use of; otherwise, they're just sitting empty..."

Next, Wayne rubbed his chin.

Looking at the conical flask in front of me, I saw the various tissue structures of the leech monster I had collected, as well as the thread worms that were dyed red.

"The leech monster's toxins can be solidified within the genetic material and stored in this spider silk 'sac,' so that the black spikes it fires also carry the poisonous effects of the 'drought' plague... making it even more effective at killing targets!"

So, they immediately got to work.

Wayne resumed his experiments.

Furthermore, because of the previous successful precedent, the experiment went much more smoothly this time.

After two failed attempts, Wayne had already solidified the leech monster's "dryness" toxin into the genetic material of the armed fruit fly.

It can be continuously produced within the cyst.

laugh--!

The modern armed fruit fly has once again produced black spikes. When it hits wooden boards or walls, the surrounding area at the point of impact will turn black and rapidly dehydrate and corrode.

"Good! Now that we have successfully modified the 'armed fruit fly' to be heritable."

"So next... it's time to start mass breeding, breeding, and building our own insect swarm army!"

Wayne said with an excited expression.