Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

So, what happens next?

Wayne once again buried himself in the laboratory, working day and night to begin the mass breeding and hatching of the [Armed Fruit Flies].

Three days passed quickly.

After the last hundred or so armed fruit flies hatched, Wayne connected them all to his hive network, establishing a fruit fly army matrix.

Reaching the limit of mental capacity—simultaneously controlling one hundred [Armed Fruit Flies].

Furthermore, because it evolved and was modified from the first generation of fruit flies, it also has the ability to be stored in one's own consciousness.

When not in use, it is stored in one's own consciousness and mind, and will not be noticed or discovered by anyone.

Only when needed can it be instantly projected into reality to launch a "Stinger" attack.

This allows them to catch people off guard!

"However, the first-generation fruit fly cannot be discarded either, because it was based on that as the base template that the 'armed fruit fly' was modified."

"If we want to further modify and upgrade fruit flies in the future, and create fruit fly varieties with other attributes, we might have to use this as a blueprint for experimental modifications..."

So, after thinking it over, Wayne left behind two original fruit flies, one male and one female.

It is stored in the deepest part of one's consciousness and mind at all times, and is decided to be "sealed" permanently.

It is only released when needed for experiments, and is never used under normal circumstances!

"Now that these armed fruit flies can launch sharp black spikes to attack, why not name them... Armed Spiked Flies!"

......

Two days later.

Outside the city of Black Forest, in a vast, empty forest.

Now, a gaunt man wearing a wizard's robe, his face hidden under a hood.

Standing in the open space, he flung a pitch-black dagger backward from his hand. After the dagger was thrown, his figure mysteriously followed the dagger and vanished instantly.

Before disappearing, a scarlet whip suddenly lashed out from beneath his sleeve, its sharp blade flashing out and leaving a trail of sharp light in its wake.

At the same time, after it disappeared, dozens of jet-black flying insects appeared out of thin air in the original spot and sprayed a shower of sharp spikes in all directions.

Ding ding ding—!

Black spikes shot into the surrounding tree trunks, and upon impact, immediately corroded the surrounding area, leaving it dry and charred.

After attacking, the flying insects disappeared silently, as if they had never appeared at all.

The thin man's figure had now landed where the dagger had just been thrown backward, having instantly teleported nearly three meters backward.

"Hmm...not bad. In actual combat, you can counterattack while retreating and dodging."

"Furthermore, the sudden attack of the 'armed stinging flies' will likely catch the opponent off guard, and once hit by these stingers infested with dehydration bacteria, the body will dehydrate, the flesh will dry out, and a poisoning effect of dehydration will occur..."

Excitement gleamed in the man's eyes.

Right now, practicing his attack moves in this open space is Wayne Albert.

And then, I thought about it.

Wayne stroked his chin, deciding to use this move—a technique that involved leaping backward and teleporting with the Hunter's Dagger while simultaneously unleashing thorny barbs to slash at enemies along the way, creating a barrage of poisonous spikes—to achieve his goal.

Referring to the naming convention of a certain backflip sword technique from my previous life, I named it... "Insect Return!"

"Record the attack pattern and store it permanently. The attack pattern is codenamed: Bug Return!"

Wayne issued commands to the Hive Intelligence in his mind.

[Attack method established, skill codename: Insect Reversal!]

A voice prompt rang in my mind.

"This is an attack method I created myself, and... it's even a skill that's useful in actual combat!"

Wayne thought excitedly to himself.

And that's not all.

Next, Wayne thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and raised his arm.

As he waved his hand, he mentally controlled the [Armed Stinging Flies] through the Hive Network to form an arc-shaped array that appeared in front of his arm.

The armed stinging flies contracted their glandular sacs, simultaneously spraying out a rain of black needles!

Ding ding ding ding——!

The needle-like rain covered the fan-shaped area in front, embedding itself deeply into tree trunks, soil, and rocks.

The tree trunk that was hit instantly developed a spiderweb-like grayish-white pattern centered on the pinhole, and the bark lost water, cracked, and peeled off at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After a round of black needle rain was fired, it disappeared again with Wayne's will and returned to his consciousness.

Wayne's eyes flashed as he witnessed this, and he immediately ordered Hive Intelligence to begin real-time damage assessment.

[Evaluation of the "Armed Stinging Fly" salvo: Coverage angle 120 degrees, effective range 5 meters, effective time for dehydration bacteria to take effect in 1.2 seconds, can cause radial dehydration effect on plant tissues]

The evaluation data of the honeycomb is displayed before us.

"Let's call this attack method... 'Insect Slash'!"

Wayne's eyes flickered.

After all, it was a volley of armed stinging flies firing in an arc, creating an effect similar to a slashing motion.

Therefore, I named it "Insect Slayer".

"Record the attack pattern and store it permanently. The attack pattern is codenamed: Insect Slash!"

Wayne said softly.

[Attack method established, skill code: Insect Slash!] The voice of the beehive echoed in my mind.

Next, Wayne once again controlled the Armed Stinger Fly and began to construct other attack methods.

For example, projecting over a hundred armed stinging flies to form a troop formation would allow for dense, covering attacks.

Or it can form a continuous ring, launching a pinpoint attack on a specific enemy target while continuously spraying black spikes.

Alternatively, a hundred or so armed stinging flies could disperse through the [Hive] network, creating a large-scale, scattered attack.

This will maximize the damage effect on groups of targets...

"Furthermore, it's not just for attacking; it has other uses as well!"

Wayne's eyes lit up with excitement.

Now that he has over a hundred armed stinging flies under his control.

Next, with a thought, Wayne dispatched all the Armed Spikeflies with a "whoosh," scattering them around him in the surrounding area, where they lay dormant in the grass, perched on treetops, or in caves, rocks, and flowers.

And on the animal's fur.

Furthermore, all the images within its field of vision are fed back into its mind through the [Honeycomb] network.

Now, after deploying all the armed stinging flies in the surrounding environment.

Within a radius of 100 meters, one can keenly perceive every rustle of wind, every movement, and every change.

Controlling everything around them, down to the smallest detail—this is... the initial manifestation of the swarm's consciousness, achieving the effect of the swarm's Skynet!

"And this is only controlling a hundred or so fruit flies. I'm still just a second-class wizard apprentice, with limited mental power." Wayne's eyes flickered.

"Next, when your wizard apprentice level advances to a higher level, such as a first-class wizard apprentice, or... a higher level of full-fledged wizard."

"The number of insect swarms I'll be able to control at that time won't be just a hundred or a thousand. It will be tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands!"

"And only then will I truly achieve... the Zerg swarm catastrophe!"

Wayne's mind raced with a frenzied excitement.

Therefore, what I need to do next is to improve my mental strength level as soon as possible and move towards the goal of becoming a first-class wizard apprentice.

Wayne is now full of motivation.

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