Chapter 415 - 21: Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slime 3

Chapter 415: Chapter 21: Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slime 3

Working in concert, they crushed the tornado before it could fully form.

Threads of Telekinesis materialized around Phantom. Formed from pure Telekinesis, they were incredibly fine, yet impossibly sharp.

They were hidden in the air, detectable only by the subtle distortions they created.

Phantom, of course, was unharmed. He effortlessly rode the wind, evading the threads.

His wind-elemental clones, however, weren’t so lucky. Their incredible speed only amplified the threads’ lethality.

The moment the clones made contact, the Telekinesis threads sliced them effortlessly into pieces.

"Impressive!" Phantom couldn’t help but exclaim. Then, his body melted into the wind and vanished.

A hurricane then swept across the entire arena. More wind-elemental clones and even larger tornadoes materialized.

As a legendary-grade hero, Phantom had more than enough energy to attack every single Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slime in the arena.

Sure enough, this strategy broke the Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes’ coordinated assault, forcing them to expend more Telekinesis on self-defense.

But even while defending, the Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes relentlessly attacked Phantom with Telekinesis Blades.

Facing the dense barrage of invisible, formless Telekinesis Blades, Phantom had to give it his full attention, carefully dodging and defending.

The two sides fought for over half an hour, but neither could secure a decisive victory. In the end, Lin Yu declared it a draw.

...

Then, using the World Tree’s "Elemental Rule Manipulation" ability, Lin Yu condensed an avatar before Phantom.

"Congratulations, My Lord. With this enhancement, the Slimes are sure to become the territory’s finest elite force," Phantom said, stepping forward and bowing to Lin Yu’s avatar.

"Hahaha! They earned this themselves!" Lin Yu said, turning to the Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes gathered around them.

"You all did very well! Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes, you no longer have to be mere garbage collectors. You will be formally inducted into the territory’s combat ranks!"

"My Lord, we’d still like to be garbage collectors!"

"Hm? Why is that? You don’t want to go into battle?"

"That’s not it, My Lord. After discussing it amongst ourselves, we believe that working as the territory’s garbage collectors provides us with many resources for evolution."

"Of course, we will still go into battle. But fighting on the battlefield doesn’t prevent us from collecting garbage!"

"On the contrary, the garbage on the battlefield will promote our evolution even more effectively!"

The Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes replied in a hurry, afraid Lin Yu would misunderstand and think they were unwilling to fight for him. This was clearly a collective decision they had reached through their hive mind after their recent growth in intelligence.

"Very well. Since that’s what you want, I’ll have the City Planning Bureau repair all the Natural Essence Manufacturing Plants. You will continue to maintain their operations while also patrolling the territory, serving as our covert sentries and secret guards."

"Phantom, go make the arrangements. Deploy the Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes to the Titan Continent. Have them recycle the waste there while guarding our newly conquered lands. And while they’re at it, have them expand our buffer zone!"

Lin Yu agreed to the Bee Swarm Gluttonous Slimes’ proposal and assigned them their new tasks before retracting his consciousness.

"Chenxi, what’s the matter? You seemed to be in a hurry to find me."

"My Lord, I heard the Slimes underwent a massive evolution in intelligence! And that it increases with their level and is enhanced without limit when they’re near their kin?"

"Mm... that’s about right. Their intelligence, Spiritual Power, and Telekinesis have all been enhanced. The way it grows is more or less as you described."

Lin Yu nodded. "Phantom and I just tested them. The degree of enhancement is quite high. Just over a hundred max-level Slimes were able to hold their own against him."

"If there were a thousand of them, they could probably even take on Dong Lin. I’ll have to find some time to test that theory..."

Before Lin Yu could finish, Chenxi cried out in delight, "Really?"

She moved like a blur, appearing at Lin Yu’s side in an instant and grabbing his arm.

"Yes! What’s wrong?" Lin Yu found it a bit odd. "Isn’t this something Phantom should be concerned with? Why is your Government Affairs Center so interested in the territory’s military strength?"

"My Lord, this isn’t just about military strength!"

"The Slimes’ intelligence has grown immensely too, right? I heard that when they’re together, their minds are even linked?"

"That’s right. The Slime race can now be viewed as both a collection of individuals and a single, collective entity."

"A Slime that has been separated will link its mind as soon as it rejoins its companions, sharing everything it has seen, heard, and learned. Its intelligence also increases in the process."

"My Lord, the researchers at the institute asked me to acquire some Slimes for them. What do you think...?" Chenxi’s eyes lit up as she heard Lin Yu’s explanation, and she finally stated the reason for her visit.

"You want to study the Slimes? Although they are resilient and reproduce quickly, they are citizens of this territory. I can’t just send them to your institute to be experimented on."

"Not unless they agree to it themselves!"

Lin Yu shook his head, explaining that the Slimes now possessed mature consciousness and could no longer be treated so casually.

"My Lord, that’s not it. We don’t want to experiment *on* the Slimes. Of course, if any of them volunteer to be studied, we would be happy to help them evolve further."

"No, that’s not what I mean. What I’m trying to say is that the institute wants to test the limits of the Slimes’ intelligence."

"I imagine that if their combat abilities can be augmented enough to fight Phantom, their intelligence must be amplified to an incredible degree as well."

"So... what are you proposing? You want to hire the Slimes as researchers?" Lin Yu asked. "Why don’t you just go and ask them yourselves? I bet they’d be interested."

"No, My Lord. We want to see if the Slimes can function as a bio-computer."

"A bio-computer?"

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