Chapter 492: Chapter 480: Incubating the Xenomorphs

The alien species consists of five forms from infancy to fully grown.

Stage One: Alien Egg.

Alien eggs are extremely sensitive to their surroundings. Any species approaching them might trigger their hatching, or worse, a Facehugger attack.

Stage Two: Facehugger.

Once the alien egg begins to hatch, the Facehugger produced has two purposes: survival and finding a host. Facehuggers are small and move quickly with incredible leg strength. Once it finds a host, it pounces on their face, pries open their mouth, and injects the alien embryo through their throat into their body. At this point, the Facehugger supplies oxygen to preserve the host’s life. Once the embryo is injected, the Facehugger’s mission is complete, and they die automatically.

Stage Three: Alien Embryo.

Injected from the host’s mouth by the Facehugger, it is the fetal stage of the alien, parasitizing the host, absorbing host DNA to modify and perfect itself, and altering the host’s DNA to sustain the host’s life.

Stage Four: Chestburster.

This is the final growth stage of the alien embryo, possessing the genetic traits of its host. Once mature, it chooses to leave the host by bursting through the chest, killing the host.

Before a small alien grows to adulthood, it can only injure its opponents with its sharp main mandible, but they try to avoid battle. Being legless, they can only crawl on the ground. To become an adult alien, they need meat and to shed their skin once.

Stage Five, also the final stage, is the adult alien.

It’s worth mentioning that Chen Feng chose life hosts for these aliens which did not include humans. It’s not that human genes are incompatible for fusion; quite the contrary, humans and other intelligent beings are the best prey for aliens to devour.

But one thing to note is that aliens possess the ability to absorb host genes, meaning not just physical ability but even the wisdom in their mind might be inherited.

Is a brown bear terrifying?

Of course!

This giant beast could rival a cheetah in instant speed and, besides that, a raised paw can easily reach several hundred kilograms.

Imagine if this monster possessed intelligence not inferior to humans, what a terrifying scene that would be! 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Aliens cannot devour intelligent beings, not only is this Chen Feng’s idea, but it’s also the experience of the Abyss over countless years.

If aliens absorbed so-called conscious awareness, they are very likely to transform into the second form during cultivation.

Mixed-blood Inversed Species.

Possessing the alien’s hard external structure, acidic blood, scorpion-like tail, and hidden mouth;

More importantly, the DNA obtained from humans changed the alien’s reproductive method, abandoning the species’ traditional "Queen system" — egg-laying, entering the host through Facehuggers, bursting through the host’s chest... such a cycle, but instead completely inventing a more aggressive and efficient reproductive system.

Live birth.

Moreover, because they are inherently a taboo, they don’t have human ethical values, meaning theoretically mother-son, brother-sister, father-daughter, can conceive a new mixed-blood alien through mating.

Unlike ordinary aliens needing to find hosts to complete evolution, these aliens have fewer constraints, only needing to mate and reproduce repeatedly; in a short time, a large population can appear.

In the Abyss, some mixed-blood chaos even occurred. With wisdom, mixed-blood aliens are not satisfied with current life but use plundering and slaughtering to occupy more territory.

This caused panic among the demons, and with the participation of millions of Demon Lords, after decades and over a million demon deaths and injuries, the mixed-blood chaos was pacified. Since then, not only the Demon Race but even the Alien Empress has issued an order prohibiting the casual fusion of aliens and intelligent beings.

Chen Feng would not do such a foolish thing.

This kind of mad experiment is generally kept at a distance by him, which is why he ordered Lu Wei to bring beasts and insects; compared to humans, these monsters only inherit terrifying combat power.

The Facehugger clung to the face of the Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger for a period of time before falling to the ground.

Everything seemed to return to calm, even the Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger, after resting for a while, slowly woke up, looking bewilderedly at everything around it, unable to confirm what had just happened.

Chen Feng quietly waited.

Five minutes later, the Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger underwent some changes; initially, it was restless, then let out a howl as if enduring some kind of severe pain. Moments later, it began coughing up blood plasma, some even containing internal organs.

"Argh..."

The Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger let out a mournful howl; it, the king of beasts who should be worshipped by countless beasts, now let out a miserable cry.

"Rip!"

Accompanied by the sound of cloth tearing, a crimson head suddenly emerged from the belly of the Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger, rounded and bright red but with narrow eyes and sharp teeth.

It’s hard to imagine the evolutionary speed of this creature being so terrifying. A few minutes ago, it was a seemingly powerless bug, but now it’s transformed into such an aggressive form.

The alien’s fourth form.

Chestburster.

After capturing the genes of the Crimson Flame Fierce Tiger, it bore several tiger patterns on its body, and its aura was extremely fierce and bloody. At this moment, it seemed to sense its master’s presence, directly turning its face toward that Beast Tamer.

"Screech..."

The piercing screams caused the Beast Tamer’s face to turn pale immediately; even though he was somewhat known in the Order, he had never seen such a bizarre monster before.

Chen Feng nodded with satisfaction.

In contrast to the mixed-blood inversed species, these beast-shaped inversed species are easier to control, and the growth speed of the opposition is extremely rapid. After becoming a Chestburster, in about half a month, they can evolve into a fully grown form.

Since he set off on a journey, taking half of the Dark Department members with him, these aliens are just right to supplement the combat power.

"Hatch the rest of the alien eggs."

"From now on, you are designated as members of the Dark Department, control these aliens, and be responsible for the Order’s security work."

"Doubled pay, and alien’s meat diet is also managed exclusively by Order."

The Beast Tamers initially showed hesitancy because, after all, controlling such a fierce beast weighed heavily on their hearts, but driven by financial incentives, ignoring hesitation, they knelt partially and responded.

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