The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 263 - 174: Possession? Or Time Travel?

"Although its appearance is indeed indescribable, the taste is surprisingly good..."

Tonight’s gains were already sufficient. Leaving the restaurant in Hong Chao, Bai Yi didn’t feel like staying any longer but went straight back to the tree hollow to ponder the observations of the evening.

The person Hong Chao undoubtedly was no longer his original self.

Even the soul had changed, not matching the body at all.

Although this did not lead to difficulty in controlling the new body, as other transformations from Mutant Creatures to witches did because of the significant gap between soul and body.

But as time passed, the soul would gradually adapt to the new body, and this effect would gradually diminish until it completely disappeared.

Being under the same broad category of "Human," this would not greatly affect daily life.

Just like other humans assimilated into witches, there was no inability to control their bodies due to physical changes, and the human soul would not affect operating a human body.

This is also why, aside from Hong Chao’s enlightening behavior, he was no different from others.

Even his learning of Spells progressed rapidly, without any signs of hindrance.

But what puzzled Bai Yi was,

Clearly, based on that Hong Chao’s behavior, the soul replacement obviously occurred during her time consuming the Sanctuary, and a considerable amount of time had already passed.

Even the souls of witches assimilated later had long changed and adapted to the witch bodies, forming new appearances, how did this Hong Chao maintain his original soul?

Merely by self-recognition?

If that’s the case, could it be possible to alter this process through Hatti’s Spiritual Suggestion?

For instance, allowing a soul to retain its original form upon reaching a new body, or changing a soul to another form while still in its original body?

Or rather, could Spiritual Suggestion enable Hong Chao’s soul to "adapt" to the new body?

If this is feasible, then in the future when assimilating Mutant Creatures and transforming them into witches, such suggestions can be utilized to synchronize their souls with the bodily changes.

Achieving immediate "operability" post-transformation, without waiting for the body to adapt.

Another issue is how exactly Hong Chao "possessed" this body.

According to her observations, for a soul to possess a body, it first needs to fuse into a body and then devour the original soul present in that body.

And the devouring soul must be stronger than the devoured soul to make it possible; otherwise, if a residual soul enters another body, the result is often not possession, but rather becoming a snack for the host soul.

This was already known to her when she acquired the ability of Soul Cutting.

As for the strength of the soul, the best method Bai Yi had found so far is to classify it by Spirit Attribute.

For example, the soul slices she created using her superpower were inherited from one-tenth of her original soul’s strength.

Quantifying a specific value, it would be around forty to fifty points in Spirit Attribute.

This also means that her soul slices can stably possess creatures up to around tier 2.

But according to Bai Yi’s current observations, Hong Chao’s soul did not exhibit characteristics of a powerful residual soul or a demon from another realm.

It was purely a soul of a typical person who had cultivated to tier 3 using a Mage’s methods, aside from looking age-mismatched, it was just a normal human soul.

This is evident since Hong Chao, to this day, could only systematically learn spells and had not secretly delved into other power systems.

If it was truly a powerful residual soul that fell here to possess an ordinary person, it would definitely not resist trying out the cultivation methods of its previous life, wastefully starting from scratch to practice spells again.

The only explanation is that the soul that came here was also just an ordinary person, however strong, it wouldn’t exceed a tier 1 level.

Really comparing with the original Hong Chao, it’s hard to say who is stronger...

After all, although the original Hong Chao was just a privileged young master with barely any combat capabilities, he was still a tier 1 Superpower User.

Even if not particularly intelligent, he still had Spirit Attributes.

As for where this external soul came from...

Bai Yi actually did not intend to investigate.

Not to mention there were no clues, even if true traces were found, judging from those meals, it’s obvious the soul came from another world, and she couldn’t trace it.

"It’s so strange...

He actually succeeded in possessing inversely with an ordinary human soul...

But if we can understand the principle behind it, is it possible to then possess equals?

If combined with the method of preserving each soul’s self-recognition, then the somewhat limited ability of possession could resolve some pain points, becoming useful.

I might also have a new way to gather intelligence or even expand and assimilate in the future...

Maybe later I could even attempt to study the races in the state of soul?

Even if not useful on a daily basis, it could still be transformed into my own technological reserve, offering more means when necessary."

But all these foundations must first be researched, confirming the technical basis before proceeding...

And currently, there is plenty happening on hand; although this is an interesting topic, it’s not that urgent.

After conceiving the idea, Bai Yi came up with a new plan for handling the Hong Chao, connected to the network, and reconfirmed the details with Shang Ji.

Then Bai Yi went to bed early and got up at dawn the next day, heading to the clearing under the giant tree to officially witness the witch transformation of the Mutant Creatures within the territory.

Perhaps because she rested early last night, Bai Yi arrived at the designated spot ahead of time today. freёnovelkiss.com

After all, there were tribes, and once the number increased, unlike Bai Yi’s tribe equipped with a Spirit Network, the speed started to decline.

Despite the preparations, a few tribes of Mutant Creatures still did not arrive much earlier.

And before them, the first to arrive was Ju, the orange cat who had followed Bai Yi for the longest.

As the undisputed ancestral figure among the Cat Witch and her space cat clan, its transformation naturally went without any complications.

Inheriting some of the original features of the orange cat, she retained her golden hair color in addition to cat ears and a cat tail.

As for her originally slightly plump physique, due to genetic limitations, she was relieved of obesity concerns, and instead, the corresponding weight was properly distributed to certain parts...

After the transformation, although there were effects caused by mismatched souls, by relying on her exquisite control over Space superpower, Ju teleported away before the Monkey King and others arrived.

She left Bai Yi with a phrase that suggested this witch transformation seemed to have allowed her superpower to break free from the confines of the Lord panel significantly, showing signs of potential advancement, and she went back to strive for a breakthrough.

However, Bai Yi seriously suspected that Ju did not want to lose face in front of her old friends by being immobile, so she made an excuse to leave.

After all, following the Snake Mother’s advancement, this once mightiest Beast King had been sulking for a long time, angrily consuming twice the usual amount of small dried fish, and then conveniently forgot the problem...

Well...

It is indeed just like a cat...

A few minutes after Ju left, Monkey King led his tribe, and Rand (Snake Mother), who had transformed into a witch by Bai Yi’s own hands, also arrived with their respective tribes for the transformation into witches.

Compared to the monkey troop, the snake troop under Snake Mother was much more receptive to the transformation.

After all, having their leader as the best example, it demonstrated the benefits of transformation.

Moreover, Snake Mother’s extraordinary affinity and reputation within the tribe made it the first race to voluntarily come forward for transformation.

The title "Snake Mother" was not given lightly.

As a tribe almost single-handedly propagated by Snake Mother, the entire tribe’s superpower was nearly the same as Rand herself, controlling the earth.

This ability is similar to Telekinesis but slightly different.

This superpower is a more essential control over matter, even capable of manipulating matter to undergo state changes with sufficient understanding.

However, at a low-tier state, this superpower could only manipulate the basic displacement of matter, indeed sharing similarities with Telekinesis.

The assimilation process went very smoothly; after all, it was just through spore infection. As long as she and Rand released their secretion of body spores, they could directly begin the process.

The purpose of gathering together for a unified transformation, apart from a certain ceremonial sense, was primarily for Bai Yi to personally prevent accidents.

This was the first public test, and although Bai Yi had already verified the feasibility, it could not guarantee what special circumstances might arise after a wide-range test.

Fortunately, there were no emergencies this time.

Under the infection of Witch Spores, thick black snakes began to transform, gradually resembling Rand, turning into black-haired witches with vertical pupils and a snake tail trailing behind from a white cloak.

Their facial expressions appeared extremely cold, completely different from the witches transformed from the Monkey King.

Likewise adorned with long tails, they also sported small ears, with a hair color leaning towards brown—characters that appeared lively and cheerful, involuntarily bringing joy.

Especially for Bai Yi.

It was her first time seeing witches about the same height as her!

These Monkey Witches, having just completed their transformation, were displaying their nature, not quietly familiarizing themselves with their bodies like the nearby Snake Witches.

Instead, they began using their Spiritual superpower to forcefully control their new bodies. And, since monkey bodies were originally not much different from humans, the soul’s compatibility with the body was also higher.

As for the remaining White Feathered Owl Tribe, the White Feathered Owl itself continued to adhere to its principle of not caring about anything so that nothing concerned it, still nestled in You’s treetop, firmly refusing to move.

Thus, it was the Monkey King who brought their tribe over.

Transforming together with the monkey troop into witches with wings behind their ears.

Seeing that there were no more accidents on this side, Bai Yi thought of the discovery from last night, stirring up the urge to experiment.

She let Hatti try using her superpower to conduct Spiritual Suggestion on these newly transformed witches, attempting to accelerate their soul’s transformation and adaptation to their bodies.

Meanwhile, Bai Yi herself entered the soul perspective to meticulously observe this process, accumulating experimental data for herself.

However, the witches meant to be transformed today were not limited to those within the territory; three Aquatic Beast Kings in distant areas had also begun their transformation.

The person responsible for them was Bai Yi’s soul-slice Avatar.

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