The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3698

Chapter 3698 Dark Plan

Ves had just come up with the most brilliant or the stupidest idea ever since he entered the Red Ocean.

Just the thought about creating a voribug queen that could potentially take control of other voribug was an insane proposition!

If other people heard what he wanted to do, they would either kill him or ridicule him! Hardly anyone would ever consider it to be a good idea to create a voribug sovereign that could organize the feral insects!

After he finished getting answers out of Joshua, Ves quickly moved back to his office and read up on the voribugs.

The MTA database surprisingly contained less information on the space insects than he wished. He had the feeling that the mechers were hiding substantial amounts of crucial intelligence on the space pests.

"Why, though? Are there more to the voribugs than I thought?"

That might be plausible given how the voribugs attracted so much attention despite being a relatively weak race. Sure, they could become devastating when their reproduction got out of hand, but most humans and aliens in the Red Ocean were able to handle the insects for the most part.

Ves tried to search for specific mentions of voribugs that were smarter and more evolved than the elders of their kind.

"Rumors. Rumors. Rumors."

There were way too many rumors about voribugs. People invented all kinds of fantasies about the ubiquitous insects and also made wild claims of encountering 'special' voribugs.

The stories became even more ridiculous when humanity began to obtain and translate alien anecdotes about the voribugs!

The insects had been around for a long time and impacted pretty much every space-faring species. There were wild tales about huge voribug leaders that were able to command entire swarms of voribugs across multiple star systems.

No one ever brought solid proof, though. The humans and aliens only ever encountered the voribugs in their juvenile, adult and elder forms. Plenty of them had studied the voribug genome and did not find proof of larger and more advanced forms.

That hadn't stopped people from trying to bring a voribug queen into reality.

Suffice to say, such an act was taboo in both human and alien societies. The power to influence a lot of voribugs and turning them into weapons against opponents was just too dangerous!

It was fortunate that the voribugs possessed a number of odd quirks.

The first was that they were quite sensitive towards artificially-altered voribugs. They could sniff out the ones that were genetically modified or carrying any secret implants in a short amount of time.

The second was that it was impossible for them to accept a leader bug. If Ves put aside the fact that the voribugs mercilessly kill any brothers they perceive to be abnormal, they never submitted to any voribug that tried to take control over their species.

"Maybe that's solely because of the first reason." Ves surmised.

It was a fundamental problem with no solution. The voribugs were so repellent against those that were different from the norm that they had defeated plenty of 'modified' voribug species that were implanted with bioprogramming that subverted their loyalties.

This also made it difficult for mutated voribugs that potentially developed spiritual powers and become more intelligent from staying alive. Their lesser brethren simply couldn't accept their existence!

"This is also the reason why the voribugs have stagnated for so long."

However… Ves might have a way of circumventing this defense mechanism.

What if he created a voribug queen that wasn't tangible?

As far as he was aware, the voribugs were entirely physical creatures that did not possess the means of harming spiritual entities.

If that was the case, could Ves get away with creating an artificial leader figure that could assume control of the voribugs without eliciting their hostility?

This idea had a lot of promise! Theoretically, it should work as long as the voribugs possessed genes that respected authority.

Ves was sure that this existed as the elder voribugs had been known to take command of the younger and smaller of their kind.

If the elder voribugs also retained this instinct, then his theoretical intangible voribug queen entity might actually be able to command this alien species!

This was such an immense advantage that Ves had to proceed exceedingly carefully if he wished to pursue this idea!

At the very least, he could never get away with it if others found out about his intentions.

He didn't even dare to proceed with it as long as the Simile Halifax accompanied his fleet!

Even if he found a way to isolate a space where he could proceed with his attempt without anyone finding out, it would still be difficult to hide his involvement. _{freёweɓnovel.com}

After all, Ves already created or befriended over a dozen different design spirits! If he created another spiritual entity that just happens to resemble them greatly, then the Polymath didn't even need to waste much of her prodigious brainpower to connect the dots!

The voribugs were already bad enough when they were lacking a race leader. Their lack of strategic direction and higher thoughts were the main reasons why the voribugs hadn't conquered the Red Ocean.

If a voribug queen truly came into being, the threat level of this major race would definitely skyrocket!

Ves even started to question whether it was even a good idea to make such a crazy spiritual product. What would be the point? How could he possibly employ a voribug queen to his advantage? Could he even maintain control of such a potentially destructive entity?

The main reasons why he wanted to proceed was to challenge himself and fulfill his desire for innovation by creating a creature that no one else had succeeded in making.

There were also more practical reasons why he would want a voribug queen in his pocket.

Voribugs may be hated by pretty much every human and alien in the Red Ocean, but they were unquestionably powerful in their own ways!

If he could cultivate a non-human species into his secret vassals, he could sneakily use them as his thugs!

For example, he might be able to direct voribugs to descend upon the colonies of his enemies to destroy them or at least set back their development.

This was a fantastic way for him to take revenge on the Fridaymen! He already learned about some of the colonies that the coalition partners had set up in the Red Ocean. If he could wipe out just one or two of their key settlements, that would be enough for the Friday Coalition's colonies to become vulnerable prey in the eyes of other rival pioneers!

There were other ways he could take advantage of gaining control of the voribugs.

He could use the voribugs to turn a valuable planet into a no man's land to anyone except himself.

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