The sound of gurgling flowed through the boundless inner world.

The genetic information of hundreds of monsters, mixed with the substance and energy from their liquefied flesh, surged like a juicer grinding up watermelons and oranges—extracting only the finest nutrients.

These nutrients flowed through countless crimson tendrils into Blacklight Lyon's body.

Lyon observed the processes occurring within himself.

As a massive influx of foreign genetic material entered his body, it was spontaneously broken down, optimized by the Blacklight virus, and then integrated into his own biology.

Lyon could see those gene fragments being sliced apart and then reassembled, one by one, onto his own genetic structure.

In this process, he naturally and intuitively understood what new abilities he was gaining.

This finely detailed, hands-on experience allowed Lyon to comprehend all the monsters' genetic information at an unbelievable pace.

A vast stream of data rushed through his consciousness.

His Blood Sea avatar immediately began putting it into practice.

He activated the innate ability: [Creation].

Vast genetic primordial energy from the blood sea began to gather.

Scarlet mist rose and floated above the surface of the sea, spreading out like a thin veil.

From within the mist came occasional sounds of bodies bursting apart and beasts howling.

Time passed unknowingly.

In the inner world, several hours had gone by.

The mist over the sea finally dispersed once more. Revealing hundreds of thumb-sized embryos.

Under the influence of the [Creation] ability, these embryos rapidly developed, and within a few breaths, they had grown into massive beasts.

Two-headed wolves, giant octopuses...

The very monsters previously devoured by the Blacklight clone—Now, all of them had been recreated through the Blood Sea clone's creation ability.

Lyon controlled his telekinesis and placed the hundreds of monsters back onto the land and into the sea.

The moment they returned to a free environment, they immediately began running and swimming.

Each one was a vibrant, living creature. No different from the original ones from the Swallowed Star World.

"Success!"

The two-headed werewolf giant, mimicked by Blacklight Lyon, stood upright at the edge of the blood sea.

"I was right—Blacklight Clone's greatest value to me is actually in helping me understand the essence of biological genes."

"In the Swallowed Star World system, the upper limit of genetic level is extremely high."

"When my main body reaches ten thousand times, or even one hundred thousand times gene level, who's to say I won't become a Silver or Supreme Superman?"

"As long as I keep using the Blacklight Clone and Blood Sea Clone to devour and study genes…"

"I should be able to go very far on the path of genetic research."

Suddenly, dense black-and-red striped veins rippled across Blacklight Lyon's body.

Those veins quickly turned into slender tendrils, tightly entwining together and wrapping around him.

A few seconds later, the tendrils retracted and disappeared beneath the skin.

Blacklight Lyon transformed into a strikingly handsome husky.

His coat was a perfect blend of black and white, and his azure eyes sparkled with intelligence.

Blacklight Lyon twisted his head to the right and looked at himself: "Not bad at all."

"Next, let's go find some excellent genes to absorb!"

...

On the floating island, a day passed, and Lyon was still helping enchant building materials.

Dozens of Kamar-Taj sorcerers, along with Wong, were busy working nearby.

After gaining permission to operate the floating island's defensive formation, they began using magic to lay foundations and cut building materials, running around in a flurry of activity.

Wong wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a moment to rest. Suddenly, he noticed something flash across Lyon's body and disappear through a portal out of the pocket world.

"Hm?" He perked up. "I think I just saw something black and white run out?"

"You're seeing things, Wong," Lyon glanced at him.

"No, I really saw it. Black and white—like a beam of light!" He squinted at Lyon's face. "You're not secretly smuggling pandas, are you?"

"Smuggling pandas?"

"Yeah! Taking endangered pandas and releasing them into the forest to increase the biodiversity of the pocket world!"

"How could that possibly be? Wong, you've clearly been thinking about this illegal idea for so long you're hallucinating. Go get back to work. Working will keep your mind occupied."

"Hey, hey, don't push me. Could I really have been seeing things?"

Utterly confused, Wong went back to building the mage tower.

...

Outside, the husky-shaped Blacklight Lyon stood atop Wong's desk in the library.

"That old Wong really isn't cut out for field work."

Lyon muttered, then extended his mental power, locked onto his target, and vanished on the spot.

A few minutes later—

On the far side of the moon, in the Inhuman city.

Blacklight Lyon trotted along the sleek, high-tech streets of the city with a cheerful gait.

He walked briskly past one Inhuman after another.

From his body extended nearly invisible threads.

These threads lightly cut into the skin of passing Inhumans, drawing small amounts of blood.

For the Blacklight Virus, acquiring another creature's genes only required a drop of blood or a scrap of scalp.

The act of devouring an entire person—That was actually just to obtain the energy and nutrients needed for evolution, or to access their memories.

But Lyon's Blacklight clone had a spatial treasure as its energy source.

So what he needed was merely genetic information.

Naturally, there was no need to mimic Alex's blood-soaked method of devouring flesh and bone.

Blacklight Lyon strolled through the Inhuman city like a tourist.

While happily taking in the exotic sights, he also absorbed the blood of those around him.

As he walked, a shadow suddenly fell over him.

Blacklight Lyon looked up.

In front of him stood a massive Shar Pei, over a meter tall, with a head nearly a meter wide.

He recognized this dog.

It was the Inhumans' superpowered canine, named Lockjaw. Its abilities were teleportation and spiritual sensing.

Looking at the Shar Pei in front of him, who was lowering its head and curiously watching him—

Blacklight Lyon frowned. "What are you staring at?"

The Shar Pei immediately widened its eyes, struggling to comprehend how this handsome-looking husky could speak human language.

"You… you're…" it tried to communicate with Lyon via spiritual sensing.

But Lyon leapt up and delivered a powerful smack, knocking the Shar Pei flat to the ground.

"I'm here to eat people." That was the last thing the Shar Pei heard before falling unconscious.

When it woke up, its head was full of question marks, unsure how it had offended this mysterious stranger.

By the time it went looking again, it found that the entire Inhuman royal family had been knocked out by the husky.

"That husky was just standing there at first, tilting its head at me."

"I was telling my brother—if we moved to Earth, the Inhumans wouldn't have the current class divide."

"Then the husky suddenly jumped up and knocked me out!"

So said Maximus, brother of Black Bolt.

"I was knocked out too. When it knocked out Maximus, it said—'You're the one who wants to go to Earth,' then turned and knocked me out as well."

So said Medusa, wife of Black Bolt.

"I think it was like this: after it knocked out Medusa, it said, 'Dare to go to Earth, and I'll break your legs,' then knocked me out."

So said another member of the royal family.

Black Bolt gestured to illustrate his point.

The other guards chimed in, all talking at once.

The Shar Pei, Lockjaw, also joined the discussion.

In the end, they reached a conclusion: it was a super husky from Earth—one so powerful it could single-handedly take down the entire Inhuman royal family!

Black Bolt suspected it might be the dog owned by that Superman from Earth.

After all, there was a dog named Krypto in the comics who belonged to Superman.

So Black Bolt used sign language to share his theory with the others.

He reasoned that this was Superman's way of expressing his stance toward the Inhumans - A warning not to covet Earth.

And to be fair, Black Bolt's serious demeanor made his theory sound very convincing.

After hearing this, his younger brother—who had been constantly pushing to move their people to Earth—thought of the recent fate of the Skrulls, and didn't dare bring up relocation again.

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