Lu Zhiyu entered the painting s.p.a.ce and immediately discovered that the very first queen insect had died. It was jointly attacked by a few other queen insects that appeared later on, dragged out from its nest, and died a horrible death.
It was precisely at the moment the queen insect died that the measure of the Source Form in Lu Zhiyu"s brain increased. Lu Zhiyu then brought his consciousness into the painting s.p.a.ce and gradually discovered that the Source Form"s increase did not only occur when the queen insect died. In fact, every time a living thing died, the measure of the Source Form would increase subtly.
He did notice that there was a great difference between an ordinary insect and a queen insect. As the changes were minimal for ordinary insects, Lu Zhiyu had not noticed the difference before. It was only when the queen insect died, and the measure shot up, that this great difference caught his attention.
The entire s.p.a.ce in the painting became the playground of the insects. These insects were extremely different from the ants that Lu Zhiyu had placed in it earlier. In fact, various very strange-looking insects, which had never existed before in the real world, popped up continuously. Moreover, they were seen everywhere, in the sky, on land, and in the sea. Among them, there were dozens of queen insects which possessed intelligence and mind powers.
The development of the insects was way beyond Lu Zhiyu"s imagination. The internal structure of the different insect colonies kept developing. At the beginning, the different insect worker types were around a dozen, but then it evolved into hundreds or even thousands of worker types. In addition, these insects were getting increasingly intelligent as well. They started to communicate, cooperate, conquer, develop, research, and create different weapons. Lu Zhiyu felt that they could even be called "the civilization of the insects!"
Lu Zhiyu saw the insects that were flying in the sky like airs.h.i.+ps throw acid into a few nests, immediately setting them ablaze. There were beetles that looked like armored vehicles firing missiles into the sky. The battle and collaboration among the insects were actually very modernized.
Lu Zhiyu found this all very scary. If not for the confined s.p.a.ce and restrictions of the painting s.p.a.ce, the insects would have come into the world of mankind. If this happened, it would absolutely destruct humanity!
The lifespan of a queen ant was around 20 years in the painting s.p.a.ce, but in real life, it was less than a day. However, from the birth of the first queen insect to the current moment, 27 days had past, which meant that this queen insect had lived around 700 years. What"s more, it did not die a natural death; it was killed by its enemy!
Lu Zhiyu found this amazing, wondering how the queen insect could live for so long. Lu Zhiyu took out his notebook once again and recorded down the information of these queen insects. As he did so, he realized that when the mind powers of the queen insects had reached a certain level, their mind powers started to get more refined and made it possible for the queen insects to observe and control their own genes.
These queen insects had actually been modifying and developing their own genes. These insects were way ahead of mankind, at least in terms of genetic development.
If the strength is equivalent to one Source Form unit (SFU), when my mind power was initially awakened, after practicing medication for such a long while, my mind power should have reached six SFU. It probably needs seven SFU in order to break through the bottleneck, and reach the point where I am able to freely control the power and therefore influence the external world just like the queen insects.
Lu Zhiyu estimated that, if he gave it his all, he would be able to break through in five days. He was excited to think about experiencing what it felt like to have a mind power that would allow him to observe his genes!
Other than taking medical cla.s.ses, Lu Zhiyu also got the curriculums of the Department of Biology of Jiangcheng University, and went to the cla.s.ses daily. In addition, he bought some books on biology to increase his competency in this area.
As he was auditing the cla.s.ses only, Lu Zhiyu did not disturb the lecturer or the other students. He sat quietly at the back of the cla.s.sroom, trying to remain incognito. However, he still could not stop the girls from swarming around him. Lu Zhiyu did enjoy the special treatment, though, as he had never had anything like it during his previous college years.
In fact, from the moment he had stepped into the cla.s.sroom, all eyes were fixed on him. Many girls screamed with excitement, but the guys only looked at him with animosity. This made Lu Zhiyu feel embarra.s.sed.
"Hi, are you a biology student? Why is it that I have never seen you before?" The moment Lu Zhiyu sat down and turned to the page that he had bookmarked previously, a few girls gathered, surrounding him and bombarding him with questions. They were pretty and all seemed quite confident—otherwise, they would not have come over to chat him up.
"No. I"m only auditing the cla.s.s. I"m here because I have an interest in this subject!" he said.
Lu Zhiyu was surrounded by the group of girls, but at the same time, he also suffered from the killing looks from the guys in the cla.s.sroom. The girls only left once the cla.s.s started, but even during the lesson, Lu Zhiyu kept receiving notes on which either their mobile number or WeChat ID was written.
In the afternoon, Lu Zhiyu went to the hospital to collect his medical report. For some reason, he waited at the reception window for a while, but the female hospital worker kept dawdling and just would not give him his report. Eventually, thanks to the physician Li Wei he had met last time, he obtained his report.
Before he could leave the hospital, Li Wei held onto his arm and told him that she was leaving early from work, and would like to buy him dinner. Before Lu Zhiyu could reject her offer, Li Wei had already dragged him to a fancy Hunan Restaurant.
"Hi, I"d like to order this, this, and this. All of these dishes must be spicy!" Li Wei took the menu and ordered just like how she would usually do. However, she then immediately looked at Lu Zhiyu and asked, "Do you like spicy food?"
Lu Zhiyu nodded, "I am fine with it. In fact, I actually do like my food to be a little spicy. But, aren"t doctors supposed to be more particular about their food? How come you like such spicy food?"
Li Wei replied with a question of her own. "Who told you that spicy food is bad for your health?"
"You doctors usually tell us to watch our diet and not eat spicy or oily foods!"
"That"s only when you are sick. It is fine to eat these things when you are well!"
It was interesting talking to Li Wei. She was an aggressive and outspoken lady, and was two years older than Lu Zhiyu. She spoke her mind and was very direct, so Lu Zhiyu would not need to guess what she really meant, which made him feel really at ease.
Compared to Cai Jiajia who was reserved and graceful, Li Wei was someone on the other end of the spectrum. Lu Zhiyu had taken the initiative to go after Cai Jiajia, but now Li Wei was going after him; the feeling was different, better somehow. In any case, Lu Zhiyu was enjoying every moment of it.
"Hi, two more bottles of beer please!"
"More!"
Lu Zhiyu knew what was on Li Wei"s mind. However, when both of them left the restaurant, it was Lu Zhiyu who carried Li Wei out. Taking off her white coat, Li Wei did not have an athletic figure from years of exercises like Cai Jiajia, but she was still mature and hot. In particular, when she pressed herself against Lu Zhiyu, he felt as though his whole body was burning!
"Where do you live? I will take you home!"
"It"s alright. There is a hotel nearby. Just get me a room there!"
After checking in the room with Li Wei, Lu Zhiyu did not come out until the following morning, when both of them left the hotel together, behaving very intimately. Lu Zhiyu found it thrilling to date a female doctor who was two years older than him.