The Genesis of Insect Dominions: Evolution and Power in the Painting Space

Vincent entered the painting space 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 this insect queen died that the measure of the Source Form in Vincent’s brain increased. Vincent then brought his consciousness into the painting space and gradually discovered that the Source Form’s increase did not only occur when the insect queen 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 an insect queen. As the changes were minimal for ordinary insects, Vincent had not noticed the difference before. It was only when the insect queen died, and the measure shot up, that this great difference caught his attention.

The entire space in the painting became the playground of the insects. These insects were extremely different from the ants that Vincent 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 Vincent’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. Vincent felt that they could even be called “the civilization of the insects!”

Vincent saw the insects that were flying in the sky like airships 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.

Vincent found this all very scary. If not for the confined space and restrictions of the painting space, 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 space, 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 insect queen had lived around 700 years. What’s more, it did not die a natural death; it was killed by its enemy!

Vincent found this amazing, wondering how the insect queen could live for so long. Vincent took out his notebook once again and recorded down the information of these insect’s queen. As he did so, he realized that when the mind powers of the insect’s queen had reached a certain level, their mind powers started to get more refined and made it possible for the insect’s queen to observe and control their own genes.

These insects queen 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.

Vincent 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 classes, Vincent also got the curriculums of the Department of Biology of Knoxville University, and went to the classes daily. In addition, he bought some books on biology to increase his competency in this area.

As he was auditing the classes only, Vincent did not disturb the lecturer or the other students. He sat quietly at the back of the classroom, trying to remain incognito. However, he still could not stop the girls from swarming around him. Vincent 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 classroom, all eyes were fixed on him. Many girls screamed with excitement, but the guys only looked at him with animosity. This made Vincent feel embarrassed.

“Hi, are you a biology student? Why is it that I have never seen you before?” The moment Vincent 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 class. I’m here because I have an interest in this subject!” he said.

Vincent was surrounded by the group of girls, but at the same time, he also suffered from the killing looks from the guys in the classroom. The girls only left once the class started, but even during the lesson, Vincent kept receiving notes on which either their mobile number or WeChat ID was written.

In the afternoon, Vincent 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 Sophie he had met last time, he obtained his report.

Before he could leave the hospital, Sophie held onto his arm and told him that she was leaving early from work, and would like to buy him dinner. Before Vincent could reject her offer, Sophie had already dragged him to a highly rated fancy 5-star Restaurant.

“Hi, I’d like to order this, this, and this. All of these dishes must be spicy!” Sophie took the menu and ordered just like how she would usually do. However, she then immediately looked at Vincent and asked, “Do you like spicy food?”

Vincent 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?”

Sophie replied with a question of her own. “Who told you that spicy food is bad for your health?”

“Your group of 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 Sophie. She was an aggressive and outspoken lady, and was two years older than Vincent. She spoke her mind and was very direct, so Vincent would not need to guess what she really meant, which made him feel really at ease.

Compared to Phoebe who was reserved and graceful, Sophie was someone on the other end of the spectrum. Vincent had taken the initiative to go after Phoebe, but now Sophie was going after him; the feeling was different, better somehow. In any case, Vincent was enjoying every moment of it.

“Hi, two more bottles of beer please!”

“More!”

Vincent knew what was on Sophie’s mind. However, when both of them left the restaurant, it was Vincent who carried Sophie out. Taking off her white coat, Sophie did not have an athletic figure from years of exercises like Phoebe, but she was still mature and hot. In particular, when she pressed herself against Vincent, 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 Sophie, Vincent did not come out until the following morning, when both of them left the hotel together, behaving very intimately. Vincent found it thrilling to date a female doctor who was two years older than him.