CH70 The Nest Queen
***
Alex stared in disbelief.
"Controlled... modification?"
This creature had just rewritten its own biology—on the fly.
It wasn't just a mutant.
It was adaptive.
And worse—it was intelligent, at least at a structural level.
'What in the world have I created?'
Alex's first instinct was horror.
The chimeric ant archetype—a species that evolved too fast, bred too easily, and overwhelmed entire civilisations—was a classic villain trope in many of the novels, games, and anime he had consumed in his previous life.
And now, he'd possibly created one.
He almost spiralled into panic.
Almost.
But then he forced himself to breathe. Think. Not everything had to follow trope logic.
--
He calmed down and assessed the situation rationally.
And what he saw wasn't so bad after all.
Why?
Simple.
Runes!
"Sleep."
With a wave of his hand, Alex cast the spell smoothly.
