William began wandering around the mall, simultaneously releasing his divine sense to connect with the projections of the extraordinary bloodline cards he was interested in, searching for the ones he needed.

  It took him half an hour to tour the entire exhibition hall inside the mall.

  Just in this one mall alone, he discovered more than 50 types of extraordinary serpent beasts, 70 types of extraordinary canine beasts, and an astonishing 90 types of various bizarre extraordinary insect species.

  The sheer variety left William dazzled. As he examined the abilities of these extraordinary beasts, he could already envision the terrifying enhancements they would bring once assimilated by the Zerg.

  At this moment, his emotions were like two little figures inside his mind:

  One waved a fistful of cash and shouted excitedly, “I want them all!”

  The other clung tightly to his wallet, shedding tears of poverty and sobbing, “We’re broke! We can’t afford this! Let’s be realistic…”

  Regaining his composure, William didn’t immediately purchase any extraordinary bloodline cards. Instead, he exited the mall and headed to another one.

  He continued shopping from one store to the next, visiting a total of ten nearby bloodline card malls, completely broadening his horizons.

  Just the extraordinary beast known as the Lava Serpent alone had more than ten different varieties, each with distinct physical traits.

  However, upon examining their ordinary genes, William determined that they had a genetic similarity of over 95%.

  Yet, their extraordinary abilities varied greatly, leading to significant differences in price.

  Some Lava Serpents could shoot fireballs, others could continuously spew flames, some could coat themselves in burning armor, and others could create fire barriers…

  This plunged William into another brief moment of indecision. He stood there thinking for a while before ultimately giving up on the idea of buying every single variety to create a super fire-spitting Hydralisk.

  The reason for abandoning the idea was simple—he was broke.

  The success rate of fusing high-level extraordinary bloodline cards was only 70%, much like weapon enhancement in a certain game from his past life. Without a solid financial backing, William wouldn’t dare to gamble.

  Right now, his resources were limited, and each failure meant losing a precious incubation nest.

  Losing a few ordinary incubation nests was still bearable, but if he lost several extraordinary ones, he’d probably cough up blood in frustration.

  So for now, stability was the priority—gambling had to be strictly avoided.

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  With that decision made, William returned to the malls he had previously visited and purchased the extraordinary bloodline cards he had planned out.

  With a clear plan in mind, his actions were swift. In less than 20 minutes, he had already spent most of the divine power points he had just acquired.

  He purchased a total of eight Lava Serpent extraordinary bloodline cards, all from the fireball-shooting variety.

  In William’s view, while other Lava Serpent varieties had excellent extraordinary abilities, in terms of cost-effectiveness, the fireball-shooting type was the best choice.

  Currently, Hydralisks in his swarm were mainly used for ranged attacks. If he opted for abilities like flame spray, flame armor, or fire barriers, their role would overlap with that of Zerglings.

  The Zerg were not lacking in melee units, but they did have a higher demand for ranged attackers.

  At present, William had 40 incubation nests, but only one was capable of producing fire-spitting Hydralisks.

  In addition, he also purchased one extraordinary bloodline card of the Gale Wolf and one of the Toughhide Jackal.

  Through his observations, William found that the ordinary genes of these two extraordinary beasts had a relatively high similarity to the existing Mutated Zerglings.

  The Gale Wolf’s extraordinary ability, Wind Protection, could effectively enhance the agility and speed of Mutated Zerglings while adding slashing damage to their attacks.

  The Toughhide Jackal’s extraordinary ability, Toughened Skin, could improve the defense and survivability of Mutated Zerglings.

  Both abilities could provide a significant boost to the combat effectiveness of his frontline melee units.

  William planned to take them back for testing to see how well these extraordinary bloodline cards adapted to the genetic template of the Mutated Zerglings.

  Carrying the extraordinary bloodline cards he had exchanged for most of his wealth, William returned to his divine domain, eager to bestow the incubation nests with extraordinary bloodlines.

  Even though he had already gone through the process twice before, William still felt extremely nervous.

  "May the heavens bless me, Amitabha, Jesus protect me—please let all my extraordinary bloodline cards succeed this time!"

  After silently praying for psychological comfort, William decisively used all ten extraordinary bloodline cards at once.

  Time ticked by, each second feeling like an eternity.

  Under William’s anxious gaze, only seven of the incubation nests successfully integrated the extraordinary bloodlines.

  Three of the incubation nests that had been infused with the Lava Serpent bloodline collapsed instantly under his divine sense, nearly making him break down on the spot.

  He clearly saw the cause of failure—during the fusion process, the extraordinary genes suddenly collapsed.

  Even with his divine ability to directly observe the genetic fusion, William couldn’t pinpoint the exact reason for the collapse.

  Searching his memory for information on bloodline cards, he found an explanation.

  The failure rate was influenced by numerous factors, some of which William understood—such as the condition of the host being modified or the health of the original creature from which the bloodline was extracted.

  However, one particular factor was beyond his divine abilities.

  According to the information, bloodline cards were created by sacrificing a large number of lives. The souls and physical essences of these creatures became part of the bloodline cards.

  Their unwillingness and resistance before death affected their souls, which in turn became part of the bloodline card—ultimately impacting its success rate when used.

  William had no way of dealing with things related to souls and willpower.

  With no other choice, he could only accept the 30% failure rate.

  Resigning himself to this reality, William shifted his focus to the successfully transformed incubation nests.

  Rather than dwelling on the three he had lost or the 900,000 divine power points he had wasted, he carefully inspected the five incubation nests that had successfully absorbed the Lava Serpent bloodline.

  After confirming that they were functioning properly, he immediately used the existing Hydralisk genetic template to produce a batch of fire-spitting Hydralisks for testing.