I have a set of monster experience cards

You Huan looked at the flesh and blood of the Mimic, and was reminded that the number of points required to devour it was 1 point.

In addition, a line of hints slowly emerged on Deep Sea Evolution:
[The devoured life form is too incomplete to acquire complete abilities.]

That is to say, even if he consumes 1 Devouring Evolution Point, he cannot change into various appearances as freely as the Mimic.

But he still saw a use for the mimicry ability.

If it was just a partial change to part of the body... he could use it to transform the structure of the water storage sac, and perhaps evolve a complete floating ability earlier.

Just by simple use, he discovered the flexibility of the air sac. If it could be improved, he would have a greater advantage in the next hunt.

Kalahakala is a small place, but it is dangerous enough. Greater flexibility can buy him more chances of survival.

Besides... he had an idea.

The mimic's entire body is covered with identical mimic cells, so it cannot really evolve itself into another appearance no matter what.

But his body is made up of normal cells. If he can gain some mimicry abilities... can it speed up his evolution?

The Mimic's abilities are unique and worth a try.

He consumed 1 Devouring Evolution Point and devoured the flesh and blood of the Mimic.

For a moment, he had the illusion that his whole body was frozen. His advanced neural network could even sense that some of his cells were renovating and changing, sending out chemical and electrical signals.

After a second or two, regular electrical signals are sent from the changed cells to the biological nerves.

He immediately understood the extent of his abilities.

The partial engulfment of the mimic causes a small number of mimic cells to be produced in his body. These cells can move freely in the body, replacing the original cells that he wants to replace and undergoing mimicry changes.

Due to structural limitations, the amount of mimetic cells cannot be increased.

But this mimicry ability is enough for him to imitate the floating structure of the pouch.

He tried to change part of the water sac according to his memory.

The pouch is primarily used to collect gas via a gill-like structure that filters seawater and extracts oxygen dissolved in the water through a tube.

He had studied this structure thoroughly, so he simulated it in one go.

In an instant, an unprecedented amount of oxygen rushed in like a tidal wave.

With a "bang", his body floated upward under the action of oxygen and hit the top of the shell.

The mop-headed beasts all cast their eyes over.

"..."

You Huan released some oxygen as if nothing had happened, and the snail shell that had been pushed upwards slowly fell down again.

In this way, the ability to move vertically in water and to add and subtract weight was finally completed.

But there is still a huge problem -

It is true that oxygen has a lower density than seawater, but once it is in the air, it will definitely not float.

It seems that the flying pouch holds even more secrets.

The Mop-Head beasts didn't know that You Huan, the new hunter who had joined the herd, was paying strange attention to their own cubs.

They successfully returned to the camp with their spoils.

Because of the big noise made by the mimic, the journey was relatively calm.

I told other members of the herd about this experience, and everyone was amazed again.

The elder was crawling in the dark like a ball of messy long hair, silently observing the situation in the herd, and gently shaking his tentacles to express his satisfaction with You Huan, the new hunter.

You Huan didn't feel anything about everyone's praise and admiration. Now his mind was full of thoughts about the pouch.

Since he was going to develop the ability to float, he planned to do it in one go.

In the nursery area, I shared the prey with other animals. However, since a large portion of the prey was eaten by someone unknown, the total amount of evolutionary points gained this time was only 7, which was far less than expected.

Adding the 10 points gained from perfecting the shell, the level progress reaches:
【Lv.3（25/40）】

After quickly adding the points, he wandered around the nursery area, carefully observing the structure of each pouch.

Just while he was busy, another team of hunters returned.

There was a fish skewered on the spikes on the head of the Spikehead, and he led his team members back to the camp in a triumphant manner.

It landed in the nursery area and used its forelimbs, which looked like claws but were actually some kind of hardened tentacle structure, to pull the prey off the spikes. Although it looked a bit like a lizard, it grew out of these pouches like the rest of the herd.

The tail, claws... and all the other structures on the body have evolved from the originally soft body.

It saw the remaining shell debris in the nursery area.

With such a large shell, one can imagine that it was an excellent hunter when it was alive.

The spiked head slightly turned its black eyes located above and below the spikes and asked, "Prey, new members brought?"

Two black and white feather stars came over and answered it.

Yuxing on the left said, "Yes, new members, lure, bring them together with us."

Yuxing on the right added: "When we encounter a mimic, it sees through it, we fight, and the mimic flees."

The last two Yuxing emitted the same happy pheromones and shook their shuttlecock-like bodies, as if celebrating everyone's brave act.

"..." The spiked-head didn't continue speaking.

It looked at the fish-shaped prey on the ground, which seemed inconspicuous compared to the shell, and suddenly pushed it away with force, then turned and left.

The two Yuxing were left emitting confused pheromones.

They couldn't understand why the Spiky Head suddenly behaved differently, but as long as the Spiky Head didn't regard them as prey, they had nothing to worry about.

So I shook my tentacles and they left happily.

Gradually, the herd members finished eating and swam away from the nursery area.

There was only one figure wearing a snail shell, wandering around the nursery area, observing things that other members had never noticed...

Five days later——

A sharp hook grew on the snail shell, dragging the corpse of a small creature about one meter long, and swam back to the camp as if it were nothing.

This time the prey seemed to be an eel, with a ferocious huge mouth occupying most of its head. It opened its mouth with its eyes wide open, and trickles of blood were oozing out from between its sharp teeth that were partially broken.

The whole body was well preserved, and a large number of marks similar to strangulation marks could be seen on the middle part of the body.

Those were the scars caused by You Huan's tentacles.

After finding the exact location of the prey's heart, he used the power of his tentacles and his toxins to kill the prey alone.

Now his body size has reached one meter, almost the same as his prey.

The fact that he can kill prey of the same size alone shows that his evolution has been quite effective.

The indestructible shell can be used for both attack and defense; the several strong tentacles that have evolved into feathers can both entangle and inflict wounds with their rough spikes.

By borrowing the principle of the mop head ejecting spikes, his stinging cells can also break through the defenses of prey, inject toxins, and cause disorders in the prey's body systems.

But the biggest gain in recent times is the airbag.

After finishing his meal, he had a thought, and his originally slender body suddenly became "round".

A large amount of gas filled the airbag in a very short time, causing him to rise rapidly.

Rushing out of the trench and out of the seabed, the sea water surged around him, and he saw groups of beasts fighting, busy killing each other.

A hunter targeted this strange floating creature, but when the crisis came, he transferred some of the mimicry cells to the tentacles.

The tentacles that were originally feather-like instantly changed into paddle-like shapes, flapping hard and pushing him up a long distance.

The hunter bit into nothing, looked at the hard snail shell that was rapidly rising, and turned to look for other prey.

Soon, he crossed the sea until -

"Crash."

A small whirlpool appeared on the blue sea, and a head with two big round eyes floated out of the water.

Then there was a translucent jelly-like body and a slightly swaying tail.

Dense tentacles hang down below the sea like silk ribbons.

After looking around, I found that the oxygen in the airbag was replaced by low-density gas produced by special tissues.

The translucent jellyfish swayed and rose into the air like a balloon! (End of this chapter)