I'm trapped in a block

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"Lan Yu, if you want to hide, what's the best way to do it?"

Zi Zi once asked Lan Yu this question. Lan Yu thought about it but couldn't come up with the best answer.

"Is he hiding in a place where no one can find him?" Lan Yu asked back.

"There is no such place. If this place really exists, it will definitely be found."

"Then how should I hide?" Lan Yu was a little confused.

"On the contrary, hide where anyone can find you." Purple explained.

"why?"

"Because the key to hiding is hiding, not hiding."

Purple and Sapphire talked about a small creature it often observed.

Those creatures are not smart and have weak fighting power. They are at the bottom of the food chain in the eternal night and anyone can bully them.

But they live very comfortably in the dark...

"They have a unique name, called - back cats."

Back cats have an ability that allows them to cling to the backs of other creatures.

This kind of "adsorption" is like a strong magnet. It will not cause any effect on the creatures that are absorbed. Those creatures cannot even feel the existence of the cat, but will only feel a chill on their backs.

After being attached, the cat-backed hyena is fixed on the back of the creature. It will not harm the attached creature, but will follow behind the creature, eat the leftover food of the attached creature, and use the power of the attached creature to deter other predators.

Therefore, cats usually choose powerful solitary predators to attach themselves to and follow behind like a follower.

Apart from feeling a chill on their backs, these predators will never notice the existence of the cat-backed eagle. Even if they turn around to check, the cat-backed eagle will quickly move to the blind spot of the predator's vision, and the predator will only think that it is an illusion.

The cat has no smell and makes no sound. It just follows the person being sucked and eats the leftovers, pretending to be powerful.

They are very small in size, and those powerful predators often leave a lot of leftovers after hunting. Just the little bits of meat that fall on the ground are enough for the back cat to eat a lot, and there will be no signs of gnawing, which will lead to being discovered by predators.

When the prey cannot find prey, they eat the debris that falls from the predator's body and the insects that are stepped on by the predator along the way, and they can still live a comfortable life.

Their stomachs will change in size and bacterial flora according to the hunting patterns and eating habits of their predators, storing food during hunting windows to enhance the efficiency of digestion of foods that predators "don't like to eat," and to form a "complementary relationship" with their predators as much as possible.

If predators don't like to eat bones, they will gnaw on them. If predators don't like to eat internal organs, they will swallow them. Predators eat everything and eat it all, so they will gnaw on the blood-stained dirt on the ground and then excrete the dirt through their digestive system. Anyway, they always find a way to get food.

Only when the attached person dies or the cat is discovered by a more powerful predator will it release the attachment, escape to another place, and begin looking for other attached persons.

The stronger the predator's perception ability evolves, the stronger the cat's concealment ability evolves. They evolve to have no smell on their bodies, the pads on their paws evolve to become thicker and thicker, their hair evolves to change color, and they can always stay behind the person they are attracted to even when they are sleeping. The various pheromones released from their bodies evolve to disappear, and even structures that can block ultrasonic detection appear on their skin.

In order to hide better, they make themselves completely "invisible".

"No matter where you hide, you will be discovered by predators. Their eyes are always fixed forward. Only when they have already explored your back will they relax their vigilance."

"Those cats are well aware of this. They didn't hide, but hid. They evolved their bodies to the extreme of hiding, so that predators could never find them..."

Lan Yu heard admiration in Zi Zi's words. Zi Zi admired the cats that survived tenaciously and was marveling at the greatness of their lives.

"Have you been observing those little creatures?"

"Of course, we are just different from them in life form, there is no difference between us and them. Every life has its own greatness and there are things worth learning, just like the back cats. I can learn how to hide from them."

"I can learn a lot indeed. It seems I have to observe carefully..." Lan Yu agreed. It was busy building the spectrum and had no time to observe various creatures.

"Why are you suddenly asking me this question? Where do you want to hide?" Lan Yu asked with concern.

"Of course not, Lan Yu, you are always so pragmatic. I just had a sudden idea. Maybe I will use it someday. I also want to see what you think. Maybe I can learn new perspectives from you."

"Well, I'm sorry...it seems you haven't learned anything from me." Lan Yu said apologetically.

"I'm not talking to you to learn anything from you."

"Then why are you talking to me?"

"I don't know. I just thought about it. Is that not okay? Don't you want to talk to me?"

"Hmm..." Lan Yu thought for a moment and gave a positive answer: "Yes."

Want it so so much……

……

A cool breeze blew, and Mo Ling's hand reached over the Rejoicer's shoulder and caught the flowing purple light.

The purple light turned into a ball and was caught by Mo Ling.

The Joyer was completely stunned. When Mo Ling withdrew his hand, it looked stiffly at Mo Ling's hand.

At first glance, it exclaimed:
"Purple!"

"Can you see it?" Mo Ling asked curiously.

"I see it! I see it!" the Rejoicer said excitedly, opening his transparent book.

"The illustrated guide is also complete! This is it!"

It couldn't suppress its inner joy and was about to pounce on Mo Ling, but it stopped its reckless behavior in time.

"You can see it again? You can't see it when it's on you?"

While thinking about the strange properties of the purple light, Mo Ling held the purple light in front of him.

The purple light that looked like a cloud just now had now turned into a ball of mud, lying softly in his hand, with no sign of anything strange.

But after being caught by him, the Joyer was actually able to observe it without the need for Xiao Zi as a "filter".

"It's like you can't see what's behind you..."

Is this how Purple hides?
Not hiding in a certain place, but everywhere?

Behind every living thing there is… The longer one stays within the spectrum, the more intense the purple light on one’s body becomes.

"What a clever hiding."

Mo Ling couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)