Spore Story

Chapter 16 Prelude
"Counterfeit multi-cell, start!"

As the dubbing for self-entertainment fell, the huge body composed of the entire formation began to move forward slowly with the shaking of the "flagella" behind it.The flagella pushes the cells behind to squeeze the cells in front, which makes the small cells tense.Fortunately, apart from some loose cells, there were no major problems.

Well, in general, N times fewer parts were dropped than when Battlestar was first started.

After moving for a while, the formation slowly stopped.

Although the small cell wants to leave here quickly, it is very dangerous to stay in the same place for too long, but if it is not controlled well, all previous efforts will be wasted.

After adjusting the loose cells, some movements were performed on the parts that had problems when moving before. After feeling that there were no new problems, the small cells once again controlled the "flagella" behind them to shake.

"Multicellular. Pseudo, restart!"

The huge body started up again, and the peripheral cells were closely connected one by one.Although it seemed that it would be scattered like building blocks piled up by kindergarten children in the next moment, under the fine control of the small cells and the habits of the same race, the whole formation still moved slowly and firmly left this space.

……

[Enter the creature editor, the main thinking restriction is lifted]

"I am back."

After speaking weakly, Kong Huan began to rest quietly.

After using a "flagellate" to push the body forward for a certain distance, Kong Huan, who found no threat, returned to the creature editor space.

Kong Huan never thought that controlling a simple multi-cell would be such a complicated matter.

Not only do you have to control the movement of the cells in the "flagella" to make the "flagella" shake, and then push the entire formation forward; you also have to be careful not to disperse the cells in the formation; Consciousness still needs to properly regulate the flow of nutrients in the formation, but it was too troublesome in the end. Void controls all the nutrient liquids to circulate and flow between cells as the formation moves, and the cells that need nutrients can absorb them by themselves, so as to avoid intermittent control Trouble; and in the constant movement, it is necessary to rearrange the cells in the problem parts that appear from time to time in time to avoid falling apart.

Before entering the biological editing space, the whole body did not "dissipate", and the small cells thought it was a miracle.

"It seems that the initial thinking was too simple. In addition to controlling the arrangement of cells and the flow of nutrients in the body, the ability to control the shaking of a flagella is the blessing of the system."

"Shall I remove the other two flagella?"

"No, I don't want to become a tadpole as an ornament. Maybe I can control it when I become proficient in the future, and it will save me from arranging it later. Well, that's it."

"We've done it in one step."

"Then after that, I need to practice constantly, so as to be proficient in these controls, and develop a habit of control. Well, to be precise, let the subconscious mind control the details instead of my main consciousness, otherwise it will be too much work. I hope I can keep it. The nutritional value can meet the needs during this time."

"Okay, keep practicing. See you, 8051."

【…】

[Complete biological editing, the main consciousness enters the small cell]

[The main consciousness chooses not to split]

"Shake the flagella, push forward."

The huge formation moved forward again, while the flagella on both sides were dragged by the formation to drag their weak counterparts.

"There are cells that lack nutrients, why the nutrients don't flow there. Damn, the passage is blocked by cells."

"There are cells in the lower left epidermis that are washed away by the water flow, which controls the healing of the cells."

"Cells in the digestive tract, don't run around without you, I'm fucked."

……

"Try opening your mouth?"

"Attention oral cells, prepare to open your mouth."

The huge formation continued to move forward slowly, and at its front, the cells began to squirm slowly, as if something was about to be opened, however.

"What's the matter with the oral cells, why are they all scattered!"

After wriggling quietly for a while, the cells at the front were suddenly squeezed and scattered, the main consciousness couldn't control it, so the cells at the front followed the water flow to the cavity in the mouth.

"Damn it. Stop it, stop it!"

The formation slowly stopped, and the main consciousness used the mental induction through the finely diffused electric polarized cells to carefully perceive the concave part of the front end. The front oral cavity cells and epidermal cells, which were originally tightly arranged in a hemispherical shape, received the control signal to open the mouth. Finally, it began to disperse to the surroundings, but due to the sudden loosening of the arrangement, the cells squeezed and avoided, resulting in chaos, and the unconscious single cells were in a mess, only knowing the companions next to them, and the main consciousness could not control it, so It turned inside out as soon as it was washed by the forward current.

"My goodness."

"To change the shape of the mouth."

The extremely depressed small cells are squeezed by the electric polarization cells around them, and they can't move at all, so at this time, they can only imagine that they are the consciousness of this huge "body" instead of the consciousness of the small cells, but it seems that it takes more time to achieve this. a lot of time.

"Let's change it to one that bites up and down. Although there are no bones, the bite is weak, but it's okay to just surround a group of single cells." So, after quickly entering the biological editing space and thinking for a while, the front end of this nondescript cottage in the dark waters Protruded forward, and cracks appeared. (Refer to the smooth and extremely reduced version of the duckbill, and it is soft.)
"Open your mouth again."

There was basically no major problem this time. Through the pulling between the epidermal cells and the stability of the cells in the interlayer, the protrusions were slowly separated at an angle from top to bottom, exposing the mouth with dense single-cell spikes and electrodes inside.

"Close it quickly."

After adjusting the positions of several cells that were loose when opening, the main consciousness began to experiment with the extremely important "shut up" action.

The range of perception of single-celled organisms is extremely limited, and many times they will not respond if they are not touched or the surrounding environment does not change significantly.Therefore, when attacking, it is not a big problem to slowly approach the large group of single cells with the mouth, but if it is as slow as opening the mouth, most of the food in the mouth may escape before "shutting up".

Fortunately, combined with the experience of shaking the "flagella", the "shut up" action was completed normally.

"Keep repeating. Be proficient."

So, in the strange induction of single-celled organisms that passed by occasionally and were ignored by the "busy" small cells, this huge "multicellular organism" kept repeating "open mouth", "shut up", and swayed behind it. The weird movement of the "flagella" dragging the "flagella" on both sides to move forward feebly, and then repeating...

—————————— We are the dividing line of difficult practice—————————

Time jumped another ditch.

In the silent and dark space, a huge body swam from far to near.

The long mouth in front of it opened and closed, the flagellum behind it was shaking hard, but the flagella on both sides seemed to be malnourished, occasionally shaking twice, changing the direction of the body, and then drooping down again.

After a long period of practice, the scattered single-cell organisms and organic matter barely maintained the consumption of the formation, and finally the small cells in the formation did not become lazy and suddenly skip class.

Nutrition in the body has become a similar circulation circuit connected end to end. Under the constant movement and extrusion of the body, it flows between the cells in the body to meet the needs of the cells.

And the shaking of the flagella and the opening and closing of the oral cavity are also gradually proficient.

Although the small cell is a little doubtful about certain actions in the body that will act autonomously even if it is not controlled, but for this problem that can greatly save the current shortage of energy, the small cell temporarily put it aside and will The free energy is used on the flagella on both sides.

"The time to be multicellular is not far away."

Caught inside, the small cells that hadn't moved for a long time sighed.This is not an expectation, but a reality, because with the movement of this huge body and the adjustment of various cells in the body, the movement of the whole body has become more and more smooth and integrated.The scope of spiritual perception also expands accordingly.

"From this point of view, the control of the small cells should use mental power, so what is the relationship between consciousness and spirit?"

Thinking is already much faster than in small cells, but it has not been completely solved yet.

"Hey, food!"

The small cell, which was practicing hard, suddenly sensed a super-large single-cell cluster in front of it. Even if the small cell has expanded a lot of mental induction, it can't find its edge.

Relying on the spiky epidermis, the small cells struggled to shake the flagella and swam towards each other.The distance is not far, even with the huge body controlled by the small cell, it can only reach the speed of the snail when facing the snail, and it still gets close to this super-large swarm within the time of only shaking the flagella three or two times.

"Moving food with spikes."

After expressing contempt almost at the level of a map gun for the single-cell cluster with only one cilium and one spike beside it, the small cell controlled the open mouth to carefully circle a bunch of prey, and felt that the water flow was abnormal The prey also began to shake their cilia, preparing to leave.

However, with their poor cilia, it was too late.The long mouth closed quickly, creating a wide ripple in the cell group, and the prey in the place where it passed were in chaos in an instant.

However, the long mouth quickly fell silent after closing it.

"The cluster electric shock is really powerful!"

After the long mouth is closed, the small cells immediately control all oral cells to activate the electrode assembly, and then there are swords, lights, swords, shadows, lightning and thunder.

Well, in fact, it is a series of weak currents that contact each other in the narrow mouth, forming a strong electric shock net that completely paralyzes the prey in the mouth, and turns into piles of debris under the thorns that catch up with it.

Then control the long mouth to "chew" a few times in a small range up and down to ensure that no fish slipped through the net. Cells use cilia to rush into the gutter one by one, and useless dregs are also discharged along the digestive tract.

"Finally we can have a full meal."

After the food in the mouth basically enters the digestive tract, the "digestive canal opening" closes again, and the small cells control the huge body to shake the flagella hard, and open their mouths to pounce on the scattered prey.

Due to the huge number, except for some single cells that crowded in front to attack the multi-cellular epidermis of the cottage, but were injured or even killed by sharp spikes, most of the other single cells were crowded together due to aimless escape. Copycat Multicellular Predator offers great convenience.

"Look at the long whip of my love, uh."

"What kind of strange idea is this, wave it around..."

While expressing strange thoughts to himself, the small cell controlled the flagellum, which was also densely covered with spikes, to shake in a large arc, whipping the prey it passed into pieces one by one, and then controlled the long mouth to swallow them.In this way, the cycle of opening the mouth to delineate, closing the mouth to attack, swallowing and digesting, and then opening the mouth to delineate becomes just swallowing the food that has been whipped into crumbs.It saves a lot of time and nutrients consumed by starting the electrode assembly.It is found that such small cells are very good, and the small cells that control the flagella on both sides begin to divide to lengthen the flagella on both sides, thereby expanding their killing range.

Constantly proficient in the movements of the three flagella, oral cavity and active areas of the body;

The nutrient cycle in the body automatically and slowly transports nutrients to each cell like a transport network connecting all parts of the body;

At the same time, the connections between cells are also becoming tighter in constant motion.

Through the network composed of electrically polarized cells, the main consciousness also slowly spreads to the whole body, and the range of perception gradually expands.

Before the small cells are happily enjoying the food, multicellularization is slowly proceeding.

(End of this chapter)