Spore Story

Chapter 22 Reproductive Safety... Tangled

Now Lightning encounters very few types of animals, and most of them are soft-bodied.Therefore, relying on its electric shock ability, Lightning has not encountered any major dangers except for the last volcanic eruption.But closer and closer to the shallow sea, lightning found a large increase in the type and number of species.And the short encounter with the armor last time also made Lightning soberly realize that it will no longer be as easy in the shallow sea area as it was in the deep sea before.

Go back to the deep sea?

This is simply not possible.Not to mention that the species in the deep sea must also be evolving now, the more important thing is that the lightning that has been in the dark deep sea for a long time finally sees the sunlight, and it is easier to let it go back to the active volcano crater.

On the steep cliff, in an inconspicuous small crack, Lightning carefully sensed the situation outside.In addition to the already common plankton, only a few ordinary molluscs swam occasionally.

This crack was found by Lightning not long ago. After easily eliminating the molluscs inside, Lightning naturally occupied this small space.

There was a shaking in the body, and the formed spores seemed to be about to be born.Double-checking that there is no dangerous lightning, use the tentacle to push some tiny fragments to plug the crack.

————————————The dividing line of new life——————————

"I never thought I would have such a day."

Looking at the pile of spores produced, the current Lightning is both tangled and a little excited.

"What is it? Father or mother?"

"Well, asexual reproduction, so it should be considered a senior. No, it is an elder."

"Sure enough, it's better to have sex. In the current situation, females give birth, and males protect and look for food."

"Ah, what am I thinking? I'm about to collapse."

A trace of electricity flowed through his body, and Lightning felt that he needed to calm down.

"Let's find something to eat, and bring some to these little guys. They're all a little hungry. It should take a while for the spores to grow into what I am now."

Because he produced a pile of spores and his brain was in extreme confusion, Lightning chose to escape the fact that he produced it, moved the fragments away, drilled out of the crack, and then blocked the crack.Sensing it carefully, Lightning began to search along the cliff.According to the experience during this period, there should be some plants growing on the cliff every certain distance, and there will also be soft-bodied flatworms and other creatures in some cracks that can provide a lot of food for lightning.

then……

"I'm sick, I forgot that I need spores to enter the evolutionary space, I hope there's still time."

He had just eliminated a mollusk and was about to eat the opponent's lightning, and suddenly remembered the main purpose of this production, which made him flustered again while he was still struggling.With the body of this small mollusc, Lightning swam back along the cliff.But the speed provided by a flagellum is really too slow.

"By the way, just try to see what the movement of the electric shock tentacle means."

Carefully guarding against hunters who might be hiding in the cliff, Lightning slowly approached the cliff.The tentacles touched the hard cliff, and Lightning slowly recalled the way he used his limbs before, but luckily he didn't forget.Relying on the buoyancy in the water, the body is slowly moving forward under the alternate use of tentacles, as if a person diving in the water grasps the rocks on the seabed with both hands and crawls forward.

"Sure enough, it's much faster than useless flagella, but it's still a bit slow."

Feeling the speed of this movement, Lightning is still not satisfied.While moving back like this, while thinking about how to increase the speed, Lightning was suddenly startled.

Not far from the mouth of his temporary lair, two multicellular organisms were constantly wandering, and they were hitting some loose debris.

"You bastard, you actually played gatekeeper in my lair, all of you are going to die!"

Worried that the defenseless little spores would be harmed, the anxious Lightning couldn't bear the speed much faster than the flagella at this time, put down the mollusk in its mouth, grabbed a protrusion in front with its tentacles, and then retracted the tentacles, moving the whole The body is ejected like a slingshot, controlling the flagella behind it to adjust its direction.In an instant, it exploded at a speed that was nearly twice as high as usual, and rushed towards the mouth of the lair.

But the two multi-cells that were pounding on the door still didn't notice it.

The speed began to slow down after being ejected for a certain distance, but now the lightning had reached the mouth of the lair.Fearless against the siege of the two multi-cells that had already reacted, Lightning was slightly relieved when he sensed that the mouth of the nest had not been completely knocked open.

"Since you have delivered it to your door, I will save it and go out to look for it. Let it become the food reserve for me and the little spores. The power explodes."

At the moment when the two multi-cells were about to approach, the lightning without the slightest hesitation immediately concentrated nutrients and exploded power, and the dark water instantly became as bright as a shallow sea.

After a short period of light, the two multi-cells were already floating stiffly in the water, but they didn't hang up, and Lightning also felt this.

Grab one of them with the electric shock tentacle, once again the electric power bursts to restrain the two guys for a short time, and then immediately uses the electric shock tentacle to continuously shock this one, and quickly solves it while the other one has not recovered.

Fortunately, the two multi-cells are only at the mixed soldier level, even the still weak Lightning can barely complete it.

【Acquire new components】

[Get 5 evolution points]

[Get 5 evolution points]

Ignore the system prompts, and also ignore the question of whether these two kinds of miscellaneous multi-cells have components that they don't have.After quickly and carefully searching around using the movement method he discovered just now, with the body of the previous mollusc, Lightning returned to the mouth of the lair.

Use the tentacles to remove the fragments in the crack, and while thanking the two soft-bodied creatures for not having such a convenient thing as tentacles, bring the food of the three soft-bodied creatures into the space in the crack, and then carefully plug the crack.

Lightning finally stopped, and then carefully observed the spores it had produced. There were about a dozen left, and some of them had begun to split and grow.I don't know how the other party discovered and attacked these small spores.

Lightning felt sad for a while.

"Hurry up and choose a spore to enter the creature editing space, or you will have to regenerate it again, and you won't die of depression."

Quickly select a spore that has not yet grown.

[Entering the biological editing space, the original consciousness of the body is restored, and the main consciousness is transferred. 】

……

"I am back."

【Welcome back】

"Sure enough, it wasn't an illusion last time."

【…】

"Well, never mind."

"By the way, what does it mean when the system prompts 'recovery of the original consciousness of the ontology'?"

[The next time you go out, your consciousness will be fused with the spore-forming organism you chose, remember this. 】

"Ah."

[Your race already has a brain. Although it is very primitive, it has also begun to have a weak instinctive independent consciousness.Then, after your consciousness leaves this body, if there is no consciousness, this body is just an empty shell. 】

"Oh, that is, that body will still exist in the future, but it is already an independent individual."

[Almost, more importantly, that body is not your original body.Didn't you notice, you've already died again. 】

"what!"

"Wait, was it the volcanic eruption? No wonder the body is still unresponsive after waking up."

[The reaction is quite fast this time.So this time it is just to restore the original simple consciousness of that body, and at the same time integrate your consciousness experience during this period of time. 】

"What do you mean the reaction is quite fast this time. Well, forget it, I don't feel anything anyway."

"It's also very important. What happened to the asexual spore reproduction, why didn't it just evolve into sexual reproduction? It hurt me, uh."

【Aren't you very excited when you give birth to spores? 8051 said with a smile on the main consciousness. 】

"..."

[Just evolved into a multicellular organism, the system will only choose the reproduction method provided to you in the asexual reproduction method. There are three methods for other reproduction methods: self-evolution, acquisition from other organisms, and waiting for the next stage of evolution The system is provided randomly. 】

"I'm afraid that in addition to the system, the first two are also the evolution methods of other components. And there should be no hints about how to evolve on their own."

【correct.Otherwise, how could it be called 'self', so I explored by myself, 8051 repeated it again, and at the same time felt that copying and pasting like this is very good, but the number of times is too small. 】

"Why did you propose three ways so generously this time?"

[These are all permitted by the system at this stage. 】

"I see."

[Then, select the components. 】

"Huh? Oh, select the components of those species. See what's there."

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tentacle worm

Provides components: tentacles, poison needle tentacles, stomach, intestines

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Big mouth worm

Provided components: gut

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gatekeeper

Provides components: chemosensory system, gut

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"Well, it seems that Big Mouth's gut and the chemical perception system of the gatekeeper don't bother to choose, just them."

"Huh? Are these names originally called like this?"

[At this stage, the names of creatures are all produced by your consciousness, because now only the main consciousness will pay attention to what they are called, so it is best to name them with the name you want. 8051 replied curiously about the name of the main consciousness. 】

"I got it."

"So the chemical perception system? What is this thing, look."

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chemical sensory system
System components that could evolve senses of smell and taste

Requires: 100 (evolution value)
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"Uh, it's so expensive. But from this point of view, it is this thing that made those two guys discover my lair. Wait, let's see how many evolution points I have gained this time."

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lightning bug

Multicellular organisms, soft bodies, species at the beginning of biological evolution.

Evolution value: 101
Life: 20/20
Attack: Shocking Mouth (15) (bite), Shocking Tentacles (5) (contact)*2, Electric Burst (30) (Range)

Defense: Bristle Skin (10) (Enhanced Shock Defense) (Touch)

Move: 2-5
Vision: socket eye*2
Reproduction: asexual spores

Body information: crude digestive system, nervous system and nutrient circulation.

Race Rating: Boss

You've just had your first breeding and you're thrilled.The race is slowly approaching the shallow sea, and the previous abilities have become weak. Facing another evolution, how will you choose?
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"Continue to ignore the nonsense behind, hum."

"More than 100 points, it looks like a lot, but it can't equip many things."

"Now I have discovered a new way to move the tentacles, and the speed seems to be good. But if there are muscles, it should be faster. Let's first look at the components of the tentacles."

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Needle Tentacle
Tentacles tipped with needles capable of injecting muscle-weakening toxins
Attack: 5 (Poison)
Speed: +2 (movement)
Requires: 30 (evolution value)
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Gut
Components that digest food and excrete waste
Requires: 50 (evolution value)
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触须
Tactile Sensing Components
Requires: 35 (evolution value)
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胃囊
Components that hold food and grind large pieces of food into smaller pieces
Requires: 50 (evolution value)
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"It's really expensive."

"Poison Needle Tentacle? It's about the same as the Electric Shock Tentacle. In this case, it's better to continue to equip the Electric Shock Tentacle. It's not good if the equipment is too complicated, so PASS."

"It looks similar to the big mouth in the intestine, so it's PASS."

"And then the tentacles and stomach pouches."

"Well, with a stomach pouch, you can save the time of using a long mouth to slowly chew food, and you can prolong the time after eating food, and cooperate with the intestinal tract to form a better digestive tract than the current one." The digestive system. And the tentacles? We will soon go to the shallow sea, and the sockets will start to work, so let’s ignore the tentacles.”

"Then it's decided, stomach sac. You don't need to choose any of the components of the other two species, right? 8051."

[So are you sure? 】

"Ah."

[The newly obtained components will be displayed in the display box, so I don't need to remind you how to configure them. 】

"learn."

(End of this chapter)