Spore Story

Chapter 8 Return
【Main cell death】

[Detected a life form of the same race with a spiritual imprint, the main consciousness moved to the cell]

"I... I just... died?"

"Now, why are you still alive?"

"What a big mouth!"

In the pitch-black waters, small cells tighten their bodies.

In the endless darkness, there seemed to be countless dangers lurking, frightening the little cells.

"I want to go home."

"What is home?"

"It seems to be a very warm place."

After waiting for a long time, except for the slowly flowing water, there is still no reaction around.

[Warning, your nutritional value is 0, please replenish as soon as possible]

"Very hungry, food."

Unable to bear the feeling of hunger, the small cell finally mustered up the courage to swim cautiously in one direction.The occasional scum and air bubbles passing by beside him could not arouse its interest, but frightened it.

The front seemed to sense food, but the small cells did not dare to rush over as before.

Even though he felt extremely hungry, and the cytoplasm seemed to be slowly decreasing, the small cells at this time were still consuming a small amount of nutrients, and circled around the few pieces of organic matter.

Finally, after repeatedly confirming that there were no other living beings, and there should be no danger, the small cell swam to the organic matter and swallowed it.

【Get a little nutritional value】

[Consume a little nutritional value, HP +1]

【Get a little nutritional value】

[Consume a little nutritional value, HP +1]

【Get a little nutritional value】

【Get a little nutritional value】

The sound of the reminder did not make the small cell feel pleasant, but rather cold.

The feeling of hunger has gone away, but the memory seems to have not disappeared, and the small cells that quickly swallowed four pieces of organic matter slowly swim forward.Continue to search for food.

…………

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

"Then, 8051, answer my question."

The voice reveals exhaustion, echoing in the empty creature editing space.

[About the problem of being unable to think normally.Single-celled organisms cannot think at all, and with the help of the system, the main consciousness can only integrate part of the subtle consciousness into the biological body, and the rest is in a frozen state, so it cannot think normally.System number 8051 replied. 】

"That time, a lot of food, no, a lot of cellular debris. I must have died. 8051."

"How did you come back to life?"

[Strictly speaking, you are not dead, what is dying is only the original small cell that is the carrier of your consciousness.When the carrier of the main consciousness dies, if there is a fellow with the spiritual imprint, the system will automatically move the main consciousness to the body; if there is no fellow with the spiritual imprint, the system will spend a certain amount of energy and consciousness to recreate a body of the same race to Hold the main consciousness.What you suffer is only the loss of the part of the spiritual body fused to the dead body. Compared with your current form of consciousness and the total amount of spiritual body you control, death is insignificant to you now.System No. 8051 replied with a flat tone]

"negligible?"

"8051, that was the first time I faced death directly. I didn't feel any death at all during the time travel, but this time, this time, I saw a few such big mouths dismembering myself. It's still insignificant!"

[The negligible here refers to the loss caused by your death relative to your total mental capacity, not the fright you suffered.Moreover, in order to protect the fragile spirit of the traverser, the system will retrieve your consciousness the moment before your death, so your memory of death is actually the moment before death.Of course, 8051 regrets your death.But at the same time, you should also realize that such a death experience is conducive to the growth of you who have become the main consciousness of the race, the system number 8051 explained, and hope that the main consciousness will not misunderstand. 】

"..."

There was a silence.As far as the heart is concerned, emptiness still knows.

I didn't accept the reality of time travel.So from the very beginning, I regarded this as a game.Ignorance worth mentioning, escape worth mentioning.But then again, how many normal people would accept such a strange thing right away?

Although after exiting the creature editor, he was unable to think normally, which prevented Wuhuan from collapsing in that unknown and almost imperceptible world. In fact, many mental problems are caused by too much and too chaotic thinking.

But the experience of small cells is completely and clearly retained in consciousness.

Moreover, in the state of small cells, most of the time, the subconscious is active, and this can better reflect one's actual reaction.

"It's very tiring, like this. Inexplicable time travel, inexplicable racial consciousness, forced to do inexplicable biological evolution."

"Hey, 8051. How can I go back?"

[For the universe of this system, there are two methods for the traverser to return to the original world:
[-]. After the main consciousness race develops the space travel technology, it can complete the return by searching the original space position of the traveler;
Second, as the traverser of the main consciousness, after the individual strength reaches a certain level, he has the ability to travel through space, and has a certain probability to find and return to the original space.System No. 8051 answer]

"The first type will obviously continue for a long time. Then 8051, what about the second type of individual strength? Or, how to do it?"

[In the early stages of biological development, the main consciousness is the provider of spiritual power to satisfy the control of the main consciousness on the same kind of creatures.After entering the stage of civilization, with the increase in quantity and quality of the biological population, it will feed back the main consciousness that is the racial consciousness, and greatly enhance the strength of the main consciousness.Other methods of increasing strength require the main consciousness to explore by itself.System No. 8051 answer]

"Cut, it's not all about continuing."

"Why are they all under the framework of the system. 8051, is there a way to get out of the system?"

【No.System No. 8051 gave a very straightforward answer]

"why?"

[The system is the manifestation of the Dao of this universe. In this universe, everything is under the control of the system.System No. 8051 replied, expressing admiration for the system at the same time. 】

"what--."

"This kind of world, this kind of time travel."

"I'm desperate—"

"..."

After the self-defeating roar, there was another long silence.

"Isn't it easier to think as simple as a small cell?"

For some reason, Kong Huan suddenly felt a little envious of the lazy and meaningless thinking of the small cell.

"Hey--"

Calm down a little bit, throwing away the sudden strange thoughts, Kong Huan gradually faced the current situation.

"In any case, deeper control is better than laissez-faire."

"Easy is easy, like a small cell. But it's completely useless for development."

"Ah, in the end, we still have to continue this evolution."

Unknowingly, Kong Huan has begun to accept the current reality.

"However, it should be better to have a goal than the aimless life before, probably."

Knowing his abilities very well, Kong Huan thought it would be better to evolve his own race slowly instead of thinking about calculations.

"Just think of it as a long, interesting dream."

"8051, hey, it's so troublesome to call, can I give you a name?"

[No, the name of 8051 is 8051.Our race was created as a system-assisted life form for traversers, and the number is our name.Don't judge other races by the habits of individual races, this is the basis of race communication.System No. 8051 kindly suggested to answer]

"Alright alright"

Selectively forget the past.If you don't want to think about it, just put it aside completely. This is a habit that Kong Huan has developed for a long time, and he doesn't know whether it is good or bad.But now it seems that at least it has temporarily forgotten its previous confusion and dissatisfaction.

Then, Kong Huan continued to consider the issue of race evolution.

"By the way, 8051, what's the matter with the population I've been talking about before? Are there mines in other places, no, it's the same kind of small cells?"

[Nowhere else.The population at the beginning of the system refers to the aggregate population with the same or similar cell composition.Until now.When your population was at most there were two, but now there is only one, which is the current cell.System No. 8051 replied, and at the same time expressed silent mourning for the population of the main consciousness. 】

"Hey, what are you talking about in silence. By the way, why is there only one cell. Then how can I develop the population?"

"Wait, maybe there was only one at the beginning. Then when I quit last time, I performed some kind of division and multiplication, so there are two."

"So, if you want to increase the population, you have to keep entering the editor, right? 8051."

【unnecessary.In the current single-cell situation, ordinary division and proliferation can be carried out outside the editor with only 2 points of nutritional value. Except for the body controlled by the main consciousness, which requires the main consciousness to issue a split command, other individuals in the population will have their own nutritional value exceeding When the nutritional value is 4 points, the main consciousness needs to enter the editor only when splitting and proliferating during evolution. After modifying the evolution, when the editor exits, the body controlled by the main consciousness will automatically spend 5 points of nutritional value to evolve After splitting, other life forms in the population will undergo evolutionary splitting when the nutritional value accumulates to 6 after receiving the command from the main consciousness.If there are no evolution edits, the split will not occur on exit.System No. 8051 answered in detail. 】

"It seems that we still need to increase the number of populations. The security of a group is always higher than that of a single individual."

"And death or something, whether it is possible or not, who knows if I can bear the death."

Temporarily ending the question, Kong Huan focused on the three-dimensional image of the small cell again.

【

Small cell

Primitive single-celled organisms, species at the beginning of biological evolution.

Life: 4/4
Attack: 0
Speed: 2
Nutritional value: 17
Body DNA components: primitive cell mouth hook, cilia*2
After experiencing a clear and tragic death, your pear has grown a lot.It has reached the point where even a single cell cannot be ignored.Therefore, according to the theory that pears generate motivation, your motivation should also increase a lot.

】

Ignoring the words that seemed to be summarized later, looking at the nutritional value of 17 points, Kong Huan felt a little emotional.

The first time he died was because he lost his head due to hunger, although the small cells hadn't even evolved a head yet.

These nutritional values ​​were carefully accumulated by the small cells in the following period of time.

Turn your attention to the component's display frame.

"Hey, there are still too few optional components. In the current situation, let's increase the population first. It has to become small cells again, which is depressing."

"Although it is similar to the outside here, at least there is 8051 talking and thinking clearly. Although outside, although the thinking is limited, I don't think so much, but it's a bit relaxed."

"By the way, 8051. Is there a way to enhance my thinking ability in small cells?"

[Please explore by yourself, system No. 8051 replied, and at the same time expressed contempt for the main consciousness's attempt to get something for nothing. 】

"..."

"Tch, active for a while, quiet for a while."

"I flashed."

[End of biological editing, the main consciousness enters the small cell]

[No evolution, consume 2 nutritional points for normal splitting]

In the dark waters floating with air bubbles and useless scum, the small cell shook its chubby body a few times, splitting into two brand new small cells.

There seemed to be some excitement, and the two small cells turned around each other, and then one of the small cells began to divide again.The other swims around the small dividing cell, seemingly in defense.

Time passed slowly, and the small cells swimming outside luckily swallowed up a piece of organic matter that wanted to float away for a while.Inside the circle it defended, six small cells that were almost identical had already appeared.

After surrounding each other and carrying out activities that seem to be observation and recognition, two of the small cells swim together in one direction, and gradually disappear out of the perception range of the remaining small cells.Three of the remaining four, shaking the two cilia behind them, met the small cell swimming around, surrounded the small cell inside, and swam towards the other direction together for protection. .

"Five o'clock."

"More nutrition."

The small cell in the middle where the main consciousness is located thinks so.

Leading the four companions for peripheral protection, the small cell swam in one direction while keeping an eye on its surroundings.The space also seems to have some vitality due to the increase of small cell populations.

(End of this chapter)