Simulation: Start with exotic animals

Chapter 260 Prohibition... Violators...

Zhao Meng headed towards the source of the delicious food, but the closer he got to the source of the delicious food, the more he felt something was wrong.

Different from the previous parasitic gills, this time the source of delicious food seems to be a water flow area showing columnar outflow.
Although Zhao Meng could barely see with his eyes, he could feel something through the water flow.

"This water flow!"

"One after another, the smell inside is so strong. Could it be some kind of large fish?"

"If this is the case, it will save me the need to keep changing hosts."

"The front is here!"

Sensing the source, Zhao Meng, who had little eyesight, did not hesitate. He raised his body and charged forward like a sword from its string.

He has been a parasitic catfish for several months, and his instinct has already told him how to become a parasite.

Because it is parasitic on the gills of fish, under the gill cover is where fish filter water and breathe, so it is also the place where water flows fastest on fish.

If you want to complete the parasitism, you must be quick and accurate, otherwise the parasitism is likely to fail.

"Success?"

Zhao Meng followed his usual experience and drilled into what he thought was the fish's gills.
But he suddenly discovered that the fish gills seemed to be very narrow tubes. Then, Zhao Meng felt a violent vibration, and his almost useless hearing system seemed to feel a scream.

"Oops!"

"Wrong place!"

Zhao Meng didn't know what he was parasitic on.

He only felt that this place was very narrow and there was huge pressure, and he was about to suffocate.

"Quick! Exit!"

Zhao Meng wanted to leave. He twisted and wanted to leave his host, but he couldn't exit at all. He was stuck.

And because of his twisting, he seemed to alarm the host, who felt even more terrifying pressure.

The surrounding environment became more terrifying, as if something was trying to grab him to death.

"It feels so uncomfortable!" Zhao Meng breathed hard.

As a juvenile parasitic catfish, his body is already smaller than a needle. This tiny body is extremely fragile and cannot withstand high-pressure environments.

Therefore, Zhao Meng felt that death was approaching.

"is blood!"

There was bleeding. Zhao Meng didn't know whether it was his own blood or the host's blood, but in short, his simulation was over.

[Simulation failed! 】

Zhao Meng's consciousness was kicked out of the simulated world and returned to his body.

Following the phantom with a human head and a snake tail, Zhao Meng woke up after the influence on him was cleared.

He looked at the ocean below with blood-colored waves, took a long breath, closed his eyes again and came to the shadow space.

"The parasitic catfish has almost no vision and hearing, and some only have a sense of taste that is extremely sensitive to the smell of the environment, as well as special senses for turbid environments."

"If the sensory entries of this animal are extracted, then the following problem of blood sea exploration will be easily solved!"

"I don't know where the parasite was last time that caused the failure!"

"It seems that you can't parasitize at will. If the parasitic target is wrong, it is likely to cause the simulation to fail."

Zhao Meng stopped his messy thoughts and entered the simulation again.

[In the first week, you are born from an egg. Although there are still nutrients in the yolk, you have already begun to look for a new host. 】

Zhao Meng swam and got into the gills of a small fish.

During the second simulation, Zhao Meng discovered that as a parasitic catfish, he was really small, so small that even a caterpillar would look huge in front of him.

If a fisherman hooked himself up and found that the fish he caught was smaller than the hook, he would probably be angry to death on the spot.

"It's so small that if it encounters a human being, it might be able to penetrate into their pores."

"No, the pores are still too exaggerated!"

Zhao Meng silently compared his body. Although his body was extremely thin, it was also very long, making it difficult for human pores to penetrate.

And in the next period of time, his body will further grow, and the only places he can enter are other places.

[In the first month, your host dies and you start looking for a new host]

After a month of growth, Zhao Meng's body has further developed. As a parasitic catfish, his body has not become much thicker at this time, but the length of his body has increased a lot.
In this case, he has a more flexible body.

"Be careful this time."

"You must be careful when choosing parasites."

[In the third month, your host dies and you need to find a new parasitic target]

The natural world is very cruel. As Zhao Meng, who has simulated countless animals, he knows this very well.

But as a parasitic fish, the cruelty of nature has little impact on him.

The parasitic survival strategy allowed him to avoid most risks.

However, this also brings about a problem. His survival almost depends on the parasitic object. Once he is separated from the parasitic object, he has little ability to survive independently.

“So rich and delicious!”

A strong smell that is fatally attractive to parasitic catfish floats from the upper reaches of the river.

"No, is it a similar smell from the last simulation?"

Zhao Meng thought of something, restrained his genetic desire, and hurriedly left the area.

[In the sixth month, your body continues to grow, and the old host can no longer bear your absorption, and you need to change to a new host]

As a parasitic organism that does not produce anything, its impact on the subject's life is extremely significant.

Under its absorption, the parasite's food intake and nutrient acquisition will be significantly reduced.

In this case, the parasitic host will become weak, and in this dangerous natural environment, if a creature becomes weak, it will often become food for other strong ones.

And this is also the result that the parasite wants,

After the parasitic host is preyed on, the parasite can use the remains of the former parasitic host to catch up with a more powerful host.

"Damn it, that smell is coming again!"

Zhao Meng, who was sneaking into the gills of the new host, felt the attraction coming from the genes again.
Faced with this attraction, he resisted because he knew that the source of this smell was not an ideal parasitic host, but a dangerous and desperate situation.

[The first year, February, you become an adult, and your instinct drives you to do something. 】

"It's finally time!" Feeling the strength in his body, Zhao Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period of time, the fatal attraction always appeared in the river, and Zhao Meng kept enduring it. Fortunately, his patience was rewarded, and he finally reached an important point in the simulation, and he began to look for a partner.

[The first year, March, the breeding season is about to pass, and you still have not completed your mission. 】

"Hey! Where are the same kind?"

After searching for a month, Zhao Meng found that there were not many suitable candidates around, and he did not find anyone suitable for breeding.

"That smell is back!"

When he felt this scent that was attractive to him, Zhao Meng felt helpless.

"Looks like they've all gone there!"

Zhao Meng, who has been simulating parasitic catfish for more than a year, knows very well that this fish has almost no vision or hearing.
Some only have a very sensitive sense of smell and some weak touch.
In this case, the breeding sites of parasitic catfish are taste-oriented, and they usually gather on the gills of some fish to complete their mission.

But now, a strange source of attraction has appeared in the river, interfering with this normal process.

Thinking of the failure of the last simulation, Zhao Meng did not want to get close to this source.

However, he was able to resist his genetic urge, but others of his kind may not be able to resist this attraction.

"I originally wanted to find hosts in other fish gills, but now I can only risk going to this place."

Thinking of this, Zhao Meng left his parasitic host for his mission.

……

Zhao Meng followed the source of the attraction source. As he got closer and closer to the source, he felt obvious fluctuations in the water flow.

"What are those unknown creatures doing?"

Feeling the strange fluctuations of water flow in front of him, as a human being who is accustomed to seeing the world visually, he now only has some sense of water flow.
Like a blind man, he can only speculate on the dangerous and unknown creatures ahead through changes in the environment.

"Hunting, or are you just cooling off in the water, or are you engaging in other activities?"

To be honest, Zhao Meng was a little curious about the unknown creature that caused his failure.

After this year's simulation, combined with previous simulation experience, he could determine that this was a river in a tropical environment.

After all, he has not felt any obvious changes in the water temperature this year. With such a stable water temperature environment, it is not difficult to guess the environment.

"Since it is tropical waters, what animal dares to make such a big noise in the water?"

The last time Zhao Meng simulated an orangutan, he had experienced the dangers of tropical waters.
Putting aside the dangers posed by the speed and flow of tropical rivers, the abundance of aquatic life in them makes tropical rivers an arena for a large number of creatures.

From this, several notorious aquatic creatures were born.

"No matter what it is, I just need to complete my mission!"

Zhao Meng continued to move forward, and the movement in the water became louder and louder.

He felt something jump into the water and made a huge noise. From this, he could judge that this creature was not an aquatic creature.

The noisy environment made Zhao Meng worried. Fortunately, attracted by the smell, Zhao Meng found his kind.
Those of the same kind were roaming the ground, waiting for something.

Due to the existence of some large animal, the surrounding environment was muddy and messy. He had little vision and his body was as big as a toothpick.
We can only move forward in such a chaotic environment.

In such an environment, parasites like them should not appear here, but the strange smell is attracting them.

Zhao Meng bumped into something while swimming. It was an extremely huge pillar. The pillar was so thick that it seemed like a wall to him.

At this moment, another huge disturbance occurred in the water flow, and the source of the disturbance was this structure that looked like a giant pillar.

"This is……"

Sensing the disturbing animal in front of him, Zhao Meng seemed to understand something. He seemed to know what animal had been attracting him.

"but why?"

Zhao Meng didn't understand why this creature exuded an odor that was attractive to them.

Zhao Meng continued to swim forward, and he met more of his kind, who were swimming further forward, like a carp trying to jump over a dragon's gate, trying to rush to the top of the giant pillar.

But Zhao Meng knew very well that the front end of the giant pillar that was constantly disturbing the water was not a dragon gate, but a desperate situation.

Zhao Meng wanted to complete his mission, but those of his kind around him were focused on rushing into the unknown dragon gate ahead, and no one of his kind paid any attention to him.

Even adult females are still pursuing the unknown dragon gate.

"It can't go on like this!"

Just when Zhao Meng was thinking about how to complete his mission.

Suddenly, the same kind of people who were desperately moving forward stopped,
The peerless delicious food that attracted them stayed in place as if it had no source, and slowly spread with the surrounding flowing water.
The parasitic catfish, which had been chasing the smell and trying to enter somewhere, also stopped and swam back and forth in place.They seemed very confused and couldn't understand why the dragon gate suddenly disappeared.

Zhao Meng took the opportunity to complete his task, and then quickly left the noisy area.

He was a little scared. If he stayed here, he might have to crawl into some places again.

Zhao Meng, who was a little further away, felt the huge impact of water flow again.

Something huge jumped into the water, causing the surrounding environment to become agitated.

As the disturbance appeared, the parasitic catfish seemed to sense something and headed towards the place where the giant thing was.

Zhao Meng, who was already planning to leave, sighed secretly when he thought that his kind were still trying to invade somewhere in that area.

Those parasitic catfish are attracted by a certain smell and can only linger there.

Until the end, he became hungry, crazy, and invaded the source of the taste regardless of it, putting himself in a desperate situation.

This is a complete endless loop!

[In March of the next year, the new breeding season arrives, and you start looking for new breeding partners]

Another year passed, and Zhao Meng was already quite comfortable with parasitic catfish, and there were basically no problems with parasitism.

The only troublesome thing now is that there are more and more sources of that smell, which has had a considerable impact on his life.

"Sure enough, it's another affected simulation!"

After this year, Zhao Meng has basically determined what the source of the influence is.

Although he can't see with his eyes and doesn't have much hearing,
But through various phenomena, he was quite sure that the interference that caused this simulation was the same variable that was encountered in the previous simulation.

"It's human!"

"Why does Keren's body smell like that?"

"No matter what, try to stay away from areas of human activity."

As a very small parasitic catfish, Zhao Meng knew that he could not have a huge impact on the human world like an orangutan.

All he can do is reproduce and make the parasitic catfish in this river dense and abundant.

(End of this chapter)