I searched for corpses in the Wuding River to extract entries

Time flies, no one knows exactly how many times the years have passed.
In the heart of this desert known as the Sea of ​​Death, Chu Junyin's broken body opened his eyes that had been closed for a long time.

Even though his body was almost in pieces and could be buried under the endless yellow sand at any time,
But thanks to the protection of Xiyuan and the blood species, Chu Junyin's fire of consciousness has not been completely extinguished.

However, it is difficult to have both in the world. Due to the extreme lack of energy,

His super-fast regeneration ability was also restricted at this moment and he could no longer exert its power.

Now he only has a head and some tangled blood vessels left.
Barely maintaining the faint candlelight of life, it lingers on in this desolate place.

His movements were limited to the most basic, at most he moved his lips and rolled his eyes.

"Hungry……"

This word has been circling and echoing in his mind since the moment he woke up.
It gradually expanded until it almost completely devoured all of his sanity and consciousness.

It is a feeling of hunger that goes deep into the bone marrow and strikes the soul. It is the most primitive desire and call for food.

In this dead and cruel land, every minute and every second of Chu Junyin's life was filled with torment.

The only thing left of Chu Junyin was his head, buried alone in the sand.

But surprisingly, I experienced such a strong physiological feeling of "hunger".

In order to save energy, Chu Junyin had to suspend most of his conscious activities at this moment, letting his consciousness fall into a state of stillness that was almost like meditation.

However, even in this almost stagnant state of thinking, his instincts began to take over his body.

Instinct is not controlled by consciousness, but it is more resolute and direct than any reason.

Driven by it, veins of blood extended from the remains of his body below his neck.

During that period, because the gamma rays had not dissipated,
The blood veins can only devour some cacti and other remaining plants. Although they provide short-term energy replenishment, they are far from satisfying the huge energy required for the blood veins' instinctive growth.

As Chu Junyin woke up from his slumber, his desire to survive was infinitely magnified by instinct.

This force pushes the blood vessels forward regardless of everything.

They crossed the yellow sand, bypassed the rocks, and continued to extend.

……

Beyond the Sea of ​​Death, there is still a vast expanse of desert and Gobi.
Although it is equally desolate there, there are many more oases than the completely lifeless sea of ​​sand inside.

At this moment, a sand scorpion is quietly shuttling between the cracks in the sandstone.

Its figure seemed extremely agile in the dim sunlight.
However, at this moment, a pink vein of blood stretched out silently like a ghost.
With a speed that caught the sand scorpion off guard, it tightly coiled around one of its legs.

The sand scorpion struggled in fear, but found that all his efforts were in vain.
Its entire body was pulled uncontrollably by the huge force and slowly sank under the sand.

Then, there was a crisp and decisive sound of the shell breaking.
Coming from deep in the sand was a series of scalp-tingling, teeth-chattering chewing sounds.

The tiny suckers densely packed on the blood vessels are like countless hungry little mouths.

It bit the sand scorpion's crust tightly, chewed it bit by bit, and then swallowed it mercilessly.

Then these substances that were chewed into a paste underwent transformation inside the blood vessels.

Without leaving any residue, it all turned into energy and flowed into Chu Junyin's incomplete body.

As the entire sand scorpion was completely digested, a piece of flesh and blood that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye protruded from Chu Junyin's remaining body.

Such scenes are constantly happening in a vast area with a radius of hundreds of miles centered on Chu Junyin.

As time went by, Chu Junyin's instinct seemed to gradually realize that
This method of replenishing energy by devouring desert creatures, although effective, is too inefficient and time-consuming, and is far from meeting his urgent recovery needs.

Under the control of his subconscious mind, the extremely scarce energy was wisely redistributed.
It was no longer used blindly to reshape his broken body, but poured directly into his blood vessels.

Therefore, under his broken neck, there was no complete shoulder and neck structure.
Instead, there were several unusually thick and vibrant blood vessels.

Therefore, these blood vessels can also spray out a special substance mixed with acidic liquid and weak plasma from their suction cups.
This substance can quickly paralyze the prey the moment it comes into contact with it.
This makes the capture and digestion process extremely efficient, and the prey will be completely decomposed almost instantly.

As time went by, the part below Chu Junyin's head underwent an unprecedented transformation.
The originally fragile flesh and blood were gradually replaced by these long, sharp blood vessels covered with suction cups.

The hunting efficiency of these blood vessels is beyond imagination.

This allowed Chu Junyin to accumulate enough pure energy to support its operations in a very short period of time.

Finally, Chu Junyin's long-dormant consciousness slowly awakened with sufficient energy nourishment.

With the help of Xi Yuan, Chu Junyin began to examine himself.
He is no longer the human being he once was.

Below the head, it is almost entirely composed of networks.

Below the blood vessels is a huge grape-like tissue structure.

It is composed of countless lumps tightly connected together, with a hint of indescribable horror.

The surface of these lumps is covered with intricate blood vessels of varying sizes.

These lumps are the energy depots evolved from Chu Junyin's instinct, used to store excess life energy waiting to be called upon.

At this moment, an unprecedented thought came to Chu Junyin's mind.
Perhaps from this moment on, he no longer needs those complicated internal organs and torsos.
You only need to rely on these blood vessels to directly absorb nutrients between heaven and earth and continuously strengthen yourself.

And the excess energy is simply stored in these lumps for future use.

This thought broke through Chu Junyin's long-standing confusion and bewilderment.

He realized that during this long period of sleep and evolution, he had instinctively discarded those cumbersome physical structures and instead pursued a more efficient and purer way of survival.

Without the burden of the trunk and internal organs, his body structure became more optimized than ever before.
Every time it hunts, it can store energy to the maximum extent possible.

Between the intense consumption and replenishment of energy, Chu Junyin's super-fast regeneration function was activated again.
This time, it demonstrated its power in an even more astonishing way.

Miraculously, several rows of tiny and precise holes grew around the blood vessel sucker.

These small holes are like miniature high-pressure water guns, which can spray out strong airflows to push away the surrounding yellow sand.

It provides a continuous source of power for the movement of blood vessels under the sand.

……

I don't know how much time passed, but a camel slowly walked out of the Sea of ​​Death.

But what is strange is that there is neither heavy cargo on its back nor any owner driving it.

Two days after leaving the Sea of ​​Death, the camel began to undergo an incredible transformation.

Its body is like a sand sculpture being eroded by time, shrinking continuously.
The flesh and blood structures were also disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, only a huge but withered camel corpse was left in this vast desert.
It lay there quietly, a lonely footnote in this desolate land.

The night is as dark as ink, and the moonless sky is even darker.

If you look carefully when the lighting conditions are good, you can barely make out a number of mummified camels on the ground.

But at this moment, after all the nutrients in its body were drained, only a dried-up body of flesh and blood remained.

The cracks on the surface of the corpse became bigger and bigger, and there seemed to be a huge heart beating continuously inside.

As the wind and sand blew, the camel's body was almost broken, revealing a huge pink ball of flesh.

Chu Junyin didn't care about his strange and even terrifying appearance at the moment.

He knew that this was only temporary, and after he had accumulated enough energy, he would return to his original self.

But by then, the structure of my body might no longer be the same as that of humans because it needs to store more energy.

However, for Chu Junyin, this is something he must go through on his path of evolution.

He didn't care.

The surface of the huge pink fleshy ball is covered with fine blood vessels like a fishing net.
And densely packed, tiny and orderly pores.

The ball of flesh was moving slowly and rhythmically at an indescribable peculiar frequency.

At this time, a storm was quietly brewing in the sky.
The violent wind blew the sand and dust to a height of more than ten meters and hit the ball of flesh fiercely.

In this world torn apart by sandstorms, everything seems to have no choice but to accept the fate of being submerged.
However, the ball of flesh was like a rock, standing firm and unmoved despite the raging storm.

Immediately afterwards, surging waves of sand kept pressing towards the ball of flesh, trying to swallow it.

Even with such a fierce attack, the ball of flesh only moved slightly by a few centimeters.

At this moment, the blood vessels on the surface of the meat ball suddenly began to flash dazzling blood-red light.

Then, a blood vessel as thick as a baby's arm suddenly burst open.
The bright red blood splashed like a fountain, falling on the black Gobi Desert next to it, and was instantly buried by the raging sand and dust.

The ball of flesh began to tremble violently, with waves of strange and invisible energy.

Like a tide, it spreads out from its surroundings, with it as the center of the circle.
The sand sea within a radius of 100 meters began to show a strange frequency and swayed gently.

And in those thick and knotty blood vessels, it seemed as if something alive was stirring.
They began to probe outwards, and every touch caused slight ripples in the surrounding air.

It seems to want to break through all the barriers that bind them.

For a moment, the blood vessels seemed unable to bear the internal pressure.

They began to explode one after another, the bright red blood was like gorgeous fireworks,

They fluttered down in the vast sea of ​​sand, adding a shocking color to this desolate land.

Then, there was a crisp sound of "sizzling".

The originally tough surface of the meat ball was suddenly broken into a small hole.

Then, a hand that was faintly glowing with blood-red light slowly stretched out from the crack.

The hand grabbed the tear of the meat ball without hesitation and tore it hard.
Accompanied by a tearing sound, the entire ball of meat was torn into two.

A tall and thin man slowly stood up from the torn flesh.
He had neat short black hair, which was tightly attached to his scalp under the heavy rain.

Blood kept flowing down his face, adding a bit of weirdness and horror to him.

His face was so pale as if he had just experienced a serious illness or had just awakened from a long sleep.

At this moment, the Black Gobi Desert, which had not seen rain for many years, welcomed a heavy rain.

The rain poured down, as if washing the whole world.

He looked up at the dark sky, and suddenly a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, instantly lighting up the whole world.
At that moment, he seemed to shine with the heaven and earth, becoming the most dazzling existence in the world.

Accompanied by the loud rumbling thunder, the man slowly lowered his head.

He used this brief moment of light to carefully examine everything around him.

"I...succeeded..."

Most of the senses that were originally closed due to extreme lack of energy were restarted at this moment.
A huge amount of information came like a tidal wave, pouring into his long-lost brain.

This information was like broken puzzle pieces, piecing together his past memories piece by piece.

From the moment his body was ruthlessly destroyed by the cobalt bomb, to the moment he tried his best to hide the last ray of hope in the depths of the sea of ​​sand.

From escaping from the nuclear explosion to finally surviving in this endless sea of ​​sand.

All of this came to his mind at this moment, replaying like a movie in his mind.

In those remaining fragments of consciousness, the sense of time still exists.

Now, more than five years have passed since he was buried in this sea of ​​sand.

This long period of time is enough for those deadly gamma rays to completely dissipate.

It also allowed him to finally accumulate enough energy to restart his body and return to this world again.

However, at the moment he woke up, the sandstorm and heavy rain seemed to become more violent.
The rising sand and rain were like the roar of a giant beast, getting higher and higher and more violent.

Around Chu Junyin's body, he could hardly see anything except the raging sand and dust, and he had no idea where he was.

But to him, these were just trivial matters.

He quickly checked his body and saw that the Qi Yuan was even stronger than it was five years ago, covering more than two-thirds of his body.

These Qi Yuan have become one with him, just like his limbs, and can be controlled at will.

Under the influence of Xi Yuan, he could even easily manipulate the surrounding electromagnetic field.

Not only that, Chu Junyin also keenly perceived the essence of Xi Yuan.

Those seemingly invisible breath elements are actually condensed from countless tiny electromagnetic fields.

This discovery gave him a bold idea: "If my whole body was replaced by Xi Yuan..." (End of this chapter)