Spore Story

Chapter 23 The Tree of Life... Branches

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

"learn."

"However, I have to ask before the evolution. I met the steel pliers before, and I found that its action seems to be the push of the whole body, rather than an independent external component?"

【Ok.It uses its muscles to twist its body to propel it forward.The speed is not fast, only 3. 】

"Body shape."

"I remember that after entering the multicellular stage, organisms have great body shapes. This evolutionary space should also be able to change body shapes."

[Of course, in the current stage of soft-bodied organisms, you can change the shape of the organism in a relatively loose range, and change the shape of the components in a small range to make it more suitable for survival and evolution.When the main consciousness finds this way, the system will automatically turn on this function. 】

"How big is the range?"

[You will know when you make a change, and there will be a reminder when you exceed this range. 】

"It seems that the system still has many hidden functions."

"Then consume one hundred evolutionary points first."

Focusing on the three-dimensional image again, opening the component display box, the illusion began to think about how to equip it.

Muscle fiber, chemical sensory system and long mouth cannot be installed, because they are too expensive for the current emptiness, so there is not much to think about. Stomach pouch and intestinal tract must be installed, which can greatly improve hunting efficiency and Shorten the time between predation and increase the chance of survival.

Only by surviving can we consider better evolution, "Or evolution is for better surviving." Kong Huan thought in his heart.

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digestive tract

A crude digestive tract that can only digest tiny bits of food
Requires: 30 (evolution value)
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The alimentary canal, which was previously invisible, can now be seen. After removing it from Lightning's body, the system returned 30 evolutionary points.

"It's only 30 points, but now the stomach pouch and intestines still get 100 points. The original digestive tract really doesn't work."

For the current emptiness, what Lightning needs most is a better digestive system, so it first installed the stomach pouch and intestines on the body, and used consciousness to control the stomach pouch to become a little bigger.

"Sure enough, you can change your appearance."

The shape change at this time is nothing more than an increase or decrease in the number of cells at the changed site.

Just a little change in the size of the stomach pouch, and when he felt that it was about the same, Kong Huan turned his attention to the intestines.Although I don't know if the longer the better, but considering that the intestines of living beings in memory seem to have nine bends and eighteen bends, then it is no problem to lengthen the intestines.

The next step is to adjust the size of the body, and as the body increases, other components also increase accordingly.

"It seems that body size adjustment is an overall adjustment. Try to adjust how much you can."

The three-dimensional image of Lightning kept growing, and when it almost doubled, the system indicated that it could no longer expand.

"Well, it seems that doubling is the allowable range of the system now. However, it should not be too big, there is no stronger defense and reaction, and there is not such a huge difference in body shape between multi-cell and single-cell, and an oversized body is no more It's nothing more than an attack magnet and a large mobile meat bank."

Slowly adjusting the body, it only increased by about one-third of the original body. I saw that the originally round body gradually became wider at the front and narrower at the back, and slightly elongated.After a while, a streamlined body appeared in front of Kong Huan.

Then, the flagella at the back of the body began to become thicker and shorter, and the tips began to shrink into a slightly flattened shape, forming a cross shape with the flattened body.In this way, it is not so much the flagella, but more like the flagella of the fish tail. At this time, it is still a soft-bodied creature, and there is no muscle fiber, so when the whole body is not strong, basically there is no mobility left, but it is illusory. It is not planned to use this flagellum to provide speed in the future, it will become the rudder of the body when the lightning tentacles push the body forward.

Then move the two electric shock tentacles to the middle and lower part of the body, thicken their roots, increase the stretching force, and facilitate better movement on the shallow seabed. They are basically in the position of the front two fins of modern fish, but they are not fins. Because there are no bones yet.

"Wait, Bones!"

The void felt like he had thought of something.

"Prompt molluscs. 8051, the key to evolution to the next stage should be bones. No, it's the skeletal system that supports the body? Depressed, I didn't think of such a simple question before. Could it be that the brain has rusted after traveling for too long? But then again."

The translucent conscious body shook his whole body.

"Now this conscious body doesn't even have a brain, so what does it use to think?"

[It reminded me of mollusks. As for whether your findings are correct, I will not answer due to system limitations. 】

"Oh. But it should be like this. Molluscs have skeletons, whether it is crustaceans with exoskeletons or notochords with internal skeletons. Only with the skeleton system can they better support the movement of the body, so as to further support on land Your own body. Air is much less buoyant than water."

Thinking of this, Kong Huan seemed very happy, but "How can I get the skeleton?"

"This time, I will try to hunt and kill creatures with skeletons. Although it seems difficult, it should be possible to siege."

"There are 31 evolutionary points left, let's equip another electric shock tentacle." Once again, choose an electric shock tentacle to install on the back near the front to prevent surprise attacks from behind, and then slightly thicken the root, just like an airplane The wing body is fused like that. "Well, it looks good, except that the mouth is a bit ugly, and the shape is vague and a bit fishy."

After adjusting the various parts of the body a little bit, the round and slightly naive lightning had disappeared, and it was replaced by a miniature transparent version of a mollusk shark, with a mouth that basically occupied the front end and a slight growth on the back of the head. Shock tentacle deflected backwards.

"Okay, that's basically it. Let's take a rest before going out."

"Hey, 8051, let's talk about life and the world."

[You should give this creature a name first. 8051 is calm about the behavior of the creature in front of him. 】

"Huh? The title, isn't it called Lightning?"

[Lightning is the name of your species before evolution. In principle, different species cannot have the same name. After evolution, your current creature and lightning belong to two kinds of creatures. 8051 interprets the previous instructions. 】

"Different creatures, that is to say, after I evolve, the previous creatures are already different species?"

[Of course, how do you look like a lightning bug now? 】

[In the primitive stage, there are few species. Driven by various factors such as the environment, starting from the primitive cell life, the same organisms began to evolve in different directions, and thus branched and evolved into different species.This is like the growth of the same tree, which continuously grows different branches.The later the period, the greater the number of species and the greater the difference.Of course, most of the branches were eliminated for various reasons, such as too few in number, or not adapting to the environment, but the surviving branches will further branch and evolve. 】

[Maybe after you have evolved many times, you will encounter a predator that evolved from small cells or lightning to attack you, which is also very possible.Like the Haikou fish in the biological history of the earth you lived in, it is the ancestor of all vertebrates on the earth, of course it is also your ancestor, it is an important fulcrum, but now your small cells and lightning are the future They are the ancestors of all species from which they evolved.And you don't have to worry about it, the spores produced at the same time as you or after a period of time will all evolve to the species you edited to support the current species.The original species of lightning bug will continue to survive until it evolves on its own or is eliminated by nature, but this basically has nothing to do with you.You are just the Population Master Consciousness of the current species. 】

"It looks like a tree of life. It keeps growing and multiplying. Some branches are withered and broken, and more branches will grow more vigorously." Awe and a desire. "If the branches I grew from the race I developed occupy a large area of ​​the tree of life, it must be a very happy thing."

"In this way, the later the period, the more species there will be."

"Then what name should I choose? I am very self-aware of my naming skills. 8051, why don't you choose one."

[Forgive me for not being able to do it for you. 8051 has become speechless about the laziness of the main consciousness. 】

"Hehe, don't be angry."

"Well, the upgraded version of Lightning, just call it Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt, it sounds good too."

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Thunder Bug

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

Evolution value: 1
Life: 25/25
Attack: Shocking Mouth (15) (bite), Shocking Tentacles (5) (contact)*3, Electric Burst (35) (Range)

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

Move: 2-7
Vision: socket

Reproduction: asexual spores

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

Race Rating: Boss

After re-evolution, the newborn lightning bug has a more beautiful body shape and stronger attack power, which greatly improves the survival ability of this species, but be careful of the creatures with bones, because they are stronger and harder than you.

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"The power burst has become stronger. It should be that the increased electric shock tentacles provide more electric polarized cells. But it's still at the boss level." Cannian. "Speaking of 8051, how is the level evaluated?"

[The current system only provides evaluations: Civilian-level refers to creatures that have no active aggressiveness, regardless of attack, defense, or mobility. They are huge in number, but they mostly exist as food for predators; Miscellaneous-level refers to creatures Animals with active aggression but average attack, defense, and mobility. They generally hunt animals, but some are vegetarians; the boss level is for those who have a special attack and generally survive Animals with higher abilities, they run around for food, but are basically satisfied with survival; boss-level creatures are creatures with strong individual strength, and they can live comfortably regardless of whether they have special attacks or not.Since you haven't encountered Black Hand and epic creatures, the system doesn't provide evaluation. 】

"Then the beetle that fell before is a boss level?"

[Yes, but ratings above the boss level are easy to lose. As long as more powerful creatures appear, they may be downgraded to the boss level or even below.However, the first three levels are relatively stable, so you basically don’t have to worry about being downgraded accidentally, 8051 laughed funny]

"..."

【Then, confirmation is complete】

"Well, there is no problem, let's evolve quickly. Confirmation is complete."

"So, see you later, 8051."

[Species editing is complete, exit the creature editing space. 】

(End of this chapter)