Spore Story

Chapter 6 First Arrival
"I'm a tiny single-celled creature."

"It has no eyes, so it cannot see."

"I have no ears, so I cannot hear."

"In fact, I can't observe everything around me. Of course, that is in the case of conventional perception methods."

"Because I'm just a small cell, a little special small cell, probably."

"I don't know when, I started thinking. Maybe it was just now, or maybe it has been a long time."

"Although, I don't have brain cells yet."

"It makes me wonder."

"What are brain cells?"

"What are eyes and ears?"

"No, it feels like the cytoplasm is a bit overheated, and the nucleus is starting to feel dissatisfied."

"Ah, what are they talking about?"

"No, I can't think anymore..."

In the dark waters, a small cell was shaking its own cilium, and its chubby body swayed restlessly from side to side.And around its body, huge dark meteorite fragments are quietly floating.

At this time, a piece of organic matter drifted past the small cell.

As if sensing the food, the simple small cells without sensory components pounced on the food without hesitation, and slowly swallowed the piece of organic matter into the body (for how to swallow it, please refer to Just ignore it).

【Get a little nutritional value】

A mysterious voice appeared.

The small cell seemed to shake its body uneasy.

Obviously small cells have no sense of hearing, but why do they seem to be able to hear this sound?

However, when a few pieces of cell debris floated by again, the small cell decisively chose to ignore the previous voice.

"Food is the most important thing!"

"Strange, am I thinking again?"

After swallowing three pieces of cell debris again, the small cell seemed satisfied.Although the strange voice rang three times beside him, it was completely ignored by the small cell.

Although, it has no vision at all.

Although there is no sense of hearing, the small cells can "hear" this strange sound.

Although there is no vision, the small cells seem to be able to "see" things at a certain distance around the body.

Shaking the cilia behind (probably behind), the small cells continued to think strangely while swimming aimlessly.

Time is a strange thing.

Before there is anything to define its length, it is always alive and kicking like a child.

Sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

During the distance it traveled, the small cells swallowed up eight pieces of organic matter and five pieces of cell debris again.As for what these quantifiers mean, the small cell also expressed ignorance after thinking briefly.

Then again, what is ignorance?Small cells don't know either.

Regardless of these meaningless and weird thoughts, the small cells are now swimming forward.

Just ahead, something seems to appear, a small cell feels very important to oneself and even the entire group.And that thing, like the most delicious food at this moment, exudes a tempting smell, attracting small cells.Although it appears to be far outside the strange sensory range of small cells.

It should be just a small distance, but it took a long time for the small cell.

This time is not the length defined by human beings, but the length felt by the small cells themselves.

That is to say, on the way for the small cells to swim towards that very important thing, the sound of [consume a little nutrient value to meet the body's needs] was uttered twice.

At the same time, the small cell once again swallowed a piece of organic matter lying in front of its path.

Although I was puzzled about how I could hear the sound that seemed to be the only sound in the world without ears, there seemed to be something in the dark that made the small cells feel naturally that these sounds were useful and harmless to me.Therefore, according to the habit in the consciousness of small cells, such things are ignored without any pressure.

That important thing finally appeared in the strange perception of the hard-working little cells.

This is a chain of matter, smaller than the current body of a small cell.And around it, there are also a lot of meteorite debris floating.

Following its own instinct, the small cell swallowed the piece of unknown substance into its chubby body.Then the small cells clearly felt that the unknown substance was fused with another piece of similar substance in his body.

Then, the background sound started again.

[Successfully obtain new DNA fragments, are you going to divide and reproduce, and enter the biological editing space at the same time]

And then, the small cells feel like the clogged thinking begins to clear.

"I must have chosen 'Yes'." The little cell thought.

In the dark space, a small mass of matter appeared, and then quickly merged into a large mass of unknown translucent matter in the space.

[Enter the biological editor, the main consciousness restriction is lifted]

"........."

【………】

"I'm a small cell, hehe..."

After a brief silence, a deafening sound came from this strange space.

"Damn, what is this? Why did I suddenly cross? And it turned into a messy single cell! Huh?"

no respond.

In this seemingly empty space, there is only a strange translucent substance that is constantly shaking. It seems that it is complaining, but it has not received any response.

Feeling that he had almost vented, Kong Huan stopped the activity that used to make his mouth dry, only to find that the only thing silent in the whole space was his own voice.

A feeling of fear of loneliness arises spontaneously.

"anyone there?"

【………】

Still no response.

In this nearly empty space, there are no eyes, no ears, no body, only clear consciousness.Void is like a person who has been deprived of perception. As time goes by, he is gradually approaching the verge of collapse.

"Everything is fine, come out with something."

"Even small cells are fine."

In the dark space, a small cell-shaped object suddenly appeared when the voice just fell, and the strange perception of emptiness also quickly felt its existence.

It seems that the strange perception of the small cells before is still working, not seeing with the eyes, but like a fairy tale, all-round perception centered on the translucent substance.

Therefore, Kong Huan immediately focused all his attention on the three-dimensional image of the small cells.In order to avoid the fear brought by the empty space, Kong Huan turned all his attention to the three-dimensional image, and then, a faintly fluorescent menu frame-like object suddenly popped out.

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single cell (unnamed)
Primitive single-celled organisms, species at the beginning of biological evolution.

Life: 3/3
Attack: 0
Speed: 1
Nutritional value: 16
Body DNA components: protocell grooves, cilia
When you first arrived here, you felt that the pear was very big after being transformed from a human being into a single-celled creature. This kind of scene before liberation made you very troubled.But because it is a single-celled organism, you usually don't know what you are bothering with.

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"What is this? The description of the small cells before."

"Looking" shouldn't appear on a phantom that is just a mass of unknown matter, because there is no photoreceptor to collect light signals, and there is no brain to analyze these signals.But it is illusory but clear to feel, or to "see" the text on this menu box, the familiar text.

"Looking" at this object that looks like a game attribute frame, Kong Huan felt powerless for a while. "Could it be that you have traveled to the world of games? Why does it feel like a certain game you have played before?"

Looking carefully at this attribute box, Kong Huan found that the two things in the DNA component category on it emitted brighter light than the fluorescent lights around him.

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primitive cell groove
Original biological nutrient extraction components

Food Category: Omnivorous

Absorption speed: slow
Attack: 0
Cost: 5 (nutritional value) (equipment can be purchased)

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cilia
Microbial Mobile Components

Speed: +1
Cost: 10 (nutritional value) (equipment can be purchased)

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Try to focus all your attention on these components, just like the property box before, a new related information box pops up again in the space.

But now, these are not important to Kong Huan.

At this time, the empty illusion, its attention has been drawn to a large item display bar that just popped up together with the previous two attribute boxes, or in other words, the "Help System" under the item display bar. words attracted.

help
This is what a man in trouble who cannot help himself needs most, so it is what the helpless emptiness most desperately needs at this time.

"Cut, no matter how hidden you are, you still let me find it." I couldn't wait to focus all my attention on these four words. This method, like a computer mouse button, seems to have passed After such a short while, Kong Huan has already mastered it proficiently.

[This is Biological System No. 8051, what doubts do you have? 】

"8051? Are you the original MCU?"

[No, system No. 8051 replied indifferently, and felt that this person was a little rude. 】

"Uh, that doesn't count just now, who told you that your number is so special."

"Hey, wait, why do you hear what I think!"

【…】

"Hey, 8051."

[May I ask what doubts you have? 】

"Uh, it doesn't mean you have to call your code name to respond. I mean why do you hear what I think? 8051."

【8051并非代号，8051就是8051的名字。当前阶段只有你加上8051姓名的话语，8051才会给予系统允许范围内的解答。8051一边纠正正交谈之人的错误，一边继续回答。】

[As a conscious body, you have no such behavior as "speaking".All communication between you and me is based on the communication of consciousness, so you can "hear" what you think.What you say, think and even see at this time is just the psychological effect of your being a human being.After the system number 8051 answered the question briefly, I thought my answer was not bad. 】

"Uh. Conscious body, that is to say, this mass of unknown substance is my body, what kind of conscious body? What about my body? 8051."

[Yes, now you exist in the form of a conscious body, similar to what you call a soul, and your body has been eliminated by the system, and in your words it is like a river crab.System 8051 replied. 】

"..."

A bunch of black lines seem to appear on the unknown substance, no, it is the consciousness body.

"Is this the legendary soul wear?"

Regarding the physical problem, there is no pity that it is too illusory, as long as I still exist.It's just very uncomfortable.

"I see. By the way, 8051, do you know sister Yuban?"

[I don’t know, system No. 8051 replied in doubt. 】

"You speak in a tone that is suspicious of the other party."

"Uh, no, you'll be heard."

"You didn't hear, you didn't hear..."

【8051 is not interested in exploring your deep thinking, because that is not allowed by the system.System No. 8051 replied with a touch of disdain, while amused by the sensitivity of the person being talked to. 】

"Fun..."

"Well, ignore what I just said, 8051. Fortunately, there is someone in this space who can talk to me, otherwise I might collapse here."

[Your consciousness is protected by the system in this space, so there will be no crashes or the like.In addition, system number 8051 is not a human being, system number 8051 corrects the mistakes of the person who is talking, and at the same time makes the other person feel at ease. 】

"Fortunately."

"8051 you are not human, what is that, alien?"

In this world, Kong Huan has never thought that there are only intelligent creatures like humans, especially after the appearance of time travel.For a long time, human beings only have the ridiculous idea that human beings are the only intelligent creatures because they have not discovered it, coupled with some arrogance.

[System No. 8051 is not an alien, because System No. 8051 is not a planetary creature, but a biological editor space maintenance helper created by the system builder. System No. 8051 replied]

"..."

"Forget it, if you go on like this, you will lose your head. Let's ask the key point. I'm still at a loss."

"So, 8051, what is a 'system'?"

[The system is not a thing, system No. 8051 corrected, and at the same time wondered why he thought the words of the person who was talking were rude. 】

After a very speechless answer, a new glowing message box appeared in front of Konghuan again.

Multi-window operation ah.

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The current profile of the biological evolution system:
The system is derived from the guidance document "No. 30 No. [-] Research on the Management Measures for Travelers".

In view of the recent surge in the number of traversers, which has caused a lot of damage to the original world.Endless World has discussed and researched 67 symposiums, and put forward 130 five management measures in total.In accordance with the No. 30 No. 1739 management method, the management office established the No. [-] intermediate space, and at the same time integrated the biological evolution system in order to standardize the management of the traversers.

The main body of the system is evolution.

The evolution process of the generation and development of all life forms is called biological evolution.

The life known to the travelers evolved from the most primitive cell-free organisms to prokaryotes with cell structures, from prokaryotes to eukaryotic single-celled organisms, and then developed in different directions, and the kingdoms of fungi, plants, and animal world.The animal kingdom evolved from primitive flagellates to multicellular animals, from molluscs to chordates, and then evolved into higher chordates—vertebrates.Among vertebrates, fish evolved into amphibians and then reptiles, from which mammals and birds were differentiated, and one branch of mammals further developed into higher intelligent creatures, which is the generation of human beings, the original race of traversers.

The system is based on the theme of biological evolution. Travelers will personally participate in the entire evolution process of organisms starting from single cells, organisms and civilizations, and then produce biological races with their own characteristics.

The traverser will go through the single-cell stage, the mollusc stage, the aquatic stage, the terrestrial stage, the primitive civilization stage, the primary planetary civilization stage, and the intermediate cosmic civilization stage in the evolution.

Among them, the first four stages are themed on the self-evolution of species.During this period, the traversers will use the biological components they have mastered to develop unique biological species through self-selection.The last three stages are themed on the evolution and development of racial civilization.During this period, the traversers will freely control the direction of civilization development.

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Brief description of the current single-cell stage:
Unicellular organisms are composed of one cell, but they can also complete life activities such as nutrition, respiration, excretion, movement, reproduction and regulation.Under normal circumstances, the traverser will experience the development from the initial single cell to multicellular organism in the biological evolution of the traverser at this stage.At the beginning of this stage, the planet is at the starting point of the origin of species at the same time.

In the stage of single-cell microorganisms, after the traverser is integrated into the component DNA chain, it needs corresponding nutritional value to evolve the corresponding biological components, and at the same time, the components are integrated into the population through the division and reproduction of single cells.

The DNA strands of the components can be obtained by attacking and destroying creatures at the same stage, and at the same time fusing their broken DNA strands; the corresponding components can also be obtained by fusing the DNA strands in the meteorite fragments.

The nutritional value can be obtained by devouring the surrounding organic matter and cell debris.In addition, the survival activities of organisms will also consume a corresponding amount of nutritional value.

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Biological Editing Space Introduction:
The biological editing space is the part of the evolution system that faces the main consciousness of the traverser. The main consciousness race exchanges variability for the editing ability of the biological editing space, so that the main consciousness race has the function of acquiring other biological components and performing mutational evolution on itself.

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"What kind of system is this?"

……

"It really is a game."

"Then, according to the design, I should be able to install the above components on the cell." Looking back and forth at the emptiness of the introduction twice, he sighed and focused his attention on the item display bar that popped up before.

There are a lot of blank spaces on it, but it's all empty.

Only the first three spaces show things.However, the first two are primitive cell grooves and cilia that have been noticed before, so naturally, the emptiness of the conscious body focused its attention on the third component, which was slightly dimmed.

PS: We are finally writing a book, hehe (=w=).

(End of this chapter)