Chapter 173 A Distinctive Metamorphosis

   In the phantom space, it still looks familiar,

   There is no starry sky, and no surface, only the huge phantom of the human head and snake tail filling the entire space,

  Wandering above the phantom are entries shining with various colors, which are the entries that have been extracted from various worlds.

  【Showdown (golden)】

  【Gender Disguise from DNA (Gold)】

  【Reproductive Isolation Challenger (Golden)】

  【Cloud Inheritance (Golden)】

  【Father's Love (Gold)】

  【Egg Fetus Duality (Golden)】

  【Love to **** cute things (purple)】

  …

   Unknowingly, he has extracted a lot of entries,

  All kinds of lights flickered, dazzled him,

   And under the phantom, there are several white light **** and a colored light ball floating.

  From nudibranchs, tassel sandpipers, dolphins, to fold-eared cats, he has simulated things, from flying in the sky to swimming in the sea, birds and beasts, and people with wet eggs and slippery spines.

   "Simulation system!"

   This is Zhao Meng's name for this phantom space.

   But the so-called system is just the name he gave, Zhao Meng doesn't know what it is.

  Humans are always full of fear of the unknown,

  As his cultivation level grew, Zhao Meng also felt extremely complicated about this 'simulation system'.

  Every time he faced the simulation system, he would think of a sentence from his previous life, free things are the most expensive.

   Even if a person gives money to a beggar, it is to obtain the emotional value based on compassion.

  Then what is the purpose of the simulation system? What is the purpose of her bringing herself into this world?

  Thinking of this, Zhao Meng was confused about how he could enter this phantom space and obtain the entry function.

   "What exactly is your purpose?"

  Zhao Meng came under the phantom, looking up at the existence of this human head and snake tail,

  Recalling back then, the entries I obtained ranged from a female showdown, to isolation challenges, to cloud inheritance.

  The phantom along the way is obviously purposeful,

   This feeling of being arranged made him panic. After being able to survive on his current ability, Zhao Meng also avoided using the simulation system as much as possible.

   Unless necessary, he will not open the simulation system.

   But now, recalling Yun Fu's begging, he still couldn't help but refuse this descendant after all.

  If he hadn't told Yun Fu the fact that Hu Jiang is a fox, such a thing would not have happened.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Meng said to Xu Ying:

   "You may have seen the situation I encountered, and don't know if you have a good way!"

   After saying this, Zhao Meng stared at the phantom for a while, seeing that the phantom did not respond, Zhao Meng sighed silently,

  In his opinion, Xuying arranged those entries for him, which obviously has its own operating logic. Since there is logic, there is also the possibility of communication, but it is a pity that Xuying never responded to his request.

   "That's all!"

  Zhao Meng looked at the two **** of light,

  One of them is the white ball of light represented by the blue-spotted sea hare. Since it has been successfully done once, the next time will be Erzhoumu.

  The other is a ball of light shining with colored light, which represents a new animal.

  Zhao Meng took another look at the phantom of the human head and snake tail, and chose the colorful light group.

next moment,

  Zhao Meng disappeared into the phantom space, only the great existence with a head and a snake tail flickered slightly.

  …

   Having simulated several kinds of animals, what did he feel when he regained consciousness:

   "It's the disturbance of the water flow!"

   Zhao Meng felt the surrounding environment, it was pitch black, and he couldn’t see anything. Although he couldn’t see it, he could feel that he was floating with some kind of current,

   It's just that he doesn't know whether it is in the sea or in rivers and lakes.

   "What animal is being simulated this time?" At this moment, a prompt from the simulation system appeared in Zhao Meng's eyes.

  【In the first week, you were born from a gastrula and became a free-swimming larva of a starfish. 】

   "Starfish!"

   Seeing such a reminder, Zhao Meng felt the wriggling fluff around him, and was a little surprised:

   "It's a starfish!"

   "Freestyle Larval Form"

   "The starfish larva looks like this!"

  As a starfish larva, Zhao Meng feels that he is no different from plankton now.

   Fortunately, for Zhao Meng, who has simulated seahorses and sunfish, he is already familiar with this floating state.

  Although such a process has already been experienced, it is not good news for Zhao Meng.

   Existing in a planktonic state can only show that the reproduction of this creature also follows the sunfish state of a large number of tubes and a probability of survival.

   "I don't know if there is an entry on Haixing's body that can solve the cloud symbol dilemma."

  With this thought in mind, Zhao Meng continued to simulate.

  【In the second week, through continuous eating, the cilia will further develop...】

  【In the third week, you were caught by a filter fish, and the simulation failed. 】

  Although Zhao Meng eats very seriously, the probability of surviving a large number of reproduction means that most starfish larvae cannot survive.

  Even though Zhao Meng has rich experience in misconduct, he successfully entered the normal simulation after several failed restarts.

  …

  …

  【In the third week, your cilia develop further, forming a band of cilia surrounding your body. At the same time, your body appears three-body compartment, and you enter the double-feathered larva stage of a starfish. 】

  Feeling the faster swimming speed of the body and the further strengthening of the eating ability, Zhao Meng silently breathed a sigh of relief, and his survivability has been further improved.

   "Unfortunately, it is still in the floating stage."

   "The me now, maybe I can only see it with a microscope!"

  Zhao Meng hid in the algae area, carefully filtering the surrounding things,

   Compared with other plankton without self-awareness, it obviously has a higher survival rate with human intelligent creatures.

   Otherwise, with the pitiful adult rate of a few tenths of percent of plankton, he may not be able to succeed if he reopens it hundreds or thousands of times.

  【In the fourth week, your body continues to develop, and some small protrusions appear on your body. 】

   "Are you going to become a starfish?"

  Feeling the three little things in front of him, he who has been drifting boringly for three weeks is full of anticipation.

  【In the first month, your head grows three small arms, and you enter the short arm larva stage of starfish】

   "What a strange appearance."

   Feel the three tentacles on the head and the mucus secreted on them,

  Zhao Meng felt very uncomfortable. If the system hadn't told him that this was a simulated starfish, he might not have figured out what animal he was simulating until now.

  【In the second month, you follow your instinct and use your arms and legs to fix near the nutrient-rich ocean current rocks. You begin to develop into an adult and begin to metamorphose】

   "It turns out that the small arms are used in this way!"

   "But this usage is even more strange!"

  Zhao Meng found that his original mouth for eating was "biting" the stone and the three newly grown small arms and legs had turned into handles.

  As for the original **, it becomes the mouth for ingesting food.

  If it’s just upside down like this, he can still get used to it,

   But it’s just reversed like this, it doesn’t seem to be able to become a starfish,

  As a starfish larva, he opened another mouth on the left side of his body along the direction of the ocean current, and a corresponding mouth appeared on the right side against the current.

   The original digestive tract of the larva begins to degenerate, and the radiation becomes symmetrical slowly.

  Feeling this change, even Zhao Meng, who has simulated several kinds of animals, feels a little uncomfortable at this point.

   "Body opening mouth, opening **"

   "Is this really a creature on Earth?"

  Although he was complaining in his heart, the change of the starfish larva gave Zhao Meng a glimmer of hope.

   But only a trace.

   "After all, this kind of random opening is not as good as the back and **** of sea hares."

  【In the third month, you grow through filter feeding, and your body size further increases. 】

  The system prompts that Zhao Meng's body size has become larger, but Zhao Meng found through the comparison of the surrounding environment that the so-called body size has become larger,

  Perhaps it is from the extent that he could only be seen with a microscope before, and now he can be seen with a magnifying glass.

  【Eat and grow in the fourth month. 】

  At the step of fixing to the rock, Zhao Meng found that the survival rate of starfish larvae has been significantly improved.

  This made him think of the hippocampus he had simulated before,

  Although they are two completely different tiny creatures, they seem to choose the same way in terms of survival strategy at this stage.

   Only the seedlings of sunfish float freely in the sea, becoming a feast for all kinds of creatures.

  【The fifth month, after continuous eating, you have completed the metamorphosis of the larvae and entered the adult stage. 】

   Zhao Meng has become abnormal, but not completely abnormal.

   "It hasn't turned into a starfish yet!"

  Feeling the current state, Zhao Meng was a little confused,

  Frogs are the most typical metamorphosis creatures. Metamorphosis from tadpoles to frogs does not need to go through such steps, but as a starfish, he has gone through several photometamorphosis.

   "It would be great if it could be a little more perverted!"

   To be honest, Starfish's larval stage is very uncomfortable, and the various organs on his body are changing, which makes him very uncomfortable.

  【Sixth month, after continuous eating, your body structure area is stable. 】

   "Finally a bit like a starfish!"

  Feeling his physical condition, Zhao Meng heaved a sigh of relief,

  His body finally stopped changing randomly, and developed towards the direction of the starfish, and the shape of the five-pointed star of the starfish also began to become obvious.

  【In the seventh month, after continuous eating, your digestive tract has completed the radiation-type change, and you have become a larval starfish, and you have completed the final metamorphosis. 】

   "Starfish!"

  Feeling his own appearance, at the moment when the metamorphosis was completed, Zhao Meng broke away from the rock like a prison,

  He returned to the free sea, and the accumulated emotions were released at this moment.

  It took him more than half a year from starfish larvae to starfish juveniles,

  So much time may only be a moment in retrospect, but Zhao Meng, as a witness, is an unspeakable process.

   "It can only be said that the metamorphosis process of starfish is very abnormal."

   Zhao Meng was very happy after regaining his freedom.

  …

  【In the first year, your body will grow further by eating continuously. 】

   "The growth rate of the starfish is not bad."

  Comparing the surrounding environment, Zhao Meng found that his current body shape was already as big as a thumbnail.

  Although compared to normal starfish, this size is still small,

  But compared to starfish juveniles that have just completed metamorphosis and are only as big as dust, this growth rate is quite terrifying.

   And more importantly, as his size got bigger, the starfish's feeding method also changed,

   This allowed Zhao Meng to find a way to save Hu Jiang.

   "Who would have thought that the starfish would spit out its stomach when eating. This is too strange."

  “I have simulated so many animals, but the starfish is the most bizarre.”

  【In the second year, you become an adult starfish, and your instinct drives you to look for something. 】

   "Tsk! It's time to breed again, what a hassle!"

  At this time, Zhao Meng was lying on the bottom of the sea dealing with a clam.

   Facing the starfish crawling on its body, the clam tightly closed its shell, preventing Zhao Meng from taking advantage of it.

   But this did not stop Zhao Meng from eating. Zhao Meng used his pentagonal arms and feet to pick up the shell of the clam, and then aimed his mouth at the crack of the shell.

   Several arms and legs exerted force at the same time, and Zhao Meng, who is a starfish, opened a small gap in the closed clam.

   Then Zhao Meng opened his lower mouth,

   "Oh, Intuit!"

  Zhao Meng spit out a large ball of stuff along the gap opened by the clam.

   And this big lump is his stomach,

   With his stomach, into the body of the clam, his stomach began to digest the clam inside.

  The shell originally used to protect the clam has become an external stomach of the starfish under this method.

   Soon the clam meat inside was swallowed by Zhao Meng's stomach,

  At this time, the clam shell has no strength,

  Zhao Meng opened his mouth, pulled the intestines connected to the stomach, and sucked the stomach back into his body.

   “As a starfish, every time I eat, I always feel like an alien creature.”

   "However, if this entry can be taken out and given to Yunfu, it will be much better than back and anus."

   "But starfish are different from humans after all. If humans can throw out their stomachs, digest the food and then take it back, what would it be like?"

  Some strange pictures could not help appearing in Zhao Meng's consciousness.

   Zhao Meng hurriedly shook his tentacles to expel these images from his consciousness, and then thought of another question.

   "I don't know if I can imitate a starfish this time. Is it the phantom's response to me?"

   Zhao Meng, who was lying on the clam and digesting food, recalled the request he made to the phantom when he entered the simulation.

   "Is it a coincidence, or did she really respond to my request."

  …

   After digesting the food, Zhao Meng shook his arms and feet, and walked in one direction.

  Although he is not interested in breeding things.

  But the inexplicable hormones in the sea made Zhao Meng unable to control himself. In order to complete the simulation, he still headed towards the gathering place.

  …

  Compared with other animals, they need to compete for different breeding targets.

  The breeding process of starfish is much more peaceful. Female starfish and male starfish gather together to release their responsibilities to the fullest.

   As for whether the responsibilities of the two parties can be blended, we can only rely on the flow of sea water.

  After seeing such a scene, Zhao Meng naturally found an upper air outlet, no upper class, ready to brandish his arms and feet, and take due responsibility,

  But when he waved his arms and legs, he suddenly discovered a terrible thing.

   "I didn't notice before, how come there are..." on each arm and foot

   "It's amazing that a starfish has such tentacles."

  (end of this chapter)