Chapter 209 Bravery in the Torrent

  【In July of the fourth year, the temperature of the sea water rises, and the appropriate water temperature makes you feel that the breeding season is coming, and your instinct drives you to do something. 】

   Zhao Meng was hiding in the sand, feeling the restlessness coming from his body.

  The reason why he was curious about the reproduction method of the dudclam,

   It is also because the geoduck almost loses its ability to move when it becomes an adult.

  Whether it is a male geoduck or a female geoduck, apart from the ability to drill out and into the sandy beach, they have no other mobility.

   "In this state, the previous breeding process that required competition will not happen."

   "Can I just stay where I am?"

   "Is it the same principle as cloud inheritance?"

  With doubts, Zhao Meng patiently waited for the time to come,

  …

  A bright moon rises slowly from the seashore, for the creatures in the sea.

  The tidal force caused by the change of the moon phase is often a crucial moment in the life of marine life.

  At this time, the tide rises, the beach is submerged by the tide, and a large number of geoducks emerge from the submerged bottom.

  From soft to hard, from 6 centimeters to 18 centimeters, all kinds of mussels, regardless of male and female, start breeding offspring together at the moment of the full moon,

  For a while, a layer of crony-shaped floating waves appeared on the seashore. Without human influence, the floating waves slowly receded towards the sea.

"it is as expected!"

   Zhao Meng, who had completed his mission, shrank back again,

  The reproductive process of geoduck is somewhat similar to the cloud genetics of sunfish,

  But because of its size, the cloud released by the geoduck is far less massive than that of the sunfish.

   "This is another kind of cloud inheritance!"

   "Wait!" Looking at the waves gradually drifting away, Zhao Meng suddenly recalled the process of sunfish breeding.

   "No, it won't be that simple!"

  The sunfish will only release clouds when they are very close, but even then, the survival rate of sunfish offspring is still terribly low,

  However, geoducks release less cloud than sunfish, and the distance between each geoduck is also unevenly distributed, and the time for releasing clouds is short.

  The entire breeding process is less reliable than sunfish, but the actual reproduction effect is far better than sunfish.

   "If the reproductive process of geoduck is similar to cloud genetics, its population size should not be so large."

   "Could it be that the cloud of geoduck is unique?"

   Zhao Meng muttered, a little puzzled,

  After all, he does not have a microscope now, and it is impossible to observe the state of those microscopic environments, so he can only continue to simulate.

  【In March of the sixth year, after continuous eating, your shell length reaches 18 cm】

   "I have finally grown to this physique."

   Zhao Meng didn't know why, but he was happy that the clam had grown to this value, as if he had reached a new milestone.

  【October of the ninth year, after continuous eating, the shell length of Ni reached 21 cm】

   "Growth has slowed!"

  Zhao Meng felt his physical condition, compared the growth figures of the past two years, and came to such a conclusion.

  【In the twelfth year, you continued to grow, and the shell length reached 22 centimeters】

   Zhao Meng became even bigger, and the effect brought about by this is that he has a higher chance of survival,

  The longer and bigger body can also allow him to drill deeper underground to avoid more dangers.

  Although there are predators that harass him from time to time, he can calmly deal with these predators.

  【In the fifteenth year, your shell length reached 24 cm】

   "It seems that this geoduck is a long-lived creature."

  Zhao Meng can feel that his body is still in the growth stage, and aging is still far away for him.

  [In the sixteenth year, you encountered a predator, and your shell length changed to 21 cm]

   "Tsk! It's only an inch or two."

  Zhao Meng calmly discarded the 'round head' above, and retracted his whole body back into the mud.

  I felt an unknown big bird outside, pecking at my discarded pig-nose-shaped head,

   Zhao Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "The car almost overturned!"

  Following the rules and regulations made Zhao Meng relax a bit, making him forget that he was still in the cruel nature,

  Even buried underground, avoiding most of the dangers,

  But he still needs to poke his head out to eat. If he is not careful, his life may still be endangered.

   "Eat a pit and gain a wisdom!" Zhao Meng muttered, and once again immersed himself in the review of cultivation skills.

  【The twenty-sixth year, your shell length has grown to 27 cm】

  It has been ten years since the last crisis,

  During this period of time, Zhao Meng has been living cautiously, and has never lost his head of rules.

   "This animal seems exceptionally stable!"

  Zhao Meng, who was buried in the sand, experienced another benefit of the geoduck. The geoduck, which does not need to be hunted, allows Zhao Meng to immerse himself in the research of the Nascent Soul Numerology Model with peace of mind.

"It's a pity that the situation in reality is unstable, otherwise, through the accumulation in the simulation, coupled with the accumulation of Jiayao and Xixi Lake, the construction of Nascent Soul can be completed, and the control of cultivation can be fully automated and intelligent. .”

   "But even if you break through Nascent Soul, you won't be able to change much in reality."

   "We still have to rely on the entry."

  Recalling the process of simulating the geoduck over the past few decades, Zhao Meng secretly thought about what entries could be obtained from this animal.

   "Xiangba's cloud and mist should have a special place, maybe you can see it when the entry is published!"

  【Forty-seventh year, through continuous eating, your shell length reached 38 cm】

   "Twenty years have passed!" Zhao Meng secretly sighed when he saw the prompt text of the system.

   "Although I have not yet felt that the geoduck has entered the old age."

   "But the growth of geoduck has become very slow, and it may have entered a certain limit."

  【In the sixty-fifth year, your shell length reached 41 centimeters】

   "It can still grow!"

  Looking at the system prompt, Zhao Meng was a little surprised. This size has reached a very scary value. At this moment, he can be said to be thick and big.

  【In the ninety-first year, your shell length reached 52 centimeters】

   "Hiss~ half a meter away!"

   "It's incredible."

   "It would be unimaginable to replace this structure on a human body?" Feeling the unique body structure of the geoduck, Zhao Meng unconsciously popped up such an idea in his mind.

   "Fortunately, the growth has basically stopped. It seems that the object I simulated this time is about to enter old age."

  【In the first hundred years, your body tissue can continue to recover, but your nerve structure has begun to die. 】

   "He lived a hundred years!"

  The simulation this time was a bit long, which made Zhao Meng's spiritual consciousness a little numb.

   But when he saw that the simulation time had reached a hundred years, his spirit still shook. After simulating so many animals, it was the first time he had lived a hundred years.

  Geoduck has a strong self-healing ability, even if it is cut from the root, it still has the possibility of recovery.

  “It’s a pity that the nerve cells in the geoduck cannot continue to regenerate, and the lifespan will eventually come to an end.”

  【In the one hundred and third year, your nerve structure continued to die, and you experienced symptoms of difficulty eating. 】

"dying!"

  Zhao Meng inhaled the surrounding sea water, and with his last strength, let the body fluid fill the half-meter-long pipe.

   But he was old after all, the pipe struggled to separate the blackened soil above, and slowly drilled out.

  At this moment when the tide is low, he should not have come out, but for some reason, he still made an effort,

  On the silent beach, a blackened cylindrical tubular object protruded.

  The next moment a stream of sea water gushes out from it, and the sea water spreads out in the air, forming a tiny rainbow.

  The pipeline, which was still strong, collapsed on the beach.

  The seabirds hovering in the air landed one after another, tearing and scrambling for the pipe.

  A huge clam body is pulled out of a nest that has not been touched for hundreds of years.

  Fortunately, Zhao Meng couldn't perceive all this. At this time, Zhao Meng's consciousness had returned to his body.

  …

  In the phantom space, the phantom of the huge human head and snake tail flickered slightly.

  Cleared away the stagnation of the century-old Zhao Meng, the past is like a dream, existing only in his memory.

  Although the phantom of the human head eliminated the influence of the geoduck on him, the huge memory still made him adapt for a long time before he came back to his senses.

   "The simulation went smoothly this time! Except for the need to restart many times at the beginning, the latter is not too difficult."

   "It's time to extract entries."

  After the simulation was completed, Zhao Meng didn't hesitate, and after a little relaxation, he entered the phantom space and began to extract entries.

  Zhao Meng touched the flashing colored lottery in front of Xuying with his consciousness, and a purple light appeared in front of Zhao Meng:

  【Rebirth after root removal (purple) (Calmly throw away) (Rebirth growth)】

  "You can discard the protruding parts of your body to lure the enemy, and the lost parts can be regenerated after escaping from danger."

  …

   "Although it is purple, this entry looks good!"

  Zhao Meng recalled some of the crises he experienced when simulating geoduck. Although geoduck usually hides in the mud and sand, it will not be harassed by predators.

  But he still needs to poke his head to eat, but as long as he pokes his head, he will definitely be targeted by some predators,

   In order to allow the body to retract, the head of the geoduck can be discarded at any time.

   "But the so-called head of the geoduck is actually its mouth."

   "There is no point in human beings losing their mouths."

   "According to the definition of the entry, it is possible to throw out the protruding part. What does the protruding part refer to?"

   "Head, limbs, or other parts!"

   "If according to the topological structure, there are still many protruding points on human beings."

  Looking at the content of this entry, Zhao Meng thought of many questions for a while,

  But no matter what, the effect of the entry of root removal and rebirth is very useful, and Zhao Meng is a little moved.

   "No rush, let's extract the remaining entries first."

  Zhao Meng's consciousness moved and touched the colored light lottery in front of the phantom shadow of a man's head and a snake's tail, and a blue light appeared in front of him:

  【Underwater hidden (blue)】

   "Chance to avoid detection when you're underground."

   "Hmm... this entry!"

   Looking at the introduction of the entry, Zhao Meng pondered for a while, then shook his head gently,

   This entry seems to be a good hidden entry, but unfortunately, it is only probabilistic immune detection.

  In the previous life, in the affairs that Zhao Meng came into contact with, everything that was linked to probability would bring him a little bit of misfortune.

"continue!"

  This entry is not within his consideration, Zhao Meng continued to touch the stick, and saw a golden light bursting out from the stick, slowly falling in front of him:

   "Sure enough, gold is withdrawn again!"

  As the golden light dissipated, Zhao Meng looked at the content of the entry, but his face showed doubts:

   "What does this entry mean, why can't I understand it?"

  【Torrent Advance (Golden) (Controllable) (Settable) (Automatic Pathfinding) (Automatic Recognition)】

   "Your clouds will be unique and will adapt to autonomous targets."

  …

   "What do you mean?" Zhao Meng read the explanation of the entry twice and was still a little confused.

   "Wait, the golden entries are all related to reproduction, could it be that..."

  He suddenly recalled one thing he hadn’t figured out in the simulation,

  The cloud concentration of geoduck breeding is much smaller than that of sunfish. The location of geoduck is also disorderly and disorderly. The coast also has more abundant plankton. The breeding environment of geoduck is far more complicated than that of sunfish.

   In this case, the reproductive results of the geoduck are much stronger than that of the sunfish.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Meng looked at the entry again, feeling a little dazed in his heart

   "Could it be that the originally mediocre clouds will be endowed with certain attributes."

   "There is a sign of automatic pathfinding on the entry."

   "This geoduck cloud will never be able to find the nearest target like humans!"

   Looking at the explanation of the entry, Zhao Meng secretly made some kind of guess.

   "If you have a microscope, you can observe the characteristics of the geoduck cloud, but it's a pity that you don't have this opportunity."

   "So which term should I choose?"

  Zhao Meng looked at the three entries floating in front of him, and pondered.

  The blue entry was ruled out by him without much thought. His hesitation was only on [Re-] and [Rushing Forward].

   Fortunately, such hesitation did not last long, and Zhao Meng made a choice.

  If it were him who just traveled through,

  He is more inclined to choose entries with [Rebirth].

   But after going through so many things, especially on the fairy boat, those who see the existence of the gods will be affected by his entry.

  At this moment, the god-seed is already an important part of his strength.

   "The [Yongjin] entry can change the characteristics of the god-seeded, and it may have a miraculous effect on the current situation."

  With this in mind, Zhao Meng chose the golden entry [Brave Advance].

   Following Zhao Meng's selection, the remaining two entries returned to the phantom, while the golden entry was fixed in his consciousness.

   Zhao Meng glanced at the golden entry, and was about to exit the phantom space, but when his eyes swept over the fixed new entry, he suddenly stopped.

  He noticed that next to the new entry, there was the entry extracted last time【Special Attraction】

  Looking at this entry, and then looking at the newly extracted entries, Zhao Meng unconsciously came up with an idea:

   "These two entries... seem to be used together!"

   "That Jiaoxiao Xianzhou is discussing how to deal with me."

  (end of this chapter)