Chapter 260 Prohibition... Violators...

Zhao Meng headed towards the source of the delicious food, but the closer he got to the source of the delicious food, the more he felt something was wrong.

 Different from the parasitic gills before, this time the source of delicious food seems to be a water flow area showing columnar outflow.

 Although Zhao Meng could hardly see with his eyes, he could feel something through the water flow.

 “Such a flow of water!”

“One after another, the smell inside is so strong, could it be some kind of large fish?”

“If this is the case, it will save me the need to keep changing hosts.”

 “The front is here!”

Zhao Meng, who felt the source and had little vision, did not hesitate. He raised his body and rushed forward like a sword from its string.

 Having been a parasitic catfish for several months, his instinct has already told him how to become a parasite.

 Because it parasitizes the gills of fish, under the gill cover is the place where fish filter water and breathe, so it is also the place where the water flow is fastest on the fish.

 To complete the parasitism, you must be quick and accurate, otherwise the parasitism is likely to fail.

 “Succeeded?”

 Zhao Meng followed his usual experience and got into what he thought was the gills of the fish.

But he suddenly discovered that the fish gills seemed to be very narrow tubes. Then, Zhao Meng felt a violent vibration, and his hearing system, which had little function, seemed to feel a scream.

"Oops!"

 “Wrong place!”

Zhao Meng didn’t know what he was parasitizing on.

 He only felt that this place was very narrow and there was huge pressure, and he was about to suffocate.

 “Hurry! Exit quickly!”

Zhao Meng wanted to leave. He twisted and wanted to leave his host, but he couldn't exit at all. He was stuck.

And because of his twisting, he seemed to alarm the host, who felt even more terrifying pressure.

 The surrounding environment became more terrifying, as if something was trying to grab him to death.

 “It feels so uncomfortable!” Zhao Meng breathed hard.

As a juvenile parasitic catfish, his body is already smaller than a needle. This tiny body is extremely fragile and cannot withstand high-pressure environments.

 So Zhao Meng felt that death was approaching.

"is blood!"

There was bleeding. Zhao Meng didn't know whether it was his own blood or the host's blood, but in short, his simulation was over.

  【Simulation failed! 】

 Zhao Meng's consciousness was kicked out of the simulated world and returned to his own body.

Zhao Meng woke up after the phantom with a human head and a snake's tail cleared away the influence on him.

He looked at the ocean below with blood-colored waves, took a long breath, closed his eyes again and came to the shadow space.

“Parasitic catfish have almost no vision and hearing, and some only have a sense of taste that is extremely sensitive to the smell of the environment, as well as special senses for turbid environments.”

“If the sensory entries of this animal are extracted, then the following problem of exploring the blood sea will be easily solved!”

“I don’t know where the last parasite was that caused the failure!”

“It seems that you cannot parasitize at will. If the parasitic target is wrong, it is likely to cause the simulation to fail.”

 Zhao Meng stopped his messy thoughts and entered the simulation again.

In the first week, you are born from an egg. Although there are still nutrients in the yolk, you have already begun to look for a new host. 】

Zhao Meng swam and got into the gills of a small fish.

Zhao Meng, who was simulating for the second time, discovered that as a parasitic catfish, he was really small, so small that even a caterpillar would look huge in front of him.

If a fisherman hooked himself up and found that the fish he caught was smaller than the hook, he would probably be angry to death on the spot.

“It’s so small that if it encounters a human being, it may be able to penetrate into a human’s pores.”

 “No, the pores are still too exaggerated!”

Zhao Meng silently compared his body. Although his body was extremely thin, it was also very long, making it difficult for human pores to penetrate.

And in the next period of time, his body will further grow, and the only places he can enter are other places.

  【In the first month, your host dies and you start looking for a new host】

 After a month of growth, Zhao Meng's body has further developed. As a parasitic catfish, his body has not become much thicker at this time, but the length of his body has increased a lot.

 In this case, he has a more flexible body.

 “Be careful this time.”

“You must be careful when choosing parasites.”

  【In the third month, your host dies and you need to find a new parasitic target】

 The natural world is very cruel. As Zhao Meng, who has simulated countless animals, he knows this very well.

 But as a parasitic fish, the cruelty of nature has little impact on him.

 The parasitic survival strategy allows him to avoid most risks.

However, this also brings about a problem. His survival almost depends on the parasitic object. Once he is separated from the parasitic object, he has little ability to survive independently.

 “So rich and delicious!”

A strong smell that is fatally attractive to parasitic catfish floats from the upper reaches of the river.

 “No, is it a similar smell from the last simulation?”

Zhao Meng thought of something, restrained his genetic desire, and hurriedly left the area.

 【In the sixth month, your body continues to grow, and the old host can no longer bear your absorption, and you need to replace it with a new host】

 As a parasitic organism that does not produce anything, its impact on the subject's life is extremely significant.

 Under its absorption, the parasite's food intake and nutrient acquisition will be significantly reduced.

 In this case, the parasitic host will become weak, and in this dangerous natural environment, when a creature becomes weak, it will often become food for other strong ones.

 And this is also the result that the parasite wants,

After the parasitic host is preyed on, the parasite can use the remains of the former parasitic host to hitch a ride on a more powerful host.

 “Damn it, that smell is coming again!”

Zhao Meng, who was sneaking into the gills of the new host, felt the attraction coming from the genes again.

Faced with this attraction, he resisted because he knew that the source of this smell was not an ideal parasitic host, but a dangerous and desperate situation.

　　【The first year, February, you become an adult, and your instinct drives you to do something. 】

 “It’s finally time!” Feeling the strength in his body, Zhao Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

During this period of time, the fatal attraction always appeared in the river. Zhao Meng had been enduring it. Fortunately, his patience was rewarded. He finally reached an important point in the simulation and began to look for a partner.

　　【The first year, March, the breeding season is about to pass, and you still have not completed your mission. 】

 “Hey! Where are the same kind?”

Zhao Meng, who had been searching for a month, found that there were not many suitable candidates around, and he did not find anyone suitable for breeding.

 “That smell is back!”

When Zhao Meng felt this scent that was attractive to him, he felt a little helpless.

 “Looks like they’ve all gone there!”

Having been simulating a parasitic catfish for more than a year, Zhao Meng knows very well that this fish has almost no vision or hearing.

 Some only have a very sensitive sense of smell and some weak sense of touch,

 In this case, the breeding sites of parasitic catfish are taste-oriented, and they usually gather on the gills of some fish to complete their mission.

 But now, a strange source of attraction appears in the river, interfering with this normal process.

Thinking of the failure of the last simulation, Zhao Meng did not want to get close to this source.

However, he can restrain his genetic impulse, but others of his kind may not be able to restrain this attraction.

“I originally wanted to find hosts in other fish gills, but now I can only risk going to this place.”

Thinking of this, Zhao Meng left his parasitic host for his mission.

 …

Zhao Meng followed the source of the attraction source. As he got closer and closer to the source, he felt obvious fluctuations in the water flow.

 “What are those unknown creatures doing?”

 Feeling the strange fluctuations of the water in front of him, as a human being who is accustomed to seeing the world visually, he now only has some sense of water flow.

Like a blind man, he can only speculate on the dangerous and unknown creatures ahead through changes in the environment.

“Hunting, or just cooling off in the water, or engaging in other activities?”

To be honest, Zhao Meng was a little curious about the unknown creature that caused his failure.

 After this year's simulation and combined with previous simulation experience, he can determine that this is a river in a tropical environment.

  After all, he has not felt any obvious changes in the water temperature this year. With such a stable water temperature environment, it is not difficult to guess the environment.

“Since it is tropical waters, what animal dares to make such a big noise in the water?”

Zhao Meng had seen the dangers of tropical waters during the last time he simulated an orangutan.

 Leave aside the dangers caused by the speed and flow of tropical rivers, the variety of aquatic life in them makes tropical rivers an arena for a large number of creatures.

 Hence, several notorious aquatic creatures were born.

 “No matter what it is, I just need to complete my mission!”

Zhao Meng continued to move forward, and the movement in the water became louder and louder.

 He felt something jump into the water and made a huge noise. From this, he could judge that this creature was not an aquatic creature.

 The noisy environment made Zhao Meng worried. Fortunately, attracted by the smell, Zhao Meng found his own kind.

Those of the same kind are roaming around the ground, waiting for something.

 Because of the existence of some large animal, the surrounding environment was muddy and messy. He had little vision and his body was as big as a toothpick.

 You can only move forward in such a chaotic environment.

 In such an environment, parasites like them should not appear here, but the strange smell is attracting them.

Zhao Meng bumped into something while swimming. It was an extremely huge pillar. The pillar was so thick that it seemed like a wall to him.

At this moment, another huge disturbance occurred in the water flow, and the source of the disturbance was this structure that looked like a giant pillar.

"This is…"

Zhao Meng seemed to understand something when he sensed the disturbing animal in front of him. He seemed to know what animal had been attracting him.

"but why?"

Zhao Meng didn’t understand why this creature exuded an odor that was attractive to them.

Zhao Meng continued to swim forward, and he met more of the same kind. These same kind were swimming further forward, like a carp jumping over a dragon's gate, trying to rush to the top of the Optimus Pillar.

But Zhao Meng knew very well that the front end of this huge pillar that was constantly disturbing the water was not a dragon gate, but a desperate situation.

Zhao Meng wanted to complete his mission, but those of his kind around him were focused on rushing into the unknown dragon gate ahead, and no one of his kind paid any attention to him.

Even adult females are pursuing the unknown dragon gate.

 “This can’t go on like this!”

 Just when Zhao Meng was thinking about how to complete his mission.

 Suddenly, the same kind of people who were desperately moving forward stopped,

The peerless delicious food that attracted them stayed in place as if it had no source, and slowly spread with the surrounding flowing water.

 The parasitic catfish, which had been chasing the smell and trying to enter somewhere, also stopped and swam back and forth in place. They seemed very confused and couldn't understand why the dragon gate suddenly disappeared.

 Zhao Meng took the opportunity to complete his task, and then quickly left the noisy area.

He was a little scared. If he stayed here, he might be forced to crawl into some places again.

Zhao Meng, who was a little further away, felt the huge impact of water flow again.

 A huge object jumped into the water, causing the surrounding environment to become turbulent.

With the emergence of disturbance, those parasitic catfish seemed to sense something and headed towards the place where the giant thing was.

Zhao Meng, who was already planning to leave, sighed secretly when he thought of his own kind who were still trying to invade somewhere in that area.

Those parasitic catfish are attracted by a certain smell and can only linger there.

 Until the end, he became hungry, crazy, and invaded the source of the smell regardless, putting himself in a desperate situation.

 This is completely an endless loop!

  【In March of the next year, the new breeding season arrives, and you start looking for new breeding partners】

 Another year passed, and Zhao Meng was already quite comfortable with the life of a parasitic catfish, and there were basically no problems with parasitism.

The only troublesome part now is that the sources of that smell are increasing, which has a considerable impact on his life.

 “Sure enough, it’s another affected simulation!”

 After this year, Zhao Meng has basically determined what the source of the influence is.

Though he has no eyes to see and little hearing,

 But through various phenomena, he was very sure that the interference that caused this simulation was the same variable that was encountered in the previous simulation.

 “It’s a human being!”

 “Why does Keren’s body smell like that?”

 “Stay as far away from areas of human activity as possible.”

As a very small parasitic catfish, Zhao Meng knew that he could not have a huge impact on the human world like an orangutan.

 All he can do is to reproduce and make the parasitic catfish in this river dense and abundant.

 (End of this chapter)