[In July of the fourth year, the seawater temperature rises, and the suitable water temperature makes you feel the arrival of the breeding season, and your instinct drives you to do something. 】
Zhao Meng was hiding in the sand at this time, feeling the restlessness coming from his body.
The reason why he was curious about the reproduction method of animals like duck clams was because
Or because geoducks almost lose their ability to move when they reach adulthood.
Neither the male nor the female geoduck has any other ability to move except for the ability to drill out and burrow into the mud and beach.
"In this state, the previous reproductive process that required competition will not happen."
"Can we just stay where we are?"
"Is it the same principle as cloud inheritance?"
With doubts, Zhao Meng patiently waited for the time to arrive.
…
A bright moon rises slowly from the seaside, for the creatures in the sea.
The tidal forces caused by changes in the moon phases are often critical moments in the lives of marine organisms.
At this time, the tide rises, and the beach is submerged by the tide. A large number of geoducks emerge from the submerged bottom.
From soft to hard, from 6 centimeters to 18 centimeters, all kinds of clams, both male and female, start breeding offspring together at the moment of the full moon.
For a moment, a layer of skirt-like floating waves appeared on the beach. Without human influence, the floating waves slowly receded toward the sea.
"it is as expected!"
After completing his mission, Zhao Meng shrank back again.
The reproductive process of geoducks is somewhat similar to the cloud genetics of sunfish.
However, due to their size, the clouds released by geoducks are far less massive than those of sunfish.
"This is another kind of cloud inheritance!"
"Wait!" Looking at the waves gradually drifting away, Zhao Meng suddenly recalled the process of sunfish reproduction.
"No, it's not that simple here!"
Sunfish will only release clouds when they get very close, but even then, the survival rate of sunfish offspring is still horribly low.
But geoducks release less clouds than sunfish. The distance between each geoduck is also unevenly distributed, and the time for releasing clouds is short.
The entire reproduction process is less reliable than that of sunfish, but the actual reproduction effect is far better than that of sunfish.
"If geoduck reproduction is similar to cloud genetics, their population size shouldn't be this large."
“Is there something unique about the geoduck clouds?”
Zhao Meng muttered, a little confused.
After all, he doesn't have a microscope now, and it's impossible to observe the conditions in those microscopic environments. He can only continue to simulate.
[In March of the sixth year, after constant eating, your shell reached 18 centimeters]
"Finally got this physique."
Zhao Meng didn't know why, but he was happy that the duck clam had grown to this size, as if he had reached a new milestone.
[In October of the ninth year, after constant eating, the dog’s shell length reached 21 cm]
“Growth is slowing down!”
Zhao Meng felt his physical condition, compared his growth figures in the past two years, and came to this conclusion.
[In the twelfth year, you continued to grow, and your shell length reached 22 cm]
Zhao Meng became even bigger, and as a result, he gained a higher chance of survival.
The longer and larger body also allows him to burrow deeper into the ground and avoid more dangers.
Although predators still harassed him from time to time, he was able to calmly respond to these predators.
[In the fifteenth year, your shell length reached 24 cm]
"It appears this geoduck is a long-lived creature."
Zhao Meng could feel that his body was still in the growth stage, and aging was still far away for him.
[In the sixteenth year, you were attacked by a predator and your shell length became 21 cm]
"Tsk! Just an inch or two."
Zhao Meng calmly discarded the round head and retracted his whole body into the mud.
I felt an unknown big bird outside, pecking at the regular pig-nose-shaped head that I had discarded.
Zhao Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I almost overturned the car!"
Living a regular life made Zhao Meng relax a little and made him forget that he was still in the cruel nature.
Even if buried underground, most dangers are avoided,
But he still needs to stick his head out to eat. If he is not careful, his life may still be in danger.
"Every time you take a bite, you gain wisdom!" Zhao Meng muttered, once again immersed in reviewing the immortal cultivation techniques.
[In the twenty-sixth year, your shell length increased to 27 centimeters]
It has been ten years since the last crisis.
During this period of time, Zhao Meng has been living a cautious life and has never lost sight of his rules.
"This animal seems extraordinarily stable!"
Buried in the sand, Zhao Meng experienced another benefit of geoducks. Geoducks that did not need to be hunted allowed Zhao Meng to immerse himself in the research of the Nascent Soul Stage Numerology Model with peace of mind.
"It's a pity that the situation in reality is unstable. Otherwise, through the accumulation in the simulation, plus the accumulation in Jia Yao and Xixi Lake, we can also complete the construction of the Nascent Soul and realize the complete automation and intelligence of cultivation control. .”
"But even if you break through the Nascent Soul, you can't change the situation in reality much."
"You still have to rely on the entries."
Looking back on the process of simulating geoducks over the past few decades, Zhao Meng secretly thought about what entries could be obtained from this animal.
"There should be something special about Xiangba's clouds. Maybe you can see it when the entry is published!"
[In the forty-seventh year, through continuous eating, your shell length reached 38 centimeters]
"Another twenty years have passed!" Zhao Meng sighed secretly when he saw the system prompt text.
“Although I can’t feel the geoduck entering its old age yet.”
"But the growth of geoducks has become very slow, and it may have reached some kind of limit."
[In the sixty-fifth year, your shell length reached 41 cm]
"It can still grow!"
Looking at the system prompts, Zhao Meng was a little surprised. Such a 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!"
"It's incredible."
"It would be unimaginable to have this kind of structure on a human body?" Feeling the unique body structure of the geoduck, this thought popped up in Zhao Meng's mind unconsciously.
"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 tissues can continue to recover, but your neural structures begin to undergo apoptosis. 】
"He actually lived for a hundred years!"
This simulation was a bit long, which made Zhao Meng's mental consciousness a little numb.
But when he saw that the simulation time had reached a hundred years, his spirit was still shaken. After simulating so many animals, this was the first time that he had lived for a hundred years.
Geoducks have a strong ability to heal themselves. Even if they are cut off from the root, there is still a possibility of recovery.
"Unfortunately, the nerve cells in geoducks cannot continue to regenerate, and their lifespan will eventually come to an end."
[In the 103rd year, your nerve structure continues to undergo apoptosis, and you have difficulty eating. 】
"dying!"
Zhao Meng inhaled the surrounding seawater and used his last strength to fill the half-meter-long pipe with body fluids.
But he was old after all, and the pipe separated the black soil above with difficulty, and slowly drilled out.
It was the ebb of the tide at this moment, and he shouldn't have come out, but for some reason, he still made an effort,
On the quiet beach, a black cylindrical tube-like object stretched out.
The next moment, a stream of seawater spurted out, and the seawater spread out in the air, forming a micro-bow.
The pipe, which was originally strong, collapsed on the beach.
The seabirds hovering in the sky landed one after another, tearing and fighting for the pipe.
A huge clam was pulled out of its nest that had not been moved for hundreds of years.
Fortunately, Zhao Meng was unable to sense all this, and Zhao Meng's consciousness had returned to his body at this time.
…
In the phantom space, the huge phantom with a human head and a snake's tail flickered slightly.
The twilight aura brought out by hundreds of years in Zhao Meng's body was cleared away, and the past was 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 took him a while to adapt before he came back to his senses.
"This simulation went quite smoothly! Except for the need for multiple restarts at the beginning, the rest of the simulation was not too difficult."
"It's time to extract the entries."
Zhao Meng, who had completed the simulation, did not hesitate. After relaxing for a moment, he entered the shadow space and started extracting entries.
Zhao Meng touched the flashing colorful lottery tube in front of the phantom with his consciousness, and a purple light appeared in front of Zhao Meng:
[Cut the roots and rebirth (purple) (throw away the tubes calmly) (rebirth and growth)]
"You can abandon the protruding parts of your body to lure enemies, and the lost parts can be reborn again after escaping from danger."
…
“Although it’s purple, this entry looks good!”
Zhao Meng recalled some of the crises he experienced while simulating geoducks. Although geoducks usually hide in mud and sand and are not disturbed by predators,
But he still needs to poke his head out to eat, but as soon as he pokes his head out, 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 what a geoduck calls its head is actually its mouth."
"There is no point in human beings losing their mouths."
"According to the definition of the entry, the protruding part can be thrown away. What does the protruding part refer to?"
"Head, limbs, or other parts!"
"If we follow the topological structure, there are still many protruding points on the human body."
Looking at the content of this entry, Zhao Meng thought of many questions.
But no matter what, the effect of the entry of root removal and rebirth was very useful, and Zhao Meng was a little moved.
"Don't worry, let's extract the remaining entries first and then talk."
Zhao Meng's consciousness suddenly touched the colorful lottery holder in front of the phantom of a human head and a snake's tail, and a blue light appeared in front of him:
[Hidden underwater (blue)]
"When you're underground, you have a chance of avoiding detection."
"Well...this entry!"
Zhao Meng pondered for a moment while looking at the introduction of the entry, and then gently shook his head.
This entry looks like a good hidden entry, but unfortunately is only probabilistically immune to detection.
In the affairs that Zhao Meng had been exposed to in his previous life, anything that was linked to probability would bring him some misfortune.
"continue!"
This entry was not within the scope of his consideration. Zhao Meng continued to touch the lottery tube, and saw a golden light burst out from the lottery tube and slowly landed in front of him:
“Sure enough, I got another gold withdrawal!”
As the golden light dissipated, Zhao Meng looked at the content of the entry with doubts on his face:
"What does this entry mean? Why can't I understand it?"
[Advance the rapids (gold) (controllable) (settable) (automatic path finding) (automatic recognition)]
"Your cloud will have uniqueness and will adapt to its own goals."
…
"What do you mean?" Zhao Meng read the explanation of the entry twice and was still a little confused.
"Wait a minute, the golden entries are all related to reproduction. Could it be that..."
He suddenly recalled something that he had never figured out during the simulation.
The breeding cloud concentration of geoducks is much lower than that of sunfish. The location of geoducks is also messy and disorderly. There are also richer plankton on the coast. The breeding environment of geoducks is far more complicated than that of sunfish.
In this case, the reproductive results of geoducks are much better than those of sunfish.
Thinking of this, Zhao Meng looked at the entry again, feeling a little enlightened in his heart.
"Could it be that the originally ordinary clouds and mist will be endowed with certain attributes?"
"There is an automatic pathfinding sign on the entry."
"This geoduck cloud can't be able to find nearby targets like humans!"
Looking at the explanation of the entry, Zhao Meng secretly made some guess.
"If we had a microscope, we could observe the characteristics of geoduck clouds, but it's a pity that we don't have this opportunity."
"So which entry should I choose?"
Zhao Meng looked at the three entries floating in front of him and pondered.
The blue entry was eliminated by him without much thought. His only hesitation was on [Restart] and [Advance in Rapids].
Fortunately, this hesitation did not last long, and Zhao Meng made his choice.
If it were him who just traveled through time,
He is more likely to choose the entry with [rebirth].
But after experiencing so many things, especially on the fairy boat, seeing those beings with divine seeds will be affected by his entries.
At this moment, the divine seed has become an important part of his strength.
"The [Yong Jin] entry can change the characteristics of the divine species, which may have a miraculous effect on the current situation."
With this idea in mind, Zhao Meng chose the golden term [Yong Jin].
Following Zhao Meng's selection, the remaining two entries returned to the shadow, and the golden entry was fixed in his consciousness.
Zhao Meng glanced at the golden entry and was about to exit the shadow space, but when his eyes glanced at the fixed new entry, he suddenly stopped.
He noticed that next to the new entry there was the last extracted entry [Special Attraction]
Looking at this entry and then at the newly extracted entries, an idea popped into Zhao Meng's mind unconsciously:
"These two terms...seem to be used together!"
"The Jiaoxiao Immortal Boat is currently discussing how to deal with me."
(End of chapter)
