Chapter 3: Fierce Monsters
What appeared in front of Zuode's eyes was an endless surface of water! The blood-red ocean even reflected the sky in the same color! There was no wind, but all kinds of huge waves rolled up strangely on the surface of the sea. The waves seemed to be alive, sometimes rushing and roaring, smashing towards several towering peaks on the sea. From time to time, it rotates in place, forming pillars of blood that connect heaven and earth. From time to time, they collide with each other, shattering into various forms of red splashes.
Countless white spherical creatures surrounded these huge pillars of blood, constantly burrowing in and out of them, looking busy. There are also long, slender snake-like creatures that float on the surface of the sea, waiting for an opportunity to catch these white ball creatures.
Behind Zode, there is also a huge stone mountain that rises above the sea. From Zuode's point of view, the stone mountain behind him is so high that there is almost no end in sight. The sides of the mountains are also vast and huge.
And Zuode was standing on a cliff on this mountain, and a few dozen meters under his feet was a roaring sea of blood.
What's even more terrifying is that the temperature in this world is very high, and the air is filled with a strong smell of sulfur. The rocks beneath your feet seem to be baked, and when the splashing sea water touches the mountain, it emits a large stream of steam. This kind of steam with a terrifying high temperature, as soon as it came into contact with Zuode's white insect body, it immediately made his skin open and painful. Fortunately, the body of the insect is not as sensitive as it was when humans, otherwise this pain is estimated to be doubled.
Zode felt very hungry, very hungry, and the terrible heat of the steam made him convulse all over, and he could barely stand up on his newborn four hind feet. Although the newborn larvae can eat the worm to maintain their life for a certain period of time, but the newly drilled worm quickly decays into a puddle of pus, and Zuo De does not think that this thing can be digested by him.
Zode had to rely on the support of a pair of strong chela blades, stumbling around in search of anything to eat.
It's a real rocky mountain, and there are no plants, let alone animals, except for all kinds of craggy rocks. Although the mountain trail was rugged and there were not many places to tread, the hot steam made his vision blurry and his whole body ached. However, Zuode still made a new discovery in a rocky corner.
It was an egg-shaped piece of flesh the size of four or five zods, covered with disgusting pus, vaguely like a worm molt from earlier.
"It's another worm egg! Great!" Zuo De didn't have the consciousness to cherish the feelings of his kind. His mind was now filled with the painful feeling of hunger.
Without hesitation, Zode punctured the eggs and burrowed in. Soon, after a violent shaking, the eggs were thrown out of the two strangled corpses, and everything was quiet again.
When Zuode tore open the shriveled eggs again and crawled out of them, he could no longer see the previous embarrassment. His body is a little bigger, and the four worm legs have been fully evolved by him. The body has produced a thin membrane that is defenseless but resistant to the ubiquitous heat of steam.
Zuode (Unknown Life)
Rank: 0
Level: 2
Body type: Ultra-small
Life: 20
Mana: 120
Strength: 2
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 12
Dexterity: 2
Perception: 2
Armor: +5
"Upgraded, why so fast!" Zode noticed the new stats in his body. In his previous life, Zuode has observed countless times that human beings have gone from level 1 at birth to level 10 after adulthood, which has only been reached after many years of growth. And the current insect body has actually been upgraded to level 2 in such a short period of time. This made Zuo De sigh again at the strangeness of this bug. But everything here is very strange, whether it is the climate, the natural environment, or the creatures, anyway, there are some beings that Zode cannot understand.
Where the hell is this?, Zode thought.
No one was able to answer him. Fortunately, Zuode was a little accustomed to this kind of doubt, and Zuode, who was in good condition, began to continue to look for new eggs, and he found that the eggs of this kind of bugs were as important to him as food, and they were the key items for his physical upgrade.
This time the luck was a bit bad, and no new eggs were seen in the nearby corners. As a former human, Zuode's deformed insect body brought great inconvenience to his movements. Strangely, from the initial shaky to the later smooth movement, Zuode only took a little time. This efficiency of adapting to a different body is indeed very strange, but Zode is no longer in the mood to think about it. His primary goal now is to find more eggs.
While constantly adapting to the new body, he desperately searched for eggs. Zode adapts quickly, but it is indeed difficult to find a small egg in this thick steam.
Zode still found nothing, so he decided to search a little further afield.
After struggling to climb a huge rock, Zuode was pleasantly surprised to find that there were five or six insect eggs scattered across the low pile of rocks under his feet.
"Whew~!" Zuo Dewei screamed and pounced excitedly.
After a long time, Zuode stood in the middle of a mess of rocks, the rotting egg walls emitting a foul smell, and all around him were scattered with insect corpses, and the dark green insect blood splattered all over his body, making his insect body even more hideous.
Zuode's four insect feet have become stronger and more powerful, and at the tip of the foot, Zuode has also evolved sharp hooks. The membranes that protect the body have also become tougher, forming a substance similar to that of insect beetles. The insect beetle as a whole showed a streamlined arc, which made Zuode's movements more sensitive. With the assistance of the stone eye, Zuo De strengthened his eyes, which greatly strengthened his observation ability.
The current Zuode, with that pair of sharp chela, looks more like a mantis-shaped monster.
Zuode (Unknown Form)
Rank: 0
Level: 3
Body type: Ultra-small
Health: 30
Mana: 120
Strength: 3
Constitution: 3
Intelligence: 12
Dexterity: 5
Perceptual: 5
Armor: +10
Perhaps due to the fact that Zod's evolved insect organs were even better, he found that his agility and perception attributes had increased by 2 points.
However, the current Zuo De has no extra energy to pay attention to the issue of attributes for the time being, but has fallen into deep contemplation:
"Hell, what kind of species is this bug? What was supposed to be an easy hunt turned into a fight. In the end, the worm actually felt the danger, completed its initial evolution ahead of schedule, and broke out of the cocoon. Although the degree of evolution is not high, the speed is very fast. What's more, it sucked up all the egg juice and left me with nothing. If all the bugs in the back reach this level......"
Zuo De couldn't help but get anxious. No one knows how many of these bugs there are here, and no one can guarantee that they will be able to become the final victor in every encounter, this is not a previous life, and they can still be treated after being injured.
"I have to speed up, take advantage of the fact that these bugs have not yet hatched, get as much egg fluid as possible, so that I have enough combat power to protect myself. “
Soon, Zode's conjecture was verified. After Zod had plundered four or five unhatched eggs, he encountered the first self-hatching bug. It was an ugly creature that had evolved a large, sharp jaw and a blue-black body covered with tiny tentacles that looked like an octopus with a shovel. When it saw it, it was biting at a fellow that it had just dragged out of its eggs.
Unknown species
Rank: 0
Level: 1
Body type: Ultra-small
Life: 20
Mana: 10
Strength: 1
Constitution: 2
Dexterity: 1
Intelligence:1
Perception: 2
Armor: +7
Zode didn't alarm it, it was nothing more than a level 1 ordinary bug. Killing it didn't do Zod any good, and the accident of the battle was something Zode didn't want to see.