Chapter 431: The Shackles of Life

More than 300 sea mussels, not a lot!

Looking at it, there are no less than 50 sea mussels that are more than 10 years old.

If Su Xia was allowed to find it by himself, even with the help of the submarine, he would have to find at least a month or two in this vast sea to find so many sea mussels.

During this time, you may also encounter some unknown dangers that exist in the sea.

But now, with a roar, the big whale directly sent so many sea mussels to Su Xia.

"How's it going, isn't it a big gift?" The big whale asked proudly, a little smug.

"Yes!"

Su Xia nodded seriously.

If that's not a big gift, what else is?

The pearls produced by these phantom blue sea mussels were refined into psionic potions, which were enough for Su Xia to become the top creature of this planet, and even cross that threshold, beyond the known limits of this planet!

"These guys, I knew they were here a long time ago, but I didn't bother to look for them, because I can't digest them myself now, so I kept them and let them grow slowly." The big whale said.

"Can't digest it?"

Su Xia frowned, and then asked, "What do you mean?" Can't you digest the pearls they produce? ”

"yes." The big whale replied.

"There shouldn't be such a problem." Susha said.

"I don't know what's wrong, but I just can't digest it." The big whale is also helpless.

According to him, when the psionic era first came, he could absorb a large amount of psionic energy, continue to evolve, and his strength gradually increased, gradually possessing his current ability.

You know, before the advent of the Psionic Age, although he was huge, he was not that big.

Before that, he was actually more than 100 meters long, and the largest was less than 200 meters.

"At that time, I was still very skinny......"

The big whale recalled its previous appearance, and there was more emotion in its voice.

Su Xia nodded slightly, he had seen those materials about the "Moore Behemoth" and "Vengeful Whale", among which there were some blurry pictures, videos, etc., some in black and white, and some in color, and he could vaguely see the previous appearance of the big whale.

After the advent of the psionic energy, the size of the big whale skyrocketed a large circle, and it rose to its current appearance.

"Not only me, but also the annoying electric eel, as well as the sea dragon and the tentacle monster, after absorbing the spiritual energy, they have all become much bigger, and they are also smarter than before." The big whale said.

He thought he would continue to evolve like this endlessly until the end of his life.

However, one day just a few years ago, he suddenly found that he could no longer continue to become stronger, and it seemed that the power he absorbed had reached a critical point, and no matter how he absorbed it, he couldn't digest it.

There are not a few sea blue pearls he has swallowed, and he can absorb as many as he swallows before.

But after that day, he couldn't.

"Why is that?"

Hearing this, Su Xia groaned, pondering the reason for this problem, but he didn't know much about it.

His ugly doppelganger has not yet evolved to the level of the big whale, and he has not yet encountered the situation that the big whale said.

"Sarah, you know what?" Susha had to ask Sarah beside her.

"Well, you should know a little bit." Sarah smiled sweetly and nodded.

"What is the reason?" Susha asked.

Outside the submarine, the big whale was silent, a little nervous, quietly waiting for Sarah's answer.

Sarah smiled: "Captain, according to my records, the Zerg creatures, like the Terrans and the Cyborgs, will face a huge chasm when they reach a certain stage of civilization, and it will be difficult to cross the past. ”

"You mean...... Into the stars? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Su Xia understood what Sarah meant, and at the same time knew what the problem of the big whale was.

It is well known that marine creatures can grow very large, and the largest ones are countless times larger than elephants on land, such as the blue whale on the other side of the earth.

The most important reason is that marine life can rely on the buoyancy of seawater to reduce the bearing capacity of its bones.

However, the body of the big whale is too huge, more than 300 meters long, so big that it can no longer grow, even if he is a psionic creature and has the help of seawater to bear it.

If it goes any longer, he will be crushed by himself, killed by himself.

"I'm going to kill myself?" The big whale was taken aback.

"That's right." Su Xia nodded.

"What then? Am I like this in the future? "The big whale is actually quite satisfied with his own strength, he has basically had no desires in the past few years, he has eaten, slept, eaten, and has no other requirements.

If there was no way, it would be forgotten, but now, Sarah, there seemed to be a solution to this kind of problem, which cheered him up and gave him some vague anticipation.

If you can continue to get stronger, it is naturally the best.

"Sarah, what do you think?"

"Captain, you know the Kraken, right?" Sarah asked with a chuckle.

"You know, the 'Titan-level' life of the Zerg, a giant beast that can travel in the starry sky." Su Xia nodded, he had heard the octopus monster Haidar say it before.

Kraken, beyond the sixth level of life.

The people who can travel in the starry sky are almost all Zerg creatures of level eight or nine or even higher, they are extremely large, and they have a space of their own in their bodies, which can carry a large number of other Zerg life.

They are an important class of troops for the Zerg to colonize the stars, and each one is extremely powerful.

In Howl's sources, there are many accounts of Kraken.

For example, more than 2,000 years ago, on a remote civilization planet in the Imperial Star Domain, a huge Kraken suddenly came, and after he arrived, a large number of Zerg creatures poured out of the space in his body, establishing a hive stronghold at an extremely fast speed, almost causing the entire planet to be devoured by insects.

In the end, it was the Imperial Fleet that took action, using a weapon called "Death Sound Wave" to forcibly kill the Kraken Behemoth, which had reached level 10, and spent a lot of energy to clean up the rest of the low-level Zerg, so as to save the planet.

In addition to the Kraken, there are other Titan-level creatures in the Zerg, and after growing to a certain extent, they can break through the limitations of the planet and enter the starry sky, such as Behemoth, Setus, Mogaro, and so on.

They have different names, different sizes, characteristics, and abilities, but they all have a similar characteristic - extremely large!

The huge body can store enough energy to support them to travel in the starry sky.

Even the smallest Titan-class creatures are nearly a kilometer long.

"But I can't grow up anymore." The big whale said bitterly that his evolution had stopped, and his life level was limited to the highest level of the planet.

"A breakthrough from Zerg creatures requires a certain amount of luck." Sarah said with a smile, her voice gentle.

"Is there a way to reduce the luck component?" Susha asked.

"Yes, he needs to keep trying, he can't go with the flow as before, and he himself must have a firm belief in evolution." Sarah gave such a reply.

"How?" The big whale outside couldn't wait and asked out loud.

"Pushing the limits."

"Breakthrough?"

"Yes, that's something other than luck, you can think of it as 'hard work.'"

Sarah explained: "The universe is far more cold and cruel than the ocean space you are in now, and if you are not careful, it is easy to encounter life and death crises, if you want to evolve into a Titan-level creature, you must break through your existing limits." ”

"How do I break through?" The big whale still didn't understand and continued to ask.

"Put pressure on yourself, grind into the most brutal areas of the planet, and you can even try to survive on land for a while."

"Land?" The big whale was shocked, "I'm a sea creature, don't I go to land to find death?" Won't crush myself? ”

"Yes, as a sea creature, you enter the universe to seek death as well." Sarah smiled slightly, "This is just to activate your desire for business, hone your ability to survive, and stimulate the evolutionary instinct that exists in your body." ”

"It's too cruel......"

The big whale is distressed, if he doesn't continue to evolve and maintain his current size, it's actually quite good, anyway, he is already a sea overlord, as long as he doesn't run into the underwater troops of humans or mechanists, there is almost no danger to his life.

The Zerg's tech tree is different from that of humans or machines, and they climb Flesh Tech.

And this technology tree has always been full of blood and cruelty.

The octopus monster Haidar said to Susha that in order to enter the starry sky, some creatures will evolve a closed pressurized carapace to isolate themselves from the vacuum, and some will enter a near-dormant state when entering the universe, and the cells on the surface of the body will enter a state of near dormancy, without reproduction and division, so as to reduce the damage to the cells from cosmic rays as much as possible......

"This road is so difficult, no wonder the electric eel and the sea dragon are all stuck, just like me." The big whale pondered, and after listening to Sarah's words, he remembered the years that had passed hundreds of years.

For a long time, he fought human whaling ships.

At that time, he often faced life and death crises, and he had a desire to become stronger, and he did become stronger and stronger, becoming a sea monster feared by countless people.

But after becoming a sea monster, his sense of crisis became less and less, and the pace of evolution gradually stopped.

"I guess it's because I'm too comfortable." The big whale also understands its own problems.

After thinking about it, he didn't ask anymore.

The next path is up to him, and no other creature can help.

Su Xia remained silent and did not ask the big whale for his choice.

The big whale is also a member of the Zerg, and the starry sky is quite cruel to the Zerg creatures, and there is a danger of death at every turn.

Even if the big whale really broke through the shackles of life and became another level of existence, Su Xia wanted him to stay on this planet.

"Alright, let's not talk about that!" The big whale changed the topic and brought the topic back to Su Xia, "After you return to the land, there is a way to extract and refine spiritual energy from pearls, right?" ”

"Yes." Su Xia replied.

"That's good......"

The big whale flicked its tail, released a huge coercion again, looked at the many phantom blue sea mussels, and said: "Count yourself consciously, since you are all lined up, then come one by one and spit out the pearls!" If there is one missing, Grandpa Whale will destroy you! ”

"Yes, yes, Grandpa Whale don't be angry, let's start immediately." The leader of the sea mussel was bitter in his heart, and he was forced to do so under the pressure of the big whale.

The big whale said indifferently: "Grandpa Whale will not take your benefits in vain, I will leave my breath outside this rift, and other predators will not approach this rift in the future, even the top creatures will give me a face!" ”

Hearing this, the leading sea mussel was overjoyed in his heart, conveying a joyful spiritual fluctuation.

"Thank you, Grandpa Whale!"

The phrase "big whale" is enough, even if it is worth giving away all the pearls this time.

Their race is too weak, and in the eyes of many predators, it is just a great tonic that can move, which is their natural sadness.

Living in the crevices of this far north sea can avoid most predators, but there are always dangerous moments.

Now, the big whale is willing to shelter them, and this is to put a talisman on them.

Next, these pearl mussels begin to spit out their own pearl crystals in turn.

"Put it all in this big net, and I'll take it back later."

Su Xia sent a few small robots, carrying a large and thin net, to collect the pearls spit out by the sea mussels.

At the same time, the big whale used its own ability to drive other marine creatures around it to move around, probing the situation in this area, trying to find a safe landing place for Suxia.

They all knew that the Cyborg would not give up, and would definitely send patrol creatures to the Far North Sea.

It's true that ordinary mechanical life can't survive in the bitter cold, but this doesn't include the special mechanical forces of the mechanical family.

After more than ten minutes, the big whale got feedback from the rest of the marine animals.

"Not so long ago, there were mechanical creatures patrolling this area, both above and below the surface, and it wasn't safe here." The big whale said to Su Xia.

"Now that the mechanical clan is powerful, there is actually no safe place on the entire planet." Su Xia had expected this, and the news of his appearance in the Northern Sea had long been known to the Cymbin, and they would definitely strengthen the defense here.

However, there is a limit to the number of mechanical creatures.

The biggest problem for the current mechanical people is that this planet does not have many resources, and it is impossible for them to consume all the resources for Susha.

Even if the entire planet were to be used up with all the resources that could be mined, the Machines would not be able to create an army that could control the entire Far North.

"In fact, in the southern seas before, they also failed to achieve a complete blockade, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to escape, let alone here?" Su Xia was not worried, and was very calm.

More than two hours later, more than 300 mussels spat out pearls.

Among them, the largest pearl was the size of a small volleyball, and it was spit out by the big mussel in the lead, and the amount of spiritual power contained in it was unimaginable.

Su Xia was kind-hearted and didn't ask them to spit out all the pearls, so they kept one each.

Even so, the total number of pearls reached more than two thousands.

"This time, the harvest is more than the last time the two hive battles were harvested, and when I go back, I will immediately extract the potion, and then retreat......"

Su Xia thought in his heart that when the retreat was over, even if he couldn't become a top-level creature, he should not be too close.

The next time you see Mercer, you have to beat Mercer and subdue him completely.

Once convinced, you can talk to Mercer about the experiments with Coral City's underground creatures, especially Subject 28.

That cunning test subject always gave Su Xia a very dangerous feeling.

In Su Xia's quest bar, the quest named [Anomaly Out of Control] has always been there, and it seems to be waiting for something.

"Even if you defeat Mercer, there's nothing to be proud of." Su Xia was always vigilant, "Mercer is just a scientific research robot, in charge of biological experiments, scientific research is so powerful, that master of the subordinate, how powerful are the rest of the types......"

(End of chapter)