Chapter 156: Dimensionality Reduction
The same city express arrived the next day.
Lu Yao opened the carton, and inside was a breathable plastic box.
There are a few small red insects in the box. They are small, with an arched back and a watery scoop shape, with 7 black spots on their elytra.
This is the goal that Lu Yao finally determined: the seven-star ladybug.
In the past, the things he bestowed to the temple through simulators were either seeds and fruits, or various tools.
But animals have never been.
Now that the pixel world is basically calm, it's time for further experimentation.
Lu Yao thought about it for a long time.
As the first animal to be dropped into the pixel world, it is better to be smaller, simpler in structure, less aggressive, and less destructive to the environment.
After a round of sifting, he took a fancy to the seven-star ladybug.
This small insect feeds mainly on aphids, which in turn are one of the most destructive pests, and all kinds of crops are on the aphid diet.
In addition to this, the seven-star ladybug is smaller. It does not have the ferocity of the longhorn and the praying mantis, nor does it have the strong sociality and action of ants, so it is a more suitable target.
But after all, it was the first time to release insects, and Lu Yao was still a little apprehensive.
Garlic, wheat, and grapes were normal before, but this time it's not good. It is also theoretically possible to mutate into a super monster after entering.
Before the formal gift, Lu Yao made a series of safeguard measures.
In the temples of the three cities, there are powerful apostles waiting for them: Sarina is guarding Yaocheng, the Blood Knight is sitting in Yancheng, and Philus is resident in Saniro.
Isabel is a member of the mobile team and is ready to support the various places.
As soon as the ladybugs mutate into monsters and wreak havoc around them, they can take control of the situation immediately.
……
Lu Yao grabbed a ladybug with the smallest head and the slowest movement, and carefully placed it on the mouse.
After a few moments, a dim ladybug icon was added to the temple's [Gifts] column, which was displayed as [Unknown Ladybug], and there was a small green progress bar underneath.
A piece of text appears in the simulator.
【Unknown Ladybug Dimensionality Reduction ......】
This is different from plants and basic items that appear directly.
Little by little, the progress bar brightens.
Lu Yao paid attention to the whole process.
After about a minute, the progress bar was read, but there was no follow-up.
Lu Yao waited for a while, moved the mouse, and found that he could click on the ladybug in the [Gift] and drag it out of the temple.
He selected the ladybug and landed on a small southern island, only to double-click and let go.
A new prompt pops up on the screen.
[Unknown ladybugs have entered this world.] 】
The little ladybug immediately came to life.
It flapped its wings and staggered and crawled on the ground. The ladybug's body swelled and became about the size of a dog, before it stabilized.
Under the pixel screen, it looks harmless to humans and animals.
Even so, Isabel followed it firmly, wary of this particular insect.
Lu Yao clicked on the ladybug.
……
【Unknown Ladybug LV1】
Health: 42/42
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 2
Defense: 5
Speed: 6
【Dormancy】
Through dormancy, various consumption can be reduced and life can be extended.
……
A new transcendent creature was born.
Lu Yao continued to follow and observe.
The dormant ladybug circled around the island, then burrowed into a bush, and in a moment it flew out again, running towards a wood.
As if finding an edible bug in these plants, it quickly eats its fill, and then lies in the bushes with [dormant] on the top of its head.
After experiments, Lu Yao came to the preliminary conclusion that gifted animals are more complex than plants.
When an animal in the higher dimension enters the pixel world in the lower dimension, it will go through a process of being reduced by the power of rules.
There will be some subtle changes after the dimensionality reduction. Reflected in the result, it is to transform from an ordinary high-dimensional life into a local transcendent creature.
Lu Yao went to the toilet, and when he came back, he found that there was an extra prompt on the game interface.
[The unknown ladybug failed to integrate into the world.] 】
Well?
Lu Yao clicked on the prompt.
The screen immediately jumps to a corner of the island.
There are two turkeys here, pecking at ground prey. Judging from the scattered debris, the prey is a dormant ladybug.
Lu Yao scratched his head.
This is the first time that integration has failed.
On the other hand, the fixed-point release of animals, and even death, the believers and villains in the city are unaware.
Lu Yao began to release the second ladybug.
【Unknown Ladybug Dimensionality Reduction ......】
The progress bar ends.
……
【Unknown Ladybug LV1】
Health: 36/36
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 2
Defense: 3
Speed: 6
【Anesthesia】
Sprays irritating toxins that temporarily paralyze enemies.
……
The same species of insects have different results.
It seems that dimensionality reduction has a certain randomness.
Lu Yao continued to wait.
Five minutes later.
[The unknown ladybug failed to integrate into the world.] 】
Unlike the previous ones, this time the anesthetic ladybug is very aggressive, and as soon as it comes, it targets the piranha crabs resting on the beach. It did manage to capture one under anesthesia and prey on it.
But during the second operation, the anesthetic ladybug was beaten by the righteous group, and only a fragment of elytra remained.
Lu Yao started the third attempt.
Another ladybug was born, and soon it was killed by several islanders with spears due to drowsiness.
Failed again.
Lu Yao tried the nineteenth in a row.
Finally, a third ladybug was born.
……
【Unknown Ladybug LV1】
Health: 40/40
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 1
Defense: 3
Speed: 7
【Musk】
It secretes a special musk with a rich fragrance that delights the surrounding creatures.
……
This time, Lu Yao was on guard throughout the whole process.
Unlike the first two pathfinders, the musk ladybug itself is not aggressive, nor is it lazy. It is like a bird that looks like an insect, flying around the island, and when it is tired, it lies down on the tree to rest.
Ladybugs attract piranhas crabs by the beach, and turkeys further inland. Both of these animals are eyeing it, but they are fighting first.
In the end, the piranha won by numerical superiority.
The crabs did not attack the musk ladybug, but stayed and rested in the ladybug's infested area.
Gradually, ladybugs were not afraid of them, and it didn't take long for a new musk ladybug to be born. Lu Yao also didn't know if it was a cross between ladybugs and other insects...... In short, the musk ladybug has miraculously established itself on this small island.
The simulator gives a belated reminder.
[Unknown ladybugs have been successfully integrated into the world.] 】
You name it ___.
Succeed!
The most popular ladybug, adapted to the new world after dimensionality reduction.
Lu Yao named it the musk ladybug.
In one go, the remaining ladybugs were sent in one after another, and only a few [musk ladybugs] were successful, and all other varieties failed to be integrated.
He was so tired that he writhed his wrists.
It takes so much trial and effort just to put a ladybug into it.
The mythical Nuwa uses clay to pinch people, make musical instruments, arrange marriages between men and women, and work hard to make up for the sky, she is really too dedicated......
Slowly.
Lu Yao couldn't help but think in his mind: Nuwa shouldn't be a higher-dimensional player, right?
At this moment, a new prompt suddenly appeared in the game interface.
[Shang Ji wrote the first insect book, "The Story of Ladybugs."] 】
Schemes?
Isn't this the villain of the head of the slave traders?
Lu Yao clicked on the name in the reminder bar.
The screen jumps to a small island not far away.
Shang Ji, with his feet tied to ropes, was picking cotton on the ground when he was whipped by a young islander.
A prayer box emerges above the head of the former slave trader and the old man of the present.
"Lord, a sinner like me would not dare to ask for your forgiveness. I only hope that you will bless and have mercy on you to send the book I wrote back safely so that everyone can see it......"
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(End of chapter)