Chapter 262: Seeking Taste

[In June of the fourth year, with your efforts, your descendants will become more and more]

"Huh!?"

"The abnormal movement in the river seems to have stopped a lot!"

At this time, Zhao Meng had just broken away from a weakened host and was about to find a new one, when he sniffed the smell of the river.

He was surprised to find that the source of the strangeness that attracted him so much was gone.

"Shore creatures scared?"

And with the reduction of the disturbance of the river by those large creatures, the Zhao Meng clan became more prosperous.

[In July of the fifth year, your size continues to grow, and your requirements for the host continue to increase!] 】

After several years of growth,

Zhao Meng found that he could no longer parasitize on some small fish.

Nowadays it is almost the thickness of a mobile phone charging cable, such a body size, although it is very small compared to other fish,

But compared to other parasitic catfish, they are completely behemoths.

As a parasite that lives on his cheeks, this body type also has a certain impact on his life.

"I'm too big!"

[In January of the sixth year, you continued to work hard to reproduce offspring]

Thankfully, fish fulfill their mission by releasing clouds and mist, and don't require close contact like mammals.

Otherwise, which small fish can withstand the toss of his size.

Although the increase in size has caused certain parasitic difficulties, at the same time there are some advantages,

For example, as he grows in size, his perception of the environment increases several times.

Through various senses and long-term experience as a fish, Zhao Meng has constructed a unique vision that belongs to the parasitic catfish.

"That smell is here again!"

Under the powerful senses, Zhao Meng sniffed something.

"It's been a long time since a creature on the shore of this river has dared to go into the water, who is so bold!"

Zhao Meng swam along the place where the smell was,

When he reached the shore, he did not feel a large creature wandering in the water, but noticed a column of water connecting to the surface of the water in a parabolic form from the bank of the river.

The water column spread layers of foam on the surface of the river, and the parasitic catfish under the surface of the water smelled this smell, as if injected with hormones, and jumped frantically towards the surface of the water.

Try to enter the water column, drill along the water column into its end.

Feeling that his own kind was so excited, Zhao Meng sighed helplessly in his heart.

With his physique, he might be able to leap out of the water, go against the water column and deal a blow to the giant above, but his kind are a little worse.

Although Zhao Meng has the ability to do this, those people on the shore did not provoke him, why did he bite people.

At this time, the column of water on the water shook twice, and then disappeared.

And those parasitic catfish under the water are still attracted by this smell, and linger in place for a long time and are reluctant to leave.

If the creatures on the shore still dare to go into the water to play as they did a few years ago, the parasitic catfish will definitely choose its source for parasitism.

It's a pity that after several years of Zhao Meng's efforts, this river is full of parasitic catfish, and these beings on the bank also know the danger of this river, where do they dare to come down.

Feeling the departure of the presence on the shore, Zhao Meng swung his body and left the place that interested the parasitic catfish.

After simulating the parasitic catfish for so many years, he can basically determine what the smell of the parasitic catfish is that inexplicably attractable.

The gills of fish are not only important respiratory organs, but also important metabolic organs.

When blood flows through the cheeks, it not only displaces oxygen, but also removes some waste products from the body.

After all, fish live in water, and the functions of some organs can be completely replaced by the gills, and in this part of the replaced functions, there are some kidney functions.

The gills of fish are somewhat similar to those of human dialysis devices, and as the water is washed, they will excrete metabolites similar to those produced by human kidney function, commonly known as urea.

The parasitic catfish is extremely sensitive to this taste, so it will parasitize the foreign animal, the source of this substance, as the gills.

Fish, on the other hand, have extremely active gills and need to act quickly if they want to be parasitic.

In this case, there are extremely horrific consequences for the creatures on the shore.

"It's a pity that those creatures on the shore don't dare to go into the water at will!"

……

[In October of the seventh year, your mobility begins to decline, and you grow old]

"It seems that the life cycle of parasitic catfish is not long!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Zhao Meng muttered to himself in his heart.

And just as he sighed at the passing of life, he suddenly felt a wave from the surface of the water,

It seemed that something huge had been thrown into the water, and some fish were frightened by this movement and fled in all directions, while Zhao Meng was watching in place.

"Here we go again"

"These creatures on the shore are really good at playing, too!"

Zhao Meng observed for a while, and then moved away from this land of right and wrong, while his fellow citizens all gathered as if they were attracted by something.

Ever since Zhao Meng worked hard to expand the population of parasitic catfish, the river has been very dangerous.

And for this danger, at first, the creatures next to the river were afraid to go deep into it.

But in the midst of this, I don't know which leader thought of something, and actually used this river as a place to punish criminals,

Zhao Meng was also surprised by this change, but when he thought about it, how terrifying this punishment was.

If you talk about crocodile ponds, poisonous snake ponds, this kind of pool that makes people feel terrible and will kill people in a short period of time, will deter the enemy.

Then a pool full of parasitic catfish is a cruel punishment that makes life worse than death.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with me!"

Zhao Meng hid far away, he could feel that his life was coming to an end, and he didn't want to get involved in these things in order to complete the simulation.

[In the ninth year, the organs in your body have begun to fail]

After nine years of growth, Zhao Meng is as thick as a baby's little finger at this time.

At this size, there are not many creatures that he can parasitize.

He can't attack the special organs of the creatures on the shore like he did when he was a child. So he gave up on the idea of continuing to parasitize fish.

The parasitic catfish itself attaches to the gills of the fish and sucks the blood and nutrients of the fish, similar in nature to mosquitoes.

The average fish is full of scales, and it is difficult for their mouth teeth to adhere to it, so parasitic catfish have to choose gills that are more parasitic.

And now Zhao Meng, who has grown to a certain size, also has other options.

For example, the intelligent life on the shore often throws the same kind into the river, which gives Zhao Meng hope to continue to survive.

The creatures on the shore had thin skin, and he didn't have much trouble sucking it up.

"I didn't expect that I would have to spend my last days by gnawing on corpses in the end."

[Tenth year, April, your metabolic system stopped working, and you died!] 】

[Simulation successful!] 】

A slender fish drifted slowly along the current, and a group of pomfret found the carcass and swarmed it to pieces.

This seems to be the best punishment for a parasitic catfish's sin life.

But it's a pity that Zhao Meng can't see this scene anymore, and everything is over for him.

……

"It's finally over!"

Zhao Meng, whose consciousness returned to his body, let out a long breath,

To be honest, when simulating a parasitic catfish, Zhao Meng didn't feel anything.

But when he returns to his body, his consciousness is free from the influence of parasitic catfish instincts, and the human self-view of the world returns to me.

Zhao Meng thought that he would be attracted by that kind of smell, and in the first simulation, he unconsciously drilled into that kind of place, and he felt a little awkward in his heart.

Fortunately, he was also a person who had experienced strong winds and waves, and this discomfort quickly disappeared.

"Judging from this simulation, if you can obtain some characteristics of the parasitic catfish, then you can be regarded as having some eyebrows for this sea of blood!"

Zhao Meng glanced at the churning sea of blood below, recalled the purpose of his simulation this time, and his consciousness moved to the illusory space again.

The huge phantom of the human head and snake tail still lingered there, and its face seemed to be covered by a layer of mist, blurred and invisible.

There was a large amount of golden, purple, and blue light floating around it, which was the entry he had extracted.

And beneath the phantom of the head and tail of the snake were white clusters of light, which were the worlds he had once simulated.

At this time, a colored light cluster is turning white,

And the colored light stripped from the colored light cluster fell into the bosom of the phantom and turned into a shimmering colored light holder.

There are all kinds of colored light sticks inside, waiting for Zhao Meng to draw them, seeing that Zhao Meng did not rub it, he touched the stick holder.

A purple light appeared in front of Zhao Meng:

【Purple Taste) (It's delicious!) )】

"You can find the taste you want in a fluid environment, through your sense of smell!"

"That's it!"

Looking at the first entry he pulled out, Zhao Meng was stunned for a moment.

He had a hunch that he would get the olfactory entry of the parasitic catfish, but he didn't expect that he would be able to obtain this entry so easily.

Zhao Meng couldn't help but glance at the illusory figure that couldn't be identified clearly, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, but he finally endured it.

"I see, the latter ones don't need to be drawn!"

Although he thought that there was no need for him to extract later, out of curiosity, he still extracted the remaining entries.

"It's still a golden entry!"

Looking at the two entries that flashed in front of him, Zhao Meng's heart became complicated.

[Pervasive (golden) without conditions to create conditions to go (active)]

"In the face of different lives, you have the opportunity to create conditions."

【Underwater Perception (Blue)】

"In the water, your perception will be greatly improved."

Looking at the golden entries he extracted, Zhao Meng didn't know how to evaluate it.

That blue entry is also somewhat useful, but this golden entry, how to say it, Zhao Meng is a little incomprehensible.

He was a little curious, what kind of conditions were created for this creation, and whether it was similar to that duel.

"That's it, it's still the matter at hand!"

Creating conditions is not the entry he needs at the moment, but Zhao Meng's consciousness moved, and he chose the purple entry [Seeking Taste].

After choosing the entry, Zhao Meng did not hesitate, and jumped into the sea of blood below.

……

"Zhao Meng, what did you find?"

The Xixi Lake on Zhao Meng's body, seeing that Zhao Meng suddenly entered the sea of blood, asked with some surprise.

You know, she and Yin Ji can't find the clues in the sea, where did Zhao Meng find the clues?

"Just some taste!"

"Taste!"

Hearing Zhao Meng's words, Xixihu was silent, she was a part of her nervous system at this time, and she lacked many senses, and taste happened to be a part of it.

"But why did he smell it all of a sudden?"

"The smell of blood in this sea of blood should obscure most of the smell, right?"

For the mystery of Zhao Meng's body, Xixi Lake is a little incomprehensible, just like the god seed that appeared on Zhao Meng's body,

It's mysterious, but it also has a strong attraction to her.

The sea of blood was very dim.

Under the cover of the sea of blood, Zhao Meng dived slightly into some depths and became pitch black, which may be one of the main reasons why the sea of blood is black.

"How?"

Zhao Meng used the entry, but the unexpected smell did not appear, except for the unusually strong smell of blood, Zhao Meng did not smell other smells,

"By the way, according to the entry, it's the flavor you want!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Meng's mind came up with that familiar and unbearable taste,

And with the appearance of this smell, a magical scene happened, Zhao Meng seemed to smell a similar smell on his nose,

At the same time, several paths of different thicknesses appeared in front of his eyes, and looking at the paths that appeared, Zhao Meng's heart moved.

"Looks like that's it!" Determined the taste he wanted, Zhao Meng headed towards the depths of the sea of blood.

Under Zhao Meng's search, a different place soon appeared in front of him, who originally seemed to be wandering in the water.

It was as if it had suddenly crashed into a piece of fluffy cotton and was bounced aside.

"What is this place?" Feeling the abnormality in front of him, Zhao Meng observed.

Because of the darkness of the surrounding environment, Zhao Meng was not sure what it was,

He could only grope around, and soon he found that the area in front of him seemed to be a sponge-like structure, and it was filled with holes of various sizes.

And the smell he was looking for came from one of the holes.

Seeing this, Zhao Meng observed it for a while, and then cautiously went inside.

In the sea of blood, the exploration ability of Xixi Lake and Yin Ji Notosaurus was greatly suppressed, and without pathfinding, Zhao Meng was very careful with every step.

"Zhao Meng's aura appeared in front of him!"

At this moment, Xixi Lake issued a reminder, and with this reminder, Zhao Meng noticed that it was finally no longer dark ahead.

Instead, a dark red light appeared,

The light emanated from a faintly visible void, and the Yin Ji aura suggested by Xixi Lake also came from there.

Zhao Meng cautiously came to the hole and looked inside, it was not thick blood, but a pale red scene.

And in this pale red liquid, Zhao Meng saw a familiar figure:

"Found it, she's here!"

(End of chapter)