Translator’s note: A message from your ever flakey translator. ‘Evolutionary species’ is now ‘Evolutionary Creature’. They are basically Evolutionaries but instead of human Evolutionaries they’re Evolutionary High Dimensional Creatures so to make it clearer, I’m just going to call them Evolutionary Creatures. orz
Chapter 26
Xin Xiaocao had thought it through. There was only one Evolutionary Creature and if the two of them ran separate directions, one of them would be able to get away. According to past experience, the Evolutionary Creature will definitely choose the “tastier” one.
He was on the Third Step, while Si Chen was on the Second. Who tastes better was quite evident.
While it is true that Evolutionaries are by no means powerless in the face of High Dimensional Creatures, that thing in the tunnel was clearly out of their league.
The drone can detect energy fluctuations from 0 to 4000. When it encountered the “Eyeworm”, the value displayed was 4000.
This was similar to the scholar-tyrant’s 100 points on the exam. The only reason it’s a hundred is only because it can’t go over a hundred. This High Dimensional Creature that has already evolved a human form obviously had energy readings of over 4000.
Xin Xiaocao felt that he had probably already used up all his luck this time.
It was a pity he was going to die before he could get married. His father had already died early on and only his mother was left at home. He was also the only child in his generation. When news of his death reaches her, his mother was probably going to cry terribly.
But there was no way he was going to make it out of this. When he first got into this line of work, he’d also encountered a powerful Evolutionary Creature, the captain, who had been his guide also sacrificed his life just like this in order to kept Xin Xiaocao alive.
Xin Xiaocao swam forward without looking back. He just need to swim a few more meters and give Si Chen more time.
His expression was very tragic. He felt that this moment must be the highlight of his life, even greater than when he won that 50 million lottery prize.
But as he ran, Xin Xiaocao realized that something was wrong.
That is, he didn’t know why but…there didn’t seem to be any sense of pressure.
And so, Xin Xiaocao looked back.
The winged monster had just rushed out of the tunnel; its white wings stirring up a strong wave.
After a brief pause, the Evolutionary Creature resolutely rushed in the direction Si Chen had gone. It hadn’t even spared him a look. It was like he was expired food being sold at a discount in the supermarket.
Xin Xiaocao was stunned.
He quickly turned on his personal terminal and asked for help from the command center.
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Si Chen felt his heart beating madly.
Under his pale skin, deep dark blood flowed like a river.
Inside him, the Eternal Life Abyss was crying out frantically, “Squeak squeak!”
It was the first time the Eternal Life Abyss had issued such a strong warning.
If it were a cat, all its fur would already be standing on end.
Even before Si Chen had become an Evolutionary, his senses were already sharper than normal people’s. Now, he could clearly feel those eyeballs full of desire and malice, staring at him intently, like a catcher ready to reach out and grasp.
This feeling of rapidly impending danger sent a chill down Si Chen’s spine. But as the situation progressed, he became calmer and calmer.
In the water, it was impossible for him to move faster than the Evolutionary Creature. Waiting for rescue was even more unrealistic.
Almost instantly, an informative map of the surrounding area appeared in his mind.
Many of the production team’s members had entered these waters before him. Si Chen’s predecessors had passed on a lot of information. These included the location of several danger zones where High-Dimensional creatures have been found.
The closest High-Dimensional creature to him was…The Singer!
Number 321, form unknown. The Singer was potentially lethal to all living beings and all living beings obviously also included other High-Dimensional creatures.
Si Chen began to dive.
The underwater filter he wore also encompassed his ears, creating a partial vacuum that, in theory, could somewhat block the transmission of sound.
Si Chen wasn’t so naive as to think that this would enable him to resist the Singer’s song but right now, he had no other choice.
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The Evolutionary Eyeworm had already flown out of the tunnel. Its proportions were very strange. With its long arms and long legs, hands and feet that have yet to fully finish evolving, it looked like a ginseng man. Three pairs of white wings spread out on its back as though it weren’t underwater but in the air.
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But at that time, the Evolutionary Creature had not yet been born. There had only been low-level Eyeworms sticking to the wall like creepers.
These unknown creatures do not have any powerful attacks. Containment seemed to go quite smoothly.
Therefore, the company hadn’t marked this area red. That was, until now when this Evolutionary Creature fully matured and had begun to hunt.
Si Chen felt that his bangs must be soaked with sweat.
With the speed of his reckless flight, he has now reached the edge of the Singer’s territory. His personal terminal flickered, giving a strong warning.
The Eternal Life Abyss suddenly screamed.
Si Chen briefly lost control of his body. He turned sideways underwater and several long, slender pale roots shot through the spot where he’d been before, hitting the ground, stirring up soil particles, turning the water cloudy.
The Evolutionary Creature had already caught up and Si Chen saw the huge wings fly past his head!
He threw away all hesitation and plunged into the dark depths before him.
The Evolutionary Creature looked at this area of water and hesitated for a moment.
It sensed danger. But its instinct to feed drove it to follow after Si Chen.
And so, it also entered these waters.
It was so quiet here, devoid even of the occasional fish swimming past. It was like a dead sea.
Si Chen’s prosthetic eye could no longer provide any vision. His world gradually turned dark and he couldn’t see anything. He’d also lost his sense of direction.
Sensing Si Chen’s nervousness and uneasiness, the Eternal Life Abyss let out a few “squeaks”. Its intention to soothe very evident.
The liquid here wasn’t ordinary lake water but “super-heavy water” with strong radioactivity.
Ordinary people probably wouldn’t survive three minutes here.
But Si Chen came from a Disaster Zone saturated with nuclear radiation. He grew up drinking gene medicine and has undergone several physical enhancements. Therefore, the water here just made it difficult for him to breathe.
Si Chen was panting heavily. The filtered air was abnormally turbid, filled with the smell of burning metal.
The Evolutionary Creature followed.
The Eyeworm had heard strange noises, but it didn’t particularly care.
It was constantly adapting to its brand new body. At first, its movements were sluggish and stiff, but as time passed, its movements became faster and smoother.
Its slender arms were constantly growing longer, like vines growing ever onwards.
It grabbed Si Chen’s foot, pulling him to it.
A huge force suddenly struck.
Si Chen had pulled out the knife issued by the company that had been clipped at his waist. He hacked at the white vine around his ankle. The blade rolled up and even the space between his thumb and forefinger felt a little numb.
The sudden pain caused the Evolutionary Creature to withdraw its hand.
Si Chen seized the opportunity and continued to dive.
In addition to his own panting, he finally heard other voices.
The sound was indescribable, like gurgling water as a person sank to the bottom.
Gradually, the inaudible drumbeats mixed in with the sound of water.
Following the beat of the drum, Si Chen’s heart started throbbing in pain.
On the vital signs detector, the value displayed fell at a terrifying speed, like it’d jump right off a cliff.
86…81…72! 63! 49!
At that moment, Si Chen finally reacted.
This was the voice of the Singer.
The farther down he went the louder the sound became. Deep and low, like the panting of some giant, like a sacrifice, like a cry, like a howl of despair.
It didn’t sound good. Empty and piercing.
Tears overflowed uncontrollably from the corners of Si Chen’s eyes. The suffocating feeling became even more intense.
Invisible hands seems to squeeze his heart into a ball, filling it with unspeakable fear.
This fear was far greater than the fear of being chased by the Evolutionary Creature. Si Chen even instantly lost the courage to resist, trembling all over.
Until the Eternal Life Abyss got out of his body and covered his ears with its pitch-black tentacles.
The singing disappeared.
The pursuing Evolutionary Creature tangled around his body once again.
Its limbs were wrapped around Si Chen’s body but it didn’t move, like a vine living on a big tree.
Because it was so close, Si Chen could see the mass of eyeballs very nearly sticking to his face.
The eyeballs on its face were bloodshot. The feathers fell off its wings one by one until its originally white wings turned to bare flesh.
The Eternal Life Abyss said softly, “Mom, hungry…”
Its voice was extremely weak, as if it would fade away at any moment.
As the overlord of the chaotic civilization, it could actually resist the Singer’s song. But it chose instead to cover Si Chen’s ears.
The Eyeworm wrapped around Si Chen’s body twitched and a translucent juice flowed out. It was its blood.
The Singer’s ability has brought it to the brink of death.
The eyeballs burst, releasing patches of bloody mist that quickly dispersed in the water.
Even so, the Evolutionary Creature still stubbornly wanted to eat. The white roots attached to Si Chen’s body secreted a viscous liquid which was the Eyeworm’s gastric juices used to digest food.
The Evolutionary Creature wanted to dissolve the protective clothing on Si Chen’s body. It wanted to find a hole through which it could get in.
It worked. Although the overalls of the Serpent Staff Gene were well-made, they obviously cannot stand against an Evolutionary Creature of this level.
But the Eyeworm also ultimately failed. After melting a hole, the Evolutionary Creature despaired as it found that Si Chen’s skin was covered with a layer of black scales.
These scales seemed to be alive, rising and falling on the surface of Si Chen’s body.
Si Chen regained consciousness. His nostrils were filled with a strong and unusual aroma, like chicken soup that’s been simmering all day.
The Evolutionary Creature screamed, trying to squeeze itself in through any gap in the scales.
But its scream abruptly stopped.
The singing bore into its ears once again.
The Evolutionary Creature convulsed and degenerated back to its original form — A sun-dried, slender and white ginseng man. Only that the surface of this ginseng man looked like it had been blasted by firecrackers, full of pits and rotten holes.
This used to house the Eyeworm’s brain: its eyeball.
Because the protective suit was torn, Si Chen could feel the intense water pressure squeezing his internal organs. Fortunately, his new skin was strong enough that it prevented him from any fatal injuries.
Si Chen was still thinking about how to eat this thing when this ginseng man melted like oil and was slowly absorbed through the surface of his skin.
He suffocated once again but this time he choked on blood dripping from his nose.
The Eternal Life Abyss should be full for a long time after eating this meal.
Because he was too tired, Si Chen didn’t even get to savor his food. He didn’t even get to taste the flavor of this Evolutionary Creature.
In these dark waters, Si Chen had lost all sense of direction.
Fortunately, he still retained his survival instincts and so he began to slowly swim upwards.
Gradually, the Eternal Life Abyss didn’t need to plug his ears anymore.
But the Eternal Life Abyss didn’t go back in. Rather, it stuck to Si Chen’s back, very vigilant.
What Si Chen didn’t know was that a huge fish was following him a few meters away, slowly and quietly.
This huge fish looked hideous. Though if it hadn’t experienced several blasts of nuclear radiation, it wouldn’t have grown such a horrible and disgusting appearance.
This was the “Singer”. It had a long, long body like an oarfish.
Just as there are different forms of birds in the Aves Class, Singers also have different forms in the sea and on land.
The Singer and the Eternal Life Abyss were confronting each other.
This juvenile Eternal Life Abyss was trying its best to puff up the scales on its body, trying to make itself look bigger so as to deter the enemy.
If it weren’t afraid of drawing Si Chen’s attention, it would even have wanted to roar loudly. Even if its roar was as weak as a kitten’s.
The Singer wasn’t afraid of this Eternal Life Abyss but it also had its misgivings.
Misgivings regarding the…other “Eternal Life Abyss” in the deepest part of this lake, even though “he” seemed to just be passing by.
And so, it stopped.
Si Chen finally saw light above his head. He swam forward like a mermaid leaping out of the water.
The pressure around him suddenly eased and Si Chen saw light again.
Si Chen once again started getting feedback from his prosthetic eye.
He’d escaped from death. Si Chen panted heavily. He knew that he was finally safe.
The Eternal Life Abyss was so tired and it slowly slipped back into Si Chen’s body.
A dozen or so meters from him was a blackness that even light could not penetrate.
Although he couldn’t see anything, Si Chen knew…
That piece of abyss was staring back at him.
*
As an old man who travels around, White King felt that nothing could be more normal than him passing by Jiangchuan. In any case, it shouldn’t trigger so many people to be on guard, like they were about to confront a formidable enemy.
Even passing by the bottom of the Jiangchuan 5A-level Space Fold area was the absolute definition of normal.
After all, White King was also on the path of biological evolution, a path inseparable from the chaotic civilization.
The strange thing was that even in such pitch black water, White King still cast a shadow, a large lump of a shadow.
This must be the “Eternal Life Abyss” the Singer had been referring to.
“Not here either.”
White King’s tone sounded a little regretful, even though he knew all too well that it not being here was normal.
In front of him was a huge collapsed city, where the crystallization of a brilliant civilization once shone. But with the death of the universe, everything dies with it.
As he spoke, White King raised his head and glanced above him.
This area was actually several dimensions away from the waters where Si Chen was.
But White King still saw him.
He said to himself, “So this is Si Chen.”
The author has something to say:
Si Chen: A heroic mother who strives to give her child extra meals.
White King: Formerly known as Song Bai, appeared in Chapter 13, the adoptive father of Shen Yanxing (brother).
The little abyss got his food 👏 👏
Thanks for the chapter!!
Yummies for the tummies! Baby Abyss is so good at protecting momma! Pfft… Thanks for the update and sneak cliffy! 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣👑👀
Since the White King is basically a Big Eternal Life Abyss, and also Shen Yanxing’s adoptive father, he might actually make himself useful and help Si Chen a little.
Also, Si Chen being able to absorb the characteristics of the creatures he eats has great potential. If he eats some more mind-polluting things like the Singer… hm.
Thank you for the chapter.
Thanks for the chapter!!
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