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As the saying goes, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, and shrimps can only eat mud and algae.
Chu Yunsheng thought that if he wanted to escape from the bottom of the lake and meet up with Old Purple and Dumb Insect, he must reverse this process.
Now that he was trapped at the bottom of the lake, the advantages that red-shelled insects originally had, except for their claws, legs, and carapace, were all gone.
So in this place, he was just a "small fish", not even a "small fish", he was just a "shrimp"!
Moreover, this place was not a freshwater lake, but an inland lake. He just didn't know why it was formed so deep underground, but it was not something that he needed to think about.
Only by acting like a shrimp eating a small fish, and a small fish eating a big fish could he survive. Otherwise, he would be trapped at the bottom of the lake for the rest of his life.
But if he wanted to "reverse the evolution" of the creatures at the top of the food chain in the giant lake, he must first learn their survival skills and accelerate his evolution.
Choosing to start from the bottom of the food chain, Chu Yunsheng first ruled out plants like algae. Not to mention that he didn't know if he could evolve to the characteristics of plants, even if he could, those characteristics would not be of much use to him at the moment.
His first target was those herbivorous creatures at the bottom of the food chain. They were at the bottom of the food chain, and they were the most suitable for his slow movement.
Chu Yunsheng's biological knowledge was pitiful. After observing for a long time, he barely found some creatures that looked like sea cucumbers. They gathered in the middle of the huge skeleton, standing upright in the green algae like a mace, and were devouring the algae or plankton.
They had a very prominent feature, they could change color!
In just a few minutes, they had already changed into several colors.
Chu Yunsheng immediately decided that they would be the first target to reverse the food chain. This was the ability that he needed the most right now.
There were many places at the bottom of the lake that were glowing green. It was very magical and beautiful. His original scarlet carapace was very eye-catching under the illumination of these glowing plants.
Therefore, a perfect disguise could greatly facilitate his sneak operation.
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Chu Yunsheng carefully approached them step by step. He was a special intruder, so he didn't have the unique smell of their natural enemies. Even when he sneaked behind one of the skeletons closest to them, these sea cucumber-like creatures still didn't notice him.
It was only one meter away. Chu Yunsheng estimated that at this distance, he only needed to rest for a while, then he would be able to launch an explosive attack.
Of course, under the huge water pressure, the stamina consumed by the sudden attack was also very shocking.
There were at least five similar creatures in front of him. He only hoped to kill two of them. His agility had been greatly reduced under the water pressure, so he did not dare to be greedy.
Desolation!
With the help of the water current, Chu Yunsheng used all his strength to kick the four blade-like legs, and like a wolf, he fiercely pounced towards the sea cucumber-like creature — the five "mace".
Originally, Chu Yunsheng was full of confidence, but in the end, he found that his speed was still too slow. He only had time to grab one of them. The other four reacted in the shortest time and spat out disgusting things that looked like internal organs at him. Then they used the counterforce to escape to the depths of the lake.
In the depths of the lake, Chu Yunsheng did not dare to chase after them. Besides, he could not catch up with them. He was too slow.
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After swallowing the first "mace", he did not let go of those "internal organs", and then quietly hid in the algae.
One reason was to wait for the change in his body, and the other was to "wait for the rabbit". This kind of algae and plankton were very abundant. He guessed that there should be other weak creatures coming to look for food.
After waiting for a long time, he saw many strange creatures coming and going from the bottom of the lake. He didn't dare to provoke the big ones, but he didn't dare to attack the small ones. He would sneakily attack as many of them as he could.
Gradually, he felt that he had swallowed a lot of small creatures, but the feeling of evolution, like the transparent shield above his head, did not move.
Chu Yunsheng, who was very depressed, continued to hide for about a few hours, but he could not bear it anymore.
He climbed out of the algae in disappointment, ready to return to the giant skeleton's head and think of another way. It seemed that this ability was not reliable anymore.
But just when he climbed out of the algae, he suddenly felt that something in his body was receding like the tide, and then something was secreted, covering his whole body.
He looked at his claws again at this moment. Part of them had become the same grayish-white as the skeleton, just like a member of the skeleton.
But this kind of discoloration was not complete, there were still many places that still maintained the unique bright red color of red-shelled insects.
Chu Yunsheng was dazed for a second, and then hurriedly returned to the green algae. The feeling of dispersing and secreting came again, but this time, his claws had become green!
"Success!?"
Chu Yunsheng's heart was filled with joy. He vaguely remembered that when he swallowed the green ripple insect for the first time, it was probably because the green ripple insect was many levels higher than him. Just one green ripple insect was enough to evolve a transparent shield on his forehead that could emit red light.
But those creatures at the bottom of the lake were far lower than the green ripple insect's life level. He could only rely on a large number of their bodies to finally absorb their life characteristics.
Therefore, Chu Yunsheng hurriedly hibernated in the algae again, motionless. The discoloration was not complete, he needed to continue to swallow a large number of them to achieve the perfect degree.
However, to be exact, he should not be called a red-shelled insect anymore, he should be called a "color-changing insect". Chu Yunsheng hid in the algae and thought to himself.
Waiting for a rabbit was a long process, especially when Chu Yunsheng needed to accumulate a large number of insects, this process was even longer.
A few hours later, Chu Yunsheng had to change a place to hide, but he still stayed around the skeleton.
He did not dare to go too far, so this place was relatively safe.
After a long time, Chu Yunsheng couldn't even count how long it was, until the discoloration was complete, he crawled back into the skull of the skeleton and began to calculate the next target of the food chain.
Chu Yunsheng knew that he had to speed up. Once the fire energy was exhausted, he would be in an extremely bad situation.
The next target must be a creature that could help him quickly adapt to the water pressure at the bottom of the lake and greatly increase his movement speed.
After sifting for a long time, Chu Yunsheng finally decided on those colorful jellyfish.
In fact, the best target to swallow was those strange fish, but he did not have the ability to catch them at the moment.
And jellyfish could provide him with this "excuse".
He had seen the introduction of jellyfish on the science channel in the age of light. They had a kind of gland in their body that could release carbon monoxide, and by releasing and producing this gas, their body could float and swim.
Whether it was the ability to control the rise and fall, or the ability to eject gas to swim, they were all skills that Chu Yunsheng needed to have in order to reverse the second stage of the food chain. His insect body was not suitable for swimming, so jellyfish's method of propulsion was perfect for him!
There were many kinds of jellyfish at the bottom of the lake. According to Chu Yunsheng's estimation, the smallest one was only a few centimeters long, and the biggest one was even bigger than his body.
This kind of giant jellyfish, he did not dare to provoke them. His target was still those medium-sized creatures.
At the same time, jellyfish were also omnivorous creatures. They were like mice in the water, they ate everything. Of course, they were more interested in animals.
Chu Yunsheng still did not want to leave the "protection" of the giant skeleton's skull. He wandered around the skeleton's body, followed the jellyfish that passed by, and observed their preferences.
Finally, he found something. The jellyfish here were very fond of a kind of leaf-like, slow-moving, plankton-eating blue creatures. They often took the initiative to attack them, using the poisonous stinging cells on their tentacles to paralyze or even kill them, and then preying on them.
Therefore, Chu Yunsheng, who had entered the second stage of the reverse pushing battle, changed his strategy from "waiting for the rabbit" to "bait and kill it".
It was not difficult to collect the leaf-like blue creatures. Coupled with his camouflage ability, all the creatures around the skeleton were caught by him!
Chu Yunsheng was a human being, not an insect. One of the biggest differences between humans and animals was that humans were good at using tools, and he was no exception.
Although the red-shelled insect's claws were a little clumsy, under his patient use, he still managed to gather a large number of algae to bind and wrap those leaf-like creatures that were still alive, and camouflaged them into a cluster of algae in front of the giant skeleton's skull.
Then he just needed to wait for the jellyfish to take the bait. He did not believe that the jellyfish would not be tempted by so many leaf-like blue creatures!
Sure enough, not long after, a few jellyfishes gathered together and swam over vigilantly. They looked around, probing around, and were very careful.
Chu Yunsheng patiently hid inside the skull, and the color of his carapace gradually merged with the gray skull. He did not move, quietly waiting for them to take the bait.
After a long time, probably because they did not find any danger, a few jellyfish anxiously swam up with their umbrella-shaped bodies, stretched out their tentacles and began to dissect their prey.
Chu Yunsheng waited for a while. He had to wait for the jellyfish to completely relax their vigilance before he could make his move. This kind of creature had a lot of eyes, and its field of vision could cover 360 degrees.
Moreover, the jellyfish's speed was faster than Chu Yunsheng's, so he gave up the idea of using claws to catch them. Instead, he used his blade-like legs to stab them.
The kicking force of his legs, coupled with the small resistance of his blade-like legs, was much faster than using claws.
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One, two, three … Chu Yunsheng did not know how many colorful jellyfish he had eaten. The mechanical and long repetition made him a little bored.
"Puff!"
He stabbed a slightly larger jellyfish, and just when he was about to swallow it, a kind of water disturbance came from behind the skeleton's skull.
Chu Yunsheng was startled. This kind of movement was not something that a small creature could make.
He quickly crawled back into the skull and saw a large cube-shaped jellyfish rushing up at an extremely fast speed.
This was a jellyfish that was even larger than him. Countless tentacles floated along the water and gradually attached to the skull.
Chu Yunsheng's heart skipped a beat. 'Was I discovered?'
Sure enough, before he could escape, a transparent tentacle extended from the outside and stabbed his body.
"Crack!"
Chu Yunsheng did not have time to think, he immediately used the claws to cut off the tentacle.
The cube jellyfish felt the pain and quickly retracted its broken tentacle, but Chu Yunsheng almost fainted!
Poison!
This was the poison that all the jellyfish he had eaten before did not have.
Just a little bit of it, but he felt like his whole body was going to die.
If he did not have some fire elemental energy in his body, he would have died on the spot.
If he did not make a decision, he would be hurt!
If he was attacked by the cube jellyfish again, Chu Yunsheng was not sure whether he could survive it or not. He immediately crawled out of the skull and cracked open the transparent shield on top of his head …
This was his last weapon, and also his most deadly weapon!
"Pop!"
A beam of red light shot out from the bottom of the cubic jellyfish before the tentacles could land on it. The red light pierced through the jellyfish's body and created a large hole in it.
The red beam was inherited from the green ripple worm, so how powerful was it?
The cube jellyfish died on the spot, and its huge body fell on Chu Yunsheng's body like a giant umbrella.
Fortunately, its toxin stopped secreting after it died. Chu Yunsheng quickly crawled away from the algae on the side of the skull with this huge transparent "hat" on his head.
The movement just now was too big, plus the death of the cube jellyfish, it might attract more powerful predators, so the skull was no longer safe.
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Hiding in the dense algae, Chu Yunsheng quickly swallowed the body of the cube jellyfish. This thing could not be left alive, it would cause trouble sooner or later.
When he swallowed the whole cube jellyfish, a lot of thin air suddenly came out of his body, and it was very itchy.
He exerted force in an attempt to expel the unpleasant gas, but then he heard a loud bang behind him. His entire body was like a jet plane, shooting straight up toward the top of the lake.
Chu Yunsheng panicked. He did not have the ability to fight with the monsters on the upper level.
But half of his panic was because of another thing. He seemed to have forgotten an important thing. The tentacles of the jellyfish were also one of its characteristics. What if he also grew tentacles?
Then, he would really become a monster that didn't look like anything!
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