Paladin Loranda temporarily resolved the internal disputes of his set race, and gradually led the Silver Wizard to develop and grow in the game. Soon, the Silver Wizard's tribe became more prosperous, and then spread to the entire world, starting to enter the fourth stage' Civilization's warm-up.
At the same time, the 'Elemental Cell Body' controlled by Priest had just stepped out of the 'spore' stage and officially entered the 'biological' stage.
Naturally, it is impossible to completely reproduce hundreds of millions of years of evolution and development in the game process, nor to reproduce every step of progress and accumulation of biology and civilization. However, generally speaking, Strife Continent has achieved the point of being 'approximately real', at least for the game. For Priest, a game of this level can be considered very real.
In the spore stage, Priest used the water flow to attack behind him. After a hard fight, he obtained the 'high-level photosensitive component'. After equipping this component, Priest finally had a fairly reliable means of observation. , you can find more valuable food and cells in the dark sea.
After a full 8 hours of game time (7.5 minutes in real life after 64x acceleration), Priest can be considered to have ended the 'Spore' stage of the game.
And the harvest of his cells at this stage can be considered very rich.
—Element sensing components, thick cell walls, chitin collision horns, strong flagella, high internal energy cell engines... In addition to these basic components, Priest also unexpectedly received an extremely rare SSR special component' Elemental adsorbate'!
That was an unexpected gain from an expedition inside a volcano. At that time, Priest, who had grown into a quite lethal predatory creature that could hunt by spraying water and breaking shells with horns, was on a dormant volcano. He was looking for food, but in the middle of foraging, he was unexpectedly attacked by a special kind of "double elemental creature of fire and earth".
Let’s ignore the battle process, which is quite thrilling anyway. In short, relying on the special terrain to get the unknown dual-element creature stuck in a gap and grinding it to death, Priest discovered that the one that looked like The guy who is an elemental creature is actually just an ordinary hard gelatin octopus - but this octopus has a special layer of cytoplasm on its body surface. This kind of cytoplasm can absorb a large amount of beneficial elements in the surrounding environment and absorb itself. Temporarily transform into something similar to an elemental life form!
Having plundered this special genetic component called 'Elemental Adsorbate', the 'Cell' controlled by Priest suddenly became even more powerful, because it can use magic elements as a means of attack, and the 'Chitin Collision' takes up a large proportion of the body's body. The components can be removed and replaced with more other components, such as a high-energy cell engine that can supply energy to the cytoplasm, or a special energy storage structure.
Soon, Priest, who was almost invincible in the surrounding seas, successfully met the 'advanced' conditions and could enter the second 'biological' stage.
"It's so cool!"
Although he had been playing for more than eight hours, Priest still had no desire to lose—especially after doing some mental calculations and realizing that less than ten minutes after reality had passed, he was not ready to pause the game, but planned to continue playing. .
"It's all entertainment anyway. It's much more fun than wandering on the street."
With this in mind, Priest clicked 'Continue' without hesitation.
Then, a silver light curtain appeared in front of his eyes.
[The first stage of 'Spore' is over, now the scoring begins]
[Ferocious: 10/10—You are the purest hunter, swallowing other cells is the meaning of your existence]
[Symbiosis: 3/10—You will live and hibernate in a coral reef shaded by sea anemones. This is probably the only place where you need help from other creatures]
[Cultivation: 0/10—Predators have always been dismissive of this, you are only responsible for producing excrement]
[Collection 9/10—You have collected many special parts, and you have even obtained the rarest abilities in the most dangerous and extreme areas]
[Strength: 9/10—Your power is unrivaled in the world of multicellular organisms. You are one of the most powerful beings in the entire primitive ocean]
[Start randomly evolving biological forms...Start randomly renaming 'Elemental Cell Body']
Because what Priest chose at the beginning was 'all random', even at the biological stage, his cell biological forms and naming were completely 'random'. Priest was completely indifferent to this, anyway. He is the kind of person who 'likes it as long as I have it'. No matter whether it is a creature he made up or named by himself, as long as he starts playing, he will have a sense of involvement.
Soon, the biological evolution was completed, with long strong tentacles dangling, an 'element-friendly cell body' with a seemingly soft but actually very hard shell, and the whole body shining with the light of various elements. It suddenly grew in size and deformed in a burst of white light.
But soon, with the rapid change of form, the white light gradually dissipated, and what appeared in front of Priest's eyes was an extremely weird 'cocoon'-shaped creature with more than twenty raised bone armors. The soft internal organs are wrapped inside, and the outside of the armor is covered with a thick layer of elemental absorbent—at first glance, it looks like a huge white thorny pine cone.
[Evolution completed—Start randomly naming according to elements: Tairan Giant Cocoon]
[Tairan Giant Cocoon: Advanced element adsorbent, affinity to all elements, solid skeleton, solid exoskeleton, earthquake-resistant internal organs... ]
"Here, what should I do if I control a cocoon?"
After seeing the creatures that randomly evolved from his own cells, Priest couldn't help but be stunned - the giant cocoon in front of him was about seventy centimeters high. For some deep-sea behemoths, it can be said to be very small, but for a For a cocoon-shaped creature that looks like a pine cone... it's really a bit too big.
Originally, Priest thought that he should still live in the sea. In this case, it would not be too difficult to control the giant cocoon of Tairan. After all, he could also control the giant cocoon to swim in the sea by relying on element control, but he never expected that What's strange is that because the continent's ecology adapts to this factor, the opening of the 'biological' stage of the Tairan Giant Cocoon actually happens on the beach!
"Is it possible to wait for the tide to submerge the beach and return to the sea at that time?"
This idea appeared for a moment before being interrupted by Priest - for some reason, he vaguely felt that things were not that simple. Since the copy sent it to the beach, it means that the Tyran Cocoon has the ability to live on land. Moreover, Priest had this hunch - the Tyran Cocoon evolved from the fragile multi-cellular body before. At this point, it’s just to get out of the ocean and conquer the land!
Behind that 'randomness', there must be some deep meaning!
"It must be that I haven't figured out what to do... Think about it carefully, Priest, according to the ability of the Tairan cocoon, is there any way it can move on land?"
In fact, there was no need to rack one's brains or use all one's strength. Priest just thought about it along the right train of thought and figured out what to do.
"The extraordinary world does not need the common sense of the human world at all... The teacher said that death is just the beginning. Having no arms and legs does not mean that you cannot walk."
Priest, who thought about it every day and repeated a certain count's quotation in a low voice, frowned and began to pour his mental power into the layer of 'element adsorbent' on the surface of the giant cocoon. He whispered to himself: " Don’t be constrained by conventional thinking—if I can control the elements, why do I need to grow my own arms and legs?”
The words just fell.
As Priest began to control the surrounding elements through the elemental adsorbates, suddenly, the extremely solid 'water' and 'earth' elements began to gather on the beach, and it could be seen that the clear sea water was mixed with sediment, forming A ball of pale golden elemental fluid was made, and it climbed onto the giant cocoon of Tairan as if it were alive!
Countless elemental tentacles grew out and spread to every corner of the giant cocoon - then, under Priest's control, these elemental fluids transformed into hands and feet, body and head, turning into a several-meter-high The 'giant' image places the 'cocoon of peace' in the center of the heart.
"good!"
Controlling the elemental fluid and walking freely on the beach, Priest couldn't help but want to cheer with excitement - he had already cheered - this is the potential of the Terran Cocoon! With the elemental adsorbent that has evolved to the extreme, he can completely rely on controlling natural elements to transform into various forms and achieve various actions and purposes!
And just as Priest was celebrating his first step on land.
In the main server of the Magic Network, Joshua, who was walking with No. 3 in front of a screen of light, was observing the performance of other players.
The so-called randomness is not actually random, but a civilization with similar elements is directly selected from the chaotic memory and installed for those who choose randomly.
He was very satisfied with Priest's performance. The evolutionary path of the Tairan Cocoon is a biological evolution process with real historical records. Priest was able to immediately jump out of the original spore stage and devote himself wholeheartedly to the role of the Tyran Cocoon. And he quickly found a way to take action, which proved that he had clear thinking and was not bound by traditional concepts.
In this world, there are not many people with gaming talent or luck, and there are even fewer people who happen to be playing Continent of Strife. Many people show signs of being stuck in the simplest spore stage, not to mention the biological stage.
Even if you have the corresponding intelligence, it will be useless as long as your ideas are unqualified.
Joshua looked around the light screen. Among the nearly 6,000 players, 1,700 of them have been eliminated. They have temporarily entered the one-day cooling time in the real world. Only after one day can they enter the Continent of Dispute again and play civilized games. .
This is to avoid game failure and possible chaotic memory backlash, and also to give them time to seriously think about how to solve their own predicament.
Joshua saw that many people unintentionally led their races and tribes to a dead end. Perhaps they took it for granted, or perhaps they did not think clearly about the conflict between different civilizations, so they made rash choices. This will lead to the game failing... and this method of failure is similar to the reason for the destruction of civilization in most chaotic memories.
"They'll learn."
After whispering to himself, Joshua turned his head and continued to watch Priest's game.
But the other party's next move made Joshua shake his head in disappointment.
The third update, today's 10,000-word update is equivalent to 4 or 5 updates from others.
There is not much plot in the game, and it will be over quickly. This can be regarded as one of the foreshadowings in the later stage, not a watershed moment.
(End of chapter)