EBE Chapter 5.1 All actions must be under orders? Are you sure you don't want me to be cannon fodde
Chapter 5.1 All actions must be under orders? Are you sure you don't want me to be cannon fodde
Lei Dong watched the internal channel flooded with messages, while dozens of tentacles rummaged aimlessly in the mud and sand at the bottom of the water.
There was a response in the channel very quickly.
[Yunxia Experiencer - 84 (Wang Meng)]:
[Received, Commander! I've been reborn as a giant trilobite. Although I'm not very offensive, I'm fast!]
I'm heading towards the crater to serve as a scout for our camp!
【Yunxia Experiencer - 122 (Zhao Si)】:
[Brothers, I've mutated into a star-shelled turtle and am drifting with the ocean currents. I'm expected to arrive in three days!]
Looking at these passionate replies, Lei Dong felt a strong sense of absurdity welling up inside him.
"Are these keyboard warriors crazy...?"
He used his mind to open the system's built-in [Ordovician Miniature Map].
The tiny green dot representing himself was hundreds of nautical miles away from the so-called "central crater" Yunxia base camp.
In modern society, it would only take a few hours to get there by speedboat.
But this is from the Ordovician period, 500 million years ago!
Lei Dong had only peeked halfway out of his body to look at the sea when he felt a chill run down his spine.
This route to base camp is riddled with a complex network of underwater reefs.
And in those dark crevices and deep trenches, countless hungry prehistoric beasts lurk.
He had just clearly seen a giant sea scorpion (horseshoe crab) that was nearly two meters long.
It was wielding its terrifying giant pincers, slicing a passing trilobite in half.
The green fluid stained a small patch of seawater.
"Observers are on top, enjoying a God's-eye view, and they just talk about planning the blueprint for civilization."
But it makes the participants below cross most of a dangerous primeval ocean to deliver packages?
This isn't a gathering, this is a group delivery!
Lei Dong was well aware of the potential of the *Cephalopoda* species.
Mature prismatic rocks can grow to over ten meters in length, making them absolute deep-sea tyrants.
But what about him now?
He looked at the cone-shaped shell behind him, which was about the length of an adult's arm.
At best, he's just a "cornerstone cub"!
In this prehistoric meat grinder where big fish eat small fish, you might just encounter a slightly larger sea scorpion or run into an undercurrent.
His juvenile body's hard shell would be easily chewed up like a potato chip.
"Before we have the ability to protect ourselves, gathering at the crater is just feeding the prehistoric monsters, and may even expose the location of Yunxia's base camp."
Lei Dong calmly analyzed the situation.
He didn't reply "received" like other passionate young people in the channel.
Instead, they silently set the channel to a mute mode of "receive but do not speak".
The most urgent task right now is not to become a hero.
It's about eating, developing, and evolving!
He waved his tentacles and hid himself in a narrow crevice in the rock, his high-contrast compound eyes fixed on the distance not far ahead.
There, a group of plump arthropods, completely unaware of their surroundings, were foraging for food on the seabed.
"Gurgle!"
Lei Dong lay hidden deep within the cold rock crevice, holding his breath and focusing his mind, instinctively activating this new body in his mind.
About five meters ahead on the seabed, there was a group of segmented trilobites feeding on seabed debris.
They are like "sweeping robots" in the prehistoric ocean.
It moves slowly, with a hard calcareous shell on its back.
If it were a typical prehistoric creature, it might find it difficult to eat this hard shell.
But for Lei Dong, who possesses the noble bloodline of the "Cephalopoda", this was simply the perfect appetizer.
He controls the ratio of gas and liquid in the "body tubes" inside his body.
This allowed the heavy, cone-shaped hard shell on its back to achieve a perfect microgravity levitation state.
Immediately afterwards, he suddenly brought his dozens of tentacles together, pointing them forward like a spear, while the thick siphon on his abdomen was aimed at his rear.
Gathering strength.
Compressed seawater.
emission!
"boom!"
A powerful jet of high-pressure water gushed out from the siphon, stirring up a cloud of mud and sand in the rock crevices!
Lei Dong's entire being—or rather, his entire cornerstone.
It transformed into a dark gray death torpedo, instantly traversing a distance of five meters!
His dynamic vision slows down everything around him; he can even see the texture of sea lilies overturned by the water.
Before the trilobite on the very edge could react, Lei Dong's strong tentacles, covered with suckers, had already wrapped around it like an iron tower.
The prey writhed wildly, trying to slash through Lei Dong's tentacles with the barbs on the edge of its carapace.
But this was completely futile. Lei Dong's dozens of tentacles suddenly pulled outwards, suppressing the attack with absolute power.
It forcefully flipped over the trilobite's most defensive carapace, revealing its soft abdomen.
At the very center of the thunderous tentacles, a sharp, jet-black, horny beak, like that of a black macaw, suddenly shot out!
"Snap!"
The sickening sound of shells cracking echoed dully across the seabed.
Lei Dong bit through the trilobite's ganglion and greedily swallowed its protein-rich, blue-green body fluid.
An unprecedented sense of satisfaction and a surge of vitality instantly spread throughout his body via his esophagus.
[Ding! Killed a rudimentary arthropod (trilobite), gaining 1 evolution point!]
[First kill achieved! Bonus Evolution Points +5!]
[Current genetic evolution progress: 6/100 (miniature larval stage)]
"Cool!"
Lei Dong roared inwardly.
The feeling of evolving by personally hunting and plundering lives is more exhilarating than any virtual game!
He could clearly feel the effects of the injection of evolution points.
Its tentacles grew thicker, and the cone-shaped shell on its back became tougher and thicker.
He didn't stop, those high-contrast compound eyes with their distinct black and white.
It kept its eyes fixed on the remaining few panicked trilobites that were trying to bury themselves in the sand.
"Snap!"
[Evolution Point +1!]
"Snap!"
[Evolution Point +1!]
In less than three minutes, the one-sided massacre was over, leaving only a few empty, broken carapaces on the surrounding seabed.
[Current genetic evolution progress: 12/100]
Just as Lei Dong was licking the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, preparing to expand his hunting range to find the next "trilobite spawn point",
His keen lateral line organs suddenly detected an extremely violent and heavy vibration in the water.
The once clear seawater was now filled with a strong, bloody stench because of the carnage that had just taken place.
At the edge of his vision, an enormous shadow was rapidly approaching along the seabed, following the scent.
That was a giant horseshoe crab (sea scorpion) that was over 1.5 meters long!
It was covered in heavy, dark brown armor and had a sharp, venomous tail spike trailing behind it.
A pair of massive forelimbs, like hydraulic clamps, rattled in the seawater, and a cold, greedy glint flashed in their compound eyes.
In front of it was Lei Dong, less than half a meter long and who had just had a full meal.
It's practically a giant ice cream cone emitting an irresistible aroma.
[WARNING! Encounter with a medium-sized apex predator from the Ordovician period – Eurypterid!]
[Power level comparison: Huge disparity! Extremely dangerous! Immediate escape recommended!]