Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 117 The "Octopus" Civilization Steps onto Land

When the Starfire arrived at the battlefield, Li Xin took the humanoid octopus, or rather, the planet's native inhabitant, onto the deck.

The two of them immediately began to look at each other with curiosity.

This humanoid octopus wasn't very tall, probably only about 1.7 meters, and the pilot's uniform it wore looked like it was made of synthetic fibers.

He walks upright using two exceptionally thick segmented limbs, while the other six segmented limbs resemble his arms.

In addition, the humanoid octopus's eyes are very large, even somewhat eerie.

Li Xin picked up the translator and began communicating with the other party.

"Thank you for your help. I am Colonel Mick from the Ink Clan civilization," the humanoid octopus introduced himself.

"My name is Li Xin, and I come from human civilization," Li Xin said.

Through Mick, he roughly understood the situation of this world.

This is a supergiant planet.

Its surface area is thirty times that of Earth, its day has twenty-six hours, its year has four hundred and eighteen days, its gravity is slightly less than that of Earth, but its atmospheric composition is about the same.

"Is the world really this big?" Lu Chen, standing next to Li Xin, was speechless with astonishment.

What surprised the two even more was that this world had a total of five supercontinents similar to Asia and thirteen ordinary continents.

The Starfire is currently located on Etheria, one of the five supercontinents.

This supercontinent is located near the equator, with over 90% of its landmass being desert, and the Starfire is currently located in its inland zone.

Li Xin immediately pointed to the monster's corpse.

"What's going on with this thing?" he asked.

Mick's expression turned serious.

He told Li Xin that there are already hundreds of millions of monsters in this world, and there are tens of thousands of different forms.

They are the strongest creatures in the world and have seriously threatened the survival of the Mo civilization.

In order to reclaim the world, the Mo race concentrated its resources and developed mechs to fight against the monsters.

The battle between the two sides has lasted for nearly thirty years.

Overall, the Mo race civilization is now at a disadvantage. The Mo people originally controlled all the continents, but the monsters' invasion was too fierce and overwhelming, and they were struggling to withstand it.

Li Xin's expression changed upon hearing this.

Although I was a newcomer, just by watching the battle, I could tell how extraordinary that monster was.

It has a massive size, immense strength, unimaginable agility and nimbleness, and can even spew acid.

Mick, on the other hand, spoke frankly.

"If it weren't for your timely intervention, I'd probably be done for here," he said, shrugging. "Statistically, our mechs have a win rate of less than 4% against the monsters."

Li Xin nodded slightly.

Compared to his previous experiences of being transported to another world in complete darkness, this time he obtained a lot of crucial information as soon as he landed, and he also figured out the current situation and general trends of this world.

He simply took out his genetic manual and asked Mick to drip a drop of his blood onto it.

A series of data immediately appeared on the pages.

【Species Name: Ink Tribe】

[Genetic Overview: Double-stranded DNA structure; chromosome number unknown but far greater than in humans; total base pairs estimated at approximately 50]

[The genome contains a low percentage of repetitive sequences, a high density of coding genes, and a large number of genes related to arthropod development, pigment regulation, multi-heart function, and amphibious adaptation.]

[Genetic Attributes:]

Strength: C+ / Speed: C— / Intelligence: B+ / Spirit: B / Genetic Stability: B+

Overall Rating: C

Li Xin quickly glanced at the data above.

He discovered that this gene manual had another ingenious use: obtaining the genes of individuals in the current civilization in order to analyze their situation.

What annoyed him was that although the individuals of the Ink Clan civilization looked ordinary, their attributes were still much better than those of humans.

"Sigh, it seems human civilization is indeed quite ordinary." He sighed silently to himself.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xin's gaze fell on the section on gene summaries.

Multiple hearts?

He instinctively looked at Mick.

"How many hearts do you Mo tribe have?" he asked.

"Three normal ones," Mick replied, surprised. "What's wrong?"

...It's nothing.

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Li Xin paused for a moment, then his gaze fell on the amphibious area.

"By the way, how did your Mo tribe civilization develop?" he asked.

Mick touched his bald head and patiently began to explain his civilization.

Just like humans on Earth, the Mo Clan is also a native intelligent race of this world.

Their ancestors came from the ocean, and after developing in the ocean for thousands of years, through generations of renewal and evolution, they developed rudimentary intelligence and thinking abilities.

In the ocean, they gradually formed communities and tribes.

One of the Mo tribe leaders, after careful consideration, made a decision.

This led the Mo people to migrate towards the land.

This is undoubtedly a painful and agonizing process.

The first group of Inklings to land were almost entirely wiped out. Their gills dried and scabbed over from being exposed to the air, their skin was scorched and ulcerated by the sun, and their limbs blistered and bled from being ground hard. They didn't last long at all before dying.

This process lasted for hundreds of years, with generation after generation of Mo people migrating back and forth between land and sea, each landing more leisurely than the last.

Their gills evolved to aid in respiration, allowing them to absorb oxygen from humid air. Their skin thickened with a pigment layer, providing protection against sunburn. Their limbs became strong and powerful, capable of supporting their upright walking bodies.

After officially entering the land, the Mo tribe made an important progress—they learned to use fire.

After that, it became unstoppable, from primitive tribes to slash-and-burn agriculture, and then to modern society.

"I see!" Li Xin suddenly realized.

He had heard before that octopuses are very intelligent creatures, almost like humans. Some scholars have even said that the biggest drawback of octopuses is that they live in the ocean and cannot use fire.

The Mo civilization was essentially an octopus that had taken to land.

"It seems that different worlds have different possibilities!" he thought to himself.

Mick then continued his explanation.

总的来说，墨族个体身高在1.6至1.9米，体重60至90公斤。皮肤呈灰蓝色或深靛蓝色0

However, their skin color changes with their emotions; it tends to be bluish when calm, purplish when excited, and grayish-white when fearful.

As Li Xin observed, the Mo tribe primarily walks upright using a pair of main segments, while six auxiliary segments serve as their "arms." These six arms are exceptionally flexible, and coupled with the Mo tribe's remarkably developed brains, they possess extremely strong manual dexterity.

What's really amazing is that the Mo tribe, like octopuses, are oviparous, and the females can lay eggs once a year, each time producing dozens to hundreds of eggs!

Li Xin was stunned when he heard this. In human terms, it was equivalent to giving birth once a year, producing dozens or even hundreds of children at a time!

Moreover, the Mo race are intelligent beings nearly indistinguishable from humans, which means they are capable of explosive expansion and development in this colossal world.

Moreover, although the Mo tribe has moved onto land, they still retain their aquatic abilities.

Therefore, this civilization was able to develop on a large scale in the ocean.

"From this perspective, human civilization is indeed no match for the Ink Clan." Li Xin gently shook his head.

After finishing his conversation with Mick, he simply extracted the monster's flesh and blood and dripped it into the gene manual.

New content then appeared on the pages.

[Species Name: Monster]

[Genetic Overview: The gene sequence is very stable, containing numerous duplicate segments and jumping elements, and the mutation rate far exceeds normal levels. The chromosome number is much higher than in humans, with some chromosomes exhibiting a circular structure.]

[Genetic Attributes:]

Strength: A+ / Speed: B— / Intelligence: B+ / Spirit: A— / Genetic Stability: A+

Overall Rating: A

"this..

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Li Xin could hardly believe his eyes.

This monster's stats start at least at B, making it practically a pentagonal warrior compared to humans and the Ink Clan!

His gaze immediately fell on the genetic profile.

"Does this mean that this monster not only has an extremely high mutation rate, but is also very stable, and not prone to mutations or genetic collapse?"