Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 118 Existence

[Survival of the Fittest Simulator Now Open!]

The theme of this superiority/inferiority simulation is: Existence.

[Number of simulation attempts remaining: 3]

[Would you like to begin this simulation?]

Yes or No

coming!

The third simulation is here!

Zhu Ge glanced at the superior and inferior simulator to confirm his situation.

Name: Zhu Ge

Lifespan: 0 years and 10 months

[Trait: None]

[Inventory: Kunpeng, Spider]

He has ten months to live.

Neither Kunpeng nor Spider can be used.

However, both Kunpeng and Spider are unique traits, and they are indeed very useful, so it's normal that they consume a lot of lifespan.

Zhu Ge wondered, "Do all traits consume a lot of lifespan?"

Or is it only the unique trait that will?

If I don't get the unique trait this time, but instead get a normal trait, will it only consume a little bit of my lifespan?

In short, Zhu Ge has many ideas.

And in this process of reflection, the simulation in my mind also begins.

You are a cicada egg, just hatched from the soil. What is your choice?

First, draw nutrients from the roots of the trees nearby.

Second, find a more suitable location.

A cicada?!

This simulation is quite unusual.

However, simulations are full of unpredictability, so Zhu Ge can only choose based on what happens.

Choose one!

You absorbed the sweet and juicy nutrients from the tree roots, your body developed, and you became an ordinary cicada larva.

[It starts raining, and you feel the rich moisture in the soil. What is your choice?]

First, drink to your heart's content.

Second, burrow deeper underground.

Third, remain unchanged.

Fourth, burrowing into the ground.

rain?

Zhu Ge frowned slightly.

Obviously!

oxygen!

When it rains, many earthworms, snails, and other creatures will crawl out of the soil.

The reason is that when there is too much rain, it covers the soil, forming a sealed space that prevents organisms in the soil from breathing.

But what about drilling deep underground?

Wouldn't that be even more suffocating?

Or is the rain just light and we don't need to worry about it?

However, burrowing into the ground is definitely not an option; for a cicada larva, going to the ground would mean certain death.

Zhu Ge considered for a long time before making a decision, only when the border of the assistant device started to flash.

If you don't choose now, it will be randomly selected.

Choose two!

Your body, like a pupa, burrows deeper into the earth, and you sense that many of your brothers and sisters are drinking water right there.

You and your brothers and sisters are not thirsty, but you rarely have the chance to get fresh water.

Ignore them and keep drilling down.

The rain is getting heavier.

You might feel a bit stuffy, but descending into the pit beforehand ensures there's enough oxygen for you to breathe deep inside.

More and more of your brothers and sisters are dying, all of them from suffocation.

Some of them break through the soil and are preyed upon by your natural enemies.

[Some wanted to continue, but were suffocated before they could.]

[Thus, you gain the trait: Stealth]

You've gained a new trait!

Zhu Ge breathed a sigh of relief.

The simulator simulation actually made him very nervous, because just one mistake could cause him to lose some powerful and useful traits.

However, as long as the simulated creature is alive, there is hope that it will acquire more traits, which will make it easier to select from them.

Fortunately, Zhu Ge is doing well, and Tu Chan has not died.

You've been drawing energy from underground for 580 years. What's your choice?

First, continue to absorb energy.

Second, metamorphosis in place.

Third, after climbing out, they will go to a tree to form a cocoon.

Five hundred and eighty years!?

Zhu Ge was startled.

This means that the simulated creature is not the earth cicada that Zhu Ge understands at all, but more like a monster!

That's five hundred and eighty years!

This is a chilling number!

Having been dormant underground for nearly six centuries, even a tree that has grown for a hundred years could become a towering tree!

How did the earth cicada spend those 580 years?

Zhu Ge was filled with curiosity.

As for the choice?

Option one? Continue to lie low. This means potentially living another five hundred years, but it also means being trapped in darkness forever.

Choose one of the two?

Transform into a cocoon on the spot. It's safe, but the space deep underground is limited, and the form that can be transformed will also be restricted.

Option three? Climb out and spin a cocoon in a tree.

This is the closest choice to the natural cicada species, but it is also the most dangerous—it faces natural enemies on the ground.

Those creatures we've never seen before but instinctively fear may be waiting for the earthworm to crawl out.

However, after careful consideration, Zhu Ge felt that she should choose the third option.

This was not only because he remembered how cicadas metamorphose and emerge, but also because he connected it to the theme of this simulation—existence!

The moment has finally arrived—to break through the soil.

You begin your long climb. Five hundred and eighty years of dormancy have made your body exceptionally resilient. You use your forelegs to dig through the soil, inch by inch, upwards.

This climb lasted three months.

You feel the soil gradually softening, the moisture increasing, and light seeping through the cracks in the soil, stinging your compound eyes that have never seen light before.

Finally, you broke through the soil.

This is a strange world. Towering ancient trees block out the sun, vines coil like snakes, and giant ferns sway in the mist. You've never seen anything like it before, but you're not afraid.

Instinctively, you climb the ancient oak tree next to you, find a secluded leaf at the very top of its canopy, and dwell there, lost in thought.

You begin to emerge from your cocoon.

The cocoon formation process takes seven days. During these seven days, you sense several enormous creatures passing beneath the tree—creatures with fangs, scales, and wings—each time terrifying you.

Finally, a gaping maw lunged at the tree you were standing in, swallowing the entire tree whole, and you perished in the process, gaining the trait: Feign Death.

You thought you were dead, but at dawn on the seventh day, the cocoon broke open from a pile of excrement.

You break free from your cocoon, your wet wings gradually unfurling in the morning light.

You see your own enormous, pale blue cicada wings covered in fine, powdery scales, reflecting an eerie light in the sunlight.

You take flight, only to be preyed upon by a pterosaur, gaining the trait: Flamboyance.

[This simulation has ended]

[Gained Traits: Stealth, Feign Death, Showy]

[Stealth: Concealing all traces of one's presence, making oneself undetectable until the use of one's power.]

[Feigned death: Remaining a corpse for 580 years, then waking up]

[Zhang Yang: Increase your presence by 80%, becoming undeniable]

ended?

Zhu Ge was somewhat taken aback.

Is this all there is to this simulation?

Hasty!

Aside from a few rare choices, Zhu Ge basically had no control over the earth cicada's actions.

He's the one who mostly looks at things; he can't choose.

However, whether it was this time or the previous choice of the Kunpeng and Spider traits, it made Zhu Ge understand.

The animals simulated by the simulator are definitely not simple animals.

The first swordfish transformed into the Sky Swordfish, and the second mole dominated the underground world.

The third one was even more extraordinary!

Produce