Simulation: Starting From Strange Creatures

Chapter 291 Shushu is very fast

　　【In the third month, you escaped from the closed laboratory and gained freedom. Under the stimulation of the natural environment, you matured. Driven by instinct, you are looking for something.】

 It has been nearly a month since I came to the underground drainage system.

 During this period of time, Zhao Meng gradually adapted to the life here.

Even though it is a white mouse used for experiments, compared with ordinary gray mice, it does not have the ability to survive in the wild.

 But with the support of a large amount of simulation experience, he still survived with difficulty.

“The underground drainage system is indeed a natural burrow for rats.”

The hairs on Zhao Meng's pointed nose moved slightly, and he could feel many unique smells.

 In the unpleasant smell of sewage, he smelled a scent that he instinctively yearned for, that was the scent of females.

 “There is a breeding partner!”

Zhao Meng followed the smell and searched for it.

Although he was only three months old at this time, as a mouse, he was already an adult and could already carry out normal behaviors.

It is even said that as experimental mice, they mature earlier.

 But for the sake of success rate, Zhao Meng still waits until his body is completely strong before going out to look for anything.

It is precisely because of the short reproduction cycle and fast reproduction rate of mice that mice have become an important biological experimental material for humans.

 “Zhizhi!”

 “Squeak!”

Zhao Meng heard the cries of other mice. After turning a corner, Zhao Meng saw several mice gathering together, as if they were having a party.

 It's just that the gathering here seems a bit disharmonious, and they are fighting with each other.

 “Sure enough, it’s about to start again!”

 “It’s a familiar track again!”

Zhao Meng, who was watching this scene, understood it clearly. Zhao Meng, who had simulated a large number of animals, knew very well what would happen next. He could not understand the experiment.

 But he is very good at this kind of fighting.

 “I’m coming too!”

 …

Amidst the squeaking and screaming, Zhao Meng gained the initiative to lie down.

“Speaking of which, the forelimbs of mice are somewhat similar to human hands.”

At "Initiative", Zhao Meng looked at the five thin fingers on his forelimbs.

These are the fingers on the mouse's paw, and these fingers have the same gripping power as human fingers, except that what he is grabbing now is not the smooth shoulders of humans, but the fur of the mouse.

“They are indeed mammals, very similar in every sense of the word!”

As the leader of the party, Zhao Meng ended the party, and the mice quickly went to do their own business.

Only Zhao Meng is still resting in a corner:

“No matter what, the mid-term mission of the simulation is completed!”

“Even if the simulation fails this time, you can still see the available entries.”

“It sounds like the process just now was a bit strange, it seemed too fast!”

Zhao Meng thought about the process just now. Zhao Meng's heart moved slightly. He always felt that the mouse acted too quickly.

 Although under natural conditions, the time cannot be extended, it should not be so short. Can the reproduction process really be completed in this state?

Zhao Meng didn’t know this clearly. He was just trying to survive. In order to succeed in the simulation, he still persisted.

After all, escaping from the previous experimental base is not an easy task. The process is full of coincidences.

 Zhao Meng may fail again if he tries again.

 Fortunately, the lifespan of mice is not long, so his simulation does not need to last too long.

 …

　　【In the fourth month, the accumulated strength drives you to do something. 】

 “Are we going to start again?”

As one of the most reproducing mammals on earth, Zhao Meng knows that this animal has a very fast cycle.

 But Zhao Meng was still a little uncomfortable entering the next cycle so quickly.

 After all, most of the animals he has simulated before have seasonal reproduction.

 As a mouse, you can give birth to offspring anytime and anywhere. No wonder the males and females are separated in the laboratory. If they are put together, it may cause chaos.

It was that familiar place again, that familiar corner again. During the party, after a burst of squeaking, Zhao Meng once again took the initiative in the party.

His forelimbs, which he usually used to run, once again caught some kind of fur,

 In this state, Zhao Meng somehow thought of an outrageous hypothesis from his previous life.

 The transformation of mammals from crawling, to supporting themselves forward, to being able to stand upright is most likely a result of long-term use of a certain posture.

Thinking of this outrageous hypothesis, Zhao Meng smiled helplessly in his heart.

How could humans walking upright have anything to do with this? Humans walk upright to adapt to the savanna environment, not to change their posture.

"Huh!"

 The party ended again while Zhao Meng was thinking wildly.

 “So fast!” Zhao Meng, who had the previous experience, finally discovered the clues.

 “So that’s it.”

“What was discharged turned out to be a gel similar to rice grains.”

 Different from the cows simulated before, large mammals like cows excrete massive amounts of liquefaction.

 But as a mouse, it is more like pulling out a transparent grain of rice.

 What he came up with was a structure that was close to the whole. He never thought that the structure of mice was so different from that of humans.

“I didn’t expect that an animal that is so common in daily life would have such unique characteristics.”

Feeling the difference, Zhao Meng sighed in his heart,

Although mice are unique, no one picks apart the mice at the party and deliberately observes the phenomena.

 What a wicked person would pay attention to this kind of thing and search for videos about this.

Zhao Meng is not this kind of person, because he is experiencing this kind of thing personally.

He even wondered whether the unique excretion method of mice would develop into an agglomerated structure similar to egg cells if it continued to evolve.

Zhao Meng doesn’t know.

 But he knew one thing. This unique state of aggregation was one of the secrets that allowed rats to reproduce quickly and end the battle quickly.

 …

　　　【In January of the next year, you smell a unique smell, and your instinct drives you to do something. 】

"here we go again!"

More than a year has passed since he came to the sewer, and Zhao Meng can feel that his body is getting older.

“Sure enough, the research in the previous life was correct.”

In his previous life, Zhao Meng read an experimental report. After sterilizing male rats, the life span of the rats would be doubled.

 Not only male rats, but also have similar effects on other mammals.

It’s a pity that this kind of experiment is just like females retaining genes through fusion, a phenomenon that is widespread in mammals.

 When it comes to humans, it is a hypothesis that cannot be verified or mentioned.

Although Zhao Meng clearly felt that his life span was shortened due to frequent labor, Zhao Meng had no intention of trying to extend his life span.

Even said that he just wanted the simulation to end quickly, after all, the environment in the sewer was not really friendly.

Sniffing the smell, Zhao Meng came to the familiar place again.

After a scuffle, Zhao Meng's hand successfully grabbed his shoulder. No, it was a piece of mouse fur, and he started a quick and extremely destructive behavior.

 The formation of this rice grain-like crystal structure by mice is not without cost.

 Although it speeds up and increases the probability, it also causes the mice to pay more nutrients.

 Hence, sterilization is extremely significant in extending life span for mice.

 …

“Zhushu, I will not be able to defeat these young juniors next time.”

Zhao Meng looked at the losers around him who had been driven away by him. He let out a long sigh. Zhao Meng could feel that he had gradually slipped from his peak this year.

 The replacement of rats is very fast.

Female mice can give birth to a litter of mice in three months, and there can be as many as a dozen mice in a litter.

 A mouse can mature in three months. If resources are sufficient, the mouse can achieve exponential growth.

If the granary is poorly maintained, there may be a large-scale rat tide.

 Under this rapid update iteration.

It is difficult for him to establish a complete social system on his own, and Zhao Meng cannot maintain a certain status like a group of monkeys or other mammals.

Every time he faced a new mouse, he would face a new fight, but fortunately, every time he met a new mouse, he was also a young one.

 【The third year, February, your instinct drives you to do something, but your aging body makes you powerless】

 “Disgusted!”

Although Zhao Meng used human wisdom and some tricky methods to win the party,

 It’s a pity that the female rats did not accept him, maybe because he smelled of old people.

 Perhaps it was difficult for him to form crystals like rice grains. In short, he was disliked and rejected.

“The behavior of animals is much simpler than that of humans!”

Feeling the aging of his body, Zhao Meng did not force anything anymore and found a quiet place to prepare to spend the last part of his life.

 If it were a human being,

Even though he is old, money can make all the difference, and he has enough ability to make other beings not despise him or his old smell.

 But unfortunately, as an animal, it is only oriented towards the reproduction of offspring, and there are not so many complicated relationships.

 【In May of the third year, your organs begin to fail and your life is coming to an end】

 In a crack, Zhao Meng was eating stored food.

 Feeling the death of one’s own life,

Although he has experienced this process countless times, he still has an indescribable feeling in his heart every time he experiences it.

Feeling helpless at death and gradually unable to move, his consciousness seemed to be slowly closed by a shrinking box until it was finally crushed and died.

This kind of terror of disappearing life may be one of the reasons why most people long for immortality.

"dying!"

Zhao Meng's consciousness gradually became blurred. At this time, a drop of water fell from the top of the wall, so that the consciousness that was about to disappear regained consciousness.

 Because he had not been active in the sewer for a long time, Zhao Meng's fur at this time had changed back to its previous color.

 It's just that the fur is not so white anymore, but has some gray.

“I don’t know what kind of entries I will get from this simulation.”

 “Can you solve the lockdown situation outside.”“

Thinking of the situation outside, Zhao Meng didn't know what scene he recalled, and his little mouse heart began to beat rapidly.

 But it was this rapid beating that impacted his already weak body.

 At that moment, like a broken string, his heart suddenly stopped beating.

 In this wonderful picture, the little mouse suddenly died.

His consciousness left his body little by little, and at the same time, systematic prompts also appeared in front of him:

  【Simulation successful】

 Looking at the system prompts, Zhao Meng's consciousness relaxed and his consciousness began to return to his body.

 The first thing that came to his consciousness was the touch of his forelimbs.

"etc!"

"This is…"

At this time, the influence of the rat on his body had not been completely eliminated. Zhao Meng thought that what he was catching was the fur of a rat.

 But at this moment, the phantom in the phantom space with a human head and a snake's tail flickered slightly.

The memory of the mouse was cached in his mind like a movie scene.

 The influence of the rat on him disappeared, and his human instinct returned.

At this moment, Zhao Meng finally realized that it was not his forelimb but his hand.

 And his hands were not holding some fur, but smooth shoulders.

At this time, more feelings returned to his human consciousness, and worse feelings were perceived by his consciousness. At that moment, Zhao Meng almost lost control.

 But then, the flames that seemed to burn to death burned him. Even under the protection of the feathers, Zhao Meng still felt an unbearable heat.

However, it was precisely because of this fire that Zhao Meng woke up slightly, and his consciousness returned to the previous shadow space.

 “Almost lost control!”

 Zhao Meng let out a sigh of relief when he returned to the space.

 Although he had long known that he would face this situation when his consciousness returned to his body.

 But being able to predict it yourself is completely different from being able to actively control it.

 It's like a human's legs getting cold at night, or having cramps when swimming in cold water.

Although humans want to control it, the instinctive reaction of neuromuscular causes the leg to twitch, causing unbearable pain to humans.

 Zhao Meng is not afraid of pain, but in that inexplicable situation, he always has a hunch that if he loses control, there will be bad consequences.

 After all, the situation in the light ball was too weird, and he still didn't understand why it suddenly became like this.

  “I hope that the entries obtained this time can find a way to solve the lock.”

“If we continue like this, we will lose control sooner or later.”

Thinking of this, Zhao Meng looked at the phantom with a human head and a snake's tail. In front of the phantom, there was already a colorful lottery tube waiting for him to draw the next entry.

Zhao Meng touched the lottery tube without any hesitation. With a blue light, the content of the entry appeared in front of Zhao Meng:

  【Small rodent (blue)】

“You will obtain specialized teeth that are extremely aggressive against root-like objects and can bite into small gaps.”

"Forehead…"

 Looking at this entry, Zhao Meng fell silent.

“Do you want me to really bite it off and unlock it?”

This entry seems to be helpful to the current situation, but Zhao Meng has no choice. Not to mention whether his teeth can be broken, it is impossible for his neck to be broken.

 (End of this chapter)