33: Chapter 33 The Long-Awaited Chloroplast

"Dong dong..."

A strange low growl emitted from Eighteen's body; the way it looked at Lin Sheng was significantly different than before.

"Big Brother!"

Seeing Eighteen's reaction, Lin Sheng also let out an excited low growl.

He had successfully latched onto this powerful thigh.

Hearing Lin Sheng call out, Eighteen nodded at him and then fell into silence.

Its life was like this: aside from hunting, it was finding a place to doze off.

Seeing that Eighteen seemed to be napping, Lin Sheng thought for a moment and decided to head back to the previous carcass.

He flew into mid-air and quickly pinpointed the location of the Honeycomb Monster's corpse.

It was a massive sand pit, formed when the Honeycomb Monster crashed into the ground.

At this moment, the area around the pit was already swarming with all kinds of creatures.

Most of those creatures were insects much smaller than Lin Sheng, but there were a few whose sizes were comparable to or even slightly larger than his.

Faced with such a massive piece of flesh, the vast majority of creatures tacitly avoided attacking one another.

Lin Sheng followed this Pattern as well, not taking the initiative to attack those creatures.

Although this Honeycomb Monster was Eighteen's trophy, these creatures sharing the feast were effectively eating away at Lin Sheng's evolution points.

However, Lin Sheng didn't see it that way.

Because in his eyes, every creature present would eventually become his evolution points.

With this thought in mind, while tearing at the Honeycomb Monster's body, Lin Sheng would occasionally toss a few nearby creatures into his mouth.

The creatures present were still immersed in this gluttonous feast, completely unaware that a true Taotie had appeared in their midst.

evolution points +6,432

evolution points +42,531

evolution points +21,435

...

With the assistance of the "Devour" talent, Lin Sheng's body was growing at a speed that defied common sense.

Amidst the clouds, Eighteen had followed behind after Lin Sheng left.

It was currently astonished by Lin Sheng's rate of growth.

Possessing high intelligence, it could see that based on Lin Sheng's current performance, he seemed able to grow rapidly through eating.

As for whether there was an upper limit to this growth, Eighteen did not know for now.

Seeing the flesh below dwindling, Eighteen moved at that moment.

"Zheng!"

A piercing sound like clashing metal broke through the clouds, heavily striking the consciousness of every creature below.

With the exception of Lin Sheng, every other creature without fail collapsed on the spot.

Those "Devil Rays" also disconnected from their tubes at high speed and fled, never to return.

Seeing this, Lin Sheng was first startled, then overjoyed.

"Thanks for the gift, Big Brother!"

He roared toward the sky and then began a gluttonous feast that belonged solely to him.

evolution points +54,326

evolution points +4,321

evolution points...

[Ding]

[Host has met the Evolution conditions. Please undergo Evolution within one local stellar day, otherwise the opportunity will be forfeited]

Hearing the system prompt in his ear, Lin Sheng was delighted.

He hadn't expected this feast to yield an unexpected surprise alongside the evolution points.

Glancing at his current status on the data panel, Lin Sheng was even more shocked.

Body Length: 70m

evolution points: 11,389,811

Seeing that his body length had actually more than doubled, Lin Sheng instinctively looked up at the sky.

He was worried that with such a massive change, this newly befriended Big Brother might not recognize him anymore.

Fortunately, Lin Sheng's worries were unnecessary; Eighteen had been watching him the whole time and had witnessed the entire process of Lin Sheng growing from over thirty meters to seventy meters.

"Ding?"

Eighteen descended from the clouds to Lin Sheng's side, observing him curiously.

Lin Sheng wanted to tell Eighteen that he needed to sleep, but there was a language barrier, and he had no way to express his meaning.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Sheng simply pretended to be stuffed from eating too much and lay down in a random spot.

Seeing this, Eighteen felt that Lin Sheng must be full and needed to digest for a while.

It then curled itself around Lin Sheng and lay down as well.

...

After lying down, Lin Sheng began communicating with the system in his mind.

"System, how many evolution points are needed to evolve Chloroplastss?"

Even now, Lin Sheng was still obsessed with that cheat-like organ.

[Ding]

[The Chloroplasts organ is rated as a Natural Grade talent. Evolution requires 4,528,653 evolution points]

Seeing the number given by the system, Lin Sheng did a silent calculation in his head.

Based on the number of evolution points required for the lottery, a Natural Grade talent usually started at around a million.

Lin Sheng felt that over four million evolution points for the Chloroplasts organ was reasonable.

After all, if he used the lottery, the uncertainty was too high, and it would be difficult to draw a satisfactory talent.

"System, begin Evolution, and install the Chloroplastss while you're at it."

After calculating the cost, Lin Sheng issued the command to the system.

[Ding]

[Evolution beginning. Estimated duration: 30 local stellar days. Please wait patiently, Host]

"That long?"

Lin Sheng was slightly surprised.

Since it required such a long time, Lin Sheng abandoned the idea of keeping his consciousness outside to stare blankly at Eighteen.

He cleared his mind, and his consciousness gradually drifted into a deep sleep.

...

Eighteen's eyes suddenly widened.

It stood up and pawed at Lin Sheng's body a few times, but strangely, its claws didn't touch Lin Sheng; instead, they passed right through his body.

"Dong dong?"

It let out a muffled low growl at Lin Sheng, as if asking a question.

However, Lin Sheng gave no reaction.

Now, beyond the visual level, Eighteen had lost all perception of Lin Sheng, even on a spiritual level.

This caused a hint of worry to rise in Eighteen alongside its surprise.

After a moment's thought, Eighteen decided to wait by Lin Sheng's side for a while.

If this Little Thing could wake up during this time, then there would be no need to worry.

But if he didn't wake up...

Then it would figure something out when the time came.

...

The one thing the prehistoric era did not lack was time, because the vast majority of creatures had no concept of "time" at all.

Eighteen was one of the few creatures in this era that possessed the concept of "time."

As the sun and moon cycled repeatedly, Eighteen became increasingly worried about Lin Sheng's condition.

It had been guarding Lin Sheng's side all these days, waiting to see when he would wake up.

During this period, no creatures came to disturb it.

Although most creatures were quite frenzied and food was scarce in the desert regions,

Being frenzied didn't mean they lacked the instinct to seek profit and avoid harm, and food scarcity didn't mean they would eat just anything regardless of the danger.

With Eighteen's size, as long as its body still showed signs of life, no creature lacking eyes would dare to disturb it.