True Symbiosis

Faced with the little bug's hostile shouting, Su Luo chose to watch coldly, quietly observing its performance.

Before long, the little bug had talked itself tired and lay weakly on the ground, staring at Su Luo, who knew what it was thinking.

"Tired, huh? Since you're tired, let's talk." Su Luo smiled at the little bug.

"Hmph! I have nothing to discuss with a lowly creature like you." The little bug lifted its head haughtily.

Hearing the little bug keep calling him a lowly creature, Su Luo did not get angry. Instead, he asked curiously,

"Why did you want to burrow into my forehead? Did you want to form a symbiotic bond with me?"

"That's right!" the little bug said without the slightest concealment.

"Why?"

Hearing Su Luo ask why, the little bug's tone instantly became serious as it said solemnly,

"From the moment you easily defeated that white ape, I had my eye on you."

"After that, you even killed a lifeform one level above you without taking a scratch. Such talent is truly rare."

"I can sense several powerful forces hidden within your body."

"You are a genius. Even among the stars, you would be considered a rare genius. If I did not seek symbiosis with you, it would be far too great a waste."

After hearing the little bug's words, Su Luo fell into thought.

Then he asked the little bug a question that had puzzled him greatly.

"You said you formed a symbiotic relationship with that white ape. Then after I killed it, why were you completely unaffected?"

The little bug's voice suddenly froze upon hearing the question.

"Um... this... well..."

Seeing how difficult this question was for it to answer, Su Luo immediately sensed that something fishy was going on.

"I knew it. You weren't that honest. You would never easily form a symbiotic relationship with another creature."

"That white ape probably never formed a symbiotic relationship with you, did it?"

"You merely wanted to use it, find a safe place, and quietly wait for the next suitable symbiotic candidate."

A few words from Su Luo exposed the little bug's lie.

With its old secrets laid bare, the little bug finally behaved itself. It stopped shouting and merely lay there quietly.

"Since you saw through me, I won't pretend anymore. The truth is exactly as you said."

"I had no choice either. This entire forest is full of creatures without any intelligence."

"There was barely one creature with even a little intelligence, so I had no alternatives."

"While it was asleep, I burrowed into its eye and caused its eye to undergo some beneficial evolution."

"All these years, it never knew I existed. It merely assumed it had evolved on its own."

"I thought things would continue like this until the day the white ape died of old age, when I would search for my next host."

"Who would have thought a monster like you would appear, catch me, and lock me up directly?"

Su Luo nodded to himself. It was more or less what he had expected.

The little bug had not truly formed a symbiotic relationship with the white ape.

Otherwise, as one of the Seven Great Starry Sky Demonic Insects, how could it have only allowed the Four-tailed White Ape to obtain such an ordinary ability?

"If I agree to form a symbiotic bond with you, what do you intend to do?" Su Luo asked.

At those words, the little bug immediately sprang up excitedly.

"Then I will definitely form a true symbiotic bond with you and provide you with the greatest help I can."

Su Luo did not dare believe a single word the little bug said. Who knew what tricks this fellow might pull?

Seeing the deep distrust on Su Luo's face, the little bug felt greatly discouraged.

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In its inherited memories, which intelligent creature had not been overjoyed upon hearing that it could form a symbiotic bond with the Pupil Worm race?

Such an intensely distrustful expression was something its race had never seen before.

"I don't dare believe you so easily. What if you burrow into my eye and then refuse to truly form a symbiotic bond with me? I can't exactly forcefully pull you back out." Su Luo spread his hands.

"We can bind the symbiotic relationship first, and then you can judge whether what I said is true or false." The little bug said indignantly.

After pondering for several seconds, Su Luo nodded.

"Fine! Come on!"

Su Luo unscrewed the glass jar and held the little bug in his hand.

White light flickered across the little bug's body, and a strange chain of energy extended from it.

The energy chain pierced into Su Luo's forehead. Su Luo only felt as though an electric current had suddenly passed through him, leaving his body numb and tingling.

Immediately afterward, a high-level energy suddenly coiled around Su Luo's body.

This energy gave off an extremely ancient feeling, solemn and heavy.

Several seconds later, the energy chain connecting the two abruptly vanished.

Su Luo lowered his head to look at the little bug in his hand, and the little bug was also looking at him.

At that moment, a feeling of being inseparable and worthy of trust arose naturally.

The two had successfully formed a symbiotic bond. From this moment onward, they would develop together.

As long as Su Luo grew stronger, the little bug would also grow stronger along with him.

If Su Luo died, the little bug would die with him.

A symbiotic relationship could only be severed if both sides agreed to sever it. Otherwise, it would never be broken.

"Please take care of me. Since we'll be together forever, I'll give you a name." Su Luo stroked the little bug with his finger.

"Hmm... having a name would indeed be more convenient. Many of the seniors in my inherited memories had names." The little bug answered in agreement.

"How about... Su Tong? My name is Su Luo, so you'll take my surname, Su." Su Luo said.

After thinking it over, the little bug nodded in approval.

Tong represented the special ability of its race. Using that character as its name was indeed a good idea.

"Not bad, not bad. Let's call it that. From now on, my name will be Su Tong."

Seeing that the little bug liked it, Su Luo smiled happily.

Su Tong looked at Su Luo and asked,

"Since you and I have already formed a symbiotic bond, I want to know what type of eyes you prefer."

"Three eyes, four eyes, six eyes, double pupils, heterochromia—which kind do you like?"

"Although I cannot decide what abilities you receive and can only guide the evolutionary power within your eyes outward,"

"I can still decide what style you want."

Listening to Su Tong, Su Luo could not help imagining himself with four eyes or six eyes. That would be terrifying enough.

"Su Tong, which of these is the least conspicuous? The kind that does not show much change on the outside?" Su Luo asked.

"No obvious change... then only the three-eyed style will work. There will be a thin slit in the center of your forehead. If you do not open the eye, no one will notice it at all." Su Tong said after thinking it over.

"Then the three-eyed style it is. Come on! I'm ready!" Su Luo said seriously as he looked at Su Tong in his hand.

Hearing this, Su Tong leaped with all its might and arrived at Su Luo's forehead.

It lightly cut open a thin vertical slit.

Su Tong's body then transformed into a mass of energy and gradually merged into the slit.

Before long, Su Luo felt an itch between his brows, followed by a numb, swelling ache.