The "jellyfish" all around sensed Meng Chao's presence.
One after another, they bloomed like full flower buds, revealing layer upon layer of nested, intricately tangled internal structures.
And within them, the delicate structures resembling plant fiber tubes were continuously blossoming as well, as though they could unfold without end—like some higher-dimensional construct expanding billions of times over in a lower-dimensional world.
From amid the endlessly unfurling "flower buds," thousands upon thousands of crystalline, slowly writhing tentacles stretched out, like clusters of nerves.
The tentacles danced lightly, growing without cease as they swam toward Meng Chao.
Deeply captivated by this mysterious yet exquisitely beautiful sight, Meng Chao subconsciously extended a finger toward one of the tentacles.
The tentacle gently coiled around his fingertip, then viciously pierced through the gap beside his nail.
"Hiss!"
Meng Chao cried out and sprang from the Medical Chamber.
"..."
He stared blankly at his surroundings, feeling as though he had slept for a very long time and had an extraordinarily long dream.
He had dreamed of half a century ago—his verdant years in high school, university, making his way in society, and exploring the Ancient Ruins.
The dream had been far too long and far too real.
So real that, for a moment, he was dazed enough to forget what year it was, and even who he truly was.
Meng Chao lowered his head and examined the Gene Serum in which he had been soaking.
Instinctively, he felt that it was some kind of high-energy liquid even richer than the blood of a Doomsday Beast, containing more powerful Spiritual Energy, yet gentler and more stable.
It seemed as though the blood, spinal fluid, adrenal extracts, and brain matter of the ten most ferocious beasts on the Another World Continent had all been extracted, then harmonized and