mud, then quickly merged into Tuanzi's body and continued devouring.
Tuanzi could turn an enemy's strength into her own. She was practically invincible.
But... this couldn't go on. In just three minutes, Tuanzi's body had grown to nearly forty
tons. And her limit before she lost control was sixty tons.
Seeing this, I hesitated. I was about to have Tuanzi devour her excess mass when, at that
instant, the chrysanthemum's petals suddenly opened. From its very center,
something like a seed shot out with a bang!
I stared, dumbfounded.
But the seed vanished into the torrential rain in the blink of an eye.
I couldn't even tell which way it had gone. In this howling wind and driving rain, the moment it rose into the air,
the wind would carry it off without leaving
the slightest trace.
After launching the seed, the enormous chrysanthemum seemed to have spent all its strength. Its body began to
wither.
I let out a long sigh.
"I miscalculated..."
One Meter
Who would have thought this monster had a way to save itself?
I really had miscalculated. I'd thought sending Tuanzi in would guarantee she ate it, but I'd forgotten something.
Whatever it had once been—plant, insect, vertebrate, or invertebrate—it still had,
to some extent, an animal's survival instincts.
Ways of escaping like that existed in nature, too. I vaguely remembered one, though I won't say
what it was, or people will accuse me of padding the word count. ♪
"Looks like... I'll have to be more careful from now on."
After more than twenty years of rapid evolution, these creatures seemed to be growing more complete. Some used to have
few ways to escape. That had changed.
This world... no matter the era, it was never kind to humanity.
Mech technology had advanced enough