Dark, sticky, and cold.
This group of Poison Sludge, double imprisoned by its own predicament and external fear, has been dormant at the bottom of Myriad Poison Pool for an unknown length of time. Time has lost track here, and only the stagnantly rotating "core" in the body, which brings endless feelings of weakness and blockage, and the increasingly clear desire for "completeness" and "power" deep in the consciousness, remind it of its own existence.
suddenly--
"Buzz..."
An extremely obscure but unmistakable aura of terror was like the ripples of a stone thrown into a deep pool. It penetrated from top to bottom, penetrating layers of poisonous water and silt, and swept across this area very briefly.
It's Dugu Bo!
Even in the dormant state of "absolute stillness", the fear of higher-level existence originating from the instinct of life still made the deepest part of Poison Sludge tremble violently, and the slowly rotating "core" seemed to freeze for a moment.
But this time, the aura was not a targeted exploration, but more like a routine, covering and quick scan. It was like the owner casually scanning the room with his eyes before leaving home to confirm that there was no obvious abnormality.
The breath comes and goes quickly.
Immediately afterwards, there was a more obvious energy fluctuation - the colorful poison array shrouded above Myriad Poison Pool, its operation seemed to have changed slightly, and a certain sense of "alert" or "blockade" was strengthened. Then, a clear, cold and toxic space fluctuation came from directly above Myriad Poison Pool, and the terrifying aura belonging to Dugu Bo quickly moved away until it completely disappeared at the end of perception.
He left.
Not leaving temporarily, but really leaving Sunset Forest for a long time.
Poison Sludge still didn't move at all, and even the fluctuations in consciousness were suppressed to almost nothingness.
It's waiting, confirming.
One hour, two hours...
Myriad Poison Pool's poison array remains in a strengthened state, but the heart-stopping sense of oppression of being "watched" has completely disappeared. There is only the deathly silence of Myriad Poison Pool itself, and the cautious rustling activities of the low-level poisonous insects in the pool after the fear dissipates.
Confirmed.
That scary human with green hair really left. And he probably won't come back in the short term. He teleported away directly from Myriad Poison Pool, which further shows that this place is a safe and temporary "warehouse" or "testing ground" for him.
A cold, sharp "light", like a blade sharpened in the darkness, suddenly lit up in the core of this deathly silence Poison Sludge's consciousness.
Opportunity!
A once in a lifetime opportunity!
Wasn't all its previous dormancy, patience, and painful tolerance of its own "wrong" state just to wait for an opportunity to safely solve these problems and pursue (vague) opportunities?
And now, Dugu Bo has left. The largest sword hanging above his head has been temporarily removed, and it seems that he is not as concerned about the safety of "Myriad Poison Pool" as he imagined? At least, there is no strong guard or warning mechanism left.
It "feels" itself, the fragile, chaotic "core" in the body that brings a sense of heaviness and stagnation. It feels the viscous, highly toxic, but full of high-quality "things" and Yuni around it that it instinctively "desires".
A simple, direct, almost instinctive plan quickly took shape in this cold consciousness.
Swallow!
While that terrifying human being is not around, swallow all the things that can be swallowed in Myriad Poison Pool that are useful to you! Use the fastest speed to strengthen yourself as much as possible to make yourself "feel" better and accumulate "things" to leave here and go to a place called "Star Dou"!
It no longer needs to suppress the swallowing to a minimum in order not to attract attention like before. It can... let go a little bit.
No, not just "a little".
A bolder and crazier idea quietly emerged like a poisonous snake spitting a message.
Now that I want to swallow it, now that I have the opportunity, now that the owner here is no longer here, and he doesn't seem to take good care of this "warehouse"...
Then why not... eat everything you can eat? Eat as much of this "Myriad Poison Pool" as you can!
As soon as this thought appeared, it was like wildfire and could no longer be suppressed.
Yes, this is very dangerous. With such a big movement, even if Dugu Bo is not here, it may alarm someone else, or leave traces that cannot be covered up when he comes back.
But so what?
If you don't take risks and eat these things, it will always be a ball of poisonous mud in Yuni, feeling uncomfortable and weak. It needs to make its body "comfortable" and have the strength to leave here and go to the place in the vague memory that may make it "complete"!
"Eat... as much as you can... eat as much as you can..."
Cold thoughts, with a decisive and primitive desire for "satisfaction" and "power", are aimed directly at Myriad Poison Pool itself.
The next moment, Poison Sludge, which had been silent for a long time, began to change.
No more suppressing, no longer hiding.
The devouring instinct originating from the remains of Deep Sea Demon Octopus, like Ferocious Beast that had broken free from all shackles and was thirsty for Ten-Thousand-Year, let out a silent and violent roar!
"Buzz--!!!"
With Poison Sludge as the core, a devouring force field with a small scope, but the suction force suddenly increased dozens or hundreds of times, with a whirlpool of deep darkness and greed, suddenly unfolded at the bottom of Myriad Poison Pool!
It is no longer the kind of meticulous and careful extraction before.
It's plunder! It's the most primitive, greedy sucking of all energy and matter around you!
The thick, dark poisonous water seemed to have found its home, rushing crazily towards the dark mass of Poison Sludge! The pure energy and toxic substances contained in the water that made Poison Sludge instinctively feel "comfortable" and "satisfied" were violently stripped, extracted, and inhaled!
The thick poison Yuni at the bottom of the pool, which had been accumulated for countless years, began to "melt" and "dilute" at a speed visible to the naked eye. The precipitated, more concentrated essence that made it "crave" was forcibly sucked out and thrown into the mouth of the invisible greed!
"Gululu--!!!"
On the surface of Myriad Poison Pool, the bubbles that originally emerged slowly suddenly became intense and dense! Large areas of dark green poisonous gas steamed up, and the pool water began to form an increasingly obvious vortex with Poison Sludge as the center! The entire pool seemed to be emitting painful, forcibly sucked moans.
The low-level poisonous insects in the pool had just recovered a little from the pressure of Dugu Bo, but were instantly frightened out of their wits by the even more terrifying predatory aura coming from the top of the food chain! They frantically wanted to escape from this area, but were weak Many of the small ones had no time to struggle, and were swept into the center of the vortex by the terrifying suction force. Together with their weak strength, toxicity, and even their bodies, they were ruthlessly devoured, decomposed, and absorbed by the dark Poison Sludge!
The volume of Poison Sludge began to expand and solidify at an alarming rate!
From the size of a sea bowl, it quickly expanded to the size of a washbasin. The color became darker, almost pure black, and the texture also changed from a thin slurry to a viscous, thick one that seemed to contain terrifying energy. The slowly rotating "core" at its core was located., the dim light is blazing, like a hungry one eye opened in the darkness. Although the growth in volume is limited, its energy density and the dangerous aura it emits are rising sharply, and the surrounding pools have become darker and deader due to its existence.
Devour! Devour! Devour! Everything about the target—Myriad Poison Pool!
Devour without hesitation!
The fragile, chaotic "core" as a temporary energy node, under the crazy infusion of this massive amount of high-quality, same (poisonous) attributes and substances, groaned under the load, the rotation speed was fast and slow, the structure shook violently, expanded and contracted, as if it would collapse at any time. But the devouring instinct of the Deep Sea Demon Octopus wreckage was displayed at this moment With amazing toughness, it frantically guides, transforms, and digests everything that pours in, even if the method is rough, even if the process brings stronger swelling pain and tearing, it also forcibly decomposes, absorbs, and forcibly fills most of the energy and matter into the "core", or temporarily stores it in the body of Poison Sludge, which is rapidly solidified and increased in density.
Does it hurt? Of course it hurts. My body feels like it's about to burst, and my core feels like it's about to be torn apart.
But accompanying it is an ultimate, almost barbaric sense of fulfillment! A sense of power! A primitive pleasure that the body is being "repaired" and that "wrong" weakness and sluggishness is being "filled up"!
It "feels" that it is getting "better" and "stronger". Although the method is rough, and although the feeling of "something wrong" has not completely disappeared (the core structural problem has not been solved), at least the feeling of emptiness and powerlessness in the body is quickly fading., replaced by a sense of solidity that is full of "things", and a kind of power that seems to be overflowing. And this "things" and power come from the essence of the entire Myriad Poison Pool, from the lives of those poisonous insects that have been swallowed.
As the devouring proceeds, some fragmented "Jingtian" vague feelings about how to devour more efficiently and about the nature of energy seem to be attracted by this familiar, crazy state, making its devouring more "purposeful" and more inclined to absorb those energies and substances that make it feel the most "comfortable" and "replenishing", and this Myriad Poison Pool happens to be a rich place for this type of energy.
This strengthened its determination.
Not enough! Not enough! Far from enough!
I need to eat everything this Myriad Poison Pool... can be eaten!
It began to move consciously, and the sticky Poison Sludge body that had expanded and solidified to the size of a washbasin was like a hungry black jellyfish, slowly but unswervingly "crawling" and "spreading" along the bottom of the pool. Wherever it passed, Yuni was "licked" away the essence on the surface, leaving a pale and loose residue, and the poisonous water was absorbed. The color becomes lighter and the toxicity decreases... It is like the greediest scavenger and the source of destruction that has descended on this place. It is centered on itself, like a black hole, swallowing and Purification the essence of this Myriad Poison Pool. Although the growth in volume is limited, its inner energy and toxicity are increasing, concentrating, and qualitatively changing at an alarming rate.
Myriad Poison Pool, is being "emptied" in another form - the essence is stripped away, the toxicity is attenuating, and the vitality is being extinguished.
And the initiator of all this, the dark, constantly solidifying Poison Sludge, which exudes a heart-stopping aura of devouring and death, has only one thought that is getting clearer and clearer in the cold will at its core:
Eat up the essence of this Myriad Poison Pool! Become stronger! Then... leave! Go to Star Dou!