First Evolution

He ultimately chose Danger Perception.

Not for any other reason—digging was somewhat helpful to him for now, but he had already gotten through so many days without it being a necessity; he could endure a little longer. Danger Perception, however, could directly provide significant help in combat or safety.

After all, he was a serpent king. He wasn't afraid of attacks from the ground; at worst, he could just flee. Besides, he figured few creatures would dare provoke him. He had so little meat and was full of lethal venom—what beast would have to have its head stuck in a door to want to die alongside him?

What he feared was crawling along the ground and failing to notice an attack from above, getting snatched up by an eagle or hawk and eaten like a spicy snack. He had seen too many videos of that in his past life not to guard against it.

With that thought, the Wild Rabbit Model flew up, zoomed in, and then opened. The next moment, an incredibly complex Double Helix Mysterious Object flew out, radiating a hazy luster.

Just staring at it a bit too long made Bai Chuan feel dizzy and lightheaded. He understood this was information overload—something beyond his current comprehension. Fortunately, he didn't need to handle the fine details; this space was managing everything. All he had to do was decide where to place the ability.

Near the head? Some part of the body? Or the tail?

Each location showed a different compatibility rate. He scanned through and found that near the head had the highest compatibility at 85%. He tried placing it there.

Immediately, he saw two small bumps bulge out on the model's head.

"What's this?"

Bai Chuan stared at the small bumps on the model's head, puzzled. After a moment's thought, he tried removing the ability structure and placing it on the body.

The next moment, the bumps on the head disappeared, and two small bumps swelled up at the location he had placed it.

He instantly understood—it was because of the ability.

But why was it like this?

He thought it over and guessed it was because the ability structure came from a wild rabbit, and the Danger Perception trait in rabbits likely stemmed from their incredibly flexible long ears. Those long ears gave them sharp hearing, letting them pick up sounds from all directions to avoid harm.

But now this ability was grafted onto him. He was a snake, and his ears had long since degenerated, lacking an external auditory canal. So, under the effect of this ability, given the difference in species, the manifestation of this ability on him was two bulging bumps.

Thinking this through, he zoomed in on the model's head and found that inside the small bumps, there really were connections to the ear canal.

"Well... that's actually reasonable!"

After figuring this out, Bai Chuan's mouth twitched as he clicked his tongue. But since there was no issue, it was time to evolve!

As his decision settled, the mysterious object instantly sank into the head of his model and vanished. Then, his consciousness was ejected from this space.

Meanwhile, outside, his coiled snake body in the tree hollow began slowly secreting a strange viscous substance, gradually covering his entire form.

The next day, the sky's edge showed a pale fish-belly white. A ray of dawn light broke through the clouds and shone into the tree hollow, landing precisely on a coiled serpent body.

Bai Chuan slowly opened his pitch-black snake eyes, raised his upper body, and flicked his tongue continuously. This was a snake's unique sensory method—capturing various scent molecules in the air to detect the presence of other creatures nearby.

Most snakes generally had poor eyesight; they were not only nearsighted but also colorblind, and only sensitive to moving objects. To survive, they had evolved extremely keen olfaction, using their tongues to capture scent molecules in the air combined with vision to determine prey distance.

Of course, the snakes with poor eyesight didn't include the king cobra. The king cobra was among the best-sighted snakes. But good eyesight was only relative—like comparing eight hundred degrees of nearsightedness to one hundred degrees. Not to mention he was still colorblind now, so for him, the tongue's function remained very important.

In his current vision, the entire world was monotonous, devoid of any color. Without any moving living creatures, everything around him felt lifeless and dead.

A long road lay ahead! Bai Chuan sighed inwardly. Though ten days had passed, the psychological whiplash of going from a vibrant, colorful world to a dull, lifeless one was still hard to get used to. He wondered how those protagonists in past-life novels who were reborn as animals managed to adapt so quickly to their new perspectives.

After a few sighs, Bai Chuan slowly crawled out of the tree hollow, ready to test his new ability while hunting.

First was the issue of digestion and absorption. Through these ten days of observation, he found that the generation speed of points was related to his digestion and absorption ability. And points were tied to his evolution and growth. So, to accumulate points quickly in the future, improving his digestion and absorption rate was essential—it was the core of his strength.

But which animals had strong digestion and absorption abilities?

Thinking about this gave Bai Chuan a headache. "When you need knowledge, you regret not having enough"—why hadn't he read more animal books back then?

Second, his vision also needed improvement. Having a visual system that ignored stationary objects was not a good thing. He had watched too many videos in his past life of people teasing king cobras. Back then, he didn't understand the principle, but now he got it—because the vision of snakes like him was similar to frogs: blind to stationary objects, only sensitive to moving things.

So if you want to touch a snake's head, all you need is one hand waving in front of its eyes to distract it, while the other hand can easily reach out and pet it, or even kiss the top of its head. (Dangerous move—don't try this unless you're a snake-handling expert.)

This kind of thing is hardly a good thing. Just think—carrying such a glaring weakness, if he ever ran into a human, wouldn't he be toyed with at their mercy?

Just imagining that scene sent a chill down Bai Chuan's spine, making him feel like his scales were about to stand on end.

Not to mention, he also wanted to see the beautiful and vibrant world again.

On that point, he knew exactly what kind of animal had that ability—birds!

If he had a choice, of course, it would be the vision of an eagle. But as a snake, did he dare to set his sights on an eagle now?

Wasn't that like looking for a fight in a latrine—courting death?!

Finally, there were all kinds of powerful abilities. These could make him even more invincible, fearless against all dangers.

Thinking it over, it seemed he still had quite a lot to improve on!

"Rustle, rustle..."

Suddenly, the sound of flowing water reached him, snapping Bai Chuan back to his senses.

Clearly, he had arrived at the place he'd been drinking from lately—a small stream.