Seconds later, the rat stopped struggling.
Only then did Su Bai relax and tear off a large chunk of flesh, slowly eating.
"Eating... gained 5 experience..."
"Eating... gained 6 experience..."
"Ding! You devoured rat flesh and gained 1 rat gene."
"Eating... gained 4 experience..."
The fat rat, over ten centimeters long, took Su Bai half an hour to devour completely, turning into nutrients for his evolution.
His second panel showed new data:
[Gene Points]: 10 Rat Genes, 7 Frog Genes, 9 Cricket Genes...
[Evolution Points]: 9 points
[Skill Fragment]: None
Devouring the rat granted him 10 rat genes and 4 Evolution Points, pushing his total Evolution Points to 9—just one short of triggering the second evolution.
Additionally, Su Bai's attributes slightly increased.
Strength rose from 0.7 to 0.8, Agility from 0.4 to 0.6, Constitution from 0.5 to 0.6, Spirit from 1.2 to 1.4.
His size grew from 5 centimeters to 7 centimeters long.
"Just missed it."
Reviewing his changes, Su Bai sighed regretfully.
Devouring a whole rat couldn't compare to the second evolution.
Eating the rat only slightly boosted his four attributes, while the second evolution could let them leap over the Level 1 monster threshold.
"Luckily, just a bit short."
One more Evolution Point, from eating another frog or rat, would relieve his mind greatly.
With this experience, Su Bai knew hunting frogs or rats was now quite easy.
After finishing the last piece of flesh, Su Bai crawled back toward the anthill.
Night was deep.
Most creatures were quiet; it was not a good time to hunt.
He should rest.
...
Minutes later, before Su Bai could return to his newly dug nest, he saw a creature outside the anthill.
A creature hunting ants.
Nearly twenty centimeters tall, its body looked like a blob of filthy jelly, occasionally bouncing and hitting the anthill entrance.
Each impact stuck dozens of ants onto the slime, which were slowly dissolved inside.
Slime!
As a Dim Level existence, ants here had no natural enemies and few creatures preyed on them.
The only exception was Slime.
Slime was the natural enemy of all insects in the forest.
As a creature with no independent consciousness and only survival instincts, Slime had excellent physical resistance.
Physical attacks below a certain strength were negated by its soft, sticky body.
Stronger attacks caused Slime to split.
Split Slimes did not die but multiplied, continuing to breed in the forest.
To powerful forest beings, Slime was merely food.
To insects, Slime was an unbeatable predator, their greatest threat in the forest.
Dim Level and Tiny Level insects would be stuck by Slime's sticky mucus and slowly engulfed, digested, and absorbed, unable to harm Slime.
Even frogs, rats, and small birds would avoid Slime.
Most importantly, Slime was a true monster.
Even the lowest Level 1 Slime surpassed Dim Level and Tiny Level, being a genuine monster.
Su Bai did not know where this Slime came from.
He only knew two outcomes if left unchecked:
Either Slime would eat its fill and leave, severely damaging the anthill's vitality; or Slime would linger endlessly, overwhelming the colony and causing extinction.
Fight or flight, that was the question.
After a brief hesitation, Su Bai prepared to fight.
Several days had given him some attachment to the anthill.
He could not bear to see the Little Worker Ant that cared for him swallowed by Slime—if Slime raged on, the Worker Ant would inevitably become a target.
Most importantly...
Slime's sticky soft body was nearly invincible to other insects, but less effective against Su Bai.
His strength could counteract the stickiness, and his Devour Evolution talent was Slime's bane!
No matter how strong Slime was, against Su Bai's sharp Pincer Fang and Devour Evolution talent, it could only be turned into Gene Points and Evolution Points, making Su Bai stronger.
Su Bai had a strong premonition.
Devouring this Slime would make his second evolution even better!
Thinking this, Su Bai no longer hesitated.
He charged onto Slime's soft body; his sharp Pincer Fang bit deeply, tearing off a jelly-like chunk and swallowing it.
Immediately, many subtitles refreshed on his attribute panel!
"Eating... gained 10 experience..."
"Eating... gained 8 experience..."
"Ding! You devoured Slime flesh and gained 1 Slime gene."
"Ding! Your Carapace was corroded by Slime mucus, strength decreased..."
"[Adaptability] talent activated... You gained a Skill Fragment."
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