Being a Parasite in a Fish's Belly

[Energy Storage tumor]

[Introduction: A tumor-like matter formed from the aggregation of energy storage cells. It has the function of storing energy.]

[Cell Level: 2]

[Mass: 0.1 grams]

[Function: Store various forms of energy, including fat, glycogen, sucrose…

This was the energy storage tumor which Luo Fan had spent two days creating, an organ that could store energy.

He had a total of 32 such energy storage tumors in his body.

They were distributed all over the ends of the intestines and also the center of the eyeball.

However, these storage tumors were all currently in a dry flat state, because there was not much energy stored in them.

These energy storage tumors raised the overall mass of Luo Fan's body.

After he had created the energy storage cells, Luo Fan lost no time in using all his energy to create the organs of locomotion which were also the four limbs of his eyeball.

This was how he thought, he would create four limbs under the round eyeball to support it, and these limbs could not be like human legs, the structure of which was too complex.

At his current level, he would not be able to create them. He could only create some rudimentary organs.

Luo Fan thought for a moment and finally chose the tentacles of an octopus.

Initially, he had wanted to use the legs of arthropods, but then he remembered that he did not have the ability to split out the carapace of an arthropod, so he left it at that.

Then, he thought of the tentacles of an octopus which could also be used for crawling.

Either way, Luo Fan had wanted an organ that could move the eyeball.

Therefore, he began to work in this aspect.

He created a few organs that looked like the tentacles of an octopus in one direction of the eyeball.

"I can't supply the energy anymore."

Luo Fan sensed the surrounding matter, those rotten fish and shrimps.

Currently, every time the black fish ingested food, Luo En would secretly absorb half of the food the black fish consumed.

This was why every time the black fish ate, it would only be half full, so it had to hunt again.

And now Luo Fan was not even satisfied with half of the matter.

"Since I've already absorbed half of the matter, why don't I be more daring? Anyway, when I finish creating the limbs, I'll be able to move and leave this place. Sooner or later, I'll have to leave this body."

Luo Fan thought, "As my body grows stronger, the matter that this fish consumes will no longer be able to sustain the speed at which my body evolves. Sooner or later, I will suck this fish dry, and that day will not be far away."

Currently, Luo Fan's physiological activities would also consume energy. Dividing cells would also consume energy, so would evolving cells.

As his body grew larger, the energy he consumed would keep increasing.

Even if the fish did not absorb any energy and all the food that entered its stomach were devoured by Luo Fan, it would still not be able to sustain Luo Fan's consumption.

"And now that my body is complete, and I can absorb enough energy to survive in the outside world, there is no reason for gradual and sustainable development."

In the beginning, Luo Fan had taken the path of sustainable development and had only absorbed a small amount of matter each time because his body was still badly damaged at that time. He could only recuperate in the fish's belly.

Now that he had the ability to survive in the outside world, he naturally did not need to remain in the fish's belly.

A gentleman was born of the heavens and earth, how could he be living off others for long periods?

Thus, Luo Fan began to absorb energy wantonly when he created the limbs.

All the matter in the fish's stomach was quickly absorbed by Luo Fan.

The eight evolved intestines were all fired up, and the absorption rate was extremely fast.

The surrounding matter was quickly absorbed into the intestines, and then digested and absorbed in the blink of an eye.

The eight new intestines were thicker and longer than the original intestines.

The length of the new intestines were 20 centimeters long and as thick as the straw inside a bottle of AD Calcium milk.

Therefore, the absorption rate was extremely fast. In a short while, the surrounding matter was absorbed into the intestines.

After the intestines had absorbed and converted the surrounding matter, they dumped the waste residues out directly and these accumulated in the stomach.

The residues naturally would not contain any energy, and they were the kinds that even dogs would not eat.

The fish's stomach churned as it ingested the residues. As it could not absorb any energy from them, it could only excrete them out in the end.

...

Outside, in the river, a two-meter-long black fish swam in the river as if it had gone mad.

It opened his mouth wide and sucked in all the fish and shrimps it encountered.

Fortunately, the fire outside had killed many fish in the river.

The large black fish did not have to hunt, it only needed to keep ingesting those dead fish.

Luo Fan's parasitism made the big black fish wild. The black fish's intelligence could not fathom why it had become like this. It just felt itself getting hungrier and hungrier; it just could not eat its fill, no matter what.

It began to hunt like crazy, eating fish and shrimps nonstop.

And this was exactly what Luo Fan had wanted. He was still worried about the lack of fish and shrimps in its stomach.

In the end, the black fish began to keep sending food, and Luo Fan evolved even faster.

During the day, the black fish hunted in the river and devoured all the living things it saw.

At night, the black fish came to the shimmering beach at the bottom of the river as usual.

Then, it dove into the sandy beach.

Under the effect of this sand, the black fish felt the hunger in its body instantly disappear, and replaced by a sense of fullness from energy.

Only here could it experience a kind of comfort; there was no hunger, no fatigue.

The big black fish began to be even more besotted with this place.

During the day, it would go out to hunt for food. At night, it would come to this stretch of shimmering beach and bury its body in the sand.

The black fish certainly wanted to stay here during the day, but it realized that its body would start to get uncomfortable after staying here for a night.

It would feel extremely bloated, as if it was about to explode.

Therefore, it could only leave that place, but once it had left the beach, it would become hungry. It was not the hunger of the body, but hunger in its stomach.

However, how could the black fish comprehend this? If its stomach was empty, it had to continue hunting.

...

[Octopus limbs]

[Introduction: Limbs similar to the tentacles of an octopus, composed of ordinary muscle cells. They are used to move the body.]

[Cell Level: 2]

[Mass: 2 grams]

[Function: Extremely powerful movement ability, able to move matter ten times heavier than itself.]

Although Luo Fan was indifferent in his attitude toward the limbs, he did his best to create the four limbs that looked like the tentacles of an octopus.

It took him a lot of energy to create the limbs. He stayed in the fish's stomach for two days before he finished making the limbs.

Then, he stored the excess energy in the energy storage tumors, storing it inside his own body.

"They are finally completed!"

Luo Fan said with emotion, "After staying in the fish belly for almost ten days, I have finally gained certain ability to survive."

"Next, I should create some means to save my life by producing some organs of aggression."

Luo Fan began to plan his next target.

At the same time, he thought, "I may have to leave the fish's stomach in a few days. The energy here is already not able to sustain my evolution."

...

The black fish had been devouring continuously in the day for the past few days, and it would head to the beach at night to rest.

It would have gone on like this until the black fish's stomach gradually adapted to the hunger and stopped sending it signals.

Its stomach began to become emptier.