Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: The Terrifying Creature

TL: Etude

“No, it’s not that they’re less aggressive in competing for food, it seems there are fewer of them.”

Lin Hao observed closely and noticed that the number of koi seemed to have decreased compared to the previous day.

This made him wary.

After all, there was clearly something with a red glow that had entered the Hualong Pond that night. Was it possible that many of the koi had been eaten?

The thought made his heart race.

Forget it, for now, he should eat more bread crumbs.

Swallowed large bread crumb, gained 0.3 evolution points.

Swallowed bread crumb, gained 0.1 evolution points.

…

System notifications kept coming.

Although each bread crumb only added 0.1 evolution points, even a little progress was better than none!

He needed to accumulate 200 evolution points quickly to continue evolving!

“198 evolution points!”

By evening, the bustling scene around the Dragon King Temple had become unusually quiet.

Lin Hao checked his system panel and realized that despite his hard work all day, he was still two points short of the required evolution points.

“Black-shelled shrimp are getting harder to find.”

“The small scavenger fish are all eaten, and the bigger ones are still too tough for me to swallow.”

Lin Hao continued to swim around.

Soon, he discovered something in the lotus area.

Pomacea canaliculata (Golden Apple Snail).

These snails are omnivorous, often eating duckweed, fruit, and even chewing on lotus plants.

They have a strong reproductive ability and are considered an invasive species.

Although they resemble the field snail, they are generally not consumed because they taste bad and can cause illness if not thoroughly cooked!

“These should be edible, right?”

The golden apple snails were notoriously unpalatable, but they couldn’t be worse than the scavenger fish, could they?

After a moment’s hesitation, Lin Hao opened his mouth, and his sharp serrated teeth quickly crushed the snail.

Crunch, crunch!

Ugh, disgusting!

For the sake of evolution points, he endured it!

Swallowed golden apple snail, gained 0.5 evolution points.

“0.5 evolution points!?”

Seeing the system notification, Lin Hao’s eyes lit up.

One snail gave him 0.5 evolution points, so ten snails would give him 5 points!

And the characteristic of these invasive species was their large numbers!

This was a great opportunity to farm evolution points!

“I can’t believe I didn’t notice these before, haha.”

Quickly, as Lin Hao continued to devour the snails, his evolution points steadily increased!

Host: Lin Hao
Species: Black Carp
Level: 3
Body Length: 45 cm, Weight: 42 jin
Combat Power: 13
Skills: Serrated Bite, Powerful Tail Slap, Iron Scales
Divine Abilities: None
Evolution Points: 251/200

“Accumulated 251 evolution points!”

Seeing the changes on the system panel, Lin Hao was quite excited.

He had long heard the system prompt asking if he wanted to evolve, but he was too engrossed in devouring those golden apple snails to bother.

“Let’s evolve first. After evolution, I’ll come back and devour all of you.”

Looking at the scavenger fish nearby, Lin Hao sneered.

Finding a spot behind a rock, and sensing no danger, he chose to start evolving!

As evolution began, his vision went black, and he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

…

“Old Zheng, what is this thing?”

“It looks like a loach, but it glows gold.”

On a fishing boat by the coast, a middle-aged man held a glass tank containing a loach-like creature, while a man in red stood opposite him.

The creature’s back emitted a faint golden glow, making it look very peculiar.

“Actually, it wasn’t just Zhao and his team who discovered the sea monster today; I found it too.”

The man called Old Zheng chuckled.

“I found this thing beside the monster’s body. I thought it had swallowed gold, so I took it and ran.”

“I didn’t expect it to survive in the fish tank.”

He looked around cautiously before speaking in a low voice.

“It looks a bit like a sea loach.”

“Old Zheng, should we report this to the government?” The man in red hesitated before speaking.

Though the creature looked beautiful, it also seemed quite eerie.

“Report my ass.”

“Have you ever seen a loach like this?” Old Zheng snorted.

“I have connections with rich people. This thing will definitely fetch a good price.”

Looking at the ‘loach’ in the tank, he became excited.

Bang, bang, bang!

Just then, the ‘loach’ started thrashing wildly in the tank, causing it to shake violently.

“What the hell!”

Old Zheng was startled, feeling the vibrations through his hand holding the tank.

Snap!

With a crisp sound, the fish tank shattered!

The ‘loach’ launched itself at Old Zheng’s neck.

“Ah!!!”

In an instant, Old Zheng let out a blood-curdling scream.

The ‘loach’ had latched onto his neck!

“Old Zheng!” The man in red was terrified.

The scene unfolded too quickly for anyone to react.

Who could have imagined such a turn of events?

“Ah! Get off me, get off!!!”

Old Zheng frantically tried to grab the ‘loach,’ but its slippery body made it impossible without a specific technique.

Bang!

The next moment, he collapsed to the ground, blood spurting from his neck.

The ‘loach’ had already penetrated his carotid artery and entered his body!

“Old… Old Zheng…”

The man in red was scared to death!

His legs trembled uncontrollably.

He had never seen such a horrifying and bloody scene.

He could vaguely see Old Zheng’s skin bulging as the ‘loach’ moved inside him.

A monster… a monster!!!

The man in red couldn’t think of anything else. Overwhelmed by fear, he had only one thought: run! Run away quickly!

…

Time quickly passed, and the next day arrived.

“Dragon King, please bless me. Dragon King, it wasn’t me who killed Old Zheng, it was that monster!”

…

Before dawn, Lin Hao could vaguely hear voices coming from the Dragon King Temple.

“Someone’s coming to pray this early?”

Lin Hao slowly opened his eyes, quickly becoming fully awake.

“Huh?!”

He jolted, realizing he was now in his post-evolution state!