Chapter 85: My Bones, He Has His Own Ideas!

My Bones Have a Mind of Their Own

The evolutionary sandbox simulates cell division at ten thousand times the normal speed.

These spores evolved incredibly fast. Within a few hours, they adapted to the environment and became marine organisms like algae, shells, and corals, parasitically attaching themselves to ships.

They quickly spread across and adhered to the entire vessel, becoming so dense and complex that they would trigger extreme trypophobia.

Marine parasites attaching to ships cause rapid decay. Even more so with these spores, which multiplied and divided at a frantic pace. Soon, parts of the ship began to corrode, only to be filled and replaced by other organisms.

This cycle continued.

Eventually, the entire ship disappeared.

Countless players merged together, replacing the ship's structure and transforming into a colossal ship-shaped creature.

Xue Baixue said, "The ship is our aggregated carrier, formed by our combination. We've completed the first step, successfully merging. However, it's still a very primitive, crude structure – countless chunks of flesh stuck together. This forms the foundation. This 'flesh-fish' is already a massive new spore creature. It lacks eyes, ears, nose, or mouth, but it can evolve into any biological structure."

Chunzi Ai Xuexi said, "Now, it's time for the great Akina Mountain Speed to make an appearance. He's toiled, losing countless hairs, to calculate the evolutionary path for this initial aggregated fish."

Akina Mountain Speed exclaimed, "Hahaha, the handsome guy has arrived! So, everyone, allow me to explain how to proceed with the next step. Right now, we are essentially a pile of useless flesh chunks stuck together, not a true life form, but rather a primitive spore. The next step is to use external environmental pressure to reasonably adjust our biological structure, making it more organized. We have 173 players. Of these, 160 players, along with their respective populations, will begin to specialize and evolve into internal organs and tissues. Some will become bones, others flesh, skin, exoskeletons, or hair. The remaining thirteen players will transform into core muscle fibers, taking charge of the giant's primary movement controls."

After all, it's unrealistic for 173 players to simultaneously control the giant's body. With 173 different minds, coordination would be extremely difficult; combined control would render the giant utterly immobile. Therefore, the other 160 players just need to "play dead." Biological structures like skin, bones, hair, and cells don't need to move at all. They just lie there quietly, like "trees."

Biological movement relies on muscles. The thirteen players will each evolve into various types of muscle—smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle—spreading throughout the giant's body with their populations. By controlling their hundreds or thousands of "muscle" populations, they can collectively control the giant's movement.

In other words, while the other hundred-plus players "play dead," these thirteen core players will form an internal "Round Table of Thirteen" to control the giant's movements.

Akina Mountain Speed, Xue Baixue, and the other eleven elite leaders will assume core control over the colossal being.

"This is indeed a terrifying biological concept, possessing powerful and feasible possibilities," thought Xu Zhi. He sat in the distance, nibbling on fruit and sipping tea.

At this very moment, the continuously self-evolving, writhing vessel, which started as a mass of aggregated flesh, was gradually becoming more organized, with each part fulfilling its designated role and responsibility.

Since the "Round Table of Thirteen" controlled the giant, a novice and less capable player like Chen Xi naturally wasn't eligible. Xu Zhi could only have her settle for a secondary role, specifically choosing the hair as her body tissue component—a contingency plan he had prepared.

"Furthermore, among the core control members of this 'Round Table of Thirteen,' those seven 'Protagonists of the Age,' who had gathered immense luck, had all seized the opportunity to infiltrate," Xu Zhi thought, a hint of sadness on his face. Their power was immense, backed by research institutes. In fact, without them and the covert assistance of powerful forces behind various nations, these players would never have succeeded so easily. After all, how immense and terrifying is a colossal aggregated life form? Without a vast foundation of knowledge, its creation would be impossible. They were now demonstrating their capabilities, collaborating with Akina Mountain Speed, Xue Baixue, and others to construct the giant's evolutionary template. Their abilities were recognized, and they became high-level core control members.

"These scoundrels, they've all wormed their way in and are causing trouble, wanting to seize control of this colossal being," Xu Zhi thought, utterly speechless. "But without them, this idea would remain mere fantasy, difficult to put into practice."

Several more hours passed. Under the dedicated efforts and deductions of the players, the aggregated species gradually evolved. From a ship, it even began to develop limbs, slowly becoming bipedal.

The various parasitic organisms attached to the ship started to fully differentiate. Corals, shells, and snails gradually combined, piece by piece, forming hard biological bones. Flesh-rich organisms like clams and abalones transformed into muscles and tissues. Seaweed and aquatic plants became lush hair. Moss and kelp transformed into delicate skin.

However, it still retained some semblance of its original ship form. The ship's original colossal anchor became a black anchor-weapon in its hand, and the sails evolved into ears, making it appear like a creature draped in half of a massive ship. Initially, it was expected to be as tall as Xu Zhi, but it had become shorter and stouter. If Xu Zhi were a ten-thousand-zhang-tall giant, this creature was now only six thousand zhang tall, reaching merely Xu Zhi's chest.

"But isn't this size already a super-colossal god in the sandbox?" Xu Zhi mused, momentarily stunned. "A six-thousand-zhang-tall colossal being! Its body is comparable to a vast continent; if it were to lie down, it could obliterate the entire capital of Babylon." He continued, "A sea giant formed by countless marine creatures could indeed be considered a god of the ocean. And this form, holding a colossal anchor—isn't this the legendary sea giant, the Tide Giant Leviathan?"

At this moment, not only was Xu Zhi in shock, but the ocean was also brimming with excitement.

"Hahahaha, we've finally evolved into amphibians! We can go ashore now!" one player exclaimed.

"You bunch of jokers, just talk and don't move around! Only the thirteen muscle players can control our body. You guys are just scaffolding! Do biological bones, skin, hair, or tendons move on their own? Absolutely not! Just play dead and lie still, that's all you need to do!" another retorted.

"No, we have our own ideas!" came a defiant reply.

Suddenly, an incredibly bizarre scene unfolded. The Tide Giant, standing in a mere thirty-square-meter sandbox with half its massive body submerged in the ocean, its gaze piercing through the entire thirty-meter small sandbox, watched as its bones, skin, and hair gleefully ran outwards.

Boom!! The entire giant began to disintegrate layer by layer, collapsing rapidly like dominoes or building blocks.

Akina Mountain Speed shouted, "Holy moly! You guys, where are you running off to?! You're just tissues, you're not supposed to move! Get back here, it's all falling apart!"

Xiaonaohu Xiashan cackled, "Hahaha, I'm a skull with my own personality!"

The giant's skull rapidly began to invert.

Zai Ke Duoshou exclaimed, "This eyeball of mine, it has its own dreams!"

The eyeball bounced and hopped, falling out and leaping into the distance.

Tin Foil said, "I'm different. This hair of mine just wants to quietly stay on the head and be a beautiful, serene lady."

Chunzi Ai Xuexi retorted, "Scalp: No! You don't!"

Then, the entire scalp controlled by Chunzi Ai Xuexi, along with its lush hair, bolted like an octopus, in an utterly bizarre posture. It fell into the seawater and swam frantically, shouting, "Let's party, sisters!"

"What a bunch of clowns," Xu Zhi thought, both amused and exasperated.

Meanwhile, the "cloud players" watching the live stream of the giant wildly disintegrating, collapsing into individual bones and flesh that scurried outwards, were laughing so hard their stomachs ached.

"Even the scalp runs off on its own! (Terrifying)"

"My teeth, they also have their own ideas! (Toothache)"

"Holy cow, these bones even grew legs and burst through the skin, running wildly! Declaring themselves living beings with their own independent sovereignty! (Sudden change in style)"

"These bones refuse to be quiet 'trees.' They must be those long-legged 'tree-joker' players from before, secretly evolving rebellious tools for mischief (comical)."

After countless wails and shouts, it took a long time to get these lively characters back to their designated positions.

"Combine! I'll form the bones.""Combine! I'll form the skin.""Combine! I'll form the hair."

They had now evolved their own shapes and assigned roles within the collective. Disassembly was no issue; they weren't a true biological entity but merely a symbiosis built by a multitude of lives, interdependent on each other. Now, they could be reassembled effortlessly, like building blocks or a toy giant.

After their antics, immense joy naturally filled the air.

"The great ones are truly amazing, we succeeded! When our biological components combine, we form the Sea Giant! This evolutionary path is indeed perfect. The giant is amphibious, capable of surviving and moving freely in both seawater and on land. It's just a shame it's too cumbersome, making movement difficult, and it can't fly. Otherwise, if it were a truly amphibious species, capable of sea, land, and air travel, it would be absolutely phenomenal!"

"Hahahaha, the next step is to enter the Wizard World. Even if we can't get phoenix blood when we fuse genes, we can at least integrate one gene."

"All 173 of us can integrate one gene each! Bone and skin tissue players, along with their populations, can integrate Evil Eye genes. Each bone wizard and skin wizard can just lie there, generating power without moving, while terrifying, chaotic, and tyrannical psychic energy fields burst forth. Their skin and bones will automatically cast powerful witchcraft, capable of destroying all life—that's absolutely insane!"

"Muscle and tendon players can integrate Slime genes! With the immense power of the 'ahoge engine,' muscles and tendons become powerful engines themselves. This multiplies our strength, so our movement speed won't be so slow anymore."

"Hair, teeth, and these areas can integrate the 'Funeral Chicken' gene! Extremely poisonous, specifically designed to finish people off. After all, the hair and teeth aren't real teeth; everyone is assembled and loose-parted. The hair can even move on its own, waving wildly, stabbing at others in sneak attacks to poison them. This colossal being will be a destructive weapon from head to toe!"

Hearing this plan, Xu Zhi couldn't help but shiver slightly. Indeed! If these players entered the Wizard World, they could all integrate a second gene. Skin, bones, hair, muscles—each individual body tissue could even cultivate independently. That's when true horror would emerge. These clown-like players had truly created a forbidden entity so terrifying it could make the world tremble! It could easily destroy the world!! Goosebumps rose on Xu Zhi's skin. They were truly stirring up trouble, creating forbidden monsters that threatened to destroy his sandbox at any moment.

"Hive Mind Assistant," Xu Zhi murmured, "Retrieve this giant's genetic properties."

Attributes:Colossal God, Evil God, Old One, World Destroyer (names discussed by players, not officially named)

Genetic Traits: Unspeakable Dread, Form Shifting, Regeneration from a Single Drop of Blood, Everlasting Existence(Capable of infinite growth, potential unknown)