Bone-chilling cold and a heavy sense of oppression were everywhere.
Lilith's consciousness gradually blurred; huge rocks and silt firmly imprisoned her body at the bottom of the pool.
If not for a piece of deadwood supporting her from above, she would have been completely buried by rubble and soil by now.
The pain of suffocation stimulated Lilith's nerves; she could feel her consciousness gradually peeling away.
She wanted to return, but the system prompted that her current state did not allow for return.
In this life-and-death moment, Lilith's claws touched something tough and cold—it was the corpses of the Blood Pythons killed by the collapsing cliff.
Survival instinct overwhelmed everything. Almost relying on her final will, Lilith extended her blood-sucking Fangs and stabbed them fiercely into the cold, stiff corpse!
A large amount of blood poured through the Fangs into Lilith's nearly depleted body, converted by the Gene Dominator into the energy needed for her body, nourishing her form.
The feeling of suffocation was slightly relieved. More importantly, this surge of energy allowed Lilith's nearly dissipating consciousness to reconsolidate!
"Suck! Keep sucking!"
This was Lilith's only lifeline; she sucked frantically, not daring to stop for a moment.
The blood of one Blood Python was quickly sucked dry.
Lilith crawled with difficulty through the cold mud. She used ultrasound to explore the extremely limited space, searching for the next possible corpse... After an unknown amount of time, as Lilith struggled out of the thick silt and rock crevices with her tenacious will and constant energy replenishment, a thrill of surviving a disaster spread through her body.
Lilith did not choose to return immediately.
Her cold, blood-colored eyes scanned the messy ruins.
Below, a large number of Blood Python corpses were still buried. Instead of returning, it would be better to take this time to convert these corpses into gene fragments.
Otherwise, once she returned, the Blood Python gene fragments she had collected earlier would go to waste.
Lilith endured the excruciating pain of fractures in her wings and various parts of her body, using her claws to begin digging.
One by one, the buried Blood Python corpses were dug out by her. Their blood became the best energy, maintaining the operation of Lilith's life.
Some blood orchid debris and roots destroyed in the collapse were also devoured by Lilith without waste.
[Devoured Mutated Blood Python, obtained Blood Python gene fragment +1, current completeness 99%...]
[Devoured blood orchid remnants, obtained special life energy...]
[Blood Python gene sequence has reached 100%!]
When the last Blood Python was sucked dry, the prompt sounded in her mind again. Lilith no longer hesitated and returned immediately, because she felt a crisis quietly approaching—an animal's instinctive perception of danger.
"System, settle and return!"
The next moment, Lilith's body disappeared directly... In the pure white space, a cold voice echoed in Lilith's mind.
[Ding! Plot World: "Anaconda 2" is being settled...]
[Ding! Obtained blood orchid, successfully completed the main quest, rewards are being settled...]
[Basic Reward: points +10, 1 Free Attribute Points]
[Item Harvest: 16 blood orchids, can be exchanged for 160 points.]
[Total Gains: points × 10, blood orchid × 16, 1 Free Attribute Points.]
[Ding! Your current comprehensive evaluation: F.]
An evaluation of the lowest F was already expected by Lilith; after all, besides picking up leftovers, she had done almost nothing to advance the plot.
Lilith looked at the exchange option for the blood orchids on the panel, which was as high as 160 points, without any hesitation.
points can be earned again, but such natural treasures that can directly promote the elevation of life levels must not be easily exchanged.
"Consume 10 points to repair body."
Lilith looked at the body repair option next to her and chose to confirm in her mind.
The next moment, a soft light enveloped Lilith's entire body. The bullet holes on the wing membranes, the lacerations on her body, and the cracks in her bones were all healed instantly, and her condition returned to its peak.
But at that moment, the space shifted, and Lilith had returned to that familiar yet strange Cave.
The humid air, the cold rock walls—everything seemed unchanged, but Lilith was already completely different.
Sixteen enchanting blood orchids were taken out by Lilith, floating in front of her.
An extreme temptation originating from life instinct surged into her heart, and a voice frantically urged Lilith.
Eat them! Eat them all!
Lilith did not resist this impulse.
She opened her mouth, and an invisible suction swallowed all sixteen blood orchids into her belly!
"Boom—!"
Lilith felt as if she had swallowed a mouthful of lava! Indescribable burning energy instantly exploded within her body, flowing and surging. Every cell was letting out a greedy roar, rapidly expanding and absorbing this energy!
"Fuse Blood Python genes!"
Lilith could feel that this was definitely the best time for her to fuse the Blood Python genes!
[Command confirmed! Analyzing Blood Python genes...]
[Detected high concentration of special life energy "blood orchid", fusion efficiency increased by 300%! Mutation potential increased!]
[Detected parts available for Mutation.]
[Option 1: "Heat-Sensing Pit" - Generates special heat-sensing organs on both sides of the snout to obtain snake-like infrared vision, greatly enhancing perception in dark and complex environments.]
[Option 2: "Muscular System Reconstruction" - Greatly increases the density, contraction efficiency, and explosive power of muscle fibers throughout the body; the Strength attribute will receive a massive increase.]
[Option 3: "Tail Vertebrae Extension and Strengthening" - Extends the tail vertebrae to generate a flexible, tough, and independently controllable tail, combining balance, grasping, and attack functions.]
Almost without hesitation, Lilith directly chose "Heat-Sensing Pit".
Strength is important, but in the crisis-ridden Main God Game, precise scouting and perception are the greatest guarantees for survival and taking control of the situation!
Especially this time; if she had known the Reincarnators had guns, she at least wouldn't have fallen into a passive position.
[Command confirmed, Blood Python genes have been loaded into the "Gene Dominator".]
This Mutation was far more intense and much longer than the previous two!
The massive energy provided by the blood orchids acted like a catalyst, allowing the Blood Python genes to fuse with Lilith's original body in a more violent and profound way.
Familiar pain arrived. Lilith's body trembled violently in the Cave, her bones making a tooth-aching crackling sound of growth, and her muscle fibers were constantly tearing and reorganizing.
The energy of the blood orchids maintained the energy requirements for the entire Mutation stage.
Lilith's size was expanding frantically at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Her wingspan soared from the previous one meter, breaking through to three meters, and finally stabilized at an astonishing four meters!
The skull bones, which were originally more bat-like, were also stretching and deforming. The snout became slightly longer, and the eye socket structure was being optimized to accommodate the new visual system.
The shape of the skull after evolution had completely moved away from the ugliness of a bat; it was somewhere between a python's head but also distinct from one.
The white fur on Lilith's body was rapidly falling off, revealing blood-red muscles and skin. The skin split open, and white scales grew out of the flesh.
At the same time, Lilith's tail vertebrae extended into a tail, slender like a snake's and covered in white scales.
The entire Mutation process lasted for a full three hours.
When everything settled, Lilith slowly opened her eyes.
The world was already different.
The ultrasonic 3D sonar was still precise, but now, a more vivid and lively layer of color covered it—those were color blocks representing temperature!
The cold rocks were deep blue, the beetles that still had some warmth were light red, and the wind blowing from outside the Cave carried a hint of coolness.
A world constructed by both sound and heat was fully visible!
Lilith vibrated her wings; the four-meter wingspan brought a powerful sense of strength, and the cold light on the Bone Blades at the wing edges was even more intense.
Lilith looked down and saw a body covered in white scales.
Opening her bloody maw, besides the original blood-sucking canines, Lilith now had a row of sharp teeth in her mouth, as if they could tear everything apart.
The changes in her teeth and skull would also completely change Lilith's way of eating, from the original sucking to the current tearing and biting.