Chapter 603: Absorption

Deep in the universe, a forgotten wild planet is quietly rotating.

The surface of the planet is covered with hard rock mountains and endless silicon crystal veins, which cover the entire planet like ancient blood vessels.

As the first rays of dawn penetrate the thick dust clouds, small mounds of earth continue to rise on the ground, and this dead land seems to be quickly awakened.

Just as the planet begins to breathe, the pulse of life beats here.

Tens of thousands of unique creatures have broken out of the ground, shaking and shaking off the gravel and dust on their bodies.

Their exposed bodies present different geometric shapes, some like sharp prisms, and some like smooth spheres.

The silicon carapace reflects a cold metallic luster under the poor light of the planet.

On this cold and lonely planet with a harsh environment, life exists and develops in a unique way, completely different from carbon-based organisms.

These silicon-based organisms do not rely on organic matter as a source of food, but feed on silicon crystals on the surface of the planet.

After a long evolution, their siliconized tentacles have formed a specialized organ.

Each tentacle is covered with sensitive synapses, which can accurately sense the presence of nearby minerals.

Gently brushing the surface of the rock, it can detect whether there are energy-rich crystals inside.

When foraging, the tentacles of these creatures are like slender detectors, flexibly exploring the rugged surface.

In the heart of this wild planet, between the gullies where lava flows.

A silicon-based creature is swinging its tentacles and moving flexibly among them.

Its slowly moving tentacle-like extension organs carefully explore every gap between the rocks.

Gently touching every rock on the way forward, looking for crystal mines hidden in the dark.

Whenever the tentacles touch the right ore, its tentacles will become extremely active and begin to dig quickly and powerfully like the claws of an excavator.

Stone chips fly between the tentacles, and the silicon crystals in the ore are gradually exposed to the light, shining with an attractive light.

It uses its tentacles to peel the silicon crystals off the rock and grind them into more easily decomposable chips. Its polygonal mouthparts open slightly, and every corner on them reveals the wisdom accumulated from natural evolution.

The internal structure of the mouthparts operates precisely, slowly swallowing the hard chips handed by the tentacles.

The food is decomposed in its body, and the weak radiation energy released makes its body emit a brighter light, as if tiny stars are shining on its shell.

The process of eating is slow and elegant. Its body gradually becomes transparent, and the light flowing inside flickers like stars, emitting cold blue or hot red light, which is the external manifestation of energy conversion.

In this silent world, there is only the faint rustling sound it makes when eating.

The fragments of minerals are broken and ground in the mouthparts, becoming energy to maintain life and provide growth.

Suddenly, in a nearby crack, one of its exploring tentacles suddenly stopped.

The slight friction sound echoed in the surrounding air, and it seemed that there was something it longed for, like food but slightly different.

Carefully using the jagged structure on its tentacles, it peeled the crystal off the rock, and each of its movements was accompanied by a crisp cracking sound.

Finally, it touched a crystal with a dull luster.

This crystal was different from its previous discoveries. Its texture was harder, and its surface was faintly cold.

The silicon-based creature tried to continue peeling it with its jagged tentacles, but found that the crystal was extremely hard, and even its delicate structure could not break it.

After a while of anxiety, it had no choice but to decide to swallow the crystal whole.

As the crystal was sent into the mouth, a subtle change began.

The crystal was not easily broken and decomposed in the body of the silicon-based creature like other foods.

On the contrary, after entering the interior of the silicon-based creature, it began to devour the energy in the organism.

This crystal was like a bottomless black hole, greedily absorbing everything around it.

The body of the silicon-based creature gradually became dim, and its originally weak light was eaten away bit by bit.

What's more terrifying is that even its weak and stupid soul was not spared by the crystal.

The surrounding world, as the silicon-based creatures weakened, began to become more desolate.

The gullies where the lava flowed no longer flickered, and there was no exploration of life in the cracks of the rocks. Everything became dead silent.

The silicon-based creatures that once flashed the light of life on this land have now become an empty shell.

Its life and soul were swallowed up by the strange crystal along with the light, and disappeared in the dark night of this wild planet.

The wind and sand blew, bringing the dryness and coldness of the planet, ruthlessly corroding the body of the silicon-based creature.

The once hard silicon carapace gradually lost its integrity under the baptism of the wind and sand, and turned into tiny grains of sand.

The crystal that swallowed the soul of the creature, with the disappearance of the shell, lost its host and fell on the desolate surface again.

The wind and sand continued to blow, burying the crystal and the traces of the silicon-based creatures.

In this desolate land, everything returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.

Only the crystal buried by the wind and sand lay quietly in the depths of the planet, like a sleeping seed, waiting for the awakening of the next life, or the fate of being explored next time.

Time passes slowly on this wild planet, the wind and sand still blow, and the crystal.

It is like a silent witness, recording the stories that have happened on this land.

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