Crosstown Express arrived the next day.
Lu Yao opened the cardboard box, and inside was a breathable plastic locket.
Inside the box were several small red insects. They were small, with arched backs in the shape of scoops and seven black spots on their sheathed wings.
This was Lu Yao’s final target: the seven-star ladybird beetle.
In the past, the things he had gifted to the temple through the Simulator were either seeds and fruits or various tools.
But animals had never been.
Now that calm has largely returned to the pixelated world, further experimentation can take place.
Lu Yao considered back and forth for a long time.
As the first animal to be released into the pixel world, it was best to be smaller, simpler in structure, and preferably less aggressive and less destructive to the environment.
After a round of sifting, he had his eye on the seven-star ladybird.
This small insect feeds mainly on aphids, which in turn are one of the most destructive pests, and a variety of crops are on the aphid recipe.
On top of that, the seven-star ladybird beetle is small. It is not as aggressive as the likes of the asp and the praying mantis, nor is it as social and mobile as the ants, making it a more suitable target for placement.
But after all, it was the first time to release insects, so Lu Yao was still a bit apprehensive.
Previously, garlic, wheat and grapes were normal, but this time it was not good. In case it mutated into a super monster after entering, it was also theoretically possible.
Before the official enchilada, Lu Yao made a series of safeguards.
In the shrines of the three cities, there were powerful apostles standing by: Sarina guarded Yao City, the Blood Knight sat in Salt City, and Phyllus was based in Saniro.
Isabelle, on the other hand, was acting as a mobile team member, ready to support everywhere.
Once the ladybirds mutated into monsters to wreak havoc around the area, they were able to immediately step in and take control of the situation.
……
Lu Yao grabbed out one of the smallest and slowest moving ladybirds and carefully placed it on the mouse.
A few moments later, a dull ladybird icon was added to the shrine’s [Gift] bar, displaying as [Unknown Ladybug], with a small green progress bar underneath.
A paragraph of text appeared in the simulator.
[Unidentified ladybird in downscaling ……]
This is different from plants and base props that are directly revealed.
The progress bar is getting brighter bit by bit.
Lu Yao was paying attention the entire time.
After about a minute, the progress bar finished reading, but there was no follow-up.
Lu Yao waited for a while longer, moved his mouse, and found that he could click on the ladybird in [Enchantment] and drag it out of the temple.
He selected the ladybird selected and landed on a small southern island, which he double-clicked to release.
A new prompt popped up on the screen.
[Unidentified ladybird has entered the world.]
The little ladybird immediately came to life.
It fluttered its wings and wobbled as it crawled across the ground. The ladybird’s body continued to bulge and became about the size of a dog before it stabilised.
With the pixelated image, it looked harmless enough.
Even so, Isabelle was firmly behind it, wary of this particular insect.
Lu Yao mouse click on the ladybird.
……
[Unidentified Ladybird LV1]
Life value: 42/42
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 2
Defence: 5
Speed: 6
[Hibernation]
By hibernation you can reduce various consumption and extend your life.
……
A new kind of transcendental creature is born.
Lu Yao continued to follow and observe.
The dormant ladybird circled around the island and then burrowed into a bush, not long after it flew out again and ran towards a forest.
As if it had found edible bugs in these plants, it quickly ate its fill and then lay down in the bushes with [Dormant] displayed above its head.
After experimenting, Lu Yao came to the preliminary conclusion that Enchanted Animals were more complex than plants.
Animals with high boundary dimensions would go through a process of being downgraded by the power of rules when they entered the pixel world of low boundary dimensions.
After the downgrading process, some subtle changes will occur. This is reflected in the result, which is the transformation from ordinary high dimensional beings to local transcendent beings.
Lu Yao went to the toilet and came back to find an additional prompt on the game interface.
[Unidentified Ladybug failed to integrate into the world.]
Hmm?
Lu Yao clicked on the prompt.
The screen immediately jumped to a corner of the island.
Here were two fiery turkeys, pecking at their prey on the ground. Judging from the scattered remains, the prey was dormant ladybirds.
Lu Yao scratched his head.
This was the first time he had encountered an integration failure.
On the other hand, the animals were targeted and even died without any perception by the little believers in the city.
Lu Yao began to drop the second ladybird.
[Unidentified ladybird in descending dimension ……]
End of progress bar.
……
[Unidentified Ladybird LV1]
Life value: 36/36
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 2
Defence: 3
Speed: 6
[Anaesthesia]
Sprays an irritating toxin that paralyses the enemy for a short time.
……
The same species of insect gives different results.
It seems that downscaling has some randomness.
Lu Yao continued to wait.
Five minutes later.
[Unidentified ladybird failed to integrate into the world.]
Unlike before, this time the anaesthetised ladybird was aggressive and aimed at the man-eating crabs resting by the beach as soon as it arrived. It did manage to capture one by relying on anaesthesia to prey on it.
But on its second action, the anaesthetised ladybird was subjected to a righteous swarming, leaving a trail of sheath-wing fragments.
Lu Yao opened a third attempt.
Another ladybird is born, and soon it is hunted down by several islanders with spears for its sleepiness.
Another failure.
Lu Yao tried to get to the nineteenth one in a row.
Finally a third ladybird was born.
……
[Unidentified Ladybird LV1]
Life value: 40/40
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 1
Defence: 3
Speed: 7
[Musk]
Secretes a richly scented special musk that delights surrounding creatures.
……
This time Lu Yao kept his eyes on the defence throughout.
Unlike the previous two pathfinder kindred, the Musk Ladybird itself was nothing aggressive, nor could it be said to be lazy. It was like a bird with an insect-like appearance, flying around the island and resting on a tree when it got tired.
The ladybird attracts man-eating crabs along the beach, and fiery turkeys further inland. Both of these animals prey on it, and instead, there is an internal fight first.
In the end the man-eating crabs win by sheer numbers.
The crabs, however, did not attack the musky ladybirds, but stayed and rested in the areas where the ladybirds were found.
Gradually, the ladybirds were not afraid of them, and before long, new musky ladybirds were born. Lu Yao also does not know if it is a cross between ladybirds and other insects …… In short, the musky ladybirds have wonderfully established themselves on this island.
The simulator gives a belated reminder.
[Unknown ladybird integration into the world was successful.]
You name it ____.
Success!
The most popular ladybird, adapting to the new world after the drop.
Lu Yao named it the Musky Ladybird.
In one breath, all the remaining ladybirds were sent in one after another, and only a few [Musky Ladybugs] succeeded, with all the other varieties failing to integrate.
He tiredly twisted his wrist.
This took so much trying and effort just to drop a ladybird.
The mythological Nuwa kneaded people out of clay, made musical instruments, arranged marriages between men and women, and laboured to mend the sky, she was truly dedicated ……
Slow down.
Lu Yao thought irrepressibly in his head: Nuwa couldn’t be a higher-dimensional player, right?
Just then, a new prompt suddenly appeared in the game interface.
[Shankaku wrote the first insect book, The Ladybug Chronicles].
Mercantile?
By that name, isn’t that the villain of the chief slave trader?
Lu Yao clicked on the name in the reminder bar.
The screen jumped to a small island not far away.
Mercantile, his feet bound with ropes, is picking cotton from the ground and being whipped by a young islander.
A prayer box emerges above the head of this former slave trader, now an old man.
“Lord God, a sinner like me dare not ask for your forgiveness. I only ask for your blessing and mercy to send this book I have written back safely so that everyone can see it ……”
