Discovery
Luke had finished eating the seaweed in total he got 8 gene points, not because of them being big, but because there were a lot of them.
'Status, gene points.'
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Gene Points - 162/1000
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'Well, now that, that's over with I need to continue my search, I'm guessing that the rainbow seaweed was a special occasion, they must move a lot if they have legs so I just got lucky, or unlucky, I don't know', Luke shook his head and then started to go back in the direction he was going in before the rainbow seaweed.
After a couple of hours of searching, Luke saw something, 'Are those the corpses of the seaweed?' Luke then realized what was happening and the reason there wasn't anything else besides sand became clear to him.
'I'm in a cycle! How did I not see it before? That doesn't matter I see it now and that's all that matters, the real question is, how do I get out of it? Well to figure out how to get out I need to figure out why there is a cycle here.'
Luke thought about it for a bit and he came up with three reasons why there could be a cycle there. First assuming that it is human-made it could be made for a trial of some kind, considering that this is a world where there are people that can grow stronger without much effort there must be people who try to do bad things and considering that there are people who do bad things, there must be people who try and stop them from doing bad things, and when that happens groups are formed from the good side and the bad side. So this could be a trial to allow someone into the group or maybe even a training ground.
The second is that it was created to keep something either hidden from the outside world or to keep something locked inside of it, which may sound bad but it isn't the worst option because if I can defeat it I can probably find a way out.
The third is the worst one, that this place a not man-made and made from nature itself, because if that was it I wouldn't even know where to start, because if it is man-made then at least I know it has something to do with qi, but if it is nature made then I won't even know what makes it what it is.
'I hope it is the first one because if it is there must be a point when whatever is making the cycle happen will turn off so that they can enter. The second one wouldn't be so bad either because all that means is that I have to get stronger, I would hate for it the be the third one.'
After concluding that he started looking for clues that could help him escape, so he continued his search, along the way he found many more weird creatures, including bonefish, which are just a skeleton of the fish, a rocket fish, that goes extremely fast when it wants to but can only do it for about 5 seconds, a 2 headed fish, which was just a fish but with two head, although it sounds impressive it isn't, at first Luke thought he could become a hydra if he ate enough, but then he saw the heads trying to eat each other and he decided it wasn't the best idea, Luke saw many other weird fish, but the strange thing was he didn't find any vegetation what-so-ever, 'This is very strange there isn't any vegetation, just sand, everywhere. Not only that but I also haven't found any fish above the 9th beginner spirit realm, It's like there are no advanced spirit realm cultivators here, whatever I just need to find my home I have discovered some things and I need to start strategizing my next move.'
After searching for about 10 hours Luke started to head back home to cultivate and finally reach the next realm, Luke eventually made his way back home, but not after running into a lot more fish and thanks to his 'amazing skill' he was able to attract every single one of them to try and kill him.
When Luke got home and went into his cave he started to ponder, 'Wait if I can dig a cave for myself can I just dig under the ground and exit that way? I think I should try it.'
Luke then exited his cave, swam farther away from his cave, and then started to dig a hole in the ground. Luke kept on digging and digging, although he wasn't nearly as good at digging when he was a worm king, he still was making good progress albeit a bit slow.
After digging for a bit he felt like he hit something hard, 'Is this metal, it definitely feels like metal.'
Luke started to hit it more and more, trying to break through it when all of a sudden it moved, 'WHAT THE F***', Luke was extremely frightened from what he saw it was a centipede! Luke hated centipedes as a child all the way up to his most recent memories, they were very gross to him, Luke then used inspect.
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Metal Centipede
9th Beginner Spirit Realm
This metal centipede has a very strong and hard exoskeleton, Its bites are very venomous as well most of the time these centipedes move in packs and rest underground in their nest.
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Luke immediately tensed up, 'This can't be their nest right? No way, I don't see any other centipedes.
Luke then saw something move in the corner of his eye and when he looked he saw a couple of yellow eyes staring at him, then he looked all around him only to see more and more yellow eyes popping into his vision out of mid-air.
Luke was frightened, 'HOLY SHIT, I'M OUT OF HERE!!! Luke then swam faster than he has ever swum, but the centipedes weren't just gonna let him go especially with his skill.