1: Reborn Octopus

"Lin Fei, hurry down and eat."

A middle-aged woman's voice rang out.

"Coming!"

Then a young man's voice sounded, both very unfamiliar.

Su Yuan woke up from his dream, feeling a bit strange. Wasn't he sleeping at home? Why did two unfamiliar voices suddenly ring out consecutively?

He opened his eyes, and just as he was about to ask who it was, he saw the scene before him. He seemed to be in water.

No, this was glass. Was he currently in a giant glass fish tank or an aquarium?

Wasn't he sleeping at home?

Was someone playing a prank on him?

"Hurry up!"

Su Yuan's heart tightened, and he quickly swam towards the surface. Only then did he realize that his body seemed a bit strange.

Most importantly, after staying in the water for so long, he had no difficulty breathing, and his eyes didn't feel any discomfort.

Su Yuan had a bad premonition, especially when he felt the presence of eight limbs. He extended one hand in front of his eyes and saw that it was a tentacle covered in suckers.

Su Yuan extended his other seven hands in front of his eyes, and they were all tentacles covered in suckers.

"How could I, a perfectly normal person, suddenly turn into an octopus! What the hell is going on? God? Aliens? Or some high-dimensional life form!"

"Octopuses only live for about two or three years, but my vision seems no different from when I was a human; it's still in color."

Su Yuan carefully looked around and found that he was now in a fish tank in an unfamiliar room.

Moreover, besides him, there were actually seven other Small Sea Fish in this fish tank.

Su Yuan observed carefully, confirming that they were all very ordinary, cheap Small Sea Fish, likely used by the owner of this place to feed him.

He had also encountered some aquarium information before.

Based on the power outlet next to the fish tank, Su Yuan confirmed that these fish were only about ten centimeters long.

Then, he measured his own body with his tentacles and found that his body length was about ten centimeters, and his tentacles, when naturally extended, were about thirty centimeters.

After confirming their respective sizes and feeling a faint hunger within him, Su Yuan slowly began to act.

He swam into the fake coral, attempting to change his form and color. Soon, he mastered the trick and became indistinguishable from the surrounding fake coral.

He waited patiently, with great endurance, which was also part of his personality.

As time passed, a Small Sea Fish swam next to him.

Su Yuan moved instantly, his eight tentacles spreading out at once, flailing wildly, completely enveloping the Small Sea Fish.

The Small Sea Fish, startled, immediately tried to escape, crashing directly into a tentacle, and was instantly held tightly by the suckers.

This tentacle coiled around the Small Sea Fish like a snake, then a second tentacle, and a third tentacle extended, completely coiling around this Small Sea Fish and pulling it in.

Su Yuan eagerly wrapped the Small Sea Fish completely under his mouth, tore it in half with his beak, and then, with the octopus's peculiar structure, swallowed one half in one bite, and then the other half in a second bite, wasting nothing.

Fortunately, in the body of an octopus, eating raw fish meat, Su Yuan not only didn't feel disgusted but instead felt as if he had eaten a delicious delicacy.

"Ding!"

"You have devoured a Small Sea Fish, gaining 0.01 evolution points. The Devour Evolution System has been successfully activated!"

Just then, a mechanical voice slowly rang out in Su Yuan's mind.

"What sound?"

Su Yuan was startled, because the sound rang directly in his mind. Then he reacted, his heart filled with wild joy.

"Golden Finger? System?"

Su Yuan was incredibly excited. Sure enough, Rebirth always came with a Golden Finger.

Su Yuan's heart stirred, and a system panel appeared in his mind.

"Species: Common Octopus"

"Rank: 1"

"Body Length: 40 cm"

"evolution points: 0.01 / 2" (Devouring spiritual energy for enhancement)

"Holy crap, it wasn't a hallucination! I really did Awaken a cheat!"

"This wave, this is going to take off! A counterattack to win over a rich and beautiful woman!"

"Uh, now that I've become an octopus, can I still have fun with Young Misses?"

Su Yuan put a tentacle to his forehead, feeling like a major joy in life was missing.

"It seems I can only change my goal. How about becoming invincible under heaven and supporting all of humanity?"

Su Yuan got excited for a while, then gradually calmed down.

He looked at the last words, "Devouring spiritual energy for enhancement." What did that mean? Was he devouring some kind of energy?

However, he hadn't noticed anything himself.

Su Yuan had rich experience with web novels and was not lacking in imagination. Looking at these words, he had some guesses in his heart.

This world, perhaps, had undergone some changes. Spiritual energy had appeared between heaven and earth, allowing living beings to evolve through it.

He just didn't know how long the spiritual energy recovery had been going on.

He guessed it wasn't long, otherwise, news would definitely have spread online.

Because if it really was as Su Yuan guessed, countless animals would be affected and evolve, and the relevant departments would not be able to keep it a secret at all.

In any case, he needed to speed up.

Because the world had already changed, if he didn't quickly become stronger, even with the System, he would probably be eliminated in the future.

Thinking of this, he carefully studied the System and finally confirmed that this System gave him the ability to devour living beings or high-energy substances to gain evolution points.

As for the System's other functions, there should be none, or it was possible that he hadn't discovered them yet.

Because the System had no intelligence, only a few short messages.

Su Yuan's gaze turned to the other six Small Sea Fish, his eyes revealing a look like a pervert seeing a beautiful woman.

He had just learned from the System message that with the System, he no longer had the conventional concept of satiety. All food, once swallowed, would immediately be converted into evolution points.

This also meant that on the Dao of evolution, he could devour, devour, devour all the way, quickly becoming stronger, defying common sense.

It was a bit like a game: start with a Kun, evolve by devouring.

It continued to hide next to the fake coral, changing itself to resemble the fake coral, showing no difference.

However, perhaps because they had just witnessed Su Yuan preying on the Small Sea Fish, the six Small Sea Fish all stayed away from the fake coral, clinging to the fish tank glass, not daring to approach.

Su Yuan recalled the speed of the Small Sea Fish just now and simply decided not to wait.

He took the initiative to attack, all eight tentacles spreading out. His instantaneous burst of speed was astonishing, directly grabbing a Small Sea Fish.

Su Yuan immediately dragged this Small Sea Fish over. This time, he didn't dismember it but swallowed it whole directly.

After the previous devouring, he already understood the octopus's devouring ability.

"You have devoured a Small Sea Fish, gaining 0.01 evolution points."

At this moment, the remaining five Small Sea Fish were clearly a bit uneasy, swimming nervously around, staying away from Su Yuan.

"Trying to run? Too bad, this is in a fish tank. All of you will become my evolution points."

Su Yuan looked at the remaining five Small Sea Fish, revealing an excited smile.

This fish tank was not very large. He estimated it to be 1.5 meters long and 75 centimeters wide, practically a perfect cage and hunting ground.

Su Yuan moved again, his tentacles violently grabbing at a Small Sea Fish.

"You have devoured a..."

"You have devoured a..."

These Small Sea Fish were not as fast as Su Yuan. Soon, only Su Yuan himself was left in the entire fish tank.

He glanced at the system panel.

"evolution points: 0.07 / 2" (Devouring spiritual energy for enhancement)