151: .Insectivorous fish

Dayang Lake.

Su Yuan watched the helicopter fly away and then submerged into Dayang Lake.

Lin Fei had become an Awakened One, so he didn't need to worry too much.

In the lake, the thirty-meter-long God-Devouring Fish hung silently, powerful and eerie.

Beside it were the twenty-meter-long Snow Charm Fish, the twenty-plus-meter-long Transformed Giant Python, and the twenty-plus-meter-long Transformed Eel.

There were also numerous other large fish around ten meters long, and countless smaller fish below that size.

This entire surrounding body of water had already been claimed by Su Yuan's kin.

All other creatures had long been slaughtered and devoured, leaving a faint trace of red in the lake water.

As Su Yuan arrived, all of his kin bowed their heads in reverence.

Behind Su Yuan, the Two-Winged Dark Python silently followed, then also lay on the lakebed, lowering its head.

"Lin Fei should be safe for now after this trip."

"Next, it's about developing my strength and influence. First, I'll eliminate the Mysterious Organization."

"Currently, humanity faces increasingly powerful Mutated Creatures globally, a shocking Parasite epidemic, and the threat of the Mysterious Organization. They probably won't be able to spare attention for Dayang Lake during this time."

"For the next period, I'll develop myself in Dayang Lake."

"Oh, right, I still need to find a way to transform a human high-level official. My sources of information are too limited."

Su Yuan muttered to himself, took out his phone, and started browsing the internet.

He urgently wanted to know the progress of humanity's research into a cure for the Parasite epidemic, as this concerned the power of the Parasite he held as a trump card.

Su Yuan used his long, slender tentacles to tap on his phone, browsing news and short videos online.

In the current era, information spreads faster on short video platforms than on news websites.

Su Yuan searched for a long time but found no news about the Parasite.

He even directly searched for "Parasite" but found no information regarding Shangqing City.

"The blockade is still so tight. It seems they haven't developed an antidote yet."

Su Yuan guessed.

However, Su Yuan wasn't overly optimistic.

Logically, given the infectiousness of the Parasite, it shouldn't have been confined to Shangqing City.

Yet, Su Yuan hadn't found any signs of Infected in Luolong City, which is adjacent to Shangqing City.

He also knew that Shangqing City was under blockade.

But humanity's so-called blockade was actually just a joke. It only involved setting up troops at transportation hubs and major roads to prevent people from Shangqing City from leaving.

To truly and tightly blockade a city of such immense size would require an unimaginable number of Soldiers.

Such a blockade only hindered human movement; it couldn't stop the spread of Parasite at all.

However, there was indeed no news of Parasite in the surrounding cities.

Su Yuan was uneasy, so he searched for news about cities surrounding Shangqing City on short video platforms, but found no abnormalities whatsoever.

He even worried about the authenticity of these videos, so he specifically found local live streams, sent a few gifts, and interacted with the Streamer several times to confirm they were real live broadcasts.

"What exactly is going on here?"

Su Yuan narrowed his eyes and began to ponder.

"Since the Parasite haven't spread from Shangqing City, they must have been stopped by something. Parasite aren't bacteria or viruses; their size isn't small. Perhaps there are some Mutated Creatures that can hunt Parasite."

The previously witnessed battle between Mutated Creatures and Infected was not considered a primary reason by Su Yuan.

That couldn't stop the spread of Parasite; at most, it only curbed it slightly.

Su Yuan recalled that when he went to Shangqing City's urban area before, along the rivers, the closer he got to Shangqing City, the more Parasite and Infected there were.

Logically, this situation shouldn't have occurred, because the Parasite epidemic had been ongoing for several days. Given the infectiousness of the Parasite, the entire river should have been filled with Infected.

Even Dayang Lake and the Yangtze River should have been teeming with Infected.

Su Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he projected his consciousness through the connection to his kin, focusing on a Transformed Parasite swimming naked in a river.

This was a river within Shangqing City's urban area, where countless Parasite could be seen swimming. Most of the creatures here were Infected.

Just as the Transformed Infected was about to enter an Infected's body to kill the Parasite inside.

A small, gray fish, about five to six centimeters in size, fiercely rushed over. Its small, cherry-like mouth was full of dense teeth, and it bit the Transformed Parasite in one gulp.

A few seconds later, Su Yuan was astonished to find that he had lost this kin.

"My Transformed Parasite was eaten?"

Su Yuan was still somewhat surprised. Looking at the opponent's skilled movements, it seemed quite professional.

"Let's watch again."

As Su Yuan muttered, he once again selected that surrounding location, focusing his gaze on a Transformed Parasite that had already parasitized a Host.

Soon, Su Yuan saw that there were many of those small gray fish in the river, about five to six centimeters long, frantically devouring the Parasite in the river.

Neither the Parasite nor the Transformed Parasite could escape its hunting.

And the Parasite' specialty, parasitism, had no effect on this small fish. Its body surface seemed quite hard, and the Parasite couldn't break through it.

Not only that, Su Yuan even saw a small gray fish enter an Infected's body through its orifices. Soon, that Infected truly died.

"So ferocious?"

Su Yuan was secretly amazed.

Such a creature, which had humanity in such a bewildered and troubled state, actually had a natural enemy.

Su Yuan secretly followed and observed, discovering that the number of these small fish in this river in the urban area was not large, but not small either.

The Parasite didn't sit idly by, controlling the Infected to attack frantically.

However, the agility of the small gray fish made Su Yuan secretly praise it.

Although some were successfully killed, the proportion was very small. Most of the small gray fish could avoid the Infected's pursuit, then burrow into the body, kill the Parasite, and devour them.

Su Yuan followed and researched all the way, even projecting his vision into the rivers in the suburbs.

He found that there were also small gray fish there, and their numbers were even greater than in the urban area. They mainly seemed to feed on various Parasite and mayflies, and also devoured the eggs of other creatures.

But as soon as the Parasite that could create zombies appeared, it would abandon its current prey and go to hunt the Parasite.

"Case closed. The reason these Parasite haven't spread is because, in the natural environment, there are natural enemies! Especially since this natural enemy loves to eat them the most."

"There are small gray fish in the water, and there should be other creatures on land that feed on Parasite. Otherwise, this Parasite epidemic would have spread long ago."

Su Yuan muttered.

He became interested in this small gray fish and started looking around. Sure enough, he found them, and quite a few.

Su Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he directly transformed all the surrounding small gray fish.

In an instant, those small gray fish froze, their body color changing to a strange, paint black, and a viscous liquid oozed from the corners of their mouths, making them look somewhat eerie.

The System's notification sounded at this moment.

"Species name? Since they feed on Parasite, let's call them Parasite-Devouring Fish."

Su Yuan didn't think much of it; he had just transformed them on a whim. By his normal standards, these small gray fish weren't even qualified to be small Soldiers.

"Congratulations to the Host for acquiring a new kin, the Parasite-Devouring Fish!"

"Now, the time for devouring evolution has come! My kin, it's your time to shine!"

With a thought from Su Yuan, all the surrounding kin moved in unison, herding many schools of fish towards Su Yuan from all directions.

Especially the God-Devouring Fish and the Two-Winged Dark Python, with their astonishing strength, even some large fish around ten meters long were driven over by them.

Su Yuan, now eager to evolve, chose not to transform them.

As his ability activated, a thick fog rose over a section of Dayang Lake, hazy and obscuring the outside light.

Then, a giant whirlpool formed, instantly pulling in all the prey, and even some of Su Yuan's kin who couldn't escape in time.

With Su Yuan's current strength, even those large fish over ten meters long couldn't break free from the pull of the whirlpool.

Several large fish were wrapped by Su Yuan's tentacles and directly stuffed into his mouth to be devoured.

"You devoured a Reeves Shad and gained 6000 evolution points."

"You devoured a Wels Catfish and gained 5800 evolution points."

...The rest of the Mutated Creatures were also swept up by a powerful undercurrent and sent into Su Yuan's gaping abyss-like mouth.

"You devoured a Grass Carp and gained 300 evolution points."

"You devoured a Bighead Carp and gained 400 evolution points."

"You devoured a Suckerfish and gained 20 evolution points."