Consuming lifespan to draw rewards, I'm invincible in the apocalypse!

Chapter 1058

"And that kind of asexual reproduction is actually like the automatic differentiation of organisms—"

"When a longevity worm has devoured enough corpses and its body is large enough."

"That entire longevity tumor worm will differentiate into a large number of longevity tumor worm larvae."

"And those larvae of the longevity worm will gradually grow up as they continue to devour the corpses."

"This almost unconditional asexual reproduction may be the reason why the 'life-growing tumor' is almost impossible to eradicate even though it has no fighting ability."

"Of course, the larvae of these asexually reproduced tumors are already quite large in size in their early stages."

"Given the size of these larvae of the longevity worm, it is clearly impossible for them to enter and exit the burial mound without leaving a trace."

"Therefore, my main focus is on the sexual reproduction of the worm."

"To be honest, I didn't even know at first that the worm could reproduce sexually."

"After all, I can't even be sure if this kind of creature has male and female distinctions."

"However, because of the existence of reincarnation, I have plenty of time and energy to study the longevity worm."

"I discovered that most of the worms that are born from asexual reproduction do not have a distinction between male and female."

"They seem to be destined to reproduce only through division."

"However, under certain specific stimuli, the worm can easily undergo changes."

"For example, if certain types of venomous insects are injected into the 'Gymnocarpus spp.', the 'Gymnocarpus spp.' will become aggressive and actively provoke its own kind."

"For example, there are also some Gu worms that can turn the ugly longevity tumor worm into a pile of flesh."

"I discovered that the longevity tumor worms, which have been transformed into a paste-like substance by the Gu worms, can actually fuse together in the form of 'paste'!"

"So I conducted a lot of 'meat paste fusion' experiments, just like a patient researcher."

"Ultimately, I discovered that the tumor worms in their fleshy, paste-like state lost their ability to reproduce asexually."

"In other words, the fused flesh worms will not split again, no matter how large they grow."

"They can merge, but they still cannot reproduce sexually."

“Until I tried—to physically separate the meat worms that had undergone ‘meat paste fusion’.”

"Then they were transformed from fleshy worms into tumor worms..."

"Those longevity worms that have undergone the process of being fused with flesh and blood seem to develop a mutual affection for each other."

"It is precisely these tumor worms that have undergone 'flesh-meat fusion' that have acquired the ability to reproduce sexually!"

"To be honest, I highly doubt that those modified tumor worms still have a distinction between male and female."

"They may have become a hermaphroditic species, and they would reproduce sexually based on their instinct to be attached to each other."

"To be honest, when I realized that I had successfully reproduced sexually, my first reaction was a strong sense of joy and accomplishment."

"But soon, I realized a problem—"

"If the reproductive cycle of the life-giving tumor worm through sexual reproduction exceeds my own cycle of reincarnation..."

"Then my experiment will probably never succeed!"

"Or to be more precise... I will never see the results of my experiments..."

“It was then that I realized more deeply that this cycle might be a curse for me.”

"Because no matter what, I can't reach the more distant future..."

However, the sadness did not last long.

"That batch of worms did not disappoint me—they really did produce sexually reproduced worm larvae!"

"And these offspring are truly completely different from those born through asexual reproduction!"

"They have a smaller size and a larger number!"

"Even among a large number of mini-tumor worms, they can actively split and fuse!"

"When the mini-cathoderm that was born in the same batch merges together, its size is about the same as that of a normal cathoderm."

"When they disperse, they are like ants, difficult to detect, but in considerable numbers, a huge army of miniature tumor worms!"

"Therefore, it is quite obvious that these miniature tumor worms can enter and leave graves undetected, without leaving any trace!"