My Cells Evolve Without Limit - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Retiring the Octopus Limbs
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Translation by: Weebsread👹
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“If not for the so-called Transcendent Energy in this place, these rats would have rotted away long ago.”
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Luo Fan gazed at the half-decayed rat corpses scattered around him and thought, “The more decomposed these rats are, the easier they are for me to absorb.”
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He felt no revulsion. After all, he’d first escaped from a rotting corpse. He’d survived in far filthier places—inside a human skull, even.
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Now, without any sense of smell or taste, these decomposing bodies were no different from gourmet dishes: utterly flavorless.
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With his Intestine fully Evolved, Luo Fan turned his focus inward, surveying his own body.
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“My body is nearly perfect now. The only weakness left is my lack of mobility.”
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After several battles, Luo Fan had confirmed one thing:
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He could only defend passively, setting traps to hold his ground. Chasing down enemies was impossible.
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In game terms, he was like a slow-moving tank—durable, but always on the defensive.
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He had no means to restrain his enemies. If they wanted to run, there was nothing he could do.
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The initiative was always in someone else’s hands.
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His original hope—that a little mobility would be enough—had proved naïve. Reality demanded much more:
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He needed enough speed to catch nimble creatures like rats, to stop being so passive.
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At the very least, when someone struck him and fled, he wanted the ability to give chase.
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“These Octopus Limbs are just a burden now—dead weight that only props up my body.”
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“Now that my Intestine is fully Evolved, it can handle all my movement needs.”
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After some thought, Luo Fan made up his mind: it was time to shed the Octopus Limbs.
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His eight Evolved Intestines were more than enough for locomotion.
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And without those limbs, his agility would only improve.
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All eight Intestines were attached to the rear hemisphere of his eyeball-shaped body. He tried controlling them, making them support his entire form.
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Two Intestines reached down and touched the ground. It was as if they possessed boundless strength—they easily lifted his whole eyeball body.
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Those two Intestines curved into perfect arcs, like the arches of a sturdy bridge.
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Stable, resilient, secure...
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“So my Intestines have become this powerful?”
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Luo Fan was genuinely surprised. These two boneless, flexible organs now rivaled bones in strength.
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“No need for the Octopus Limbs anymore. With these eight reinforced Intestines, my speed will soar.”
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With that, Luo Fan decided to let the Octopus Limbs atrophy and fall away.
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He focused on his body. The tentacle-like appendages beneath his eyeball began to wither.
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It was a slow process—like an umbilical cord gradually drying out.
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One by one, the Octopus Limbs shriveled and dropped off completely.
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While Luo Fan absorbed the surrounding rat corpses, he waited patiently for the limbs to finish detaching.
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Five or six days passed.
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By then, he had devoured everything edible in the cave.
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What remained were corpses that had fermented for a month, decomposed beyond recognition.
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There was little flesh left—Luo Fan couldn’t be bothered gnawing on bare bones.
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Name: Luo Fan
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Intelligence Level: Ordinary Human+
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Body Mass: 7.23 kg
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Morphological Structure: Eyeball, Intestine, Energy Storage Tumor, Tail Spine, Claws
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Morphological Distribution: …
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After consuming all the rat corpses, Luo Fan completed another round of Evolution.
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His Level 2 Cell Coverage Rate had reached 75%.
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Large portions of his body had turned green.
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The Octopus Limbs had been discarded. Any obsolete organ was simply abandoned.
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The rest of his body hadn’t changed much—just grown proportionally larger as his mass increased.
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Nearly all of it was now composed of Level 2 Cells.
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As for Bioenergy, Luo Fan had absorbed a total of 316.27 grams.
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Most of it had come from the Gold-Spotted Rats and the Silver Rat.
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Ordinary rats were mostly rotten—Luo Fan hadn’t been able to absorb them completely.
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Over 300 grams of Bioenergy—enough to Evolve more than three hundred million cells.
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Three hundred million cells: about the number found in two normal human eyeballs.
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But compared to his now-massive form, it wasn’t enough to Evolve many body parts.
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Luo Fan pondered.
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“Evolving the Tail Spine is essential. I also need to Evolve some eyeball cells for communication.”
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He had discovered that as his eyeball cells leveled up, so did his intelligence.
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Now, he was already more intelligent than an ordinary human.
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He could multitask, quickly regain his composure, and analyze and control his cells with precision...
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Especially now that some of his eyeball cells had reached Level 3—he’d gained the ability to communicate with other creatures.
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How smoothly he could communicate, and how much information he could exchange, depended on the number of Level 3 Eyeball Cells.
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To converse easily with other beings, he needed to Upgrade as many Eyeball Cells as possible.
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And the more Level 3 Eyeball Cells he had, the higher the temperature he could generate.
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“Allocate 200 grams to the Tail Spine, 116 grams to the Eyeball Cells.”
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Once Luo Fan had assigned the Bioenergy, it flowed to its destinations.
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About half an hour later, Evolution was underway—Level 2 Cells transforming into Level 3 one after another.
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When the process was complete, Luo Fan had 150 million Level 3 Eyeball Cells.
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That many Level 3 Cells would allow him to communicate with other beings seamlessly.
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The Tail Spine, meanwhile, now contained 230 million Level 3 Cells.
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Each Tail Spine was made up of over seventy million Level 3 Cells, stretching to a length of nearly four centimeters.
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The sharp tips, formed by these advanced cells, resembled the venomous stingers inside a scorpion’s tail—deadly and menacing.
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With all his Bioenergy allocated, three or four Intestines intertwined to support Luo Fan’s body, raising his eyeball form upright.
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“I’m still getting used to moving with Intestines, but they’re definitely better than the Octopus Limbs.”
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Each step covered a surprising distance as his Intestines stretched and contracted.
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They were boneless, endlessly flexible, able to morph into any shape.
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Luo Fan’s eyeball body, powered by these Intestines, could now move freely as he wished.
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He bounced and leapt across the cavern, getting used to his new abilities.
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The claws at the end of some Intestines let him scale walls, suspending his body in midair.
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Just like Spider-Man, he could now swing and roam about.
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He couldn’t crawl on smooth walls like a real spider or gecko, but as long as there were pits or cracks, he could scamper about as he pleased.
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After some practice, Luo Fan became adept at using his Intestines as limbs.
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He then returned to the coffin, carefully reviewing the diary and the Transcendent Crystal he’d found inside.
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Afterward, he closed the coffin and concealed it once more.
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Then Luo Fan left, knowing there were still parts of the Rat Kingdom he hadn’t explored.
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One thing, however, he kept avoiding:
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The young rats of the Rat Kingdom.
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With a population this massive, there had to be countless pups—essential for the survival of their species.
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Those pups were innocent. Luo Fan had never been able to face them.
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Killing them? He didn’t have time to absorb that much Energy, and the thought made him uneasy.
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Letting them live? He feared another rat tide would break out.
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So he’d put it off for a month. By now, the pups must have starved to death.