The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

Spreading, entwining, and tightening, in an instant, You Mu, who was still in the visual illusion, was wrapped up by the silk thread and imprisoned on the wall facing the insect pupa.

The huge pupa trembled slightly, and a sharp, serrated claw pierced out from between the layers of entangled silk threads, cutting the hard pupa layer and the silk threads apart.

From the gap between the vertical lines, a larger thing squeezed out of the gap and crawled out.

Through the glass, the amount of scale powder that 049 can release may be limited, and this illusion will not last long.

When You Mu came to his senses from the dizziness brought by the hallucinations and the ripples that kept appearing in front of his vision, he saw a huge creature squeezed into a not-so-spacious large glass box, shaking its wings that kept expanding, and using its hard, thick limbs that glowed green to support its body and move towards him.

The huge body blocked the light from the top. You Mu looked at the more "abstract" 049 showing more insect characteristics, and couldn't help but feel dizzy.

According to the Creator's expectations, 049's evolution can actually be considered extraordinary. The insect animal gene fragments implanted into the mother's body were perfectly integrated into 049's body.

For example, the sturdy and thick crustacean forelimbs with barbs at the turning points, or the waist and abdomen with fine scales and muscles and the powerful snake tail that are fused with the special features of snakes, and the pair of horns on the forehead of the human-like head.

049 looks like a stitched object from a biological collage. Unrelated features are combined to form a creepy and unnatural species.

Of course, the opponent's butterfly wings are as beautiful and strange as ever.

After the second metamorphosis, the size and volume of the wings became noticeably stronger and larger.

Perhaps the other party had listened to You Mu's previous warning about "camouflage". This time the butterfly wings no longer had a distinct base color, and between the tubular veins was a translucent colorless covering.

When facing the light from the side, you can see the thin film interference reaction on the transparent butterfly wings. The colorful blue-purple light is similar to the effect of laser paper. The eyeball-shaped markings on the hind wings have not yet completely shed, and the eyeballs in the "pupils" roll towards the light as the butterfly wings vibrate.

Although I promised that after 049 came out, I would ask the curious Tiandao to come out and see it immediately. But...

You Mu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately failed to wake up Tiandao who was sleeping soundly.

He didn't want to play a high-decibel speaker and scream in his mind.

"...Doctor...Scholar..." After just a short period of observation, 049 was completely in front of You Mu, with his head very close to him, sniffing with the tip of his nose, and tilting his head to utter two not-so-standard words with simulated vocal cords.

He was very tall, and his snake tail, which was filled with muscle tissue, supported his entire upper body. The insect limbs that replaced his arms were firmly hooked into the silk thread, enveloping You Mu in his body and silk thread.

“…You…Mu…” The second time he spoke, 049’s tone and speaking speed had improved significantly.

He looked at the image presented through his compound eyes, where countless humans finally converged and refracted into one person, and his head moved closer, almost touching You Mu's nose.

You Mu tilted his head, but unfortunately the silk thread behind him was like an enlarged version of spider silk, very sticky, and he, who was regarded as the 'prey', was completely nailed to the 'spider web'.

As if sensing You Mu's resistance, 049 stepped back a little, with fluctuations flashing in his compound eyes and his translucent wings flapping with his emotions.

After a moment, 049 retracted the extra tentacles, leaving only a pair. In the constant alternation, the skin tissue turned out, wrapped around the hard shell, and transformed into a pair of human-like arms.

His face was also changing. He closed his excessive compound eyes, grew hair, and adjusted his face according to the other person's appearance in the last hallucination.

"... not ugly... you... like it."

He remembered that rations should like this.

If you become the person that the other person likes, he or she probably won't reject you.

Following the other person's example, 049 stretched out his hand, which was not yet completely humanized, and tried his best to avoid scratching the other person's flesh with his knuckles transitioning from skin color to black.

Following his memory, 049 rubbed it with his palms and fell in love with this action.

Human skin is very fragile, yet too soft, and it seems like it will break with just the slightest poke.

This careful touch, extracted from the limbs that simulate the skin and from the sensitive sensory systems attached to the skin tissue, is extremely strange and interesting.

"What... is stupid?" 049 remembered what the human said. The other party seemed very sad at the time, as if he liked him very much, but also seemed to be blaming him.

He didn't understand the meaning of that look at the time, but after a transformation, 049 felt that he understood it vaguely and barely understood it.

Focused, serious... a look directed at him. He liked that kind of look.

Yes, that’s the word “like”.

"…Nothing, put me down, 049."

Although it was transformed into Yi Ming's appearance, the black and blue gradient hair, the horns that still exist between the hair, the obvious fangs in the mouth, and the snake tail with scales attached from the hips all indicate the identity of 049 as an experimental subject.

At the moment, You Mu was much more accepting of 049's form. He looked directly into the other party's black eyeballs without whites and asked him to untie the silk threads that became tighter the more he struggled.

He was very uncomfortable being entangled.

Compared to 049, he is more like a butterfly falling into a spider web.

If it was the previous evil ghost form, there would be no need to waste time talking to 049 and he could just break through directly. But now, this body has greatly reduced his combat effectiveness.

“…No, continue…”

049 listened carefully, understood You Mu's words, then slowly shook his head, firmly rejecting the request for rations.

He always remembered that he wanted to take a bite last time.

But before he could finish eating, another two-legged beast broke the illusion he had created. He had eaten a lot of blood, and his body was already saturated and needed to absorb it in time. He couldn't hold on any longer, so he sped up the spinning of silk to make a cocoon for his own evolution.

The human in front of him has always been conscious and not easy to deceive. Last time, the confusing effect of the scale powder was not as effective as it is now.

This time, there would be no more two-legged beasts to disturb him. He could enjoy his stored food in peace.

The silk thread bound him tighter, and 049 moved closer, cupping You Mu's cheeks and moving closer to him, just like last time.

When he got closer, he could smell the fragrance coming from human flesh and blood again.

It still smells very good, with a special flavor that no other bipedal creature has.

His rations are very special.

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The snake's tail is an imitation of 033's. 049 in the insect pupa is also conscious. He thinks that You Mu always pays attention to 033 because the other party has a snake's tail. He wants to grab all the attention and steal back what belongs to 033.

049This scholar is very smart!