After becoming an octopus

Zhang Zexi hatched eggs just for the fun of it, like when he was a child, no matter if it was fish eggs, bird eggs, eggs or duck eggs, he couldn't help collecting some for observation. Of course, he failed to hatch anything in the end, but he also Have fun.

His process of taking care of octopus eggs is relatively simple. He will not guard octopus eggs all day like female octopuses. In addition to daily cleaning and water spraying, he will choose to go out to check the surrounding terrain most of the time. The more he knows the seabed, the more he leaves. The more likely it is.

The small octopus in the octopus egg has gradually formed. Through the translucent film on the outside, you can still see the small orange octopus inside. The color is lighter than the color on your body, but it is also very beautiful.

Seeing the familiar orange color and thinking of the group of octopuses not far away, he guessed that these octopus eggs should be of the same species as his own.

The formation of the little octopus gave Zhang Zexi a strong sense of accomplishment psychologically, and he took care of it more attentively, but he is not a real octopus mother, and still maintains human habits, such as three meals a day.Going out to look for food is destined to prevent him from guarding the little octopus all the time.

There are many creatures living in the coral group where he lives, but not many are close to his cave, and he usually goes a little farther to hunt.

In order not to cause too much impact on the surrounding ecological environment, there are many types of his recipes, such as small fish, shrimp, crabs and various shellfish. Zhang Zexi also tried a kind of seaweed with thick meat, which has a good taste. That's right, but seaweed is not considered octopus rations, and he didn't dare to eat more, for fear of harming his body.

There are not many creatures in this coral group that can compete with Zhang Zexi, he seems to be walking in his own back garden.However, the foraging process was not without encountering other dangers, and the one that gave him the most headaches was the striped long-whiskered catshark.

A school of octopuses lives nearby, and of course there are marine life that correspond to their food chain, and these barbed catsharks are one of them.

The striped long-whiskered catshark is not too big, most of them are only more than one meter in length. When Zhang Zexi met them, he was not as at a loss as he was the first time. He escaped smoothly during the chase.

But this is only limited to the number of opponents within three, if he encounters a siege, it is estimated that he will not escape.

After a few days of incubating eggs in the nest, he plans to take a long trip.

There are two reasons why he chooses to go out. The first point is that there are a lot of striped long-whiskered cat sharks gathering nearby. When Zhang Zexi is looking for food, he can always encounter groups of sharks. It is easy to be in danger, so he plans to dig some shellfish and store them in the nest to temporarily avoid the limelight.

The second point is that Zhang Zexi's ambition is not as simple as living safely on the bottom of the sea, he wants to return to land.Therefore, it is impossible for his scope of activities to be limited to the vicinity. He needs to understand the terrain and peculiarities of the balanced sea area before he can find an opportunity to leave.

Before going out, Zhang Zexi used a large shell to half-cover the entrance of his lair, leaving half of the opening to allow the seawater inside the cave to circulate to a certain extent outside the cave, and to cut off the possibility of other octopuses snatching the lair while he was away.

After dealing with the matter of the lair, Zhang Zexi chose a direction that she had never been to before and quickly left.

Along the way, he will observe the denser distribution points of shellfish and conch, so that he can collect food on the return journey.

During the journey, he found out part of the route and the distribution of marine life.

Before he knew it, he had already crawled a long distance. He didn't have a tool to record the time, so he could only roughly estimate that it took about two hours to get here from the lair.

The time was about the same, and if he found nothing else, he would turn back in a few minutes.

Before reaching the end point I set, I heard a piercing sound, a bit like the sound of a knife scraping across a rusty and rough iron surface. The sound didn't stop after it started.

Zhang Zexi felt uncomfortable listening to it, and wanted to tell where the sound was coming from, but she couldn't tell the direction when she listened carefully, as if someone was scratching the rust in her head, which was unbearable.

Although he could leave immediately, he still wanted to see the source of the sound.

Unable to distinguish the location, he could only look around to see why. As soon as he had such an idea, the piercing voice in his head became clearer. This time is different from the last time, the direction of transmission of the voice is clear this time Many, no longer transmit sound from the brain.He groped in the direction of the voice.

After passing through a coral group, he came directly to the next mountain.

At this moment, the piercing voice in the brain disappeared, and Zhang Zexi could only choose to end here.

This mountain is like a small hillside. The curvature of the mountain is very amused. It is very similar to the shape of a tomb made of mounds, but there is a world of difference in volume.

The most eye-catching thing is the densely distributed barnacles and seaweeds under the mountain.

Zhang Zexi couldn't tell if those were seaweeds. The shape of this thing was similar to that of a rhombus, with four sides in total. The sharp parts in the middle were replaced by smooth arcs. The upper and lower ends were pointed, and the middle was as wide as a pot-bellied bottle. similar to dark green.

He has never seen such seaweed before. If this is really a balanced sea area that humans are exploring, then it is not surprising to see any new species.As early as a few years ago, detectors photographed unknown species in the balanced sea.

Here, Zhang Zexi paid the most attention to those barnacles and seaweeds.He found that his eyes fell on the barnacles and were fascinated.

This is an indescribable feeling. For example, it's like the aroma of freshly cooked dishes, making Zhang Zexi move his index finger, and every cell in his body clamors to 'eat it'.

The barnacles at the foot of the mountain occupy more than half of the mountain, and the diamond-shaped seaweed also occupies some area. The overall appearance is densely packed. If you suffer from dense fear, it may be unacceptable.

They vary in size, the most common one is as big as an adult's head, and a fan-like net protrudes from the eagle's beak-like opening, snatching the plankton floating in the sea and feeding it into his mouth.

If Zhang Zexi told the outside world what he had learned here, nine out of ten people would think he was bragging, and the remaining one might send him to a mental hospital.

Although the barnacles are densely packed and a little scary, but they have to admit that they taste very good. Zhang Zexi dare not eat these barnacles lightly. The change in his appetite is enough to make Zhang Zexi suspicious, let alone eat these meats lightly. .

However, soon a warrior proved it to be non-toxic.

A blue crab waved its big pincers and clamped viciously on the shell of the barnacle. The barnacle quickly opened an opening, and the blue crab directly ate the meat inside.

Looking at the crabs, Zhang Zexi wanted to drool, half for the barnacles, and half for the blue crabs.

Zhang Zexi intends to go up and compete, but collecting food is more important now, so he let those little crabs go, as for the fact that he was afraid to go forward when he saw the pincers?Who would dare to frame the upright and great Zhang Zexi?Stand out and see!

There is also diamond-shaped seaweed, which is also a delicacy in the mouth of some fish. Zhang Zexi tried the taste on the seaweed, and it felt good, and it was also sufficient to replenish physical strength.

Because he didn't know whether seaweed would cause harm to the body, he didn't dare to eat more.

Looking at the barnacles again, a tentacle wrapped around one of the barnacles, swaying from side to side, and using the cave as an aid, a barnacle was pulled out of the stone. After these barnacles were pulled out, , There is actually a groove left under the stone, like a pit left after a radish is pulled out.

The shape of the barnacle looks like a bamboo shoot, and there is a cover on the top that grows inside the shell. When it is opened, it will cover the soft interior tightly, and the octopus tentacles can't do anything about it.

However, the meat inside has been confirmed to be edible.

The barnacle that was held by Zhang Zexi had completely sealed itself, and no longer dared to stick the net part out of the shell.

But Zhang Zexi is an octopus with human wisdom. He put the barnacle on the flat surface of a stone, rolled up the tentacles and smashed the stone. It might become a puddle of meat again, Zhang Zexi increased his strength little by little, and finally cracked the barnacle, opened the shell, revealing the crystal clear inside like lychee meat.

After taking a sip, the meat contained the salty taste of seawater and the freshness and sweetness of seafood, Zhang Zexi squinted his eyes enjoying it.It is really good to use this as a food reserve. The more important discovery is that this kind of barnacle is special. After eating the barnacle, the whole body has undergone slight changes. For example, I was still in a state of exhaustion just now. , he felt his strength regained.

Zhang Zexi ate three in a row to fill his stomach. He continued to pull out barnacles one by one like a carrot. All the barnacles he picked were not small, and they piled up into a hill soon.

A blue crab walked over quietly sideways. The shell of the blue crab was similar to that of seaweed barnacles. Zhang Zexi focused on pulling out the barnacles. If anyone didn't pay attention, the damned blue crab came out of his barnacle pile. Towed away one.

By the time Zhang Zexi realized it, Scylla had already fled away with the prize.It was not easy for him to dig one, but he was robbed by a blue crab!

Zhang Zexi was so angry that he looked around to find something to put the barnacles in. It was all because he didn't prepare well when he came, and he couldn't find a suitable container nearby at the moment.In the end, he could only stick these barnacles to his tentacles with his tentacles, rolled some light stones and headed back covertly.

It was a surprise to find these barnacles and seaweed this time, and the trip was not in vain.

The moment he turned around, there was a slight vibration on the ground, and it seemed that a two-meter-long crack opened in the mountain, from which scarlet light shone.The thin slit was stretched open with great effort, and finally became an oval shape, and the red light reflected Zhang Zexi's octopus claws red.

Zhang Zexi was trembling all over. At this moment, she couldn't feel the vibration under her feet, but the feeling of being spied on was lingering, so she mustered up the courage to slowly turn her body, intending to find out.

But there was nothing behind, and the barnacle mountain was as calm as before he turned and left, as if the red light reflected on him just now was just an illusion.

Zhang Zexi was a little relieved, regardless of whether there was something tricky or not, running away is the safest solution.

When Zhang Zexi's figure completely disappeared in front of the barnacle mountain, the red light came on again.

The scarlet eyes reappeared among the mountains, turned left and right, blinked twice and then closed, the world returned to calm.