"I wonder what animal will be simulated this time?"
Since he had already decided to simulate animals, Zhao Meng no longer hesitated and immediately began the simulation.
At this moment, the phantom fluctuated.
[Drawing animals.]
[The draw is over. About to go into the simulation.]
Before Zhao Meng could react, his consciousness arrived in another world.
At the same time, the pleasant voice sounded in his ears again.
[In the first week, you hatched from the egg and became a pseudo-female Tassel Sandpiper!]
"Pseudo-female! Tassel Sandpiper!"
Hearing these unfamiliar terms, Zhao Meng, who had just been hatched from the egg of a bird, chirped twice, looking very puzzled.
He had never heard of such an animal.
"Tassel Sandpiper, could it be the sandpiper in the story about the fisherman that benefits from the fight between the sandpiper and the clam!
"In that case, I should have become a waterfowl this time!"
Zhao Meng shook his head. Unfortunately, he was still unable to open his eyes and could only wait for his body to grow.
[In the second week, after being nurtured by the female bird, you grew up healthy and opened your eyes!]
Zhao Meng, who had just opened his eyes, sized up this world.
As a bird, his eyesight is generally better than that of humans during the day.
With this advantage, he saw a large number of plants around him.
And the nest under him was hidden among the plants.
These reed-like plants swayed gently with a breeze.
Through the gaps in the plants, one could vaguely see some golden thing.
"Desert!"
Zhao Meng was a little surprised.
"Could this be an oasis in the desert?"
Zhao Meng raised his head and wanted to continue thinking.
However, under the warm sunlight, he fell asleep unknowingly.
After some time, a series of chattering woke him up.
The female bird that returned to feed them caused the other chicks in the nest to cry out.
Driven by instinct, Zhao Meng also raised his head and chirped in response, asking the female bird for food.
As he raised his head, he saw the female bird clearly.
It was a grayish-brown bird that was not very good-looking.
This bird was holding worms in its mouth and stuffing them into the nestlings' mouths.
If this was his first simulation, facing such a situation, he might even feel a little ashamed and even be reserved.
After all, turning from a human into a bird, it was still a little difficult to adapt to the growth process of a bird.
But after having experienced the mental shock from the last simulation, Zhao Meng's acceptance had increased greatly.
Being a chick, no matter how bad it was, was still better when compared to the hermaphrodite Sea Hare that needed to party and breed.
The Tassel Sandpiper looked much more normal than the Sea Hare.
[In the third week, after being nurtured by the female, you grew healthily. Your feathers gradually filled up, but at the same time, you found that you seemed to be different from other chicks!]
Hearing the system notification, Zhao Meng realized then that he had grown to the third week.
And just as the system had prompted, he also discovered a strange thing.
Generally speaking, the birds of a nest should be similar.
But his wings were grayer than those of his other brothers and sisters in the same nest.
Zhao Meng thought about this difference.
"Could it be a gender difference? I wonder what my gender is this time?
"By the way! The system had notified me earlier that I'm a pseudo-female Tassel Sandpiper.
"From the literal meaning, I should be a male.
"But what does the term 'pseudo-female' mean?"
Zhao Meng had thought initially that his simulation this time would not be worse than the blue-spot Sea Hare.
But now, he had a bad feeling.
[In the fourth week, your wings are full. The female bird taught you to fly and hunt. You were chased away by the female bird!]
At this moment, Zhao Meng was capturing insects in the oasis.
He was not surprised about being chased away by the female bird.
In his previous life, when he was a commentator in Nuwa Palace, he liked to observe the animals in the forest during the off-season of travel when he had nothing to do except playing games.
Mostly, he observed birds.
The chicks in a nest were generally expelled after becoming sexually mature.
Even if he had not been chased away by the female bird, Zhao Meng would still take the initiative to leave the nest. He also wanted to complete the mission of this simulation.
"From the experience of the first simulation, what conditions do I need to meet to be considered successful?"
Zhao Meng recalled the previous situation when he simulated the Sea Hare and deduced the conditions for success.
"Is it a successful reproduction? Or do I have to live until the end? Or do I have to reproduce and also live…"
Just as Zhao Meng was thinking about something, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to have seen something. His instincts drove him to quickly crawl into the grass at the side.
[In the fifth week, you were chased by predators. You hid in the bushes at the side. The grayish-brown feathers became a protective camouflage. You avoided a catastrophe!]
[In the sixth week, the breeding season had arrived. You noticed that some Tassel Sandpipers have gathered on the island in the oasis.]
[Driven by your instincts, you flew to the island…]
After this period of life, Zhao Meng could already recognize the male and female Tassel Sandpipers. As for what a pseudo-female Tassel Sandpiper meant, when Zhao Meng flew to this gathering place, he also understood the meaning.
Like chickens and peacocks, among birds, males were generally prettier than females.
For example, roosters and peacocks had beautiful appearances, while females looked very ordinary.
As a bird, the Tassel Sandpiper followed this pattern.
When the male Tassel Sandpiper was in the breeding season, it would grow exaggerated tassel-shaped red feathers on its neck, while the female was just an ordinary grayish-brown.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, one only needed to rely on their appearance to determine the male and female of the Tassel Sandpiper.
However, among the Tassel Sandpipers, this method of judgment was somewhat ineffective.
Among Tassel Sandpipers, there was a type of bird which was a male disguised as a female. This was the pseudo-female Tassel Sandpiper.
As for why the male bird pretended to be a female, at first, Zhao Meng thought that the male bird wanted to use the female bird's appearance to cheat the other male birds of their food and water.
However, he still underestimated the bottom line of the pseudo-female Tassel Sandpiper.
At this moment, Zhao Meng had already landed on the island in the lake.
The male Tassel Sandpipers on the island were running and fighting for the best breeding territory.
Zhao Meng did not join in. Instead, he was observing something.
After a quick look, Zhao Meng realized that there were three types of Tassel Sandpipers here.
The males, with gorgeous looks, each occupied an area. As long as other males approached, they would immediately kick, scratch, and peck the other males to drive them away.
As for those Tassel Sandpipers that could not occupy a territory, they lingered around the territories of the other Tassel Sandpipers, waiting for an opportunity.
As for what kind of opportunity?
When a Tassel Sandpiper like Zhao Meng landed on the island, these wandering Tassel Sandpipers immediately gathered together.
However, before Zhao Meng could react, the owner of this territory chased these Tassel Sandpipers away.
Then, the owner of the territory jumped up and down in front of Zhao Meng, looking ravenous.
Unfortunately, Zhao Meng was a male. He could not satisfy this male bird's request and could only continue heading towards the island.