Hua Xia Empire, River City, West Lake Park.
"Devour!"
A golden carp opened its round mouth, and a dozen small fish shrunk and were sucked into its mouth.
[Ding: Energy +13]
[Ding: Physique +2]
[Prompt: A total of 500 energy points are needed for the first evolution. Current energy: 213]
"I have to evolve to the first stage before the storm disaster arrives!" Zhang Beili thought to himself.
In his previous life, the entire world turned into an ocean. After the recovery of spiritual energy, he had only survived for half a year before all his food was taken away. He and his sister, who had grown up together with him, could only jump into the sea to escape and eventually die in the stomach of a fish.
Thinking of those greedy faces and his sister's pale face, Zhang Beili was furious.
In this life, he was reborn as a fish with the Devouring System. He had to make everyone in the Armed Group pay the price!
West Lake Park was a national scenic area. There was an endless stream of tourists coming and going.
"Wow, Daddy, look, there's a huge golden carp in the lake!" A cute child with twin ponytails shouted by the lake.
"It's good luck to see a carp jumping!"
"F*ck, it weighs at least ten kilograms!"
"As expected of West Lake. Even the carp is so big."
Tourists stopped in their tracks and started taking photos with their phones. Many Internet celebrities posted the captured photos online, attracting the attention of countless people.
They would never have thought that in a few more days, when the storm descended, there would be a shocking giant fish in the ocean that would stir the wind and waves and devour countless sea monsters.
"Brother has been missing for three days."
Zhang Xuanxuan's eyes were red. Ever since her parents left, her brother had become the most important person in her life.
But now, Zhang Beili had suddenly disappeared. She felt that the sky was dark and she could not breathe.
Before she knew it, she had arrived at West Lake Park.
She had heard that there was a magical golden carp in the lake recently. She specially came over to pray that Zhang Beili would be safe.
"Brother has always been reliable. He definitely won't leave without saying goodbye. Something must have happened to him."
Zhang Xuanxuan's imagination ran wild as she arrived at the West Lake.
There were surprisingly many tourists today. She finally found a seat and began to pray for the golden carp to appear.
Zhang Xuanxuan had a sweet appearance and fair skin. Her eyes were closed and her palms were pressed together, causing many people to look over.
"This young lady is so handsome. I wonder if she has a boyfriend."
"Forget it. My kid isn't worthy."
"If I had such a beautiful daughter, not a single ruffian would be allowed to appear within a hundred miles…"
Three to five aunties who had come to travel laughed. Like most of the tourists in West Lake Park today, they had also heard about the golden carp and specially came because of its reputation.
They just didn't know if they were lucky enough to see the Golden Carp King of West Lake with their own eyes.
Amidst Zhang Xuanxuan's soft prayers, a golden carp leaped up. The scales on its body shone with holy light under the sunlight.
"Little Xuan."
Zhang Beili was touched. He knew why Zhang Xuanxuan was here, but he could not speak. He could not tell his sister that the storm was coming. She had to protect herself.
After the world turned into an ocean, land creatures like humans did not fall into a perilous situation. Instead, many Spirit Treasure Islands that allowed humans to evolve appeared, giving humans the last space to survive.
However, the number and size of the islands were limited. Most of them were controlled by the empire, and a small number of people were controlled by the Armed Group. In the early stages, they relied on guns to commit all kinds of evil and seized the evolutionary spirit treasures on the islands. Their strength quickly became stronger, and they occupied land as kings.
In his previous life, Zhang Beili and his sister, Zhang Xuanxuan, had been exiled to such an island and forced to death.
"It's really here!"
"What a beautiful golden carp!"
Amidst the exclamations, Zhang Xuanxuan blinked her reddened eyes as tears flowed down her face.
The moment she saw the golden carp, she felt inexplicably excited as if something important was right in front of her but she could not catch it.
"Brother, please tell me where you are!" Zhang Xuanxuan cried.
"Young lady, what's wrong with your brother?" An auntie came over to comfort her.
...
In the South Pole, the expedition fleet with the Hua Xia Empire's flag slowly drove forward.
"The glaciers are melting faster. Disaster is coming."
The ships at the front stopped. Their hearts palpitated. Under the melting glacier, they detected strong energy fluctuations.
"Retreat, retreat!"
At this moment.
"Boom!"
A colossal creature crashed into the iceberg. The huge mouth of the abyss spat out a stream of Extreme Arctic Frost that covered the entire world. The two ships could not dodge in time and were instantly frozen. It was very strange.
The remaining ships fled in all directions.
In the deep sea, countless sea beasts were moving their bodies excitedly, as if they had sensed the phenomenon of the world and swam towards the coast.
West Lake.
It started to drizzle. After Zhang Xuanxuan left, Zhang Beili swam towards the center of the lake.
He knew that it would rain for three whole months.
Soon, River City would become the "Sea City" and he would be able to move freely.
In the next two days, Zhang Beili finally accumulated 500 points of energy.
"System, check my attributes!"
[Type: Golden Carp]
[Physique: 35]
[Weight: 13 kg]
[Energy: 500]
[You meet the requirements for the first stage of evolution. Do you want to start the evolution?]
"Evolve!" Zhang Beili immediately decided.
An intense pain came. Golden scales fell off, and his skin and flesh were torn apart. His body length suddenly increased from one meter to nearly six meters. Even more solid and heavy golden scales covered his body like armor. Snow-white sharp teeth like piranha grew out of his mouth. They were ghastly and terrifying, and the bite force was astonishing.
[Current Type: Golden Light Carp]
[Physique: 150]
[Weight: 600 kg]
[Energy: 0 (Empty)]
[Unlocked Skill: Riptide Jet (Unlocks a skill with every evolution)]
Zhang Beili shook his tail and opened his mouth, sucking in small fish into his stomach.
[Energy +30]
[Physique +4]
[Energy required for second-stage evolution: 10,000]
"Looks like eating ordinary small fish won't be of much help to me. I have to find some large fish or large creatures."
Zhang Beili surfaced and saw four men and two women wearing raincoats with work passes hanging on their chests. They ran to West Lake in the heavy rain.
"F*ck, my big yellow dog grew a lot last night. The wild cats in the neighborhood have also grown to the size of adult dogs. They even attacked people," the man in front said.
"We'd better be careful for the time being. The rain will not stop anytime soon. The weather forecast yesterday said that there's a heavy rainstorm all over the country. Some cities with bad drainage systems are already suffering from severe internal flooding."
"That's right, that's right. There were also photos of many carnivores in the zoo breaking through the fence and running into the city. Many people were injured. No one dares to go out now."
"Sigh, I'll have to trouble everyone to come with me. When the rain stops, I'll treat you to a meal."
The six of them passed by West Lake and quickly disappeared. When they returned, they were carrying a machine that looked like a generator.
The woman who was in charge of taking some small accessories at the back suddenly saw a huge black shadow flash past in the water from the corner of her eye.
"What's that?" The woman was shocked. When she looked over, the black shadow had already disappeared.
At this moment, the expressions of the four men carrying the machine changed.
More than ten dark gray wolves were watching them from the intersection. Their cold and indifferent eyes made their hearts turn cold.
"They're… they're all mutated wolves," a man said shakily.