"...Does this shark really have principles?"
The shark, with a look of certainty, spoke up. Upon hearing its words, the Security Bureau members aboard the ship all displayed peculiar expressions, looking at the shark and to the right, with faces full of disbelief.
Within the Security Bureau's system, no researcher understands the megalodon more than the Xia East Security Bureau does.
Not to mention the past, where the shark attempted to approach the shore and was only driven back by volleys from a warship. Just in these two actions to subdue the shark, it stirred the entire ocean into unrest, with raging storms sweeping for over ten miles.
A fierce beast of absolute world class ferocity.
One promise of food and shelter, and it softens up, even vying for affection with its fellow kind.
The logistics of the Security Bureau, including Feng Wenyu, were almost left dumbfounded.
Sis, if you had told us earlier that you were so spineless, how could we have possibly fired missiles at you? We would've just bought the best baby chair on the market right away and personally wrapped you in a bib for dining, treating you as a treasure.
The unique flexible moral baseline of primitive cells left everyone on the ship speechless.
"Hmm..."
Ansheng, well aware of the primitive cells' morals, did not show any surprise. After a bit of thought, he looked at the shark and asked, "Since I've paid, there's no problem if I ask some rather private questions, right?"
"Hmm?"
The shark looked confused for a moment, not knowing what Master Fuli wanted to ask.
"How do you usually eat?" Ansheng asked, full of curiosity, as he scrutinized the shark.
In the ocean, there are indeed creatures weighing around two hundred tons, like the super chubby blue whales, which can reach this weight. But a blue whale alone needs to consume four or five tons of food per meal.
If a megalodon were to eat like that, the sea around Xia Dong might become barren.
But apparently, the surroundings of Xia Dong don't seem to be affected.
If the megalodon was incredibly voracious, Ansheng felt they could only let it be affiliated with the Security Bureau for use when needed.
"This!"
The shark turned and drew a pale yellow tentacle from its back, showing it to Master Fuli.
"I used to eat through my mouth, and before eating, I had to chase prey, which I found troublesome. So, I evolved a new set of feeding and breathing systems."
The pale yellow tentacle had a floral structure at the tip, with dense bristles inside, plus a bizarre elasticity.
All of these indicated that the shark had evolved a specialized filter-feeding system. It was both a predatory and an active filter-feeding organism, having abandoned the typical shark method of breathing by ramming water.
"Economical spirit beast..."
Hearing the shark's explanation, Ansheng internally labeled the shark as "easy to raise."
"Ssss..."
Ansheng took a sip of icy cola, steered the conversation back to the main topic, and asked, "Your way of feeding is quite unique, so... let me ask, what was the reason behind you sending out a distress signal earlier, and did any other primitive cells respond?"
"Logically, with Ah Bai and the others' power, it shouldn't be enough to make you feel threatened, right?"
"Information exchange!"
The shark said matter-of-factly, "That land creature you mentioned indeed posed no threat, but I saw something on it, hmm..."
As the shark continued, it fell into contemplation as if pondering something, paused, then recalled a phrase and continued:
"Using current Blue Star terminology, I think it's called household cleaner. I was thinking of asking other compatriots about the current environment on Blue Star."
The shark naturally revealed what the mutant gun was truly used for during the First Epoch.
In the First Epoch, the entire Blue Star was covered with scarlet plants, akin to omnipresent mold, possessing extremely strong invasiveness. Weaker residents could be turned into seedbeds in their sleep.
And by regularly spraying mutant potion around the house and near stored water sources, one could effectively prevent the invasion of those aggressive scarlet plants.
"In the end, none of my kin came. The only one who came wanted to take my kidney." The shark said this with a face full of regret.
"Where do you learn these little phrases...?" Ansheng, with a dark line across his face, teased, slightly stammering, surprised that it knew such internet slang involving kidneys.
"In the southwest sea, many fishermen there talk about kidneys." The shark replied honestly.
"...Alright."
Ansheng looked at the shark and continued to ask, "You say you know the essence of Ah Bai's mutant gun, does that mean you've recovered your previous memories?"
"No, I only vaguely remember things that left a deep impression on me."
"Primitive cells have a vast amount of knowledge and memory within them, but without mastering the Life Blueprint System, those memories cannot be unlocked, hmm..."
The primitive cell is an individual entity, but its true essence at its core is a singular "perfection."
Using a term from the right, the shark that Master Fuli is facing is merely a driver, or host, containing vast amounts of First Epoch life form data inside.
The shark can use the Life Blueprint, but it hasn't mastered it, and its true "will" is not yet awakened.
Only by awakening the "will," and wielding the "Will of Living Creatures" like the King of the Universe, can it unlock the billions of life data stored in its genes.
Otherwise, in the instant of unlocking, the shark would dissolve into a pile of filthy blood, and in a few years, a scarlet plant might sprout from its grave.
Of all things, this is one promise the shark cannot make.
To it, data unlocking equates to a crime, with no possibility of execution.
"So... what did you encounter in the cosmos?" Seeing the shark shaking its head forcibly and stating the precursor conditions for unlocking all its memories, Ansheng did not press further but moved on to the next question.
The First Epoch is so distant, distant enough that there's no need to seek it.
But what happened during the First Epoch's encounter in space and the reason for its extinction, these linked to the source of Spiritual Particles, are the truths that must be sought.
The Spiritual Particle civilizations are all founded on Spiritual Particles themselves, and Spiritual Particles are cyclical substances. Once the tide recedes, entire civilizations can collapse instantaneously.
"Hmm..."
The shark appeared deep in thought, seemingly browsing its own memory database, taking a moment before saying:
"We set out, then slept and evolved..."
"I think I heard the comrades at the front say they encountered some peculiar creatures and they just crushed them."
"The end of the memory was when the 'Miracle' decayed..."
"Before dying, Master Miracle ordered all deceased tribesmen to return to the interior of Blue Star at all costs and wait for the newly born Master Miracle to revive..."