Golden goblets stand, and the candlelight flickers.

Crimson carpets embroidered with golden patterns are scattered with petals, layers of drapes fall from the dome, and the leather-bound books and parchment scrolls on the table remain suspended in silence.

Su Ming'an opens his eyes.

His mind is filled with a dense array of pain, a phantom pain as if his flesh is being dissected by countless mouthparts. But this pain isn't sharp; instead, it has the numbness of a hangover.

His last memory is watching his body being nibbled away bit by bit by spikes, bit by bit diminishing. Lu's anxious face didn't seem feigned... even as teammates, one cannot control the instincts of the food chain.

It seems jellyfish are indeed very tasty.

He lifts his head, and in front of him is a familiar ceiling.

...Has it rebounded?

Which point in time has he returned to... it seems like... Su Liujin's room when the instance first opened?

He is filled with intense confusion—what exactly is his race? If he is just an ordinary jellyfish, why would the Red Tower Royal Family go to such lengths to capture him? If he is the legendary peak species Lighthouse Jellyfish, why would he be killed by a Sea Clan member? This peak species should possess extremely strong combat power; either as the formidable Dragon Clan or comparable to the Third Level God of angels and demons, why did he feel so weary upon returning to the seabed that he was lethargically killed by Lu?

Just like a... species born to be eaten.

Su Liujin's warning seems vivid in his mind, but unfortunately, Su Ming'an had no chance to inquire of Su Liujin.

At this moment, a knock comes from the door.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Su Ming'an immediately closes his eyes, pretending to still be asleep.

"Creak—"

The door opens a crack, and the sound of the cat-eared maid's footsteps approaches. After placing a tray on the table, she doesn't leave but continues to stare at Su Ming'an's lying back, licking her lips, her eyes glistening with hunger.

Su Ming'an hears a crisp system prompt:

...

"Ding dong!"

[(TE4·"Will wingless birds grow flesh because of you?") Perfect Completion Progress: 80%]

...

...How much?

Su Ming'an instantly breaks out in a sweat.

Unknowingly, those twelve are nearly complete, and he still doesn't know who those twelve Feasters are.

He originally suspected that the death rebound didn't trigger successfully, and now it's even more certain—death rebounded didn't trigger, and time indeed continues to flow.

Maintaining a motionless posture, he quietly opens the storybook in the bottom right corner of his vision to see what has transpired.

...

[Story Title: "Global Crossing: Infinite World Tree Evolution from Forbidden Prince"]

[Creator: Su Ming'an]

[Current elements: Western Fantasy, Strategy, Development, Refreshing Story]

[Your story: 1,320 words.]

[Your Creator Level: E-level Creator]

...

[Page One: "虚妄毁..."]

[Page Two: "猫耳女..." (Plot Additive Added: "Dragon Blood")]

[Page Three: "First Scene·Liujin..." (Inspiration Integration Occurred: "Blood Clan Preliminary Discussion of Game Day")]

[Page Four: "Being Chased..."]

...

Su Ming'an glances at these four Memory Clips and quickly sees the new story content:

...

[At the end of the desolate land, there's a towering tree, with leaves shading the sun, spanning the sky.]

[Su Liujin arrives here. Suddenly, a priest leaps from the crowd, announcing: "This is the place of Rin Clan's resurgence!" As people argue, a Celestial Clan member descends from the sky, silver light flashing, aiming to capture Su Liujin. Meanwhile, bone dragons encircle and block him, attacking from both front and back.]

[Various High-class Races eye him greedily, pursuing the faint essence of Olivius on him. Su Liujin can't help but wonder: What crime did Olivius commit to incite such fervor among so many races? Truly a man of deep sin.]

[While escaping, Su Liujin throws himself into the ocean, hoping to rest in the water, only to see a blue-haired man swimming toward him with a smile, friendly in demeanor, a familiar face.]

[Su Liujin, overjoyed, thinking he's found a savior, unexpectedly, the blue-haired man suddenly attacks, attempting to devour him, and Su Liujin is wholly consumed, leaving only traces of flesh.]

[Fortunately, being the legendary Lighthouse Jellyfish, as a peak species, he possesses incredibly strong life vitality; as long as a fragment of his flesh remains, he can revive. Soon, he awakens once more.]

[The blue-haired man gains significant strength after devouring a peak species, becoming the Sea King dominating the Eternal Sea, ruling over thousands of Sea Clan members...]

...

[(The first Supporting Role "Lu" has appeared, you can view details through the [Character Introduction] in this book's directory.)]

...

Su Ming'an's pupils tremble.

...He was indeed eaten and only a small fraction of flesh was left.

Luowasha, you must have been truly hungry.

On Zhai Xing, during a college public lecture, he had seen a documentary about "Lighthouse Jellyfish." They are a nearly nature-defying species capable of "eternal life." Whenever they reach the end of their life, they revert to their Hydroid Form, starting their life's journey anew. If utilized to the fullest, they could repeatedly trace back their lives until achieving infinite longevity. However, the downside is, if they die in between, such as being eaten, they don't have the opportunity to rejuvenate.

But if in Luowasha, as a peak species, the Lighthouse Jellyfish might indeed overcome this shortcoming and achieve ultimate "eternal life." Even if devoured, leaving just a fragment of flesh, they can revert to their juvenile form and grow again.

...Thus becoming a jellyfish that's never completely consumed.

At that time, the lethargy he felt in the seabed might have been due to triggering the Lighthouse Jellyfish's regression mechanism—a drop in water temperature, being pursued by predators, or some other condition activated the "hydra" state, triggering the Lighthouse Jellyfish's life regression process. Thus, after being devoured by Lu's spikes, the death rebound didn't trigger, and time continued to move forward.

Therefore, this peak species Lighthouse Jellyfish lacks particularly formidable combat abilities. Because when a door is opened to them, a window must be shut—"eternal life." An ability any race could only envy, one even angels, demons, dragon clans, and Insect Queens couldn't touch.

"...But this is precisely the tragedy." Su Ming'an furrows his brows deeply, feeling slightly gloomy.

Possessing eternal life, yet without any ability to protect itself, and essentially still belonging to the jellyfish race, jellyfish are at the bottom of the food chain, making them the target of many carnivorous races. The Lighthouse Jellyfish, apart from being able to rewind itself, doesn't have any significant advantages over other races. It's difficult to withstand environmental changes and natural disasters, with only harmless strength befitting of a jellyfish's soft body. If it falls into the hands of someone with intentions, it might end up in a death loop of being rewound, eaten, rewound again, and eaten again.

Thinking this, Su Ming'an actually felt a bit of affinity... This kind of jellyfish, apart from being able to rewind and start over, had no other significant specialties, just like him.

In Luowasha, people rely on eating other races to enhance themselves; appetite is the primary driver of their actions. Whether it's willful ideals or moving and great aspirations to save the world, they can only rank after appetite.

"So now, even teammates can't be trusted to come close... After all, those teammates are certainly higher up in the food chain than jellyfish." Su Ming'an thought.

This was his first time acquiring such a weak identity, even Lv Shu's Blood Clan was higher up in the food chain than him.

He looked at the plot again and suddenly realized that from start to finish—"Hui Bai" never appeared in the text. Although Hui Bai was the first one to appear, occupied an important position in Su Ming'an's plot, and did so much... In the end, it was Lu who became the first supporting role in this book.

How does the Genesis System judge? Clearly, it's a book of three people, so why isn't Hui Bai's name even written?

Unable to figure it out, Su Ming'an opened the [Character Introduction] to take a look.

...

[Character Introduction]

[Name: Lu Likalpos]

[Identity: Supporting Male Character (First)]

[Height: 181]

[Weight: 70]

[Birthday: July 16]

[Known Race: Sea Clan]

[Food Chain Level: High (Current high-class race after eating Lighthouse Jellyfish)]

[Relationship with Protagonist: Teammate]

[Tags: Proud, Sweet Giver, Smiling Tiger, Ordinary Arms Dealer, Captain of Chen River]

[Note: "He once said he wanted to see people sink in the river... But I seem to have sunk him."]

[Current Plot Appearance Point: "Fourth Page · The Chased Innocent Jellyfish" fourth paragraph-seventh paragraph]

[Current Character Fullness: 22% (Fullness can be increased through dialogue, experience events, exploring background, and discovering HE, etc.)]

...

[(First Female Supporting Character None)]

[(Second Male Supporting Character None)]

[(First Gender-unknown Supporting Character None)]

...

This [Character Introduction] is located at the very front of the book, currently only containing Lu's introduction.

From this introduction, Su Ming'an can tell—this is not an introduction to Lu from his perspective but from the perspective of the World Tree, the reader. Currently, as the first supporting male character, Lu has only appeared in a few lines of the plot, so from the World Tree's perspective, Lu's character is not yet full, only 22%.

It seems he will need to meet more interesting characters in the future. And it's more about quality than quantity, to hold up a story with an SSS rating, otherwise, too many people would make the story feel cluttered.

At this time, the cat-eared maid looked at Su Ming'an a few more times with longing before reluctantly leaving.

After the door closed, Su Ming'an sat up from the bed.

In Luowasha, he is unsure if his Death Rebound will trigger. If it doesn't, then the only trigger would be the hydroid form recovery of the Lighthouse Jellyfish, so it's best not to randomly get himself shot.

He covered himself with spatial concealment, quietly left the room, and took a step forward—

"Click."

The scene before him shocked him.

He saw an underwater kingdom.

Like a legendary city born beneath endless blue waves, the building complex was magnificent and glorious. The towering palaces and exquisite sculptures reflected the blue sea and sky.

His location was a huge underwater palace, its spire seemingly able to reach the sea surface, the faint sunlight filtering through the shimmering sea surface, and the walls inlaid with gemstones and the floor made of pure gold reflecting dazzling light.

People with fish scales walked among the kingdom; whatever should exist on the surface could be found in this underwater royal city. The Merfolk Clan, Shrimp Clan, Coral Clan, Seagrass Clan... Their appearances were markedly distinct, some not resembling humans at all.

In the most noticeable central location of the royal city, Su Ming'an saw a statue.

It was a statue of the current ruler of the Eternal Sea—the Sea King.

Long blue hair draped down to the waist, ice-sea-like eyes softly gazing afar; the sculpture held a golden spear, wore a sea king's crown, was adorned with pearl and coral on the cloak, and at the feet lay a pile of winged creature corpses. Every inch of the sculpture was extremely exquisite and beautiful, with rows of small characters below.

...

[Emperor of the Eternal Sea · Lu]

[The king protecting the Eternal Sea, our emperor, who once single-handedly killed the powerful Celestial Clan invaders, safeguarding our most precious treasure—the Lighthouse Master.]

...

Su Ming'an understood.

It seems that after eating the Lighthouse Jellyfish, Lu's strength dramatically increased. Some Celestial Clan followed the scent of Olivius, chased over, and were killed by the now powerful Lu. Lu was then hailed as the Sea King by tens of thousands of sea people. Later, Lu checked the Lighthouse Jellyfish's information and realized that Su Ming'an might not be dead, so he gathered Su Ming'an's remaining blood and flesh, waiting for Su Ming'an to grow back, to wake up.

At this moment, Su Ming'an suddenly realized his own strength.

He could create countless "emperors" like Lu, making them surge in power. If the Lighthouse Jellyfish possessed endless life, everyone who ate it could activate powerful bloodlines; in theory, given enough time, if everyone in Luowasha ate the Lighthouse Jellyfish once, they could all advance significantly.

Even, he could single-handedly—complete the dimensional ascension of everyone's life essence, leading an entire civilization to high dimensions. Let everyone contain the bloodline of the Lighthouse Jellyfish.

But this method... better not. It's too time-consuming, and hope can't be placed entirely on others.

"—Love is the most delicious poison." A sharp laugh came to his ears.

Su Ming'an turned his head, only to see a figure dripping with bright paint standing beside him, a joker mask full of smiles on its face.

"Fun Demon... Since I stepped into Luowasha, you've probably been watching me, and you also guessed that I would be killed as soon as I entered the sea. But you just watched." Su Ming'an felt slightly alert.

Kasaida's joker mask became more vivid, seemingly laughing with delight: "Yes, yes, I like watching creatures being eaten... their expressions, and yours, in the end... give me a sense of joy and beauty."

Su Ming'an once again lamented the average level of perversion in Luowasha, then turned expressionless.

"What do you want from me?" Su Ming'an said indifferently, "Do you want to grab a knife and fork as well?"

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