Chapter 17: Reflections
Luo Wen reviewed his brief “insect life” in detail. Thankfully, his experiences weren’t extensive—he could recall everything from “birth” to now in just a short time.
Could it be that some dormant genes in his body had been activated? Like his digging limbs? That wasn’t impossible. But what was this new appendage good for?
The inability to consciously choose which genetic fragments to activate was indeed frustrating. Now he was stuck with something that gave him a headache. At this moment, Luo Wen yearned to grow up and reach maturity, but that was impossible without significant time and energy.
Reflecting on his experiences, Luo Wen realized the variety of bugs and food he’d encountered was pitifully small: root sap, White Grubs, Black Moss, ants, Black Beetles, and Camouflage Bugs…
Wait. Ants?
His thoughts paused, rewinding to a potential clue: the ants.
He also remembered tasting a bit of that foul-smelling earthworm. Although he spat most of it out, who knew if he might have absorbed some strange genetic fragment from it?
But no, the earthworm didn’t have anything resembling this appendage, and they were clearly different species. He dismissed the possibility.
As for the ants, they didn’t have anything like this either. The trail went cold again.