Chapter 220: Day 1 of a Three Day Rest
Hyuzu and the others ca to Gimuru last night and will be helping for awhile, so I really got fired up to do so work, but…
“Today’s a rest day…”
Saying it didn’t change anything. It’s a rest day, guys. I haven’t rested for even a day since I ca back from Fatma Territory. And the guild master went out of her way to inform Hyuzu-san and the others that I started talking to her and Serge-san as soon as I ca back, so now I have to rest for the next three days. During this ti the skilled maids and the n will be taking over my work, and I won’t be allowed to go outside or drop by the store. They even offered to help take care of my als and other daily necessities, but of course, I refused them… Anyway, because of that I will be taking a break for the next three days.
I have plans for the last day of my break, that is the day after tomorrow, but from today and tomorrow I am completely free. Which is why…
“I will be researching slis the ‘whole day’!”
For the longest ti I couldn’t find the ti to organize the slis, and I just kept on feeding them and they kept on evolving, but now we have the ti, so let’s do that. Also, I have sothing I want to try out after I made that acid back there at Fatma Territory. Let’s use this opportunity to do what we can! Alright!
And so, ti passed, and before I knew it, it was night ti. After experinting and observing since morning, I organized the notes I took down.
I decided to make a list of what the slis ate and what they evolved into.
Variant Feed and Expectation Evolution
Sticky Sli => Crab Sli => Spider Sli
=> Shell Sli => Crust Sli
=> Net Sli => Fiber Sli
Acid Sli => Shell Sli => Shell Sli
=> Shellfish and Egg Sli => Pearl Sli
Poison Sli => Charcoal and Sand Sli => Filter Sli
=> Poison Needle Sli => Sting Sli
tal Sli => Net Sli => Wire Sli
Bloody Sli => Parasite Sli => Evolution pending.
Stone Sli => Sand Sli => Sand Sli
=> Porcelain Sli => Evolution pending.
Weed Sli => Water Plant Sli => Aquatic Weed Sli
=> Algae Sli => Alga Sli
After that I summarized my observation records and inquiry.
First, let’s talk about the three sli variants that evolved from the Sticky Sli…
‘Spider Sli’
Appearance: Slightly smaller than the sticky sli.
Skill: It didn’t lose any skill, and it learned two new skills, Build Nest and Trap Mastery.
Note: The spider sli has woven a nest at the tunnel walls. Lately, it could frequently be seen crawling along the threads like a spider. The thread it produces has also changed a little.
To test it, I had a sticky sli and a spider sli produce the strongest thread they could, and then I asked them to bind my arms with it. I compared the two threads by trying to break free from them. From that I found out that the spider sli’s threads were more elastic and harder to tear. Overall, they felt stronger (Note: This is rely based on my personal impressions and as such is completely subjective.)
Spider threads were seen as well structured fibers with good qualities even back at Earth and was a topic for research. The sticky sli threads were also fairly durable, but the spider sli’s threads have probably undergone so sort of structural change. I don’t know how good a material it is right now, but I’ll find out once I talk to a specialist when the opportunity presents itself.
Also, I ntioned that the spider sli had beco smaller, but the change was within the margin of individual specin differences. I’ll find out their average size once there’s more of them.
‘Crust Sli’
Appearance: No particular changes.
Skill: No skills lost from evolution. Learned a new skill, ‘Form Carapace’.
Note: The Form Carapace skill works by covering itself with its liquid and letting it harden. Hardening the surface of its body does not impede its movent, and can be considered as a pure increase to its defense.
I used Identify on the carapace and was able to discover that it’s almost of the sa nature as the ‘Hardening Liquid Plate’ which are made with the liquid of the sticky slis.
The hardening liquid plates were originally made from the liquid of the sticky slis, so it should possible, but just in case, I had the crust sli spread the liquid it used for its Form Carapace skill on a surface, and when that liquid hardened it indeed successfully produced a hardening liquid sheet.
With the crust slis, I can make hardening liquid sheets without having to rely on alchemy, but other than that, it’s not really that different from a sli. The spider sli was like that too. It feels as if they’re just taking the special characteristics of other species and evolving while keeping their intrinsic nature as slis.
‘Fiber Sli’
Appearance: No notable change.
Skill: No skills lost from the evolution. Learned a new skill, Fibrification.
Note: In the sa way the fluff slis could make fluff, this one could make sli rayon.
If I change the material, I wonder if it would be possible to make fiber out of those too.For example, I could give it tal or glass to produce wire or glass fiber… I should give it a try soti.
Next are the two acid sli variants.
‘Shell Sli’
Appearance: It carries a turban-shell-like spiral shell on its back and hides in it like a hermit crab.
Skill: No skills forgotten, but its Produce Strong Acid has beco Produce Weak acid, and it learned the Create Shell skill.
Note: This might be the most surprising evolution yet. It doesn’t look much different from the slis until now, but when I investigated the acid from its Produce Weak Acid skill, I found out that it was actually highly concentrated succinic acid. I discovered that there were a lot of ‘umami ingredients’ mixed in with the shellfish. Although it can’t be eaten straight, by adjusting it with alchemy, the succinic acid can be used as a seasoning. Thanks to that I was able to make a delicious oyster-sauce-like ingredient in the afternoon.
‘Pearl Sli’
Appearance: Milky white with a peculiar luster. A big pearl.
Skill: Its body has transford from the acid sli’s gel-like body to a solid body like that of the tal slis. Because of that it looked completely different from its previous evolutions. Its special traits include ‘Refine Protective Body Liquid’, ‘Coating’, and Crystallization.
Note: It can use its skill to create pearls, which are highly sought after in this world. As such, its value is limitless. Making pearls won’t endanger the pearl sli itself, but I do have to exercise caution when using it.
There are also two evolutions from the poison slis.
‘Filter Sli’
Appearance: Its body is black all over with little water content. It sparkles here and there and reflects light, so it looks like hardened black sand.
Skill: It transford from a gel-like body to a body with little water content, so it lost most of the skills it had when it was a poison sli. But the remaining Poison Resist skill has been strengthened, and it learned the Filtration skill.
Note: The results of my experints show that – just as the na implies – the Filtration skill can filter liquid and gas that pass through its body. It seems to be a sli that feeds off the deposits and poisonous substances caught in its filter. I’ve already confird in today’s experints that the ‘Filtration’ skill can help in the production of dicine and can be used in place of a water filter. Perhaps it can even help in treatnt when coupled with a gas mask or a bloody sli. Perhaps even an artificial dialysis would be possible. The list goes on.
‘Sting Sli’
Appearance: The purple color of the poison sli has gotten deeper and the nucleus can’t be seen anymore.
Skill: It didn’t lose any skills. It learned the Poison Needle skill.
Note: Just as the na implies, the Poison Needle skill produces a poisonous needle from its body. Upon testing, the Sting Sli shot out countless needles from its body like a sea urchin. It looked exactly like a sea urchin too. Even the color matched. To be more precise it looked like a black longspine urchin.
Also, since it knew the Spear Mastery skill, I asked it if it could produce a thick, long, poison needle and use it as a spear, and it turned out to be a success. Moreover, the spear it made possessed the sa structure as the smaller poison needles and could release poison at the end like a syringe. Here I was thinking the poison needles looked like those of a creature used as feed, but they turned out to be a rather grueso spear. Anyhow, injecting poison into your foe during a battle should be quite effective. For example… Ah, just imagining it seems too dangerous, let’s not follow through with that thought.
The evolution from the tal slis, ‘Wire Sli’
Appearance: It doesn’t look much different from your usual tal sli, but it did beco one size smaller.
Skill: It didn’t lose any skills and learned a new skill, Expansion and Contraction.
Note: It can stretch its body into a thin thread and even turn itself into a coping saw or a barbed wire. The maximum distance it can stretch is proportional to its maximum volu, but it’s not possible to stretch the nucleus and change its shape.
The evolution of the Stone Sli, ‘Sand Sli’
Appearance: A mountain or lump of sand.
Skill: Because its body has transford into sand, it has lost its skills when it was a stone sli, and learned the sa skills as the ash sli. These are: Scatter, Clump, Absorb Moisture, and Dry. Moreover, it also learned the ‘Assimilate’ skill of the mud sli.
Note: During experintation a new possibility occurred to . As such, I will be continuing the experints in the following days.
The evolutions under the weed Sli.
‘Aquatic Weed Sli’
Appearance: It looks like there’s a water weed floating in it. It kind of looks like a glassless aquarium.
Skill: No change from the Weed Sli.
Note: No change in abilities, but it’s beco able to live under water. It can leave for a while outside water, but it doesn’t like land. I wasn’t prepared for it, so I had to build a water tank using the Hardening Liquid Sheets for it. Next ti I’ll make a bigger water tank for it, or if the climate permits it, I can make a pond for it too.
Its diet is similar to the weed sli, so it can either grow more water weed inside it and eat those or it can make do with photosynthesis. It’s not hard to feed. As ntioned, it looks like an aquarium, so once I start proselytizing people about the goodness of slis it might be a good idea to recomnd this one first.
‘Alga Sli’
Appearance: A clump of green algae.
Skills: No change from the weed sli.
Note: A sli that lives underwater just like the Aquatic Weed Sli. Not only can it grow algae under water and eat that, it can also nourish itself like the plant-type slis via photosynthesis.
I took so of the algae covering its nucleus and used Identify on it, and I found out that it contained an abundance of nutrients. One of the types of algae on Earth, the Euglena, has been researched and used for diet supplents because of its abundance of nutrients, so perhaps the moss of the Alga Sli can also be used for sothing like that. I’ll have to prepare a special water tank or pond for it later, so it can provide more algae to for research.
…Well, that about wraps it up.
To be honest, there are still a lot of other stuff I want to do, but if I don’t get any sleep because of my research, the maids will really start keeping a close eye on , so I better stop here.
I guess being able to control myself is proof that I’ve grown a little?
“…Just kidding.”
Now then, it’s a bit early to sleep, so I better prepare a little??????for the day after tomorrow.
Like this the night gradually grew deeper…
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