"Survival by breaking the tail?" Wang Xiyi immediately thought of a creature called the gecko.
Clearly, the entire octopus creature was just an expendable "tail" for the octopus person.
This "fusion" seems to be reversible; it can separate from the creature at any time...though it's unclear if there's a cost to this merging and separation.
A sound of propellers approached from a distance, and Wang Xiyi looked up. A drone bearing the emblem of the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute finally arrived and hovered directly above the sinkhole.
A package was dropped down by the drone. Wang Xiyi picked it up, finding inside a set of brand new communication equipment and a metal box stored in an ice bag. She opened the box and saw six disposable syringes neatly lined up, each filled with a pale beige clear liquid.
