Then grow genes that allow you to filter-feed. Feed in mass amounts.
This seems like a complex action for someone of your size and intelligence.
It may be more possible once you eat some more organisms the regular way.
Connect to female chell for twice the eating power
When you went back to check on the female Chell, she wasn't there. You assume she swam off somewhere.
Develop genes so that the outer 5-10 pixels of your body are a shell, made up of dried and dead flesh.
You don't understand the point of this. (This is a prompt to explain how it could be useful for survival.)