Reborn As A Giant Scorpion: Evolution By Consumption Chapter 1
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"Oh my God! Where are my hands? Where are my legs?"
Alex woke up and found himself in a dark and damp underground cave.
His sense of his human limbs had disappeared. He looked around and saw that he had a pair of solid pincers, three pairs of walking feet, and a long tail.
There was a sharp poison needle on the tail, and under the poison needle were hidden poison glands that stored a deadly venom.
Alex had left the village for work, but he did not expect to slip and roll down the hill. He could not even have imagined that he would turn into a scorpion after a few days when he woke up.
But he did not have time to think about it because the hunger in his body was driving him almost crazy.
At this time, Alex heard a rustling sound behind.
Alex turned around and saw a sneaky little rat.
A rat was one of the animals that Alex was most afraid of.
But now, driven by hunger, Alex couldn't care less. He instinctively pounced on the rat.
The rat was so scared that it turned around and ran away.
Although Alex had just woken up and felt very weak, especially after the transformation of his body, which he hadn't wholly adapted yet, the little rat couldn't escape from him at all!
He used the two pincers to clamp the little rat's neck tightly. This little rat was about seven to eight centimeters in size, and it was constantly struggling.
Alex used his trump card, the poisonous needle on his tail, and stabbed at the rat fiercely.
With the injection of the poison, the rat could only resist weakly.
After a while, the rat could no longer move, but Alex was still reluctant to eat it.
But under the drive of hunger, he could not care so much and began to eat.
As Alex swallowed the rat, a voice appeared in his mind, "Ding!"
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"Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the Devouring Evolution System!"
With the sound, a light screen appeared in front of Alex's eyes. The screen displayed:
Host: Alex
Race: Arthropoda Arachnida Far Eastern Scorpion
Lifespan: 10 years
Age: 0.1 years
Evolution points: 0.1
Ability: None
When Alex saw the transparent plate that suddenly appeared in front of him, he was stunned. Before he could react, a voice sounded.
"Hello, Host. I am an intelligent life form from another universe. You can directly use your mind to talk to me."
Alex was delighted. "System?"
"Yes, Host. My full name is the Devouring Evolution System. As the name suggests, I am here to help you evolve and become a more powerful life form so that you can get in touch with the true secrets of the universe."
"Alright, then. How can I evolve?" Alex asked.
"Host, your evolution requires special energy, called evolutionary energy. It comes in points, which are evolution points. When you have enough evolution points, you can evolve into a more powerful life form."
Alex asked, "Then how many evolution points do I need to evolve? I already have 0.1 evolution points."
"Host, when your evolution points reach 1, you can start your first evolution. Each of these creatures can provide you with 0.1 evolution points. However, when the same species is devoured too many times, the evolution points gained will decrease.
"So, Host, you need not only to devour more animals but also to devour as many different species as possible. However, you don't have to worry about being stuffed because the devoured material will be converted into energy and enter my system. You can devour as much as you want to."
Hearing this, Alex was thrilled. He climbed out of the dark cave and continued to search for food.
After devouring seven rats and more than a dozen cockroaches, the system finally replied, "Host, your evolution energy has reached a point, and you have the qualifications for the first evolution. Would you like to start now?"
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"Great! Hurry up and start!"
"Ding! The first evolution has started. The estimated time for this evolution is 60 seconds."
As soon as he finished speaking, Alex felt a tremendous amount of energy surging into his body. It gradually filled his entire body.
As this enormous amount of energy baptized his entire body, Alex felt his body growing larger. It was not an illusion. His body had visibly grown larger.
It started to grow from 6 centimeters, 6.1 centimeters, 6.2 centimeters, 6.3 centimeters.
Until it grew to 20 centimeters. The pair of pincers grew even more ferocious and filled with power. The poison needles behind appeared even more vicious as if it was flickering with light.
Alex could now feel that his pincers could easily crush rocks, and the venom could also quickly kill creatures that were more than ten times his size.
"Host, this evolution is very successful."
"Your vitality, defense, strength, and poison have all increased. As your body grew 3.2 times, your vitality increased by 3.5 times, your strength increased by 2.8 times, your defense increased by 4 times, and your toxicity increased by 3.7 times."
Alex looked at his powerful pincers and the sharp poison needle on his tail. He felt that he was no longer the same as before.
"Host, during this evolution process, you have also acquired a new ability."
"What new ability?"
"This new ability is called sudden impact. Through energy and gravity, it can increase the strength and speed of any part of the body, thus increasing its lethality."
Alex asked, "How do I use this skill?"
"When you want to use this skill, you only need to use your consciousness to select the panel of this skill in the system. Now, you can open the panel to see the detailed description of this skill."
Alex opened the panel.
Host: Alex
Race: Arthropoda Arachnida Far Eastern Scorpion
Lifespan: 20 years
Age: 0.1 years
Evolution Points: 0
Ability: Sudden Impact (through the augmentation of energy and gravity, increases speed and damage and increases attack speed by 2x, resulting in a 3x attack effect.)
"This skill seems pretty strong."
Alex thought in his mind.
The system prompted, "However, Host, I need to remind you that with your current energy reserves, after activating this skill, you will need about two hours before you can use it again. "However, as your energy increases and your level of evolution rises, the cooldown time will gradually decrease."
"That's right, after evolving once and obtaining such a powerful skill, my lifespan has also doubled. How much energy do I need for the next evolution?"
When Alex heard the system's words, he nodded.
The system replied, "Each evolution requires roughly ten times more energy, which means that the next evolution requires 10 points."
"Then how many times has the strongest creature evolved so far? Is there a limit to evolution?"
Alex asked.
"Host, I'm not sure if evolution has an end. However, the strongest creature known so far has evolved nine times and already possesses the power to destroy planets."
Alex asked, "Does this mean that I can be that strong in the future?"
"Yes, Host, you can even be stronger than that."
Alex continued to ask, "Is there nobody that has evolved ten times?"
"The tenth evolution is known as the divine level. It has always been the pursuit of life forms in the various universes. I hope that the host will have the opportunity to reach this realm in the future."
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