--Initializing H.U.B... Congratulations you have died for the first time. Merging mind and body... Merging complete.---

I sit up in my bed, having just woken up from dying. I see a panel come up.

Congratulations on completing your first mission! You did it in an unusual way, but the power station is no longer operational. 100 pp have been awarded to you.

As I am reading this, my chest starts to burn and I remember that I have to breath again. I wonder what I can do with the pp? last time I checked the store it was empty.

Available Modifications Available Stat Boosts Available Sub-Routines Available Weapons Energy Sustenance 25pp N/A Hive Format 45pp N/A Transmitter 10pp N/A Precise Building 25pp N/A Chromatic Skin 40pp N/A Break-Down 15pp N/A

Energy sustenance is the only mod available that interests me, but all three sub-routines look interesting. I select them to get more details.

Hive Format

Allows you to make Node which controls the nanites according to your will. The number of nodes buildable is dependent on your intelligence.

Purchase? Y/N

Precise Building

Make the nanites easier to control and force into shapes.

Purchase? Y/N

Break-Down Makes it so that you can break stuff up into its base components, and make them into bars.

Hmm... it looks like I can buy all three. But I also want Energy Sustenance. Hm, what to choose... I'll get Hive format, Precise Building, and Energy Sustenance. I click yes and immediately fall unconscious.

***

I wake up and notice, much to my annoyance, that I fell forward onto the floor. Stupid gravity, following its rules. I get up off the floor and head out of my house. I wonder if the others finished their mission yet?