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With his hand gripping the spray bottle, Jack marveled at this ingenuity. Just before, he was only looking at a simulation of the item. But now, it has appeared in reality.

'Could the coins be made out of energy? And when I 'bought' the item with coins, the system converts the energy into an actualized item?' Jack pondered for a while, but stopped soon after. There simply was no need for him to think about this.

Before the simulation began, Jack's body was right outside the basement, so after the simulation ended he was back to the same exact spot again.

Holding onto the insecticide, Jack squatted down in front of the basement door. Carefully, he unsealed the bottom slit again.

*Pff* *Pff* *Pff* He sprayed three times into the small gap, then immediately closed it.

Split seconds later, light sounds of 'thud' could be heard. This must be sound of insects falling from the ceiling, Jack figured. After more time passed, sounds of splashy explosions could be heard. In front of the door, Jack sat down and waited patiently.

At first, the sounds of explosion were vigorous, like the rumblings produced by a car, but it became softer and softer as time moved on. Soon, no more noises could be heard anymore.

*Drip!* A drop of water fell on the ground, the sound of collision reverberated throughout the whole area. The lighting flickered unsteadily, one moment of light is followed by another moment of darkness. It seems like the torch needs to be replaced.

Being present in a dark and silent atmosphere, Jack suddenly felt a bit afraid. Fortunately, the system spoke up at this time.

*Ding* You have killed a total of 17,849 insects of 55 different species! +102.152 XP

*Ding* You have leveled up!

*Ding* You have leveled up!

'Ke Ke Ke! More levels!' Jack is starting to drool when he heard the level ups but he quickly got downcast, he thought it was going to continued on for quite a white, but it ended much quicker than expected. 'Only two levels?...' Sighing, Jack opened his stats.

[Jack Sheet] - Strong Human (Level 4)

Physical - 2.9

Spiritual - 2.8

Aptitude - 1.5

XP Progress - 79.294 / 80.000

'Holy shit!? The stats increased by this much?' Jack rubbed his eyes. When he heard the level up notifications, he could feel a change in his body. His body became much, much stronger, but he didn't expect it was this much.

"System, is there some sort of bug?" Maybe the system is not showing him his own stats? He looked at the name above and wondered, could it be that the system wrote the wrong name?

*Ding* There is nothing wrong with the host's stats. After killing that many insects, the accumulated energy is enough to advance the host's attributes to this level.

'Does this mean that I have three times the strength of an ordinary human now?' Jack let out a gasp, this was way too unbelievable.

Physical refers to the overall condition of the fleshly body. Strength, reaction speed, toughness of the body...they were all included in the physical aspect.

The spiritual aspect refers to the ability to cope with the body. For example, if the spirit value is lower than the physical value, then the person wouldn't be able to use his own body to its fullest potential. The spirit is like the soul, the higher it is, the more stable the mind is. Generally speaking, a person with a strong soul would receive less harm from mind-type attacks. Besides, his decisions also wouldn't easily be affected by any kind of temptations.

As for aptitude, it refers to a person's ability to cultivate. In the Heavenspan World, there exist two different societies - ordinary humans and warriors. Warriors are people who have the ability to absorb the energies of the world, with this ability they could advance their strength to a totally different level far surpassing the normal standards. Some strong experts could even shift mountains and move seas just by lifting their hands. In the face of such power, the untalented could only give in and submit to them.

Right now, Jack has the physical attribute of three times higher than a normal person's as written in the statistics tab. Just when he decided to test out his strength, the system spoke again.

*Ding* You have killed a Chain Breaking Ant! +83 XP

*Ding* You have leveled up!

Suddenly, Jack felt his entire body undergo a huge change, it was like his whole body is getting massaged at the same time. He felt like he could sense every single pore in his body taking in oxygen from the surroundings. *Thump* *Thump* *Thump* He felt like his blood was pumped with immense force, like a mighty river gushing downstream.

'Woah! What's this?!' After recovering from the short pleasure, Jack was immensely shocked! An ant that gave 83 XP points?!

*Ding* In this world, humans can advance to a higher level by absorbing the energies of the world, but so can other living beings. After they absorb enough energy, they can undergo a mutation which will let them break through their limits and become much stronger. As for this ant, it has experienced the first mutation, the Chain Breaking Mutation.

Jack listened carefully to the voice in his mind and nodded with an 'oh...'. Other than living in a small village when he was very young, he had been living with his grandfather all until now. He had learnt the most basics of common sense, but clearly it wasn't enough. After hearing the explanation, his impression towards the world had a drastic change, he suddenly felt like the world became much more mysterious, like there are a lot more things that he could experience.

His distracted mind went back on track, and when he saw the changes to his stats, he sucked in a breath of cold air...

[Jack Sheet] - Level 1 Elementary Warrior (Level 5)

Physical - 7.2

Spiritual - 7.0

Aptitude - 3.3

XP Progress - 82 / 400