Mutant Physical Body Skill

"Open" Zhou Lin was excited to find out what was inside the surprise box.

ding... ding...

"The host opened the Extra Gift Box"

"The host received a skill book called Mutant Physical Body"

"A skill? This is interesting, but I'm a little worried because of the skill's name. If my body turns from a weird mutant, I'll have trouble sleeping with women in the future." Zhou Lin opened the item window to see the skill book.

The option to view the skill information was shown.

Mutant Physical Body (Level 1-10) - The user will have the body strengthened as if it were a mutant creature. At each skill level, the user can receive extra mutations of his choice.

"That's interesting… But a little risky…" Zhou Lin was unsure what to do.

"..."

"No risk, no gain" After hesitating and thinking about it, he decided to agree to obtain the mutant body.

His situation was quite poor. He had no information or strength to survive.

The only choice is to get stronger.

Learn...

Zhou Lin tapped the skill book and clicked learn.

The book glowed and disappeared.

ding... ding... ding...

"The host learned the Mutant Physical Body skill"

"Loading information"

"1%...2%...9%...50%… 90%...100%"

ding... ding... ding...

"The information has been uploaded. Starting the mutation"

zzzz... zzzzzz...

A strange sound echoed in Zhou Lin's mind before anything happened.

"1%...2%...3%..."

"ARGG!!!!!!!!!" He started screaming in pain and agony.

His body twitched and spasmed on the floor. The muscles, skin, organs, and bones seem to be being torn and broken by something inside the body.

To try to cope with the pain, he even curled up into a ball, but it was impossible. The pain was too great.

roar!!!!

The mutant animals around looked at Zhou Lin with worried looks because of the pain he was feeling, but no one knew what to do.

The agonizing, intense pain of having his body broken lasted a minute, but it was enough that he didn't want to feel it again for the rest of his life.

"100%"

ding... ding...

"The mutation has been completed. The host has received new information about the Mutant Physical Body"

Powerful, hot energy went through his entire body and stopped all pain. The agonizing pain disappeared like magic and was replaced by a mild, refreshing heat.

"ha…ha…ha…" Zhou Lin looked at the sky with his eyes half-open. He didn't even try to open the system to try to see what had changed.

His body was covered in a cold sweat.

Even though he regained his energy, Zhou Lin didn't want to move. He just wanted to lie down and rest.

His mind was totally tired, unlike the physical body that had just recovered.

Both eyes were slowly closed before he fell asleep on the floor.

roar...

The mutated animals walked up to him to see if his body was okay or not.

After seeing that he was just sleeping, the group was on guard to protect him from any problems.

…

The next day…

Zhou Lin woke up completely refreshed.

"This is…" The first thing he saw was the group of mutant creatures surrounding him like guards. He was happy to see this scene.

The group considered Zhou Lin a great companion because he fed and took care of each one of them.

"You can still sleep…" He made no loud sounds or movements to keep from waking the mutated animals.

With nothing to do, the system window opened to view information about the Mutant Physical Body.

Mutant Physical Body (Level 1)

Level 1 Effects: Strengthening the user's physical body

To level up to level 2, upgrade the house.

There was nothing but this information.

(I see… This looks like those city-building games where the house is the most important place. Without improving the level of the house, it was not possible to improve the other things. But I don't think that's it. My house was not built to be the focus. Something must be missing…) Zhou Lin opened the other system windows to see if there were any changes after he received the ability.

To his surprise, some changes have actually taken place.

In the planted or built things window there was the UPGRADE button. But it took some time to upgrade.

To upgrade the knife, two hundred grams of wood and three hundred grams of iron were needed. The ax needed twice as many resources.

Planted trees could also be upgraded, but a lot of water was needed.

The house needed wood, iron, sand, and water. But depending on the type of upgrade, one type of resource would be used more than the other.

(Interesting… I need to choose an upgrade that doesn't use as much wood and uses more iron.) Zhou Lin saw some types of upgrades for his wooden hut.

But the small amount left his options very limited.

(I have fifty kilograms of wood... If I upgrade the house, I will have to use thirty kilograms of wood. This is the simplest of upgrades. Looks like I don't have a choice)

Having no options, he could only accept.

But something strange happened.

ding... ding...

"The host doesn't have enough space to upgrade the house." The system warns echoed when he tapped the upgrade button.