After looting the place clean Davies blocked the corridor door with a chair than closed every door inside the flat. After going back to his apartment he blocked the hole on the wall with the cabinet from his corridor door and placed a chair in its place. Looking outside the peeping hole the three infected was no longer there.
Finishing their lunch they started to go trough the food they brought from the old man's place and put them away. Davies asked Susanne if she ever used a gun and she said that she did not. After showing her the basics how to use it he went out to the balcony and started to look around the street with his newly acquired binocular. First he checked the other buildings but the sun was too strong so he could not see inside too many apartment.
On the street he could see there was five, five storey building and next to his on the left and the right there was two building four storey high. The middle of the road was blocked by the car that crashed there in the middle of the night.
The infected by now all left the street only a few could be seen around but none of them near his place. The systems voice who called itself Megan was still loudly asking him if he wants to see the basic options but he vehemently refused to acknowledge its existence.
"If I don't accept it than it should go away. I read it somewhere if someone has mental problems and start to hear voices in their head they need to ignore it so it won't take root. Not like you can believe everything on the Internet, but I don't think right now is the best time to make an appointment with some psychiatrist. Most likely they are busy trying to evade their patients."
*You have gathered enough energy to spectate and open the basic functions. Would you like to spectate the basic function? *
- Hey Susanne by any chance you learned psychology at the med school?
- I think you mean Psychiatry. Psychologysts don't go to med school. But no I was not learning Psychiatry, I hoped to specialise and become a cardiologist later. Why do you want to know? I don't think I could help you with mental problems because of what happened today. But I need to tell you that you were not wrong. I'm sorry for looking at you like a madman because you decided to kill that man. There was nothing else we could have done for him. And thanks for doing what you did once again.
"The only problem I don't think it's going to happen any time soon. Seems like I should become a virologist after this madness is solved. I hope he can get over this and won't get stuck on it, must be hard to kill your neighbour like that."
- You don't have to worry I was only interested.
*System booting up! Using surplus energy!
Opening basic function! Stats Window opened!
Name : Davies
Race : Human
Health :99/100
Strength :4
Stamina :5
Vitality :7
Dexterity :4
Energy :0
Saved up surplus energy will be automatically converted into stat points!
You have 2 stat point! Would you like to use it now?
"God damn it. I always knew my gaming pass going to pull me down one day. If I ask it to put my stats on strength I should br able to see if it's only in my head or its the real deal right?"
*Ubderstood. 2 energy points allocated to Strength. The process will take a few moment. *
Davies could feel heatwaves flooding through his body. It was a very veird feeling like when he was a kid and a stray dog bite him, his parents brought him to the hospital and went through a few weeks of injection therapy. The first shot he got was like this, a wave of heat passed through he's leg like the veins were on fire.
The only difference this time it went trough he's whole body.
Flushing hard and grabbing the metal rails at his balcony he grunted while clenching he's jaw.
After half a minute the process was finished and he could feel more alive. Like after a good sleep followed by a morning jog. He's mind cleared up and he could feel he's shirt got really tight on his body.
Rushing to the toilet he stripped naked and watched the new six-pack that switched up his flat stomach. He's arms was bulging with muscles and when he flexed them he looked like someone who goes daily to gym.
"Well fuck me. Now what? Maybe I'm not crazy? Or I went total nuts?"
Walking out the bathroom half naked he stopped at the open door and looked towards Susanne. She had was holding a glass of cola in her hands lifting it to drink from hit, but she paused momentarily with half opened mouth staring at Davies new antics.
- Tell me honestly what do you think about my body? Is it muscular or only avarage?
Susanne flushed for a second than looked him up and down.
" I'd he trying to hit one me like this? This is the first time I seen a guy flirt like this. Isn't he a bit too narcissistic?"
-Well I would say muscular? Definitely looks like you like working out.
-Is that so? Good to hear.
Smoothing he's cheeks, even tough he felt embrassed about he's weird way of asking her if what she thinks about his body it was the easyest way and he's already drooling about the possibilityes what he could archive with this new ability.
-But why do you ask this now, everything alright?
"Well he does look a lot more better without shirt. Didn't think he's the sporting type guy after I have seen he's pc setup. Maybe that's for work? Does he try to pick me up right now? Well at least I got stuck with a handsome guy at the end of the world."
-Yeah all fine, I was only checking something.
Walking back inside the bathroom with a creepy smile on his face he started to call on his new ability.
" Megan right? How do I gain more energy points? What do I need to do?
*Kill lifeforms for energy absorbing their energy. The closer you are to the pray the more energy can I absorb.*
" How close is close enough? "
* With your current progress the perfect distance would be 20 to 30 centimeter distance, at this distance the full amount of energy can be absorbed. After every half a meter the energy absorbtion lessens by 50%*
- What is the energy you absorb? Some kind of life-force? And what are you why does my ability looks like some kind of game?
*Energy is the power the nanobots create. I am your personal assistant in the process to help you evolve into the perfect life form. I chose this form after scanning your memories and decided this is the form most suited for you. *
- Nanobots? Is it some kind of military experiment?
"Well game like ability definitely more comfortable to me. But how could Nanobots end up in lifeforms?"
* Nanobots originate from a different solar system. Your government brought the first ones to your planet. After which the first one decided to infest your world and choose suitable partners for the sake of survival. *
" Infest like take over the world? So you are a nanobot too?"
*I'm a colony of nanobots. My numbers are still too low. Whyle you kill other lifeforms I can absorb their energy and grow in number. Slowly rebuilding your whole body with nanobots. *
" Huh? Are you taking over my body? What rebuild? Are you saying I'm going to die?"
Freaking out Davies could feel his heart stop for a moment and felt like he got cheated.
*No you won't die in the process. My creators made my race to be a supportive element in lifeforms and help them evolve. I am rebuilding your body currently to be more suitable for me and to achieve a more powerful body that does not need the support of your weak planet. *
"Weak planet? And how does this rebuilding works? I'm going to remain humane or I will turn into some kind for grotesque monster?"
* The future appearance is not yet decided. I will build your body to be more suitable for survival, reproduction and domination. Your planet is too small built by weak materials and is not suitable to support even one of my creators. The amount of nutrient on your planet would be only enough nutrient for a single week and after that there would be nothing left of your planet. "
" Not yet decided? Than let's just decide now that I like my body and want to stay like this. Don't change my looks in any way."
* I'm afraid that's not up to you. I am the one doing the work so stay quiet and let me take care of it. *
- What stay quiet and its not up to me?! This is my body and you are only an invader!
Shouting out in anger Davies could not believe what he was hearing.
- Davies everything all right in there?! You need help?
"Seems like I was too loud, don't want her to think I'm crazy right?"
- Yeah all good sorry nothing to worry about.
* The moment when you accepted my existence and registered in the process you already gave up the control of your Evolution to me. You should feel lucky, my colony is a lot more advanced and evolved than my ancestors. *
" I don't feel lucky at all. I feel like you are a parazyte taking over my body and turning me into a machine."
* You don't need to worry. I believe the most suitable body is flesh and blood. Some of my siblings follow the path of Cyborgs and synthetic body. I believe an animated body should be built by flash, bone and blood. Synthetic body makes reproduction very hard or close to impossible. Following down that road a race sooner or later will face extinction. I will only change your body in a way that it will turn immortal and indestructible . About the appearance I can't decide yet. *