In the evening after the rain, the moist air had a hint of the fragrance of soil. From time to time, frogs croaked in the distance. A rustling sound suddenly appeared in the grass not far away. Soon after, a small head poked out of the cave.
It first observed its surroundings carefully. After confirming that there was no danger, it carefully crawled out of the cave and slowly searched for food. It stopped with each step and looked around with shifty eyes. Its little nose kept sniffing, as if it was prepared to escape back into the grass once it was alarmed.
Swoosh! An air-piercing sound came. Then, a huge snake head bit its body tightly. The rat rose into the air. Thick and long body that was like a cage began to wrap around its body, squeezing out the little space it had left to move. Only then did the rat realize that it had been bitten. It began to scream in panic and its little feet kept flailing.
But was it useful? No!
In the next moment, a huge force swept over from all directions. The little rat that was screaming and struggling just now fell silent. Then, a stream of dark red blood began to flow from the corner of its mouth.
At this moment, the instigator of everything revealed his true appearance. It was a huge snake that was three meters long.
Under its small and clever head was a wide and flat neck, as dignified and beautiful as if it was wearing a cloak. Its thick, slender, and powerful body was lined with fine scales that emitted a metallic luster even at dusk.
From afar, it looked like a dignified and domineering king. There was no doubt that with its huge body and appearance, it was worthy of its name as the king of vipers, King Cobra.
Normally speaking, the king of vipers, the King Cobra, usually ate snakes. Unless it was extremely hungry, it rarely hunted rats because this small amount of meat was not worth it.
However, this King Cobra was a little special. Because he was not a snake. To be precise, he was not a snake before.
His name was Bai Chuan. Ten days ago, he was just a social animal living on a blue planet. He was busy working overtime every day. That night, he was working overtime according to his daily routine. Unexpectedly, his vision suddenly darkened and he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he found that he had become a snake, a King Cobra that had just become an adult.
Of course, death was like a light going out. Bai Chuan didn't want to talk about his previous life anymore. After all, he was just an orphan and had nothing to worry about. He was already happy enough to be able to live again.
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Half an hour later, Bai Chuan, who had swallowed the little rat, crawled back into his tree hole. Sensing the familiar sense of security, Bai Chuan completely relaxed and sized up his gains today.
An undetectable glimmer flashed across the snake's eyes as he stared at his body. Immediately, a dim panel opened.
[Name: Bai Chuan]
[Race: King Cobra]
[Lifespan: 8 years]
[Points: 0 (99.8%)]
This was an ability he had discovered when he first came to this world. As long as he focused on his body, a simple panel would appear in his eyes. Unfortunately, he had been in this world for ten days, but he still had not discovered the function of this interface.
The only thing that comforted him was the number that was gradually increasing in brackets as time passed. At the same time, after many days of observation and concluding, he realized that the rate at which his points increased was related to what he ate.
This was because normal snakes would eat their fill and not eat for a week or even weeks. But he was different. He could feel that every time he ate his fill, if he did not take the initiative to forcefully control his body, a warm current would inexplicably surge through his stomach and disappear.
It seemed to be gathering somewhere.
At this moment, the number of points on his interface would increase faster. If he forcefully controlled his body, he would not eat for weeks like a normal snake and would slowly digest it. Then the data on the interface would be like a turtle crawling.
It was as if there was an extra switch in his body compared to ordinary snakes, a switch for rapid digestion. Although this switch seemed to be harmful at the moment, it at least gave him something to look forward to. After all, this ability was closely related to his interface.
Even if the interface was useless at the moment, it was still a cheat. As long as he wanted to use it, he had to fill up his points. Of course, he could also give up, but was he willing? Willing to give up all the variables and quietly live the life of an ordinary snake? Then wait for eight years to die of old age? Or perhaps he would not even live for eight years before dying in an accident?
After all, even king cobras had natural enemies, such as crocodiles, Komodo dragons, tigers, or super-large birds of prey. Although his opponent might not survive when he died, what was the point of everything if he died?
What a joke. It wasn't easy for him to live again. How could he be willing?!
It was precisely because of this that he could be said to have gone out hunting every day for the past ten days to fill his stomach. Fortunately, the heavens did not disappoint those who worked hard. The data was almost full today.
As time passed, the data on the interface began to slowly increase…
99.8%… 99.9%… 100%…
As the number changed, the number on the interface in Bai Chuan's eyes jumped.
"0-1!"
The next moment, a faint light flashed, and a mysterious light pattern appeared on the previously dim interface. Then, the entire interface completely lit up. It was as if the old machine had been completely activated and the screen of the phone had turned bright.
"Huh? Nothing else?"
Bai Chuan looked at the interface in a daze for a while. After not seeing any huge changes for a long time, he thought in confusion. Shouldn't this thing be like the system novel, where a system elf suddenly appeared to explain its use to him? Or maybe tons of information should be flowing into his mind now? Was that it? Just a panel?
That shouldn't be the case. Bai Chuan, who was a little unwilling, glanced around and looked at his snake body again.
However, something changed.
[Scanning… Scanning… 10%… 15%…]
Seeing this scene, Bai Chuan's heart trembled. It changed, it changed! Indeed, it was impossible for there to be no changes. I knew it!!
After a while, the data in Bai Chuan's eyes was completely filled. Then, a new interface appeared again.
[Name: Bai Chuan.]
[Race: King Cobra.]
[Lifespan: 8 years.]
[Points: 1.]
[Ability: Final Growth Lv 2 (Details), Snake Venom Lv 2, Energy Conservation Lv 1, Strength Lv 1, Flexibility Lv 1, Scales Lv 1, Swimming Lv 1…]
[Ability Structure Library: Wild Rabbit (Details), Rat (Details).]
[Editable…]
"Is this what I have now?"
Bai Chuan stared at the information on the interface and muttered to himself. The forked tongue of a snake was hissing non-stop, which was enough to show that he was not calm. Curious, he checked the details of his ability.
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