In the afternoon, the sun was setting in the west. The dusky yellow light with a hint of coolness shone into this lush primitive forest, forming a mottled shadow.
Only then did Bai Chuan, who had returned to his safe residence, relax. He sighed helplessly. "In the end, I'm still burdened by the snake's vision!"
Fortunately, his experience today gave him a clearer understanding of the interface. Originally, after eating his fill today, he wanted to find creatures that had powerful abilities but were weaker than him, such as the most famous ones: cockroaches, water bears, and so on. However, after searching for an entire afternoon, he could not find anything.
Firstly, the cockroaches. He had seen cockroaches from time to time when he was human. Sometimes, he did not want to see them anymore, but in the end, they kept appearing in his eyes and he was deeply harmed.
But now, when he wanted to look for cockroaches with a purpose, he couldn't find a single one. Or perhaps he had encountered one and it flew away without him realizing, or perhaps he had encountered one but couldn't recognize it. This was because his current vision was that of a snake. Snake vision had been explained before. It was color-blind and only sensitive to moving things. Sometimes when he swam past, he wouldn't even notice if the cockroach stayed there.
Therefore, he could not find it at all.
Water bears were even more ridiculous. Although he had heard of it in his previous life because this thing was too exaggerated and famous, he had only heard of it. He vaguely remembered that it seemed to live in damp places in the stream and was usually attached to moss. Therefore, he searched the entire vicinity of the stream and barely found something that looked like moss. In the end, he could not find any information about the water bear.
He guessed that the water bear was too small. With his current naked eye, he could not see it at all, so he could not obtain the water bear's ability model.
As for why he had this guess, he had a basis. Because during this period of time, other than looking for cockroaches and water bears with a purpose, he had also thought of a formula to test the ability of the interface.
He realized that this interface did not seem to be a traditional system, but a special ability born from him. This was because the scan on it was not the same as the scan in traditional novels where one could obtain the target's information with a glance.
It can be produced in two ways, eating or not eating.
First of all: eating. If he hadn't eaten the target, his scan wouldn't have been able to analyze all the information about the target and produce a model.
Second: not eating. If the target didn't lose the ability to resist, then no matter how hard he focused on the target, his scan wouldn't respond at all.
In the end, whether he ate it or made the target lose the ability to resist, it would take time for him to scan and obtain the other party's information to generate the target. Among them, the scan after eating was the fastest. Secondly, the closer the target was to his size, the faster it was. The smaller the target was, the slower it was.
This information was provided by the brocade snake and the Deinagkistrodon in the morning, respectively, and the grasshopper and frog in the afternoon.
Originally, he wanted to leave after eating the Deinagkistrodon in the morning, but he suddenly realized something. Why was he so conflicted about which food to choose? Yes, he couldn't eat two, but did he have to eat to have the ability model? Not necessarily. One had to know that he had a scanning ability.
It seemed that his previous dilemma had been a complete waste of time. His thoughts had become silly.
This sudden realization made him return to his original spot and scan the brocade snake's ability model. Only then did he discover that the speed of the scanning the target he ate was different from the target he scanned directly. It could be said that the speed of a direct scan was only half of what he ate.
This discovery made him start searching for the target he wanted while testing the ability of the interface. He once again discovered that the speed of scanning would be faster as his target was closer to his size.
Moreover, among the different types of creatures of the same size, the scan would be faster if he had more knowledge about his target. This proved that his scanning ability was complementary to his. As long as his knowledge and cognition increased, the scanning ability of the interface would also increase.
If this wasn't his ability, then what was?
...
After recalling his gains today, he opened his personal interface again.
[Name: Bai Chuan.]
[Race: King Cobra.]
[Lifespan: 8 years.]
[Points: 0 (3%)]
[Ability: Endurance Lv 2 (Details), Snake Venom Lv 2, Energy Conservation Lv 1, Danger Perception Lv 1, Strength Lv 1, Flexibility Lv 1, Scales Lv 1, Swimming Lv 1…]
[Ability Structure Library: Rats, Deinagkistrodon, Brocade Snake, Frog]
[Editable…]
...
Bai Chuan carefully scanned the interface again and found that it was no different from what he had guessed. Only then did he nod in satisfaction. Because this proved that the pattern he had previously summarized was not wrong and not something he had imagined.
"Looks like I'll be able to save up to 10% after tonight." Bai Chuan nodded and was about to close the interface when he suddenly paused.
Wait! Something was wrong!! The number in the Ability Structure Library didn't seem right. Something seemed to be missing!
Bai Chuan regained his senses and turned his attention back to the Ability Structure Library on the interface. There were only rats, deinagkistrodon, brocade snake, frogs, and grasshoppers.
There seemed to be a model missing? Right, it was a rabbit! A hare!!
After carefully recalling it, Bai Chuan finally remembered what model was missing. It was the rabbit model that he had strengthened yesterday! The question was, why did the hare model disappear? Did all the models in the Ability Structure Library have a time limit? Or did the model disappear after he strengthened it?
He should know the answer to that question tomorrow. He hoped it wasn't what he thought where it was time-sensitive. That would be bad.
With a lot on his mind, Bai Chuan activated the high-efficiency digestion mode and closed his snake eyes before falling asleep.
...
The next day, at dawn.
Bai Chuan, who had woken up early, hurriedly opened the ability interface and looked at the Ability Structure Library.
[Ability Structure Library: Rats, Deinagkistrodon, Brocade Snake, Frog]
...
"Phew~" After seeing that the abilities did not disappear, Bai Chuan finally heaved a sigh of relief, as if he no longer had any burden.
Fortunately, the most terrifying thing did not happen. What he was most afraid of was that the ability structure would be in a time limit. In that case, if he obtained a rare ability and did not have any points, wouldn't his ability be wasted?
Fortunately, that wasn't the case. However, now that the hare model had disappeared, it seemed that he had to replenish it today. After all, the Agility Level 2 of the hare was quite strong. It was worth it for him to keep it.
Recalling the place where he had hunted hares, Bai Chuan slowly crawled out of the tree hole. He swam towards the top of the primitive forest.
At this point, one had to mention Bai Chuan's current environment.
The place he was in was an endless mountain range. Among them, there were lofty mountains and steep mountains. Tall and thick trees could be seen everywhere, and he was in the primitive forest at the foot of the mountain range.