Suddenly, the system notified Marcus.
[New Quest!]
[Defeat one Area Boss]
[Rewards: 150 XP]
[Item rewards: Consumable—Recovery portion x5]
At this message, Marcus was stunned, this much XP was enough to increase Marcus' level to level three, to confirm his thought, he summoned the stat screen.
[Name: Zhao Marcus Cheng]
[Species: Hiveman]
[Class: Insecta]
[Rank: 1]
[Level: 1]
[XP: 80/100]
[Gene Tokens: 10]
[Health Recovery Portion: —]
[Titles: Gene Devourer, Hungering Lord ]
[Strength: 1]
[Agility: 5]
[Speed: 1]
[Dexterity: 5]
[Constitution: 3]
[Perception: 3]
[Intelligence: 2]
[Charisma: —]
[Luck: 1]
[Will: 2]
Skills:
[Basic Skills: Gene Usurper]
[Gene Merger]
[Gene scissors]
[Gene installer]
[Raw Gene Utiliser]
[Evolved Skills: —————]
[Gear: Built-in Exoskeleton Armor]
[Armor Grade: Tungsten: 5]
[Tungsten Carbide: —]
[Vitreloy: —]
[Almighty Surgical Hands]
His XP increased due to the exercise daily quest he did, since the system didn't give him any quest apart from the punching one for him to master his exoskeleton and the punishment one when he failed the former, now, apart from the XP he would gain for slaying an area boss, he would also gain another one for rewards.
'And also this recovery portion, it was the same portion that saved me last year when I was caught up in beast inbreak attack, gaining this much recovery portion, the enemy will have to kill me five times before I can die that is excluding the cooldown if this system gives the potion one'
'But will I really reach level three?'
Taking the fact that as one level up in a game, the amount of XP needed to reach the next level will increase, Marcus wasn't sure if it would be the same for this system.
'I guess I will have to find out.
But I haven't joined any independent association nor government Awakened league, there is no way I would be allowed into numbered area except...'
Marcus remembered how the system had sniffed out the beast mole cricket capable of emitting 170 decibels of sound to incapacitate target, and he remembered that the incident didn't attract any outsider, which could only mean one thing.
'The beast mole cricket can direct the sound wave to a particular target, if such high decibel of sound is emitted around, I think it would have attracted many people at that time'
But the matter at that time is that it was due to a punishment quest that made the system sniff out a mutant beast as at that time.
Marcus could remember the threat he received when the system had threatened him that it would emit cricket pheromones from his body.
The thought made some bead of sweat form on Marcus' face, now it was just some quest without punishment, it seemed the system had no reason to do so.
Marcus scrutinized the screen floating in front of him but couldn't see any arrow guide that pointed in any direction, the particular arrow guide that guided him to the location of the beast mole cricket.
"We are here!"
Chen Hao alerted while Wei Long stopped the damaged car and all of them alighted.
'I guess I will have to check the independent Awakened association website and apply to join some strike squad'
'But it goes without saying that since I'm rankless, I will have the smallest share'
Marcus navigated into the website and saw many red signals go off signaling locations that have become colonies of mutant beasts, details were also under them signifying the number of mutant beasts, their grades, the strike squad member requirements, and some other details.
'Let's get this done with and go level up'
Marcus gazed up at the signboard beside the large hospital.
It goes without saying that other underlings will also earn him some XP apart from the Area Boss.
From the information Marcus has heard about numbered areas, for a mutant beast to become an Area Boss, it must be powerful, and intelligent along with some other features needed to rule, some are even capable of human speech although not fluent.
But what gnawed at the depth of his mind was that he would have to defeat the Area Boss for the quest to be completed.
'Which means I will have to find a strike squad that is too full of themselves, overconfident ones such that their confidence has overshadowed their ability to gauge enemies strength'
Well, it wasn't an uncommon thing especially in independent Awakened associations formed by powerful clans, in the strike squad formed, the unit commander is usually a member of the clan, and after the clan has paid for the right to raid a numbered area to government, it is posted on the website and anyone willing to join the raid will apply.
Marcus pocketed his phone and stepped into the hospital.
In Marcus' eyes, it was like yesterday, he could remember visiting this place clearly the day before the mutation event, and without much deliberation, he walked toward the ward he believed his mom was, and of course, the same goes with Mei Ling and Chen Hao, only Wei Long stayed in the car.
As some nurses passed by, their gaze was particularly on Chen Hao.
After all, it was a common thing for Awakened to attract a lot of attention anywhere they went, not to mention the obvious weapon crafted from a beast that Chen Hao had with him—his crossbow.
As Marcus wanted to open the door to the room his mom was in, the door was also opened by someone inside, and controlling his step in time since his hand was already on the door handle, he was able to prevent his falling and bumping into the person that opened the door from inside.
'Huh? I thought I had bumped into someone, is this the result of agility stat?'
Marcus turned his gaze forward and then it landed on someone familiar.
"Excuse me, who are you people?"
A slim beautiful lady in a nurse uniform scrutinized the three people in front of her and tilted her head in confusion.
'This is my mom's attendant, why doesn't she recognize me?'
Marcus was just as confused as the nurse. It wasn't even up to half a year, and the nurse hadn't changed in the slightest, the same applied to him, at least that was what he thought.