Chapter 7
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[Ding! You have absorbed 0.032 (G3) Energy from 10 Cyanobacteria!]
[Ding! You have absorbed 0.025 (G3) Energy from 10 Cyanobacteria!]
[Ding! You have reached a point of Energy Overflow! Would you like to proceed with the process?]
"Yeah, I would love to."
With this simple response serving as the only necessary confirmation, Astaroth saw a bright flash of light spread throughout his massively stretching slime body. Promptly closing his eyes, he patiently waited for the zoom-out and size manipulation process to come to a close.
As soon as he felt the unusually tingly sensation leave his body, Astaroth opened his eyes and observed a world far more vibrant than the last one.
It was becoming abundantly clear that with evolution, more and more sophisticated changes happened the higher up you climbed the evolution chain.
In this case, the multi-colored Cyanobacteria were replaced with peanut-shaped Eukaryotic Cells. The first Complex Single-Celled Organisms!
Having reached a stage where they were capable of having a shape that wasn't just a slightly deformed circle, the eukaryotic cells tended to lean toward the pear or peanut shape. In other words, this was the first occurrence of actual, visible evolution!
For this reason alone, Astaroth was excited beyond belief, prompting him to pull up his system interface right away!
BLING!
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{[Infinite Energy System]}
[Host: Astaroth]
[Evolution Stage: Eukaryotic Cell] - [0/1 Energy (G4)]
[Evolution Area: Complexity Dominion]
[Energy Level: 6] - [0/1 Energy (G4)]
[Energy Storage: 0/100 (G4)] (Rapidly restoring)
{[Current Energy Abilities:]}
[Level 0: (Minor Spatial Movement), (Minor Energy Absorption)]
[Level 1: (Minor Spatial Displacement), (Minor Energy Flow)]
[Level 2: (Omni-Directional Movement), (Greater Energy Flow)]
[Level 3: (Magnetic Levitation), (Multi-Target Energy Absorption), (Super Energy Flow)]
[Level 4: (Fully directional Levitation), (Mega Energy Flow), (Full-Body Absorption)]
[Level 5: (Oxygen Traverse), (Giga Energy Flow), (Rapid Split Body Absorption), (Mass Control)]
[Level 6: (Nuclear Hovering), (Nucleus Empowerment), (Centari Split Body Absorption), (Extreme Mass Control)]
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"Oh? A new set of abilities, and then my Energy counter has been reduced once more," he sighed. "Still, it is nice to see that Grade counter going up. Very satisfying."
After brooding for a moment, Astaroth looked around himself, attempting to find something to munch on.
Everything was absolutely massive and looked more like Continents than snacks, but after finding a bright blue peanut-shaped Eukaryotic Cell, he activated |Nuclear Hovering|.
Similar to the previous level 5 movement skill, this one was essentially an all-directional skill that allowed him to move wherever he pleased in this dimension.
"Speaking of the dimension… It does appear that I have finally left the Singularity Biome. Entering the 'Complexity Dominion', I do feel as if I am close to leaving the microverse altogether. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.".
Putting these thoughts behind him, Astaroth outstretched a tentacle covered in a slight spark of nuclear energy. He then made contact with the monumental complex microorganism and began to absorb some of its energy.
However, not satisfied with just one slimy sucking tendril, he used |Centari Body Split Absorption| and conjured up exactly one hundred more slime appendages!
At this moment, Astaroth looked nothing short of an extraterrestrial alien absorbing the nutrients from a poor, innocent Eukaryotic Cell!
In a way, that wasn't an incorrect assumption. But still…
Ignoring his own subconscious, Astaroth focused entirely on the increase in body size, improvement to energy storage, and, of course, the system notifications.
[Ding! You have absorbed 0.1 (G4) Energy from one hundred different spots of an Eukaryotic Cell!]
[Ding! You have absorbed 0.1 (G4) Energy from one hundred different spots of an Eukaryotic Cell!]
[Ding! You have absorbed 0.1 (G4) Energy from one hundred different spots of an Eukaryotic Cell!]
[Ding! You have…]
After a total of ten of these rang out, Astaroth's size grew exponentially, achieving astronomical rates of growth within mere moments!
After the zoom out and expansion of perspective were done and over with, Astaroth became the same size as one of these eukaryotic cells. Immediately, he took a glance at his system interface, and this was what he saw.
[Ding! The Host has just gone through a special, rare Energy Overflow. Contrary to the ones before, this one does not come with any abilities. It can be considered 'Level 6.5' and more of the real Level 6 than the actual Level 6.]
[Ding! Notice how you weren't the same size as even the smallest of Eukaryotic Cells. This is because the host's previous evolutionary phase was unable to handle the stress from such a qualitative and sudden evolution. Level 6.5 is the real Level 6.]
"So it's like this… not bad."
Astaroth made his comment, then he looked around at all his fellow brethren and said, "Won't you allow me to try out a few things?" Even though he knew damn well they couldn't refuse anything that he said…
{[Info on new Abilities]}
[Level 6 Abilities:]
[Nuclear Hovering (Active)] - (Can now traverse the Complexity Dominion at the user's leisure.)
[Nucleus Empowerment (Active)] - (Making use of the nucleus stored within the slimy body of the host, he can empower himself with slight amounts of Nuclear Energy. Will allow the host to push away and fend off hostile microorganisms.)
[Centari Split Body Absorption (Active)] - (Can split up one's cell-like body one hundred times and absorb an equal amount of Energy across all appendages.)
[Extreme Mass Control (Passive)] - (The host can now control the energy contained within his body to a certain extent. Can release this energy outward in small bursts. The host's body will become far more suitable for being able to utilize energy in other formats.)
[Current Energy Absorption Boost: x36 times x18 times x108 = x69,984]
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