From Ant to Abyssal Demon

Chapter 4: First Skill: Enhanced Mandibles!

[Feeding… gained 2 experience…]

[Feeding… gained 5 experience…]

[Ding! You devoured the green worm’s corpse, obtained 1 Green Worm Gene.]

[Feeding… gained 1 experience…]

As Su Bai continued to eat, the green worm’s corpse quickly diminished, and his attribute panel refreshed with a large amount of text.

At the same time, a warm sensation spread from within Su Bai’s body.

This was a sign of evolution!

In the past few days, every time he consumed a certain amount of food, a warm current would flow through Su Bai’s body. After this, his four-dimensional attributes would increase to varying degrees.

Because of this, his attributes had increased tenfold in just a few days, reaching the limit of an ant.

Unlike before, this time the warm current from his body was much stronger and more enduring. Perhaps after devouring this green worm’s corpse, his attributes would officially surpass the limits of the ant species!

The text on the attribute panel continued to refresh.

Su Bai’s eating speed also increased.

The green worm’s corpse, several times larger than him, was diminishing visibly.

Finally.

When Su Bai finished the last remnants of the green worm’s corpse, a voice echoed in his mind again.

[Acquired sufficient experience…]

[Acquired genes from a different species…]

[Attributes reached species limit…]

[Species evolution conditions met.]

[This evolution will last ten minutes. Ensure the surrounding environment is safe.]

[Begin evolution?]

As these messages echoed in his mind, the warm current inside Su Bai had grown to an unbearable level. He felt as if his black carapace was about to be melted by the heat.

“Turns out it’s an evolution, not just growth…”

With this thought in mind, Su Bai hurriedly chose to begin the evolution.

Then, the warm current exploded throughout his body, and Su Bai felt a blackness overcome his vision as he lost consciousness.

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“Move…

“…Eat?”

He didn’t know how long had passed before Su Bai woke from his slumber.

The first thing he saw was a small black ant, with dozens of semi-solid balls placed densely in front of it.

“It’s you.”

With just one glance, Su Bai recognized it.

This small black ant was the worker ant that had been feeding him. Possibly because his evolution had succeeded and his body had grown again, this worker ant seemed particularly small, only half his size.

Seeing Su Bai wake up, the black worker ant pushed the semi-solid balls towards him, releasing several scents.

“Eat…

“Not hungry…

“Alive…”

Su Bai had returned to the cave where he was born.

Looking at the little worker ant in front of him and the larvae food laid out before him, he quickly deduced what had happened after he fainted.

He chose to evolve and passed out in the main tunnel of the ant nest. This worker ant found him and painstakingly dragged him back to this cave.

With its simple intelligence, it probably thought he had fainted from hunger and brought a lot of larvae food to him.

A wave of emotion surged in Su Bai’s heart.

“Thank you, I’m alright now.”

Gently touching the worker ant with his antennae, Su Bai silently expressed his gratitude.

“Eat…

“Eat…”

The small worker ant released the scent again, pushing the larvae food towards Su Bai.

After watching the small worker ant for a moment, Su Bai grabbed a ball with his mandibles: “Alright, I’ll eat.”

After successfully evolving, larvae food no longer had any effect on Su Bai, providing no experience, only serving to fill his stomach. Yet, Su Bai felt this larvae food was more precious than the green worm’s corpse.

As he ate the larvae food, Su Bai’s body, hungry from the evolution, was revitalized.

Seeing Su Bai start to eat, the small worker ant wiggled its antennae and left the cave.

Su Bai wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he felt the small worker ant seemed smarter than before…

After finishing the larvae food, Su Bai opened his attribute panel.

Only then did he have the presence of mind to check the changes after his evolution.

[Ding! Your rank has increased.]

[You have gained a skill selection opportunity.]

The first thing that popped up was a skill selection.

With the first rank increase, Su Bai gained two skill options: 【Enhanced Mandibles】 and 【Enhanced Carapace】, from which he could choose one.

[Enhanced Mandibles: Passive skill. Choosing this skill will make your mandibles stronger and sharper, allowing you to easily cut through previously indestructible objects and food.]

[Enhanced Carapace: Passive skill. Choosing this skill will make your carapace tougher, able to withstand more hits, increasing your survival chances against enemies.]

Without much hesitation, Su Bai chose Enhanced Mandibles.

With the support of the ant nest, he wouldn’t encounter too powerful enemies in the short term, so his safety was relatively assured.

More importantly, the Enhanced Mandibles skill perfectly complemented his Devour Evolution talent, allowing him to consume more and higher-quality food, accelerating his evolution.

After choosing the skill, the results of this evolution were displayed on Su Bai’s panel.

A much more sophisticated attribute panel than before!