After about half an hour, Fluffy's belly finally returned to normal, and at least its limbs could touch the ground again.
Seeing that Fluffy had regained its vitality, Benjamin felt that [Low-level Zombie Essence] should have been absorbed almost completely, so he brought up Fluffy's attribute panel.
For creatures with a contract with their contractors, such as pets, mounts, servants, permanent summons, etc., the contractor can directly call up the attribute panel to view detailed information.
Name: Fluffy
Origin: Genetic Laboratory, Domain of Extraordinary Monsters.
Race: Genetically Fused Creature
HP: 100% (CON x 10)
MP: 50 (INT x 10)
STR: 5
AGI: 5
CON: 5
INT: 5
CHARM: 10
LUCK: 1
Talent 1: [Camouflage] Hairball creature III can change colour to blend in with its surroundings.
Talent 2: [Genetic Compatibility] Hairball creature III has excellent genetic compatibility and can withstand the adverse reactions (not strong) caused by genetic fusion. It can only fuse with one gene.
Introduction: A by-product of researching genetically synthesized combat animals. After careful feeding by its owner, it has undergone considerable changes.
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After reading the information on the panel, Benjamin made a satisfied evaluation: ‘Perfect, this works.’
This enhancement of Fluffy has just consumed 60 [Low-level Zombie Essence], not a piece more and not a piece less, just enough to bring all of Fluffy's attributes that can be enhanced to the limit that [Low-level Zombie Essence] can achieve.
Most importantly, Fluffy's [Genetic Compatibility] talent has changed.
The original introduction to this talent was that Fluffy could not withstand the adverse reactions produced during the gene fusion process, but now it has become as long as the response is not strong.
This is no small improvement and the two CON points Fluffy has gained play a crucial role.
Although the panel indicates that only one gene can be fused, for Benjamin this is more than enough.
Originally, the main purpose of this improvement was to allow Fluffy to fuse [Flesh Devouring Genes].
This would give it extraordinary power, which would be a very good result, whether it be improving its combat ability or survivability.
However, with Fluffy's appearance, the improvement in combat ability is likely to be close to nothing.
But that's fine, as long as it has extraordinary power, Benjamin won't have to spend any of his energy protecting it during every battle. It might even be able to help in other ways.
For example... Well, Benjamin can't think of anything for the time being.
Benjamin took out the [Flesh Devouring] Gene, which had been gathering dust in the storage space, and which was a mysterious purple liquid that was slowly flowing by itself in the syringe.
At this moment, Benjamin encountered a question that he had never thought about before:
‘Should I give you an intravenous or intramuscular injection?’
This caused Benjamin to have a problem, because Fluffy is a genetically synthesized organism, and he didn't know whether the physiological structure of genetically synthesized organisms was the same as that of real organisms.
In the end, Benjamin chose to treat Fluffy as a small mammal in the real world and prepared to give it an intramuscular injection.
As for why he didn't use an intravenous injection?
The thing is covered in hair, so how would he find a vein?
Moreover, Fluffy takes great care of his fur. Whenever Benjamin tries to shave him, his inexplicably heightened senses help him instantly escape Benjamin's reach.
His movements are even more AGI than when he catches mice.
In short, his hairstyle must not be messed with, even if his head is to be cut off or his blood is to be drained.
Benjamin has no experience injecting anyone, but that doesn't matter because he's not going to inject Tangyuan with [Flesh Devouring Gene]. After all, with Fluffy's 5 CON, he's not going to die from a needle in the butt.
From the moment Benjamin took out the strange syringe, Fluffy had been preparing for it, and the mood became tense.
In order to make the injection go smoothly, Benjamin tried to distract Fluffy first, then took the opportunity to aim at its butt and jabbed it.
‘Now we'll see how it works.’
Benjamin deliberately cleared a clean space for Fluffy and thoughtfully bound it to the centre area with [Spider Silk] to prevent Fluffy from moving around and getting hurt if it had any adverse reactions.
In fact, he was mainly worried that Fluffy would become delirious and pounce on him. If that happened, would he hit it? Or hit it? Or hit it?
Don't let Fluffy get half-killed by him when he's not even reacting badly.
Well, it's all for Fluffy's good.
Speaking of Fluffy, he was completely confused by Benjamin's rough injection technique and the annoying operation of tying him up in the open space.
Because Benjamin's actions only took less than 10 seconds in total, they were like flowing water and done in one go.
This made Fluffy, who had been arranged clearly, a bit suspicious of the beast, but what made him more suspicious of the beast was still to come.
About a minute after the [Flesh Devouring] Gene injection, Fluffy began to show signs of a negative reaction, which proved that the extraordinary gene was beginning to merge with
Fluffy's original genes.
Fluffy's originally round body began to deform, and from time to time, tumours and growths would appear on its surface, occasionally inflating like a balloon.
The intense pain made Fluffy's face contort with agony, and although it wanted to roll around on the ground to ease the pain, it was bound by the Spider Silk and could only lie there, howling.
Later, even the hair that he valued so highly began to change. The slender, supple hairs straightened one by one, making Fluffy look like a deformed hedgehog with its rainbow effect.
Benjamin watched with clenched teeth, then stuffed a can into his mouth... The scene was so exciting that he didn't dare blink.
The strange metamorphosis continued for nearly an hour before it ended, and the supermarket area fell silent again.
In the end, Fluffy was so exhausted that he collapsed on the ground, his eyes white and foaming at the mouth. It looked as if he was about to ascend to heaven in the same place.
Benjamin picked Fluffy up from the sweat-soaked ground, roughly dried his fur with a towel from the shelf, and then placed him on the animal skin spread out nearby to rest.
‘You've worked hard,’
After about five minutes, Fluffy opened his dazed eyes and looked disoriented.
Even tolerable side effects can still weaken Fluffy like this, which shows how difficult it is to give an ordinary pet extraordinary power.
Benjamin gave Fluffy some water to drink, and then opened two tins of meat and placed them in front of him.
Seeing Fluffy, who had regained his spirits, hugging the can and starting to eat voraciously, Benjamin felt much relieved. Although he occasionally abused Fluffy, Benjamin still didn't want Fluffy to encounter any danger.
There was no other way but to inject him with the extraordinary gene. If he didn't have extraordinary power, he wouldn't be able to keep up with Benjamin, and he might get killed in a fight.
This was the reality in Reincarnation Space: everything was based on strength. The weaker you were, the more likely you were to encounter dangers that were impossible to resist.
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