Raptor One – Chapter 19
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Waking up from sleep i feel my stomach empty and my blood vessel extremely weak.
*OP: The feeling is due to low nanite in storage, remember that nanite is now your blood and your way of feeding, but your senses when assimilating things are not blocked, so make sure to feed on things that will not make you displeased like assimilating a human, but if there is no other way of keeping yourself active... Advice if consuming humanoid biomatter is necessary, try to convert the biomatter into a less unpleasant form like nutrient cube, this will help keep your sanity.*
Da, thanks for the info.
I get up from the sofa and go into the direction of the kitchen and open the containers to see if there is food inside.
Surprisingly i do find some canned food and powder like food, taking a look i see the powder like food is the famous pancake powder, looking at the canned food i do not see the content as it’s label is destroyed by time, not sure about the contents inside.
For some motive i still can’t scan anything, but i try while being in contact with the can and it works.
*NP: Can of beef, durability 25%, spoilage time left 5 years, age 295 years.*
What the? That's technology for you, system, advanced scan on can life time.
*NP: Can of beef metal have long corrosion time that acts from outside to inside, while preservation liquid have complex yet simple chemical makeup that allow for product to keep fresh for long periods of time.*
Wow, wish I'd have the blueprint of the two.
*OP: You can get it’s blueprint if you can get in contact with it, for metals just direct contact are enough, but for the liquid inside you need to open the can and get you finger inside so the backup nanites can identify and copy the process and recreate the blueprint, collect metal blueprint? Yes or No.*
Da.
As the blueprint is recreated i look at the stove to see if it’s working, and find it’s broken, but after some looking i find the problem.
Looking around i see some more electronic apliances so i start looking at it to find the parts i need.
After some look i do find the electronic components needed, a dead mini capacitor, but no charger.
*OP: Blueprint complete, awaiting for Host to start recreating the Anti Spoilage Liquid blueprint.*
I place the can of beef in a table beside the components and the pancake mix and go into the living area to search for a charger or components to make one.
After more searching and some scavenging i do find a broken charger, after some looking i find it have minimal damage but it is not in any condition to charge, not that it can with no energy.
Placing it beside the rest on the table i start looking on the kitchen again, now trying to scavenge for tools, my stomach complaining about the lack of nanites and the slugish feeling don’t help, but after some looking i do find the components to repair the charger and convert it into a hand crank charger.
This little engine in my hands is pretty monstrous for a simple electronic tool, did the old world people not have anywhere to use this guy and decided to use it for civilian use? This little buddy have enough power to even fire a .38 kinetic revolver!
Anyway, with all the components i need in hand i repair the oven, remove the broken capacitor from it and start repairing and modifying the charger into a hand crank charger.
As i finish the task i am famished, but still need to charge the dead mini capacitor before i can start making food... ugh...
With my body working with reluctance i plug the dead mini capacitor and start cranking, not even a minute later the mini capacitor gives me a life signal as it light up in red.
With the mini capacitor working i know I'm not doing useless work so i keep cranking.
It took me 30 minutes of hand work to fill the little guy up, how do i know the time it took? I counted it, boredom can do wonders i laugh.
The sound of laugh, deep, cold, hostile, distant, and angry with a hint of dread inducing because of the mask rings out.
“Was that my own voice?” i say out loud not believing only to hear it again, confirming my shock.
“Rip, my social life, hello, permanently angry slash dread inducing me.... Sigh...” I say out loud, just to have a final confirmation as my sigh release four jets of red smoke, i may look like a angry asura, don’t want to think how I'll look when i activate ‘Wrath overdrive’.
The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.
Taking the mini capacitor and a pan i place the pan on the oven, plug in the mini capacitor, open the can of beef, place it on the pan and light it up.
As i watch the beef get cooked i place my finger again in the anti spoilage liquid, system, do it.
*OP: Recreating anti spoilage liquid blueprint.*
After a minute of waiting and watching i hear the system, and a not so welcome sound of door being smacked.
*OP: Blueprint complete*
I place the can down and with a swipe the liquid leaves my finger, i give the beef a look to see if it’s not burning, but as I'm cooking in low heat i see it will take some time before the cooking parts need flipping.
I go to the door and see a peephole, i try looking into it and manage to see a lone infected outside, the wall showing a fungal bed just the other side of the door.
“That’s why you showed up huh, no meat for you buddy.” i say as i open the door.
The infected tries to rush past me but my body glow in bright red lines as i give it’s face a bitch slap, making the male infected fly off into the wall where it came out.
Looking at the male infected i see it’s not moving, my eyes catch no air entering or leaving him, the bitch slap must have broken it’s neck spine, so i close the door again accidentally destroying the handle of the door as i close it.
“Woops.” I say looking at the handle on my hand as i go to the oven throwing the handle over my shoulder and looking at my body lit up in bright red lines that take almost all of my left side while on my right only my arm is lit up, the lines on my right arm independent from the other lines, looking at a mirror shard i see my left eye have a scar like line passing over my it as it emits red smoke but don’t affect my vision, then i see the four tubes on my mask have lost 10% of it’s liquid.
I give a sigh, four jets of red smoke leaving my mask as i calm down a little, the lines fading away like it never existed.
“Well... i do look like a angry asura with ‘Wrath overdrive’ active eh... Haha.” I chuckle as i flip the beef over.
Now i know how to use my new infected ability, not bad... i think as i lean on the table as i watch the beef cook as my stomach protests at the deny of food.
Soon the beef is fully cooked, and two more infected bitch slapped to re-death, so i pick it up and...
How do i eat it with this pressure mask?
*OP: Please place your hand into the front of the four tubes, that will sink the front inward and enable the mask to depressurize, this action will unlock the mask’s mouth locker, enjoy the food.*
Oh, so that’s how it’s done...
Hearing the advice i use my free hand and place my fingers in the front of the four tubes, the sound of click is clear as the red jet of smoke leave from behind the tubes as i feel the mask loose pressure, seconds later i hear another click, my mouth now feeling the sensation of being free again... and the desire to bite someone... wait, what?
*OP: That’s the downside of being infected with 'Zedspore', if your organic parts don’t get inhibitor after some time you will start losing body control, please stay at maximum of five minutes depressurized, any longer and bad situation may happen.*
Sure...
Opening my mouth i take a bite out of the beef, there is no salt nor condiments in it but it taste great as i continue to eat the beef.
Finishing the last bite i close my mouth the sound of a click and feeling of compressed inhibitor entering my lungs as i feel relieved at not feeling asphyxiated anymore.
Looking at the pan on the oven then at the pancake mix powder on the table my mind starts racing as i think of a way to eat more tasty food while i still have a chance, and i come to a conclusion, prepare yourself and get what you need, while remembering where you are staying or mark the area for easy locating.
With that in mind i know what i need.
The basic’s are: Bottle, preferably one that does not break, the mini capacitor, and the hand crank charger, but i will need something to keep it on me as i am nude at the moment.
Looking at the room i remember the sofa, as it is make of durable fabric that did not go bad until now, with it i can make a makeshift belt to carry what i need.
Going to the sofa i use my small claws to cut stripes from the back rest of the sofa, getting four big stripes of fabric.
Returning to the table with the stripes i place it on it and start searching for a bottle, after searching high and low i do manage to find a pretty dirty plastic bottle, don’t know what type of plastic this was made but it did survive for a long time here.
“I won’t consume the dirt on this thing.” i mutter to myself as i think of a way to get this clean.
*OP: Assimilation is not needed to clean things, the nanites can and will separate unwanted matter and biomatter before assimilation, that enables the host to clean objects with no need to assimilate, no cost on nanites unless disrupted.*
Thanks for the info.
With my hand releasing a small nanite tentacle i use it to clean the plastic bottle as it separates the dirt and other things and to my surprise also sterilize the plastic bottle and it’s cap too.
With a wave of my hand the nanite tentacle launch the dirt into a wall, the force cracking it.
“Wow.” I look with interest before placing the cap on the bottle and placing it on the table too, i did not forget to retrieve the used nanites.
Okay, we got some loose metal, some electronic components, a hand crank charger, a clean 500ml bottle, four long fabric stripes, and a mini capacitor that’s in use...
Nanite storage at... 750 units of 4000.
Not bad but also not good, i got a day of energy and some food that i can’t just use yet because i lack water...
Well, for now let’s use a single fabric stripe as a belt, that done i get a piece of loose metal of the right size and with ‘Wrath overdrive’ i bend it into a clip so it can be placed on the belt, that done i cut a small piece of fabric and combine the clip and the bottle, now with a portable water bottle i place it on my belt.
Using the rest of the cut fabric i pack up the hand crank charger with a knot and make two more clips so i can place the mini capacitor and charger on my belt.
What rest on the table are two pieces of long fabric stripes, electronic components and a pancake mix, the oven is off as i got and hung the mini capacitor on my waist belt.
Going out of the room was easy even with no nanite, just needed to do a simple repair on the handle, nothing a simple piece of loose metal can’t do.
Looking around i see the corpse of three infected...
“Why is it always three?” i mutter in confusion before getting the thought out of the head and started consuming the fungal growth around me.
As the nanites was returning i see the system talk to me again.
*OP: Don’t worry about your body upgrade for now, you need to get enough nanites to liberate ‘Harvest Protocol’ as it will double your assimilation ratio, and with the knowledge of extraction technology it can be further enhanced, if you get the good, or bad luck of finding a alpha candidate, it can be used as a catalyst to double your conversion ratio, and it all stacks with each other.*
Thanks for the info, but the alpha candidate do sound a little problematic... in many ways...
Looking at the wall where the fungal bed was once located i use my claws to mark it with a clawed X and place the three dead infected slumped on it before going right in this corridor looking for signs of rooms like restaurants or offices as they normally got water dispensers, that thing never get old, just adjusted.
As i pass the corridors and see I'm in a residential floor i do find a open area with stairs up and down, looking at the edge as i place my hand on the arm rails i see this is... Huge, more or less... seven floors?
Looking back at the wall i see something covered in fungal growth that i almost missed, cleaning it with nanites i find out it’s a sector map of this part of the building, it’s pretty rusty but i do manage to find that the office area is just a floor up.
“Sigh...” i close my eyes and lean on the wall as i let my mind de-stress, as my ears twitch ready to announce the closest infected to me...
Status:
Health: On Duty.
Day: ? (Brightdawn?) Month: 12?
Age: 16 (Legal adult)
Credits: 10050 (No change.)
Nanite storage: 900 units (Max 4000 units, 500u Needed per day)
Abilities:
Omega Protocol: Unlocked.
Path 1:
Alpha Protocol: 0% Decoded.
Path 2:
Scavenger Protocol: Unlocked.
Harvest Protocol: 0% Decoded.