You are now Burning. You will lose 3 HP every second.
WAIT WHAT???
OWWW!! My insides feel like they are being ripped apart!! Why did I have to gain the ability Nervous System? This is seriously painful!
I am losing three health every second? But… I only have a maximum of five health! There is no way I can survive this!
You have reached 0 HP. You will now survive off Willpower.
OH! I forgot about Willpower! Maybe I read Willpower incorrectly, and I can survive for a lot longer!
Status! Quick!
Status Name: Holden STR 1.5 Age: 10 minutes AGI 2.2 Race: Bacteria INT 72.0 Planet: Larth Luck -100.0 Sex: N/A END 4.4 Affliction: Burning Magic Resist 4.4 EXP: 0/1 Level: 1 Mana Regen: .1/hr Mana: 1/1 HP Regen: 0/hr HP: 0/5 WP Regen: 2/hr Willpower: 49/100 Abilities: Sentience (LV 1), Nervous System, Titles: The "Prodigy"
No... I read it correctly. My WP is dropping so fast I will probably die in a few seconds.
You have gained the ability Fire Resistance (LV 1)
Not like that matters. I'm still dying.
Well, who cares. I was reborn as a stupid organism. Maybe God will let me reincarnate as something useful this time. And hopefully I won't be born into fire.
Fire Resistance (LV 1) -> Fire Resistance (LV 2)
Time to brace myself for death... Goodbye world...
...
...
...
AS IF!!!
I WILL NOT DIE HERE! If I die here, I let the die win (heh)! Who cares if I am just a stupid bacteria! I have an identity! And that identity is someone who would never lose to some stupid burning status!
Due to your intense determination to not die, your Willpower will regen at a rate of 5 WP per second.
For the next few hours, I was in a state of utter pain and strife. Every second I felt like termites were chewing my organs, and what little vison I had was clouded by a dark shade of red. I felt my body writhe and convulse in agony. My only thing that kept me afloat was my mantra - "I will not die. I will not die." I repeated that for the next few hours, and the pain became less and less until it, all of a sudden, just disappeared.
*pant* *pant* *pant*
If I had lungs, I'm pretty sure they would be raisins by now...
Despite the redness in my vision the past few hours, I occasionally saw some blue boxes appear, but I just ignored them. Now that the pain is gone, I can finally check what they had to say.
Fire Resistance (LV 2) -> Fire Resistance (LV 3)
Fire Resistance (LV 3) -> Fire Resistance (LV 4)
Fire Resistance (LV 4) -> Fire Resistance (LV 5)
Fire Resistance (LV 5) -> Fire Resistance (LV 6)
Fire Resistance (LV 6) -> Fire Resistance (LV 7)
Fire Resistance (LV 7) -> Fire Resistance (LV 8)
Fire Resistance (LV 8) -> Fire Resistance (LV 9)
Fire Resistance (LV 9) -> Fire Resistance (LV 10)
Fire Resistance (LV 10) -> Fire Immunity (LV 1)
Congratulations! Due to your ability, Fire Immunity (LV 1), you are now able to evolve into a different type of bacteria - an Archaea! Do you accept?
Yes No
My first evolution came so soon? Well, it isn't that big of a jump from a regular bacteria, but still, I will definitely take it!
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YES!
Congratulations! You are now an Archaea, a thermophilic type of bacteria who lives in places like extremely acidic hot springs, volcanic cracks, and other extreme places! Your ideal temperature is 250 degrees Fahrenheit, or 121 degrees Celcius! Archaea grow by absorbing certain types of chemicals! Your MP and HP have been restored.
You have gained the title Thermophile
You have gained the title The One Who Refuses to Die
Well, not too amazing of an evolution, but all I had to do to get it was go through several hours of extremely painful torture, leaving me with a scar that will remain with me for the rest of eternity. So yeah, pretty fair trade.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure I know what Thermophile does, but what does this new title, The One Who Refuses to Die, do?
The One Who Refuses to Die This organism has an extremely strong will to live, and therefore, their WP regen is doubled.
Current WP regen increase: 2 WP/hr -> 4 WP/hr
That’s pretty dang useful! Although now it is only an extra two Willpower per hour, if I ever manage to raise my WP Regen, it will be extremely helpful.
Now that I have the issue of my environment out of the way, I think it is high time I start to gain experience to try to level up.
So with my flagelly, I try to wave it around to push myself around.
Surprisingly, it actually works. I guess all that flailing around when I was dying in the river actually became useful!
Every now and then, I get a notification telling me that my agility has increased, and I am assuming it is around 2.5 now. Not too big of an increase, but hey, I'll take it.
Suddenly... I sense something huge. I shift my body in the direction of it.
It's hard to explain this, but I sort of try to concentrate really hard, and two blue boxes popped up.
You have gained the ability Identify (LV 1)
Identify Name: N̷̡̛̈́̈̏͊͘͜/̴̻̓͒A̵̟̱̩͎̬̒́̎̿̚͜ STR̷̡̛̼̤̣̻͙͆̈̄͛ 6.2 Age: Ṋ̸̠̺͎͐̍͗/̸̠̯͇̣̦̒̆̎͂̇̆̌͝Ȧ̴̛̜͙̭̤͖͙͌ AGI 4.5 Race: A̴̧͙̠̗͆́͌͊͆͝r̸̪̃͊̐c̷̺̲͒̔ͅh̶͙̳̘̪̍̋͆̓$̷̧̪͓̒͊̚ą̴̢̻̠̮̦̊̓̅̾́̄e̷̗̰̓͂ȧ̸̖̝̙͎̏͗̄ INT 0.0 Planet: Ṋ̸̠̺͎͐̍͗/̸̠̯͇̣̦̒̆̎͂̇̆̌͝Ȧ̴̛̜͙̭̤͖͙͌ Luck 32.0 Sex: N̷̡̛̈́̈̏͊͘͜/̴̻̓͒A̵̟̱̩͎̬̒́̎̿̚͜ END̸͖͙͈͙̟̉ 8.9 Affliction: N̷̡̛̈́̈̏͊͘͜/̴̻̓͒A̵̟̱̩͎̬̒́̎̿̚͜ Magic Resist 4.4 Level: 1 Mana: 1/1 HP: 17/17
This Archaea...
IS TOO BROKEN!!!
Putting aside the glitchy text, I was able to understand the basics of what the Identify skill was saying- This organism is way to powerful.
Despite all that, I "looked" him straight into his "eyes," with a feeling of stubbornness and "said,"
"Hey kid. You best be getting out of here, or else I'm going to hafta destroy you."
Then, I lunged at him and destroyed him.
...
Honestly though, I ran away as soon as I saw the identify screen.
How does a bacteria get that powerful? Am I missing something??
Maybe it has something to do with all the little things that keep trying to attack me... What are they?
Identify A microscopic piece of sulfur
Wait a second... Didn't the evolution screen tell me that archaea grow by consuming certain types of chemicals? If I remembercorrectly, sulfur is a type of ingredient used in a lot of different potions... Maybe if I consume these small things I can grow!
I sort of, create a mouth with my body? I don't really know how to explain it, I guess I just allowed the sulfur particles to come into my body.
END +1
HP +1
... Time to do some grinding!