When i leapt into it I thought that i would instantly fuse with it but according to the system:

Congratulations; you have “gained” the mutated mythic hive world, however it should be noted that with constellations above rare rank often have something special about them that is another part of the “gaining” process, death is not uncommon in this process so the system would like to give the user a little help: enemies defeated will give you exp points. Also the creatures will naturally drop some crystals or shards of various types and other items to help. Also you have been put into the first safe room, you may continue on your path to claim the entirety of this constellation through the only tunnel in the room .

I nodded. I understood it was like a dungeon that I had to conquer to reach my reward. I looked around and saw that I was still able to see the sky i tried to stand up, only to find that it was harder than what i expected, not from the tunnel being to small, but from gravity being a lot stronger than what was normal in the first place i decided to try to get accustomed to it before i go, unless i am entirely mistaken i have a time limit and i really need to not lose, i don’t know if dying to someone other than the hunter’s will end the test but i don’t want to be the laughing stock if it does, ugh i can hear them now “Ha ha, the weak little being died on the FIRST DAY he is so pathetic” (A/N: as you may have noticed MC does not like to failing or failure in general, it kinda gives him anxiety). So anyway once i thought i got the hang of it i exited the safe room and entered the hallway it was not very bright in the tunnel but enough to see by, once i got to the end of the hallway i entered a somewhat round room with other tunnels there were other doorways with different symbols and one Giant door at the far end in the middle was what looked to be a well with eight glowing gems in the middle, using my gamer sense (which i have to admit is not the best some of the time) I have to defeat certain enemies or find certain keys inside.

I approached one that had a blue symbol above it and tried to listen to it… and heard nothing, go figure, if my guess is correct once i pass the doorway, something will happen, probably not something extremely bad but i won't be able to get back out until i am done so i look back around and see a green green symbol door, it is probably a wind related one, the bugs might be fast but there is also the fact that it might be weaker on the defence side. I decided to check my inventory and my eyes settled on the egg and the rubber band. I had been super curious about what these items were so I checked the rubber band and got a shock.

Band of PermaBinding (Used) (the system has deemed it necessary to tell you that the binding does not carry over into the next test or the one after).

Abilities:

Binding: does as the name suggests; only works on monster or animal eggs Uses left: 1/3 (will be destroyed when it reaches 0/3).

Yup that’s right it does exactly what you thought it would be doing, but back to the egg. I tried to check it, aaand found that it could only be taken out of the system. So i did and then immediately used the band on it, it immediately lost its luster and broke with a almost cartoonish *twang* and then the egg hatched and… i was lost for words, it was a beautiful… insect… somehow i think that this is going to be either very interesting or extremely embarrassing so i named it Crikey (you’ll see why) and looked at the things stats and realized i kinda struck the jackpot.

Pet’s status: Alive (happy)

Name: Crikey

Owned by: Dominic

Days survived: -\

Species: Gold-Gilded Swarmer Locust (Female Variant) (uncommon, unmagical)

Age: 10s (due to the fact that this is an adult monster, despite its age it will not have it’s stats decreased).

Lvl: 1/100

Nature: Carefree

Gender: Female

Hp: 150/150

Mp: 50/50 (20 mana regen per three

Affinity: Wind 50%, Earth 50%, Fire 30%,

Stamina: 15

Strength: 50

Defense: 20

Magic Defense: 10

Dexterity: 100 (250 being the original number)

Agility: 200 (500 being the original number)

Intelligence: 10

Wisdom: 20

Charisma: 30

Luck: 1

Willpower: F9

Perception: F1

Traits: Gluttonous, Monster.

Items equipped: 0 (let it be known that while some pets can use items this one can’t)

Skills: Bite; (basic), Power in numbers; (racial, common), Hive-Minded; (racial, common), Lay egg; (common, racial) biomass collection; (common; racial), energy/nutrient dropping/sharing; (racial, basic), Bladed wings; (common, racial) collective spellcasting; (common, racial).

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While that does not sound like much (and trust me, it kinda isn’t) but in larger numbers they will be absolutely devastation- wait my name is not Dominic. anyway i put it in my fur, after putting it in the critter container (i did not want it loose) and realized another thing… I had not eaten that fruit yet. I finally looked at it and was surprised, it was all question marks… so i decided to eat it. (what, i was hungry)

System fruit eaten… what took you so long

“Wait… don’t I already have a system” I said aloud in confusion.

You aren't supposed to! Wait let me see...

A few moments of silence pass, then I hear her voice and she is almost sobbing with anger and frustration… and deafened me a bit

Darn it!!!

OW!

Sorry, are you okay?

Yeah… i suppose, but what was that for?

Well you have been somewhat creation-napped.

Aaaand what does that entail exactly?

It means that part of your abilities and powers are gone and can no longer be part of my creation which is supposed to be either the sum of multiple parts of the “life” tests or one of the test’s forms, ughhh how to explain it, for example if you had passed all the tests you may have become this fox with all its powers and abilities.

So all my abilities, affinities, and stats, are gone right?

Only some… and your form minus the fur, sorry but on the bright side i was able to salvage the storing feature that you have, as well as the dream ability and also any other abilities, or constellations, that you have not used, don’t worry, i’ll be able to make copies of them, additionally any boost in that skill’s power will (hopefully) stay.

I heard that qualifier,

No you didn’t…. Okay you did but also no, in any case try to follow my instructions instead of the other systems, as for your current situation i recommend going through the lightning door first, then the earth, water, fire, metal, poison/dark, light, and wind; but save wind for last i can sense that it will be the most challenging. But what did the other system tell you about the first life test?

After i had told her she seemed to go into a meditative silence.

Well I can’t say i am surprised… the thief was also stealing the other tests… it seems like he or she realized that i was here and tried to get away with as much as they can.

“But why would someone try to steal, I mean couldn’t they create what they need?” I asked, genuinely confused.

Well… just like how people in your old world had people with disabilities, physical or otherwise, so do we, for example: i have a disability that makes me unable to grow past a certain age… leaving me as you saw me.

So you have… what exactly?

It is like what you call suspended animation, but we call it Shrunken Syndrome.

Does it run in your family?

No, well, except for uncle Charley and my little brother, but my grandfather is shaped like an onion.

I’m sorry A what?

Yup you heard me right an onion, it’s natural too.

And what does him being an onion mean though?

Well the best thing I can describe it as, is something akin the “Golden blood type”.in your world (A/N: look it up if you don’t know what it is, because it is super interesting)

So basically it’s extremely rare and bad for one's health if he/she gets badly injured?

No, sorry for the bad analogy, more along the lines of extremely extremely rare. And good, he is currently near death but he did get his rebooter online in time.

What is a rebooter?

Basically it allows a universe to “come back from being dead” or that is how my grandfather told me it worked, they only work a certain number of times though for each individual of the family, and they are unique to but after a bit they turn into their own Universe after a time and live a lot longer than what is normal,

But anyway we are getting off topic, more to the point some universes are incapable of naturally having some creatures, and before you ask, yes we can just work together but it is very taxing for both parties so some resort to thievery don’t get me wrong that is still looked down on but what’s done is done.

In any case the thief did not tell you about the second or third “tests”. Namely what the following tests entail; so i will tell you what they are supposed to be before checking on what is missing, the second test was supposed to be that you had to design a plant or fungus and live out it’s lifespan and it has two parts: the safety barrier which lasts for 30 days, and the hunted period which lasts for a minimum of 30 days. The third test makes you design a monster that has to destroy a town, the monster gets a set-up period in which they can use whatever means that they see fit to destroy it, after the set-up time however; the villagers, guards, images etc. will try and stop you from destroying the village if you succeed in destroying the town and take the center core, you win, if the village gets to the point in which it is invulnerable to attack, you lose.

'I am getting the distinct feeling that you are hiding something from me'

You are correct, however it is time for you to combat this place, oh, and one more thing, you should know that time in the real world doesn’t exist here, neither does the timer go down on the seven days also i added the “lucky” trait to your status, it should help you gain all that you need and then some from the enemies that have very rare drops.

I nodded then looked around for the one with a symbol that reminded me of a lightning bolt and so I went in.