Volume 01 Arc 01 Chapter 001: The Lil' Orphan Sea Turtle
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It was currently morning, with the soft glow of the orange sun steadily rising off within the distance distance. As some sunlight is then steadily refracted off the surface of a large body of ocean waters; the surface of the ocean waters are not always still, as blue tides are continuously being pushed by the force of the wind being blown across the surface of the planet's ocean water.
Without further the need for an explanation, the oceanic seawater would then foamed up as it drew closer towards the rocky seashore of a sandy beach area. It steadily made its own way through the many obstacles of the sandy beach area; the inxorable ocean tides then passes by a bundle of rocks. Stone and small pebbles that are steadily poking outwards from the ground, and large rocky boulders that are quite a force to be reckoned with.
Along the way, the ocean tides did passed by a couple of small unnaturally dug holes. Roughly, an inch or two in diameter. The small dug hole is big enough to fit in a couple of small semi-aquatic land animals, much like tiny hermit crabs, small molluscs, and baby sea turtles, kind of creature, etc.
Upon a closer look and inspection, you could then steadily see a bunch of discoloured yellowish-white sea turtle eggs, approximate number is not accounted for, within the small dug hole.
It can be steadily assumed that the mother sea turtle would then purposely lay a couple of dozens of baby sea turtle eggs, and then hid them all within a bunch of different buried beneath sand burrows. With the off chance that at least one of the buried beneath sand burrow, batch of unhatched baby sea turtle eggs, would then survive long enough for all of the baby sea turtles to have hatched out from withinside their own eggs.
Ding!
The sounds of the World's Voice then rings withinside the heads of all of the unhatched baby sea turtle eggs. It then gave them the go ahead signal to then hatch out from withinside their own eggs.
The World System [Congratulations! You have been born into the World of Midgard's Einhardjr Continent! One of the Five Main Continents of Midgard!]
The World System [Your race has automatically been decided from the moment of the Player's birth! A species of the {Blue Ocean Sea Turtle} was indeed chosen by the World System!] [The Player's starting race has indeed been regressed to {Infans Caeruleum Chelonioidea (Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle) [Lv.1/5]}! ] [The Player's surname has been set to Xu! A random first name has been generated by the World System! The Player's full name is Xu Shao!] [By a stroke of Luck, from the thousand of millions of Players from the Midgard World Server! The Player Xu Shao has fortunately been given the {Blessing of Yggdrassil} in the form of an exclusive skill! The Player Xu Shao has thereby received the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition Lv.1} from the World System!
The World System The World System Advice Service: To access the Player's own personal unique status screen, please recite the keyword 'Status' withinside ones own head or say the keyword "Open Status Screen" out loud.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sounds of one of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggs hatching. The actual sound of one of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle egg cracking up, as a broken piece of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle egg then immediately fell off, as a small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle's claw hand then immediately pokes through the opened gap of the cracked eggshell.
And after widening up the opened cracked area of eggshell, with it's own hand, the live Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle then proceeded to simply poke its own little head out, out of curiosity. To seek the outside world that is quite well different towards the closed up tight dark caged world that which is their egg.
So one by one, the lil' Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle then began to hatch out from their own eggs. With some managing to break free from the inner cages of their own eggshells with little to almost no difficulty, whilst there are some that are very much struggling to even breakthrough the thin layer of eggshells, due to the feeble amount of little strength that they all innately possesses.
However, due to Xu Shao having possess the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition}. He was easily able to break free from the safety comforts of his own eggshell by utilising his claw hands, and focusing all of his baby muscle strength into the tip of his baby claws to then pierced a small sized baby claw hole through the thin layer of eggshell. After which, he then widens it up by just simply clawing at it with his baby claws until it's big enough for his small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle body to then get out.
Xu Shao was amongst the very group of Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles to have successfully broken out from their own eggshells. However, unlike the vast majority of the hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles, and after hatching successfully out from their own eggs. Having become quite curious of the outside world, they then slowly wandered off from the safety, comforts, and protection of their own home burrow in order fulfill the newborn sense of curiosity for the outside world.
Whilst, unaware of the many numerous underlying dangers that may lay hidden, out of plain sight, withinside the outside world. One of such is large predators, carnivorous beasts like Crabs or wild Seagulls who may then find Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle meat to be quite a rare delicacy. An easy piece of underlying meat that won't be able to put as much as a struggle due to simply how small, feeble, and weak they are during their infantile stage.
Without even the need of making such a ruckus after being born, like all the others, Xu Shao then suddenly tilted his small baby turtle head sideways slightly. A thought then suddenly crosses his mind, 'Huh?'
As he could instinctively felt that something was not quite right. It felt like a constant buzzing noise that kept ringing withinside ones own ears, kind of like a bug's sense and their antennas. Xu Shao's exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} was indeed trying to tell himself something, that which he doesn't really know until his literal Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle stomach then started to rumble. And he was quite hungry as well.
There was only one word that managed to enter through Xu Shao's head at the time, and that was 'Oh.'
All lifeforms upon this planet, within the World of Midgard in some way or form, does indeed possesses some form of intelligences. Its just that only a few races of a humanoid species or creatures that are capable of human level speech and intellect. Whilst, others have to go through the many rigorous training of evolving, ranking up, and levelling up in order to gain intelligence.
There was currently a constant buzzing sound withinside Xu Shao's ears, as somewhat of a zigzag like lines then began to appear all over of his broken up hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggshells. It was as if the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill was then trying to tell him to do something. Since the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} is not capable of speech, nor handling out some precised instructions, Xu Shao can only make guesses and some assumptions based upon the context that the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill was steadily giving him.
So Xu Shao then proceeded to steadily approach the remains, and what is the broken remaining leftovers of his onced perfect rounded eggshells. However, as he then lightly touches the broken piece of his own eggshell with his right Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle hand, the {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill's buzzing sound then got noticeably louder, but afterwards, a couple of seconds later, there were no obvious changes to the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} buzzing sound.
Since the buzzing noise didn't immediately stop after Xu Shao has touched the broken remnants of his own eggshells, but instead grew louder. The exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} must have another goal or intended objective that Xu Shao is currently not getting.
Immediately afterwards, after having already approached the broken remnants of his own eggshell, Xu Shao then readily opens his Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle mouth up to then take a quick bite and a small nibble out of the broken remnants of his own eggshell. The constant buzzing noise of the exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} then ceased to stop activating, after he has successfully eaten a small piece of his broken off own eggshell, meaning that his second assumption of eating his own eggshell was indeed the correct choice.
There after, Xu Shao then proceeded to immediately eat all of the broken off pieces remnants of his own eggshells, thereby trusting within the judgement of his own exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} which is kind of like a gut feeling within an animal. Something that is able to detect an incoming danger within the user's immediate facility, or the unfortunate bad luck events that are steadily happening around the user.
Ding!
Xu Shao then immediately heard the sounds of the World System ringing withinside his own head, as a blue notification screen panel then immediately appears in front of him.
The World System You have successfully consumed all remnants of a {Broken Hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle Eggshell}! You have thereby obtained 1.7 evolutionary point in return value! Skill acquisition conditions has been met: No.1 ~ To consumed a diet that is quite well rich in Calcium or Vitamin D. No.2 ~ To be a part of a race or monster beast species that primarily has a Exoskeleton or Endoskeleton. No.3 ~ If the Player or individual is a child or likely to be within the infantile stage of their race, then the chances of obtaining the body modification skill is then likely to increase. You have thereby learned the body modification skill {Basic Reinforced Exo/Endoskeleton Lv.1}!
Xu Shao's intellect is really not that high, so he really does not know what the World System is actually showing him, but from the gist of it. He could obviously tell that it was something positive and not negative due to how his exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} is not even reacting.
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A few days later, or to be exact the very next day after tomorrow, Xu Shao has been surviving off simply by eating bits and pieces of broken off Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggshells from other hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles and some fresh washed up seaweeds.
The eggshells of his siblings and his own race may taste a bit bland, dry, and somewhat disgusting, but it does serve a great purpose of increasing the skill level of his passive bodily modification skill {Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton} and the betterment of his bone growth due to the high concentration of Calcium withinside his diet.
Out of a dozen or so of them hatched Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle eggs, only a couple, no greater than twelve or thirteen of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles has then managed to survive through the onslaught of Mother Nature's wrath, which certainly serves the purpose of slowly thinning out the numbers of the herd and the most weakest of the group.
They learned how to survive upon their own, and then quickly adapt to the vast changes out of the comforts of their caged eggshells, which they certainly broke out of their own free will. Their diets are not that much different from Xu Shao's, having consisted of mainly edible wild aquatic sea plants that steadily washed up the rocky seashore and much smaller aquatic insects or sea creature that you could easily kill and then devoured in one bite.
In the process, they then all learned how to possibly interact and steadily communicate their wants and needs, with with each other. They have their own mother tongue and sort of developing beast kind of language. Only those that are considered beast can sort of understand them.
Through the guidance and help of the World System granted to them from birth; everything from their age, gender, and race can be simply explained with a few lines of text and digit numbers. As they each then call out the key phrase "Open Status Screen" to then opened up their own personal status screen for the first time for the others to see.
A blue virtual display interface screen panel then immediately appears in front of each one of them, immediately displaying their own unique personal status screen. So that each one them could see.
Personal Status Screen True Name: Xu Shao Nicknames/ Hidden Aliases: N/A Age: 3 Days Old Gender: Male Race: Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle Monster Beast Rank: First Order Monster Beast Grade Rank: 1★ Monster Beast Race Level: [Lv.2/5] Overall Combat Potential: 0004 (F-) Afilliations: None Monster Beast Alignment: Neutral Titles: Stats/Attributes Health Points： 44/44 Magical Power: 20/20 Stamina Points: 36/44 Fatigue Points: 7/41 Stored Stamina Points: 21 [Locked] Strength: 8 Intelligence: 7 Agility: 7 Wisdom: 5 Defence: 19 Charisma: 2 Endurance: 3 Willpower: 8 Constitution: 3 Spirit: 2 Dexterity: 4 Luck: 3 3 Unallocated Stats Points 27 Evolutionary Points
Skill List Active Skill {Baby Bite Lv.8}{Hide Lv.1}{Leap Lv.1}{Beastly Intuition Lv.2}
Passive Skill {Lesser Defence Up Lv.1}{Basic Reinforced Endoskeleton Lv.5}{Overeating Lv.1}
Xu Shao was amongst those with the highest number of total attributed stats points out of his twelve surviving siblings. With Intelligence and Defense being the most highest attribute stats out of the group of thirteen Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles.
It was due to his {Beastly Intuition} exclusive skill that Xu Shao's intellect and intelligence was thereby developed much faster than the rest of his siblings. however, at the end of that said first day of being hatched out from withinside their eggs, everyone was thereby given a choice to pick a passive stats enhancing skill amongst the five listed below; {Lesser Strength Up}{Lesser Defense Up}{Lesser Agility Up}{Lesser Intelligence Up}{Lesser Constitution Up} .
Each of the five stats enhancing skill steadily correlates with one of the types of attributed stats that is steadily being scene withinside ones own personal status screen. And with the aide of his exclusive skill {Beastly Intuition} Xu Shao then immediately picks the {Lesser Defense Skill} stays enhancing skill, without a seconds asked. The best defense is the best offense is what most people would often say.
At the same time, his personality then took quite for a steep turned down hill, having become more recluse, solitary, and antisocial. As it's more practical and less cost productive to work alone than within numbers. There's also the benefit of not having the need to share food and stuff with someone else. So that's a benefit.
And currently, Xu Shao is busily minding his own business, whilst chewing upon a bunch of seaweed and some seashells that he had found left lying around upon the sandy beach area. The bunch of seashells despite being small in terms of size, they are extremely tough and durable, enable to withstand alot of pressure from Xu Shao's constant biting attempts, which certainly does make a whole lot of crunching noise. But, nobody really pays attention to that, as they are more focused upon their own personal individual status screens than the irrelevant background activities of others.
The one with the highest level within the group of thirteen surviving Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles, which is Lv.4, one more Level until he reaches the maxed level for the infantile stage of the Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle race. It was none other than Xu Kahn, who then steadily laughs as he then out a loud chuckle which certainly manages to catch everyone else's attention.
As all of Xu Shao's siblings then all turned their own heads around, out of curiousity, attracted by the strange noise. They all wondered and then steadily pondered upon who is steadily laughing out loud, so menacingly like a madman. They all would sooner or later found out in the most annoying way as possible. Xu Kahn being the most likely prominent suspect, as you could then steadily see him obviously puffing his chest outwards, filled with such pride and such confidence. He is obviously boasting about how high his race level is.
Xu Shao then looked at his sibling Xu Kahn, with a look of disdain. Though, he doesn't openly express his sense of disdain towards Xu Kahn in mere words, he just simply cast a short glance at Xu Kahn's particular direction before returning back to his daily activity.
"Hahaha! Look at me. I'm the strongest within the group. My level is the highest, and my strength is at 14. So I should be the leader of this group." Xu Kahn said so, whilst being the centre of attention of his siblings.
"Why you..." One of Xu Kahn's siblings had suddenly interrupted him, but with the great big difference of overall race level and the strength attribute stat. He was easily able to overpowered him by simply head butting his assailant into submission.
"Ugh!" Xu Kahn's assailant then retreated backwards a couple of steps, and then groans slightly in pain.
Everyone else within the group is then dumbfounded, not because they were amazed about they just saw or witnessed, but rather feeling embarrassed and slightly humiliated for having such a stupid egotistical older brother like him. But, nevertheless, they can't really refute backwards his statement, as it is pretty much true. And Xu Kahn is the most actually strongest Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle within the group of thirteen.
*Sigh*
Xu Shao then lightly sighs, thereby casting a quick glance within Xu Kahn's particular direction, before speaking out of his own honest opinion. "If you want to be the leader of this group, then go ahead. No one will stop you. I'm surely not a part of this mess. If you want to join him, then it's fine. I'm not getting myself involved in it..."
Xu Shao then immediately moves away from the bunch that he steadily deemed as idiots, whilst, at the same time, continuously to scavage and search for anymore edible foods within the facility. As the more he eats, the more his small Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle body will then naturally grow stronger.
Existential experience points can be steadily obtained by simply just living and existing. Though, the most common and fast method of obtaining experience points is simply just killing another being and then stealing the entirety of their accumulated existential experience points in order to level up and grow stronger.
The other siblings of Xu Shao then started to form an immediate group, with Xu Kahn being the main ring leader and the obvious central figure that immediately took full command of this group, with his leadership.
As the remaining siblings of Xu Shao who doesn't see eye to eye with Xu Kahn's group; a matter of conflicting interest, they then all either decided to split off and then start their own individual group, or plainly just simply going solo acting upon their own just like Xu Shao.
Meanwhile, the youngest of the thirteen surviving Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtle, Xu Reya. The last one to have hatched out from her egg, despite having been fortunate enough to have survive through the harsh couple of days after hatching from her egg. She was unfortunate to be left with the remaining bread crumbs and the unsteady leftover of her sibling's meal.
Due to her cowardly and naive nature of being the youngest of the group, she was quite often taken advantage of. As well as being bullied by those who are alot more taller and bigger in terms of body size, when steadily being compared to her short mini stature in comparison. It's quite a stark difference.
And male Baby Blue Ocean Sea Turtles are tend to be more violent and prone to aggression, as they would then often fight for the limited amounts of food and the potential territorial space that they are currently living in.
Xu Reya was quite puzzled upon what to do. Should she join with Xu Kahn's group, with greater numbers means a better chance for survival, but would they even allow such a small and insignificant weakling like her into their group in the first place. And besides, those that would often bully her and then teased her for being weak are definitely within that group, as they are Xu Kahn's loyal followers.
Or maybe, it's just a plainly better off option to be upon your own than to be in a group. There are some major advantages and disadvantages of going solo, as there are more living rooms and space to live by yourself than with others, and there is no need to share the limited amounts of food that they found and hunt by themselves, with others.
But, is the positives truly outweigh the dangers and negatives of going solo? That is truly a dilemma that Xu Reya has to decide upon the spot, whether to follow and live off of the scraps of others or to learn how to survive, grow, and hunt by herself.