Ding!
System initiating....
"What was that what was anything it simply couldn't know nor understand, at first it was nothing but a blank slate devoid of thought but now it can think whatever think and those words were".
System successfully integrated into host displaying status screen.
Race fleshphage virus Name none Lvl 1/5 Experience 0/10 Units none Energy 500/500 Skills 5 Biomass manipulation lv 1 Infection lv 1 Memory absorbtion Max Harden lv 1 Consume lvl 1
"What was that what does any of this even mean whatever it was it couldn't help but focus on the skills?".
Biomass manipulation
Allows the altering and changing of organic matter in many ways even growing more of available biomass.
Cost 5 energy per minute
Infection
Allows for the infection and control of living, undead and deceased creatures, infection take 9 hours but the process gets faster the more you are exposed too a race.
Scratches has a 22% chance of infection.
Stabs and cuts have a 47% chance of infection.
Ingested infected flesh has a 80% chance of infection.
Bites has a 100% chance of infection.
Infected gain anti decay status preventing any body decay regardless of the state.
Infected body limits are removed.
Infected and created units gain the relentless status
Cost none
Memory absorption
Absorbs the memories and knowledge of infected creatures even recently dead ones, memories can be removed or suppressed.
Cost none
Harden
Increases the durability of one or more parts of the body permanently by 0.4%.
Cost 50 per use
Consume
Regain lost energy by eating organic matter, the amount regain depends on the source and state of said matter.
Cost none
"It examine the description of each of the skills it had absorbing the knowledge it just learned when a thought popped up as it checked the other things on it status screen".
Race What you and how you are different from others, you are the fleshphage virus a anomaly that was thought to have been extinct since 500,000 years ago. Name What you are called and go by but you currently don't have a name in order to get one just think of it. Lvl Where you currently are and upon reaching max level can evolve or mutate. Experience What you obtain from killing monsters or by doing other things and is used to advance your level tho do be warned that as your level progress you'll require more exp. Units
Creatures you control or created via the use of biomass and energy even being able to make skills for your units depending on the energy expenditure and intended purpose.
The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.
Posse complete control over your units leading to the formation of a hive mind.
Units you created or controlled do not have the same weaknesses nor needs as other creatures.
Energy Is used for skills that has a cost and the amount that is regenerated is 1 per hour.
"More knowledge entered it head as it went through what it just saw before coming to a conclusion.
It was apart of a race that was said to be extinct but that can't be because it still exist and is here even if it may not know why nor did it know much about said race, next energy lvl exp and it skills will allow it to do many important things that it know of tho it doesn't understand the status effect thing? for one of the skills something it'll deal with later, the ability to infect things something that will be crucial key element in survival where ever it was, now that it thought about it".
Ding!
You have already infected rat 99%....now 100% complete.
"Memories entered it mind as it learned about the host it controls now knowing where it is, opening the eyes of the rat it got to take a look at it's surrounding seeing nothing but white walls and a bright light above it, as it got up off the ground the four limbs it was in control feeling as if it been using them for years".
Ding!
[Level up]
"Level up? Is this how it gets lvl but it did nothing unless infecting the rat and completing the infection was also included as a means of getting exp tho that raises a question what was the rats lvl from what it could gleem by going through the memories the rat lacked what it had and it doesn't know why?".
[Infection completed commencing first test...releasing test subject #50089]
"It would have to continue thinking about this issue later because right now it captors were conducting an experiment a word it picked up from the memories of the rat before its death same goes for what the captors look like due to the rat exposure to them despite it being confined, tall mostly hairless creatures that walked on two legs who also made weird noise which was how they communicate to each other.
It moved around it's confinement anticipating what will happen next when the wall to it's right opened up allowing another rat to enter this one was bigger than the one it controlled and appeared to be salivating upon looking at the infected rat.
Without hesitation the bigger rat ran at full speed towards the infected rat not caring about the different smell it had nor how it acted as it came in for a bite only to be disappointed as the rodent dodged out of the way and returned a bite of it own digging into the bigger rat neck with it's teeth some of them chipped broke or cracked as they asserted more force than they could handle as a sickening crunch resounded the bigger rodent collapsed to the floor neck broken and a chunk of flesh missing as it layed in a pool of it own blood.
That was quick and a bit of a disappointment even tho it host teeth were damaged it can simply regrow them, the unfortunate part was that it didn't gain a level in anything but at least it has more memories and biomass to add to it's own but just to make sure it waited around for some time expecting more enemies but upon seeing nothing else.
It drag the rat body to the corner in the room to ensure it wouldn't be interrupted as it layed on top of the big rat body, letting the instincts guide it as it used the biomass manipulation skill, like playing with clay whatever that word was the virus started to fuse the bodies together removing the cellular barrier that separated the two, anything it deemed useless such as most of the organs small claws hair and skin would be used to grow more biomass as it got to work.
20 minutes was how long it took to get done the energy lost was only 200 which may seem big but due to it level up it had 600 energy as it total now and was close to another level up it'll hold off on further energy spending just in case, now being satisfied it went over the things it changed.
The body was skinless and much bigger than before about 3ft while being more muscular as well, the two limbs at the front were slightly dark in color due to them being hardened and had sharpend curved bones coming out of the area where the claws would be, bones grew crudely out of the back and neck shielding them from harm, it fused the ribs of the smaller rat to the big ones creating a thick fully covered ribcage where it stored the enlarged stomach and made sure to cover any exposed interior of the body with excess flesh.
The head of the smaller rat was mostly absorbed into the big one strengthening it the bones and adding more strength to the jaw bone and muscles, 4 eyes two in the front two in the back the mouth had another row of teeth behind the original ones the teeth themselves were sharpend and any of the damaged teeth from the small rat were fixed.
The tail was lengthend a bit being half a foot as sharpend bone grew from the sides, when it was done with the check over it look through the memories of the other rat not finding much useful other than knowing why it was so careless due to it being injected with something that gave it insatiable hunger and having a bit of a layout of the place that was outside it confinement that would be beneficial even if not by very much to it escape once the right opportunity arise but now it will just wait and go over the things in it status panel due to the changes the lvl up brought and what it just created".