Marcus was stunned, it was even ranked, if it was right, did it an he had just killed a mutant beast with a higher level than him?
And this beast was even a higher level one than the Elder Ants.
He could recall what the system said about the level, it ans their level of evolution, while in human's case, the system failed to display their level and info, and unmutated animals were labeled level:—, which ans the latter had no mutation potential, this one was five tis his level?
"Wait a minute, does that an these people are still in danger of other newly hatched mutant fire ants?"
Co to think of it, the elder ants didn't seem to display the assassination skill that the Rogue Ant used, as Marcus concentrated, he could see each and every movent of the elder ants, if he were to join the combat, the battle would end quickly. The only advantage the elder ants could boast of was their stinger and overwhelming numbers, and even if the squad were still holding up well, what of their stamina, when facing less powerful but overwhelming target, stamina becos the decisive factor, If they ran out of stamina, no matter how fast or strong they were, they would eventually beco slow and sluggish.
"That explained how I received 150XP, that much is enough for to jump one level"
Now, to confirm his suspicion, Marcus viewed his stat.
[Na: Zhao Marcus Cheng]
[Species: Hiveman]
[Class: Insecta]
[Rank: 1]
[Level: 2]
[XP: 130/150]
[Gene Tokens: 10]
[Health Recovery Portion: —]
[Titles: Gene Devourer, Hungering Lord ]
[Strength: 2]
[Agility: 6]
[Speed: 2]
[Dexterity: 6]
[Constitution: 4]
[Perception: 4]
[Intelligence: 3]
[Charisma: 1]
[Luck: 2]
[Will: 3]
Well, he didn't jump a level but was just close enough to reach level 3.
"Looks like leveling up increased all my stats by one. Not that I care much about charisma, though.
Still, that doesn't an my physical abilities will increase exactly by that amount. I'll need to test it out"
After resting for a while, Marcus' gaze wandered to the dead headless mutant baby fire ant.
Co to think of it, why was the baby fire ant called Rogue Ant?
When this thought wandered into Marcus' thought, although he wasn't that interested, the system answered.
[Fire Ants that have just hatched are in their larval stage where they are legless and unmoving with worm-like form, while the next tamorphosis stage is pupal, where they develop all full structures, they also do not move in this stage, however, in mutant beast's case, so of the fire ant in their pupal stage are cunning enough to move after awakening so mutant ability from birth, these are the ones called Rogue Ant]
"I see, huh? More than one gene core!"
Among the ssages in the floating purple screen, the ssage that piqued Marcus' interest the most was the one that seed to hint about the mutant fire ant having more than one gene core.
At once, Marcus' head turned left and right reflexively to see if any squad mber's sight wasn't on him, even if he had killed a mutant fire ant in self-defense, wouldn't he take the spoil?
He then checked the ssages floating on the Rogue Ant.
[Consu its gene remains to craft a gear]
[Consu it gene cores to acquire an evolved skill]
[You have found a loot—chance stone, take it?]
"Gene cores? So it has more than one after all, I didn't expect to find a mutant beast with more than one gene core.
Will I get a skill this ti around? I think I have a fifty percent chance in the rging of genes in which the system will now synthesize both gene core ability to give a unique and evolved skill"
[Chance has increased due to title, Gene Devourer]
[ 10 percent success in the rging of genes!]
Mind wondered, who would have thought he would have more chance in his first rging of genes, in addition to the fifty percent chance, he now had a sixty percent chance in the rging of genes.
"It is thanks to my title"
"Wait a minute, a loot?"
Never would he have thought he would find loot in this raid, after all, the agreent was that he would be paid five million yuan without touching any gene cores, but since he had killed this one in self-defense, Marcus felt he had the right to the gene core, now he also found a loot?
"And this loot is different from what other Awakened know as loot"
Beast loot, as it was commonly called is what people called the gems they found in a mutant beast, but in Marcus' case, apart from the gene cores that people knew as gems, he also found another loot, a chance stone.
Was this the system's way of incorporating in-ga elents in its operations?
[You have found a loot—chance stone, take it?]
Anyway, Marcus used his exoskeletal hands to tear the mutant fire ant into two, its abdon and thorax region were separated imdiately.
[ 2 strength effect has activated!]
"As I thought, the effect will even activate if I clad any part of my body in exoskeleton, and even though my total strength stat is now four, I don't feel any stronger than before"
CLANG!!
Sharp crystalline sounds were heard as two ruby-colored gemstones fell from where the mutant fire ant body had been separated.
Marcus took the two gene cores.
"Take Chance stone"
[There is zero chance of gaining a unique skill from two gene cores of the sa mutant beast, use chance stone?]
"Oops, I guess I will have to sell these, I need money after all"
But what was troubling Marcus was that the chance stone would just beco junk in his inventory for so ti if he didn't use it now.
"Wait a minute, it can be used to increase the chance of rging genes right? Irrespective of the type of gene cores"
Marcus inhaled deeply, deep down he wanted to gain at least one evolved skill, so he eventually opted to use it.
Marcus swallowed the two gene cores in one go, given their small sizes, it was quite easy for him.
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