Chapter 6 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

While molting, there was an irregular rhythm from within System’s bloodline, as if telling him to make a choice.

‘What to choose?’

System kept thinking while sensing every rhythm in his restless blood, but he discovered no more information.

However, as his body continued molting, that voice gradually became clearer, and System slowly understood the meaning behind that voice.

[Self-Information Generation] had also shown the contents of the voice.

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[Molting Growth Mode]: A mode that some insects would enter when molting, they would transform according to the strength in their bloodline and could choose an ability to strengthen. A unique mode of [Molting Growth]’s talent.

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System needed to choose one of his abilities to strengthen. He could strengthen his mandibles, his hind legs, his talents, or derived skills. There were many options to choose from.

As compared to normal grasshoppers, which did not have intelligence and would usually enhance their mandibles, hind legs, wings, or the hardness of their exoskeleton, System had a deeper understanding of this strengthening process.

The first thing System thought was to use that power to strengthen his talent [Molting Growth]. If he could strengthen [Molting Growth] to the maximum, Level 13, System would have the chance of molting a third time.

If he molted a third time, then not to mention listening to the mysterious voice of the world, it would be a great enhancement to his physical capabilities. Even if he faced some insect hunters, like praying mantises, he would most likely have the strength to confront them.

However, System thought of an even more important talent than [Molting Growth], the talent [Digital Code].

System could rarely feel and control [Digital Code], but it was due to such a talent that it was possible to raise his level so fast.

The information of his bloodline from [Molting Growth] allowed System to understand the pattern of how normal grasshoppers matured naturally.

In this world, all living things possessed the concept of levels. Normal grasshoppers also had levels, and their levels would also increase through eating.

However, compared to System’s fast speed of raising his levels, it was a slow process for normal grasshoppers to level up.

After normal grasshoppers’ EXP bars reached the maximum, they would not immediately level up and slowly raise their level through feeding. Normally, they would take about a day each time they leveled up, and as their levels increased, that period would become longer.

Therefore, no matter how hard-working a normal grasshopper was, even if it continued eating round the clock, it would need five to six days to reach Level 5 and undergo the first molting. Undoubtedly, it could not be like System, who could undergo the first molting in just two days.

Of course, as normal grasshoppers raised their levels slowly, they would not feel extreme hunger after leveling up, like System.

However, such a flaw could not belittle the fact that [Digital Code] was the most peculiar ability with the highest potential.

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After deciding, System directed that power within his bloodline into that sea of 0s and 1s in his mind.

As the power within his bloodline was transmitted inside, System could finally sense [Digital Code] for the first time. He didn’t feel like his mind would explode, just a slight stabbing pain.

In the sea of numbers, System could feel that his mind was like a pure white ball of light and numbers encircled him in a spherical shape—it was like a planet encircling a star.

System was very familiar with the planet composed of numbers because it was the derived skill he had gained after waking up—[Self-Information Generation].

As the power of his bloodline produced by [Molting Growth] was injected within, System realized that the sea of numbers made up of 0s and 1s became vaster and denser.