5 Chapter 5 Meeting Big Sister (2/2)
”Not exactly but close enough, add in our own modifications and ta daa you get goblins. Same with other races we took your people's different stories and made them real so you guys have some idea what is attacking you or else you guys might just get some random alien creature and die of fright. The ones you should aim for are the tier zero races at first. Ratmen, goblins, fishmen, gomes, and races like those are the best to farm off early, and as long as you don't let down your guard you shouldn't die.”
”Farm? What's in it for me to kill the transported creatures besides that first task?”
”Points of course, how else will you get EVO points. Plus it's easier for me to give you tasks to kill other races. You should also learn a trade like blacksmith or tailor. As long as you do something like that I can give you tasks that are related.”
”Ok what's in it for you when I complete task?”
”Simple I'm a guide. Most of my race are how would you understand. Hmmmm. Oh I guess you would call us A.I. so to speak. My race is technology based. We can rank up based on points we get for playing games like EVO WARS for example. The longer you stay alive, get stronger, and complete tasks I get more points and the higher rank I get the more privileges and authority will be rewarded for me. Win, win right.”
Thinking for a second I guess that made sense.
”But why bother with this? Who plans the process of an entire world going into hyper evolution, just for a game?”
”Well you see it's actually a battle between fractions so to speak. I belong to the humanoid fraction which is why I got you randomly instead of being your little snakes guide. There are three fractions that compete in this game humanoid, creature, and eco. The three fractions compete here and the race that is able to come out on top is given extra rewards. Also if there is an individual that is extremely powerful we might offer him, her, or it a chance to compete in some galactic competitions.”
”Why would we want to do that and again why would you guys compete like that.”
”Firstly for power of course. The really strong people always want to get stronger and once this world comes to a peaceful period it's harder to increase your strength once you reach such a high level. The galactic competitions offer chances to advance your strength between tough opponents and generous rewards. Secondly for our entertainment of course. You see my race has a really long lifespan especially if we get to a really high tier some will live for billions of years so we get really bored. The solution to that problem are games to distract us from our boredom. Of course we aren't cruel we only use planets like yours that are about to be destroyed for our games. We have known about your world for millions of years but haven't interfered until now because we have morals.”
In a confusing and very high vantage point kinda way it makes sense. I guess in their eyes we are just different kinds of ants being put in a box and told to kill until one is confirmed the strongest, Darwin would be proud.
”Ok I understand now let me sleep.”
”Huh?”
With that I closed my eyes and drifted off ignoring her attempts to keep talking. I woke up at my usual time of six in the morning and figured I should check my stats.
Name: Hunter Nespolon
Age: 17
Species: Human
Current nanobots:
Tier 0: 1600 (+600)
Tier 1: 100
Companion nanobots: 100
Current energy: 2040
Current energy absorption: 115/hour
Circulatory system: tier 0 15.03%
Digestive system: tier 0 20.21%
Endocrine system: tier 0 10.04%
Integumentary system: tier 0 23.00% (+3%)
Immune system: tier 0 17.35%
Muscular system: tier 0 22.33%
Nervous system: tier 0 21.08%
Renal system: tier 0 16.76%
Reproductive system: tier 0 15.03%
Respiratory system: tier 0 17.57%
Skeletal system: tier 0 19.64%
Note: average human is tier 0 15%
Current time 6:00 am
System Warning: Energy insufficient for needs, auto shutdown of nano activities. Recommend using energy pack.
Thinking it over 10000 points of energy really doesn't get me much. I start browsing through the store of things that improve absorption of energy. I eventually bought information for 500 evo points and found three ways to increase absorption early on. Number one improve the Integumentary system and at 50% the absorption is even more efficient at 10 points an hour per percent. The second way is to improve the respiratory system to 50% so that you start absorbing the energy when you breathe and that gives you about the 5 points per percent an hour, same as what I get through my skin now. The third way is to eat meat with a large amount of energy in it but there really isn't any meat outside what you can buy in the store.
Thinking it over I look at the solutions to improve my absorption through my skin or things to just improve my Integumentary system altogether. After browsing I find a few with different degrees of strength and wound up buying the strongest one I could for 4000 points it should improve my system by 25% but it comes with a warning of extreme pain. After quickly thinking about what Artemis said and about my future I can't hold back due to some pain. I quickly tell my brothers to not freak out if they hear me shouting out in pain for the next little while, I got a bunch of weird looks but they understood after a brief explanation.
Back in my room I put Frost on my bed as I sit down on the floor and prepare myself. Once I feel ready and made sure to but my nanobots on ideal except the tier 1 bots that are improving my system, I buy the solution and it sort of appeared in front me in a flash. Probably teleportation or something, I don't bother trying to think about it to hard. With a calming breath I tilt up the flash it came in and drank it.