However, this meant his maximum electrical output would probably only remain around 600 volts for now.
Of course, Bai Chuan felt that was enough for the time being.
As for why he had made this choice, there was one thing he hadn't forgotten.
Improving his Strength would make his body grow larger. If his Strength decreased and he enhanced it again, would that cause his body to grow rapidly once more?
As his body grew, he would become even bigger. Would he then be able to get the best of both worlds and choose to generate electricity using a small patch of muscle on his back?
If not, it wouldn't matter. He still didn't rely on strength to make a living. His true greatest weapon was poison!
Once he'd made up his mind, Bai Chuan turned to the next ability—
Current Protection.
The real world didn't let you generate electricity just because you had the ability to do so. Even Electric Eel, the ability's original owner, had to be careful not to electrocute himself when using it.
After using the Panel for so long, Bai Chuan had already begun to understand how it generally worked.
All the abilities he enhanced were based on the evolution of biological genes. They weren't strange, conceptual abilities like magic from his previous life.
Everything had to follow the rules of reason, even if it all seemed incredibly mysterious to him right now. That was only because his knowledge was limited.
It was like how ancient people might see a light bulb that shone at the press of a button, or a lighter that lit with a flick. To modern people, these were perfectly ordinary things, but to people in ancient times, they would be astonishing—like seeing divine artifacts.
So if he didn't develop Current Protection today, he figured his ability to generate electricity might end up hurting him first.
Of course, he shouldn't be fooled by how impressive a name like Current Protection sounded. When Bai Chuan took a closer look, he realized it was nothing more than a layer of fat and other materials with very high electrical resistance covering his Electric Muscle.
After selecting the ability again, Bai Chuan controlled where it would evolve, applying the ability called "Current Protection" to several important areas of his body.
Now that he'd properly arranged the most important ability, the one that let him generate electricity, Bai Chuan turned his attention to the ability of the chameleon, also known as the Chameleon.
He'd put it off until now because he was worried that evolving it might cause a conflict between abilities.
After all, in Bai Chuan's eyes, not all abilities had the same priority.
First was "Environmental Mimicry LV2." Perhaps because this ability affected the surface of his skin, it didn't conflict with any others. He smoothly applied it.
Then Bai Chuan drew out "Aura Concealment LV1." Environmental Mimicry and Aura Concealment were basically a matched set of abilities. If he chose only one, they probably wouldn't do much to help him hide.
He had to admit, snakes seemed to be famous for ambushing their prey. Perhaps they had an innate talent for concealing their presence. To Bai Chuan's astonishment, this ability was 90% compatible with him!
Finally, after carefully studying everything, Bai Chuan settled on all the abilities he wanted.
Looking at the few abilities remaining on the Panel, he thought it over and realized his Endurance wasn't all that great either.
So, almost as an afterthought, he added "Endurance LV1."
Everything was ready.
The next moment, Bai Chuan pressed the button to begin evolution. After paying a total of seven points, he sank into slumber once more.
The familiar scene unfolded again. Sticky secretions wrapped around the Great Serpent, and evolution began.
Time flowed by. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
By then, winter had arrived in full.
Flurries of enormous snowflakes whirled through the sky, blanketing the mysterious mountain range.
A thick layer of white snow covered the earth, while bitter winds howled through the vast Snow Forest.
Everything was a boundless expanse of white.
In the Snow Forest, where the wind howled like steel knives scraping against bone—
Suddenly, a tiny speck almost the same color as the snow bounced into view.
It was in a wretched state, fleeing in panicked haste. Yet, on closer inspection, it was already running out of strength.
A faint rumbling followed close behind. A lone wolf that had lost its pack was in hot pursuit.
The wolf was gaunt, its fur terribly unkempt. Look closely, and a long scar could be seen running from top to bottom across its wolfish face, over its left eye.
Its left eye was clearly blind.
The two chased each other across the windswept snow, each waiting to see which would tire first.
But a wolf was still a wolf. No matter how weak it was, it was no match for a Rabbit.
Before long, the skinny, one-eyed wolf drew ever closer to the poor little Rabbit.
Its jaws were right behind the Rabbit, and they had already begun to gape open. A nauseatingly foul stench poured out.
The next moment, as the Rabbit looked on in despair, the wolf seized it in its jaws.
Pain surged through the Rabbit. Its thick hind legs kicked wildly, making the blind Old Wolf stagger.
But just then, the ground suddenly shook and collapsed beneath them.
The wolf and Rabbit plummeted underground in a panic.
Before them was a vast underground space. It appeared roughly circular, and all across the ground lay heaps of strange bones.
But what caught their attention most was the mysterious object in the very center of the space, shaped like a gigantic egg.
Perhaps their fall had disturbed it, for cracks began spreading across the mysterious giant egg.
"Crack... crack..."
With a series of splitting sounds, the giant egg shattered.
The first thing to appear before them was a vicious, muscular pair of Sharp Claws.
Then a snake's head emerged, its two bumps of a crown shaped like rice paddles. Its eyes were sharp as an eagle's, gazing down from on high, while its forked tongue flicked in and out.
Its long neck, more than two meters high, looked as though it wore a cloak. Hard scales covered it, forming mysterious golden patterns that took one's breath away.
A gigantic shadow fell over the wolf and Rabbit.
What kind of monster was this? Like a snake, yet like a dragon, it possessed a breathtaking beauty.
The horrifying sight stunned the blind Old Wolf so badly that it forgot the prey in its mouth. With a "splat," the Rabbit fell to the ground.
But the Rabbit, now free, didn't dare move. Neither did the blind Old Wolf.
Their animal instincts told them that if they moved, they would die.
The stench of death swept through the cramped space.
The next moment, a piercing cry rang through the air, accompanied by a strange, scorched odor.
A Sharp Claw had slashed through the air.
The last thing the wolf and Rabbit saw was a pair of terrifying claws lunging toward them, blue-white electric sparks dancing across them.
Blood sprayed everywhere. In an instant, scarlet liquid began to spread.
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