The Panel's True Use?

The moment Bai Chuan saw the prompt, he understood.

It really worked.

At the same time, he learned something else about the panel's functions.

After a successful scan, if the model remained in his Ability Structure Library,

then when he scanned that creature again, the words "Editable" would appear.

He hadn't noticed before because, most of the time, he simply ate his targets...

The creature was dead. What was there to edit?

As for the few he'd scanned without killing and eating them, either he hadn't been able to eat them at the time, or they were special creatures he hadn't dared to eat. After scanning them, why would he keep trying to scan them again?

He'd simply left.

So it was only now, when the idea had suddenly struck him, that he discovered he could edit other creatures too.

Having realized that, Bai Chuan silently opened the model of this Rat.

Clearly, the entire process worked just like when he evolved himself.

Just as he was about to choose an ability, another thought suddenly occurred to Bai Chuan.

When evolving another creature, could he use the abilities he already had?

After all, his own ability model—the one that looked like a snake and a dragon—was right there in this mysterious space, brazenly taking up space.

He'd wanted to test it before, but aside from opening it up to inspect, the model only reacted when he evolved an ability.

Now, for the first time, he'd encountered another creature's model with the words "Editable" on it. Would something different happen?

With that in mind, he tried selecting his own model, then chose to open it.

As the panel changed, his model's abilities appeared from a different perspective.

'Species: Unknown (?).'

'Abilities: LV3 (Details), LV2 (Details), LV1 (Details).'

Seeing this, Bai Chuan froze. He hadn't expected it to work.

He looked at the "Unknown" on the panel and chuckled in spite of himself. He hadn't expected the species listed for him to be unknown.

That made sense. He had no idea how many times he'd strengthened himself by now. He'd even lost snake traits like being cold-blooded and hibernating, on top of all his strange abilities and claws.

If he went out now and told people he was a King Cobra, they'd probably stare at him in disbelief. How did this thing look anything like a King Cobra?

Did they think he was stupid?

After laughing for a while, Bai Chuan looked at the panel again.

That raised a question. If he selected one of his own abilities, would he still have it afterward?

If not, would it simply disappear? Or would it cause irreversible harm?

His curiosity flared at once. Ignoring the Rat's model, he began investigating.

First, he opened his own model, randomly selected an ability, and confirmed that he wanted to extract it. In an instant, the panel displayed a prompt.

[Please select a method: Copy or Remove?]

That proved it: it worked!

And unlike the ability models he used as consumables, his own seemed special. It offered two options.

Bai Chuan narrowed his eyes and studied the choices.

Copy and Remove.

Going by the literal meaning, copying shouldn't harm him at all, and his ability would remain unchanged. But what about the Remove option?

What would happen if one of his abilities were removed?

Would it vanish just like the abilities in other models, leaving him dead? Would he suffer serious injuries, or would nothing happen at all?

If nothing happened, he could probably experiment much more boldly.

Before, he'd seen that every time he evolved, the model he'd treated as expendable would disappear because it was damaged and incomplete. That was why he'd been afraid to evolve himself carelessly.

He'd worried that after evolving, he might discover an ability didn't suit him—especially one involving an external limb—and wonder how he could shed it afterward.

Now that there was a Remove option, if it didn't harm him, could he experiment with any ability he wanted?

For example, if he grew a pair of bird wings, could he fly?

He'd held back from evolving before because he'd considered the possibility that, for various real-world reasons, an evolved ability might turn out to be useless. If he couldn't get rid of it, wouldn't it become a burden?

But if removing it caused him no harm, couldn't he try anything he wanted?

As long as he had enough points, he could experiment however he liked. He could even test out abilities with low compatibility.

Of course, he could use other creatures to test that.

The more Bai Chuan thought about it, the more excited he became. He almost started experimenting on the spot.

Fortunately, he still had his wits about him and knew that now wasn't the time.

For now, he'd use this little mouse as a test subject and see what evolution looked like.

After all, it wouldn't just be unharmed. It would benefit from the process too.

And he'd get to witness evolution firsthand. What could be better?

As for what came afterward, once he'd dealt with this situation and found a safe place, he could find an animal and first test what happened after removing an ability.

He couldn't just foolishly use himself as a test subject. Until he'd tested the results, he shouldn't act recklessly.

As the saying went, a rich man's son wouldn't sit beneath a sagging wall; a wise man wouldn't stand beneath a crumbling one.

Who did Bai Chuan think he was? He couldn't lose his mind and experiment on himself.

His life came first! As long as he was alive, there was still hope.

Perhaps this was what the panel's ability was really meant for.

Once he had more points than he could use, he could even deliberately give certain creatures special, powerful abilities, then expose them to all kinds of harsh environments and force them to develop even better abilities.

Then he could harvest the results. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

In a daze, Bai Chuan seemed to have discovered the panel's true use.

With that, he stopped putting it off.

He looked at the little mouse and began to consider.

Given the situation, what ability could he give it that would help it without costing him too much?

First, the Frost Ability he'd just obtained was out of the question.

That ability needed those White Light particles, and they were all inside him now. No one knew what might happen if he strengthened it.

He wouldn't risk handing out an ability that seemed to exist only once.

What about the most useful electrical ability?

As soon as the thought occurred to him, Bai Chuan rejected it. The ability to generate electricity wasn't some strange power. It required a large amount of Electric Muscle, and this little Rat's body—

Bai Chuan looked it over and decisively shook his head. With a body like that,

it could strain with all its might and still produce barely any volts. It would be nothing but a burden.

As for other abilities that helped with hiding or support, they probably wouldn't be useful either.

After all, someone had already done something to this Rat that let them track it directly. It was basically a live location tracker. Hiding wouldn't help at all.

Still, Bai Chuan believed every method had a time limit. So he should give it an ability that helped it escape. As long as it was clever enough to stall until whatever was tracking it wore off, it might survive.