"Baby, you must be starving. Here, let Mommy feed you some milk."
A gentle woman's voice rang out.
The next moment, Lin Zichen felt something soft being placed in his mouth, and he instinctively began to suck.
He was only a little over a month old. He had some awareness, but not much.
He only knew to cry when he was hungry and sleep when he was full.
His thoughts were mostly a muddled mess; he wasn't capable of thinking things through.
[Energy +1] [Energy +1] [Energy +1] [...]
As he drank more and more breast milk, Lin Zichen suddenly felt an itch in his head, as if he were about to grow a brain.
Then a Character Panel slowly materialized from the Void.
[Name: Lin Zichen] [Age: 33 days] [Biological Rank: Ordinary (Tier 1)] [Biological Attribute: None]
Looking at the panel in the Void, Lin Zichen finally realized one thing.
He had transmigrated.
He had become a newborn whose brain hadn't fully developed yet.
And he had even gotten a cheat.
But after thinking about all that for a while, Lin Zichen felt exhausted. He soon grew drowsy and fell asleep.
"The little guy falls straight asleep as soon as he's full. I'm so jealous. Mommy's lost plenty of sleep taking care of you."
Looking at the sleeping Lin Zichen in her arms, the woman smiled and murmured, her eyes full of affection.
In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed.
After all this time growing, Lin Zichen's awareness had become much clearer, and he could now think more or less coherently.
Once his brain had developed, the first thing he did was investigate his cheat.
He learned it was an Achievement-based cheat, and that he had triggered his first Achievement quest.
[Achievement: Kick your legs a total of 10,000 times] [Reward: Gain Biological Attribute—Use-Disuse Evolution] [Total leg kicks: 1,024/10,000]
Lin Zichen glanced at the progress bar, then lay quietly in his crib and kicked his legs.
"Baby, kicking your legs again?"
"When did you wake up?"
"You woke up without crying or fussing. What a good baby, always making things easy for Mommy."
His mother, Zhang Wanxin, came into the room. Seeing Lin Zichen quietly kicking his legs in the crib, she couldn't help smiling with relief.
Lin Zichen smiled back at her.
Soon, his father, Lin Yansheng, came in, looking full of hope.
"Our little guy is so lively and active. You can tell he has a real Physical Talent. He'll definitely become a high-and-mighty Gene Fusionist one day. And even if not, he can still become a Mechanical Cyborg."
Gene Fusionist?
Mechanical Cyborg?
What were those?
Lin Zichen furrowed his brows slightly, realizing that this world seemed different from the one he'd lived in before.
Before he knew it, another month had passed.
Over the past month, Lin Zichen had kicked his legs an average of 300 times a day. At last, he had reached 10,000 kicks in total.
[Achievement: Kick your legs a total of 10,000 times—completed] [Reward: Biological Attribute gained: Use-Disuse Evolution] [Use-Disuse Evolution: As long as you continuously train the same part of your body, that part can evolve and grow stronger without limit, but it cannot break through the limits of carbon-based life]
After reading the description, Lin Zichen immediately started kicking his legs with practiced ease, eager to experience the effects of Use-Disuse Evolution.
[You are kicking your legs. Vitality +1, leg muscle strength +1, leg-kicking proficiency +1]
The moment the notification appeared, Lin Zichen clearly felt a little more strength in his legs.
His spirits lifted, and he kicked even harder.
When his legs grew tired, he switched to swinging his arms.
[You are waving your hands. Vitality +1, hand muscle strength +1, waving proficiency +1]
When his arms got tired too, he began twisting his body, getting all his muscles moving for a full-body workout.
Nearly a week passed like this.
Lin Zichen's body had grown much stronger. He could sit up in his crib without help, instead of lying there and staring at the ceiling like before.
Normally, newborns didn't learn to sit up by themselves until they were around seven months old.
But he was only a little over four months old, and he could already do it.
Over the next half month,
Lin Zichen focused on training his limbs and soon mastered crawling.
[You are crawling. Vitality +1, body coordination +1, crawling proficiency +1]
To avoid seeming too unbelievably gifted, too far beyond human norms, and attracting needless trouble,
Lin Zichen didn't let his parents find out he could crawl.
He waited until they were asleep at night before quietly climbing out of his crib and practicing on the floor.
He crawled faster than the cockroaches in the house.
He scurried back and forth through the dark corners.
A month later, Lin Zichen learned to walk too.
[You are walking. Vitality +1, body coordination +1, walking proficiency +1]
Meanwhile, by watching the news on TV, he had gained a basic understanding of the world he lived in.
He was still on Earth, but Earth had mutated, and all sorts of terrifying, unknown creatures had appeared.
These unknown creatures were collectively called Exotic Beasts.
To fight them, humanity had spent decades developing two paths.
First, genetic modification: fuse Exotic Beast genes to gain some of their abilities and fight magic with magic.
Second, flesh is weak, machinery ascends: use technology to defeat the Exotic Beasts.
These two paths corresponded to Gene Fusionists and Mechanical Cyborgs.
"So this world really is dangerous. I hope I can grow up safely, keep my head down, and evolve. I hope nothing goes wrong."
Lin Zichen thought hopefully.
Half a month later.
Lin Zichen's walking grew steadier and steadier. He figured it wouldn't be long before he learned to run.
Most newborns didn't learn to walk until they were around one year old.
But he was only half a year old and was already almost running. It was a complete dimension-level beatdown.
"In the blink of an eye, I'm already over six months old. I can crawl in front of my parents now; there's no need to keep hiding it."
With that thought,
Lin Zichen soon showed off his crawling skills in front of his parents.
"Honey, look! Chenchen can crawl, and he's so fast!"
Zhang Wanxin exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Yansheng was just as surprised, but even more excited. Beaming, he said, "He's only a little over six months old and he can already crawl—and so fast, too. Our son's a genius!"
"Ding-dong!"
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
Lin Yansheng went to check and found that it was the neighbors who had just moved in a few days earlier, stopping by with a gift to introduce themselves.
Hearing the commotion by the door, Zhang Wanxin picked up Lin Zichen, who had been crawling around on the floor, and went to meet their new neighbors too.
They were a young couple.
The man was carrying a gift, and the woman was holding a baby girl.
Lin Yansheng accepted their gift and warmly invited the couple inside.
Soon, the two families were sitting together, drinking tea and chatting cheerfully.
As they talked, they learned that their babies had been born just one day apart. What a coincidence.
Sitting on Zhang Wanxin's lap, Lin Zichen curiously sized up the baby girl across from him, who had been born a day later.
She had big, watery eyes and looked adorable.
The baby girl was curiously looking him over too. Whenever their eyes met, she smiled, beaming brightly.
After listening to the adults chat for a while, Lin Zichen got bored. He wriggled in Zhang Wanxin's arms, asking his mother to put him down.
Zhang Wanxin understood what he meant. "You're such an active little thing," she laughed, setting him on the floor.
As soon as he touched down, Lin Zichen quickly crawled back and forth across the floor, training his body.
[You crawled 10 meters. Vitality +1, body coordination +1, crawling proficiency +1] [You crawled 100 meters. Vitality +10, body coordination +10, crawling proficiency +10] [You crawled 500 meters...]
Lin Zichen crawled so fast he zipped around the room like a mouse.
The baby girl's mother was astonished. "That's amazing! Your baby learned to crawl so quickly. My Hanhan has only just learned to sit up by herself."
Seeing the surprise on her face, Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin felt secretly pleased. Having a genius son really was wonderful.
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