Biological Level Up

Biological Level Up

At five in the morning, Xu Zhi looked at the Game Console and sincerely asked, "Can you add a timer function?"

"Like, I set a time for them to do something."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Narrator responded.

[Please work hard to level up your Familiars.]

"Oh."

Xu Zhi understood.

The Narrator was responding to her indirectly. Perhaps once her Familiars reached a high enough level, she would no longer need to use the game to give them orders at every moment, and they would be able to arrange their own schedules?

That would be pretty nice. Once she had more Familiars and her health improved, she could not possibly stay home playing the Game Console all day.

Having too many Familiars would make switching between them troublesome too. It would be best if they could arrange their own time, and she could still observe their status through the Game Console whenever she wanted without having to plan everything for them. How wonderful.

"Level up already!"

Xu Zhi was already looking forward to the day she could become a hands-off boss.

While the two Familiars searched outside for Black Fruit, Xu Zhi observed through their perspectives. She then noticed that animal tracks seemed to have grown scarcer. There was still no sign of any Aberrations, but thanks to her Familiars' expanded field of vision after leveling up, she saw signs of a person on the pixel screen.

His movements did not resemble those lunatics. Instead, he seemed like a normal person carefully making his way through the fog. When he could not see the Familiars, he felt his way forward. The moment he heard any noise, he immediately stopped and found cover to hide behind. Those lunatics would not be this cautious.

Xu Zhi did not bother with him. Since they were merely passing by, she had the Familiars leave. After all, the general direction he was heading was not toward the old settlement. Finding Black Fruit was the priority right now.

Hard work paid off. With the two Familiars' efforts, Xu Zhi really did find a Black Fruit.

Naturally, she fed the fruit to Little One. Her current goal was to raise Little One to level twenty as quickly as possible. This fruit would definitely let Little One level up.

An hour later, Little One awoke from its fruit-absorption state.

[Although your Familiar has become much stronger since it last consumed this fruit, it is still unable to fully absorb the fruit's power. Perhaps next time, it will be able to absorb more of the energy within.]

[Familiar: Snake Lv14 → Python Lv15
Mental: 300
Physical: 1400
Attribute: Blade
Traits: Toxin Lv6, Sharpness Lv4, Bloodlust Lv5, Cunning Lv4, Strength Lv5
Special Ability: Transformation Lv1]

[Evolution Points: 3000/4000]

[Congratulations, your Familiar has reached level 15. Biological level increased.]

[Congratulations, your Familiar has obtained the special supernatural ability: Transformation.]

[Transformation: Is what you see real? Is what you hear true? Are your senses loyal to you, or are they deceiving you? That is not an illusion. It is change.]

[Low-level Transformation can only alter the Familiar's body size. Its maximum size cannot exceed twice its original body. Raising the Familiar's level will also upgrade Transformation and unlock more abilities.]

[For a certain special reason, you may extract one trait from your Familiar.]

[Please choose: Extract]

"As expected, that special reason is the Black Fruit."

Black Fruit allowed her to extract a Familiar's abilities.

Xu Zhi watched Little One's body swell dramatically after it shed its skin. It was now nearly ten meters long, and its body had become immensely thick and powerful. Its black scales gave off a faint gleam, its golden pupils narrowed, and its gaze was cold and dangerous. Just looking at it created a suffocating sense of pressure.

"All its other attributes improved, and it gained Strength at level five too."

The difference between level fourteen and level fifteen was nothing short of a qualitative leap.

But... the most important thing was still that special ability—an active supernatural ability.

"Transformation. That's a simple and clear name."

For now, it seemed to have only the straightforward ability to change body size, but with even a little thought, it was obvious how useful this ability truly was.

What was more, it could level up along with the Familiar.

This reminded Xu Zhi of her [Eye of Secrets]. [Eye of Secrets] would also reveal more things as her supernatural level rose.

Did that mean all active supernatural abilities worked this way?

They would grow stronger along with their hosts. When their hosts were weak, they could not display their full power either.

Then what about supernatural abilities with an inherently low initial level?

If their hosts leveled up, would they improve as well? Or would they always remain weak supernatural abilities?

Many questions flooded Xu Zhi's mind. The more she learned about the supernatural, the more doubts arose, as though it were a bottomless pit that could never be fully explored.

"Forget it. There's no point thinking about this now."

She shook her head and temporarily set those questions aside. She called Little One and Doggie back first, then planned to go upstairs to talk to Shen Jinwen.

Because Little One was now too large, it had shrunk itself before entering the residential building. After Little One returned, Xu Zhi looked at it and asked, "How small can you get?"

The Narrator had only said its maximum size could not exceed twice its original body. It had not said how small it could become.

Under her gaze, Little One obediently used its ability to shrink itself, until it became a tiny snake less than half a centimeter wide and no more than half a meter long.

Its scales had become even more exquisite after its biological level increased. When Little One stayed still, it did not look like a snake at all, but like an exquisite carved ornament.

"So small?" Xu Zhi was somewhat surprised. At that size, hiding itself would become very easy.

Xu Zhi thought for a moment, then extended her right hand and tapped her slender wrist. "Come up."

Hearing this, Little One obediently crawled up Xu Zhi's hand where she had placed it beside the snake. After coiling itself around her wrist, it stopped moving. At first glance, it did not look like a living snake, but rather like an exquisite black jade bracelet.

It could only be said that it was very convenient for sneak attacks.

Xu Zhi nodded in satisfaction. Meanwhile, Doggie beside her unhappily pawed at the floor and let out aggrieved whimpers.

Xu Zhi felt that it was probably asking why Little One could cuddle against her while it could not.

"Do you really have no idea?"

Xu Zhi looked at it seriously and asked. Then she watched Doggie tilt its head in confusion.

Fine. It seemed it truly had no idea.

"You are not allowed to pounce on me without my permission, and you are not allowed to lick my face! Do you understand?"

Xu Zhi sternly instructed it once more. However, Doggie merely innocently tilted its head to the other side.

The words I don't understand were practically written across its face.

A vein twitched on Xu Zhi's forehead. She held herself back. "I know you understand. Stop pretending!"

"Now, come outside with me and behave yourself, understand?"

At that, Doggie, which had been pretending not to understand human language, immediately leaped up. It wagged its tail and spun around in place, staring at Xu Zhi eagerly as though urging her to hurry up and leave.

"Heh." Xu Zhi gave a cold laugh. She knew this stupid dog was not that dumb!