Slime Evolution

Chapter 2: 02 - Biological Evolution

[Biological Energy detected.]

[Function: Organic Evolution unlocked!]

’A new function was unlocked when I accumulated 1 Unit of Bio-Mass...’ Lohan realized.

Looking at the screen in front of him, Lohan didn’t think twice and opened the Status screen to see what this Organic Evolution meant.

[Name: Halon

Race: Slime (Mythical)

Class: Devourer (Mythical)

Level: 01

Experience: 0 / 100

Bio-Mass: 1.0]

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[Organic Evolution]

[Membrane Reinforcement Lv 1 – 1 Bio]

Strengthens the outer layer of the body.

[Efficient Digestion Lv 1 – 1 Bio]

Increases the speed at which organic matter is dissolved. +10% digestion rate.

[Structural Stability Lv 1 – 1.5 Bio]

Improves control over one’s own body.

[Viscous Flow Lv 1 - 1.5 Bio]

Increases agility in controlling one’s own body.]

Looking at the Organic Evolution screen, Lohan was shocked.

When he saw the news saying that Oracle, the game’s AI, could create unique and customized classes to better fit the players’ personalities, he didn’t imagine he would receive a class like this!

Of all the players who posted their classes on the internet, everyone Lohan saw followed a line of evolution very similar to the MMORPG standard he had seen in the other world.

Each class had skill trees with abilities corresponding to their classes that would be unlocked by level.

But his line of evolution was completely different from that!

It was as if, instead of playing an MMORPG, Lohan was playing an incremental game, and for everyone who had played this type of game, they knew that although the beginning was slow, in the late game the potential gains that these games delivered were incomparable!

Analyzing the options available to him, Lohan was curious to buy the [Membrane Reinforcement Lv 1] and see what changes it would bring to his body, but thinking long term, the best option without a doubt was [Efficient Digestion Lv 1], which would increase his digestion speed by 10%.

So without thinking twice, he chose that evolution.

[Name: Halon

Race: Slime (Mythical)

Class: Devourer (Mythical)

Level: 01

Experience: 0 / 100

Bio-Mass: 1.0]

Evolutions:

[Efficient Digestion Lv 1 – 1 Bio]

Increases the speed at which organic matter is dissolved. +10% digestion rate.]

When the evolution was selected, Lohan felt the energy he used to digest the grass circulate slightly faster in his body.

To test this upgrade, Lohan rolled over to a tuft of grass just ahead and began digestion again.

He could subtly feel his energy being drained faster, but in return, the speed at which the grass was being drained was also faster than before.

Using the clock on the Elysium menu as a reference, Lohan realized that instead of the 10 minutes it took him to digest 0.3 Units of Biomass, this time it only took him 9 minutes!

Excited, he continued, focused on absorbing more grass.

While his body was working, Lohan looked around and observed how the other Slimes were absorbing.

Although they all looked the same at first glance, each one had a different characteristic.

Some Slimes were larger than others, and these Slimes were able to cover more grass with each digestion, so they were able to digest more grass per second.

Other Slimes had a slightly higher digestion rate than others, moving more frequently than those with slower digestion.

There was even a difference in the speed of the Slimes, with some able to roll faster and jump higher than others.

”So I’m not the only Slime with Biological Evolutions... apparently everyone else can evolve like me too.” Lohan analyzed what he was seeing. ”That’s understandable, considering that Slimes are at the bottom of the food chain, it makes sense that their line of evolution and progress would be different.”

Looking at the amount of grass already absorbed around them, it was understandable that each Slime had already obtained enough Bio-Mass to achieve at least one evolution.

But despite all the evolutions they had achieved, their biggest disadvantage was also clear.

While rolling around to get more biomass from a tuft of grass, one Slime accidentally fell into the stream and was carried away by the current.

Another Slime was simply jumping from side to side, and on one of its jumps, it landed on a sharp rock that pierced its gelatinous body and reached its inner core, causing the Slime to spill out onto the ground, dead.

Despite the immense evolutionary potential that the Slimes had, there was apparently no upgrade on the list that improved the intelligence of these beings, so even if they became bigger, faster, or more resistant, because they lacked intelligence, they still died in the most idiotic ways possible.

Surprisingly, when Lohan was looking curiously at the Slime core thrown on the ground, a battle began!

Many of the Slimes that were around apparently saw/sensed that core there and began to jump and roll desperately in that direction.

Strangely, several Slimes did not react to the core and just continued to digest grass, but dozens of others noticed it and rushed to try to absorb it.

The first to reach the core was the smaller, faster Slime that Lohan had noticed. Apparently, that Slime used all of its Bio-Mass on speed, making it at least a third faster than the others.

As soon as it covered the core with its body, it stood still, focused on digesting it.

But that didn’t stop the other Slimes from continuing, even if they were slower.

In a few seconds, a slightly larger Slime arrived and, without worrying about anything, jumped on top of the smaller Slime, and a grotesque scene began to unfold.

With his enhanced vision, Lohan saw in detail the scene of the larger Slime slowly digesting the smaller Slime’s body until it approached its core!

But the battle didn’t end there. The other Slimes that were on their way also arrived, and they all began jumping on top of where the core was originally, causing these Slimes to mix and a mess of mutual digestion to occur.

The smaller Slime that arrived first didn’t even finish digesting the core it found when the larger Slime digested its body and began to digest its core.

After a few minutes, the core was completely digested by the second Slime, giving it enough Bio-Mass to achieve another Organic Evolution and allowing it to begin to struggle.

But just when Lohan thought he would evolve into something that could help in this carnage, the speed at which he was struggling increased slightly...

’He didn’t use his biomass to increase his speed, right?’