Slime Evolution

Chapter 28: 28 - 31 People?

Despite [Instinctive Perception Lv 5], Lohan didn’t notice the white fox watching him, farming peacefully until the end of the day.

The day’s gains were very rewarding, even though they could have been better if he had encountered more formidable enemies, as he would have been able to get better upgrades for his skills or even more powerful new skills.

But he was already grateful for what he had achieved. When he logged off, Lohan spent all the Biomass he had stored, leaving the new [Passive Digestion Lv 5] to accumulate biomass for him again while he slept or was at college.

His current total biomass accumulation speed was 28.54 Bio/h, with passive digestion accounting for 3.05 Bio/h of that total, which may seem small, but considering that he would be offline for around 17 hours, that would still be 51.85 Biomass stored afk.

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The next day, Lohan woke up feeling even better.

His body, which had previously been pale, thin, and malnourished, was slowly regaining a healthy color, softness, and muscle tone.

Even though he was only eating the nutrient solution, his body was absorbing these nutrients even better.

”It seems that increasing the levels of Efficient Digestion and Passive Digestion really makes a big difference in my nutrition...”

Looking in the mirror, Lohan was surprised to see muscles forming on his body.

Because he had very little body fat, now that his body was absorbing the best nutrients from what he ate, and perhaps even from the air around him, he was slowly becoming more defined.

Muscle lines were appearing all over his body in a very harmonious way.

His belly, which had always been flabby, both due to extreme poverty in this world and his inability to exercise in the other world, was now developing a discreet six-pack abs, with signs that an eight-pack was on the way.

His arms, once thin and weak, could now support his body weight for short moments during training, showing a great improvement.

Satisfied with this progress, Lohan smiled before throwing a black hoodie over his body, covering his head, putting on a protective mask for the toxic outside air, and leaving the house, completely hiding the changes.

The walk to the bus stop was even smoother, his body moving with much more lightness, firmness, and control.

Unfortunately, in this world, he was still just a survivor from the Lower Zone, a nobody to people like him, and even more so to people above.

So he just took advantage of his time in college to hear news and gossip from Elysium, something he didn’t do very often since he spent most of his time playing games, while trying his best to minimize his own presence.

Fortunately, his work in this regard was practically perfect.

No one came to talk to him during class.

The students from the Lower Zone were too busy hiding from the students from the Upper Zone to approach him, while the students from the Upper Zone were too busy living their own lives to worry about a nobody like him.

If it were just that, Lohan’s day would have been as normal as ever, but there was one small detail that confused him.

’I know that my Passive Digestion works better in college, since the air here is purer and more nutritious, but why has it become more powerful now?

Class was about to begin when suddenly the group of students from the Upper Zone returned to the classroom, passing close to Lohan and causing this strange feeling.

Strangely, this strange situation became even more intense when another person passed by him, Isabella Vance.

He felt as if before, [Passive Digestion Lv 5] was absorbing only 0.5 Bio/h, but when the other students entered the room, the absorption rose to 1.0 Bio/h!

But when Isabella entered the room and passed by him, that value skyrocketed to 2.0 Bio/h!

’How did she alone manage to increase the nutrition in the air?!’

As much as he wanted to look at her and search for something different, he knew the harm it could cause and forced himself to keep his head down.

But his mind was working at high speed, processing everything that had happened.

During class, Lohan remained discreet, but with each person who passed by him, he analyzed the air nutrition, how much Biomass he absorbed from the person’s presence, and he managed to gather some data.

Apparently, of the 30 students in the Upper Class, 20 increased their biomass gain from 0.5 to 0.6 Bio/h.

He didn’t hear many conversations, but coincidentally or not, everyone in this group who talked about their classes in Elysium were ”Common” class Players.

Another 6 students in this group increased their gain by 0.2 Bio/h, twice that of the previous group.

From this group, he only heard two people talking about Elysium, and coincidentally or not, these two people commented on their ”Uncommon” classes in Elysium.

Due to a lack of data, Lohan could only assume that the other four students also had ”Uncommon” races like the two he heard, something to note and pay attention to in the future.

Four other students increased Lohan’s Bio gain by 0.4 Bio/h. Of these students, only one commented that his class was ”Rare.”

As for Isabella, even though she didn’t get up at any point during class, when class was over, Lohan specifically stayed seated a little longer, waiting for Isabella to pass by him, and confirmed that she increased his Bio gain by 1.0 Bio/h!

Despite being close to these people, his Bio gain had increased... and this was the real world. What in the world could change a person to the point that they exude biomass in the real world?!

’Just like me, they are also undergoing changes and evolutions because of the game, right?

But if you noticed, adding Isabella, the total number of students who awakened a change in Lohan was 31, but there are only 30 students from the Upper Zone in Lohan’s class!

Among the group of 4 students that Lohan assumed had ”Rare” Classes or Races, only 3 were from the Upper Zone, with the last one being a quiet boy who was also part of the Lower Zone, like Lohan!

Surprised by this discovery, Lohan quickly got up from his seat and ran to the bus stop.

Some students from the Upper Zone saw this poor boy running with a gas mask hanging from his backpack, and although they frowned, they didn’t pay much attention to it.

Seeing his target at the bus stop, waiting for transportation to the Lower Zone, Lohan sighed in relief, adjusted the mask on his face, and blended into the crowd, watching the boy with curiosity but with no intention of approaching him for the time being.