area51novel Chapter 2: The Zerg Cataclysm System!
Chapter 2: The Zerg Cataclysm System!
The next moment, lines of information appeared before his eyes.
[Ding! Survival crisis triggered, Zerg Cataclysm System officially activated!]
[Personal panel has been updated!]
[By achieving a certain number of insectoid creatures or other hidden conditions, you can unlock insectoid-related functions and buildings.]
[Unlocked: Psychic Space, Gashapon Machine]
The information gradually faded away.
'Boom! '
A huge scroll appeared out of thin air and crashed to the ground.
The method of use was also transmitted into his mind, similar to the method of using a spirit scroll.
Uchiha Yuuki's expression froze for a moment, then he regained his composure.
'System? Zerg? Has the Aburame family's system gone awry?'
He silently closed his eyes, the two jade tomoe spinning rapidly in his eye sockets, and two drops of bright red blood slid down from the corners of his eyes, landing on the clean white tile floor.
It hasn't disappeared!
The scroll remained lying on the ground.
It's not a hallucination!
"Cough cough... Hahahaha"
His cheeks flushed red, he covered half his face with his left hand, and an uncontrollable wild laugh spread across his lips, like a prisoner who had been released from prison.
New hope!
He dabbed the blood from the corner of his eye with his thumb and pressed it firmly onto the unfolded scroll, leaving a handprint.
"Reverse psychic communication!"
A wisp of smoke appeared out of nowhere, and Yuuki vanished from the spot.
When the light returned, he found himself standing on a lush green grassland.
The frenzied Yuuki has regained his composure.
The grassland is not large, about the size of four football fields, and thick fog shrouds its edges, making it seem as if it could continue to expand.
Yuuki glanced around, his gaze settling on the sturdy oak tree in the center of the grassland.
Looking up, you see oak branches supporting a sturdy wooden platform, with spiral staircases extending upwards around the oak tree.
Yushu walked forward and climbed up the steps.
The first thing that caught my eye was an instrument that looked out of place with the cyan-green color.
The device is about half a person's height, and you can see gashapon capsules through the glass on the upper part.
"Is this what the prompt said, the gashapon machine?"
After carefully checking it over, Yuuki tried turning the knob on the gashapon machine.
At that moment, a prompt appeared before his eyes.
Welcome to the gashapon machine!
To get a gashapon (gacha pull), please insert coins!
Each gacha capsule will randomly yield a summoning beast from various realms that possesses the concept of an insect.
[A bonus gacha pull will be given for every 10 pulls!]
Gold coins can be used to purchase gashapon toys of different qualities.
[Currently available for purchase: White Gashapon / 100,000 Gold Coins]
Gold coins can be exchanged for the world currency used in the recharge process; the current exchange rate is 1:1.
[The exchange rate may change depending on factors such as global development and actual value. The final interpretation right belongs to the gashapon machine!]
Yuuki carefully read each rule, trying to find the deeper meaning behind it.
"Obtain a summoned beast? An insect?"
"A free draw in ten pulls? That feels so familiar and familiar."
"The key point should be the last one! This means that if the world stops developing, there is a limit to the number of gacha pulls that can be obtained. And what does the recharge currency consume? Faith? Luck? Energy?"
"An alternative 'eating the world' style? No, this is a style that urges the world to progress!"
Yuuki clearly understands that the gashapon machine is a tool to help him grow, and he shouldn't just use it for the sake of using it.
He put the three thousand taels he was carrying into the coin slot, and the electronic screen displayed 'Three thousand gold coins exchanged'.
No real gold coins fell out.
This piqued Yuuki's interest even more.
Perhaps, gashapon machines really can solve the bloodstain disease.
"Go back and get the money, buy one and try it out."
How do I leave?
Yuuki unfurled the scroll and, mimicking a summoning technique, filled it with his chakra and spiritual power.
Soon, a name appeared in the first column of the scroll—Uchiha Yuuki.
Yuuki felt an even closer connection to the scroll and this grassland.
"Is it an illusion? I can directly control whether or not I can communicate with spirits."
亥！
Yuuki merely formed a hand seal, without emitting any smoke, and vanished from the spot in an instant, like a flying thunder god.
The next second, he reappeared in the toilet.
"Instant teleportation? Space-time ninjutsu?"
Yuuki was slightly surprised that the additional function gave him a divine escape technique, far more powerful and practical than the summoning technique.
This made him even more eager for the psychic insect from the gashapon machine.
While thinking about it, he took out money from inside the room.
After scraping together what he could, You Shu finally managed to produce over 100,000 taels of silver.
This is already quite a lot. The village's D-rank missions only cost between five thousand and fifty thousand taels, and the village has to divide it among four people, with the team leader taking the lion's share.
In the past two years, Yushu has indeed made money by running a clinic, but he is also charitable and has built a good reputation for himself.
Spreading the Will of Fire also costs money!
It's really not easy for a family to have any money left over.
"Hoping for a lucky draw on the first try, and pull something good... like a beast."
Yuuki did not form any hand seals; instead, he focused his attention.
Reverse psychic abilities!
boom!
He stood once again atop the treehouse on the Green Grassland.
Green grassland.
Yushu specially named this space; perhaps the lush green grassland will bring people a good mood.
Take out money, stuff money in, turn things around.
All in one go!
Gum!
A white gashapon capsule fell out.
Yuuki pressed the switch on the gashapon machine.
The round button in the center of the white capsule toy emitted a faint light, and the two parts opened and rotated, eventually splitting into two halves and falling to the ground, where they burst into a dazzling light.
"Ugh!"
As the light faded, a green worm slowly emerged from the side of the capsule shell.
Congratulations! You have obtained a Sky God (juvenile version)
Even with Yuuki's calm demeanor, he couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
You call this the God of the Sky?
Isn't that a green caterpillar?!
Could the legend be true? Can Caterpie really evolve into Rayquaza?
Yuuki clearly sensed that a faint connection had been established between himself and the caterpillar.
If they infuse their spiritual energy, they will establish a closer bond.
A look of realization flashed across Yuuki's face.
Inputting mental energy, is that what's called a 'contract'?
I don't know if there's a limit to the number of contracts.
Instead of immediately forming a contract, Yuuki spoke to Caterpie through a weak connection.
"Evolve, my Caterpie!"
The green caterpillar pupa blinked twice, its large, dark eyes filled with question marks.
"Hmm?"
It seems impossible.
"come over."
Yuuki issued a simple command.
The green caterpillar pupa crawled towards the tree.
"Stop."
The green caterpillar immediately stopped moving.
"Spinning in place."
The caterpillar's head begins to try to catch its tail.
"Use your tail to press down on the third ventral foot on the left side."
The green caterpillar rolled over and lay down, straining its tail toward its legs, but it couldn't reach them no matter what it did, and sweat beaded on its forehead in frustration.
"A 720-degree mid-air spin followed by a backflip?"
"Write out the design concept for a 5mm lithography machine?"
"Forget it, let's stop."
Yuuki stroked his chin, deep in thought.
"Highly obedient, but poorly capable."
Yuuki used a stick to lift the green caterpillar up and carefully examined its body.
"let me see...."
"Can a green caterpillar with no distinguishing features cure bloodstain disease?"
Blood flowed down Yushu's nostrils. He silently wiped away the blood and thought to himself.
Is it just my imagination?
"After the system was bound, my mental strength increased even faster!"
Don't let the bloodstain disease get worse and cause you to die even faster!
Yuki opened his eyes wide and stared at the green caterpillar in front of him, as if he was thinking about something.
The only treatment for bloodstain disease caused by excessive mental energy growth is to reduce expenditure and increase income.
Open source means strengthening the physical body to accommodate the ever-growing spiritual power.
Conservation means avoiding excessive mental energy expenditure and preventing it from exceeding the body's limits.
The two methods must be carried out separately, but Yuuki cannot do that.
The Naruto world doesn't have fancy magic or martial arts that create muscular burly men; it only has chakra, which combines physical strength and spiritual power!
Simultaneously guiding the growth of physical and mental strength cannot solve the bloodstain disease.
As for letting Yuuki research a new system of mental power cultivation, it's like asking Benboba to kill Sun Wukong—it's an utterly abstract idea.
“However…” Yuuki held the caterpillar up to his face: “Perhaps the contract can help a little.”
He carefully placed his hand on the caterpillar's head.
With a faint connection, he released his mental energy.
Soon, mental energy rapidly connected between the two.
The caterpillar really did share some of the mental energy!
Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief. The amount of work he had to do was very small, but it was a good sign!
[Contract achieved!]
A series of brand-new messages appeared before Youshu's eyes.
[Race: Caterpie (Sky God - Juvenile Version)]
[Description: Commonly seen like stray dogs, born in forests. Legend has it that a perfectly trained individual has a chance to evolve into a sky god...]
[Talent: Skin Hardening]
Quantity: 1
Yuuki's eyes brightened a little, and he felt a bit more relaxed.
After contracting with the caterpillar, it gave him an extremely powerful ability in return.
Peeling and hardening!
As the name suggests, the green caterpillar, which is pursuing evolution, will constantly molt and harden its skin.
Yuuki, the master of the green caterpillars, also received a reward—a slight improvement in his physical condition!
This improvement is not a one-time event; it will continue to increase as the population grows!
As for evolving into a sky god? I'll just pretend I believe it.
Yuuki understood.
As long as you contract a sufficient number of insects, the mental strength problem will be easily solved!
Well, we also need to consider the issue of the upper limit of the world's existence.
With the gloom in his heart swept away, Yuuki felt a long-lost excitement!
Make money! Raise insects!
Then reshape (Huo Luan) the world!