Chapter 10: Anomaly
Ryan continued his solo exploration of the Shifting Wilds, feeling a bit like a kid in a very dangerous, very muddy candy store where all the candy could potentially eat him.
Every new plant, every strange rock, every weird bug was a potential source of extraction. He was slowly but surely getting the hang of his SSS-Tier power.
He’d even managed to extract "Minor Vibration Sense" from a large, cricket-like creature that made the ground hum before it tried to bite his ankle.
It wasn’t super useful yet, more like a faint buzzing in his feet when things got close, but hey, free senses were free senses!
Suddenly, a loud, official-sounding chime echoed through the entire Genesis Outpost #7, probably broadcast to everyone’s god Interface.
It wasn’t the calm, slightly bossy God Warden voice this time, but a more generic, system-wide announcement.
"Attention Arrivals! An Individual Within Genesis Outpost #7 Has Achieved Assimilation Level 3! Regional Leaderboard Protocol Activated! The Top 100 Assimilation Levels Within This Outpost Are Now Visible Via Your God Interface!"
"Level 3 already?" Ryan whistled. "Someone’s been busy." He quickly accessed his Interface to check out this new "Regional Leaderboard." A see-through list popped up, ranking players by their Assimilation Level.
Genesis Outpost #7 – Regional Leaderboard [Top 100]
Scarlett "Red" Viper – Level 3 [Aptitude: Shadow Weave - A-Tier]
[Name Withheld by User Privacy Setting] – Level 2