Chapter 365 Evolution Begins! (1/2)

I can't handle this suffering anymore! Gimme the menu!

Forget about doing anything else, I'm worried about dealing with the evolution system properly in this state! Isn't there a pain resistance skill or something!?

Apparently, not.

[Would you like to use the evolution menu?]

ABSOLUTELY! PLEASE!

[Congratulations on reaching the maximum level for your current species. Evolution will allow you to change your form and increase your stats as a monster.]

[ You have maximised your mutations! As a reward, an additional ten percent evolutionary energy will be granted.]

WHAT!? Bonus energy!?

[Warning: evolving will make securing XP and Bioma.s.s more difficult as fewer rewards are given for preying on creatures less evolved than yourself.]

[Your evolution options are as follows (Each evolution is of the species Formica Sapiens):

• Veteran Mature Worker

• Senior Mage Ant

• Mana Soldier (special)

• Ascended Mind Ant (special)

• Nascent Hive Mind (rare)

• Collective Mage Ant (rare)

• Colony Paragon (rare)]

Ohhhhhhh boy! Putting aside the bonus energy thing, these options look… ARGH… tasty.

I just wish I was in slightly less agony so that I could properly enjoy this moment….

If it weren't for my… ARRRGHH … current circ.u.mstances… I would have loved to have gone through all of the options, some of them sound so juicy… OUCH! But I can't, obviously. I'll have to jump straight to the good stuff.

Tell me about the Nascent Hive Mind!

[Rare Evolution: Nascent Hive Mind. +100 bonus to Cunning, +100 bonus to Willpower, -30 penalty to Might - 20 penalty to Toughness. This evolution will weaken the host physically, transforming them into an almost immobile ent.i.ty. A rare Mental Dominator Cortex (Formica Sapiens) will be granted with this evolution that will allow the host to usurp and control the body of other members of its species, acting as the 'brain' for all.]