Upgradable Space: Reborn to Survive the Apocalypse
As for the bodies of those mutated creatures, Caroline didn't keep them. There was already plenty of junk in her storage space. Previously, whenever Caroline picked up creature bodies, she dumped them all into JunkEater without giving it any thought. In the end, even JunkEater seemed to get grumpy. It spat out a pile of fertilizer and basically told Caroline to go use it on Farm One. So, Caroline actually did. She dragged several heavy bags of mutated creature remains to the farm. Panting and sweating, she buried them all in the soil and sprinkled the fertilizer produced by JunkEater on top. And wow. Who could have guessed—the next day, Farm One went completely wild. It produced a whole batch of knives. It was like the farm was protesting. Feed me this stuff again and I'll stab you. At first, Caroline thought it was just a freak accident. What kind of farm has that much temper? Sure, this farm had always been a bit temperamental, just like her storage space and Jasper. She was used to it by now. At least the things it produced were always reliable. She looked at the knives. There were a lot of them. Each one was well-made. If you tossed them outside, every single one would count as a useful blade. So, she tried again the next day. She planted more remains. She used more JunkEater fertilizer. And then—wow. Seriously, wow. This time, Farm One produced razor blades. Every single one was insane. Top quality. Sharp. And each blade had words engraved on it. They even came with a fancy logo. Gold trim. Stylish lettering. Very artistic. The only problem was the message. It was deeply insulting. Let's just say it read something like, "Get lost, you jerk." Silently, Caroline dumped the rest of the mutated creature bodies back into JunkEater. No choice. Compared to the farm, JunkEater was clearly easier to deal with.After handling that whole pile of remains, Caroline decided she'd stop collecting mutated creature bodies altogether. From now on, the army could deal with them. Once everything was settled, she said goodbye to the soldiers. Then she found a quiet spot with no one around. From her arms, she took out the body of the cyan cockroach and absorbed it into her storage space. At the same time, Caroline herself entered the storage space. Inside, she saw cyan energy rise like a beautiful ribbon, fluttering through the air. There wasn't much energy in that cockroach. Not enough to create an energy rain like before. The cyan ribbon drifted upward, floating higher and higher, until it finally merged into the rainbow above. The rainbow suddenly changed—from five colors to six. The newest cyan stripe was faint and blurry, but it was there. At that exact moment, Caroline felt the Zero System begin to shake. This tremor was stronger than any before. From the side, Jasper padded over with slow, graceful cat steps. Behind him, six colorful tails swayed gently in the air, looking elegant and eye-catching. Except for one thing. The cat had gotten huge. Jasper looked like a white gas tank with legs. White fur already made him look bigger, and now he was at least twice his old size. From far away, you could barely see his legs at all. Just one large, chubby body. His face had gone completely round. His cheeks puffed out on both sides. Jasper didn't seem to notice his weight gain. Instead, he winked at Caroline. "Caroline, you're amazing!" he said proudly. "Six colors of energy already! Keep going! Get the seventh!" In that moment, one phrase flashed through Caroline's mind: fat version of Helen of Troy. After speaking, Jasper walked up to her and rubbed against her legs, looking eager to please. Caroline didn't have time to deal with him. She opened her system right away. A huge red exclamation mark appeared in front of her. This had never happened before. Not even when she absorbed the fifth color of energy.Her heart started pounding. She had a strong feeling this upgrade was different. She gently tapped the symbol. A line of text slowly appeared. Zero System Completion: 6/7. Ability Filtering Function Unlocked. The user may permanently delete abilities they consider useless from the Zero System. Warning: Do not make mistakes. Once an ability is deleted, it can never be recovered. Even if you encounter another ability user with the same power, it cannot be duplicated again. Caroline's heart nearly jumped out of her chest at the notification. She had complained more times than she could count. Ever since she started duplicating more and more abilities, the Zero System had become harder and harder to use. Each day, it randomly offered three abilities. She could refresh three times. That meant, on a perfect day with no repeats, she could see up to 12 abilities. And now? Her system held nearly 200 abilities. Every time she wanted to use one, she had to rely on pure luck.
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