It was one of those weird stat tables from games. Very funny. And listing my stats at such a low amount... if a truck had such stats, would a human''s stats be in decimals?


    [Don''t ask me. I didn''t set the values. And if you want proof that it''s not a joke, try using some of the skills.]


    Maybe for some godforsaken reason, the girl had given me video game powers? Tablet might be spiteful, but I didn''t think it had a reason to lie to me like that.


    Previously, I glanced through and didn''t look at the skills propert, but now that Ilooked through them, I found them somewhat odd. I did sort of have telekinetic abilities even back on earth; that was how I managed to gather my friends without hands. But I thought telekinesis included mind reading and sending mental messages?


    "Well, maybe that''s why we can hear your thoughts?" suggested Radio.


    Yeah, you do have a point there. But maybe that''s more to do with the Machine Communication skill?


    "Maybe,"


    Tablet displayed an image of a person shrugging on its screen. I was slightly annoyed. Shouldn''t it know how this stuff worked considering it had "system powers"?


    [I don''t need to answer your questions.]


    Okay, not very polite. How about the shapeshifting and eating skills? They don''t seem like very truck-like powers to me.


    [You can adjust the size and shape of your wheels to account for terrain. For eating, you can form a mouth from your front area to eat food to sustain yourself as an alternative to fuel, much like animals.]


    It seemed like the eating skill depended on the shapeshifting skills too. I was somewhat excited. I had always been curious about why humans seem to enjoy eating so much. Was it really that pleasurable?


    "Who knows?" Radio chimed in.


    I wasn''t trying to ask you guys, I was just thinking to myself!


    Not having the slightest bit of mental privacy was getting to my nerves.


    "Sorry..."


    It''s fine.


    I decided to try out adjusting the size of my wheels. Expand!


    All four of mywheels doubled in size, jolting me slightly from the sudden push upwards. Despite expecting it already, I was somewhat shocked. Next, I tried to turn my bumper into a mouth. I visualised it opening and having a mouth inside.


    I heard the horrible sound of twisting as my front began to open.It wasvery uncomfortable. It was then followed by the sensation of feeling new parts added to myself. I looked into my own mouth and saw huge metallic teeth inside, and some sort of metal tongue.


    Wait, where did my engine go? I hurried opened my hood and saw my engine, much to my relief. But at the same time, I could still feel my new mouth. I did not understand.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    [Your mouthshould be in a storage space, much like with the Inventory function.]


    An inventory. Of course. More stuff that did not make sense. I felt like my mind was really being tested today with all the weird stuff being thrown at me.


    [It''s unfortunate that INT was not included as one of the stats you could increase.]


    Shut up!


    I decided that with this weird power, I should probably try to level up. With all the evidence before me, I would be a fool to still not believe that I had been sent to another world. That meant that there could be horrible monsters that could easily tear metal apart, like in shows I watched back on earth. Even my powerful metallic body would not keep me alive if I didn''t buckle up. I sort of wanted to know how much EXP I needed to get to Lv2, but I didn''t feel like asking Tablet.


    [100 EXP]


    Thanks.


    I grudgingly thanked it.


    After deciding that trying to look for some random animal to kill was my best bet, I drove through the grass aimlessly. If I met a monster, I should probably just escape as fast as I could.


    But after what felt like hours, I didn''t find any proper candidates.


    Who knew an unfamilliar metal machine would scare wildlife away? Even the birds on the few trees around would fly away when I got near.The worst part? I could feel my fuel levels getting dangerously low. When I diedon the highway, my fuel level had not been the highest. It would have been fine because I had a lot of fuel stored in my cargo area. But OF COURSE, the fuel did not get taken with me.


    [A reminder that you can now eat.]


    Yeah, what should I eat? Is there a WcDonalds drive-through here? Or some animal that won''t run so I could kill and try to eat it?


    [You could try eating the grass or that bush over there.]


    Fine. If that would shut you up!


    I was running out of options anyway. It wasn''t like I had dignity to uphold either.There was a bush with a few strange berries on it nearby. I hesitated as I opened my mouth. I didn''t have any standards for things looking tasty or not since I couldn''t eat till now, but I had the feeling that this would not be pleasant. It''s not like I saw humans going around trying to eat bushes all day. Or did they?


    I turned offmy eyes and ripped the bush from the ground, giving it a few chews.


    I felt like gagging. It tasted so bad. It was... a lot of bad flavours I did not know how to describe. I wasn''t exactly versed on how food was supposed to taste. Was all food going to taste that bad? Iswallowed it so that I didn''t have to taste it any further. But of course, the taste lingered. Was that supposed to happen with food? I could really use a cash wash to clean my mouth...


    [+8 EXP]


    Ah, thefamiliar sensation of my fuel tank being refilled. I felt a lot more assured now that I confirmed that food could in fact power me. It wasn''t a lot but it could keep me going. But what was that about the experience? I could gain experience from eating? I wasn''t sure if that was easier or harder considering how bad my first experience with eating was.


    [Nope. Only killing. There were some bugs in the bush.]


    I feltdisgusted. The thought that I had justeaten a bunch of weird bush bugs was not pleasant. Did I really have to keep eating those? I really hoped there were humans in this world or I would die inside from eating gross bushes all day...


    Just then, I noticed a random deerapproaching me for some reason. It stared at me with its innocent eyes, filled with curiosity. It was so cute... But I knew what I had to do.


    I rammed it as hard as I could, instantly breaking most of its bones. It died instantly, hopefully painlessly as well.


    [+20 EXP]


    Guilt welled up within me. I''m sorry... I would die if all I had to eat were bushes. Meat was supposed to taste better, right?


    "It''s alright..." mumbled Radio.


    I tried to shakeoff my remorse. I was doing it for survival! They talked about survival of the fittest, right?


    [Wuss.]


    Shut up!


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    Somewhere on Earth, a very confused and scared deer materialised out of thin air on a busy street.