《B1nary Bl00d》 Chapter 1-Landfall I woke up to strong shaking. Instantly jolted awake I look around and see I am strapped into an escape pod of some kind. I see a window, but what I see through is confuses me. I see what seems to me the horizon of a planet getting closer and closer. After a few minutes, the pod slams into the ground with a sudden jolt. After the dust settles the door opens with a hiss. After that, the strap holding me into the pod dumps me onto the floor. Then, I get up and stumble out of the door. Once outside I realize what is giving me the trouble walking, gravity is weaker! I observe my surroundingsmore and notice that the sky is a disgusting mustered yellow. Finally, I look around and see I am in a clearingwith several other pods with people stumbling out of them as well. "Do any of y''all know where we are?" I ask the surrounding people. They reply nope, so I ask them what their names are. I start by introducing my self," Hello my name is Orion." The guy to my right, a big bulky guy, introduceshimself," I''m Simon, and it''s nice to meet y''all.Stolen novel; please report. Next, to his left, a man with a cool scar across his face introduceshimself as Peter and finally, the person to my left introduces himself as Scott. "So did y''all see any survival kits in your pods?" I ask them. "No" they all respond. After that, we break up and head back to our respective pods in order to do a more in-depthsearch. When I arrivein my pod and start searching, at first I don''tfind anything. However, after a few minutes, I notice a small handle at the top of the seat. I pull it, and suddenly the seat falls forward. It reveals a sci-fi looking pistol and what appears to be, judging by the red cross, a first-aid kit. After this, I search for a few more minutes and finding nothing, head back outof the pod. After a few minutes of waiting the rest of them have come out too. I look around to see what we all got. Simon has a big ax and a box that says rations on it., Peter has a machete and a bag,"It has hammocks in it." He says. Finally, Scott has a rifle and a second first aid kit. "I am a pilot in the U.S.A Air Force so I have training in wilderness survival if you guys could followmy lead?" Scott says. While I have some practice in wilderness survival my self, as an Eagle Scout, I haven''t really been trained in it so I go ahead and say yes to him being in charge. Both Simon and Peter agree as well. Scott then leads us into the forest, but right before we get in we hear a growl and seethe most terrifying monstrosity I have ever seen. Chapter 2-Combat The monstrosity walks out of the woods. It kind of looks like a cross between a wolf and a bear. Although I have never seen anything that has pipes going in and out of its body. The pipes are filled with a silver fluid that is being pumped through them. As it growls at us I can see more silver fluid dripping from its jaws. I drop my first aid kit as I bring both of my hands up to aim at the creature. But before I can shoot, Scott shoots it with his rifle. As it dies, the silver fluid consumes the body leaving nothing but a pool of silver liquid. The body is dissolved in just seconds. None of us want to go near the pool in case it would dissolve us too. "Alright, after that I think we will need to be careful. Peter, Simon, you carry me and Orion''s first aid kits. This will allow us to shoot faster in case of an ambush." Says Scott. Simon and Peter do as Scott said. As we walk into the woods, I can''t help but feel how strange they are. It''s hard to describe, but its like there is an offness to the woods. It''s like the plants are just too tall, or the leaves lacking in color. While at the same time, the flowers are too bright, and the dirt just a shade off. Everything too has a slight yellow tint to it. We are all so distracted none of us notice a bird with the same pipes in it as the wolf-thing. At least not until it picks up Peter and flies away with him. When this happens I and Scott turn towards the bird and start shooting at it. The bird quickly drops Peter then falls to the ground. We all watch in horror as the fluid dissolves both the bird and Peter. This whole event took just a few seconds, but it leaves us shocked at the results of it.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. At this point, I say, "Maybe we should head back to the clearing, it seems like it will be a lot safer than these woods." Scott responds, " I agree we should never have entered these woods." So we now head back to the clearing we landed in. It takes several hours of wandering to find the clearing again. Once there we climb onto the top of one of the escape pods and just sit there for hours. As night comes we start to have trouble staying awake despite our frayed nerves. Then we hear it. Howling coming from the wood right next to us. Dozens of the wolf-bears come out of the woods. Both I and Scott immediately start shooting at them. The wolves charge at us and as the first few leap at us Simon smashes with his ax. But soon there are too many and they drag him down. As soon as they have bitten him they stop attacking him and leap toward us. The wolves, who vastly outnumber me and Scott, quickly leap on us knocking us off the pod and onto the ground. They bight me a few times and I feel a horrible burning sensation travel through my veins. It slowly travels up my body, and when it hits my head, I die. Chapter 3-H.U.B. I am in complete darkness floating there. This is not what I thought death would be like. --Initializing H.U.B... Congratulations you have died for the first time. Merging mind and body... Merging complete.--- Merging mind and body? What the heck!? Then suddenly, I start to feel feeling come back. Now I can move my body. I look around and see I''m in my home. A little one room one bath that I live in with my self. I sit up on my bed. I am utterly confused. Am I dead? Am I alive? Am I both?? And what about the screen earlier talking about my mind and body? I look at my self and notice I look strangely pale. As I look closer I see my blood vessels are filled with the silver fluid that was in the animals. I rush to my bathroom and look at my self in the mirror. All of my hair is gone. That change distracts me as much as the fluid in my "blood" vessels. My eyes too have changed. The iris is silver. After just staring at my self in shock for a while, I walk out. I start walking through my home looking for clues. I open my fridge and see its empty. I move over to my sink and turn on both cold and hot water. Nothing happens. Finally, I walk over to my front door and open it. As I step outside it is not my street that I see but a strangle blank white ground. There are three other houses surrounding the blank area. I see Scott, Simon, and Peter standing in front of a strange robot contraption with a screen on its chest. "Ah, the last of you are here now. I shall start now," it says. "Five hundred years ago the Federation of Sentient Races, otherwise known as the F.S.R, discovered a new and dangerous Empire known as the Nihil. They were masters of biological and technological manipulation. It is unknown what a true Nihil looks like. They use proxy races that they created as their soldiers. When they were first encountered we tried to open trade negotiations. They instead launched an attack taking almost a quarter of the F.S.R''s controlled space. We then launched our fleet to what we believed to be their homeworld. But when it got there, they detonated an antimatter bomb in the core of the sun. The resulting wave of radiation destroying a large part of the Nihil''s Empire. That is the only thing that allowed us to survive long enough to mount a resistance. In a desperate act, the council head activated the H.U.B. initiative. The Horrors Under the Black initiative was a last resort safety net. It involved activating the massive facility surrounding a black hole. It generated a massive flux of neutrino particles. I won''t get into the details, but the result allowed black matter through the dimensional barrier keeping it out. This made traditional space travel impossible. The only way to move people around through space left was to create a gravitational barrier around your ship. This, however, interferes with all forms of propulsion. Thus the war became a war between armies launching the troops in pods of troops at each other. An arms race to create the most powerful soldiers came into existence. Five hundred years later and here we are. The F.S.R has been bringing in new races to help with the fight against the Nihil ever since. Any questions?"Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. We just are just sitting here stunned. Before we get over our shock, it says, " Alright then, now to check your status screens." Infront of me a screen appears.
Name: Orion Gray
Race: Modified Human
Modifications: Nanites
Class: N/A
Stamina: 49/50
Level: N/A
Strength: 20
Agility: 20
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 20
Intelligence: 20
Adaptability: 30
Dark Matter Infused: 5
Dark Matter Control: N/A
I then ask, "What are you? How are we still alive?? Why am I modified not them? Are all Humans in a place like this? And what does it mean Dark Matter Infused/Control." It responds, "I am one of many androids maid to assist with introducing new races into the H.U.B. You are still alive due to the body that died being a clone. We use brain scanning techniques to allow your mind control them. We also use a paralysis drug to freeze your body for the duration. Your body adapted to the nanites that have changed the wildlife of that planet. This is due to your unusually high adaptability. Finally no, not all Humans are here. We took half of the populous who met the physical/mental standards to participate in fighting the Nihil. Which amounted to about two billion people. Dark matter, after it was let in by the H.U.B causes mutation in non-sentient beings for unknown reasons. However sentient beings can, with the proper implant, control it to manipulate their surroundings.And now for y''all to choose your classes." Then yet another screen appears in front of me.
1st Tear Classes
Base Classes The classes available to everyone.
Fighter: A class for those who wish to fight on the front lines.
Medic: A class for those who wish to heal friends instead of hurting enemies.
Scout: A class for those who wish to find the enemy.
Skill Classes Classes that require a certain skill.
Gunman: You have shown skill with firearms. This class will help with that
Race Classes Classes that are dependent upon your race.
Survivor: Your race has a penchant for surviving. This class will help with that.
Mod Classes These classes are dependent upon modifications you have received.
B1nary Bl00d This class is made available to those who have nanites within them and helps them control the nanites.
"Don''t worry." says the android. "You can always change your class later once you have saved up the pp for modifications." What are pp?" I ask. It responds, " They are a reward you receive for fighting the Nihil. They can be spent to improve your abilities, buy modifications, or buy skills." I look back to the list of class and decide upon... B1nary Bl00d. Chapter 4-Not sure what to call this one without giving away what happens in it to much. After we all finish choosing our classes, the android says, "Alright now that Y''all have finished picking your classes, I will initialize them." As he says this, I and everyone else collapse unconscious. ****** I wake up and immediately I notice the changes. I feel as light as a feather. I jump up to my feet from my back like its nothing. I feel like I could run a marathon and then some. I look around and see everyone else feels the same. We all have looks on our faces that say we could do anything. "This is awesome," I say. "That is the normal response," Says the android. "Most races feel that surge of joy when they wake up from class initiation." I look at my stats to see the differences.
Stats Nanites Class Store Skills
Name: Orion Gray
Race: Modified Human
Modifications: Nanites
Class: B1nary Bl00d
EXP: 00/100
Stamina: 149/150
Level: 1
Strength: 40
Agility: 40
Dexterity: 40
Constitution: 40
Intelligence: 40
Adaptability: 30
Nanite Manipulation: 1
Dark Matter Infused: 5
Dark Matter Control: N/A
As I look at my stats I notice the several new pages.
Nanite Distribution
Strength: 20/100
Agility: 20/100
Dexterity: 20/100
Constitution: 20/100
Intelligence: 20/100
Building Nanites
50/50
B1nary Bl00d: This is the base class for using nanites. Allows for Using nanites to boost your stats. Provides building nanites for using outside of your body. As the Class levels, you do not get improved stats like normal classes. Instead, you get better nanites and a better ability to control them.
Available Modifications Available Stat Boosts Available Skills Available Weapons
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Skills
Firearms
Nanite Manipulation
Nanite Building
Steady Mind
Biological Resistance
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I notice right away that there is nothing available for me in the store. "Why can''t I buy anything in the store? And what''s with the corrupted skill?" I ask. The android responds," That shouldn''t be. I will scan you for anomalies." It came over to me and a scanner came out of it and applied itself to my forehead.
Scanning...
Then the android starts to smoke. The It starts to collapse, clearly, something is killing it.
!ALERT! Android Killed. Contacting The Authorities.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE. WHO ARE YOU. If thunder had a voice and sounded like it wanted nothing more than to torture you to death, this would be it. I feel a force yank me to the ground. YOU DARE KILL AN ANDROID!! FACE YOUR JUDGEMENT. "I didn''t kill it!" I cry out. As this is happening Peter, Scott, and Simon get close to me. Clearly trying to protect me from the voice.
Initiating Judgement Protocols... Viewing Past... Passing Judgement... Judgment: Innocent
What! NO! YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY THIS EASILY! I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HARM OR KILL YOU BUT YOU NEVER GET THE HELP OF AN ANDROID AGAIN! And with that, the voice was gone. "Well crap," I say. "Ya, you said it. I guess we should look around here?" Scott says. We all agree to meet back up in an hour. ****** We all meet back up and only two of us found anything. I found a mission board and Peter found a training room. We all head to the training room. I ask, "So what classes did y''all pick? Peter says, "I picked the scout class, and it gives me bonuses to my senses, agility, and intelligence." Scott Answers, "Warrior for me. It gives bonuses to endurance, strength, and constitution. Finally, Simon says, "I got the Brute class. It was a skill one that requires axemanship. It helps me keep balance and gives bonuses to Strength and Consitution. So what does your class give you?" My answer is, "My class allows me to manipulate nanites to adjust my stats and build stuff." Then we arrive at the training room. Chapter 5-Training ***** The planet Hoxxes was affected even worse than normal by dark matter. The F.S.R, in an attempt to make it more habitable, developed and released nanites to undo harmful effects of dark matter. The experiment, however, was a disaster. Instead of removing the effects of dark matter, they instead helped the wildlife merge with it forming terrible monstrosities of animals. The weakest of which would be the wolves and birds. To this day, Hoxxes remains one of the most inhospitable planets in the galaxy. ***** As I walk into the training room, two things happen. I suddenly feel the nanites in me, and this window appears.
Training Room Entered... Unlocking skills...
We all spread out and start to practice our skills. I try to use my building nanites. At first, I try just willing them out, but that doesn''t work. I look to my skill list to see if I can use it somehow.
Skills
Firearms
Nanite Manipulation
Nanite Building
Steady Mind
Biological Resistance
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I try selecting the Nanite Building skill it works... kinda. It''s like raising your ears. The hardest part is just figuring out how to move the muscle. I however, still can''t use the skill without the skill tab''s help. When I activate the skill, nanites come out of my blood vestles. I keep activating the skill, getting tiny movements from the nanites then feeling mentaly exhausted. I do this enough times that all 50 units of building nanites are out of me. When I look at my self, I see that my skin has returned to its normal color. I fiddle with the them making sqares and spikes, along with a few other things. After a while of this I get bored and absorb the nanites back into me. I then decide to fiddle with my stats using the nanites.
Nanite Distribution
Strength: 20/100
Agility: 20/100
Dexterity: 20/100
Constitution: 20/100
Intelligence: 20/100
Building Nanites
50/50
First I move all of them into strength and constitution. This causes my body to swell. When it finishes I look like one of those guys who eats 12 eggs a day and drinks protein milkshakes. I redistribute the nanites to agility and dexterity. I don''t look any different this time, but when I walk it feels smoother. I try to do a handstand, and its so easy I can walk around on my hands like it''s nothing. Finally, I move all the nanites to intelligence. I don''t think there''s any way to describe becoming more intelligent. It is kinda like waking up fully in the morning. Your head is foggy, but then it''s clear. I move the nanites to be even in all of them again, although losing intelligence feels horrible. I look around and see what the others are doing. Peter is running around and jumping on/off stuff. Scott and Simon are fighting off waves of simulated enemies.I watch for several minutes. Scott starts off using a rifle, but when it runs out, he ends up using it as a club. Simon is using a battle ax to kill the monsters that get closer. ****** After hours of practice, I can use the building nanites without the skill, although I can''t really use them to do anything other than crush stuff. If I use all 50 units of them, I can make them shove of the ground into stuff. I wait for Simon and Scott to finish the current wave they are fighting and ask, "Do y''all want to have a competition to see who can make it to the farthest wave?" "Sure," Scott says. Simon goes first, he makes it to wave 12. Scott then makes it to wave 13. Peter then joins in and makes it to wave 7. I am then up. The first monster is what I could best describe as a goblin. Small, green, and humanoid. Very easy to kill, I just punch it to death. In the second wave, There are two goblins. In the third three and so on. The sixth wave, however, has a wolf. for this, I used my building nanites to knock it of its feet. Then, I wrapped them around its body and crushed it. For the seventh wave, I wrap them around me, making a cacoon. As the wolves get near me, I shoot spikes out impaling them to death. I do this for the eighth, ninth, and tenth wave as well. By this point, I am feeling some mental fatigue from using the nanites. The eleventh wave has an ogre, big and tough. I try to impale it with them, but the nanites just splat onto its skin. While I''m doing this, the ogre charges me. I jump to the side just barely not getting crushed by it. In desperation, while dodging it, I wrap the nanites around its neck and start to choke the ogre. It takes minutes, but finally, the ogre dies. I am totally exhausted by this point, but I move on the twelfth wave. I try to choke the two ogres, but I am unable to dodge them and choke them at the same time. Much to my disappointment, I die. Chapter 6-First Mission-Part 1 Immediately after I die, I appear next to Simon, Peter, and Scott. "Thank God you don''t feel pain in the waves," I say. "Ya, it''s pretty nice, although it would be better training if it hurt," Simon says. "No it wouldn''t, we would never train if it hurt," responds Peter. "Ya we would, we will need to learn to fight while hurt, says Simon "Better to learn to fight first then fight with pain right? That way we get hurt less. Now why don''t we go look at the missions." says Scott. We all agree, and head to the mission board. ****** We look to see the available missions.
Single Missions Group Missions
Seek And Destroy Seek And Destroy
Exploration Exploration
Extermination Extermination
"Do y''all wont to do a group exploration mission?" Peter says. "I''m sorry, but I would rather do a single mission instead," I respond. "Ah common Orion, do a mission with us, Scott says. "Nope. I''m doing a single one," I say. I select seek and destroy.
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1: Disable Enemy Communication Relay: 25 PP
2: Take Down Enemy Troop Launcher: 50 PP
3: Collapse Enemy Dyson Sphere: 100 PP
I select option 3.
This Dyson sphere is a massive automated energy production plant. It collects all of the energy produced by a brown dwarf star. It then transmits it to six relay stations that direct it to facilities.
Accept Mission? Y/N
I select yes.
Fallow The Green Line To The Launch Bay.
A green path then appears in front of me. It leads to a door that none of us had noticed earlier. When I open the door, I see a pod that looks the same as the one that I woke up in. As I approach it, yet another window pops up.
Please select your preferred survival package.
Gunman: Provides a rifle/pistol and a medkit.
Close-ranged: Provides a knife/ax and bedding.
Note: Due to the drop location/length of the mission all packages will include a temporary body mod that lets your body sustain itself off of energy. It also makes you immune to shocks. This mod will be removed at the end of the mission.
I select Close-ranged, thinking that it would be torture to have to sleep on metal for an extended period of time.
Enter the pod and the launch will be underway.
I get in and strap myself to the seat.
Knockout gas is being administered...
Wait what!? I think before passing out. ****** I wake up in the pod. I look at the window and see I am hurtling towards a sphere made of octagons. At six points, the same ones as the side of a die, beams of energy shoot out. I hope there is some kind of cushioning for the landing. I think for a bit, then realize there will probably not be any air. As an experiment, I hold my breath. After a few minutes, It''s clear that I don''t need to breathe. I do know, however, that I will die in a vacuum, so I try to make a suit around me. After a while, I succeed. It takes around 25% of my building nanites. Then, a small slightly transparent screen appears at the top right of my vision.
Vacuum suit integrity: 100%
Well, that''s good. I think. After a few more minutes, the pod slams through the outer shell of the Dyson Sphere. After the pod settles, I get up and open the compartment behind the chair. Inside of it is a twelve-inch dagger and a small box about the size of my fist. it''s labeled Colapsable Airbed. Sweet, I think. "And now, to head off and complete my mission," I say to my self. Chapter 7 Well... right off the bat I''ve got a problem. Outside of the pod is a vacuum, and not the kind used to clean floors. I look around and see a red button with the words OPEN DOOR written under it. Now I have to think of a way to open the door, and not die from being sucked out at (literal) break-neck speeds. Alright, I''ve come up with an idea. I strap myself back into the chair, then use a small strand of my nanites to push the button. AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! is all I can think. I think I shattered my left arm. My plan failed horribly. Instead of my seat holding me in place, it just flew out with me. Although I guess a shattered arm is better than failing the mission and dying. looking at my arm, I use the nanites to lock it in the L position. I also lock my shoulder in place. I wonder if constitution would help it heal? I guess I should have maxed it out before I opened the door. I adjust my nanite distribution and max out constitution. Once I do that, the pain in my arm greatly diminishes. Now that I am no longer in excruciating pain, I look around at my surroundings. I look up and what I see surprises me. The outer shell is nearly five-hundred feet up. And there are machines all throughout the place. The whole place has an almost abandoned look. Everything is white or unpainted. It barely looks like there has ever been life here, which makes sense, after all. It is an automated station. I am surprised there aren''t any security or repair bots though. I did punch a big hole in their station after all. I should probably get going in case security is on its way.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. I start walking away, looking to see if there are any important looking machines. I walk for a few hours, but don''t see anything important looking. Then suddenly I hear a voice announcing, "ATTENTION PERSONEL, OUTER HULL BREACH SEALED." Well, that''s good. I think. I dismantle my vacuum suit. I leave it on my left arm though, to act as a splint. I don''t want to risk making it worse. I give up on finding something important looking. I''m just going to start breaking things at random. I move my building nanites among the machinery and try to pry them apart, but that doesn''t really work. Then I have an epiphany. I try directing my nanites consume the machinery. And it works! My nanites start to consume the machines. Then I get an even better message.
Nanites have reproduced nanite count: 51/50
This is great! This greatly increases my destructive capabilities. This should make this far easier. I have my nanites keep eating the machines until there are double the amount as before. I want to make a hole in the floor, but need to make another vacuum suit. I do this then keep making more nanites until I get this message.
Max nanite count reached. For more nanites become smarter.
Then I remember I allocated all of my nanites to constitution. Ah the feeling of getting smarter, how awesome it is. I have the nanites keep eating the machines until I hit max again, but by now I''m tired, so I inflate my air mattress and go to sleep. I wake up and after an hour of trying, get the airbed back in its stupid little container. I check my building nanite number and see it''s at 317/50. Now to open a hole in the floor. As a precaution, I make a cocoon of nanites to hold me to a machine. I don''t want to get sucked out should it prove to open to a vacuum. I have the nanites make the hole, then, to my horror, I''m sucked out too. Chapter 8 As I am being sucked out I re-create my vacuum suit around me. I''m flying down now, heading towards the star. I look around and see there are massive solar panels below me. They are attached to the dison sphere be giant metal ropes. I know I must be moving pretty fast but it barely seems like I''m getting any closer. I move my nanites and have them wrap around a rope that is, thankfully, pretty close. I have them form a bunch of rollers that I then wrap around the rope. Once that''s done, I slowly have them start breaking. After about five minutes I have finally come to a complete stop. Now I have another problem. How on earth am I supposed to get back up? It''s hard enough to not fall down, I am fighting gravity after all. Well, I guess I will just have to work my way up slowly. I add tiny spikes to the rollers, then start to force them to pull me up. *** It took so long that I fell asleep multiple times on the way up, but I''ve finally made it all the way to the top. I look up at the surface and see grooves that are about 3 inches deep and are wider at the top. I bet that the construction bots would use these for moving around while outside the dison sphere. I can use them too, for moving around.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. See, I have a brilliant Idea, I''m going to destroy the metal ropes holding up the solar panels. I think this will be the fastest way to get around while also doing damage. So to start, I''m going to destroy the one I climbed up on. Man, this is boring. At least when I was coming up I had to focus on it so it wasn''t too bad, but this requires almost no effort. I''ve cut down several hundred by now. I''ve kinda been going in a line. I''m still hoping to see something that looks important but haven''t yet. Finally, I''ve found something that looks important. It''s a large circular dome. kinda like an upside-down crater. As I move to the interior of the crater-dome thing, I see a square hole with rounded edges that leads up into it. I move myself up into it. As I go up, it gets wider and wider. As I look around, I see a lot of wires and tubes going into a central machine. Then I realize that this is one of the spots where energy came out of the dison sphere. Perfect. I think. I use my nanites to move myself to the center part, then have them eat away at it. After about five minutes of this, Red flashing lights go off. At first, I think that I''ve set off an alarm, but no security robots or anything comes out. Then I look back to where I was having the nanites break down the machine and see the problem. The metal is glowing red hot. I must have broken its cooling system. Which means that... OH, CRAP ...It going to melt down. I Start moving my self as far away as possible from it, as fast as possible. As I am getting away, I see a bright flash, then darkness. Chapter 9 --Initializing H.U.B... Congratulations you have died for the first time. Merging mind and body... Merging complete.--- I sit up in my bed, having just woken up from dying. I see a panel come up.
Congratulations on completing your first mission! You did it in an unusual way, but the power station is no longer operational. 100 pp have been awarded to you.
As I am reading this, my chest starts to burn and I remember that I have to breath again. I wonder what I can do with the pp? last time I checked the store it was empty.
Available Modifications Available Stat Boosts Available Sub-Routines Available Weapons
Energy Sustenance 25pp N/A Hive Format 45pp N/A
Transmitter 10pp N/A Precise Building 25pp N/A
Chromatic Skin 40pp N/A Break-Down 15pp N/A
Energy sustenance is the only mod available that interests me, but all three sub-routines look interesting. I select them to get more details.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.
Hive Format
Allows you to make Node which controls the nanites according to your will. The number of nodes buildable is dependent on your intelligence. Purchase? Y/N
Precise Building
Make the nanites easier to control and force into shapes. Purchase? Y/N
Break-Down
Makes it so that you can break stuff up into its base components, and make them into bars.
Hmm... it looks like I can buy all three. But I also want Energy Sustenance. Hm, what to choose... I''ll get Hive format, Precise Building, and Energy Sustenance. I click yes and immediately fall unconscious. *** I wake up and notice, much to my annoyance, that I fell forward onto the floor. Stupid gravity, following its rules. I get up off the floor and head out of my house. I wonder if the others finished their mission yet? Chapter 10 I step out of my house and start looking for the others. I find them in the training room. I ask them, "How did y''alls mission go?" "It went pretty badly. We tried to do an extermination mission, but we got crushed. Even though we only killed about a third of the enemies, we still got about 1/3rd the reward," Scott says. "How does that work? Does it get split among y''all,or do each of yall get the reward?" I ask. "We each get the reward. Do you want to do a mission with us now?" Scott says. Ya, sure," I say. We head over to the mission board to see the available missions.
Group missions
Seek and Destroy
Exploration
Extermination
"Which do y''all want to do?" I ask.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Exploration" "Exploration" "Exploration" Ar the responses I get. "Well then, guess we''re doing exploration."
Available Exploration Missions
Enemy Base 50pp
Enemy Base 100pp
Enemy Base 300pp
After some discussion, we decide to do the mission with a 100pp reward. After the mission is selected a green line appears on the floor and leads us to the pods. When we arrive, I see the pods look different than normal. They''re a dark non-reflective black, and much smaller than normal. They barely have room for a seat inside.
To make sure this mission can be done stealthily, the normal landing pods have been replaced with stealth landing pods. Choose your loadout below. Please note: All choices come with an automated mapping bracelet that scans the area around you. This ensures maximum accuracy in maps.
Loadout-1: Stealth caught and automated lockpicker for getting in places where you are not wanted.
Loadout-2: A box that can produce small explosive charges. Runs on energy and supplied material.
Loadout-3: Laser pistol.
Looking at the list, I see it explains why the pods look weird. After some consideration, I decide on loadout 2, thinking it will be the most useful in the mission. I get in my pod, and when Everyone else gets in theirs...
Knockout gas is being administered...
******** I wake up in my pod. I see a planet approaching. It''s covered in snow-capped mountains, and its sky is blue. What a nice place to do an exploration mission on. Chapter 11 After starting out of the window for a bit, something occurs to me. Why are we dropping in during the day? Wouldn''t we be less visible during the night? After a while, it seems like I''ve barely gotten any closer to the planet. Although I do seem to be getting closer to the night side. Which is a good sign. I guess the pod is orbiting towards the night side. Eventually, I fall asleep. As I wake up, I see the pod is starting to approach the day side. What the heck? Is it not going to drop down? Well then, I''ll have to find a way down my self. First things first, I need to make my vacuum suit so I don''t die in space. After I have done that, I have my nanites consume as much of the pod as I can without breaching it. Once I''ve done that, I make a hole in the bottom of the pod.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. WHAM! I''m launched out of the pod, and now hurtling towards the planet. Once I hit the atmosphere I move my nanites so as to create a parachute above me. I float down slowly, eventually hitting the ground. Once I''m down I look at my mapping device hoping it will show where the others are. Hmm... It looks like there about 200 miles away from me. Guess my pod must have malfunction stopping it from dropping me. I have my nanites consume a bunch of the ground, creating several hives in the process. Once I''ve done this, I make a vehicle out of my nanites and start heading toward my teammates. Hiatus I''m sorry but I just bit off more than I could chew when I decided to try to write both fictions. I tried for a while, but I was just not able to write them both well at the same. So I will not be writing this fiction until I finish The Plant Dungeon. I''m not dropping the book, just putting it off for later. I have no idea when that will be, sorry. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. This is filler as a chapter must be at least 500 characters long. BlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlah