《The ant》 Chapter 1 Nobody knows why or how it happened. Earth is no more. It exploded on 6/6/2066. Every living thing died at the same time. -------------- Shivakis a 19-year-old boy with black long hair and black eyes. He is 5''11 and considered good looking by others. If not of him being weird, he would have already made a girlfriend. His grandfather found him in a jungle while he was only 3 months old. From then on his grandfather was his everything. His grandfather was an assassin, so he never got married. His grandfather wanted him to be like him, so he was forced to train as soon as he could walk. His first kill was when he was 8 years old. If he is not on a mission than all he does is play games to pass time. Today he was on a mission to kill a man from Canada. When he was just about to stab that man from back everything went red than black. The earth exploded into tiny pieces, killing him and all living thing. His soul floated up towards who knows where. He felt warm. He looked around and saw countless souls like him floating up. Some white, some black, some even with the color he couldn''t tell. He recognized a lot of souls. Celebrities, politicians, friends etc. He also saw his grandfather.He tried to go near him but he could move from where he was. After who knows how long a door opened from nothing and all souls were pulled inside. Shivak was pulled too but he was notscared. After all, he is already dead. Inside he was alone in an empty room. He looked around and all he could see was white. ''Hello? Anybody here?hell..o'' Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him. shivak was startled for a sec. The figure had no face and no hair. Shivak looked at the figure and all he could feel was love. He felt loved like he never felt before. He felt....complete. He knew that the being was not here to harm him. ''Who are you? God?'' ''I have many names and many forms. Some call me god and are happy while other call me the devil and get scared. It depends on how you want me to be.'' ''So why am i here? For judgment before i go to heaven or hell? Also what happened to earth?'' ''No. There is no such thing as judgment but you do have to make a choice. A choice to either be a part of me again or choose to live another life. yes, you are a part of me and if you choose to be with me than you will be in bliss for the end of time. All of the living things are part of me. That is why you are feeling completely right now. Other souls have already chosen and only 2 have decided to live another life. As for the earth, I decided to erase it to make a better one. Those 2 other souls have decided to go to this new earth I am making.''The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. ''I don''t know if I should be angry you killed me for such a stupid reason or be happy that you are giving me another chance. *sigh* So if I choose to live another life, I will be reincarnated? If yes, then where? '' ''If you choose to live then you will indeed be reincarnated in a different world of your choice. Worlds with magic, worlds similar to earth, worlds with more advanced technology than earth, Worlds which are worse than earth etc..anything is possible as long as you wish for it.'' Despite hearing all those weird and unbelievable things shivak couldn''t bring himself to doubt a god. He started thinking if he should go with the god or live another life. He was a man who likes to make his decision carefully so that he will not regret it later down the road. After thinking for a while he made his decision. ''I want to live another life. I had too many things I wanted to do but couldn''t. I would like to go in a world filled with magic. Like in games and movies on earth. '' ''Good. I have a perfect world for you in universe 106. It is called Gurat. Millions of years older than your previous earth and also 16 times bigger. It is a dangerous place but it also rewards to those who take risks. There are beings with great power who call themselves god. They govern over that world. And before you ask, no they are not like me. They are people who gained power by countless trails and hardship but to compare them to me is like comparing a grain of sand to all of the multiverse.'' Shivak stared at god for a couple of secs not knowing what to say. ''That world sound interesting. So...When do I go?'' ''Right now. Have a safe trip. Enjoy your new life. bye. Until next time'' ''wait!! I have something I would like to ask..'' Before he could finish his body started fading and a thin wisp of light started to come out of his body. He didn''t know what they were but he started to get scared. The love he felt from the god also started to decrease. After some time he fully disappeared from the room. He was pulled by a great force. His body stopped above a huge planet. A planet many times larger than earth. 3 moons were rotating the planet. Giants and dragons could be seen even from outside the planet. Shivaks was still in his soul form. A blue screen appeared in front of him.
WELCOME TO GURAT
''It..looks like a game window. Should I be shocked? I don''t think I will ever be shocked after meeting a god. I was very calm when I was in front of him''
You are trying to reincarnate in this world. Because you are a soul not from this world a random race will be chosen. Reincarnation will start in 10.. 9 8 7... 2 1 Process complete. Player race selected asanANT
Chapter 2 After Shivak''s race was chosen as an ant, his soul got pulled towards the new planet Gurat. As soon as his soul entered the new planet he lost his conscious. Time went on as if it didn''t care about anyone. Gurat, a planet where danger was everywhere. It was filled with dangerous creatures. From a small plant which feeds on insects to mighty dragons. Titans, who can trample mountains. All kinds of mythical creatures roamed gurat. Death was everywhere. Death not always came from big and mighty beings. Sometimes it came from the creatures so small that you would normally ignore. A tall tree could be seen in a jungle. It looked normal from outside like any other tree but if one looked inside, It was filled with countless little ants. These ants looked nothing special. Dark red in color with 6 legs like any other ants. They looked weak but not a single animal could be found around that particular tree. Normally a tree supports lots of life. like Insects, birds, and animals. But this tree was only filled with ants. That is because these seemingly harmless ants were the deadliest ants in gurat. Their size is small but the things they hunt were hundreds of times bigger than their size. They were aggressive towards anything that moves and has a life. They hold one of the most painful poison in gurat. The poison itself was not deadly but it was very painful. Even a trained warrior would not dare to let these ants bite him. Their pray normally die because they cannot handle the pain. Inside the tree, countless ants were doing their respective job. Some were carrying dead insects inside the tree. Some were digging a hole and expanding their home. Some were guarding their queen who was laying eggs non-stop. Queen was slightly bigger than those ants outside who were about 5 inches in size. Queen was 10-11 inches. She was eating and laying eggs at the same time as if it was the most normal thing to do. Suddenly, She stopped eating and hissed loudly. She looked back and saw a black egg together with hundreds of white eggs. She curiously touched the egg and rolled it around. After looking at the egg for a couple of minutes she went back to eating. ---------- Shivak suddenly woke up and found himself trapped in a round object. He panicked because it was hard to breathe so he tried to get out by force. The shell of an egg cracked. He pushed hard and poked his head out. All he could see was hundreds of white eggs and a big ant eating a moth. He got scared looking at that hideous creature so he went back inside. ''So I died. Met a god. Got a chance to reincarnate. I was got again as an ant.'' *phew* He took a deep breath and calmed himself. ''That creature must be my mother. I wanted a mother in my previous life. I even prayed to god to give me a mother while I was young but not that kind of mother.''This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. After calming himself he poked his head out again and tried to pull all his body outside. After some struggle, he pulled himself out. He felt dizzy for a while because he was not used to looking by an ants point of view.
REINCARNATION PROCESS COMPLETE Born as a VELENO ANT (Variant) Skills obtained: Normal Second life Unlucky one Calm mind Skill obtained: Unique Consume
''This looks..AMAZING. Wonder if I can see what those skills do'' As soon as shivak thought that same blue screen appeared which explained what those skills do.
SECOND LIFE: You died and yet you are still here. The one who cheated death itself. 10% less likely to encounter anything that puts your life in danger
UNLUCKY ONE: Unlucky that''s all.
''Huh? Unlucky that''s all? You kidding me?'' He shook his head and tried to check his other skills.
CALM MIND: Even in the presence of the one who creates and destroys as he wishes, you were able to calm yourself. Nothing will faze you after your encounter with @#$%#$. You will adapt quickly to your environment Permanent resistant to Mind magic
''This explains why I was able to calm myself so quickly. This skill will help me a lot in this world.''
CONSUME: A skill, given to you by @#$%#$ as a gift to survive in the new world. Able to consume anyone and anything. Can get skills related to the thing you consumed. The target must be dead if it is a living thing.
''Now this is a cheat skill. It reminds me of a novel I once read. Of course, a skill given by a real god should be awesome. Now that is taken care of, what should I do next?'' He looked around and found that the queen was staring at him curiously. Five ants were around the queen, protecting her. They all were Dark red in color. Shivak tried to talk but all that came out of his mouth was a hiss. The queen suddenly hissed towards shivak but weirdly he could understand her. "Why? Different" ''Different? What is she talking about?'' Shivak soon realized after looking at himself that he was not the same color as the guards and the queen. He was Dark blue in color. Also, his antenna was longer than those of the guards. He stared at the queen not knowing what to say. Queen hissed again and ordered her guards. "Defective. Throw out." Guards came forward and bite shivaks body from the back and started to drag him. He tried to fight back but he was like aninfant compared to them. Soon they dragged him outside of the tree and left him there. One of the guards looked at him and hissed. ''No come defective. Go'' Instead of answering him shivak stared at him like he would eat him alive. Guards didn''t care about shivaks look so they turned around and left. Shivak just started at them. ''I was going to leave anyway. As if I would stay with a bunch of ants. *phew* I guess my biological parents don''t care about me in this world too'' He turned around and started walking towards the forest. Chapter 3 It has been around 2 hours since shivak started walking towards the forest. All he did for 2 hours was walk and check his surrounding for something to eat because he was hungry. He looked back and the tree which was filled with ants was still in view. It was expected because he was tiny. One thing which surprised shivak was that despite walking non-stop for 2 hours, he was tired at all. While walking shivak experimented with his new body and found out that, his 2 antennas were extremely useful. They were useful to tell if he was in danger or not and also to see if any edible foods were nearby or not. After some walking some more he stopped in frontof a berry bush. His antenna was telling him that he can eat them. He also found out that his antenna was very important to him. They served for multiple purposes. They were used to smell, sense enemies nearby and communicate with other ants. He looked op towards the berry bush and could see lots of berries. He was already hungry so when he saw those berries, he started climbing without thinking anything. It was really easy for him to climb the berry bush. After going near a red berry he started to eat the berry.
SKILL OBTAINED: Photosynthesis Able to absorbsunlight to gainenergy
''Oh! What is this? Did I get a skill just by eating a berry? Wow! I can''t believe this...I mean thanks, i guess'' He ate until he was full. He could only finish half of the berry. With his stomach full, he laid on a leaf next to the berry without any care and started sleeping. Sun was high in the sky and with his new skill which helped him to gain energy, he closed his tiny eyes and started sleeping. He suddenly woke up when his antenna picked up thedanger. He panicked because he was falling towards the floor. After landing on the floor which did nothing to his body because he was way too small he sighed in relief. He checked his body to see if anything was broken, he jumped up in shock.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. ''How did grew I so big? If I remember correctly I was around 4-5inches in size. Now I am almost 8 inch. I am almost double in size now.'' Shivaks body grew in size but nothing else was changed. His size was slightly bigger than those guards beside the queen ant. He was in shock for quite some time. After recovering himself from his shock, he looked around for any predator. It was already dark outside but he could see clearly as day. He silently walked without any destination. He started thinking about what he should do in the future. '' I can gain skills if I eat other creatures. This is a magical world so I should expect some magic skills too. My first priority should be to find or hunt creatures and consume them for skills. I wonder if any corpse of a dragon is nearby like in novels. '' He could not find any dragon corpse around him but he found rabbit warren. He is too small for them right now but for future, he memorized the place. He was also a bit faster than before. His antenna picked up some movement nearby, so he looked around and found a nest on a tree. He climbed the tree and stood in front of the nest. There were 4 hatchlings. As soon as they saw him they started screaming. He bitone of the hatchlings by the neck and started running towards the berry bush he saw earlier. He was scared because if the mother finds that he took the baby then, his death was certain. After some struggle, the hatchling took its last breath. After hiding inside the bush he started eating the chick.
SKILL OBTAINED: Hollow bones Your bones are lighter which helps you to fly/glide smoothly.
SKILL OBTAINED: Eagle vision Able to see things in great detail even from far.
''Now this is nice. Eagle vision will come in handy but hollow bones will be of no use to me because ants don''t have bones. I feel sleepy again. Do I have to sleep everytime I eat? That will be annoying if that''s true.'' After eating the hatchling shivak suddenly felt sleepy, he went a little further in the bush so he will not be seen from outside. He collected some leaves and put them on the floor to make a bed. Then he closed his eyes and slept. While he was sleeping his body started to glow slightly and he increased in size yet again.
... User level maxed. You can choose to evolve into a higher form/species. Would you like to evolve? Y/N ... Would you like to evolve?Y/N ... Auto evolving process initiated. Process starts in 4..3..2..1