The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

In general, the changes in the [Map] are huge. The change of "marking" alone saves a lot of trouble. Combined with Xiao Qi's detection and deployment of blood spiders, the word "being ambushed" can be permanently removed from Shen Ge's dictionary.

The fourth basic function of the system is [Log], but since Shen Ge currently does not have any fragments in his mind, he can only spend system points to view the few worlds he has marked.

There is no need to look at the "reality". The fragmented world of "Ark" has completely collapsed, and the "Ark" is docked on a piece of debris. As for the fragmented world of the two sisters An An and Jing Jing, Shen Ge can roughly guess it through the situation of the three core cities. In addition, since it is a world dominated by monsters, there should be a lot of information that can be dug up.

But Shen Ge doesn't have time to study the [Log] now. He plans to sneak into the center of the blockade area to find out what's going on before the Australian disaster becomes irreversible.

Before, because the system was undergoing alienation, Shen Ge’s condition was not stable and he did not dare to take risks. But now that the system has completed the alienation, Shen Ge’s strength has not only returned to its peak state, but he has also leapt into the ranks of the seventh-level Ghost King. So there is no need to worry about any danger.

"Student Xiaoqi, have you drawn up a plan to enhance your characteristics?" Shen Ge asked.

Xiao Qi projected a semi-transparent screen in front of Shen Ge's eyes and analyzed the feature enhancement direction given by the system in the form of a tree diagram.

"Master, based on data deduction and ability development demonstration, it is the best choice to use the characteristic enhancement points on the most commonly used characteristics 'no exit' and 'immobility'. In the long run, the characteristic 'unlucky' at the weird sequence 3 has more 'investment' value."

Shen Ge currently has a total of seven characteristic abilities: "Misfortune", "Immobility", "No Exit", "Incombustibility", "Silent", "Invisibility", and "Tracelessness". Among them, the number of enhancements for "Silent" and "Invisibility" has been exhausted and can no longer be enhanced through characteristic enhancement points.

The earlier the weird sequence number of a characteristic is, the more times it can be strengthened. For the characteristic "Unfortunate" with weird sequence number 3, there are only 7 times left to be strengthened, and the weird domain number is not full.

Just as Xiaoqi analyzed, in the long run, it is safest to choose the "misfortune" with the greatest potential for reinforcement.

But there was a situation before, that is, after one characteristic enhancement point was used, there was no clear change, until the second characteristic enhancement point was used, "Misfortune" evolved into "Misfortune Strange Domain".

Shen Ge was worried that this would happen again. After all, "Characteristic Enhancement Points" were hard to come by. Apart from obtaining them by increasing ratings, the only other things left were relatively rare tasks.

Based on Shen Ge's understanding of the system, usually the targets of these "rare tasks" are either high-level weird characters or special fusion monsters. In essence, it is still to let the system devour the corpses and characteristics of high-level weird characters.

In other words, waiting to trigger these rare tasks is theoretically no different from traveling around the world looking for high-level weird devourers to increase your rating.

In the long run, strengthening the characteristic of "Misfortune" is the wisest choice, because the only means Shen Ge currently has to compete with the earth is "using the moon to smash you to death".

However, if you choose the more commonly used characteristics of "not moving" and "not going out", you will undoubtedly be able to quickly improve Shen Ge's combat effectiveness in the shortest time.

In particular, the derivative ability of "Immovable Mysterious Domain", Bullet Time, can not only save Shen Ge's life at the critical moment, but also kill people invisibly.

The invisible barrier of "staying in the strange area" is also his most commonly used method. The most amazing thing about this ability is that it can condense an invisible barrier in the air, completely ignoring the laws of physics.

If these two abilities are further strengthened, they may even give rise to some conceptual-level abilities!
For a moment, even Shen Ge, who did not have difficulty making decisions, began to suffer from it. In the final analysis, it was because there were too few characteristic enhancement points and this thing was too precious.

Shen Ge decided to first pass the seventh level of the system, and then use the new abilities derived from it as a reference to choose the direction of characteristic evolution.

"Unfortunately": Weird Sequence 3
(The number of enhancements available is 7, the number of deceitful areas is 2/3)

(Note: The number that can be enhanced represents the number of times the host can continue to strengthen the characteristic through characteristic enhancement points, and the number of uncanny realms represents the current characteristic "number of awakened uncanny realms/total number of uncanny realms that can be awakened".)
Basic characteristics and effects: Consume 1%-∞% of the ghost energy to attach the ghost energy to the target, causing it to become unfortunate in a short period of time. It absorbs the negative ghost energy emerging from the ground and causes various natural and man-made disasters. "Unfortunate" impact of accidents!

The more evil energy the host controls to be injected into the target's body, the longer the target will be affected, and the greater the "unfortunate" impact it will suffer!
"Unfortunate Territory (Type I)": After unfolding the trap, it creates a trap with a radius of 100 meters with itself as the center. When in this trap, the host can see the negative trap energy that causes "misfortune" gathered above the target. And it can transfer the target's "misfortune" by consuming its own sly energy.

Derived ability - "Transfer".

"Unfortunate Territory (Type II)": The host can expand the "Unfortunate Territory" to a radius of 500 meters, consuming 100%-∞% to create a "disaster" on the designated target or location. Including but not limited to collapse, earthquake, explosion and other accidents. And the more "misfortunes" there are in the life forms in the area, the greater the "misfortune" energy gathered, and the greater the disasters caused.

Derived ability - "Disaster".

[You can choose evolution direction 1 - offensive direction, control the negative weird energy in the target's body, make it evolve faster or frantic (only effective for weird), and consume system points to interfere with and guide the behavior of the target of accelerated evolution. ]

"what?"

Shen Ge found that he recognized all the characters, but they felt very unfamiliar when put together. He felt that the system's explanations for a long time were as good as no explanation at all.

And below the system prompt message, there are Xiaoqi’s notes.

"Master, to put it in human terms, you can control the negative energy in the target's body, transform normal animals into weird ones, and consume system points to control them. For details, please refer to the situation of Shen Lin and the 'Big Whale'."

"Congratulations on your appointment as a 'Summoner'."

After Shen Ge saw it, he said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, I found that you didn't learn much from me, but you learned to tell jokes based on old sayings."

"Di-"

"As the saying goes, the personality of an AI follows its master. It seems that the master has finally realized that you are always making bad jokes and telling bad jokes."

“…Wow.”

Good guy, you can talk back!

"I don't think I've joined a summoner, but I feel like the system is like some game manufacturers starting to 'recycle game coins'." Shen Ge stared at the system panel and said. Xiao Qi was puzzled: "Oh? Why would the master have such an idea?"

Shen Ge replied: "In fact, in my understanding, system points are the energy stored by the system after it devours the strange cells. Because of the perfect fusion of my ancestor's strange cells and me, half of this energy is absorbed by me and half by the system. Because of this, the system will be short of energy when it completes the seventh-level alienation, and will absorb my energy for a long time."

"As the master of this body, once the energy is converted into system points, it becomes my private property. The system obviously does not have the 'authority' to directly absorb this energy without my permission. Perhaps this is the safeguard left by 'Shen Shen Ge' when he transformed the original weird ancestor, to prevent me from ending up like 'Weird Shen Ge'. In the end, either I will be devoured, or I will devour the original weird ancestor's cells and become the Weird King."

"But now under the influence of this 'guarantee', I have achieved a perfect 'symbiosis' with the system. This is the perfect fusion in my understanding."

"The system cannot forcibly obtain energy from me, so it used to recycle system points through 'lottery', 'transfer', and various functions. However, as I have mastered the special abilities and the Red Mist Armor has grown, the opportunities to rely on these functions have become less and less."

"The system wants to 'tempt' me to devour more and higher-level weirdnesses, and also wants me to absorb more energy. So it can only offer me the 'enhancement' that interests me."

As he spoke, Shen Ge continued to look at the auxiliary evolution direction of the characteristic "Misfortune". The effect was mainly reflected in two aspects -

First, through the coverage of the "Unfortunate Domain", a person's "negative emotions", "negative energy" and other negative factors can be transferred to multiple people at the same time.

Secondly, the coverage area is wider, and if the negative energy is concentrated on one target, it will cause a more powerful negative effect.

Although it is not clearly stated here what the negative effects are, combined with the situation of "take me to the moon and destroy you", the amplified negative effects may be even more terrifying.

"Tsk, what should I do if both evolutionary directions seem good?" Shen Ge hesitated.

Xiao Qi said, "Master, you can't have your cake and eat it too. I think that with the blood spider, your ability to catalyze weirdness won't make a big difference to your personal strength, but maybe you can get an extra position as a 'material catalyst' when you return to the department."

"But Master, given the current environment, I don't think it's a suitable ability to control and transform ordinary creatures into strange creatures. Especially since your current identity is attracting much attention and your every move is under surveillance by various countries, it is likely to cause unnecessary trouble."

"Although we don't have to worry about causing danger with our strength, the levels involved range from lovers, friends, comrades, to departments, cities, and countries... It can be said that one move will affect the whole body. In addition, we are fighting with the monster organization. We are in the open, and the monster organization is in the dark. As long as we don't deal with the monster organization, we don't know what kind of attack method they will use."

"Of course, as a long-term investment, the ability to control weirdness combined with the blood spider can at least ensure that we can walk sideways in the fragment world."

"Although we are also walking sideways now, we can take bigger steps."

Shen Ge was still thinking seriously about what Xiao Qi said, but this guy came up with a cold joke and directly woke him up.

But Xiao Qi is right. This characteristic is "unfortunately" suitable for long-term investment. Once its powerful ability is demonstrated, it will lead to the collapse of the world. It is not suitable for use in "reality".

But as long as he is out of touch with reality, the conceptual characteristic of "misfortune" will be Shen Ge's strongest means of attack.

Shen Ge decided to put aside the enhancement of the characteristic "Misfortune" for the time being, and looked at the "No movement" and "No output" enhancement notes in the system and the analysis data of Xiao Qi.

"Moveless": Weird Sequence 4
(The number of enhancements available is 3, the number of deceitful areas is 1/2)

Basic feature effect: After turning on the feature, you can control the shadow to restrain the target. According to the target's rating, quantity and distance (the maximum distance does not exceed 20 meters), the sly energy consumed per second is different (1%-100%).

When the user uses "immobile" to control the target, he or she can control whether to pull the target into the "immobile" treacherous space. In the non-strange space state, the restraint effect will still take effect.

"Fixless Magic Realm (Type I)": After unfolding the magic zone, it creates a "Fixless Magic Realm" with a radius of 10 meters with itself as the center. Things entering this field will slow down/or become immobile.

Derived ability - "Bullet Time".

[You can choose evolution direction 1 - offensive direction, release the strange energy with the characteristic of "immobility" to a certain target, making it enter a short "time stop" state. In this state, the target's body functions and consciousness will also enter "time stop". ]

Time to stop?

To understand it literally, it is fundamentally different from deploying the Immovable Mystical Domain to freeze the target. Instead, it directly puts the target into a "time-stop" state. The body functions and states, including consciousness, will also enter this "time-stop" state.

Xiao Qi's explanation was also very simple, and he also joked that when Shen Ge used this ability, he should not forget to spread his hands and blow towards the target.

Wow, this is the Monkey King’s “immobilization technique”, right?
On the surface, the new derivative ability of the characteristic "Immobility" is no different from the original immobilization spell of the strange domain, but similar to the derivative ability of "Misfortune", it is nothing at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that there are many changes in details and room for operation.

However, the auxiliary evolution of the characteristic "immobility" has no special features. It mainly focuses on the fact that the time slowing down speed of "bullet time" can be adjusted with the intensity of the injected strange energy, and the multiples of influence can be higher and the range is wider. Apart from that, there are not many changes.

Finally, Shen Ge set his sights on the last characteristic, "no exit", which is one of Shen Ge's most commonly used abilities besides the three characteristics of "silent + invisible + traceless".

Not to mention that the enhancement of "not going out" far exceeds the first two characteristics, even if it is only slightly inferior, Shen Ge will probably choose to enhance "not going out" without hesitation. After all, "usage rate" is also a very critical reference data.

"Di-"

At this time, the communicator that Shen Ge placed on the bedside rang. Classmate Xiao Qi directly helped him connect the communicator, and Mark's voice came from it.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Captain Shen. We found the remains of the mysterious agent Chen Jing in the ruins of the temporary base. After we took him in, only a few hours later, his limbs had recovered most of his body. His high-speed regeneration ability is astonishing."

"After his brain 'healed', he seemed to have a consciousness, and he specifically asked to see you, Captain Shen." (End of this chapter)