8: Chapter 8 Lottery

Even though Lin Sheng had some expectations, he was still a little shocked when he saw the current scene.

With so many fish, how many evolution points could they provide?

The smell of blood stimulated the school of fish, making them swim toward Lin Sheng like crazy.

At this moment, Lin Sheng didn't care about the acid on the surface of the fish anymore. The large pit was about to be filled with fish. If he didn't go over to help, how would the fish behind get in?

evolution points +243

evolution points +301

evolution points +281

...

[Ding]

[Congratulations Host, evolution points have reached 10,000. The lottery function is now open.]

Hearing the system prompt suddenly ringing in his ear, Lin Sheng's eating movements paused.

When the system said evolution points would be useful later, did it mean for the lottery?

Subsequently, while Lin Sheng continued to eat, he communicated with the system in his mind.

"System, explain the lottery."

[Ding]

[The lottery is exactly what it sounds like.]

[The Host can participate in the lottery by consuming a certain number of evolution points.]

[The more evolution points consumed, the higher the grade of the prize pool you can access.]

「Prize pools currently available to the Host:

Low-level Prize Pool:

Consumes 500 evolution points per draw. The highest possible rewards are Low Level talents or items (a Low Level talent or item is guaranteed every ten draws).

Rare Prize Pool:

Consumes 10,000 evolution points per draw. The highest possible rewards are Rare talents or items (a Rare talent or item is guaranteed every ten draws).

Natural Grade Prize Pool:

Insufficient evolution points, unable to unlock.

Balance Grade: ...

...」

Looking at the prize pool information provided by the system, Lin Sheng counted carefully.

He hadn't misread it; the gap between the Low-level Prize Pool and the Rare Prize Pool was indeed that large—a full 9,500-point difference.

This couldn't help but make Lin Sheng feel a bit surprised.

If there was such a massive gap between these two pools, then how many evolution points would the subsequent Natural Grade require?

At the same time, Lin Sheng thought of another point.

His three talents—"Mental Immortality," "Devour," and "Evolution"—all had grades, and those grades were much higher than Natural Grade.

From this perspective, the system hadn't mistreated him with his initial talents.

"dog system, I love you."

Lin Sheng suddenly said this to the system in his mind.

The system was crashing and did not answer Lin Sheng.

...

The rain grew lighter and lighter, finally stopping on the morning of the third day.

After the rain stopped, Lin Sheng sent that four-legged beast, which had performed a great service for him, to the afterlife.

evolution points +143

After swallowing the last few fish remaining in the pit, he returned to the tree where he resided.

At this moment, after swallowing so many fish, Lin Sheng's body length had also grown to 3.5 meters.

Lying on a tree branch and bathing in the scorching sunlight, Lin Sheng spoke lazily:

"System, how many evolution points do I have now?"

[Ding]

[Host's remaining evolution points: 25,433]

Over 20,000 evolution points was not outside Lin Sheng's expectations.

Although he had been mindlessly eating fish, Lin Sheng had a rough idea in his heart.

He was now debating whether to go for two "real man" draws from the Rare Prize Pool or twenty "coward" draws from the Low-level Prize Pool.

Lin Sheng didn't intend to spend all his evolution points at once.

Because evolution points could be used for Evolution, and during the Evolution period, he could not be harmed.

If he encountered a life-threatening danger one day, he could use evolution points to save his life.

"system grandfather, let's start with ten draws from the Low-level Prize Pool."

Ultimately, Lin Sheng decided to test the waters with ten Low Level draws first.

If the prizes were good, he would continue.

But if the prizes were unsatisfactory...

Lin Sheng felt that with his gambler's personality, he would most likely continue anyway.

[Ding]

[Low Level lottery beginning.]

[Congratulations Host for obtaining: evolution points * 10 (x7)]

[Congratulations Host for obtaining: Targeted Body Part Strengthening (Value: 5,000 evolution points)]

[Congratulations Host for obtaining talent: Venom Spit (Low Level). Used in conjunction with Poison Fangs to fire venom.]

[Congratulations Host for obtaining talent: Static Electricity (Low Level). Allows the use of Static Electricity.]

Seeing two talents and a targeted strengthening worth 5,000 evolution points appear at once made Lin Sheng's eyes light up.

He even suspected that the system had rewarded him with these because he had just called it "system grandfather."

But after carefully reading the descriptions of these two talents, Lin Sheng's originally pleasant mood immediately deflated.

Because of the Poison Fangs, the "Venom Spit" talent was still somewhat useful.

But was this "Static Electricity" talent really not a joke?

Even in Lin Sheng's past life, Static Electricity couldn't cause any harm to him, let alone to these current creatures.

To Lin Sheng, this thing was essentially useless.

"dog system, you could have just given me 10 evolution points."

"But why did you have to use this method to embezzle my evolution points?"

Lin Sheng's right front claw drew circles on the tree trunk, his lizard-like face filled with resentment.

After consuming 5,000 evolution points, Lin Sheng's current evolution points remained at just over 20,000.

He was thinking about whether to continue.

...

"Fishy, do you think I should continue drawing or not?"

"Oh, you say you don't know?"

"Then what use do I have for you?"

evolution points +103

Just as Lin Sheng swallowed the fish, the system prompt suddenly rang in his ear.

[Ding]

[Host meets the Evolution conditions. Please perform the Evolution within one stellar day of this planet, otherwise the opportunity will be forfeited.]

"I can evolve again!"

Hearing this system prompt, Lin Sheng's originally conflicted mood suddenly relaxed.

This Evolution was because he had eaten a lot of fish.

And the main characteristic of these fish was that they lived in acid.

Doesn't that mean that after he evolves, he can swim freely in that acidic lake?

Thinking of this, Lin Sheng didn't even bother with the few remaining fish in the pit and went straight home.

This Evolution would most likely allow him to enter the acidic lake. It wouldn't be too late to catch fish after the Evolution was complete.

Furthermore, even if he didn't evolve acid resistance, he still had one opportunity for targeted body part Evolution.

By using this opportunity on his skin, he believed he could barely resist the erosion of the acidic lake.

Finding a comfortable position to lie down, Lin Sheng began his Evolution.

[Evolution beginning. This Evolution will last for half a stellar day of this planet. Please wait patiently, Host.]

...

Night fell.

Subtle changes appeared on the surface of Lin Sheng's body, changes so minute they were almost invisible to the naked eye.

Soon, dawn arrived.

Lin Sheng also finished his Evolution and woke up.

The first thing he did upon waking was to have the system open his data panel.

「Host: Lin Sheng

Race: Omitted

evolution points: 20,606

Talents:

Immortal Consciousness (Truth Level)

Devour (Concept Level)

Evolution (Concept Level)

Poison Fangs (Low Level)

Venom Spit (Low Level)

Static Electricity (Low Level)

Acidic Exoskeleton (Low Level): The body surface has slight resistance to acidic substances.

Description: A 3.5-meter long Third Sister-in-law, Third Brother is ecstatic 」