Chapter 3: Ratman

[Simulation Complete]

[Level at End of Simulation: LV.5 Mimic]

[Awakened Talents: Assimilation (Blue), Forest Hunter (Green), Endurance (Grey)]

[Brought Out Advanced Item: Xima’s Antidote Recipe (Blue)]

[Unlocked Achievements: Forest King, Witch’s Touch]

As a Mimic, your potential is high, but your floor is also extremely low.

You endured the most difficult moments, ambushing enemies like a true Mimic, but that was already your highlight.

To defeat those more powerful natural enemies, you need to be more cautious, wait longer.

That is the survival method of a Mimic.

[Overall Score: E]

[Reward Obtained: Initial Equipment Lottery Ticket (White)]

[It can be used during the next Otherworld Simulation to obtain a white-quality piece of equipment at the start.]

Along with the system notification sound, there was also the pleasant sound of leveling up.

Ailuo Wen was sitting at the table looking at the flowers and grass outside when she suddenly felt her belly light up five times in a row.

“…It’s an illusion, right?”

And inside her body, a powerful force washed through every corner of the embryo.

Lai En felt that he must already be the strongest embryo in this world.

[Lai En]

Level: LV.5

Talents: Assimilation (Blue), Forest Hunter (Green), Endurance (Grey)

Items: Xima’s Antidote Recipe (Blue)

“So strong! Just one simulation and I’ve gotten so many talents!”

Lai En hadn’t expected this system to be so powerful.

If he continued simulating like this, he could become stronger each time.

It was like the looter-shooter games he played in his past life; as the game progressed, the player’s equipment and skill would improve.

But in those games, you would also be matched with stronger enemies.

But in this other world, everything was already set.

That is to say, Lai En was constantly getting stronger, while the enemies wouldn’t change.

“And this antidote recipe—it couldn’t have come at a more critical time!”

You see, his mother Ailuo Wen had been poisoned to death in the last simulation.

If he could prepare an antidote in advance, then both Ailuo Wen and he could survive.

Lai En opened the storage box and placed the recipe from the safe into it.

The safe could only hold one item at a time; he wondered if it could be upgraded later.

Opening the recipe, the system prompted that three ingredients were needed to make Xima’s Antidote.

“Dragon’s Breath Moss, Snake Stone Flower, Elf Grass… Looks pretty hard to get.”

But the number of simulations was unlimited.

Lai En felt that as long as he did enough, he would definitely find all these ingredients.

Additionally, Lai En also noticed the system’s score rewards.

[Simulation score is related to the host’s level during simulation, awakened talents, value of items brought out, and achievements.]

[During the next simulation, you can use the score reward from the previous simulation, so make sure to take each simulation seriously~]

The system helpfully came out to explain.

“This time my level could have been higher, but with this initial reward next time, I’ll definitely be able to level up faster and safer.”

Thinking this, Lai En already wanted to start another round quickly.

[Host, Ailuo Wen is in danger.]

Lai En heard the prompt and immediately switched his perspective to reality.

He saw Ailuo Wen admiring flowers in her small yard when suddenly a vicious black dog rushed in, tail between its legs, barking incessantly.

From the last real-world simulation, he knew that Ailuo Wen had been bitten by this dog.

If she hadn’t been physically strong, she might have been bitten to death.

“Wait, why are this dog’s eyes so red? Could it have been drugged?”

It was the first time he had observed this vicious dog head-on, and he immediately noticed something was off.

“Don’t come near!”

Ailuo Wen stepped back two paces, one hand protecting her belly, the other clenched into a fist, ready to fight to the death.

Lai En was deeply moved. Ailuo Wen always thought of him first, no matter what.

This was a mother’s love he had never felt before.

And naturally, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

Last time he had no way, but this time he had the ability.

“Forest Hunter.”

A powerful aura emerged from Ailuo Wen’s body.

It was the terrifying aura that Lai En, as a Mimic, had gained from hunting thousands of prey.

How could a mere domestic dog withstand such power?

In the mad dog’s eyes, a crimson monster covered in teeth and insect shells appeared.

“Whimper—”

It was scared off, and even dripped a few drops on the way.

Seeing it leave, Ailuo Wen immediately went back to her room and closed the door.

“Thank goodness…”

But the person outside the yard wasn’t so lucky.

“Worthless!”

A flame spell directly turned the terrified black dog into ashes, without even making a sound.

Of course, this was something Lai En and Ailuo Wen didn’t know.

“That was really dangerous…”

Lai En knew deeply that he and Ailuo Wen could be targeted at any time.

There was no time to waste. He had to protect all of this.

“Start simulation!”

[Simulation Start]

[Selecting Reincarnation Target…]

[Success!]

[Reincarnation Race: Ratman LV.1]

[Ratmen usually live in empires or tribes across every corner of the world. They are greedy and bloodthirsty, robbing elves, dwarves, and humans alike. Daggers and crossbows, poisons and plagues—these are their specialties.]

“This is even worse than a Mimic, damn it! Now I really am a rat.”

Lai En had no right to refuse. The system had already begun pulling his consciousness into the simulation.

[Initial Equipment Lottery Ticket (White) has been automatically used.]

[Based on race and environment, a weapon has been generated: Poisoned Dagger (White)]

[Carried Talents: Assimilation (Blue), Forest Hunter (Green), Endurance (Grey)]

“Squeak? Squeak-chirp? Squeak squeak squeak? Squeak? Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!”

[Amidst the astonishing number of squeaks around you, you and your twenty-plus Ratman brothers are born.]