I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 278: Straightening things out

[It might feel like this kind of upgrade had been left behind, since this is only the second time you had the chance to upgrade it; but rest assured that all upgrades, are listed for the sake of aiding the chances of your survival]

[A good example, is that your eruptive-heat-ability can now reach a grand temperature, of one-hundred-and-fifty-degree-celsius]

[It is also worth pointing out, that you haven't paid any extra system points this time. Well at least in comparison to the first sum you had given, for the sake of unlocking this ability]

[So the sum isn't too expensive now, just because you had spent many points to unlock this ability, long ago]

It felt a bit odd how the system was spamming such information right now, but at least she was willing to share such valuable details.

After a bit of thinking, he remembered that one of the recent upgrades, had a hand in this expansion of information ~ so this situation began to make sense.

A good example was that the visual dashboard he had, solely featured details regarding what he was capable of. So it wasn't really a surprise, that the system gave more information about any new upgrades now.

Before this little volcanic-pancake was about to respond, this good system added just a few more words of her own. [There is a bit more news. You can activate the eruptive-heat-ability three times a day now, instead of one]

After hearing out such a detail, Tim couldn't help growing a little smile across his ashy face. This ability had proven useful before in terms of delivering an extra layer of damage; and now, it will likely prove quite a few times more effective! Therefore he was eager to use it in the near future.

However, right now he couldn't quite build up a sentence around this same topic. Earlier on, the hero might have been able to say something, but that thought had been utterly forgotten by now.

So instead, he began focusing on one of the most impacting upgrades of the day!

And without bothering to inform his friends that he was okay, Timothy simply asked out loud. "Why do I have spiky fins now, system?"

[The new hunting techniques that have been implemented in your mind, can give you a good idea of why you need them...]

[But apart from that, you simply have reached the criteria of having your fin-bones exposed to the elements, and having them categorized as weapons]

[The bodily-durability upgrade you had bought, will help you avoid breaking those bones in the long run, which proves another point about criteria]

[In other words, you are entering categories of upgrades that are considered quite strong. You are slowly becoming a true force to be reckoned with]

After pondering over this information a little bit, there was no other option but to agree. Right now he seemed quite like a swimming volcanic rock, and could be categorized more deadlier than ever! So the system carried a few strong points.

But yet for a second, he began thinking that all of this effort might not have been worth it. He got skin-cancer in this process, and that was quite intimidating on its own.

If that wasn't enough of a memorable fact: he was also experiencing a massive cloud in his mind, whose foundation was yet to be discovered!

Such results proved a point that pain came along with progress, and its intensity increased the more he advanced forward.

However, the thought of this mental cloud had ironically made him think just a little bit better; or at least enough to form a question, that originated this topic.

With a bit of a mumble, he asked. "Is there a cure, for uh? Head-emptiness? You know, the weird thing that happened to me after I fell asleep?"

[I don't have any solid fact yet, because your brain is quite complex now due to the numerous upgrades]

[Throughout these few days, I have managed to analyse a tenth of your brain; and I might be getting a lead of what the problem is, but the analysis is far from being over]

"Oh," The hero shortly answered, feeling just a tad demotivated.

[Don't worry about it too much. Ten gods wouldn't be enough to kill you, if I say otherwise]

[You are one of the few blue-dotted ribbon tail stingrays who made it this far. Only eleven-percent had reached this stage to be exact]

[My point is that I won't let you die that easily, not now when you have so much potential to become stronger ~ you are a good research tool as well. So no, you won't die]

Even though he was yet to catch up with what the system had just said, he couldn't help smiling a little bit. Such an expression from the system's side felt quite pleasant, even though it had many odds and ends.

So he only nodded towards those statements, and turned his attention back towards the group. Two of them were craving to know just what Timothy had discussed with the system, but he felt too cloud-minded to notice a detail like that.

Instead, he made a decision for the whole group. "Let's go kill those sharks, I'm ready."

Such a statement coming from Tim, felt quite heavy. Because apart from all these unique layers of discomfort, he had more system points to spend.

Meaning he could have stopped here and spent those points for the sake of being more prepared, yet he didn't!

It showed such a grand level of confidence, and the system had a large influence towards such confidence ~ this whole great-white-shark headache was close to being dealt with!

So they continued to swim towards the taken direction, and began mentally preparing for the battle; it shouldn't be too difficult to kill some sharks, but they still felt a little bit nervous.

Gerlach noticed this discomfort amongst this small little team, so he tried to loosen up the overall tight aura, by specifying how exactly he got a firm lead of these sharks.

The geezer was quite a chatter mouth too, so the other group members were only given an option to listen. "While you were forced to slumber by some weird god or whatnot, I had spent quite a bit of time stalking the perimeter."

"Well, Osira has travelled with me, but you get the idea." He continued to describe, unwilling to let any details slip.

With a bit of pride, the geezer began counting another portion of his work. "Eventually we had found a perimeter that seemed to be quite plentiful with life, stingrays included. This had given a grand hint of invisible borders."

That didn't make quite a lot of sense, so he of course had to elaborate. "Or in other words, the plentiful amount of stingray species in that perimeter, gave us a hit that the sharks we are looking for, were not in that area."

"So we followed a variety of patterns that led away from any stingray species, which had ultimately led to a spot where there wasn't anyone of your kind there. Simply because the sharks had eaten them all." That was quite intelligent indeed, but it still was a bit of a blur regarding what this old man wanted to say.