Chapter 54: Entering the Jungle

I felt a warm feeling spreading through my body. I knew I had gained 5 stats points, and Blink's skill was upgraded. I'll check it out later.

Olivia's voice shook me from my thoughts as she asked, "What happened?"

As I looked at her, I simply said, "I was just thinking about me joining the forces so early, all thanks to you."

She was about to respond when a voice came from behind, "Oh my, look who's here?"

After I turned around, I saw a man and a group of people approaching us.

Despite being about the same height as me, he still looked quite inferior to me. He stood opposite Olivia and then glanced over at us.

He sarcastically scoffed, "You picked up so many animals this time, huh?"

Olivia smiled and said, "Yes, a bunch of animals that are going to eat all of your people alive. Be careful."

"Let's go!" she said and started walking towards us in another direction.

My eyes just glanced at the group. Probably they would enter the jungle with us. The time is not right for me to say anything at the moment, but I can take care of those clowns.

In a hurry, I followed Olivia and asked, "What was that all about?"

After a couple of minutes, she sighed and said, "I will tell you later. Just follow me to your quarters."

Eventually, we came across the living quarters where we would stay today.

Upon arrival, Olivia handled all the formalities for the allocation of the rooms and gave us access to them, then guided me to my room.

The room was similar to that of the facility.

As we entered the room, Diana followed behind me, while everyone else went to their own rooms.

Diana sat beside me on the couch, while Olivia sat opposite me. Now can you explain what all that was about?" I said to Olivia.

"I scout talents for the forces, and that person is similar to me. If the person we scouted completes the trail, we will be recognized, so you can understand why he behaved in that way towards me." She sighed and said.

I smirked at her and said, "That's all, the way you behaved. I thought he was someone scary"

"You will get to know more about the forces, once you clear your survival," she said.

I could see the concern in her eyes as she said, "Any way you have to be careful."

While looking at her, I asked, "Can we kill them in the jungle?"

I don't care about morals. If they create trouble for me, I will kill them, that's all.

"You can, as you know, it's all about survival, whether it's against animals or other creatures, it's all the same," she replied.

"Anything more?" I asked her. I just wanted them to leave me alone. I have to check my status.

"That's all for now. Rest up," she said as she stood to leave.

Diana left the room as well. I don't know why she came here; she didn't even speak.

A screen appeared in front of me showing my current status as soon as I thought about the menu option.

Name: Alan

Age: 28

Species: Evolved Monkey [1st Evolution Completed]

Level: 11

Strength: 30

Agility: 30

Intelligence: 30

Luck: 13

Power: Teleport: Host can teleport within the radius of 100 meters [Gained Ability from Mutated Snake] (Upgraded)

Skin Hardening: Hardens the Host's skin [Gained ability from Alligator]

Supreme Speed: Increases the Host's speed 3* Normal [Gained ability from Mutated Cheetah]

Camouflage: Allows Host to blend into the surrounding [Gained ability from Chameleon]

When I saw my status, I noticed Blink has been changed to teleport with a range of 100 meters, which is quite a change from 5 meters. My stats have been increased by 5, which will help me a lot in the jungle.

As I closed my stats, I called out to Eve.

"Eve?"

"Yes, host?" She replied.

"Is there any other way to upgrade my powers?" I asked her. I don't want to rely only on tasks all the time.

Power can be upgraded by consuming animals that possess similar power as yours, Host," she replied emotionlessly.

I nodded in response and asked Eve.

"Eve, how about 2nd Evolution? What are the requirements?"

"All stats except Luck should reach 100 stat points for the 2nd evolution," she replied

"What the fuck!"

I thought I was quite powerful with the current stats, but what about the 2nd evolved beings? I am like an ant in comparison.

I asked, "How are they comparable to Power Users?"

"They can be compared to High-Level Power Users," she replied

That's quite impressive. I have to be careful in the jungle. I don't know if I will go alone or with someone. Anyway, I will take a good rest to prepare myself for tomorrow.

My day went quickly; I had a very good sleep before heading into the jungle.

I woke and quickly freshened up and changed into new clothes which were being provided to us.

I was blown away by the awesome look I had on this dress. I looked too good.

It was quite disappointing not to spend time with beauties.

Anyway, I will spend some time in the future, now it is time to go. As I moved out of the room, I saw Diana waiting for me.

"Are you ready?" I asked her as I started toward the main building.

As we approached the main building, I saw many people had already arrived. All the people were dressed in the same military attire. I spotted Olivia, who was standing with Isabella and others.

As I approached her, she smiled and said, "Ready?"

I nodded at her and asked, "So what's now?"

"We will have General give the motivational speech in a few minutes," she said.

After looking around, I noticed a stage with many soldiers standing nearby.

Later, I saw an old man moving towards the stage, followed by many soldiers. Perhaps he was General Olivia was referring to.

The look on his face tells you that he was an old monster who had great power, even more, powerful than Alexandra.

Suddenly, the whole auditorium was silent as the Old man approached the stage and glanced at us.

Then his heavy voice echoed throughout the hall.

"Let me welcome you to the Special Forces. I hope you understand why we are here. We have given you the chance of a lifetime to serve the special forces. Prove to us you belong here. Survive and be the best."

The whole hall went into an uproar, and I was quite dumbstruck "What the hell was that? Is that a motivational speech?"

After some time, he finished giving his speech after blabbing some shit about survival.

This time, the rules had changed, and everyone would be going alone in the jungle.

It quite relieved me when I heard that. I wanted to be alone. They gave us tracking and monitoring devices, which we have to keep with us all the time.

And they set an enormous machine up in another room. I was amazed by how large it was. "What is this?" I nudged Olivia.

It was a big circular disc, with a blue light shining between it.

"With this transporter, you will be taken to a random location in the jungle with all the coordinates already set up." She replied.

After some time, we were told to enter the transporter.

"Survive and be careful," Olivia suddenly pulled my hand and stared at me, "I am waiting for you."

After squeezing her hand tightly, I said, "I will, just wait for me," and I walked towards the machine.

The moment I stepped inside the disc, I felt a tug towards my body and sudden darkness enveloped me for a moment.

After a moment, I was back in the jungle.