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Chapter 25 - Type: Symbiosis (Part 2)

Jyera Apocalypse System

Type: Symbiosis

User: Anna

Age: 23 years old

Profession: Astronaut

Academic degree: PHD in Applied Space Physics.

Combat Skills:

-Daggers level 1

-Melee level 2

-Aikijujitsu level 3

General Skills:

-High IQ

-Eidetic Memory

-Complete graduation in all of Jyera's exact professions.

ZY Virus Skills:

-Mutant Level 1

-Symbiosis Level 0

Anna was still lost, trying to understand why so much information about her was available on this strange screen... No, it wasn't strange, it reminded her of a game screen... Besides, what was that mutant level 1 thing?

When suddenly, other messages appeared and left her quite worried.

[The human race is about to be attacked by an unknown superior race!]

[The apocalypse begins in 7 days!]

[Complete System Missions to survive!]

[Main Mission]

[Gain full control of one of the colony ships!]+

Time limit: 6 days, 19 hours, and 57 minutes

Reward: New system skill unlocked.

[Side Missions:]

-Obtain a Space Power Core

Reward: Unlocks new system ability

-Obtain Immunization Vaccine Samples from Planet Chronos

Reward: Unlocks new system ability

-Obtain a prototype of the primitive colonizing AI, and Drones of the type; observation (0/3) and collection (0/3)

Reward: Level 2 Mutant Crystal

-Obtain life samples from the new solar system

Reward: Symbiosis Store unlocked

[Optional Missions:]

-Obtain samples from the biological garden…

-Obtain survival resources…

-Obtain autopsy tools

-Obtain corpse preservation tools

-Obtain Alchemy Lab Tools

-Upgrade your colonizing bracelet using the system store

-Upgrade your spacesuit

-Obtain…

The list of missions was huge, and apart from the main mission, some were not difficult to complete given my position and rank within the space station, but I focused on the initial information.

If an apocalypse was going to happen, why didn't the system ask me to warn everyone? Try to change something, try to save someone? Why was it just prioritizing my survival and some items? Although it didn't say that I couldn't take anyone on the stolen ship…

"No! I won't do that… I won't commit crimes and harm the government that has always taken care of me… But…"

My eyes didn't even need to scan the system again to remember the initial sentence… An attack by a superior race…

How superior are they? Is there no chance to fight? Maybe it would exist if…

Anna's extremely high IQ began to combine all the messages in the system, eliminating superficial information, prioritizing important phrases, items, mission rewards, the system name, alerts, even words with capital letters did not go unnoticed, and her newly improved strength also...

She also began to "click" in various places in the system, looking for extra and additional information, and especially in the part that said "ZY Virus skills," and soon her mind created a whole scenario about what could be happening.

Threat level to the civilization, possible consequences of a fight, what kind of weapons and technology would such a civilization, "superior" to theirs, have… Was the apocalypse a weapon? Why not eliminate everyone? Were the humans the target? Was there something stopping them? Did they need to be discreet? Did they need the humans alive? Were they the owners of Chronos? Did they live in that solar system? Were they another group that simply noticed the fluctuations of Jyera's Warp Gate?

While asking dozens of questions, Anna also created dozens and hundreds of answers, but these explanations only created more doubts without a precise answer…

Her brain didn't stop there. She also deduced that whoever created such a system was an ally, she deduced that either the person made time go back, or they had information about the future. Given the short time of 7 days that she had, she also deduced that the attack by the superior civilization had already begun, and was irreversible… All that was left was to resist, and perhaps retaliate later… Was that the system's objective? Were there more people who received such a tool and missions?

Having the information that the attack was carried out by a superior civilization, Anna even began working on a theory that Rick was still far from coming close to. Although the chances were low, as her calculations proved. If time went back, there was a chance that the enemies knew it happened, after all, they were more developed... Now, if it was just an ability that allowed someone to see the future, then the humans of Jyera still had a chance, while using anonymity to their advantage...

After many assumptions, theories, and a few precise answers. Anna turned again to the system, its strange abilities, and missions, thinking that if she completed some of them, she could obtain more data and answers...

First, it was the abilities:

ZY Virus Skills:

- Level 1 Mutant

The evolution of the human race after being exposed to the ZY pathogen.

The explanation was simple, but full of nuances. A simple and quick DNA test confirmed to Anna that her body was no longer 100% human. Doing more detailed tests, she also confirmed other improvements, such as a stronger immune system and improved oxygen absorption through a basic cardiac test. With her mind, noticing the physical improvements, such as increased strength and speed, was easy; she had noticed it even before the system started.

-Symbiosis Level 0

Ability to adapt to non-human variants of the ZY pathogen.

(currently limited to level 0 variants)

There weren't many details here, she still didn't know how she could identify other carriers of this pathogen, so her eyes turned to the missions.

And without her realizing it, all her focus and concentration had turned to the huge amount of missions, along with her obsessive-compulsive and perfectionist trait, Anna saw that pile of system alerts as an annoying problem that needed to be solved... And so, a new hyperfocus was born, one focused on completing system missions...

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