Chapter 2: It’s Up to You, Erha Beast!

As the name suggests, the Strongest Mutant System is closely tied to Mutants.

"System, introduce yourself."

Lance tried to communicate with the system.

Soon, the system responded.

"This system is designed to cultivate the host into the most powerful Mutant and expand the Mutant population in this world!"

Become the most powerful Mutant?

Expanding the Mutant population? Lance wasn't particularly interested in that part.

Besides, wasn't he the only Mutant in this world?

How exactly was he supposed to grow their numbers?

Keep having kids?

"What do I need to do?" Lance asked.

"The host can check-in at any location once per day," the system explained.

"Each check-in grants the host a random Mutant ability. The host can choose to either integrate the ability directly or donate it to someone else. Donating the ability guarantees the host a strengthened version—at least twice as powerful."

"The host may reclaim any gifted abilities at any time."

Check-in every day?

No annoying tasks?

Lance instantly felt like he'd hit the jackpot.

"You're a good system—a damn good one!"

Giving abilities to others and still getting a strengthened version for myself? At least twice the power?

No question about it—he'd go with the second option!

But something else occurred to Lance.

"System, can Mutant abilities only be given to humans? What about animals? Or machines?"

The system fell silent.

Lance almost gave up when the system finally responded.

"Yes."

Yes?!

Lance's eyes lit up.

Compared to humans, animals were far easier to control.

And machines? Whoever owned them could use their abilities.

Of course, artificial intelligence was excluded.

But this answer massively expanded Lance's options.

Satisfied, Lance kept asking the system questions.

He quickly discovered that its intelligence was pretty basic. It could only answer questions directly related to its functions.

Small talk? Forget about it.

Anything unrelated to its core programming got ignored.

"Good enough."

"System, do I still have my check-in chance for today?"

"Yes."

"Alright, let's see how my first draw goes!"

Lance rubbed his hands together, suddenly wide awake.

This was it—his shot at something big.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations! The host has obtained the teleportation ability from Mutant Azazel."

Azazel.

Also known as the Red Devil, Azazel's teleportation power was impressive.

Its only downside? Each jump left behind a puff of red smoke and a faint popping sound.

A minor flaw.

Everything else about the ability was gold.

"Teleportation? Hell yeah!"

Lance was thrilled.

This ability didn't just make him more mobile—it was a massive boost to his survival odds.

His self-healing was great, but teleportation?

That was an escape plan.

Now he just had to decide—who would get this ability?

Lance looked around.

A few figures were still passed out under the blankets.

His gaze drifted to the mechanical gadgets scattered around the room.

Then—

The bedroom door suddenly creaked open.

Light spilled in, and a husky with bright blue eyes trotted inside.

"Woof!"

The dog barked twice, wagging its tail before licking Lance's palm.

Well-behaved.

…Or maybe just clueless.

"Huh?"

Lance stared at the dog.

An idea struck him.

"Erha, tonight's your lucky night."

He knelt down, scratching the dog's head.

"From now on, you're going to be my secret weapon, so don't let me down, alright?"

Erha tilted its head, looking completely lost.

Lance didn't care.

Grinning, he chose to gift Azazel's teleportation ability to the husky.

"From now on, your name is Red Devil!"

Lance held Erha's head like he was knighting the dog.

A faint red glow flared from his hands and sank into Erha's body.

The husky blinked in confusion.

Then—

Boom!

The space around them cracked.

Red smoke lingered as Erha vanished without a trace.

"Target successfully granted Azazel's teleportation ability. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a hundredfold strengthened version!"

Somewhere across town, inside a closed furniture store—

Boom!

Erha popped into existence, leaving behind a puff of red smoke.

The dog blinked, glancing around the unfamiliar room.

Then its eyes locked onto a brand-new sofa.

"Woof!"

Leaping onto the couch, it immediately started chewing like there was no tomorrow.

[The Strongest Mutant System]

Character: Lance

Sex: Male

Age: 23

Activated Abilities:

• Rapid Self-Healing Lv2 (Delta-level)

• Teleportation Lv2 (Alpha-level) [Hundredfold Strengthened]

Inactive Abilities:

• None

The system interface updated.

Lance's teleportation ability now sat next to his rapid self-healing.

And unlike his healing, which was capped at Lv2, the teleportation ability could develop all the way to Lv5!

Not to mention, it had already been boosted a hundredfold.

Compared to Azazel's original power, Lance's version was on another level entirely.

Since he'd gifted it to Erha first, the ability started at Lv2 instead of Lv1—putting it on par with his healing right away.

The difference?

Teleportation could keep growing.

Fast healing couldn't.

"Not bad…not bad at all."

Lance leaned back, grinning to himself.

This was just the beginning.

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