First encounter

[Welcome to the tower! Next, you will receive a talent as a gift from the tower.]

[Congratulations on acquiring 'Survivor' (D)!]

[Survivor (D): Your body requires less food to maintain its optimal state, and you are more resistant to difficult biomes.]

(At first glance, it seems quite useful)

A talent that helps me survive in case I find myself stranded somewhere or simply have to go to a desert or something like that.

[To enter the tower, you must say 'Ready' and you will be teleported automatically.]

[The tower space has already been prepared, and the other race is already there!]

[Floor 0: Beginner race/Growth Acceleration

-Approximate territory size: 1,129 million km²

-Resources prepared for your race (Earthlings): Large quantities of precious metals and various exotic creatures for muta-gens development.

Resources prepared for the enemy race: Unknown, You will unlock this section when you or your race eliminate a member of the other race! (Keep in mind that the other race can also fulfill this condition).

-Deployment method: Random, Build a base so that members of your race can teleport near you!

-Special conditions: None

-Available biomes: Unknown

-Victory condition: Percentage (%) extermination (When a race reaches a threshold of deaths (kills with the other race's authorship), they will not be able to deploy more members, and the first armed base will serve as a meeting point for the invasion of the other race).

-Events in the territory: Random/Unlimited

-Assistance from Allied Races: Not allowed]

(What curious rules. Also, it seems that we have a limited number of times you can die. On the other hand, what kind of resources does the other race require?)

This game is mostly a cooperative game, which is quite good for those who complain about pay-to-win (myself included).

(Even if at some point I fall behind, I'll be able to evolve at my own pace).

Although I doubt that will happen, honestly.

"This place also has glowing buildings, but these are purple," said Luke beside me as he surveyed the surroundings.

After looting those people, I decided to enter the tower, and well, Luke was curious too, so here we are.

The place is surprisingly spacious, containing multiple purple buildings.

(They probably function as shops, rest areas, or even meeting points for guilds).

"I'll send you the invitation," Luke said, referring to forming a formal group.

This is so that we are deployed in the same place, as the tower makes random deployments based on the previous information.

[You have received a group invitation

Members:

-Name: Luke - Species: Human - Race: Earthling - Overall Rating: F-

Accept?]

(Interesting, it seems you can make groups with members of other species/races).

"Accept."

"Great! We're all set. Do you need anything else?" adjusting his backpack and wielding two pistols, Luke asked.

"N-" I was about to say something, but...

[Beginner's offer! 90% off on:

-Novice Conqueror Premium Pack!

Includes: Private deployment flag (A), Private deployment building, Tower private inventory expansion x50 slots, universal emergency potion x5

Value: 50,000 premium credits

-Time remaining for the offer: 1:30]

(...damn convenient, are all the discounts this close together?)

[Congratulations on purchasing: 'Novice Conqueror Premium Pack'!]

[You can go directly to your private building or when you finish exploring you will be teleported directly to it.

-Coordinates have been sent to the Technological Core]

[Remaining balance: 18,950,000 premium credits]

(I think it's better not to mention this for now).

"Let's go," I replied, ready for what's to come.

*Voices

*Voices

*Voices

"WOW, this place is amazing," and from the entrance, I could hear some voices approaching.

I gripped two pistols, ready for action.

"Ready!" we said at the same time.

*Fuuuuuuushhhhh!

And with a white light as our guide, we were teleported to the first floor of the tower.

A floor that humanity will never forget...

--

*Fuuuushhh!

After the white light vanished from my field of vision, I could see the surrounding environment.

*Coo-coo! (Birds chirping)

"Incredible..." I couldn't help but exclaim aloud.

The place was a jungle full of greenery and plenty of humidity.

*Inhale

(The air is fresh and quite clean with a distinct scent of pure nature, but a bit warm), I thought as I inhaled the surrounding air, which was rather humid and somewhat stifling.

[Floor 0:

Enemies defeated (race): 0%

Allies eliminated (race): 0%

Enemy bases: Unknown

Allied bases: None (Establish a base in a secure location!)

Minimum quota of monsters eliminated: 0/20,000 monsters

Resources (Earthlings): Precious metals/Materials for muta-gens

Enemy resources (unknown race): Unknown

-Information sent to the Technological Core]

At that moment, the window appeared, giving us a summary of our objectives.

"Ugh, it's definitely a tough climate," a few meters away, Luke seemed to be struggling to adapt to this environment.

"Ghah, to hell with it, I'm opening my shirt."

(Is it that hot? I guess this talent is already kicking in), I thought curiously as I watched Luke struggling.

"Let's see..." I spoke to myself and began to examine the environment more closely.

Trees, undergrowth, and the occasional bird flying around...

(It seems to be midday, that explains Luke's condition).

From what I've heard in some documentaries, temperatures in these kinds of places can reach 30-35 °C.

(Definitely a tough climate, especially if you're wearing a diamond capsule), I reflected silently.

Although I suppose we just had bad RNG, as there must be other types of ecosystems on this floor.

"Phew, I'm ready, but this place is pretty tough..." said Luke as he approached, fanning himself with his hands.

Seeing Luke 'ready,' we set out to walk through the area.

*Footsteps

*Footsteps

"Damn, we should've bought a knife," I complained as I saw all the vegetation blocking our path.

"Let's look for a cleared area."

*Footsteps

*Footsteps

We walked for about 10 minutes, during which we only saw vegetation and the occasional weird bug that didn't give us any points when killed.

"Finally, a clearing!" Luke exclaimed with joy as he collapsed onto the ground.

*Glug! *Glug! *Glug!

He even proceeded to gulp down some water from the bottles courtesy of some unknown players.

"Haaa, haaa, haaa, cover me, I'm going to set up this thing," he said to me as he pulled out a flag from his inventory.

(A base, huh...)

"You're pretty good with these kinds of places, aren't you?" Luke remarked as he planted the device serving as the base for the flag.

"Something like that..." I responded briefly.

[First Blood!]

"Oh?" At that moment, we both exclaimed simultaneously, and even Luke stopped planting the base to pay attention to that message.

(Already a contact? I wonder who killed who)

[First blood of the 'Gobrakians' race!

As a reward, they can know the location of the enemies for: 1:59]

(Gobrakians? Who the hell are those guys?)

[Your comrade's sacrifice has revealed partial information about the enemy!

Species: Goblins/Goblin Variants

Race: Gobrakians

Evolutionary Path: Aura/Magic (mana)

Further details will unlock when an enemy of the other race is eliminated]

"I can't believe it... a goblin killed some idiot wielding a gun? How is that possible?" Luke exclaimed in disbelief as he read the information about our enemy.

"I guess their deployment RNG was worse than ours, maybe they were ambushed or..." I carefully analyzed how that player could have lost.

"Or?"

"Maybe they have tough skin,"

"...," Upon hearing that response, Luke couldn't help but roll his eyes.

(There's a good chance that's true... congrats on the guess!), I thought, a little amused.

"Yeah, anyhow, we've lost a lot of advantage, and..." just as Luke was speaking...

*Footsteps...

"Shhh, did you hear that?" I interrupted, quickly going on guard as I felt footsteps nearby.

"Yeah, could it be the goblins?" Standing up and getting ready, Luke approached cautiously, scanning our surroundings.

*Footsteps

"Left," I said.

*Footsteps

"No, right," Luke said.

*FOOTSTEPS...

"STRAIGHT AHEAD!" I said as I identified the sound of footsteps right in front of us.

*Click-clack *Click-clack

*Click-clack *Click-clack

Instantly, we readied our weapons, each of us dual-wielding, aiming forward, ready to riddle whatever was in front of us with holes.

*Peek

And what appeared before us was...

"Oh, damn it! Scared the crap out of me. Damn, it's just a rabbit..." upon seeing our dangerous enemy, Luke immediately lowered his guard and approached it.

"Wait," I said, noticing how damn odd it was to see one of those here.

"What's there to fear? Look at it, it's tiny. What's this little guy gonna do?" he said, getting closer and closer to the rabbit.

*Half-body peek

At that moment, the jungle rabbit seemed to 'harmlessly' perceive Luke's approach and decided to come closer to him.

*Hop *Hop

The jungle rabbit started hopping around while closely watching Luke.

(What's a damn rabbit doing in the jungle? Unless...)

"Wait, Luke!" I yelled, deducing that this little bunny was something else...

"Huh?" upon hearing my shout, Luke turned to look at me with a puzzled expression, but...

*Quick hop!!

"Grrroooohh!" At that moment, 'the bunny' no, that thing unleashed an unimaginable roar for something so small and charged towards Luke.

"Huh?!" Unfortunately, Luke didn't react in time, and with those small paws, the rabbit pushed him to the ground.

*Thud!!

The sound of Luke hitting the ground let me know that this thing might have more strength than it seemed.

"Get it off me! Get it off me!" Luke shouted, calling for help, as the rabbit tried to bite his neck.