Five Frozen Centuries

Chapter 52: The Mischievous Pet System

Wei Huo was suddenly interested in the Pet System as it was pretty unique.

First, the Incubation Tab. Wei Huo checked the incubation requirements for the three insect eggs, and he realized that he needed to add five different materials into the tab prior to their incubation. Depending on different material combinations used for incubation, the insect eggs would hatch into different pets.

Wei Huo tested it out and realized that he could add his robotic arms, some random rocks, and even the tamed rhinoceros pet into the tab. Each item would take up one slot, and as long as all five slots were filled, the incubation process would begin.

Wei Huo was a little confused. The insect eggs were only as big as a football, what was the point of being able to add a rhinoceros into the tab?

Wei Huo was curious about the Incubation Tab, and he had three insect eggs anyway. Hence, he decided to test it out.

First, he added a drop of his blood essence which took up a slot in the tab. Wei Huo then added the two-meter tall robotic arm into it, and it also took up a slot. Wei Huo went on to search for huge things to add into the tab.

Men loved huge things!

Except for the drop of blood essence, Wei Huo added four of his robotic inventions to the tab — Including unfinished ones as well.

The incubation began after all five materials were added to the tab. An alert that read ‘Incubation Time: 97 days, 4 hours, 52 minutes.’ appeared in the tab.

Wei Huo was confused. ‘Why did the incubation time include the minutes needed as well?’ It was probably because the tab needed exactly this much time to process the four robotic items. If the materials added to the tab were rarer, the incubation time needed would probably be longer.

Three months were not too far away, it would be over before Wei Huo knew it.

Wei Huo waited while he traveled. Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and finally it came to the moment for the egg to hatch. Wei Huo was a little excited as it felt like he was witnessing the birth of his own child.

Although he was a virgin himself…

The insect egg was white but after adding various materials to it, it turned light blue. As it hatched, a magical moment occurred. Mechanical friction sounds could be heard. It sounded exactly like the moment when cars transformed into robots in the ‘Transformers’ movie.

Wei Huo was dumbfounded.

‘What’s going on?’

Click! Sounds of transformation began. The insect egg cracked open and transformed from a football-sized egg to a robotic girl. This girl possessed traits of Demonic Ants as well — such as having antennae on her head — but her body and limbs all seemed robotic at first glance.

Wei Huo was confused.

How did a football-sized insect egg get hatched into a huge Zerg[1] girl?

Wei Huo checked her Attributes Menu.

‘Name: Unnamed.

‘Race: Demonic Ant, Human, Robot.

‘Gender: Female.’

Wei Huo checked her Health Menu and found that her age was 0 year old while her lifespan was 100 years. All of her other abilities were normal. She was only missing the ability to reproduce.

Wei Huo glanced at her. Her body was all blue, and upon closer inspection, she was only robotic on the outside. Her insides were still made of flesh. She had a heart, blood, and her face resembles a human’s. She looked 70% similar to Wei Huo, and he could sense the same Lightning Qi he had from her body.

Moments later, Wei Huo saw an alert on the Pet Menu. ‘Please name your pet.’

Wei Huo looked at the lifeless Zerg girl, and it seemed like she was not going to come alive before being named. Wei Huo gave it some thought before saying, “Let’s call you Sasha.”

The Zerg girl looked like a Hero Skin[2] in one of the games he used to play.

Soon after that, another alert appeared. ‘The pet’s satisfaction of its name is at 25%.’

Wei Huo was left speechless.

Why was there a satisfaction bar?

Another alert appeared. ‘After some deliberation, the pet decided to name herself Wei Sha.’

Wei Huo was dumbfounded. “???”

‘How is it possible for you to name yourself? What was the point of making me name you?’

Moments later, an alert appeared. ‘Please select how the pet should address you. The options includes Master, Daddy, Father, Brother, Humble Servant, B*tch, Sister.’

Wei Huo was confused.

‘Aside from the first few salutations, what’s up with the others? The gender was different! I’m not someone with a weird kink!’

Wei Huo was confused.

Could God be some ordinary otaku who suddenly acquired access to the Divine System?

Wei Huo thought about the historical literature regarding acquisition of the Divine System[3] to change the world. Could this God be…

An alert appeared again. ‘If a selection is not made within 3 seconds, the system will randomly select a salutation.’

Wei Huo was shocked and said immediately, “Just address me by my name.”

The options given to him all had ‘unique’ meanings. People could mistake those salutations for something else!

However, the tab alerted right away. ‘The Player had chosen ‘Just Address Me By My Name’. The salutation violates system requirements. Random salutation selection begins. The salutation ‘Big Divine Man’ has been chosen.”

Wei Huo was speechless. “…”

You nearly scared me to death!

This Pet System was quite mischievous!

Wei Sha opened her eyes slowly. Her eyes were as dark as the night sky, just like her long dark hair. However, there were blue blood streaks in her eyes, indicating that she had blue ant blood flowing in her.

She was a combination of human, Demonic Ant, and machine.

At first sight of Wei Huo, Wei Sha got down on one knee and said respectfully, “Big Divine Man, your servant Wei Sha is at your service.”

Wei Huo was stunned. Did the pet’s temperament change along with the chosen salutation?

Wei Huo regretted it a little. ‘Did I miss something better than this?’

“Cough!” Wei Huo shook his head and ditched his weird thoughts. He started checking Wei Sha’s attributes.

Based on her Attributes Menu, Wei Sha’s attack bar was at 109, intelligence bar at 75, and her rank was Normal. Although she does not have a quantified character level, it was obvious that she was better than the Demonic Ant Queen in terms of combat skills and intelligence. She was way better than some Rare-ranked creatures as well.

It could be that the robotic items gave her strong combat skills, while Wei Huo’s drop of blood gave her the high intelligence of humans.

Just like how Wei Huo started out, Wei Sha’s ten basic skills were at level zero. She did not have any other skills apart from those, which meant that she was capable of inheriting skills as well. As of this moment, Wei Huo knew the locations of three skill heritage spots hence he did not need to worry about her lifespan.

Wei Huo looked at the remaining two insect eggs. He decided that now was not the best time to incubate them. If he could find rarer materials, the eggs could probably be hatched into stronger Zerglings.

[1] Zergs are an amalgamation of biologically advanced and arthropodal aliens in StarCraft.

[2] Hero Skin are cosmetic changes that can be applied to a hero’s appearance in a game.

[3] The Divine System is understood to be a framework where God, or a deity makes changes to the world.