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Chapter 2 Hiding Shame in the Leaves
Okay~ Let's see what the first one caught.
Activate Skill: Perception & Vision
Perception LV1: Continuously consumes mana to activate vision/hearing. Mana consumption: 0.5 per minute.
Range: 20 meters in radius.
Experience: 29/100
Upgrade: Gain experience over time.
Plants have no senses, so they can only be acquired through skills, but these skills become increasingly indistinct outside their range.
He controlled the leaf sac to open a crack, letting in a little light, which allowed Klein to see the animal inside.
Whoa...?!
Goblin?
Green skin, short body, strange appearance.
I didn't expect there to actually be goblins here. They must be very green and thrive in the forest. But I don't think I've ever seen any here before.
The digestive juices of the man-eating plant have a paralyzing effect, and the goblin is now lying helplessly on the ground.
Its body had many wounds, indicating that it was seriously injured; otherwise, the man-eating plant would not have been able to catch such a creature with a certain degree of intelligence.
But since we've already lost all resistance, we might as well not hold back.
Klein stretched out a vine and aimed it at the goblin's neck...
"Help! I'm so hungry... Is there anyone who can help me?"
Huh? A girl's voice?
The voice that suddenly popped into his mind made him pause, and Klein became more focused with some suspicion.
I carefully observed everything within my field of vision, but found nothing, and the sound never came again.
No... Thinking about it carefully, I didn't activate my auditory perception at all, did I?! And that voice seemed to suddenly appear in my consciousness, it always felt like there was someone in my mind.
Am I hallucinating...?
Activate Skill: Perception & Hearing
I checked all four sides again and found nothing. However, it's possible that my field of vision was not wide enough. But the sound didn't come out again.
But... it really was just a hallucination, right? After all, how could I have heard a sound if I hadn't activated my auditory perception?
Klein waited a while longer, but still found nothing.
It must be hallucinations caused by not having spoken to anyone for too long. Ultimately, although I am now a plant, my heart is still that of a human being.
Perhaps loneliness is one's greatest enemy...
However, only by moving forward can we escape our current predicament.
Klein turned his attention back to the goblins and aimed again.
Activate skill: Accelerate growth
[Accelerated Growth LV1: Consumes magic to increase growth speed, but also consumes nutrients.]
[Mana Consumption: The faster the speed, the more mana is consumed.]
At the same time, Klein hardened the vines.
呲——
The vines grew rapidly and easily pierced the goblin's throat.
Although doing so consumes magic power, Klein's vines cannot pierce through it; they can only rely on the power of their growth.
As he pulled out the vines, blood began to gush out. After confirming the goblin's death, Klein opened the level panel.
LV6→LV9
I actually leveled up three times! I worked hard for a month, catching hundreds of bugs to reach level three, and a goblin leveled up three times in an instant... And the higher the level, the more experience you get. Sure enough, the stronger the creature, the more experience it gives.
Each time you level up, you can choose one plant trait, but let's see what the other prey is first.
Klein vomited the goblin's corpse on the ground, intending to take it back later to use as fertilizer.
Okay, next one.
The thing inside looks about the size of a person. I wonder what it caught, maybe a stray dog?
No, the stray dogs here should be bigger than a person.
Anyway, let's open it and take a look...
But just as Klein was about to open his other gaping maw, a strange feeling swept over him once again—
"Help! Can anyone hear me?"
Is that the same voice again?
"Who's speaking...? My alternate personality?"
Klein had a strange feeling in his mind, as if a figure was speaking to him from inside his head.
Since transmigrating into a plant, Klein has been gone for two months, meaning he hasn't communicated with anyone for two months.
I guess I really have gone crazy.
"Hey, are you my second personality? No, my second Grasshopper personality?"
Klein muttered something to himself and tried to talk to his second personality.
"Huh?! Did someone hear that?! Please help me! I've been captured by a man-eating plant!"
"Huh? Huh? There really was a response? Have I really gone completely insane...?"
I must have been too lonely...
"No, no! That was me speaking inside your head, that's my ability, please save me! I've been captured by a carnivorous plant! I... I can't break free!"
Leaves? Could it be...?
The carnivorous plant leaf sac in front of Klein suddenly trembled violently, perfectly echoing his earlier statement.
"Huh? You're inside this carnivorous plant?!"
"Yes! Please save me!"
She can really hear me talking in my head?!
But we can't worry about that now, we have to save them quickly.
Klein manipulated the leaf sac to lower it to the ground and slowly opened it.
"Wow!"
thump.
"My butt hurts so much... I have no strength in my arms and legs, sob sob..."
A girl with blue hair wearing a black robe fell down.
There really is someone here?!
"Phew... I almost thought I was going to die..."
The girl lay exhausted on the ground, her face showing signs of relief after surviving a disaster.
"Are you alright—"
Klein had barely uttered half a sentence in his mind when he immediately stopped. The long period of loneliness made him feel happy when he met someone he could talk to, but reason also choked him.
"Ah, thank you for saving me! Huh...? Is nobody here?"
She seemed to hear Klein's voice. She looked up while expressing her gratitude, but her grateful smile quickly turned into confusion as she searched her surroundings for Klein's figure.
Unfortunately, she was saved by a vine above her head, though it could also be said that Klein was the one who grabbed her.
Klein was filled with conflicting emotions as he watched the girl searching for him everywhere.
I am a plant. What would happen if I exposed myself to her? Would I be in danger?
Klein didn't know the girl, but he knew that people's hearts were unpredictable.
"Um... hello? Can you hear me? My benefactor, where have you been?"
Just as Klein hesitated, the girl's voice suddenly appeared in his mind once again.
How did they manage to do that...? Is it a skill?
Oh, right...
Activate skill:
Success rate: 100%
The launch was successful, and a panel appeared in Klein's mind.
Name: Yanami Renata
[Type: Human]
Race: Human
Age: 18
[Level: 5]
[Health Volume: 345/661]
[Magic Power: 687/687]
【Strength: 7】
[Agility: 8]
【Intelligence: 100】
【Spirit: 150】
[Individual Ability: Mind Language, enabling barrier-free spiritual communication with any living being]
The LV1 Detection skill allows you to learn basic information about the target and one random ability from all of their abilities.
[Exploration LV1: Obtain basic information about the target and one of their abilities. Mana cost: 10]
Probability: The more powerful the object, the more difficult it is to obtain.
Experience: 49/100
Upgrade: The higher the difficulty, the more experience you gain.