The screen in front of Felix changed to a big screen which had a few hundred skills listed alphabetically with a drop-down icon below.
{As of now 3 tiers of skills are avaliable. Common, Uncommon and Rare. Each costs more SP than the rest. Most skills are permanent. They will alter the genome of user to do so. Very few skills can be removed easily so please use your SP wisely. Other tiers will be available after user ranks up.}
Felix quickly started going through his options. After searching for an hour or so he came across a few skills that fit his situation.
○Pressure resistance: [Rare] [3 SP]
Your body will be able to adapt to pressure changes. As of now, high altitudes and shallow seas won't affect you.
(A bit pricey, but it is still versatile, chosen!)
○Enhance digestive system: [Common] [1 SP]
At this level you can eat raw meat and digest soft fibres like leaves and roots to obtain nutrition. Your digestive system can adapt as you eat tougher food.
(Very useful!! Chosen as well.)
○Body Health: [Rare] [3SP]
Increases base regeneration.
Body is not affected by common illnesses and parasites.
Small bodily abnormalities can be corrected.
Can increase in the future.
(Ugh, the price..... though it's much better than the 'Basic Regeneration' I saw which only increases my regeneration, chosen!)
○Respiration: (Water) [Rare] [3 SP]
Allows user to breathe underwater by activating dormant genes and growing gills.
Warning! You have 70% chance of dying upon skill activation.
(Why? Humans did have ancestors who used to live underwater.)
{You don't have enough stored nutrients to grow out the new nerves and organs. As stated above this is not a game. Even if you buy a digestion skill you won't be able to digest food fast enough to replenish your nutrients. You have 70% chance of death and 30% chance of brain damage.}
Felix was stunned.[The hell?! These are what real skills are supposed to be like? Then, am I the weird one?]
{You don't have enough vitality to grow the new organs. Choose another skill}
Felix felt that his worldview was touching new horizons (Ok, got it! But what about the resistances and enhancements?)
{That's not how they work. Body enhancing skills are more like adding the opportunity for your body to develop in that direction. Therefore, your body will adapt only after encountering the specific environments.}
Relieved, Felix started to search for a more compatible skill and after 5 minutes finally found it.
○Anaerobic Respiration: [Rare] [3 SP]
By activating the dormant DNA you can use stored nutrients to respire without the need of oxygen.
Metabolism decreases
Intelligence decreases
Can be turned on or off at will.
(Eh? No warning? But aren't humans the furthest things from prokaryotes?)
{Surprisingly enough the animals on Earth already have this structure present in their cells and is dormant or partially activated, humans included. You just never needed it so it was never noticed.}
(Wow.....I just got some knowledge that even those old fogies on Earth don't know yet. Chosen!) Felix felt that he had forgotten something else but just shrugged it off.
(Anyways, please purchase all the skills I chose)
{Remaining skill points: 10}
(I better stop with the skills now, if I use up all my SP and reach the destination perfectly safe I would probably die from depression.) Felix shuddered at the thought.
(I think I got all the important ones. Next, to the resourse shop please.)