[Evolution Completed]
[Dungeon is open again]
The first thing I saw was this green text right in front of my eyes.
I could only see it; the background was blurry.
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[Status]
Name: -
Age: 0 years, 6 months, 4 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours
Species: World Dungeon Core
Level: 2/6
Experience Points: 143/150,000
EC: 1,500/1,500
—> 2 EC regenerates per hour
Characteristics:
- Space (unique)
- Time (unique)
- Consciousness
Floors: 3
- Control Room
- First Floor (Tempora) ---> 1.1 EC per hour
- Second Floor (N/A)
[More]
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"Wow, I feel a little dizzy," I exclaimed, taking a moment to steady myself.
Then, I focused on my status.
"Hmm, doesn't look much different! But what did I expect?" I asked myself.
"So... my species has changed, and my level, as well as its cap, has increased!"
"What the…!"
When I saw the required [EXP], I was speechless. 150,000!
"And it keeps increasing with each level!"
"Incredible!"
"I also have more [EC]!"
I had a total of 1,500, and I could build so much with that!
"Yippie!"
I also noticed other changes, such as the hourly earnings, which had increased significantly. I was thrilled about that.
I now had a third [CS] and a third floor!
After checking all of this, I focused my attention on what was behind the status screen.
The Control Room.
A simple floor with edges that sloped down because the room had grown a bit larger, and in the center was the Core, now about a meter in diameter!
I collected my thoughts and considered what to do first.
"Control Room, create Floor 2 or check on the first floor?" I thought aloud.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."
I decided to check the condition of the first floor, which seemed to have recovered, given the increased hourly [EC] earnings.
It was probably because ten years had passed on Tempora.
Surprisingly, I had been in a coma for six months!
"Unbelievable!"
I teleported to Tempora.
Upon arrival, the view astonished me once again.
The first part was covered in lush grass, with snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Large white clouds moved across the sky, and a gentle warm breeze swept over the ground.
The grass glistened in the golden sunlight, as if it had just rained. It swayed lightly in the breeze.
Next to me, a stream trickled, and a dragonfly fluttered above its surface.
There were individual flowers, attracting colorful butterflies.
I glanced slightly to the horizon and saw tipis.
I flew towards them and saw those lizard-like beings who had set up leather tipis.
They reminded me of Native Americans.
I watched a few children playing tag between the tipis and couldn't help but smile.
This was the first generation of Consciousness beings in my dungeon, and I look forward what will change through their actions.
There were around 50 tipis and 200 lizard people. Some adults were processing leather, and others were crafting stone tips.
"I wonder what kind of leather that is?" I wondered.
Suddenly, I heard a warning cry.
"HUMANS!" shouted the largest lizard.
Immediately, all the adults sprang into action, taking positions. Some had primitive bows, and others had spears.
"What do you want?" the same lizard called out.
I now saw the humans as well, but what surprised me was that they were just "little children."
There were about 20 children, around 6 years old.
"Wait, Kroll!" shouted another lizard, with a female voice, which led me to assume she was a woman.
Without looking at her, Kroll said, "Human remains human! You know that! Have you forgotten what they did to your first child?"
"Oh! I can understand them fluently? How is that possible?" I pondered.
However, since the situation was intense, I focused on it.
"Men! Draw your bows!" Kroll called out when the woman didn't respond.
I watched the woman closely to see if she would intervene again.
"Fire!"
"NO!" she shouted. "If you do this, the cycle of killing will never end!"
But it was too late.
At least 60 arrows flew.
I looked away and heard screams from the children, who had been completely unaware of the danger until that moment.
I glanced back, but not at the bloody carnage.
I saw the woman running towards the children, prompting Kroll not to fire again.
"Well done, men!" he said to the archers.
With the apparent danger over, the small army dispersed.
The woman approached the children slowly. Some had evidently survived, whether unharmed or not, I didn't assess.
Nevertheless, I heard the unpleasant cries of pain.
"Come here, some are still alive!"
I flew a bit higher into the air and watched as the woman, with the help of a few others, brought individual children to the tipis.
"This is bound to cause a dispute between the two!" I thought aloud.
Now, I looked at the map.
What I saw surprised me.
Not because much had changed, but quite the opposite.
I thought this powerful storm would disrupt the system, but it seems not.
The sea level had risen by 2 cm, altering the landmass slightly.
However, I now saw larger rivers and even individual ponds and lakes on the flat island.
There was now a larger swamp area, and the mountains were a bit higher due to heavy snowfall. Some coast caves were now being taken in by some fishes.
One surprise was that the river between the two islands was slightly electrically charged.
„I have too look in that later"
Additionally, I saw in the mountains some small to huge mountain lakes that had formed in the valleys. Forming gushing rivers and high waterfalls, smoothing the stones underneath.
There was the beginning of a second bison herd, with already 120,000 individuals.
"Incredible!"
Moreover, I noticed various groups of lizard people and humans scattered across the prairie.
They seemed to be nomads, traveling across the prairie.
However, I also spotted a couple of settlements, such as the one in the bay of the lizard people.
There, I saw a gathering of approximately 2,500 lizard people.
I teleported to that location and was surprised to see that there were now trees and houses made of clay.
"It seems they brought new tree species into the Dungeon!" I speculated, as I hadn't created apple trees, for example.
In a nearby forest, I watched a young person strolling, plucking one of those apples.
„He looks somewhat cool, with his irregular skin color and tattoos under his left eye!" I thought out loud
But I couldn't determine how old the person was, then he had a young face but was already pretty big.
However, hardly anything else had changed; it now looked more like one of the early human settlements.
There were a few wheat fields, clay houses with thatched roofs, and some small stables with creatures from the Dungeon, like wild boars and a few cows.
"Strange, did I even create cows?" I wondered.
I observed various lizard people performing different tasks.
On the large stone plaza that had emerged before I initiated the Temporal Storm, they exchanged their goods.
I was just watching as a pretty woman with rainbow-colored scales on her head, leaning towards blue, exchanged many clay items for a cow.
Thanks to the trees they had imported, they had better access to wood.
That's why I also saw the first carts and other wooden items, as they no longer had to be as cautious about wood usage.
I also saw the temple in a little clearing, outside was the priest attending some weird ritual.
He burnt something in the floor.
„Just ignore it!" I thought to myself
I briefly checked other parameters and noticed that the number of animals had increased, especially in the sea, which was less affected by the rain.
Unfortunately, the number of sentient creatures had decreased a bit. Most likely died during the storm.
I thought about Nalini, the elephant, and whether she was still alive.
However, my interest was more focused on consciousness and, consequently, my new [CS].
Since I had ensured that the first floor was doing well, I returned to the Control Room.
It was still bare and lifeless.
However, my desire to decorate it was low at the moment. I was eager to explore my new abilities.
Therefore, I decided to create the second floor.
Just like in my memories and the first time, I flew to the Core and placed my hand on it, and an interface popped up.
[Do you want to reconfigure the Control Room or create the second Floor?]
"Create the second Floor!" I said with excitement.