Bugged From the Start: I Spawned as a Parasite

Chapter 7 – Evolutionary selection

"I want to report a BUG too."

A few more people vanished before everyone's eyes.

"Could it really be a BUG? Who does this BOSS belong to? Did anyone level up just now? Did anyone see?"

The mages looked at each other, seemingly not having seen anyone level up.

"Damn, it really is a BUG!!"

The crowd was in an uproar, disappearing one after another in the game, all wanting to claim that billion-dollar prize.

They didn't even consider that others had already gone before them, and now it was too late for them.

Moreover, this wasn't a BUG at all.

Chen Yuan's perspective shifted rapidly, and he found himself on a Little Wild Rabbit. These rabbits were purely for players to gain experience, much like his decorative Parasite.

[Name]: Little Wild Rabbit

[Quality]: None

[Level]: 0

[Aptitude]: D

[Health Points]: 10/10

[Physical Attack]: 0

[Defense]: 0

[Description]: "What are you looking at? Hurry up and make a move. Oh well, you're too late, this experience monster no longer belongs to you."

Chen Yuan was examining the Little Wild Rabbit's attributes.

Sure enough, just as he glanced at it, the rabbit no longer belonged to him.

[Ding] "Your host has died, now randomly searching for your next host."

In the next moment, Chen Yuan's perspective was darting around, constantly switching hosts.

Each time he just attached to a host, the host would be killed immediately, repeating this over and over, making him want to cough up blood.

He initially thought he would wait for his perspective to stabilize before checking the rewards he just received.

But with the current situation, it seemed impossible to stabilize for the next couple of days, unless the Novice Village was empty.

He still hadn't figured out how the Wild Wolf Leader ended up being his kill.

Was it simply because the Wild Wolf Leader was his host, so the kill was attributed to him?

But that reason seemed a bit far-fetched!

"Wait, my all attributes?? Ahhh! They're gone."

He suddenly remembered his percentage.

Was this game messing with him?

One second it promised a percentage reward for all attributes, the next it just leveled him up.

Inconsistency, thy name is this game.

"Ten times? A hundred times? Screw you, you're no good at gameplay, but you're number one at messing with people!"

While complaining, Chen Yuan, amidst the dizziness, chose to open the attribute panel.

His personal attribute panel had drastically changed.

[Character]: Parasite (Tentative)

[Level]: 5

[Race]: ???

[Feature]: For each level up, an additional 200% attribute bonus.

[Aptitude]: Z (The game's lowest potential is F, but this is not your limit.)

[Health Points]: 260

[Mana Points]: 130

[Physical Attack]: 26

[Magic Attack]: 26

[Defense]: 26

[Strength]: 13 (4+8)

[Intelligence]: 13 (4+8)

[Agility]: 13 (4+8)

[Constitution]: 13 (4+8)

[Free Attribute Points]: 60 (20+40)

[Experience Points]: 335/1000

[Attack Speed]: 2 seconds/attack, with an additional attack every 100 attacks.

[Talent Level]: Randomizing.

[Talent]: Randomizing.

[Skill]: Randomizing.

[Evolution Points]: 10/10

[Talent Points]: 10

[Equipment]: Hand of Faith (Bound)

Seeing the 200% in the feature section, Chen Yuan realized that when his first host, the Wild Wolf Leader, died, his all attributes were exactly 2.

What a coincidence!!!

The attributes in parentheses were the 1 point gained per level up from level 1 to 5, plus the additional 200%.

The free attribute points were the same, gaining 5 points per level up, but with Chen Yuan's 200% extra attribute, totaling 60 free attribute points over 4 levels.

Looking at this explosive attack power and health points, even higher than the level 1 Bronze Grade mini-BOSS Wild Wolf Leader.

Chen Yuan was frustrated.

Those players killed the Wild Wolf Leader, so why did they have to hand over their victory to him for nothing?

He felt it was unfair to those players, who risked their lives to kill the BOSS, only for a hideous bug to benefit.

If possible, he wished he could return the BOSS loot to the players, especially the experience points.

It took 5 experience points to level up from 0 to 1.

10 experience points to level up from 1 to 2.

50 experience points to level up from 2 to 3.

100 experience points to level up from 3 to 4.

500 experience points to level up from 4 to 5.

Enough experience points to reach level 5, he wished he could give it back to the players.

Chen Yuan was dizzy from switching between hosts.

He ultimately chose to exit the game.

***

Due to the game being in open beta, the screen didn't exit directly but appeared on the official homepage.

Chen Yuan immediately opened the forum.

[Haha, hit the jackpot, found a BUG, reported it, with BUG video attached.]

Sure enough, today's topic of killing the Wild Wolf Leader was immediately pushed to the top.

Without a second thought, Chen Yuan commented before even reading the post.

[Strongly urge the officials to return the BOSS experience to the players. I strongly condemn the behavior of gaining nothing from killing a BOSS due to a BUG.]

After commenting, Chen Yuan looked at the post content.

[I originally thought today's first BOSS drop would happen in our 31415927 Novice Village, but it turned out to be a BUG. The BOSS we worked so hard to kill didn't drop anything. The official said the game's drop rate is low, but I don't believe this is a drop rate issue. This is definitely a BUG. I reported it immediately, waiting for that billion-dollar!]

After reading, Chen Yuan clicked on the video, which started from the mages breaking the Wild Wolf Leader's defense.

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Numbers kept floating above the Wild Wolf Leader's head until it fell. From the video's perspective, no equipment was seen dropping.

No one in sight was seen leveling up with the white glow.

At first glance, it did seem like a BUG.

[You're so fast, reporting a BUG without telling me. I was standing right next to you, watching you disappear, and my billion-dollar disappeared with you.]

[Wow, it really is a BUG, you hit the jackpot, such a thing actually happened. Oh my god!! Why didn't I encounter it?]

[Official: Unfortunately, the BUG you reported has been secretly fixed after your report. The BUG you reported no longer exists. Enjoy your game. Doge.jpg!]

[Wild Wolf Leader: The guy above, give me back my dog head, I need it for protection.]

[What? I haven't even entered the game, and the BUG is out? Star Domain, compensate me, why didn't you wait for me to enter the game before the BUG appeared.]

[Stunned!! Gone mad, gone mad]

In just a few minutes, the post had already garnered thousands of comments.

Chen Yuan was initially planning to log off, but then realized he had nothing to do offline.

***

In the end, he re-entered the game.

Chen Yuan opened the attribute panel again, finding that all talents and skills were still randomizing, not knowing what was good about it.

Seeing the question marks under race, Chen Yuan was also full of questions.

This game was too capricious, not giving a single hint.

He instinctively clicked on the question mark.

Unexpectedly, a selection box popped up.

[Insect Evolution, let your offspring spread across the Star Domain.]

[Dragon Evolution, ultimate combat power, one dragon destroys one domain.]

Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan