4 Siamese Fighting Fish clone

On a highway, one could see a pedestrian, and from his walking posture could think he was a man without worries. Despite the coat hanging on his left shoulder, he seemed to be moving at his own pace, as though he had just left the office for a holiday.

The person was Cheng Shan, and the more he walked the further he distanced himself from the hospital, and at this point, he could see a huge town in the distance. The hospital seemed to be created outside of the huge city, and this was for many reasons, one of them being land, as for the inner city, some high-end, clinics and medical care institutions are set up all of them private. In a way, only those that have resources can use them at will, or even request their services.

Someone like him did not meet the qualifications to go ahead and use the resources of such places, or to be more honest, he would not be admitted. The requirements for those that enter there are very high and more than just that, most of the population in the city will go to the public hospital and receive the same to slightly better treatment in the hospital he had just left.

At the moment he was moving slowly, going around the city instead of toward it since he did not get a house in the city. The costs are not within his budget, and at the same time, it is because he could avoid some dramas that come with staying too close to the place he works. In the city, there are also thought rules when it comes to renting accommodation, such as the default half-a-year rental payment. Having student debt during that period of time, he had to budget his expenses in a smart way, and it worked anyway.

In less than an hour, Cheng Shan seemed to arrive at some apartment buildings, but he moved past them heading further down. The place he stayed was indeed further from the city, but the most important reason that rent was low, seemed to be the location. The place is said to be dangerous in some extreme rain seasons, and he has experienced it only a few times, but it was not to the extent that the information seemed to mention. He even assumed that it was an exergeration, as the caretaker seemed to have emphasized it more when he signed the contract for rental. But since he was already planning on leaving this place in the end, perhaps he would not be able to confirm it.

Moving past several stone wall barriers, and steps, all seemingly set up to resist floods, he arrived at the apartments. Opening the door he could see a meter-long glass fish tank. His movements did not stop, and he closed the door behind him, before slumping onto the chair. He was tired from moving, but he could withstand it due to his occupational behavior. He has been used to doing almost everything and this is probably also the reason his body almost is about to break down.

On the chair, he closed his eyes and when he opened them again, it was not in the same place, he had switched his consciousness with the avatar he had gained, At this moment he could indeed confirm that the fish he owned was his clone. His sight seemed to be attracted to the issue of gaining an ability through evolution and he seemed to have that chance at the moment. All he had to do was take some creature that the fish could devour whole and he could gain some ability from it. In that way, he did not seem to be in a rush, after all, he had just come from the hospital.

After recovering his consciousness on the human body, he sat upright and lost in thought. His phone was ignored to the side and moved toward the desktop computer in the corner, sitting on the office chair, and entered the internet to look for a good choice of ability. Since it was a fish, he was more interested in some abilities that could increase strength, speed, and those basic attributes. But he seemed to set his sights on something interesting that made it impossible for him to switch his line of sight.

It was a creature that seems to have less to do with the water, but he was more interested in its ability. The horned dung beetle was the insect that had attracted him the most and he was trying to see if this would be passed on. In this way, he kept gathering information about it, was also through this that he found some sight seemingly selling some insects. Just like that, he checked the reviews and from the information seemed to have obtained some contact. Without many issues, he managed to make some contact and he was charged 1200 just for the insect. The other party did not seem to ask many questions, but he was told he would receive his goods in three days.

In this way, he relaxed and pushed the issue out of his mind at the moment. With the panel, he was looking forward to how his life would be and thus his mind seemed to become more clear and calm.

Standing next to the fish tank, he looked expectantly at the fish, before heading into the kitchen and coming back with some food, threw it into the tank. In this way, he spends most of this time sending the consciousness into the fish and letting it consume the stuff he threw into the tank. In the end, nothing seemed to change on the panel, and this did not seem to surprise him, but he was slightly disappointed.

On the second day, he seemed to have kept to this routine, and he would go out for a morning run, trying to strengthen his physique but he did not overdo it before he would spend most of the time letting the fish eat. At the same time, he could see that before the name of the clone was a straight line that resembled a bar, but not that he thought of this, it seemed to indicate the standing of the fish. It was already at the very limit in all aspects and thus evolution was probably the only way out. But the problem was that he did not know how this can be achieved, yet he did not dwell on it.

On the third day, he heard his phone ring and when he looked, it was a new contact, as such he did not avoid the call, and when it connected, he could hear a man talking on the other end. "Hello is this Mr. Cheng, we have your package. Where should we meet to complete this transaction."

Hearing the voice, he knew that his Dung Beetle had arrived and without wasting time, he replied, to the man. His chance to test the capability of the Panel had arrived and he was excited, but he only picked his phone before leaving the house.

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