Chapter 575:
Author: Huang Sp-Wang
last update2024-11-22 23:08:55

One member recently killed a mutated cockroach, a level-12 creature the size of a wrist. In doing so, they acquired the Tier-2 passive skill "Omnivore" and were now requesting an exchange for a Tier-3 skill from the higher-ups.

This skill perfectly encapsulated the essence of cockroaches: the ability to consume virtually anything. Those who learned this skill could eat wood, dirt, paper, plastic, rotten corpses, and even zombie flesh, digesting it as though it were normal food. The downside? They would permanently lose their sense of taste, unable to experience flavors ever again.

After some deliberation, Memphis decided to pass on the opportunity, leaving it to someone with more... adventurous tastes. Jokingly, he thought, while he had often imagined himself starving underground, he would never stoop to eating dirt. If that day ever came, he’d simply use the Tier-3 "Big Earth Manipulation" skill from his backpack to dig his way out instead of consuming dirt to survive.

Besides, with
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