Sobek already had 26,000 experience points, but he needed 90,000 to level up. Staying in the vicinity of the oxalaias' nest he could have obtained several new points in just a few days, but when he returned to their islet he found that the oxalaias were already gone.Unfortunately, what he had feared had happened: feeling in danger, the oxalaias had taken their cubs and ran away all together. Sobek had done his best to not frightening them, but the arrival of the poachers had changed everything. While humans would most likely never return, at least not for a long time, the oxalaias had no way of knowing this, and no animal would have remained in a place where it felt in danger.The oxalaias had a head start of at least three hours and the water helped them to hide their smell. Sobek could track an aquatic animal, but only when it was stationary; there was no way to follow them if they were on the move and had hours of advantage. His nose was certainly not as powerful as the one of a t-
Sobek's journey was rather slow. Certainly not for the long road: since he could now reach 170 km/h, if he wanted to he could cover the distance that separated him from humans in less than five hours.The fact was that he wanted to thoroughly clean up every stretch of the river he passed through of all available fishes. That way he could level up and keep growing as he traveled. The preys in the river wasn't as abundant as in the swamp, but still they provided him a good amount.On the first day, he had covered 100 kilometers and gained 53,000 experience points. The second day he had covered another 130 kilometers and gained 66,000 experience points. He had therefore managed to cover abundantly the 100,000 experience points required to level up, reaching level 17.At 17 meters long and 5.7 meters high he was already the largest spinosaurus ever found in nature and probably also the biggest ever existed even in the zoos. However, as they used to say, the bigger, the better: he planned t
"Darius, how would you classify the animals on our right?"A blue and white boat about thirty meters long was moving placidly on the river. Above it was a group of at least fifty people, most of whom clustered along the right side of the boat.The person who had asked the question was a woman in her thirties, still very handsome and with a youthful and energetic appearance. She had brown hair combed in a tuft and wore a very large white jumpsuit, suitable for repelling the sun's rays. The other passengers, except for the ship's crew, were dressed more casually, even if many of them seemed to be beginning to regret their stylistic choice because of the heat; none of them seemed to be over twenty.The guy named Darius was a rather short, very skinny in build dark-skinned guy. He was looking at the herd of dinosaurs ahead of them, placid herbivores with a large crest on their backs and a duck's beak. After a short wait he gave his answer."I would say ouranosaurs, professor. A rare specie
Sobek's awakening hadn't been the best. At some point his sharpest hearing began to perceive a loud shouting. Because of this, he had gone from restless sleep to half-sleep, and from half-sleep to full awakening. And first of all, as soon as he opened his eyes, he found himself in front of the undoubted silhouette of a boat.Immediately he had panicked, thinking that they were other poachers, but he had quickly rejected that idea: no poacher would have ever used such a flashy and easily traceable boat. It was clear that whoever was on that boat wasn't doing anything morally questionable."Rest assured and lower your voice! If we talk too loud we could irritate it!" a brown-haired woman on the edge of the ship said. "Spinosaurs don't have very strong hearing and smell, but they are still quite sensitive to noise. Do you see those holes in the back of the head? They are its ears. The sounds enter from them and reach the eardrum, which amplifies the frequency and..."Okay, there are two c
The university published the article the next day. Many people, thanks to the power of social networks, already knew of the existence of the spinosaurus, but when the news ended up in the scientific gazettes even the 'old school' part of the scientific world became aware of it.The discovery of that spinosaurus that had broken all previous records inflamed scientists and biologists around the world. It has been known for some time that spinosaurs could reach 17 meters, but it had never been imagined that this record could be broken and that this animal even could appear in nature. Yet, after careful analysis of the photos taken and the videos shot, the experts could only agree with Jamie's measurements: the spinosaurus measured at least 18 meters.In a flash, infinite hypotheses were speculated on the enormous dimensions reached by the animal. Some thought of some form of gigantism, others hypothesized bone diseases that accelerated its growth. However, the most agreed with Jamie's ide
[Evolution complete: congratulations, you have evolved to Spinosaurus superior!] "Uh? Has it been two weeks already?" Sobek thought as he heard the familiar robotic voice of the System warning him that he had completed the evolution. He was confused: it seemed to him that not even two minutes had passed!Very soon, however, the pains in his legs and back confirmed him that he had surely slept for a long time: because of the hard floor of the cave he was all ankylosed. It seemed to him that he had been running and fighting relentlessly for days.Sobek opened his eyes, and it was immediately clear to him that he had indeed changed. His field of vision was different: while before his vision was strictly monocular, allowing him only to see what was happening on the sides of his head, now his gaze was able to embrace a much larger area. He was finally able to see in front of him, even if not completely since he had a tiny blindspot between his eyes, but at least he could now see correctly
After calming down, Sobek returned to the evolution interface to give a better look at it.Now a new System had become visible: the [Weapons system] icon appeared next to the [Food system]. Even though he couldn't open it, he already knew what it was. Now that he knew that those [Secondary systems] were used to prepare his army, it wasn't hard to figure out what that was given its name.Once he got it, he could create weapons of war!Sure, this meant seeing them first though...He shook his head. There was no point in mulling it over now: he had to wait for the next evolution to get it. He would have thought about it later, now he had other things to think about.He had unlocked five interface slots in the [Food system], but three were still missing. It was annoying, but he was patient: when the time came he would have asked the dinosaurs to tell him what they ate, and they would have shown it to him and allowed him to unlock the necessary slot.However, at the moment the [Food system]
Sobek needed a long time to consume the parasaurolophus. Even with [Rapid digestion], consuming such large an animal took time; after all, that dinosaur weighed over two tons, so the amount of meat it had to swallow was quite large.. When he finished it was already evening.Sobek was a little annoyed by this. Eating his prey had always been a source of annoyance for him given all the time it took, but at least in the swamp he could use his little island to take refuge away from any other predators; now that he had no safe haven he had spent the whole time looking around fearing that at any moment some fearsome opponent would have appeared. After all, a dead parasaurolophus was tempting to many: any large predator would have wanted a good piece of it, and Sobek was not at all sure he could protect his prey in such a situation. If the opponent was too tough, he would have been forced to give up the prey and therefore also the experience points. "With [Fast eating] I could certainly do it