Temporal Pearls
Chapter 65 - 65: Escape!

While Seth made Manuella, Raaz, his sister and his parents worried, he has now become part of the Living Roots Forest, no different than any other beast in the forest. But one that was valuable due to his Human mind.

The only thing remaining was for his body to be converted to the forest form and make him tethered to it forever. And that was the last straw but it was taking days for that to happen!

Ding!

[Congratulations]

[Seth's Womb has evolved to Sixth Stage]

[Another Great milestone]

[Evolved to Seventh Stage]

[Yes/No]

Automatically, the system went on with...

[Yes]

Zing!

[Mental Power required 7000 Points]

Ever since the Womb began evolving, it did not stop and after every evolution, the Womb underwent another 5 Stage improvements that did not give a single attribute until the Last Stage which gave the Womb an active Aspect.

This active Aspect directly correlated with the fetus if there was any inside. As of now, all the Active Aspects were locked.

However, Seth was oblivious to all that, he had become the Forest Zombie, devoid of reason, only the instinct to live.

But the activation of Seventh Evolution hit the wall limits of his current Mental Power capacity. Seth, as he was now, can't support that heavy load evolution and it required him to improve and if his potential has reached its limit, he may die, figuratively in real life because his brain will be overworked and overheated.

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There was a pulse of light from the cabin, at the same time Raaz felt a vibration on his communication device, he quickly checked the alert on the comm but then his attention was attracted to Seth Cabin. The call was from his boss but what was happening before him was more important.

There was a glow of blue in Seth's veins for some seconds before everything started calming down.

"Holy…!" Raaz was shocked and terrified beyond comparison, "this kid…?" He was speechless.

Statistically, it was theorized in the next 2 to 5 years people will be able to generate Terran Energy in excess. However, Seth was doing it weeks after the game was launched.

And in 5 to 10 years, this kind of phenomenon will begin to happen to lucky ones. However, it was not all rosy, some might die and some might become retarded or face some difficulties but those that succeeded will be considered to have evolved above human standard.

What made it more shocking was that the phenomenon was happening on Rank 5 Cabin where the failure percentage was 99%. Iron Rank Cabins have 10% of success and Bronze Rank Cabins have 15%.

Raaz didn't know if Silver Rank was perfected but it was said to have 30%, which was the highest possible success the scientist can foresee.

Astonishingly, here in front of him, the anomaly was happening with ease and no guidance whatsoever.

He checked the system and found that the Cabin was no longer sending Seth information to the main game system until the whole thing finished in five seconds.

Seth's eyes opened and the Cabin was about to unlock but then it closed and sealed again.

"I can't allow this kid to die!" He confided.

Seth might have his Second Evolution but Living Root held on his mind was strong and thus he was pulled back and trapped there again.

"Hello! Seana!" Raaz called his trusted friend.

"You are shameless, calling me after you broke up with me last week!" A woman responded.

"I'm sorry, but you know it's not working. Please, I need you to listen to me, it's a matter of life and death!"

There was a sigh, "What is it?"

"Send me the device?" He asked.

"Are you out of your mind? Do you know what will happen if that thing gets in the wrong hands? No… that wasn't the main problem. Why will I give you that thing? Are you being threatened!"

Raaz rolled his eyes as he listened to her banter. She was just being difficult because of last week's issue. He has been borrowing the device since before anyone knew it existed. Heck, in the past he was the one keeping it safe. The conversation was long and in the end, he convinced her to send it.

Raaz then left Enoch's house to retrieve it and came back an hour later.

Seth's body has begun to show signs of collapse. His heart rate slowed down, his brain waves reduced and his body heat cooled.

Living Roots gripped on him increased further after finding out he almost escaped her clutches.

Raaz held the device that was in the form of a needle. It has three functions;

First, it can absorb data from almost all kinds of systems without alerting security!

Second, it can erase data in seconds. The creator used it to help organizations that have their system hacked to reverse the hack and erase the information stolen!

Third, it disrupts data flow in nanoseconds without showing any changes to the system. It's used to invade a high-security system!

Raaz wanted to use the last function—the nanosecond disruption will disconnect Seth from the game fast then also connect him and reboot the Cabin. That will prevent him from dying and also make him wake up the next second.

Raaz made sure the thing was authentic and full of charge then he inserted it into the pod connector.

Tuss!

"Fuck! I'm super dead!!!" Raaz jumped in hysteria and banged his head on Seth's cabin.

The billion Uni device has just sparked, toasted and destroyed. He felt his leg weak as he knew there was nothing he could do to appease his ex-girlfriend whom he just ditched due to some misunderstandings.

Seth in the game was still sitting, his staff was on his lap while he stared at the roaming Camel. Every time he killed an animal another one would appear and it would be stronger than the last one.

Suddenly, there was a glitch, his body blurred for a split second and Seth's eyes regained a little bit of their lustre before they dimmed back.

But then… He sprang up and turned around facing the closest route out of the forest and…

~Size Resch...!

He didn't whisper the command fully but the Staff he planted on the ground propelled him diagonally upward, his face was deadpan but in his eyes there was a tiny straw, the size of a fragile hair, resisting and keeping the staff size extending.

In a few seconds, he reached the limit of the staff height, 1000 meters but then it continued to move forward faster as now gravity was pulling him down despite him moving forward fast.

Staff Durability 2000 > 1950 > 1900 > 1890 >1850...

The more the staff extended, the more its durability was reduced by the time he was very close to the forest edge he had fallen to the ground while the extended staff hooked on a tree at…

Staff Durability: 40

Seth rolled due to momentum and then stopped, the fragile hair-like lucidity broke and he dulled out and became emotionless, his memories buried again. His skin then began to turn green as the grass around him injected something into him.

Seth in the real world began to have his mind overridden faster than before.

With no one audibly ordering, Seth, who was in a twisted position, tried to stand—the first command was to go back. But then… as he turned his body to normal, his hand slung and passed the last barrier.

It wasn't intentional but rather as he was very close to the border, turning his body made his hand out.

His bones in the hand cracked and a crushing pain assaulted him, in a split moment, Seth's body jerked up and dashed out to the loving crushing pressure of Gawee Continent...

...escaping Living Root Forest!