As a weirdo, I like being a Kamen Rider.

After the students who were giving the presentation left, Lin Chen locked the door behind him.

Since waking up last night, I've been in a state of high tension these past two days. I haven't fully explored the cheat system I got yet, I've only gotten a general understanding of it.

A light blue system panel immediately appeared before my eyes.

Ultimate Evolution System

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Race: Tiger-type Orphnoch (Primary Form)]

Core Attributes:

Constitution 16/80 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Physical Strength, Physical Defense, Wound Recovery Speed

Agility 19/83 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Movement Speed, Neural Reaction, and Dexterity

Spirit 21/58 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Sensory Range, Body Control, Mental Defense

Note: The average human being is 5

*The three attributes complement each other; a weakness in any attribute will limit overall strength. Maxing out all three attributes unlocks the conditions for form evolution.

Lifespan: 13 years

Evolution Points: 20

System Functions:

Evolution points can be used to enhance core attributes (every 10 evolution points can increase a single attribute by 1 point). Defeating monsters will grant evolution points, and absorbing special energy sources will allow you to evolve into a special form.

[New player tip: Enjoy a 8% discount on your first attribute upgrade (8 evolution points increase 1 point of a single attribute)]

His gaze swept over the attribute panel, and his breath suddenly stopped—[Lifespan: 13 years].

The stark red numbers, like an icy knife, pierced deep into his eyes. In just two days, three years of his sixteen-year lifespan had vanished into thin air, and the shackles of lifespan tightened even more instantly.

He staggered against the door, his mind racing as he reviewed all his actions from the past two days: awakening and transforming at the alley entrance to kill the leopard-type Orphnoch, transforming again in the abandoned warehouse to resist, and forcibly activating his Orphic factor to break free from his handcuffs during his confrontation with Lucky Four-Leaf Clover at the school gate. Apart from that, he had been under house arrest and suppressed the entire time, unable to even easily mobilize his Orphic power, let alone engage in any other way that would consume his lifespan.

Recalling the pain of transforming into an Orphnoch, a terrible guess began to grow wildly in his mind, sending chills down his spine: Orphnoch transformation itself was a way of overdrawing one's lifespan.

Could it be that this power that allows him to contend with powerful enemies is not free, and that every time he transforms into an Orphnoch, he is risking his life?

Lin Chen clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white, the lifespan numbers on the panel stinging his eyes. He raised his hand to his chest, feeling the restless tiger-type factors within him, and the panic in his heart was gradually replaced by reason.

We need to confirm this further if that's the case.

Thirteen years is hardly enough for him to find his way home; if every transformation comes at such a price...

I'm afraid he'll turn to ashes before Decade even arrives.

Suppressing his surging panic, Lin Chen urgently called out to the system in his mind: "System, is there a way to increase lifespan?"

He stared intently at the pale blue panel in front of him, his fingertips trembling slightly from the pressure. He longed for a clear answer, even if it required a great deal of effort, rather than waiting to die.

But there was no familiar mechanical voice in his mind, and no new options popped up on the system panel. Only the cursor blinked at the bottom of the panel for a moment, and then a line of cold white text slowly appeared, as if it were engraved on the panel, clear and glaring: [Evolving life forms can extend lifespan].

There are redundant explanations, no specific methods, only this vague hint.

He asked a few more questions, but the system didn't respond. It must be a mindless, inanimate object, which relieved Lin Chen. He would have been quite uneasy if the system had sentience.

Looking at the 20 evolution points on the panel, those were from killing that leopard-type Orpheus last night. Every 10 points increases an attribute by one.

Lin Chen decided to add points first and see. However, seeing a plus sign on the panel for both human form and Orphnoch form made him hesitate about which one to add. He asked the system, but it didn't respond.

The system says that when the body's three attributes reach 100, it can evolve into a new form. I am currently in the initial form of the Tiger Orphnoch, and I will continue to evolve into my complete form. At that time, the Orphnoch form should gain even more attributes, so there's no rush.

He could try allocating attribute points to his human form first. Furthermore, enhancing his human form's attributes would allow him to better handle crises. He then allocated all 20 of his evolution points to his human form's physique. A warm current washed over him, and Lin Chen felt a surge of comfort, almost letting out a groan, but he quickly suppressed it.

Points added.

Constitution 18/83 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Physical Strength, Physical Defense, Wound Recovery Speed

Agility 19/83 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Movement Speed, Neural Reaction, and Dexterity

Spirit 21/58 (Human Form/Orphnoch Form): Sensory Range, Body Control, Mental Defense

Note: The average human being is 5

*The three attributes complement each other; a weakness in any attribute will limit overall strength. Maxing out all three attributes unlocks the conditions for form evolution.

Lifespan: 17 years

Evolution Points: 4

Lin Chen stared wide-eyed at the system panel.

My humanoid physique increased by 2 points, and my Orphnoch form was also enhanced. But that's not the most important thing; my lifespan increased from 13 years to 17 years.

"What's wrong with the system?"

The system still didn't reply. However, Lin Chen did recall a very interesting post from his previous life.

The post asked whether it was possible to achieve immortality if one's physical abilities were 100 times those of an average person.

Some people answered yes, some answered no, but a professional medical student gave a reliable answer.

Physical fitness x100 only gives you:

Less prone to injury, less prone to illness, and recovers faster

However, it does not change the biological upper limit of cell division.

You will still grow old, just a little more robust.

Oxidative damage and gene mutations continue to accumulate.

As long as you are breathing and metabolizing.

Free radicals and DNA replication errors will be continuously generated in the body.

A 100-fold increase in physical strength simply means a faster cleansing speed.

It's not that it doesn't produce anything at all.

Given enough time, it will eventually accumulate until it collapses.

Organs age, they are not immune to decay.

Heart, brain, blood vessels, nerves...

They will deteriorate over time.

100 times better physical condition = organs are more durable, but not indestructible.

How long can they live?

Rough estimate:

Ordinary person: ≈80 years 100 times repair + damage resistance:

They are most likely a few hundred years old, at most a thousand or two thousand years old.

While immortality is impossible, it can break the normal lifespan limit for humans. And isn't that exactly what I am now? My current human form is almost four times the length of an ordinary person. It's not surprising at all that my physical enhancement has increased my lifespan.

At this point, Lin Chen could finally relax a little. As long as he continued to kill monsters and obtain evolution points, further increasing his physique, his lifespan would also continue to increase.