[New Trait Unlocked: Nocturnal Vision]
[Effect: Full visual clarity in low light and darkness, equivalent to daylight conditions.]
[New Trait Unlocked: Dermal Reinforcement]
[Effect: Skin and subdermal tissue density increased significantly. Resistant to blunt trauma and small arms fire at range. Sustained fire or high caliber impacts still cause injury.]
[New Trait Unlocked: Regenerative Overdrive]
[Effect: Cellular regeneration extends beyond simple healing. Given sufficient time, capable of regrowing damaged tissue and, eventually, full limbs. Regenerated tissue matches original structure exactly. No scarring.]
[New Trait Unlocked: Explosive Musculature]
[Effect: Fast-twitch muscle output increased dramatically. Lift capacity, striking force, and burst movement roughly doubled beyond what the raw Physique increase alone accounts for. No increase in visible muscle mass.]
[New Trait Unlocked: Metabolic Resilience]
[Effect: Full immunity to biological toxins, venom, and most disease agents. Core body temperature regulation stable across extreme heat and cold. Reduced dependency on food, water, and sleep recovery.]
Peter sat up slowly and flexed his hand. It looked the same. It did not feel the same.
'Not one visible change,' Peter thought. 'That was the point. Whatever this body can do now, nobody gets to see it coming.'
"Test it," Peter said.
FSIS had the range prepared already, a controlled testing chamber built into the far end of the medical bay. This time it was not the low caliber pistol from before. A rifle sat mounted on a fixed tripod, chambered and aimed at a padded section of wall Peter now stood in front of.
"Confirm you wish to proceed," FSIS said.
"Confirmed."
Crack!
The round struck his shoulder and dropped to the floor, flattened on impact. Peter rocked half a step back and no further.
"No penetration," FSIS said. "Bruising present, moderate. Structural integrity of the dermal layer held against a caliber that would have caused serious injury prior to Phase 1."
'Bigger jump than I modeled,' Peter thought.
He tested Regenerative Overdrive next. FSIS made a shallow, clean cut across his forearm with a sterile blade under full monitoring.
Peter watched the line seal itself, skin knitting closed from both ends until nothing remained but a thin pink mark. The mark faded a minute later.
"Full closure in fifty-eight seconds," FSIS said. "No scarring detected."
'If that holds for something worse than a scratch,' Peter thought, 'I stop worrying about wounds that used to end a fight.'
Then strength, back on the reinforced rig from Tuesday night.
The bar climbed past Tuesday's number, past Wednesday's projections, past anything FSIS had modeled for a Phase 2 outcome.
[Physique: 42.7 confirmed. Lift capacity estimated at approximately 41 tons under standard conditions.]
"That is close to triple your pre-Phase 1 ceiling," FSIS said.
"Feels different too." Peter rolled his shoulder. "Faster than it should be for that much weight."
"Explosive Musculature trait confirmed active. Output increasing independently of raw mass."
He finished with a jump test, driving off the ground from a standstill and clearing a twelve foot wall without a running start, landing clean on the far side.
'Did not plan that trajectory,' Peter thought, glancing back at the wall. 'My body found it on its own.'
Last, the night vision. He killed every light in the room and ran the same obstacle course FSIS had built for Tuesday's speed work, clearing it at nearly the same pace in total darkness as he had under full light.
He ran the full status check without being impatient.
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