[Level Up! — Level 200 → Level 201]
[Level Up! — Level 201 → Level 202]
[Level Up! — Level 202 → Level 203]
[Level Up! — Level 203 → Level 204]
[Level Up! — Level 204 → Level 205]
Level 205. The worm's Apex bonus multiplied by the standard amplification had produced an EXP total that consumed five level thresholds above 200 simultaneously, the exponential cost curve at the 200-plus bracket steeper than anything below it but still insufficient to contain a 1000 multiplier applied to an apex-class kill bonus at the unregistered rate.
He looked at the notifications in sequence. Then the system produced one more.
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[THRESHOLD CROSSED — LEVEL 200]
[System Enhancement Unlocked]
[Reward Amplification — Updated]
[Previous Amplification Rate: ×1000]
[New Amplification Rate: ×10,000]
[One drop of effort. Multiplied by ten thousand.]
[This enhancement applies retroactively to all future reward calculations from this point forward.]
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He read it twice.
