"Has it been 400 years?"
I talked to myself while processing what happened in those centuries.
400 years have gone by since the order of the universe shifted. Many events happened in the entire universe that led to the downfall of some forces and the rise of a few. Trillions of lives have been wiped out which terrified many as they witnessed the destruction of hundreds of planets. Vin doesn't know what kind of chaos happened in the universe, even if he knows it's still unknown whether he will care or not as he's still in the process of recollecting himself.
'What is wrong with me'
I feel like I lost something, but I don't know what I lost.
'Is it because I died?'... 'Because I transmigrated?'... or 'Was it because I will never see them again?'
A lot of thoughts ran through my mind as I try to remember the faces of those who were once dear to me, my mother, my little brother, and my... father. I don't know what to feel, or rather, I don't think I have any feelings at all. It feels like it's normal for me not to feel any emotions, and not normal the at same time because I was 'once' a person with feelings and emotions.
'What happened to me? What is wrong with me?'
I asked myself again, before ignoring the problem completely. Like an AI that can't analyze the problem and completely ignoring.
"Hmmm. What should I do now?"
"Oh right. Let's start with this."
I muttered while viewing the whole gray transparent box in front of me.
If this is still the old Vin or if he's not the being that he is now, he will be shocked and stupefied by how fast he ignores the situation that he's in right now. Let's not just think of how he had been transmigrated before dying, but think that he had lost his loved ones. No normal person can move on that fast after losing someone dear to them, so fast that it is like choosing which restaurant you want to dine in then you look at the menu of one particular restaurant and see that one of their dishes is your favorite before deciding that this particular restaurant is where you wanted to dine.
About a year ago. Somewhere at the center of the dark grey world.
[DETECTED AN UNKNOWN ESSENCE THAT HAS BEEN BOUND TO THE HOST]
[INITIALIZING FORCE REMOVAL OF THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE]
[ERROR]
[INITIALIZING FORCE CLEANSING OF THE HOST SOUL]
[ERROR]
[INITIALIZING FORCE DESTROYING OF THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE]
[ERROR]
[???]
[INITIALIZING APPRAISAL]
[ERROR]
[INITIALIZING APPRAISAL]
[ERROR] [£¢€¢^¥]
[SUCCESSFUL]
[SHARD OF RE@$#@_&]
[GRADE: £¥€€¥£/COSMIC(LOCKED 99%)(EVOLVABLE)]
[EFFECTS: ADAPTABILITY (UNLOCKED) LIMIT BREAKER(UNLOCKED) BESTOW(UNLOCKED) SOUL @$#&(LOCKED) SOUL $@_@_#(LOCKED) £¥¢€£€(LOCKED) see more...] [view descriptions...]
[ADAPTABILITY: CAN ADAPT TO ANYTHING]
[LIMIT BREAKER: NO LIMIT. CAN BREAK ALL LIMITS UNHINDERED AS LONG AS YOU MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE SAID LIMIT]
[BESTOW: BESTOW YOUR BLESSINGS UPON YOUR CREATIONS]
[SOUL @$#&: ¥£^~π^¢~~§~£¢{`]
[INITIALIZING FORCE BINDING]
[ERROR €^¢¥£^]
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[CALCULATING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS]
[SUCCESSFUL]
[1 POSSIBLE SOLUTION OUT OF 9999... DETECTED]
[INITIALIZING FORCE FUSION OF THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE]
[SUCCESSFUL]
[THE CORE IS EVOLVING DUE TO THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE]
[THE ORIGINAL TRAITS ARE EVOLVING DUE TO THE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE]
[THE ORIGINAL BLESSINGS ARE EVOLVING...]
[THE ORIGINAL SKILLS...]
[FORMING A CONNECTION TO THE COSMIC]
[SUCCESSFUL]
[CONTINUING TO FORM A STRONGER CONNECTION]
[DING!]
[363 DAYS LEFT UNTIL FULL CONNECTION]
"One more year"
'I need one more year.'
That was all the thought in my head, ignoring the fact that I died once and not seeing those I used to love.
Back to the present.
[CONNECTED SUCCESSFULLY TO THE COSMIC]
[SCANNING HOST'S SOUL]
[ZERO ABNORMALITIES SCANNED]
[DESIGNING GUIDE PANEL]
[SUCCESSFUL]
[ALL FUNCTIONS HAS BEEN UPDATED. TO CHECK ALL THE FUNCTIONS SAY 'VIEW STATUS' SILENTLY]
"Oh right. Let's start with this"
'view status'
[DING!]
[ STATUS SCREEN ]
NAME: UNNAMED
RACE: NO RACE ASSIGNED
AGE: 421(SOUL)
STR: (-)
VIT: (-)
AGI: (-)
DEX: (-)
ENERGIES: PRIMORDIAL (-), $@$&@ (N/A)
TITLES: (view)
BLESSINGS: (view..)
ABILITIES AND SKILLS: (view...)
TRAITS: (view...)
LAWS: (view...)
"There's too many to view" I muttered before saying.
"Can you create a separate page for the titles, blessings, and those below it"
[DING! YES HOST]
[DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE CREATION OF SEPARATE PAGE?]
[Y/N]
"Yes"
[CREATING A SEPARATE PAGE...]
[SUCCESSFUL]
"Ah. One more time, can you hide all the process notifications and show only the questions and the results"
[DING! YES HOST]
[HIDE ALL THE PROCESS NOTIFICATION?]
[Y/N]
"Yes"
[SUCCESSFUL]
'view status'
[DING!]
[ STATUS SCREEN ]
NAME: UNNAMED
RACE: NO RACE ASSIGNED
AGE: 421(SOUL)
STR: (-)
VIT: (-)
AGI: (-)
DEX: (-)
ENERGIES: PRIMORDIAL (-), $@$&@ (N/A)
>>> view next page >>>
Now that's simple and better.
"Set the command for opening the next page to 'view the second page'"
[PROCEED TO SET 'view second page' AS A COMMAND FOR VIEWING THE STATUS SCREEN'S SECOND PAGE?]
[Y/N]
"Yes"
Should I hide the questions too? Maybe not, it's not worth it to miss some of the important questions.
[SUCCESSFUL]
Now let's take a look.
'view page 2'
[DING!]
[ STATUS SCREEN ]
(2nd page)
TITLES: (view)
BLESSINGS: (view..)
ABILITIES AND SKILLS: (view...)
TRAITS: (view...)
LAWS: (view...)
Okay, where should I start now? Hmm, let's start with titles first.
'view titles'
[DING!]
[ TITLES ]
1. Dead Planet [¹No living being wants to get near you. ²Inconspicuous, any living being will less likely to notice you.] (A dead planet in the sea of the vast cosmos)
2. Transmigrator (evolved) [¹Lost soul, as you are a soul that has been lost in the vast cosmos, this title will grant you the ability to send a soul across space and time, the only limiting you is your soul as this ability needs the power of the soul to activate. ²higher affinity and increases the favorability of any soul being. (Originally a one-time skill, evolved due to the shard of re$@$&) 3. Planet Devourer (evolved) [¹An originally dead planet gave birth to consciousness, due to the shard of re$@$& its core evolved and being influenced by its essence. This title gives you the abilities and skills: 1. Incarnation of #@$$@. gives you the essence to create a @$@#@$ (One-time use) 2. Copy and Replicate. Copy and replicate anything you devour. 3. Soul Devouring. Plundering all the knowledge of the devoured soul and strengthening the user's soul (Depending on the quality of the devoured soul.) 4. Devouring Space. A separate dimension linked to the Planet Devourer. This is where all the devoured things will end up, all the devoured things will be dissolved and turn into Devouring essence.
Vin stared for a few seconds at the transparent grey screen.
"Isn't this a bit too much?" I mused from what I saw.
"Just what is this shard? Where does this come from? How it is fused to my soul from the beginning?"
Just from the effects of the title alone, I know that this unknown shard was not something I can possess now.
Is this one of those cheats that most of the transmigrators and reincarnators have?
'No, according to my memories, this panel was my 'cheat' and that unknown shard was an anomaly'
Where did this shard come fro-
"That bug." Yes, it was probably that bug. I think it's the one that caused my death and the reason why I transmigrated.
"There's only one way to find out"
I muttered to myself as I looked at the other stuff on the screen that I had yet to view.
'view blessings'