Seeing the entire list of data about him, Ayren was initially a bit bewildered. He began reading everything on the panel, but as soon as Ayren quickly read through it, he realized that he didn't have much time left before returning to his pocket world, so he quickly stashed the flower in his inventory.
"I need to find something else quickly. Hopefully, this flower is worth something," Ayren continued his search.
Accustomed to the pain that never ceased, Ayren began walking faster. He was curious about what functions or useful skills he could obtain, but he understood that it wasn't the time for that.
Searching for more spiritual materials, Ayren tried to hurry as he had less than 20 minutes left. During all the time Ayren was here, he had walked no more than a kilometer from the place of his appearance and found only one unusual yellow flower.
Wandering among the trees, Ayren increasingly felt that he would have to sit in his little world again, and how long it would take for him to get out was unknown.
Finally, Ayren quickly approached a small bush.
He found a small bush with several flowers on it, each having six petals and a dark red color.
Approaching, Ayren didn't spend much time examining them but began picking the flowers. When he almost picked the last flower, Ayren heard a slight click, and before him appeared a message.
[Learned new skill "Herbology"]
[Received 1 skill EXP and 0.1 experience]
Ayren was pleasantly surprised but continued to gather the remaining flowers.
When he picked the last plant, he sat down on the ground with a sigh of fatigue.
"I don't know exactly how much time I have left, but I probably won't find anything at this time. I'd better see what the so-called 'System' will give me. First, I'll see how much I've collected," Ayren thought and opened his inventory.
His choice fell on the very first trophy he obtained, the yellow flower. Ayren believed it should be valuable, and although he didn't yet know how many spirit stones he needed, it shouldn't cost too little.
Pressing on the icon of the yellow flower, a panel appeared in front of Ayren with several inscriptions.
[Name: Unknown Type: Plant
Characteristics: Unknown
Price: 1 Spirit Stone]
"Very valuable information," Ayren said with a breath after reading.
"Although the price isn't bad, I need to figure out how to convert the flower into a Spirit Stone," Ayren encouraged himself and began searching for any buttons for conversion.
"Strange, there's no button here," Ayren said to himself after inspecting the entire inventory.
"To convert spiritual materials, you need to open the tab with the status of your world and select the territory expansion there," Ayren's assistant decided to help him find the necessary tab, seeing how Ayren was once again confused.
"Um... thanks," Ayren replied awkwardly.
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Quickly finding and opening the tab, Ayren saw even more lines than before.
[World Status]
[World Name: None]
[World Diameter: 1 meter]
[Number of Creature Appearances per Day: None]
[Creature Level: None]
[Population: None]
[Average Population Cultivation Level: None]
[Daily Population Bonus: None]
[Characteristics]
[Plant Growth Speed: 200%]
[Regeneration Speed: 200%]
[Cultivation Speed: 200%]
[Difference in Spiritual Energy between Your World and Outside: 1 to 1000]
[Functions]
[Territory Expansion]
[Building Bonuses]
[Shop]
[Dungeons]
[Portals]
[Settings]
"Wow, there's so much written here," Ayren examined all the lines and tabs.
Pressing on the territory expansion, a tab opened before Ayren with nothing interesting except for several buttons with the choice of expansion size.
Choosing the button with the smallest value available, a tab opened before Ayren.
[To expand the world by 1 meter 1 Spirit Stone is required] [Confirm] [Convert other materials]
As Ayren had nothing except the flowers he found, he pressed the second button, where after pressing, his inventory opened, and without much thought, he chose the very first flower he found.
[Convert?]
[Name: Unknown Type: Plant Characteristics: Unknown Price: 1 Spirit Stone After conversion, you will receive the equivalent of 0.1 Spirit Stone]
[At the moment, you do not have enough materials for conversion for expansion.]
"Damn, I forgot about the 90% commission," Ayren sighed.
"Why such a high commission? I didn't pay attention when the assistant mentioned it, but if you think about it, it's just extortion," Ayren muttered to himself.
[If you don't like it, I can disable the conversion function, and you can go look for spirit stones in the forest if they're there.]
"Okay, okay, everything's fine, the commission, if you think about it, isn't that big," Ayren tried to reassure his assistant. It wasn't easy for him to search for those flowers, and finding spirit stones in this forest seemed impossible.
"Now, while I still have time, I need to quickly see how much the rest of the flowers cost."
Selecting all 12 dark-red flowers, Ayren pressed the conversion button.
[Convert?]
[Name: Unknown
Type: Plant
Characteristics: Unknown
Price: 0.2 Spirit Stone After conversion, you will receive the equivalent of 0.02 Spirit Stone]
[Total amount to be received: 0.24 Spirit Stone]
[At the moment, you do not have enough materials for conversion for expansion.]
"If I calculate the yellow flower, then I have 1/3 of the required amount," Ayren was a bit saddened because if things go the same way as today, he would need to spend at least 2 more times sitting in his miniature world.
After reviewing everything that interested Ayren, he decided to just sit and wait until he returned to his world.
"Hmm, by the way, I noticed that my world doesn't have a name. I'll have to come up with a name for it," Ayren pondered over minor details and tried to find something optimistic in the situation he found himself in.
The entire time it took to review the functions took no more than three minutes, and Ayren anticipated the feeling of his body being compressed as if he were being packed into a small box again.
[10 seconds until forced return]
Ayren was pulled out of his thoughts by the message signaling his return.
"I hope I won't need much time there," he tried to encourage himself, at least a little.
[Until forced return 3....
2....
1....]
SWOOSH
Opening his eyes, Ayren was surprised because he didn't feel that sensation of his body being compressed, although it was still a bit tight, it couldn't be compared to that feeling at all.
"What changed?" Ayren tried to look around, but he didn't notice any difference, as he didn't have time to look around the first time.
"I made a nice bonus for you and removed all the soil from your world, which freed up a bit more space for you to spend the next 24 hours more comfortably."
"Thank you, I'm very grateful," Ayren sighed with relief.
For Ayren, it was a great relief, although spending the next 24 hours in a sphere with a diameter of 1 meter wasn't very pleasant, it was better than it could have been.
After feeling that, he realized that instead of that unpleasant sensation outside, he felt a pleasant warmth spreading inside.
Ayren decided to rest and relax a bit after his eventful day. He had enough time to later explore what functions the system had available to him.