Programming?

Lloyd sat in the corner of a dilapidated room that seems to collapse at any moment.

Famine and cold seems to kill him as he hugged his knees tightly, he could still remember the blissful life he had 4 days ago.

Technically speaking, compared to his condition right now, every day was a leisure day.

"Will I die a meaningless death again?" Lloyd sighed as he felt the tremors outside where nothing could be seen.

4 days ago, Lloyd Frude died from working overtime in a certain black company.

And just as he thought it was the end of his journey, he was suddenly transported to this old stinky room filled with bloodstains.

However, he didn't rejoice as Lloyd knew he was no longer on Earth. The tremors and painful occasional screeches outside made sure to remind him he wasn't dreaming.

It came from a creature called Monsters. As to why he knew. It was unknown.

By the time he woke up in this hellish world, fragments of memories had already formed in his consciousness.

It was the main reason why Lloyd was still alive to this day.

And it was also the reason why he suffered.

4 days without food, only drinking droplets of water that leaked through the roof.

Being barely alive after 4 days of no consumption may be one of Lloyd's biggest achievements.

He had no choice.

The thought of being gnawed at by carnivorous creatures frightens every single cell in his body so much that he couldn't even make a step outside.

However, unbeknownst to him, today was different.

It was the day of a complete turning point for humanity.

Ding! ding! ding!

A loud chime rang inside Lloyd's mind and what followed was a pale blue transparent screen appearing in front of his sight.

[Warning! Warning! 90% of the human population has ceased to exist.]

[The rate of loss continues to increase...]

[Commencing Code 001: [Gaia's Breath!] in 10...]

[..9]

[..8...7]

"?!!"

[..3...2..]

[...1. Gaia's Breath successfully activated.]

Then, it stopped. Silence suddenly engulfed the night. All background noises seemed to have been muted as even the usual creaking sound of his bones disappeared.

However, it didn't last long.

[Due to human's inability to evolve, the world energy or Gaia's breath shall help every individual to to awaken their hidden Talent.]

[However. The world energy will be divided among 1 Billion humans. Depending on Luck and Capacity, Talents are ranked: Low, Mid, High, Planetary, Stellar, Cosmic, Multiversal, Extradimensional, Infinite. With Low as the lowest and Infinite as the highest.]

Despite his poor condition, Lloyd heard the mechanical voice clearly and felt blood rushing to his head.

"Talent! Even with low talent, It could still contribute to my chances of survival!"

The possibility of acquiring the lowest of talent didn't sully Lloyd's hope. Whatever talent was better than nothing!

[Gifting of talents will begin in 3...2.. 1]

Bang.

A small explosion occurred inside Lloyd's mind that made him and the rest of the 1 billion people in the world to paused for a second.

[Gaia's Breath successfully distributed.]

[World energy depleted. A temporary shutdown is inevitable. The update will be given when the world energy is regained.]

[For further information, speak or think of the word "Status" and a functional system will appear.]

[Reminder: The Invaders are the enemy.]

[Good luck and don't lose your humanity.]

Lloyd watched the screen panel silently disappear as he was pulled back to reality.

After taking a deep breath, Lloyd readied himself for the worse.

"Status," he muttered.

A rectangular pale blue screen panel then flickered on his left hand as it acted like a wristwatch.

[ Human: Lloyd Frude

Soil-Tier Level 1/10

Exp: 0/100

•Talent: Programming (Infinite) (Lv. 1)]

"!!!!"

"Infinite?!"

Lloyd rubbed his eyes to see if he was just hallucinating from hunger. Yet, it still showed the same.

"It's real..." Lloyd was flabbergasted.

He didn't know if it was some kind of heaven-defying luck or because of his transmigration but he needs to grasp this opportunity.

"What does the highest-ranked talent will look like." After calming down a little, Lloyd opened the details.

[Programming (Infinite): Engraved instructions (codes) to a non-living object by consuming program points.]

[PG (Program Points) available: 10 ]

"Is it like programming in the computer?" Lloyd was confused by the brief and vague explanation.

Fortunately, the system was still reasonable. Lloyd found another prompt at the bottom.

[Due to the talent being high-ranked and thus complicated, information transmission is required, do you accept?]

[Yes] [No]

"Yes," Lloyd accepted without hesitation.

Then, information about the talent magically appeared in his mind as though it was already there in the very beginning.

"This is crazy..." Lloyd was dumbfounded, and then he was overjoyed.

"I can literally do anything with this talent"

"It's like having all the ability in the world!"

Just like its name, his talent can literally change the purpose or effect of an object according to what he desires.

For example, if Lloyd was to program a rock to generate a nuclear explosion upon impact, then he could have nuclear bombs in his pocket. But of course, Llyod would need an unbelievably astounding amount of program points for that kind of effect.

It wasn't just that, he could even program a mechanical life to create a consciousness to non-living objects.

"The potential is simply infinite!"

Lloyd wanted to scream in excitement but stopped himself. Those Monsters are nearby.

Lloyd would really regret it if he were to die before he could grow up. Gaia would probably curse him too for being a waste.

"A bloodstained bed, stinky pillow, broken lamp, a dangled rope..." Lloyd summarized the things in the bedroom to find a suitable object to program.

"That's right!"

After a while, Lloyd saw something that made his eyes lit up.

It was a stuffed toy.

A teddy bear to be exact.

"This is perfect!" Before Lloyd had even grabbed the toy, he had already thought of the most ideal program.

"Activate Programming."

A red dot appeared on the teddy bear's forehead as green lines spread all over its body.

Programming wasn't difficult at all, Lloyd didn't need to do anything other than hold the specified object and think a few sets of code for the program.

By consuming Program Points, his talent would then do the rest of the work.

[Object: Stuffed Toy]

[Program 1:

Store: {Super Strength Lv1}, {Harden Lv1}, {Gigantification Lv1}

If: {Gigantification Lv1}

Then: Code {Teddy}

Where = {Teddy}

{Teddy} = Space inside the object.

{Teddy} = Controllable object.

{Teddy} = Teleport user inside the object.]

[Program Points required: 9.5]

Lloyd felt satisfaction as he looked at the codes he made for the program. Although expensive, it was reasonable.

Lloyd didn't applied the program yet. There are 2 more necessary codes he needs to add.

"Add Code [ {Teddy} = Comfortable ]"

"Add Code [ {Teddy} = Cuteness ]"

[Program Points required: 10]

"Complete Program," Lloyd muttered with expectection.

[Programming in process....]

[10 PG will be consumed]

[Please name the corresponding Programmed Object.]

"Ted," Lloyd was bad at naming.

[Successfully named.]

[Program completed.]

Thereafter, the green lines all over its body lit up and then vanished within its body.

"If it wasn't for my 0 Program Points I would really think that nothing happened..." Lloyd was amused.

As a programmed object, it will only reveal changes when a certain code is met. And the activation of codes is the name + the code it was programmed.

"Ted," Lloyd spoke as he placed the Teddy Bear on the ground. "Gigantification, Super Strength, Harden."

Thereafter, the dust around its body scattered as it quickly grew to 3 meters tall.

It didn't take a second before a brown teddy bear stood tall with a lush and lustrous texture as if it was the real fur of a bear.

"...."

"Adding cuteness may be a bad idea." Lloyd was speechless as his body teleported inside the stuffed toy.

It was..

Too cute to be killing...