1 Chapter 1 --> Samsara System
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The impossibility of the current scenario is quite intriguing if I say so myself.
One moment I was reading a book, the next moment, I found myself in a place I can only describe as GRAY.
The expected reaction would be to panic, to be vigilant, to look for escape methods, or any other normal human reaction to being in an unknown location by unknown means – but all I feel is in fact, nothing.
My first observation is the fact that I clearly lack a physical body, which includes my brain, which as one would know if they had any noteworthy education, is known for being required for an individual to complete any action.
Yet I am clearly doing an action, which is thinking. I also definitely felt my last belief of a materialistic viewpoint in my brain crack like glass, because no amount of science can explain the level of bullshit I am going through right now.
...
Am I in soul form? That seems to be a viable explanation, but regardless, just an assumption. Souls have never been seen visually, how would I know what they look like?
Moreover, I am in a place that quite literally looks like a typical void. Grey, lifeless, infinite and quite frankly boring. Combining these two concepts could make up some plausible theory of being dead and this is just some Limbo realm that resembles my notion of how a void would look like.
But how did I even die, if that is the case? I was eighteen and reasonably healthy and it was instantaneous. Severe case of immediate heart attack? Stroke? Makes no sense.
Well, it could also mean I'm just here and my body is still on earth. I may just have gotten teleported in my "Astral Form" by some random overpowered sorcerer. Or...
As I was pondering, the entire space shook for a few moments, leading to the appearance of the first "feeling" I experienced since coming here: absolute suppression.
If I had a body right now, I would most likely freeze, have my hair stand up on end, and start incoherently praying to every non-existent God over there to let the whatever Chulthu monstrosity I just stumbled upon in the void take lessons in „How to label someone as unimportant".
But I don't. Therefore, all I know and feel is dread.
The space stopped shaking and what appeared was a white light.
It baffles me that a small light, which frankly reminds me of a typical light bulb, is shaking the void itself, but the whole situation itself warrants my common sense to have a vacation to the Bahamas and stay there for the foreseeable future, so I digress.
The space stopped shaking, and the light immediately fused into me with incomprehensible speed.
Expecting pain, I was greeted by:
*DING*
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<<SAMSARA SYSTEM>>
<<Greetings, soul #777-777-777-777-777-777-777.
You have died.
Universe: ROOT
Calculating karma... Calculating... Calculated.
The individual has accumulated a sufficient amount of karma.
You have been given access to [[??? Samsara]]
Utilize your karma points to adjust your next life as you wish.
CHOOSE THE FOLLOWING:
[1. REINCARNATION]
[2. TRANSMIGRATION]
[3. REBIRTH] >>
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*pause*
Well. That's.... *sigh*
I see. I died. Pray do tell, how does a healthy human being die instantaneously without any prior health issues?
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<<Cause of death requested. Analyzing... ᚨᚾᚨᛚᛁᛊᛁᚾᚷ... Analyzing…
The individual lacks permission to view the selected answer>>
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That's excellent, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
*sigh* The silver lining is that there exists a possibility of me knowing it in the future. That said…
Samsara, how many karma points do I have?
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<<ROOT Karma points requested. Analyzing...
Karma points: ᚨᛈᛈᚱᛟᚲᛊᛁᛗᚨᛏᛖᛚᛁ ᛏᛖᚾ ᛒᛁᛚᛚᛁᛟᚾ..
Converting values... No conversion needed.
ROOT Karma points: 10 billion >>
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10 billion? The system did mention a sufficient amount. However, this is ridiculous and simply impossible. I was nothing too special in my previous life to warrant such obscene numbers unless the whole number is inflated and not indicative of its size? What is ROOT?
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<< Due to the unknown unnatural cause of death, the individual's future timeline has been analyzed and taken into consideration.
The individual would have personally accumulated a significant amount of karma within the observable future timeline and is therefore graded with that particular timeline in mind.
The individual possesses:
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛜᛖᛚ ᛗᛁᚲᚺᛇᛚ: ᚷᛟᛞ×ᛊ ᛃᚢᛊᛏᛁᚲᛖ]
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛜᛖᛚ ᚱᚨᛈᚺᛇᛚ: ᚷᛟᛞ×ᛊ ᚹᛁᛊᛞᛟᛗ]
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛜᛖᛚ ᛗᛖᛏᚨᛏᚱᛟᚾ: ᚷᛟᛞ×ᛊ ᛈᚢᚱᛁᛏᛁ]
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛜᛖᛚ ᚷᚨᛒᚱᛁᛖᛚ: ᚷᛟᛞ×ᛊ ᛈᚨᛏᛁᛖᚾᚲᛖ]
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᛞᛖᛗᛟᚾ ᛚᚢᚲᛁᚠᛖᚱ: ᛏᚺᛖ ᛊᛁᚾ ᛟᚠ ᛈᚱᛁᛞᛖ]
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<<ROOT signifies the designated place as the root of all other creations. As the individual is from the ROOT universe, karma points do not have to be converted due to already possessing designated karma points >>
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I see. Omniscience is useful for questions such as these, I presume.
Reincarnation, transmigration, rebirth. All three are viable options, but...
What is it that I truly desire?
*flashback*
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10 year old
"YOU ARE A FAILURE", screamed my 60-year-old grandma, "WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT?!"
"But I...", I was going to say before being interrupted, "SHUT UP ADRIAN. I TOLD YOU TO GET AN A, AND YET YOU DARE COME TO MY HOUSE WITH A B YOU PATHETIC WHELP".
My mind went blank trying to understand why, or how I got into this situation, but I wasn't given time to ponder for long.
"I AM THE ONE WHO FEEDS YOU AND THE ONE WHO PAYS FOR THE ROOF YOU ARE UNDER. YOU WILL LISTEN TO ME AND YOU WILL START STUDYING, NOW.".
"Ye...s....", I incoherently stammer before storming into my room.
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5 years later
"If you keep smoking this heavily, not moving, and being this overweight you will get a heart attack sooner or later", I critically informed my grandmother.
" *snort* Shut up, boy. As if you know anything about medicine, go play your video games and stop being so annoying.", she replied.
"I see.", I replied as I left the room.
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3 years later
"School is as uneventful as usual. Memorizing pages upon pages is remarkably dull. Unfortunately, nothing can be done, so I can't be bothered. Vocalizing my annoyance is the best I can get out of the situation ", I muttered out loud as I opened my door to enter my house after coming from school.
"Hello, grandm..", I started to say nonchalantly before I happened to gaze upon an unknown individual next to my unconscious grandmother, who was seemingly full of purple bruises.
The individual had also noticed me, and his eyes widened considerably before seemingly getting his bearings and leaping toward me.
Adrenaline kicks in, and all I can think of is "FIGHT".
Unfortunately for me, while I may be sufficiently fit for the average build, my opponent ignores all the advantages I may have and proceeds to cave my head in with multiple punches with a 20 kg weight and 10-centimeter height advantage, successfully knocking me to the ground. Add an extra few strong kicks to the ribs before running away from the crime scene.
I attempted to get up to stop him from running, but everything went dark.
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I woke up to see a white hospital room and a heartbeat monitor which was steady at 65. My mind being fuzzy, I try to stand up only to experience an astronomical amount of pain in my ribs and head hitting me all at once, making me yell loudly in pain.
A few nurses rushed in immediately after, gently pushing me back to the bed and calling someone who I couldn't discern due to a single sentence being very vivid in the front of my mind.
"Where. Is. She?", I speak word for word with an icy undertone that would cause goosebumps on a rock.
"Sir, you should calm down and breathe deeply, the doctor will arrive shortly", says the worried (scared?) voice of the nurse right beside me.
As I was going to ask in a more persuasive manner, an old man with gray hair arrived in the room with some papers in hand.
"Ah. You have woken up. Good. How do you feel, Adrian?", said the apparent doctor in the room.
"Pain.", a short reply that got the point across.
"Indeed. Fortunately, the extensive damage you have received does not have permanent consequences, and a month's stay here should heal most of your damage, enough for you to get released. For now, just take a rest and all will be good.".
'That should not present too much of an issue, considering I do nothing physical regardless'
"How is my grandmother?", I asked after taking a deep breather for a few seconds.
The room temperature dropped.
Without receiving a response in the next 10 seconds, my heartbeat accelerated and my gaze hardened considerably. All the reality that I was aware of came crashing down with the speed of light. My only family member, regardless of circumstances, just died.
"I see." was all that came out.
"I am sorry for your loss", informed the doctor with pity in his tone.
"Leave him alone for a bit, he needs some time", said the doctor to the nurses and they all went out of the room.
Grief. Denial. Rage. Pain. Sadness.
Unyielding rage clashing with the sadness of losing your loved ones, but in the end, the one that prevailed was a weird calm, as tranquil as the stillest lake on a mountaintop. ᛈᚨᛏᛁᛖᚾᚲᛖ.
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*back to reality*
*sigh* This world is beyond rotten.
Humanity in general is like a massive web of nonsense that you cannot get out of. And quite frankly you sometimes get the gist that Zamasu from Dragon Ball wasn't wrong in wanting to eradicate all mortals, although that whole spiel was also ironic considering gods aren't any different in that verse, ignoring the angels.
Yeah, I am not getting into any of that…
Hmmm, on the topic of Dragon Ball...
They do have some overpowered characters...
And then it hit me.
Jiren.
An unstoppable force that battered the main cast like they were wet tissues. A man who kept true to his principles even with the vilest of creatures. A man who only lost because of the protagonist's plot armor.
I choose transmigration.
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<<The individual has chosen the option of transmigration.
Please select the following:
Verse (random/selected):
Appearance/Body:
Wishes:
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Samsara, how many points does acquiring all of Jiren's abilities, power and memories after the tournament of power require?
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<<Calculating... Calculated.
<<ROOT Karma points needed: 3 billion>>
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Only 3 billion? *sigh* This is just straight up nonsense, getting abilities from a universe buster for what exactly? What did I do in the future to get this many points? Save the entire planet and promote humanity 1000 years forward? No, I'm jumping the gun here, perhaps it's the other incomprehensible section that gave away that much karma. What do I possess that would give that much karma…?
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<<Requesting decryption…
The individual lacks permission to view selected information>>
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This is awfully suspicious. But then again, I have no say in the matter now, so it is what it is.
Acquire.
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<<Confirmed.
Essence of Jiren chosen>>
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<------ 30 minutes of heavy thinking later ------>
How about Dimensional Travel with Background Selection?
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<<Calculating... Calculated.
<<ROOT Karma points needed: 6 billion>>
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Acquire.
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<<Confirmed.
Dimensional Travel (ROOT) chosen>>
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And finally…
Grant me the best A.I for the remaining 1 billion points based on the concept of the Great Sage from "That Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime".
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<<Calculating... Calculated.
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛜᛖᛚ ᚱᚨᛈᚺᛇᛚ: ᚷᛟᛞ×ᛊ ᚹᛁᛊᛞᛟᛗ] is influencing the ability.
[Voice of the Wisdom: Sophie] chosen. >>
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Ah, there comes the gibberish again, did it just straight up make me even more overpowered than I already am? That being said, set the world to random, I can travel through realities regardless...
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Verse (random/selected): Random anime world
Appearance/Body: Jiren
Wishes: Essence of Jiren, Dimensional Travel, Voice of Wisdom: Sophie
Confirm?
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Confirm.
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<<Granting all wishes… Done.
Choosing a random world…
[ᛒᛚᛖᛊᛊᛁᛜ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚨᚱᚲᚺᛞᛖᛗᛟᚾ ᛚᚢᚲᛁᚠᛖᚱ: ᛏᚺᛖ ᛊᛁᚾ ᛟᚠ ᛈᚱᛁᛞᛖ] is influencing the selection. Choosing…
Selection finished.
Verse: TenSura Verse
Creating a new body…. Done.
Optimizing....
Done. >>
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Tens... what?
<<Transporting…. >>
White.
