They had gotten a lot of supplies, gold and weaponry by looting the town. They brought it back to their outpost before the night would fall and monsters would be omnipresent again. Although Butch and Cara were probably strong enough to kill them, it would still be quite a hassle.

As they arrived, they all headed towards their cabins to try and get some night rest. Not many of them were going to close an eye tonight though. 

Although they had gotten a lot of loot, the atmosphere was more than grim in the camp. The images they saw today had scarred them for life. This was something they'd have nightmares of for years to come.

For now, Steve had to share a cabin with another agent. He would get his own treehouse in a couple of days though.

"Rough day eh..." he said, "name's Tom, I arrived here 2 weeks ago."

"Steve. Guess I really got lucky joining yesterday..." Steve answered.

"Just try and get some night rest, that arm wound looks nasty! Better let it rest for a little bit," he said.

"Right... night Tom."

"Goodnight, Steve," he said.

---

The next morning, Steve got up and tried to get something to eat. He had gotten quite hungry. After all, he hadn't eaten last night. He didn't really have an appetite after seeing those scenes yesterday.

Most of the camp's infrastructure was on the ground level. They could safely stay there during the day and was way easier to build than something like a city in the trees.

"Ah, Steve! You arrived! Try to recuperate that arm quickly, so that you can join us for training next week!" Olivia said.

"Not next week, I'll join you right now," Steve said.

"Don't! You need to let your wounds heal properly!" she said in a serious way.

"It's just one arm. I can still use the other one, or use my legs to run around... I'm in very bad shape, I want to train already." he said with a determined face. 

He meant it. He really wanted to grow stronger, not only to be able to survive on his own... but also to protect others.

Olivia was amazed by his resolution. It looked like he was serious about training. She was glad they didn't get a lazy Earthling.

"Fine, but keep it minimal. Only train for 3 hours at max, don't overexert yourself, " she said before whispering something in his ear, "Use the other hours to try and discover your Earthling ability."

Steve obviously already knew what his ability was, he had gotten a system that gave him experience when killing monsters. He still thought it was a wise idea to hide that for now though, it was safer if no one knew. He could just say his ability was to get strong quickly by training. After all, if he spent his attribute points, he would really get stronger.

"You're right," he said with a stern expression, "I should try and find my ability."

'After all, I still need to discover how my system works exactly. When I crafted a sharp stick earlier, it showed me the stats. When I made a dagger, it didn't. I still need to find the limitations. I should try crafting stuff first,' he thought, unaware that a mage had helped him merge the dagger.

"I do have another question though, how did you guys not get discovered by other people living in Acrine? You're in the middle of a forest, someone was bound to find this someday, no?" he asked.

"You're living in a world of magic now silly, ever heard of formations? There are formations that cause things to turn invisible when you're outside of it. The formation's master can choose who sees and who doesn't see the camp. It'd take a real expert to find us! " she told him.

'Oh right, like those two boys, Dave & Frank, that I had met earlier. They had a formation their master had given them too. I wonder what happened to those guys...' he thought as he started feeling sad again.

"Ofcourse it's magic..." he said while feeling stupid for asking.

After having their breakfast, they went to train. Butch led a team of agents, helping them train with weapons. He also gave them exercises like a fitness coaches would have done back on Earth.

Steve would be running for 2 hours a day right now, with some pauses in between. After all, he didn't have the constitution to run 2 hours straight at the moment.

The other hour, he would spend practicing his weapon skills. He decided to use a sword for now.

After his first day of practice, he had already gotten 2 notifications on his Retina.

[Ding! Sword-mastery 1/100]

[Ding! Sword-mastery 2/100]

In the afternoon, he would 'try' to find his Earthling ability. He started by trying alchemy, he had always been interested in this profession.

First, he went around the forest to find some common herbs.

[Ding! Obtained Wild Clary!]

He remembered that was the herb needed for the mission in the Adventurer's Guild. It must be useful for something!

[Ding! Obtained Silk Hyssop!]

[Ding! Obtained Cliff Mint!]

... 

[Ding! Novice Herbalism 1/100]

'After an hour, I have only gained 1 experience point? This is even grindier than a Korean MMORPG... stupid System!' he thought.

...

After spending an hour or two in the forest, he had filled his basket full of herbs. He would try and mix them together, hoping to create some potions, medicinal paste or pills...

He made a fire by using the lighter he still had from Earth. When Butch saw this, he turned livid. 

"Fool, do you want to show everyone you're from Earth? Just throw all that crap away! We have firestones for this, you know!" he angrily whispered in Steve's ear.

'Right, I need to pay more attention to my old habits....' Steve told himself. 

He poured water in a cauldron which was used for alchemy. He put some herbs in it, and didn't really know what to do next. The MC's in the novels he read were always able to control the fire, allowing them to manipulate the herbs inside. He could only wait until it cooked out for now...

[Crafted Failed Product...]

[Crafted Failed Product...]

[Crafted Failed Product...]

...

[Ding!  Failure +1]

"..."

'This fucking system... it's laughing with me again...' Steve sobbed.

'Maybe I should just try and read some books about alchemy first...'

Steve went and asked  Care if they had some books about alchemy in the camp, but she quickly told him they had close to no books. If he wanted some, he would have to go to Acrine and get them.

Steve decided he'd make a trip to Acrine the next day... Not only to read about the various professions Elea had, but also to read up on the history and politics of Elea.

After Paul and Steve attended a festival on earth, they start encountering the strangest things. 

Who are the men with the strange faces, and what did they do to my brother?!

Follow MC Steve as we go on a trip to a different world, where magic is power & monsters run rampant.

When Steve arrives on Elea, he receives a system. Is he going to become OP like all those other MCs? He can only hope so, but the author has different plans for this MC.

This synopsis will evolve, just like MC.

The closer we got to Matebelmam more flying humanoids can be seen. Avian was the language Jodroun wanted Mark to learn. Could these be birdmen? Land of myths, so will I get to meet a harpy or other similar beings? Arriving at dock you can see about a third of the buildings are taller then the rest. Landings can be seen around these buildings making one think of aeries. A rope is pulled out of nowhere tying down the boat to dock. Inventory space something Mark would like to obtain somehow.

Jodroun suddenly shouts a few words to his clan, then turns to Mark. "We'll be settling in, then you and I will head out to buy a few books for you." Of course the fee will be added to your debt."

Great more debt, at this rate I should find some way to just join the clan. Based on the 25 copper per day fee, books are expensive here. Though if I am correct about this civilization then only the rich can read and write. I need to assimilate the latest book, but having a 2nd one while doing so will double my training.

"Since I am going further into debt can we look at new clothing and maybe gloves to prevent additional books from fading?"

Arriving at an inn just then, Jodroun turns "That actually sounds like a great idea!" Stepping inside to arrange rooms. Each room has a cost of 10 coppers for doubles while Jordoun's room costs 22 coppers. Must be equivalent to a suite in value. Looking around Mark realizes that 4 dwarfs stayed back at the boat. With 5 doubles apparently Mark gets to share a room with someone he can't communicate with sheesh. With no personal belongings doesn't take long to settle in and wait for Jodroun in the lobby.

"Ready to get materials to train with?" "I think we will get 4 books of 3 different languages. May place you in a position to help pay off your debt to me quicker."

"Yea debt, I would really like some way to communicate with other people then just you." "If I can read then I can write but what is the average literacy in this region?"

"Nobles and rich merchants usually can read and write their native tongue. Unless some special reason arises most others aren't very literate."

Frowning contemplatively Mark accompanies the dwarf to various shops. Most of the books cost 5 silver a few were more. Altogether he is now 1 gold further in debt. Though he has learned that 100 copper equals 1 silver and 100 silver equals 1 gold. Any additional currencies most likely follow that same process. Along with the books 2 sets of clothes and 3 pairs of gloves were also purchased increasing debt by 35 silver.

Back at the inn Mark takes his new belongings to his room. Taking his new gloves off and holding a random book. Upon entering his meditative state once again surrounded by a darkened region. As expected dwarfish was raised to 4 and once the headache fades avian is learned to 1. Checking time looks to be no decrease this time. Grabbing 2 more random books the night goes by. By morning Mark has realized that through meditation actual sleep is unnecessary.

????? soul level 1

Sojourn level 1
Clock - 1

Library level 1
Download Book - 1
Text translation – 1
Dwarfish – 4
Avian – 3
Harpy – 1
Cherubim - 1

Mapping level 1
Current location - 1

Chat level 1

Energy scanner level 1

"-Daily assimilation complete-"

The results as expected are double what a normal soul practitioner could accomplish. No improvement in meditation timing. If he could improve this to the 2 hours that Jodroun stated, even a slight increase in training speed would be worth while. That law of 5 needs further explaining as Text Translation didn't raise in level? Though maybe it is a multiple of 5 if so then my next meditation will result in an increase of level. Just as this thought occurs numbers begin to appear in similar position as the map and clock from before.

2*5=10

"AUG!! a calculator why is that a skill NO! NO! NO!" Mark shouts waking up not only the dwarf sharing his room but also those in adjoining rooms too. As they all come in to ready for battle and find nothing but a screaming human. Once things settle a dwarf pulls on Marks shirt pointing down stairs. Following the rest while calming down from his disappointment. Everyone gathers in the dinging area for breakfast. Along the way a bath section was pointed out.

As everyone finishes their meal up Jodroun asks. "So how close are you to being able to translate my avian books?"

"If I am correct then I just one more session will do it. Though I noticed with the dwarfish that a few words still cause me trouble."

"That is fine, you will still be able to tell me enough to properly price them for sale. Also reduce the chance of these birds from cheating me." "Come to my room once you are ready, I have something I want to try."

Slowly returning to his room the disappointment not fully gone. Calculator! How is a calculator skill going to help me survive this world. How am I going to learn to communicate with others? I need to somehow learn fighting skills, how do I accomplish that? Well studying will be easy as I can learn to read and write multiple languages in days rather then years. Eventually his mind settles and he can meditate once more. This time there is no headache when the book fades from his hands. While the fading and changing of words is skipped. It would appear that things are settling around the increased training process.

????? soul level 1

Sojourn level 1
Clock – 1
Calculator - 1

Library level 1
Download Book - 1
Text translation – 2
Dwarfish – 4
Avian – 4
Harpy – 1
Cherubim - 1

Mapping level 1
Current location - 1

Chat level 1

Energy scanner level 1

"-Daily assimilation complete-"

Coming out of meditation still no reduction in time. Yes the translation level went up, so it is multiple of 5. That damn calculator took up a training space. Hmm 9 books have been absorbed does that mean next time Download level will go up? What will the result of that be I wonder? Well lets go see what Jodroun has for me other then translating those books.

Knocking on the door Mark enters once Jodroun speaks aloud. "Enter find a place to sit at the table." The voice coming from the other room . Sounds like he is moving things around. After a couple of minutes Jodroun appears with several soul stones in hand. Oh no what has he in mind, those things already caused me enough trouble that I haven't completely worked out.

Stepping closer to Mark "I want you to hold one of these and concentrate on the hunter's book flowing into it." Jodroun explains quickly. Reaching out trustingly Mark barely touches the soul stone when something strange happens. Words appear directly ahead where the original ones from day 1 appeared. What the?

"-Chat connection available-"

"-Add Jodroun Hillbrew as chat member?-"

"-Assimilate answer Yes / No-"

Though Mark is dumb founded this situation can only happen so many times before the speed of resolution improves. Thus after only 5 seconds max Mark concentrates on a yes answer. Jodroun has been helpful even if it can all be boiled down to business. Curious on how a chat function operates without the internet. While also pondering how many 'friends' he can add. Will this sub skill be equivalent to a magical social network? Excitement wells up in Mark as this is a soul skill that has close ties to life on earth. Of course not both parties appear to be happy.

"NO!!! I will not swear to any liege soul holder!!!" "How can you have a liege soul and scholar soul!"

"Calm down Jodroun, I don't know what a liege soul is but this function is merely the ability to communicate with each other from a distance." As Mark attempts to explain the chat function, he steps outside the door. However no matter how much he thinks about the way to use a chat room nothing happens. All the excitement from a skill representing home fades to dust. Entering the room once more "Well looks like there is yet another sub skill needed to communicate." Calming down from Mark's antics Jodroun realizes there was no vow request on his end.

After that Mark translates 3 books for the dwarf. The atmosphere between the two a little more tense then it has been. Remembering the process Jodroun did before to assimilate English Mark takes the soul stone with him. Another random book and Download skill should level up time to meditate.

????? soul level 1
Sojourn level 1
Clock – 1
Calculator - 1

Library level 1
Download Book - 2
Text translation – 2
Dwarfish – 4
Avian – 4
Harpy – 1
Cherubim - 2

Mapping level 1
Current location - 1

Chat level 1
Jodroun Hillbrew - 1

Energy scanner level 1
"-Daily assimilation complete-"

So the connection is there, but no chat function. O.K. Social networks back home required a friends request be made that must be the connection. So obviously there is another sub skill to be able to communicate. Looks like the download book skill went up a level, not sure what can be done with that right now. Lets take some time to really think about these prime skills and how to improve them.

Mark operates a online stream debunking many of the myths throughout the world. latest target the supposed vortices in Sedona Arizona. Yes great place to practice yoga but no portals to other dimensions here. RIGHT???

Little did he know that picking up a random rock would transport him to a land of myths dwarves, elves, goblins. All the things he does not believe in will become reality.

In order to prosper he must learn how to level up his soul practitioner skills.

Seraphine kept staring at Desmond as she suddenly sighed "well it's not like I could stop you anyway with that kind of blind devotion to magic you'll fit right in with all those other magi if you ever make it that far that is. I'll get you that introduction into magic book set for you now. 

"Wait, I only wanted to know the prices of those books I don't have any Drachma on me to buy them at the moment". Desmond was saddened by how he was unable to buy those books right now but, he had to find his home first and get cleaned up so he could exchange those monster cores for money.

Seraphine looked straight at Desmond "judging from your armor you must have just come back from clover forest so you must have gotten some kind of magical plant or monster core out there you can just use that to change for the books".

Desmond's eyes grew wide in surprise "I can trade my monster cores her".

"A lot of stores don't except monster cores or herbs for trade because of price fluctuations but you can here. You also may wind up taking a loss if you trade your monster core directly to us or we will end up on the losing end of the deal and not make a prophet but me and my husband have been doing this for years so it's gonna be hard to try and scam us." she really does not want to let this sale go, she really is one hell of a salesperson.

I nod my head in agreement It's not like I could have used those monster cores to do anything with so trading them for Magic books is most definitely worth it to me.

"Alright just give me a second to get them" I get down on one knee open my bag and take out the 3 shining monster cores which I hand off to seraphine.

She takes the cores and inspects them "let's see two small blue cores there beginner apprentice grade and most likely drowner cores. Only worth about one mage stone for the both of them you need 40 for them to equal one magic crystal still it's more than enough to pay for that introduction into magic package. The second one Is advance apprentice grade it's in good condition I don't know from what creature, but about 50 magic crystals on the low end".

"Hubby, mind taking out that new appraisal device I just bought" she through my monster core at Ragnar who caught it with one hand.

"Alright just give me a second" from under the counter he pulled out a wide black slab that had white carvings on it the same kind that are on my gun and bullets. The carvings glowed when he placed the green sphere on it.

"It appears to be from a sleeping death plant its worth I would say around 100 magic crystals. How In the world did you manage to get a monster core like this? Sleeping deaths are quite hard to kill for creatures. below the level of rank 1 their one of the toughest even with a group.

They may have a weak defense but they always put everything around them to sleep and then trap their prey in an illusion that is hard to break out of without the right potions. Since potions are so expensive there is basically no profit when hunting these things which is why so few even bother to do it". Ragnar had a look of suspicion when he looked at me it made me feel uncomfortable.

Since it was not something I had to keep a secret any way I just told him so he would not think I stole the thing while leaving out the important details and changing some things around I even took out the gun and knife I used and showed It to him. 

"An enchanted flintlock with enchanted pullets the guns an old model worth about 300-400 magic crystals and the bullets about mage stones 10 each looks like even some of the runes are losing their power, but it does explain how someone as weak as you could defeat that thing so easily. The knife is about 100 to 150 magic crystals it only has one active not passive basic enchant making it sharper when you inject mana into it". To think you would get lucky enough to spot one of those things from a distance and shoot its stem before it could even spot you now aren't you lucky.

Ragnar handed me back my things as I asked him about the enchanted knife" This knife was gifted to me by an old friend but I have never used an enchanted blade before can you tell me how I inject my magic into it to activate the runes?". 

"You must really suck at using magic to not even know how to do that. Listen up since everyone has some amount of magic in them well most of the time that is there are still those rare chances someone's born without magic. Everyone unconsciously releases Magic in every action they do. People who train in magic can stop that flow of magic from leaking out.

That's why at times you can find traces of magic on some of the greatest artworks in history or even fined some on your food when you're eating at a restaurant even if the person is not a mage.

Injecting magic Into something is easier than people think since we're always doing it. It's just hard to switch it from passively releasing it to actively releasing magic.

So, what you need to do is simply focus by feeling the flow of magic inside your body and directing In a way that feels comfortable to you. It helps if you imagine your body as a vast lake and you have a channel going from that lake up to your arm to the weapon".

Ragnar took back the curved dagger he handed to me to demonstrate what he said. As he held the weapon in his hand it glowed a soft light. The light was very faint though only comparable to a wisp of smoke. He then took out a block of wood from under the counter placed it on the table and cut it in half as easy as cutting through a steak. So there was still some resistance but, he ended up cutting it fairly cleanly in half.

My eyes grew wide after seeing this "this enchant is amazing it's so powerful".

"No, it's not its one of the most basic ones there are a bunch of things out there you could never hope to harm with only something like this" Ragnar shook his head feeling as though that old man's chances of becoming a mage had just worsened.

Desmond thought that these people were very useful they kept telling him all kinds of things he needed to know for free. It was all general knowledge but it was still things he did not know so he thought about making the most out of their kindness.

"I remember you were reading a scroll when I first walked in. I happen to have a few scrolls given to me for my protection, but he forgot to tell me what any of them did so I can't use any of them until I know their effects can you please identify them for me".  Desmond then went into his bag and took out 5 rolled up scrolls and handed them to Ragnar.

He proceeded to unfurl the scroll place it on the table and turn it towards me while placing his finger on the top right corner. "You see these words up here it's modern Zedrick, not ancient Zedrick like how most spells are written or spoken in so you should be able to tell what the scrolls are yourself this one says, Earth Spike surge. 

It creates a wave of earth spikes in every direction from the ground in any location you want within 30 feet that shoots up and stabs your enemy.

You also have one that says magic needles a lower level spell compared to magic missiles, acid splash, low-grade invisibility, and firestorm, that one's not actually half bad. Except for firestorm which is an advanced apprentice spell the rest are at an intermediate apprentice grade.

Activation requires no magic there are three ways to activate the scroll even tear it up, speak to spell name, or read the incantation. just so you know no one does the last one it takes too much time". He told me what all the scroll's effects did and their effective range.

He then handed me back all my scrolls I put them away and right after that his wife seraphine walked up to me with a pile of books wrapped up in hand. " Your Introduction into magic book set is there anything else you need". She had a sweet smile on her face as she asked me that.

I looked at the books she brought me the were not that thick as I had expected that's when I noticed this book set did not come with some important ones that he needed to know about magic.

"Yes, this book set doesn't seem to come with a book on how to read ancient Frazik, or how to read runes. There is also no book on how to make a magic circle, cast spells or a book about magical plants or creatures".

"Those books are not included in the public book set. A book on how to read ancient Zedrick is only 10 magic crystals, the book on how to read runes is 30 magic crystals, the book on the basics of creating a magic circle is 40 magic crystals, the book of magical plants and creatures depending on the one you want around 20 magic crystals. spellbooks we are not allowed to sell anything beyond Beginner Apprentice Grade and depending on the kind of spellbook you want it'll be between 20 and 100 magic crystals each".  

I still did not know the value of magic crystals but if I treat every magic crystal I see like 100 dollar bills than I start to get a sense of how expensive everything is.

"I want the book on how to read ancient Zedrick, ancient runes, and one book with the most information about magical plants and creatures. I would also like a book about the history of Theotera, and a map of the world, a map of the clover forest and a map of the city". I've been lost and stupidly walking around for far too long I really need those maps.

"We don't have a map of Theotera but we do have a book with a map in it for 3 magic crystals. Those 2 other maps are only 200 drachma (or 2 Gold Mines). Will that be everything you wish to purchase". She said with a smile.

"Yes, that's all I would like to buy today. I may not know the true value magic crystals I can still feel the sting in my pocket. My piecing together everything I know about prices in this world currently it's no wonder that guard said Magi apprentices are broke.  She started to walk off to grab my books when I suddenly stopped her.

"Wait a moment, please I am a bit lost currently can you direct me toward the underground" I have been searching all around for where I lived yet no memories are surfacing so either I'm missing an obvious clue or this man used to live somewhere in that place they call the underground.

"Sure I can help you, see we're currently on the intersection between District D and C called morning road. If you want to reach the trains heading Underground you'll have to go towards the tall Bell Tower in the distance. You'll see it if you just look up the bell towers signifies the train depot in this area". She quickly answered my question before promptly leaving grabbing my books and handing them to me.

"That all comes out to 68 magic crystals and 200 drachma (or 2 Gold Mines) your change is 31 magic crystals and 19 and 3/4's of mage stones and since mortal money does not transfer well with the money magi use you have the option of 99 gold mine and 98 Drachma or you could buy more books". The lady was a splendid sale man as she told me this.

So, magi don't accept those bills I keep seeing as payment "can In open a tab here and put that money in it I plan on coming back there are still more books I need to buy. Just give me 800 Drachma (8 gold mine)." Carrying all those bills in my pocket would be annoying anyway. Magic Crystals are apparently a better form of payment anyways.

"Of course you can, may I have your name please"

"My name is Desmond Gillies" She had taken my name down and hands me my money in a leather pouch. The magic crystals were the length and width of my finger making them annoying to carry. They were light blue and looked like they had a rainbow inside of them. The drachma was in paper form like dollar bills just silver and had pictures of mages on them. They ranged from they came in the form of 1, 10, 20, 50, and 100 bills.

"They're even able to put pictures of themselves on their money magi really are full of themselves, I can't wait to become one".

After that, I leave the store with all my books in tow heading toward that train depot to find my home while looking towards a bright future.

What is the truth? What is reality? Could the end actually be the beginning? In a world were ancient beings walk beside you, guard people against the uniqueness of the world and powerful creatures around them. While trying to obtain the truth of everything and reach the pinnacle of magic. They face new contenders that make there already harrowing world that much difficult and strange. Resulted from a battle of immense proportions against beings incomprehensible, as they clash the void shatters cracks are left all over souls from all across different worlds and dimensions are free once more. This is were our story beings this is the journey of a man who leads to the spread of uncertainty.

Disclaimer: I don't own the image provided.

"Ding...Loading Completed"

"Welcome to Immortal System!"

As the saying goes, happiness appears when one least expect it. 

Tian Feng had long forgotten the idea of getting a system. But suddenly, he received one today and he didn't know how to feel about this.

There was an interface appearing in front of him with many menus but most of them have a lock icon on its name and greyed out.

Menu
Character
Inventory
Shop
Skills (Locked)
Mission (Locked)
Friends (Locked)
Party (Locked)
Maps (Locked)
...

He can see his status and the current clothes that he's wearing showing in the system as well. This is similar to the interface of a game that he used to play long ago.

Status
Name: Tian Feng
Age: 2

Cultivation: None
Strength: 0.01
Agility: 0.01

Race: Human

There's also an inventory icon. He raised his hand to touch it but his hand went through the interface screen. He tried saying "Inventory" but nothing happened either. Finally, he tried to open it using his thought and it worked.

Tian Feng was just like an excited kid unboxing his first toy car. Well, he was a kid after all.

There's nothing except one skill book [Steel Body] and a beginner gift box. Focusing his mind on the skill book, there's a dialogue appeared.

Item Details
Name: Steel Body Manual
Tier: Bronze

Effects: Practitioner's skin will be more hardened with each increase in level. Practice to the maximum will grant the practitioner a body as hard as steel.

Side-Effects: 100 points to view.

Below there are two buttons, "Learn" and "Discard"

Intuitively when he wanted to know his point, he looked at the top screen. He then saw his point as expected which is zero. He didn't worry since there's a point system, there are bounded to be ways to earn points.

The physical skill book in his hand had long disappeared. An idea comes to his mind, he tried touching another book to test if it'd only work on skill books. Tian Feng glanced around and decided to pick a history book which he has finished reading.

In any case, he has already read that book. Even if it's disappeared, there won't be a problem.

The book stayed in his hand for a short moment before disappeared. [It seems I can control whether or not I want to put it in the inventory.]

With a thought, the book disappeared from his hand and reappeared in his inventory. Focusing on it, a new dialogue showed up.

Item Details
Name: A Brief History of Sun Clan
Description: Sun Liang wrote this book in the year 918 describing the affairs of the Sun Clan from his personal experiences. 10 point to read more.

Below there's only one button "Discard"

[There is a difference between a skill book and a normal book after all.]

He closed the dialogue and return back to the main screen. Tian Feng continued browsing around for a while. He was a programmer, someone from a world of technology. Facing this new interface, it was like a fish got into the water.

Tian Feng immersed himself with the system interface. Fifteen minutes later, he finally let out a sigh.

"This system is way too expensive...It should be named 'Rich Kids' system instead."

His new system has many functions which make him exhilarated even if most of them are still locked right now. 

There's even a function that'll give him various psychic abilities. The Maps is still unusable. The mission is locked so he couldn't check it. The shop, friend and party, he knows about it even without checking. Most of them are similar to a typical MMORPG.

Tian Feng didn't have an excited expression on his face anymore. He looked rather solemn. Like someone who's deeply thinking about something.

The reason that made him looked like this now is because of the PRICE. Each of those functions either required points to open or use. He didn't even have a single point right now. It's like having a roasted chicken in front of him, but he's only allowed to stare.

To open a skill fusion menu, he needs around 30000 points. To unlock the one seemingly cheapest psychic ability required around 80000 points. The price of the items in the shop is astronomical.

Recalling the gift box inside the inventory, he decided to open it. Some items popped into the inventory slots and there are 10 points to his previously 0 points.

Although he had 10 points now but compared to those prices, this is still nothing. It's like comparing a firefly to a bright moon in the sky.

What can he do with these 10 points?

[I need to earn more points... just that I don't know how to earn those point at all. What should I do?]

Tian Feng had search almost every crook and cranny inside the system to find a way to earn points. However, he didn't find anything useful. He speculated that if he completed missions and the such, it should reward point. But he didn't have enough points to unlock the mission so he could only shake away this thought.

Tian Feng turned from the points to look at the items in the inventory. There's something else from the gift box. It's a book. [The system manual book?]

Focusing on it, it's really a manual book of the system. The book seemed to be different from the normal book as there's another button beside the 'Discard' button. 

'Absorb' 'Discard'

He quickly tried to absorb it, but there's also a price for the absorption. It's exactly 10 points. 

He wanted to take the book out to read but it cannot be taken out. Thus he decided to absorb it. It's only natural that the system's property shouldn't be taken out lightly. Tian Feng understands this because of the knowledge of many novels he read on Earth.

"Such a stingy system! Give me 10 points just to spend with you."

Information started rushing into his mind at a fast speed. Tian Feng felt paralyzed for like a second. He wasn't sure whether it was caused by the system. 

He didn't think more into this matter since he doesn't have any points to try it again anyway. As a lazy person, he wouldn't do something repeatedly or something useless.

It didn't take long before the knowledge got assimilated and he can access it as he had read about it. They are only knowledge about how to use the system. Most of which, he had already known while exploring the system earlier. 

The book has disappeared from the inventory as expected. He closed the interface and walk toward his new cultivation books. 

---

Somewhere in the dark, a female's laughter could be heard. She was giggling as if a cute girl watching something funny. "It took me a lot of effort to build this thing that you want. So, you will have to work harder."

---

Tian Feng picked up one of the cultivation books that his mom bought for him and started to read. Barely after skimming through for a while, his expression turned to look like a depressed baby. 

Those cultivation books don't teach any techniques at all. 

With a gloomy face, he kept those book into his inventory and then went to sleep. The books weren't worth securing but he just wants something to fill those empty slots in the inventory.

In the next day, he awoke even before his mom come to wake him up. He looked deep in thought while lying on his bed. Nobody knows what he's thinking about. 

Tian Feng had been browsing through the system shop since he woke up this morning. If there's really no technique in any of the cultivation books, this system 'learn' function might be his only hope.

Tian Feng grinned as he stared at an item in the system shop. [I found it!]

He found the cultivation book that he could practice in the system shop. It is 10000 points so he still needs to find a way to earn more points.

---

In front of the city gate...

A group of people was seen discussing something. They exuded a righteous aura surrounding them. 

All of them were wearing the same style of robe in different colours. With just a look, one could tell that they are anything but ordinary people. After entering the city, they had been walking in the direction of Tian Lang's restaurant.

"Big Brother! There's a restaurant over there." said one of them.

"Let's go there!"

When the group of five entered the restaurant, a waiter welcomed them respectfully. While the waiter might not know of their identities, just by merely looking at the robe coupled with the aura coming from them is enough of a reason to respect them.

The waiter swiftly led them to a table and waited on them.

Tian Feng was reading his book as usual when he suddenly heard a system notification.

"Ding...Detected presences of celestial beasts."

Being caught off guard while he was focusing on reading, he startled [Celestial Beasts...? What's that?] 

Without waiting for the reply, he scanned his surrounding. [Where's it? Why didn't I see any beast? Not even a cat.]

However, it's hard to ignore the system notification. If the system had to warn him about it, those beasts must have had a bad intention.

According to the system manual, the system would protect him from harm until he had gained a certain level of strength to protect himself.

Recalling the system, he remembers that gaining new knowledge is also gaining points. Besides, there are still many activities that he can complete to earn points.

According to the system manual, the methods to earn points will be updated according to his age and power.

Activities
Walk 1000 steps. (127/1000) 100 points
Run 50 meters. (0/50) 50 points
Jump 3 times. (0/3) 15 points
Read 1 book. (0/1) 100 points
.
.
.

It was said that the task will upgrade when it's completed and the reward will update accordingly.

What Tian Feng didn't know was that as soon as the notification rang, an inviolable aura was exuded from his body.

The eyebrow of the man who led the group here shot up in alarm. He turned to the one next to him slowly and said in a low voice, "It seems we'll have to find another location."

The others also noticed the aura and nodded fully understanding the complications of the matter. They act normally and finished their meal before leaving silently.

Tian Lang also sensed the aura but he thought it to be from someone in the restaurant so he didn't pay much heed. He only called in the waiter and told them to be careful.

As Tian Feng didn't have any cultivation yet, he wasn't able to sense the aura as everyone else. Oblivious to everything, he simply gave up on finding the celestial beasts and continued reading.

He gauged that the system should have differed them from any actions.

3 year later...

Tian Feng finally got enough point to buy a cultivation skill.

While the activities to earn the point may seem simple, it was easier said than done. His body is too weak and he can't even complete 1000 steps on that day three years ago. 

The accumulation over the years is not a small amount. Besides, as he grew older and stronger, the points he could earn in a single day is more than before.

One day, he had enough points to learn the 'Steel Body' but, 

"Host is required to have a cultivation of at least level 1 to learn this skill."

As he garnered more and more points, he didn't want to buy that 10000 points book anymore. He wanted the best cultivation book for himself so he set his goal for a Heaven Tier cultivation book which costs 90000 points.

He had read many books over the three years and thus he had learnt a lot of things about cultivation in this world as well as cultivators.

While the previous book was cheap and not bad, it wasn't good enough. Practising that would only waste his time. 

He had already wasted 3 years doing nothing but waiting for a cultivation technique so he didn't want to waste any more time.

Status
Name: Tian Feng
Age: 5

Cultivation: None
Strength: 0.3
Agility: 0.4

Race: Human

His strength and agility increased quite a bit. From the manual, he knows that 1 point of the attribute is equal to an average healthy adult. 

Consider that a 5 years old kid possessing around one-third of an adult's strength, it's pretty astounding.

Because he executed all the activities suggested by the system, Tian Feng had become stronger than most kids around his age even when he didn't have any cultivation.

In the restaurant, two kids were seen playing the Run And Catch with each other happily. They were Tian Feng and Da Jing. For the past 3 years, this restaurant is almost the only place that Tian Feng hang out.

He never saw his grandparents. He never saw any relatives. Every new year, his family would spend time together, just the three of them.

Tian Feng knew that his parents from the previous world were orphanages but at least they still have relatives. He didn't feel upset or lonely because of this. 

Tian Feng is not the kind of person who would accept friend readily. He could take a long time before he accept anyone into his life. But in order to earn the system points, he forced himself to play with a kid.

As time passed, he had come to really enjoyed it. Sometimes he even forgets that he's an adult. His family could be said to be one of the happiest families in the world. 

Just that something is different from Earth. If everything related to him is still the same, his sister should have been born when he was three years old. 

However, she's nowhere to be seen. Thinking about it, he really missed her. Although he almost always argues with her he still loves her.

"Xiao Jing! I'm going home." Tian Feng shouted.

"Er..." Da Jing shouted back.

Da Jing is the son of a new waiter, Da Fang. He's one year younger than Tian Feng. His father, Tian Lang thought that his son is always alone and won't go play with those children on the street so he allowed Da Fang to bring Da Jing to work.

Of course, he knew that he's actually a young man but seeing his small body, who would care so much about that story.

"Ding...Talking with a friend for 100 sentences completed. Obtained 100 points."

On the motorbike, Tian Feng sat in the front seat. He still likes that seat regardless of his age. His head had already become tall enough to block his dad's vision. While they're riding back home, Tian Feng was excited about his first cultivation book. 

Opening his system interface, he saw his total points of 90254. He felt quite happy with this. Turn to the shop menu, he opened it.[Finally, I'll be able to cultivate.]

The book that he wants to buy is "Celestial Immortal Art: Qi Condensation".

"Host obtained 'Celestial Immortal Art: Qi Condensation'"

"Obtained 9000 points and 10% discount badge (1) for making the first purchase."

He was excited for getting 9000 points but he paid it no heed. Tian Feng hurriedly switched to the inventory to see his new book.

Item Details
Name: Celestial Immortal Art
Tier: High Heaven

Effects: Practitioner's Qi absorption speed will be increased with each increased in level. Practitioner's Qi will become purer and thicker.

Practice to the max level will enable Qi to circulate around all 108 acupuncture. The practitioner will be able to absorb Celestial Qi.

Side-Effects: 1000 points to read more.

"Learn" or "Discard"

Tian Feng immediately chose 'Learn' without any hesitation. He did have a thought of taking it out to read but he afraid that it might not work and end up losing the book. Besides he was too excited to start cultivating.

Instantly, three options appear, "Memorize 100 points", "Learn 1000 points" and "Quick Learn 10000 points"

"Hais... fortunately system gifted back 9000 points otherwise I would have to wait a few days before I can start." 

Tian Feng was speechless. This system is just expensive. Everything requires points. He remembered those systems from the novels that don't require MC to pay anything. 

Does this system eat points or something?

Waking up in a new world, Tian Feng finds himself become a 1-year-old child once again. Along with this weird phenomenon, a seemingly omnipotent system awaken within him. 

To become the most potent being, to live without regret; Possessing this OP system, he thought it would be smooth sailing. Little did he know that it couldn’t be further from the truth.

This is a melancholy story of a man and his companions, adventuring from one world to another; Discovering the meaning of life and regret.

There's nothing to write about at the end. The protagonist Chen Jin has become invincible. No matter what villain appears, the protagonist can easily get things under control.
If I continue to muddle along, that would be cheating your money. This book should have been over a long time ago.
I apologize to all readers for letting you down.
As early as the beginning of the book, I had a strong premonition that the book would collapse towards the end. It was not bad that I maintained the chapters until the word count reached the millions. This is the common problem of stories with an invincible protagonist. The story is invigorating and pleasant in the beginning, and the readers like it, but later on, the aesthetics of the story become exhausting, and the author can't spin the story anymore. It could only end hastily.
Of course, I also have some gains and insights.
First of all, after writing the book "A Simulated Life In The City," the pace at which I had written the other books that followed had been fast. Perhaps its because I've become more practiced at writing outlines in an endless stream and that my brain circuit has become "fixed." Time passes very quickly, resulting in a lack of details in which only the main framework has no details. The ups and downs, the twists and turns were not large, and the collapse came faster.
This is my flaw, a flaw that must be overcome, I need to walk out from the habit of writing outlines at a rapid pace continuously. Otherwise, my books will fail, one by one.
I haven't coded much in the past few months. I've been watching animation and reading novels most of the time.
I've watched at least 100 animation series and read 400 or 500 novels. Of course, the animation series were viewed at double the speed and the novels were speed read. This was just to speed up efficiency and to learn more useful things.
This is probably also a kind of learning.
But could this kind of learning allowed me to break through the bottleneck and enter a whole new level? There is no guarantee. After all, it's difficult to change a mindset. I've also started on two new books, but I always feel that whatever I type, it's trash; that I haven't improved.
Maybe I have to accumulate and absorb more things
Second, there are gains too.
With this book, I've made money for the down payment of the house (in the range of 100,000). The financial strain has eased a little. My "writer level" has reached LV5. This is something that I have never dared to imagine. It seems that I'm not too far away from being a great writer. Even if I do know that I can't even be considered as a middling writer. I'm at best, an old failure.
Also, this book has spurred a wave of "I've found (something)" and led a wave of popularity. There are at least two or three author friends around me who want to use the pattern of the title of this book and start with "I Found A" in the opening. There are even more imitations. In the end, I "laid myself out as a failure" and generated some results, which was unexpected.
I even feel a little surreal.
Of course, I also know that I've received a torrent of curses in some forums, which reminded me to be clear to myself about my real capabilities and not overestimate myself. There is still room for improvement.
The last is about my new book.
The new book is in progress! The outline is done, and I have a rough story in my heart.
Also, this time I want to break through my standards and overcome weaknesses in character description (in other words, I want to make progress in this area).
Therefore, I want to create a group of exciting characters in my new book, using the characters as the framework. The characters will be the center, and stories will develop around each character. There will no longer be cliched, unrealistic and illogical plotlines
Moreover, the "cheat codes" given to the protagonist will not be too powerful, the protagonist will not be invincible in the early stages. He would slowly grow and rise in power, encountering many setbacks and difficulties along the way. The road will not be smooth.
I am well aware of the situation, this attempt to transform my style has a 70% probability of failing.
Whether the editors will give me a chance, whether the novel will make it to the shelves, whether its a done deal or not, I can only put a bold face on and try.
I hope everyone will support my new book and vote for it after it is released on July 1st.
At this point, I don't know if the reader will be angry at me or scold me, but I still hope that you can support my new book, take a look at my story, and give a little encouragement.
The finale of all finales.
I recommend a few books written by my friends.
One is "I Duplicated an Earth," by Qin Geng Shan Shui, which was written by a fan in my book group. He has also now joined the ranks of the writers because of his hobby. His previous attempt, a book titled, "I Found An Immortal Realm" failed, but the improvements in this book are amazing. 100 points for creativity! Even I am chasing this book, I recommend it, I have a hunch, even if he does not become some great writer in the future, he will at least be a middling writer no worse than me. I hope everyone will add this book to their collection and support it!
There is another book, "I'm Really Not A Pop Star," by Master Sun's Words Become Poems. He is an old friend of mine, and he'd tried to transform his style in his last book. His first order called for more than 1,300 copies. I feel this is a pretty good result, if he maintains this result and keeps the plot from collapsing, it could finish off as a perfect work. But he's still not satisfied, and then he started this new book. I can only sigh. We all need to support our families, and we all have pressure. So, I hope that everyone will also collect this book. Give him the occasional vote and contributions. I give you my thanks!
And I want to repeat this, my new book will be making its debut on July 1st. For those who support me, I hope that you will give me a little support and encouragement. I can't say that everyone will be satisfied, but at the very least, some supporters will see a different story and feel a little anticipation.
I hope that everyone will look forward to my new book on July 1st. We'll meet again in the new book.


Through a mysterious portal, Chen Jin arrived at this strange place - a post-apocalyptic world where civilization had been destroyed. 

Consequently, he found -

A piece of metal scrap
A robot trash collector
A battleground
A city
A ton and more of gold
A copy of high-tech documents
A...
In short, Chen Jin found a planet.

"Here read this!" Sai handed over a book with the title 'Wind whisper', and motioning for her to sit beside him. Which the onlookers stared with envy.

Izen took the book and started reading.

[System: You have awakened a skill.]
[Skill: Detection lvl. 0
-Detect enemy and allies in a range of 50 meters. MP: 10MP.]

Five minutes haven't even passed when she sent this message to Sai, while everyone was trying to acquire as many spells they can to be valuable in their future adventure. A message note from the team chat, that reads: "Anyone have this skill <Detection>?"

"I Do! Shapeless and GurinBare raised.

"Why? Did you finally obtain it?" VerBoss

"She did!" Sai said, pointing the Miko beside him. 

"You know, I wasn't going to say this, but are you going to introduce us or something?" AleyaNala sent this in the team chat while staring straight at Sai. She was the only female in the group, and yet she voiced out what everyone else was thinking.

"Oh... Haha... Guys this is my good friend Mizarin. An Oracle class. And currently on her Alchemist quest that I interrupted." Sai said this sheepishly, adding some personal and unnecessary information just to have a topic of conversation.

"The lady is AleyaNala, VerBoss the strange Guy, GurinBare the toughest one, and Shapeless the quiet one... We're all druids, I met them during my initiation quest in the Druid's encampment." Introduced Sai.

"Nice to meet you, I thank you for being patient to this thoughtless person right here. I am Mizarin." Izen said.

[Party Invite From AleyaNala.
<Accept><Decline>]

"It's hard to be speaking out loud here, let's talk in private," AleyaNala said with a bright smile.

"Ohh... Sure... Accept." Izen spoke.

"SayaShin said that you gained the Detection skill?.... is it from the book your reading or somewhere else?" -VerBoss

"Ah... Yeah it's from this book,"- Mizarin

"How did you do that?... it was less than 5 minutes when you arrived when Saya linked us... it took me at least 20 minutes to learn it."-GurinBare

"Umm... I just read what I was interested in. I mean, I'm used to reading novels and this is all written in technical definitions, so it is going to be hards if you read it cover to cover."- Izen said.

"Ohh... so that's how it's done? I thought we should read the book to gain as many skills we can from it." GurinBare said.

His companions looked at him as if they are being insulted, in-fact compared to others he gained more skills than the others, but only the skills that he understood at a theoretical level, unlike the others that gained the more practical skills.

"So how is the alchemist apprenticeship quest?"- SayaShin asked Mizarin.

"See for your self,<Attachment>"- Mizarin

[Quest: The Alchemists Request
- To become an alchemist apprentice you must bring the highest quality material you find.
Diamond (0/1)
Pearls (0/10)
Herbs (0/100)
Gold (0/1)
Firewood (0/10)
Time limit:  4 Days 21:30 Hours
Reward: Alchemist Gift (Depends on the Quality of the materials), Random Alchemical Skill Book, Alchemists Ring, Gold 10, EXP 500]

"What does it mean the highest quality material?" -SayaShin

"It should have something to rarity, and the energy content."- AleyaNala

"Do explain."- Shapeless

"Based on the book on compounding, refining, herbs, minerals, appraisal, beast information, legendary weapons. Material with aura is the highest quality material, but that is only limited to its rarity, for example, you have two materials of the same kind, and has a rarity of epic, now one is with aura and the other does not, then you can qualify the one with aura as a higher quality over the one without." -AleyaNala

"Ohh... so that's how it is... good thing I didn't finish the quest with these materials that I bought."- Mizarin 

"You had the time to collect materials before you got here?... for a class with baby legs, your quit fast!" - Shapeless 

"The team that I came across, heading towards the main city said the same. They were kind enough to give away a basic healing and haste spell. So I had to accompany them to the city gates."- Mizarin

"I don't get what you meant about accompanying them to the gate?" VerBoss 

"I think what she means is that being below lvl 10 she is protected by the system, so any monsters higher than the highest level in her party will not approach. So she moved fast because of the haste spell and people helping her defeat monster."-SayaShin

"Didn't you guys have trouble getting here?"-Mizarin 

"We didn't walk to get here.<Portal Orb>"- AleyaNala 

[Portal Orb
Skill
Transfer (Active)
-Teleport yourself to the set coordinates:
Magic Academy (MA, 500,9870)
Royal Training Grounds (TG, 6898,599)
Land of Faith (HL, 7876,5867)
Dark Forest (DF, 875,6933)
Deep Forest (DG, 500,8190)

Group Transfer(Active)
-Only available when three or more Portal Orb is activated within 10 meters of each other and the exact same destination.
-Mana consumption is halved, and reduce 5% for every extra Orb.]

"Wow... where did you get such a convenient item."-Mizarin 

"We happened to activate a hidden exchange interface with the herbalist. Let's try if there is one in the magician or the alchemist if there is none we can just get one from the herbalist."-SayaShin

While others were leaving, or searching the bookshelves for lost books.the group continues the book worming activity for another 8 hours, when suddenly a notification rung on their ears.

[System: You have obtained more than 15 skills, in one sitting, from the Magicians Library. The magician, Minue, had gained an interest in your dedication and wishes to speak with you.] 

After the sound of notification rang thrice. A sound of knocking on the table was heard in the entire dome.

"Tok! Tok! Tok!" The sound of knuckles taping the table, where a group of druids and an oracle, attracted their attention whispering to each other.

"What?... How dis they get the librarian to walk-up to them?!"

"Why did the Librarian leave his station?!"

"What quest are they doing?!"

"Is this a hidden quest?!"

It's only been a week since the game was launched, but no one has ever seen Minue leave the counter. For those that had seen the group since the arrival of the Miko, they have already assumed that the group had chanced upon a hidden quest with very strict requirements, they have left and returned, yet the group is still up to something as if they live in another world.

"Young Scholars, may I interrupt your dedication?" Minue

"How may we help thee, esteemed guardian." -Mizarin 

"I have observed that the books you have gathered, and devoured are of high quality, be it the introduction or informative books. I as the librarian can not leave my post, thus I wish to implore you, young ones, to assist me in search of the misplaced book titled: 'Special Enchantments', within this library. Would you be willing to assist?"- Minue

[System: Will you accept the Librarians request?<Accept><Decline>]

[Quest: 'Special Enchantments' (Special, Hidden Quest)
-Book(s) of Enchantments is lost within this library, assist the Librarian in Locating and Retrieving the book(s).
Reward: Unknown.]

"Yes, we shall accept your request." The leader AleyaNala spoke.

"A group Quest!"-VerBoss

"Not to mention a Special Quest." - Shapeless 

The requirement for the quest was indeed very steep for anyone to attain. The First requirement was, for a group of 6, no more no less, must be in a party. Second, the party must be above level three. Lastly, the party must obtain notable skills in the library, within 24 hours of the NPC timer. If any of these are not met, then the quest will not be activated.

"What's with this 'Book(s)' on the description. Is there one or more books of the same name?" - GurinBare

"Let us start searching first!"-SayaShin

Hearing this, the group immediately used their searching spell.

[Wind Search] A torrent of cold and warm wind blows harmlessly, its origins; VerBoss.

[Aura Search] An Ephemeral atmosphere like a forest filled with fireflies, pervaded the entire dome, its epicenter; SayaShin.

[Books Whisper] A musical cacophony sang enchanting whispers, its orchestrator; GurinBare.

[Danger Sense] Black smoke emanating from some shelves beamed converging, its destination; Shapeless.

[Strange Material Search] Strange stream of color drifted spiraling like a storm, its eye; AleyaNala.

[Spirits Aid] Orbs of different colors dashed from one shelf to another and finally retreating, it's master; Mizarin.

Each spell has different names and different characteristics, but all these spells came from a single book, 'Winds Whisper', unlike spells from skill books that are set like stone, grimoire reflects its reader's thoughts and characteristics. It was later found out that there is one out of a hundred chance that readers will obtain the exact same spell with exactly the same characteristics.

The group moved like some pack of wolves, quick and organized, clearing the blinking spots on their maps, some converging over each other. In less than fifteen minutes, the group's Library Map was filled with different colors, over a hundred locations we're marked, captioned with the name of the spell Book they obtained from the location.

"I found a book called 'Special Enchantments For Tailors', what do you think?"-VerBoss

"I found 'Special Enchantments For Antidotes And Poisons', anyone else?"-Shapeless

"I got 'Special Enchantments for Material Refining.'"- SayaShin

"Mine is 'Special Enchantments for Binding.'"-GurinBare

"Haha... 'Special Enchantments For Unbinding'" - AleyaNala

"look, 'Special Enchantments For Blessings', this one is strange: Pure and Impure(Special Enchantments), Spirits Blessings(Special Enchantments)"-Mizarin

"So, which one is our target, really?"- VerBoss

"I believe it's both!" -GurinBare

"..." 

"Think about it, In the description 'Book(s)' a single or multiple books, and it doesn't say the book should contain special enchantments or the book should be about special enchantments, right?... Besides, the reward is unknown, let's just collect everything we can find and get this library work over with." -GurinBare

"I found Material Enhancement(Special Enchantments), Teleportation Array (Special Enchantments), and Hammers Fall (Special Enchantments)"-SayaShin

"Energy Refining (Special Enchantments) and Material Substitution Magic Array (Special Enchantments)."-AleyaNala

"Curses and Blessings (Special Enchantments) and Librarians Secrets (Special Enchantments)."-Shapeless

"Forging Methods (Special Enchantments) and Archaic Spells (Special Enchantments)."-GurinBare

"Material's skill (Special Enchantments) and Growth Enhancement (Special Enchantments), and Awakening (Special Enchantments)."-VerBoss

Everyone enumerated their find while heading to other bookshelves that their markers we're located.

"Everyone if you have collected your books, gather at the same place, and let's start digesting these books." -AleyaNala

"Roger." everyone Bemused. 

It was indeed a possible mode of action, reading and acquiring as many skills as possible in the early stage of the game, would let them grow the skills, rather than later when skill information and priority would take place.

When everyone gathered at the reading table they sat before accepting the quest, books we're piled up almost covering the group's faces.

[Skill: Mineral Quality Appraisal Skill
-A qualitative judgment of Ores and Elemental cores.]

[Skill: Material Strengthening (Sealed)
-You have gained the knowledge of the art of material strengthening, but you have yet to acquire the talent.]

[Skill: Material Skill Awakening
Requirement: Aura Manipulation
-Awaken the talent speaking within an Item or Equipment.]

[Skill: Unearth 
-Detect and collect raw materials from underneath the ground.]

[Skill: Secret Material Synthesis
-Combine similar materials to obtain a higher quality material or raise its rank.]

[Skill: Hiden Magic(Sealed)
-You have gained the knowledge to Engrave or Embroid Magic circles on items or raw material.
Requirement: Magician]

One after another skills were acquired by the team sharing and compiling the different skills they acquire from the books. 

[Skill: Transcendent Eyes (level 0)
- A skill for those who see what is hidden. Only the gods can evade your sight.]

[Skill: No Secrets
- Discern the Characteristics of things.]

Strange skills keep on emerging from the books, most of which are the same for everyone. Ultimately the group obtained a multitude of skills, but not offensive or defensive skills. They collected life style skills, soft skills, travel skills, and strange techniques. Learning magic arrays, ranging from one tribute to multiple attributed magic array.

When they finally finished reading the books, obtaining skills they deem to be useful, waiting for each other to finish the entire collection, some of them started appraising items that they held.

SayaShin, in particular, was engrossed the appraisal of the items that he had stuck in his inventory. He was unable to identify the items not because he didn't try, but because he couldn't. Every time he tried to examine the items, he was treated with the system prompt [Apraisal skill insufficient; material Quality High], but now that he had the skill [Transcendent Eyes] he was able to glean information from the items.

[Spirit Beast Fur(Legendary)
-A remnant of a Druid Spirit Beast]

[Skill Book of Unsealing(Unique)
-A book that contains the array of Unsealing Magic.
-(Two-Time-Use)]

[Spirit Core (Legendary)
A remnant of a Druids Spirit Beast.]

[Strange Book (Oracle's Belt Design)
- Contain the knowledge of crafting a belt(Special)]

While Saya shin was examining the items on his bag, Mizarin who everyone was waiting for to finish her study, shortly closed the book and said: "Okay!... Let's submit our quests."
 
With her exclamation, the group stood and went to the reception desk.

What is it that keeps you alive?

What is it that wakes you up in the morning?

Why do you get out of bed?

Existential question’s that only a few can answer in the length of a breath.
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It has been 200 years since the greatest change in society. A change from education inside classrooms into virtual reality. It is now a transition to a world where anyone can learn anything, and obtain any skill that would usually cost you more than an electric bill.

A pair of childhood friends; Sai Sherman And Izen Miray, both scholarly adulting individuals are about to venture into the new world through a game called CELESTIAL. They try their best to prepare to survive the challenges that the world will bring, adventuring in the virtual reality world they search their calling, cultivate their talents, and meet people good and bad along the way. 

What changes will this life of searching bring these two hatchlings that yearn to fly out of their nest’s, and longing to see the world beyond? How will these two answer these questions of life? When will they truly be prepared? What keeps them living?

Join them in their search for the meaning of life...
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How about you?

Have you asked yourself: What is “My Life Support?”

Will entered the classroom silently neither trying to eye catching nor hidden and. yet almost instantly everyone's eyes gathered onto him.
"Yo, it seems the rain catcher prince decided to come to class today instead of playing hooky."
"I hope skill training gets canceled today or else we all will become drenched with the prince's uncontrollable skill."
"Dammit, I should've brought an umbrella. I don't wanna go home wet today."
Will ignored the mutterings and groans directed towards him and sat down in his designated seat his face clear of all signs of abuse from the previous day. He received a look of gratitude from his professor who then proceeded to quiet down the class. "Alright everyone, let's all settle down. Today's class will be a little different than usual."
"Weren't we supposed to do skill training today?" asked a student earning glares from his surroundings.
"Yes, we were," replied the professor with a light smile. "However, I decide that it wouldn't hurt a bit to have a change of pace once in a while."
Some of the students let out a shout of glee while others let out a sigh of relief before giving will a glance. It was obvious what most of them were thinking. 'The Prince won't be able to cause us an inconvenience today.'
"If we aren't going to be doing skill training, then what will we be doing professor?" the same student from earlier asked.
"I was just about to explain," said the professor before snapping her fingers. A small ball of flame  appeared in her palms and the professor addressed the class with a smirk. "I'm trusting that everyone knows how this ball of fire is floating in my hand? Please don't make your professor sad and answer me correctly otherwise I might have to consider quitting my job as an educator."
A student let out a laugh before chuckling, "I don't know about the rest of us but Prince William might not know because he skipped many of your classes."
As the student's joke earned a round of laughter from nearly everyone in the room, the professor frowned and reprimanded the student who had made the joke. "I don't appreciate that comment, Bob. Don't make fun of others in my classroom. As punishment, you must answer my question... How is there a ball of fire floating in my hand?"
Bob rolled his eyes before lazily answering the teachers question. "With magic of course."
"And how does one use magic?"
"One must have a talent for magic."
The professor nodded her head. "Yes indeed. From the moment you are born, you are given a device called a 'phone'. Through the phone, you will be able to observe your status and message people from afar. The phone requires mana in order to operate and will disappear when not in use. Now everyone, please raise your hand if you have a skill related to magic."
Will took out his phone and opened up his status screen.
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[ William Rainn ]
100/100 HP          100/100 MP          100/100 ST
One who is Followed by Rain (F)     Flowing Water Sword Style (F)     Impenetrable Mind (A)     Basic Swordsmanship (F)
-
After seeing a few hands pop up in the air, the professor let out a smile. "Alright, as you can see, not a lot of us hold magic related skills. This is precisely why wizards are so valued within any kingdom. However, is it required for you to hold a magic skill in order to use magic? Does anyone have an answer?"
"People can use magic if they have an artifact."
The professor nodded her head. "Yes indeed, utilizing a Magical Artifact is the most common form of using magic. However, there is one more way to use magic without having a magic skill. Anyone else wanna guess?"
"Learning magic through Skill Books?"
"Wrong," said the professor with a tut. "You can't learn magic through skill books. Skill books are for physical skills. Anyone else?"
"Spirits?"
"Correct!" said the teacher with a snap. "With spirits, you don't even need to focus on casting magic. The spirit will cast it for you. Best of all, you don't need a skill in order to make a contract. All you need to do is catch the attention of a spirit and convince it to create a contract. Now does anyone have guess to what kind of lesson we will have today?"
A hesitant student raised her hand. "Learn about spirits?"
"Nope," said the teacher gleefully. "We will be contracting spirits. Currently, we are surrounded by multiple spirits of a variety of elements. The most abundant type should be Water, Light, Nature, Wind, and Earth. Now remember, a spirit will only show itself if it finds you to be interesting. When it does, do not lie to it for this will make it dislike you. If a spirit doesn't like you, then it will not contract with you. You can never force a spirit to contract you."
The teacher glanced down at her watch before smirking. "Ill give you seven hours. You can go and try to find and contract a spirit or you can laze around and do nothing. Time starts... now."
The students left the classroom one by one until the only people remaining in the class were Will and the professor. The professor gave a wry smile at Will who had taken out a book from his bag and was beginning to read. "Are you not gonna go and find a spirit?"
Will wet his finger with his spit before flipping a page in his book. "I do not particularly feel the desire to create a contract with a spirit."
"Oh come on," said the professor with a sigh. "I even spent so much time coming up with this lesson. I even had to receive permission from the principal. I promised that you would enjoy the lesson after all."
"And I promised to arrive on time." Said Will without looking up from his book. "You kept your promise while I kept mine. Besides, you said it yourself. Spirits only reveal themselves to people they find interesting. I am very well aware of my lack of personality and my abysmal ability to be entertaining."
"But to see the student who I prepared the lesson for not participate feels a bit... unsatisfactory."
Will didn't bother to respond and continued to read his book.
"Won't you please at least try to make a contract?" asked the professor hoping to illicit a response from Will. 
However, when the outside sky started to rumble with the hints of a small thunderstorm, the professor sighed. "Oh well. I did say you could do whatever you want. I'll be heading out first then. Enjoy yourself today."
"Goodbye professor."
"Tch. Now you answer me? Right when I am about to go?"
"My father taught me that it was rude to ignore an associate when they leave."
The teacher let out a defeated sigh before waving Will off and left the classroom. At some point of time, a light rain started to fall and started to quietly beat on the thin windows of the classroom. Losing himself in the random yet synchronous drumming of raindrops, Will became even more absorbed into his book until he felt something cold touch his face.
When he looked up, he saw a miniature girl as small as a fairy with sparkling sapphire eyes and flowing dark blue staring right back at him. After a moment of staring at each other, the doll-like  girl tilted her head.
"Are you the boy who the rain follows so sadly?"

In a family filled with sea serpents, he is a lowly rain catcher. His only ability is to summon rain. Due to his weird and useless skill, he was tortured and abused by everyone who saw him. However, he will rise above others and show them what it really means to be useless.

1 week later: 

I looked at all the kids playing around and sister Mary tending to her personal garden.

I knew it was time to move on, I had grown rather attached to sister Mary.

2 hours later

It was late at night and using my superspeed I snuck out like usual.

This time though, I ran to the red-light district.

I walked into a rather big brothel.

You should be wondering how they allowed a 9 year old to walk in. They didn't, I was about to use my superspeed to get past them

But I thought that this would be a nice way to use the man mysteries perk.

I literally walked and I smiled as I remember the loophole I made. Staring and looking at someone trying to figure out who they are is considered a type of scrying. The man of mystery's perk creates this mist that covers my body, so it's more like fog that can act as an illusion. I feel like I can even leave a mist for everyone to see around me for like a cool effect like a man with a mystery.

I walked into the strip club section

I saw girls at my ages of 9-10 years old dancing around poles naked with people actually watching it with delight.

I watched in disgust and this just looked wrong. Don't get me wrong, I have seen my fair share of brothels. 

A lot of underworld deals actually occurred in places like these, however taking children and having them dance naked to people 5 times older than them just made my skin crawl. 

I have seen some very gruesome things and I have done some very gruesome things. But even I have my morals, forcing children to do this shit, while they should not even know things like this exist is just disgusting

So I walked in there with my superspeed and grabbed the wallets of every single pedophile  that were staring at the small girls dancing.

I took out all their cash and put their wallets back. I wore pure synthetic gloves that I grabbed from a hardware store before coming here. I don't want my fingerprints to linger on the wallets.

I counted it and it seems I just earned 750 dollars. 

This was enough money for me to at least move out and last 1-2 months if I go to a cheap hotel. 

I walked back to to the orphanage super speeding to the entrance, I wanted to savor the appearance of this orphanage. I may never be able to see this orphanage again but I am sure as hell going to try .

I walked in and used the man of mysteries mist and created one middle-aged man and one middle-aged women.

I had to be in ten feet of them because the man of mysteries perk wasn't supposed to work like this and it's sapping away at my stamina. An average human would die from over drafting his stamina and life-force after 5 minutes of use.

I let them head to sister Mary's office after 15 minutes she came into my room with a look of a little sadness. She told me that this couple was here to adopt me, I acted like I was a bit excited but also sad that I had to leave all my friends and sister Mary here alone.

Sister Mary took me to her office and hugged me and I could tell that she was trying to hold her tears and I was too at this point.

She told me to become someone great and I was gonna be someone great. 

" Bye sister Mary, " I waved my hands acting like a little kid trying to conceal his tears with happiness. 

" Don't forget about us, and come back and visit sometimes" yelled Sister Mary right back

Oh I will never forget about you guys, I walked in to the taxi and handed the man 20 bucks to send us to the nearest cheap hotel with good service.

He was a bit suprised that I was the one handing the money, but probably chalked it up to a kid who wanted to act like an adult and hand the money himself.

He was a bit talkative, but I guess everyone seems talkative when you your feeling a bit down

I knew this would happen eventually, so I got my head back in the game.

We walked in the hotel and I made my new adopted "parent" negotiate the prices. Of course making clone sour of mists is not the function of my man of mysteries perk, so I had to consciously control them to make them seem as natural as possible. 

Thank god for my kryptonian brain, without it let alone 3 bodies including my own. I would have struggled to make the mist as solid as it was. 

Sure my brain is very capable, but even it was not able to create the features of an average middle-aged man and women down from texture to their skins to how silky their hair is. 

That's right, I said create. I was able to craft the two bodies that do not exist just from memory on how they should be like.


Anyways enough of me being narcissistic. The cost came down 70 bucks per night due to 2 adults and 1 child. 

The moment I walked inside, I checked for any small surveillance camera's in the rooms. I knew that while hotels wouldn't use any of the footage if they even have any cameras. Organization like shield and Hydra will be able to hack in these types of cameras with their eyes closed.

It was a relatively medium size room and it took me a few minutes to check. I have been practicing my x- ray vision for the past week now, and I have enough control to be like binoculars. I can zoom in on anything few kilometer and I can use my xrays with pinpoint accuracy.

There was a single camera and though it wouldn't be able to see anything abnormal from me due to my man of mysteries perk. 

I looked at the desktop computer and looked up any abandoned warehouses. Any and all unexplored forests out there with plenty of food water and was dangerous.

I leaned back into the chair as I found only two places that the bill.

They would be the Brazilian rain forest or Antarctica, even though currently there exist no environment on earth that could harm me. I would rather much live in the amazon rain forest.
 
I called up my stat screen, which I have not called up since I got my powers.

Name: Ethan Hunt
Race: Solar Kryptonian

Str: 100 Colorless
Dex: 100 Colorless
Con: 100 Colorless
Int: 100 Colorless
Wisdom: 99 Colorless


Remark: Ready to Rank up
      
                                RANK UP

Wishes: Doomsday-Superman,Perfect Overachiever, Power Anchoring

Perks: True Kryptonian, Golden rule, Man of mysteries,Essence of Home, Genesis Embryo
 
                                 UNSEAL

I looked at the screen and noticed that the options button had been removed and 2 new buttons were there. The rank up button and the unseal button.

Suddenly an influx of information burned itself into my mind

I know definitely that the Unseal button is unsealing all my other perks and wishes . The man of mysteries perk was never sealed for some reason. It was most likely a freebie.

I wanted to unseal all of them, but I would most likely explode from the sudden influx of power.

My new Kryptonian body could probably handle all of them as long as I am inside the core of a yellow sun and I wouldn't even blink if I was next to a blue sun. But a my cells can't handle that much power yet, so I can't do exactly do that yet

But If I train diligently for the 10 years I have left before Iron man begins and unlock all of my wishes. I will be perfectly fine, I mean I would be just fine as I am right now but I like over prepare for things.

Speaking of which I can unlock one my wishes every time I rank up. This
I can rank up my stats every time they reach 90. If they can reach 100 than it will be a perfect rank up and you get a 20 percent higher power up 

According to the information in my head, each time I rank up the quality of my body, mind and soul skyrockets. 

This applies to the stat points as well, it's not telling me how much each stat point will be worth after I rank up.

These stat points represent my body strength, mind and soul. So I can get stat points out of nothing, I have to train and the thing I am training will slowly give me stat points in that category.

You must be wondering that then what use are the stat points other just telling me how strong I am.

You see humans when they train something, a skill, body or mind training. They only keep 30 percent of the results and lose 70 percent when they sleep. 

All races have the same thing, they just lose less or they just learn more.

An example of the first thing is that Kryptonians only lose 50 percent and they retain 50 percent of the results.

An example of the second things is that if a human were to read a book that has about 500 pages. They would read about 50 pages in an hour, they would only remember 15 pages worth of words. Like sometimes they can remember something from page 10 and somethings from page 36. 

If a Kryptonian, especially a scientist were to read the same book. They could read all 500 pages in an hour and even 50 percent of that is 250 pages of words that means they only have to read the book that has 500 pages twice to completely memorize it.

That is the unfair advantage that Kryptonians have on almost all the races in DC. 

Once I gain a stat point to my body stats from me exercising, I will retain 100 percent of that training I did. If I gain a stat points to my mental stats I would retain all mental training I did.

Also depending on my stat points I can read a book and remember all of it. Of course you can't get dumber or smarter in a normal way. You have to be exposed to something that augments like an energy,a chemical or even some type of force in DC.

These stat points are my augmenters but because they are all natural and gained from me there will be no side effect, no conditions of me doing that.

I want to rank up right away, but I have a gut feeling that the law of equivalent exchange was going a complete ass to me in this one. So I needed to be prepared, as usual.

I pondered on all the things I would need. This rank up reminds me of Evolution 

Like it's going to force evolve me like the Serum that killed me in my previous life.
This however uses my own attributes as the evolutionary agent

The thing that is bothering me is how I will get the energy needed to break through.

It says I need a greater source of energy every time I need to rank up.

It needs to be an energy that I can absorb and lots of it. I wish there was an energy, I had access to and at least have a little basic control on it. It should be something like  Solar ener...

My mind blanched and I just smashed my head on the computer desk and kept on saying with how stupid I am.

+ 1 wisdom

I hear a ding and pulled up my status screen and saw that my wisdom turned 100 and I was eligible for a perfect rank up.


I wondered why I had a nagging feeling that I gained that 1 stat point in wisdom because I admitted I was stupid.

Alright now that, I have the issue of my rank up solved. I need some books

I grabbed my small jacket and checked out of the hotel

I didn't superspeed because I wanted to know the atmosphere difference between my New York and Mcu's New York 

Turns out, I was worried about nothing; guess no matter where you go. Even in a another multiverse New York never changes.

I entered the library and entered the cooking section and wild life living section.

I knew the basics of cooking and living out in the wild, but if I am going to live in a forest for 10 years.I will not accept anything less from the best.

So I spent about 2 hours speed reading away all the cooking books and living in the wild books. They literally numbered in the thousands and I had a small headache, but now I can say that I have 2 whole sections of one of the largest libraries in New York memorized.

Seriously when I compare myself to the Superman of comics who read the entire library of Congress because Lois got a bad fever and he wanted to cure it.

I feel small, but I know that I will reach that level eventually but it's gonna be hard.

I walked out and went back to the hotel grabbed all my clothes, packing them in a cheap traveling back pack.

I walked into a small alley and I manipulated my man of mysteries perk to surround me and just make me turn invisible so no one would be able to scry me. I have said it once and I will say it again, I am so glad I made that loophole.

I also manipulated my bio-electric aura that responded to me like a third arm. It was always at the ready, almost begging to be used.

I shaped it to cover my small yet muscular figure and then I used it to enhance my steps.

So it would propel me when my feet touch the ground are about to lift up, it would push my feet up propelling me a few meters every step.

So I calculated the amount of miles and how long it would take me to reach there.

The Brazilian rain forest was a part of the Amazon rainforest and it was 3,043 miles away.

My current estimate of my speed is the speed of sound.

So that is 343 meters per second, it would take me approximately 1.3 hours to reach there.

The Brazilian rainforest is the place with the most sunlight in the amazon rainforest and it has plenty of food and water.

I got in a running position and I ran out of the alley with many people screaming as they heard a sudden sonic boom with a few windows shattering near.

Hello, everyone this Reaper.D Zero. Sorry for disappearing for so long. But It’s time for me to begin my main project, if you guys don’t remember or you do remember is that all fanfics I wrote before were in preparation for this one. Basically I wanted to focus on the small aspects of things that this story will have. 

For example The devourer was created from the concept that if the mc went through the revenge arc. The Free supreme nomad was created if the Mc went through the whole I am OP route. Marvel gourmet restaurant if the Mc wanted to focus on the slice of life aspect such as cooking. 

Now every story will fuse together to make this current one, The mc’s will be completely different in the way that this one is not your average joe. He will have him moments of idiocy but they are not big reminders, they are just reminder for him to not let his guard down. This will be the one fanfic that will not be dropped. 

I went in blind with the other, this time I am prepared. Romance will be very real, and it won’t be like a girl will cry just because he is a bit mean to her. Hope you like it, this is inspired by Hammer effect and the The spider.

The chapter release will 3-5 chapters a week depending on my mood. Sometimes I might save some chapters and do a mass release

[For walking 4 km, the reward isn't low. It is not the System's fault that you encountered so many difficulties]
'I guess so.' Darren replied dejectedly. Although it probably was the System's fault for everything happening, just walking 4 km shouldn't be hard. The question is, how much were copper coins even worth? For all he knew, they could be worthless. In response to that question, the System replied:
[1 Copper coin and 50 Stone coins are enough to stay a night in a decent inn. Food is generally around half a Copper coin for a meal.]
'Stone coin?'
[There are different types of coin. Each higher type is worth 100 of the previous type. The order is:
Wood coin -> Stone coin -> Copper coin -> Bronze coin -> Silver coin -> Gold coin -> Platinum coin -> Diamond coin -> Dragon coin]
'That seems a bit much. Can't they settle on 3-4 different types like everyone else?'
['Everyone else' has even more confusing systems. And they have so many different types because it is easier than referring to large sums of money in billions of coins, and small sums of money in 0.01s of a coin]
'Fine.' Darren decided to give up; as usual, it was no use arguing with the System.
'Any quests for me?' He asked sarcastically, not expecting for the System to have a quest for him (completely ignoring all he had learnt).
[Yes, I'll display it now]
.....
Quest: Obtaining knowledge
Description:
Knowledge is not power, but it is extremely useful nonetheless. Go to a library and read this list of books (attached)

Success condition: Having read all 10 books
Reward: System information storage space
Failure condition: Being banned from the library
Punishment: Death

Progress: 0/10 books read
.....
Darren wanted to cry. Why was being banned from a library enough to have the System kill him? There was probably a good reason, knowing the System, but it is still upsetting. With no apparent choice, if he wanted to get anywhere, he decided to look at the list of books.
.....
Booklist:
Basic magical symbols
Spells for idiots
The basics of magic
History for toddlers
A complete magical history
Elemental conjectures
Magical theorems
How to learn basic mana control
The rules of magic
.....
Darren couldn't tell if the System was picking those books just to be annoying or not. It was definitely patronising, but given that he had no idea how magic works, that may be justified. Of course, to read any of these books he had to go to a library.
'Any directions, System?'
[No, I am still not a SatNav]
He was pretty sure that the System had a SatNav, but he decided not to continue with that argument after being given a quest to read some books for children a minute ago.
Darren walked down the busy street until he eventually found a library.
'Very convenient, just being here when I wanted it.' Thought Darren, before going to walk in. Unfortunately, he saw a sign saying that there was a 100 copper coin entrance fee, which made him immediately suspicious of the System again. After all, why would it give him such a large sum of money if it wasn't going to take it away from him the next second? He reluctantly paid all his money and entered the extremely expensive and extravagant library... Or not extravagant, as Darren soon discovered. It was very simple, just having rows of books. There was almost no decoration and the little decoration that it did have was in a state of disrepair.
'What are they doing with so much money?' Asked Darren in his head, although he suspected he knew the answer: the owners were just paying almost all of the money into their pockets. And it seemed that he was not the only one who had that thought or at least nobody else was stupid enough to pay 1 bronze coin to enter a library, as it was almost deserted, with only him and a couple of other people in the whole library. Given that one of those people worked there, that meant that there were very few people actually reading books.
Darren went to an index book and looked for one of the books on his list. He decided that knowing the rules of magic would probably be beneficial considering that otherwise, he won't know how things actually work and might try something impossible, at least at his current power. He found out there the book was quickly and walked over to it before picking it up and starting to read.

21-year-old Darren Coates is going to work, at least until he is magically picked up and dropped in the middle of a field in another universe for no obvious reason.
Now, instead of worrying about mundane things, like money and work, Darren has to worry about being killed by any of the thousands of kingdoms warring constantly, or being eaten by any of the millions of beasts and even carnivorous plants, or being hunted by a mysterious organisation that seems to be the only one who knows anything.
All while finding out why he was brought there, by whom, and who else came with him, of course with the 'help' of an even more mysterious system in his head.

100 books that everyone should read

Books I Have Read

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Myth Buster in a Fantasy World

Unusual world

Immortal System

I Found A Planet

My Life Support

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