Absorb

Energy!

It is something shrouded in mystery from time immemorial. Very few managed to glimpse into its depths.

It is the creator and destroyer.

It exists in everything.

It is everything.

The final goal of all existences in the myriad realms is to find the inner mysteries of energy. Everything else doesn't matter.

Understanding oneself and the energy that created them is the mission of all life. It was never about strength, neither was it about achieving immortality. It was all about the unquenchable thirst for knowledge driven by the curiosity of all life.

Everything evolved from the idea that "I am".

The ability to question its own existence gave way to conscious thoughts. It was the turning point for all living things. Now, they could actively try to find answers that once eluded them.

The ambitious one even wanted to rule over all the worlds. And the only way they could achieve that was by conquering the energy. Once an innocent thought, turned into greed in a moment.

They created fake thrones for them to sit on while obsessing over the idea to rule over everything. Emperor of the universe is what they would like to call themself.

But was the energy that easy to conquer?

Can someone claim the throne of the universe?

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In the far corner of the world. In a small blue, backwater planet. A mysterious light suddenly appeared. Flickering in vibrant shades of colours, it made the whole world shake in restlessness.

Powerful beings from all over the world felt their heartbeat increasing. They felt weak, although it was for just a moment. This never happened before.

At their level of power, they could even tear apart demons and buddha with their bare hands. How could they feel like this?

Fear!

Was it fear of something that could destroy them?

Even death cover before them. But even then, they were feeling helpless and fearful. They had lived for millions of years, but this was the first time after aeons that they had a change in their expression.

They knew that the fate of the world has changed.

They calmed their beating heart and began preparing for that day that everything would change.

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Clueless about the earth-shattering events that occurred due to him. Alan was still sitting on a bench near the herb field gazing at the status window.

"Systems, are you stupid. If you can't even give a proper intro, how could you be useful?" Mumbling with his head down. Alan was trying different experiments with the system even though nothing seems to work.

'Oh !!!' suddenly remembering about the broken stalk of herbs Alan's mood turned sour. He shouldn't let anyone see it before going home or else he would pay for it with his dear life. He was just a nobody with no superpowers. He needs to steer clear of trouble.

Getting up from the bench, he went towards the middle of the herb field carefully, trying not to damage anything else. Slowly bending down, he looked at the damage he caused. Frowning deeply, he was trying to find an excuse for what happened.

With a determined look, Alan grabbed it by the root and plucked it out of the soil. But as soon as it was pulled out, it withered dried and turned into a hay-like form.

[ Low quality energy source detected. Absorbing and assimilating.]

[0.00001/1000 energy gained]

[complete the requirement to completely merge with the system and to awaken it from hibernation.]

Soon, three wonderful words were displayed before Alan. For Alan, who had no knowledge of how to use the system. This was a blessing in disguise. Although it bears bad news. It also showed a path to him.

'So, these herbs have low-quality energy right. Still, it's too little. Even if I sucked the whole field dry, I could just barely get one or two units of energy. not that I could suck it dry.' Alan creased his brows.

'And what is this low-quality energy that the system is talking about' Although Alan of this world only studied till high school. The transmigrated Alan had some knowledge pertaining to this field. So, he knew what low-quality energy meant. For example, Heat energy is low-quality energy that can be converted to higher quality energy like electricity by the use of a thermal powerplant. Although the efficiency is low. That means that all energy in the form of heat cannot be converted to an equivalent amount of electricity. There will be some loss of energy.

But is it this energy that system is talking about? Absolutely not, there is no heat in the herb. The energy that he could relate to herbs is chemical energy. Even if it is chemical energy, it is actually higher quality energy. How can it be rated as lower quality energy? This system is weirdly confusing.

With his arms grabbing the head, Alan seriously thought about it. The more he thought, the foggier his mind got. Finally, he gave up on trying to understand it all together and concluded that the grading of the energy in the system is totally different from that of this world.

His absorbing the energy from the herb may have been because of the physical contact with it.

'Status' called out Alan in his mind to find anything different about it.

[STATUS]

Human: Normal (only with the help of system)

Strength:10

Dexterity:10

Mind: 10

Energy:10

Comment: Alive and healthy. But, a feeble life form.

Ability

• Energy assimilation: Can digest all forms of energy.

• Energy sense: Sense the energy around the host.

[0.00001/1000]

Even he had ten units of energy! Was the herbs that low in quality that it only had so little energy. Or maybe Alan is somewhat different due to the influence of the system. That was why he had that much energy in him.

'I am happy to see that I am better than a plant in energy. But what can I use this energy for' thought, Alan?

'At least, showing the amount of energy needed for the system to wake is informative. What more could I possibly hope for from this uncooperative system?'

'I should poke some hole in some tree and try to absorb its energy if I can. Although I love trees, the system is a more pressing matter. I have to take care of it before anything. I have to be careful about this matter or else some tree-hugging psychos may target me.' Alan became more determined to find the full extent of the system's power.

Covering up the soil and the dried hay-like herb he moved on to change his uniform. It was getting late and he needs to go to the forest for his evil experiment. With a slightly creepy, but, definitely evil smile. Alan made his way towards the changing room.

Some muffled sounds of giggle also escaped from his mouth, making him all the creepier.