Chapter 2: The 30th Birth Day
Cydrix hurriedly finish his online jobs because the game was done downloading and installing, in short, he can play it now.
For the last time checking everything around his apartment, just for the sake of shaking off his feelings, he focused himself towards the game.
The game starts with the darkness then a 'Future's Desire Inc.' with futuristic and linear edges letters appeared from the right side to the left side of the screen, as if it is a lone spaceship traversing the blank space of the universe.
As the game's logo disappeared, for a couple of second, something brightness like a sunlight, no, not sun light but a brightness from a space destruction, a supernova, appeared at the top center of his screen.
Accidentally, Cydrix moved the mouse at that time and made him knew that he can move his game's perspective and decided to check what was the light.
As the sight moves towards the light, Cydrix can see a distortion, a transparent one, like a mist ball of transparent matter like it is his game character.
He tries to tap WASD to move, but he wasn't sure if he is moving or not. Time goes by, 3 whole minutes was enough for him to know that it was the Big Bang where everything started in the universe.
But, Cydrix wasn't sure what's the meaning of his game character, there's no description or instruction for the time being.
'Well, this is a bit interesting...' Cydrix thought honestly for this game, just thinking if this will be a multiplayer or a single-player game. Or there is or are more transparent mist ball like him around this 'Universe'.
Another 2 minutes, the fast-paced of expansion of the universe started, from dusts to stars to supernovas, from dusts around it, another smaller stars were born and this event were repeated again and again until the galaxies appeared, before it started to slow down.
Waiting for 3 seconds that something might happen again, Cydrix decided to move and now, he can distinguish his game character like a transparent mist ball that's moving according to his controls.
On his way of picking galaxy where he decided to be born, he guessed that that is his objective, he somehow saw but not sure that there are other players around him too.
For being a person that used to be alone, he went around until he doesn't have a 'neighbor' on his sight.
Then focused again at picking his 'home base' world.
Elliptical, Irregular, Spiral, Peculiar, Lenticular Galaxies were seen, until he stop in front of this Barred Spiral Galaxy. Compared to others, this galaxy is a bit smaller, or way to small that he doubted if there's a habitable inside of it.
As he doubts, a flash of light blinks from his game character, then a window screen appeared.
[Use 10 Dark Matter to Scan for habitable planets.]
Followed by.
[Universe's Numen: -
Dark Matter: 34/∞]
Cydrix taps the slot 1 that appeared in the lower center of his screen, where skills and items can be slotted and be used just like other games.
After using the skill Scan, he saw a circular transparent wave fired from his body and started to get bigger and bigger until it fitted the whole galaxy inside of it to be scan. Then two window screens appeared from the both side of the galaxy.
One is in the middle position of the left bar and the second planet is in the almost other end of the right bar.
Cydrix got curious and decided to go near at the first habitable planet in the middle area. As he got nearer and nearer, the text box pointed towards that planet can be read.
[Planet: -
Consciousness: -
Age: 3.4 Billion Years Old
Life: 1935 Light Years
Size (Diameter): 39,417 Km]
He was confused first about the 'Light Years' in Life. 'Maybe outside of planet, the Light Years is the only way of defining time... It's making my mind confuse... What ever, I'll just think that this Light Year is kind of Year in reality.' He gave up and went to the second confusion.
The 'Life' thingy.
He clicks on it but nothing happens, only, at the same time that the 1935 Light Years in it became 1934 Light Years instead. Making him guess that this is the timer when will the lifeforms of this planet born.
He is not in a haste, and choose to check the second planet outside first. He got a hunch that the place where the first planet is a bit dangerous compare from the second planet that's in the outer region of the galaxy.
And so, on his way, he realizes that his maximum movement speed, or travel speed in space is 1 light year speed. Every second in reality is 1 light year in the game. He smiles slightly, thinking that if his own body have that kind of speed every second, he was like now jumping in a location into another in space, in short, Space Jump.
Shaking his head with amusement in his smile, he continued his way to the second planet.
Of course, as he moves, the life expectancy from the first planet is running too. The distance between the first planet and second planet is 11,519 light years away. And at the same time, his Dark Matter increases by 1 point every 1,000 light years steps.
'Since there's no such whole descriptions, instructions, or tutorial and the likes. It's possible that I'm the 'Deity' in the game's name, a Heaven's Will, or the World's Will of the planet that I will select. And we, players, will guide the civilization that will be born on our selected world to expand and conquer the universe. Then my believers will wage war or to be in alliance against other players.' Cydrix thought.
He is sure that this game will be in a real time game where his guided civilization will progress on its own while he is offline. Even the pauses and save/load function can be expected that won't be available for us players.
While his mind is busy thinking things, he saw the second habitable planet got bigger and bigger in his screen.
[Planet: -
Consciousness: -
Age: 2.1 Billion Years Old
Life: 31 Light Years
Size (Diameter): 14,339 Km]
This is the fourth planet of this solar system and almost at the edge of the Goldilocks Zone. He is curious about the other planets, after all even if this is just a game, with the high quality of the graphics, the company might seriously did their jobs and the details might reached the corresponding theories about the planets in reality, and so he have some expectation.
Cydrix pondered for a second and decided to explore and to satisfy his eyes and mind.
'This is kinda relaxing.' He thought.
The first planet is a rocky world that being stretched out by its own mother star. He spend 10 Dark Matters to scan the planet.
[Planet: -
Consciousness: -
Age: 2.4 Billion Years Old
Life: -
Size (Diameter): 8,947 Km
Time: 3,128 Light Years]
Third confusion appeared on his sight, Time.
'Maybe, as long as I'm outside of the planet, Light Years will be my time, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year... Oooorrrrr, maybe, it's based on how this galaxy moves?' He thought then shakes his head as he massage his temple. 'Skip, skip, skip~'
The second planet is a gas world. But being ripped by the star too, leaving a trail of mist making a faint halo around the sun.
[Planet: -
Consciousness: -
Age: 1.9 Billion Years Old
Life: -
Size (Diameter): 22,072 Km
Time: 975 Light Years]
He got curious and gone inside of the planet, carefully and slowly, since he is not sure if it will be dangerous to his game character. After all, there's no description of how his character is made of.
'Oh, how idiot I am, of course the body is composed of Dark Matter.' He rolled his eyes.
*Ding
Only, Cydrix petrified suddenly from hearing this familiar sound. His pupils contracts and his body shivers. 'Th-That's not... Possible...' He don't want to believe, but it is really happening right now to him.
A blue window notification appeared on his bottom left vision after the sound.
[Dark Matter Stats is opened.
Dark Matter: 0.1 (Average Adult: None)
Dark Matter increases by 0.1 point for every 10,000,000 Light Years Step.]
'Force activating my System!?'. He thought as he reads the notification then he feel pain in every inch of his body, he can feel it that his body is changing. Even his mind can not keep up with the pain that transmitted into his consciousness.
*Ding
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 47]
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 48]
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 49]
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 50]
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 51]
5 consecutive notifications appeared for the first time from the day he got the system, increasing his sanity's threshold to make his mind stable.
But that doesn't included his body's threshold, and then an explosion follow. But it was his body, that's it.
Blood, body part, inter organs exploded and stained his whole, creating a murdered art scene.
However, Cydrix is in a state of mist. He doesn't have eyes in this state but he can still perceive everything around him, with 360 degrees vision in a colorful state just like a normal eyes that can perceive.
Now, his mind that can still hear the system's noises, that is followed by another wave of pain.
[Numen Physique obtained.]
[Numen Transformation skill gained.]
[Low Dark Matter Resistance skill gained.]
[Low Cell Destruction Resistance skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Intermediate Cell Destruction Resistance skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[High Cell Destruction Resistance skill gained.]
*Ding
[Success!]
[Low Radiation Resistance skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Intermediate Radiation Resistance skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[High Radiation Resistance skill gained.]
*Ding
[Success!]
[High Fire Resistance skill gained.]
*Ding
[Success!]
[Low Cell Regeneration skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Intermediate Cell Regeneration skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[High Regeneration skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Revival skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Radiation Conversion skill gained.]
[Dark Matter Conversion skill gained.]
[Fusing Radiation Conversion, Dark Matter Conversion, High Radiation Resistance, Low Dark Matter Resistance, High Cell Destruction Resistance, High Fire Resistance, High Water Resistance]
*Ding
[Success!]
[Human Transformation skill gained.]
*Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Unknown Transformation skill gained.]
*Ding
[Success!]
Then everything that came from his body squirms and slowly returns to the chair, making a blood cocoon.
[Physiques: Numen, Unknown]
*Ding
[Physique Strength increases by 1 point, Physique Strength: 11]
[Physique Strength increases by 1 point, Physique Strength: 12]
....
[Physique Strength increases by 1 point, Physique Strength: 59]
[Physique Strength increases by 1 point, Physique Strength: 60]
A whole 50 consecutive points added into his physique, which made him unhappy.
This should be a happy thing for any one else, but for him, it just made him remember that this stat is not a broken thing like his Mental Strength. After being reborn, his physique will return to what his current body's physique should be.
The blood cocoon started to break and slowly sculpting a perfect humanoid body minus clothes before it chest began to breathe.
*Ding
[Exclusive Right of naming the New Specie obtained.]
[Please name your Specie within the time limit:
10 Seconds.]
Zzz *Ding
[Failed!]
[Automatically sets the naming with the combination of Numen and Human Species.]
*Ding
[Success!]
[Title: Numan Low God gained.]
*Ding
[Numen: Mundo is watching you.]
[Physiques: Numen(New), Numan(New)]
...
[Mental Strength increases by 1 point, Mental Strength: 56]
Another wave of points in Mental Strength was gained, then he find himself gasping for air to breathe, like he was almost drown into suffocation. He is still holding his mouse tightly, no. He is clenching it till it is destroy by his bare hand. Stunning him but still gasping.
He slowly lean back to relax and comprehend what happened but he completely falls on the ground, destroying his chair, creating a large pit on the ground, making a loud sound that shook the building for a little bit.
Cydrix didn't dare to move to make another destruction, he knows that he isn't familiar to the new body of his.
He knew too that his fall alerted all the people who rents in this building including the landlady herself. But he didn't know if it's trace back to his own apartment. He just pray that they won't knock on his door.
Past an hour and Cydrix still didn't hear a knock, only hurried footsteps outside. Making him wonder that the occupants began to gossip about the 'earthquake'.
At the same time, he tries to familiarize himself to his new power. Only, ended up crawling like a soldier in the battlefield, leaving a trail of ditches on the floor. Thankfully, he occupies one of the rooms in the very first floor or else he will be exposed.
He tries to stand up with his hand as his lever, but it only sinks faster into the ground that made him panic again and hugs the floor hurriedly. Any body part he used to stand up or sit up will make him only sinks faster.
Leaving no option, he was left with crawling style to move, slowly.
Another 2 hours passed, he somehow felt how to control his body, upgrading himself to crouching style.
Another 5 hours passed, he can stands completely without sinking. Just standing.
Used another 1 hour to make himself familiar how to run, jump, walk, kick, write, grab, and type on the keyboard that reach to self made flow movement with his whole body.
Half an hour, he finally back to being 'normal', creating a battefield in his apartment.
Every spot on the ground have ditches, holes, and cracks. Fortunately, he didn't dare to go near the wall or less he will be exposed.
'Speaking of exposure, I wonder where is the landlady? I'm in the same floor where her room is...' He wonder why, after all, he is not an introvert person, only alone. There's a difference. 'But...' He looks around again then continued, 'How am I supposed to fix these mess? If I call for some people to fix these, landlady will notice for sure... Should I buy things and do these things by myself?'
After all, he got a lot of survival skills from the Raft World, including building houses from a straw style to alloyed style. With his first cheat, his skills related to engineer profession were already leveled up around Intermediate skills which is enough to be hired as a Principal Engineer.
He can still level up them to a higher realm but unfortunately, his excitement was extinguished from the moment he reincarnated for the second time.
Shaking his head, he throws these things out of his mind and opens the curtain only to be blinded by the sunlight. Making his eyes closed that stunned him.
He just realized the he lived through his cursed 30th birth day...