Origin Of The First Virtual Reality.

''Hey dumbass, I am right here...'' the voice stated once again.

''Who are you and what are you doing in my head? If you try to do anything funny to me, like possessing this body, I'll self-destruct my soul and take you down with me'' Li Feng said seriously as he prepared to detonate his soul to prevent possession of this body.

''Hmph, do you think that a measly soul eruption can hurt me? Your measly soul purity won't make a dent in my soul. But I cannot let you die since you are the only one that can fulfill my master's wish with the soul strength you have.'' the voice said once again.

''Okay. Who are you? Where are you from? Why did pick me? What is your plan after possessing me?' Li Feng asked in an impatient tone.

''First of all, stop saying ''possession this, possession that" It makes me sound like I am some kind of a ghost and that's creepy. Secondly, I am a time spirit bound to a system created by my master's friend. The system is bound to the old tattered book you have. I am bound to you because of your otherworldly soul strength. In all my years, this is the first time I have seen a particular soul strength of this magnitude.'' the voice said once again

''Okay. You are saying that you are a system, as in a system found in those novels on the net? What do they call those??... Erhm, I think they are called web novels, and you seriously want me to believe that you are a system like the ones found in those web novels. Do you seriously take me for a fool? If what you said about living in that tattered book is true, it must have gone in over your head's"Li Feng said in laughter as he heard this from the voice.

''Can I at least see you, oh all so mighty system'' Li Feng continued laughing out in mockery

At this moment, the most beautiful lady, Li Feng had ever seen, no to rephrase the statement, the most beautiful lady he had seen with looks close to Tabitha's, appeared right in front of him.

''Hmph, you didn't pay attention when I was talking, did you?? I said I am my master's time spirit and I was bounded to the system created by his friend.''The lady refuted Li Feng in mild anger.

''Okay I believe you now after seeing you, now save the speech about how ''I am the most talented, handsome, and most capable person to inherit your master's will and to fight his enemies and take revenge for him''.That's the line in all those novels. Save me the torture of such cliché occurrences. But seriously I always knew I was meant for greatness. Haha, is the really anything I can not do? Why I am so perfect?? Even such powerful beings can't take their eyes off my greatness. It must be tiring to just look up to me all the time. Well, I guess is their honor to just be in my presence. I was betrayed and died but still, my greatness helped me reincarnate, it leaves me to question whether I can die. I guess my greatness granted me immortality....''Li Feng continued his narcissistic rant until he didn't even realize that his landscape had changed and that he was no more in his dorm room. In front of him, sat a handsome man giving off a strong pressure. Upon closer inspection he looked like the man, Charles Mills' Great-Grandpa found in the ruins lying next to the old tattered book.

The blonde-haired man looked middle-aged with a thin build. He gave off a pressure, Li Feng had never felt before even in his old world where his co ''elemental gods" were stronger than the current leaders of the Earth Federation.

'Shit this man here can squash me just by lifting a finger, I guess I'll let him feel my level of greatness which should allow him to know the great disparity between him and me. Even if he has this hot-looking blonde time spirit, I have my Tabitha just waiting to run into my arms, I can also do naughty things to Tabitha unlike him. He can't have that kind of relationship with his time spirit. I am sure those boobs are not even corporeal. Just as I guessed, the disparity is too great, no level of pressure from him can scare me. My presence is innate but I don't feel like releasing that pressure. Yes, I guess that's the reason.....' Li Feng thought internally. Nicholas Klaus looked at Li Feng in amusement.

''You are mistaken, Bella is not intangible and those racks are corporeal and touchable. But I never really thought about her in that way, I looked at her as my daughter, she has been through with me from my journey from the bottom to the top.'' Li Feng stared in shock as he heard Nicholas' voice.

''Shit!! You can read my mind, please forgive my insolence I never thought you could read minds. As you already know, I somehow miraculously reincarnated and the soul of this previous body mostly has dirty thoughts. Our souls have not yet merged so his thoughts sometimes overlap with mine. I never really intended to question your relationship with your time spirit.''Li Feng looked at Nicholas as he lied through his teeth.

''Don't worry I am already dead, Bella will need someone as carefree as you to help her go through this ugly world. Once mages die, they lose their soul spirits as their souls are extinguished. I was able to keep her alive and bound her to a system with the help of my friend. Right now, she is in an unconscious state, seeing me like this will only make things worse. She has been able to get over my death with great difficulty, I wouldn't want her to go through that again" Nicholas said as he looked at Bella in sorrow.

''Alright. I might not look like it, but I am a man of my word. I promise to take care of her till I take my dying breath, not that I plan on dying anyway.''Li Feng responded truthfully as he promised solemnly.

''Alright. I believe for someone of your caliber you don't take your words lightly. There are a lot of mysteries shrouding our very existence. I'll explain to you the events leading up to this very moment. In the whole wide world, there are many races out there, in which a race called the mana race falls. Races are created when beings can access a particular type of energy. There are different energy types out there, but the one with the most potential is mana due to its vitality and ability to evolve once its race grows stronger. Mana was coveted by other energy types due to its increasing vitality and the energy it gave off. In a world where only strength ruled, this source of energy was highly coveted by many different races. Mana with its vitality produced different races with different elemental affinities and constitutions. There were even races such as the spiritual race which evolved to the extent that, they could grow stronger just by sleeping and eating magical items. Among the mana race, individuals from different sub-races such as myself and my friend, Lucius grew strong enough to be able to be called gods of our races. We held power over the elements we controlled. I controlled all aspects of time magic and my friend Lucius controlled all aspects of creation magic. As a pair we stood, above all the other gods even those from the spiritual race. We thought we had the strength to determine our fate and help progress the mana race as a whole but we realized our source of power was shrouded in mystery.No one knew where mana came from, who created it and why it even gave us the chance to grow stronger. Even now, after our deaths, we still don't know anything about mana. But chaos struck, yes I mean chaos struck literally. A battle happened and just the lower-ranked individuals of the chaos race were enough to defeat us very easily, even after we called ourselves the ''gods'' of the mana race. They had elemental powers but their physical prowess was off the charts. For drastic times we needed to take drastic measures, so with the last of my time magic, I slowed down the rate of dissipation of the souls of all the other gods, and Lucius trapped them into an A. I system he worked on after studying the technology of Earth before its evolution.The A. I created was merged with Earth's mana core, with the loss in power of mana, we needed a neutral power source that could work with mana to open up a new path of evolution. That's when the idea hit us, science was a major source of power for earth before the arrival of mana. We decided to create a new power system where mana and science with all their potential and possibilities merged into a new system altogether. We don't really what will be the outcome of this experiment but we hope it will be for the good of the race.''Nicholas said as he took a breath.

''I know what is on your mind, you want to ask why Earth was chosen? Why of all the planets to reincarnate to, why earth? You want to ask that right??.''Nicholas asked Li Feng

''Truth be told, I don't have any answers to your question. But I do know that Earth is an anomaly and so are you because reincarnation is supposed to be an impossibility. Reincarnation does not happen at all but somehow you reincarnated and that caused a mutation to your soul strength. The path of strength mana chose was the increase in soul purity of its race but we all now know of its deficiencies. Purity can only take us so far, what we need is soul strength and to increase our physical strength. This might sound cruel but all other races will be extinguished and their souls merged into the A. I that will be combined with earth's mana core, this will make earth the only mana race left. For some reason, there seems to be a strong relationship between Earth and mana. Mana didn't make any moves as Lucius sucked in the souls of other sub-races into the A. I system but mana took action once he tried to mess with Earth, that's why he is not here as of now. We don't know what path this will lead to, that's something left for the future. All we know is that, by the end of this week, Earth will change and a new different power system will be set up. As a variable, we have to tie every loose end at your end. This would be done once Bella awakens, after merging with the soul of James Mills of this world, all your elemental affinities will be perfected. Lucius and I also have a surprise for you. This is all I have for you and remember the future of the mana race rests on your shoulders. Take care of Bella for me...''Nicholas said as his soul dissipated.

''Hey, wait you didn't answer some of my questions....''Li Feng said as his vision went pitch black.

(A/N 1: In true essence, one can only use a particular aspect of magic. That is a person can only be born to use either offensive, defensive or healing abilities of their elements unless they master the other aspects on their own. An example is a healer who uses time magic instead of offensive time magic. With enough practice, he could reverse injuries to the state they were before getting injured but to be able to use offensive time magic he has to perfect his offensive ability. Other magics are used similarly.)

(A/N 2: Guys, this will be the end of the first volume of this story. As of yesterday, I decided to direct this novel to the virtual reality/gaming direction.The start of volume two will be happening in the next chapter after this one's release.Volume 2 will have a lot of chapters unlike the first volume.I have now made a decision to take this novel seriously, the first volume was a trial and error phase and I think I now have a general direction for this novel.Thank you all for sticking with me and our book will be recommended tomorrow. I got a notification from webnovel earlier.Once again thank you for your support and also your comments would be appreciated.)

End Of Volume Zero.

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