Back again
'... Forget it- forget it. It's not like I'll know the real reason even if I think until mushrooms start sprouting over my body ne.'
Yang Jingshen finally turned his attention to the panel– it had now returned back to the original position where it had been before he entered his heart lake, but this time, the interface looked different.
'How to manipulate it? That guardian said that I have to assume it to be solid. Like glass?'
As he stared at the screen and tried to think of it as something made of glass -it wasn't that difficult since it had a shining luster like some sort of colored glass- Yang Jinsghen vaguely saw it shimmering lightly before appearing more solid-like. He hesitantly reached his hands toward it, only to feel a cool surface of glass beneath his fingers.
'What about something else, like wood perhaps? Let's see– Wow!'
In an instance, the previous shimmering transparent surface changed into a solid wooden board, with the letters, menu, and symbols adjusting themselves within seconds to look like carvings on a wooden surface, sporting earthy yellow, green, red, and bluish hues.
'Err… let's change it back to glass for now. Looks better.' Yang Jingshen snickered as he touched the option 'Quests' in the menu to the left.
But, once it opened, he was shocked to find a wall of text blocking his vision. And, once he started reading the content in it, he couldn't help black lines from forming on his face.
Then and there, you made a solemn vow to the deceased Feng Xi. 'You gave me another chance at life. In return, I'll avenge you and help you achieve your dream so your soul can peacefully reincarnate." So, like a phoenix reborn from ashes, you started your journey to the top in place of your new body's original owner, as a fire of undying determination slowly rekindled in your heart>
And displayed below was a single sentence that appeared to be the name of a main quest.
"..."
'????????????????'
What the fuck is this? What kind of melodrama- No, wait! What deadened heart? What sense of justice? His- his heart was perfectly alive while his sense of justice was perfectly…DEAD!
'Most importantly, why can't I remember making this type of vow, eh?' And what with this phoenix reborn from ashes? Is this a fucking Xuanhuan movie? # `⦀′
"And which fucker dared to make me into the melodramatic protagonist in this bs? Fuck!! So disgusting! Arrgh!" Yang Jingshen angrily kicked out at the panel, which of course only ended up hurting his knuckles. Which of course ended up making him even angrier.
Damn it! He wanna break this damned thing! Was it funning him? # `⟱′
The panel that was kicked out of nowhere: "..." It was also innocent ah! It was just a display. Can a display control what's shown on its surface? ⧬_⧬
Once his rage had calmed down a bit, Yang Jingshen moved his eyes towards the screen and pressed on the offensive-looking '...'
"..."
This time around, Yang Jingshen didn't rage, nor did he punch at the screen; it was no use after all and he'd only end up hurting his hand. Instead, he quietly pressed on the branch quest option But fortunately, there was none. Instead, what appeared on the screen was an option that appeared to be a quest task, which was glowing in a soft, mellow green color, reading Seeing these raws of notifications, the dull expression in Yang Jingshen's eyes brightened. He was even able to ignore that one single jab of 'Undying devotion to protecting justice'. After all, He'd never denied that he was a person who was as pliant and as stretchable as chewing gum, when it came to benefits.
And, what could be better than rewards offered by this mysterious quest panel at this point? He'd gladly pretend to have not seen those earlier insults– ah pardon him. What insults? They were clearly praises sung in his stead ne. ≥∇≤
So, our Yang Jingshen quickly clicked on the 'Storage' option in the menu, and in front of him, the screen changed to a slotted space -with five slots in each row- similar to storage functions in many games. The top corner, below the currency symbols, showed a number of 25, with a (+) sign in front of it.
'So, there must be twenty-five slots– yep there is. Guess this operates in the same pattern as in video games; like storing the same type of objects in one slot?'
And, as he could see, the first slot was already occupied by a pouch-like object. Once he touched it, a description tab appeared, with an enlarged version of the pouch's image -it was a pale blue in color with a symbol of green-colored infinity (?) sewed in the middle-, as well as information about it.