Chapter Two: Super Vision

Raine calmed his mind and finally realized what the eight-petaled flower pattern was—it was the logo of a domestic mobile phone company, but not exactly the same. The original logo's petals were all aligned on one side, only half a flower, facing upward in full bloom, arranged in a semicircle;However, the pattern before him formed a complete circle, a whole flower, with a mysterious golden core in the middle, looking very three-dimensional. It might have mutated due to crossing over, so he didn't recognize it in his dream before. Raine was both surprised and scared, scratching his head in confusion. How did this phone come along through the crossover and end up inside his brain?

"Did the phone become a spirit, or did I turn into a phone spirit?" He looked at the red flower symbol on the interface, slowly rotating, clearly still starting up. "The boot-up is so slow." Raine muttered, quickly noticing that as the phone started up, it seemed to be consuming his own energy, making him feel increasingly tired and weak all over.

He hurriedly found a dry place to sit down until several minutes later when the phone finally booted successfully and entered the operating interface. "This interface has changed too."Raine was quite amazed; the original operating interface was rectangular like the screen, while the current interface was round, like a large dial. In the center was the eight-petaled flower, surrounded by dozens of icons extending outward in circles, overall resembling a deformed eye.Some of these icons were familiar, others completely strange."I wonder how to operate this?"Raine was thinking about how he couldn't use his fingers to click when he discovered that when his attention focused on a particular icon, it would slightly enlarge, increase in brightness, and stand out prominently. He didn't rush to open the icon immediately but instead browsed through them first. Not sure if it was because the mutation was too random or for some other reason, each icon was an odd pattern, like a drawing or character, more abstract than normal phone software without any name labels, making them difficult to identify.For example, there was an icon that resembled a camera, square-shaped like a camera, but instead of a lens in the middle, there was a bizarre eye flashing with mysterious light. There was also an icon shaped like a microphone, which was actually a deformed pointed ear at the top of the microphone, surrounded by several curved wavy lines, unclear what they meant.Raine could only guess that each icon represented a function or application.And these functions and applications could be used without the internet.Originally, those that required the internet, such as WeChat, browsers, emails, and news apps, were all gone. Thinking about this, he couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed, hoping to contact Earth using this magical phone, but now it seemed just a wishful thought.What frustrated Raine most was that most of the icons were grayed out, and focusing his intention on them had no effect whatsoever, indicating they couldn't be activated."How can some of them not work? Is it because the battery power isn't enough?"

Raine guessed that around the small red flower—this was the name he had just given it—the small red flower was surrounded by a circle divided into uniform small grids. He counted carefully, and there were exactly 100 grids. At the moment, only seven of the grids from the 12 o'clock direction clockwise were lit up, next to a battery-shaped icon showing a rather glaring red number, 7%.

"This must be the phone's battery level, with each grid representing 1% of power."

Looking at the mere seven grids of power, Raine suddenly felt very insecure.For modern people, their phone battery life is like their second life. A battery below 20% can cause anxiety, and below 10% puts you on the brink of death. Moreover, since this mutated phone was in his brain, seemingly bound to him, Raine dared not imagine the consequences if the power dropped to zero!

Would it shut down? Or would I die too?

"Never mind, let me try to see what this thing can do."

Currently, only a few icons like the camera, calculator, and clock could be activated. Raine focused his intention on the camera icon and mentally opened it.

The camera with the eerie eye immediately enlarged before his eyes. In the next instant, the world in Raine's view underwent a tremendous change. Everything became clearer, as if wiping away a layer of mist from glass or removing a thin layer of mosaic, every detail becoming vivid and lifelike, colors more vibrant, as if coming alive.

It was early morning, and sunlight poured down from the sky. He could see countless tiny water droplets rising from the river surface, like dancing dust particles;

Underneath the river, there were many fish and shrimp swimming among swaying aquatic plants, with every scale visible.

Turning his gaze elsewhere, Raine found he could see far distances. On the opposite bank, a tree about two to three hundred meters away was magnified a hundred times in his vision, as if right in front of him. He could see every branch of the tree clearly.

"My goodness!"

Raine was greatly startled by this exaggerated vision. He knew the original phone used the world's most advanced camera... But after mutating, the camera replaced his eyes, enhancing its effects by an unknown multiple. Furthermore, his eyes had the ability to measure distance. For instance, the precise distance to that tree was 267 meters, accurate to three decimal places. As his gaze moved, the numbers kept changing.

Additionally, his eyes could zoom in. When he concentrated and focused, he could even observe the veins and patterns on leaves on the opposite shore! And this seemed not to be the limit.

Curious, Raine scanned around and soon discovered another feature: adjusting brightness. Even in dark corners, he could see everything clearly, as if turning on night vision, with distinct black and white contrasts. As for the X-ray vision he had fantasized about many times, it wasn't there, leaving him quite regretful. He wanted to continue exploring but suddenly heard a 'beep' in his head... instantly snapping back to reality, finding the battery had dropped one notch, the power level dropping to 6%.

"How fast does it consume power? It's been barely any time at all." Raine was trying to find the button to close the camera when he noticed that as soon as he had the idea, he had already exited the super-vision state. He then explored a few other activatable functions...

but after trying for a long time without discovering any changes, guessing either he hadn't found the correct usage or needed suitable environments.

The power continued to drop, so he had to turn it off.

As the power decreased, Raine felt even more exhausted and didn't try again. When his attention shifted away for a few seconds, the phone interface shrank into a small red flower moving to the upper left corner, at the edge of his peripheral vision, not affecting normal sight. "This is standby mode, pretty smart."

With this mutated phone, Raine felt somewhat reassured, knowing it was his greatest reliance for survival in this world.

Sitting by the riverside resting for half an hour, his strength recovered somewhat... but his stomach growled with hunger. Raine knew he couldn't stay here any longer. Looking toward the distant city filled with exotic styles, it was the Lonsdale City from his memory. He tidied his half-wet, half-dry clothes, took a deep breath, and strode away from the riverside, leaving behind a trail of shallow footprints."