With less than thirty hours left before the start of the last phase of Bonger's upgrade, I spent it all with Eve and Leila. With the ongoing changes blopping within my head every few hours, I was too scared to absorb any yin essence from my toy, so I allowed myself to simply indulge in some pleasant activities with the girls, leaving the growth aspect completely out of the picture.
As always, spending the time on pleasantries made it race beyond any perception. Before I even managed to realise it, the time for me to go out to my seclusion spot came. After bidding farewells to my girls, I left the mansion and followed the directions given to me by the shop owner.
While I had some doubts about whether this place was actually real, they disappear as soon as I reached it.
Located on the vast plains just outside the sect, it was an enormous site with buildings of various sizes. After checking with the porter at the gate, I passed my core sect identification token and proceeded along with the guidelines to one of the buildings.
Graced with servant curious looks, I entered the room and closed the doors behind me, activating protective formations inscribed on every last bit of the space inside. While I initially thought that this seclusion place will be some kind of hidden cave, in reality, it was just a building resembling an earthy warehouse, with nothing but bare walls everywhere around.
In the very middle of the floor, there was a big red circle, painted with some kind of fluorescent paint, that was the only source of light in the entire interior. Guessing that this was the place to stay while cultivating, I simply sat there and waited for Bonger to start acting.
"Blop!"
"Final stage of the upgrade will commence in ten minutes!"
After waiting for about two hours, just as I was starting to wonder whether this whole upgrade wasn't some kind of shitty scam or prank, the system finally spewed its warning. Even if I was ready to toughen anything that would be sent my way, I couldn't help but feel a fair bit of anxiety.
My future depended solely on the effects of this breakthrough. If it for some reasons fails, I'm fucked. If its some kind of Bonger's prank, I'm fucked. If literally, anything will happen except for smooth and calm event, I will be fucked!
When I think about it right now, isn't there far more stuff that could go wrong that things that would mean that everything went well?
"Blop!"
"Commencing the final stage of the upgrade!"
As soon as I heard those words, the entire hall suddenly lighted up with powerful energy, allowing me to see every last detail on the surrounding walls. WIthout expanding almost any of my attention, I was able to read all the inscriptions on the walls, located at least two hundred meters away from me!
Waiting and waiting in this spot, I couldn't help but start to panic with no changes, fluctuations or anything happening to me at all! Wasn't this breakthrough supposed to starts going through already? Or did it finish before I realised? But why didn't I get any information about it?
Bonger, are you still here?
With this strange lack of any events, the worst possible reality dawned upon me. What if the system didn't hold all the energies that were supposed to roam and simply got destroyed in the process? While I would be thankful I didn't die as well, this would mean I'm thoroughly and utterly fucked, wouldn't it?
With my body automatically standing up when the panic started taking better of me, I suddenly felt the ground disappearing from under my feet!
"Blop!"
"The automated growth system nicknamed Bonger by the host is still present and well"
Just as my head crashed into the ceiling, I saw the notification appear right before my eyes. But how the hell did I end up stuck headfirst in the roof? What the hell is going on!
"Detecting a confused state of the host. It's advisable to check the post tool provided by the all-powerful Bonger! The host doesn't need to thanks Bonger for being so awesome!"
Crack.
Before I managed to react in any way, the crushed parts of the ceiling gave up, letting go of my body. As I started falling to the ground, I couldn't help but closed my eyes. With how high the roof was located, crashing from that altitude would severely cripple me now that I'm mortal!
Wait, is it me or does Bonger seems to be a bit more eloquent?
With this sudden question popping up in my head, I realised that I was already lying on the floor! But why I didn't feel any pain while crushing down on it? With all those questions only multiplying in my head, I finally followed the system advice and opened the mail tool.
In a second, a shitload of notifications appeared in front of my eyes. As I started closing them down one by one, I realised that they were actually all from the times that I was in focus mode back in the forest!
But that's not something I care about now! To hell with them! Tell me what the hell is going on with me right now!
After closing all the unnecessary notifications, I finally saw what I was looking for.
"Upgrade successful"
"Introducing personalised modification to the system for better customer experience"
"Unlocking basic RPG paths"
"Unlocking lottery tool"
"Unlocking the first cap on the stats"
"Implementing discount to outdated abilities"
"Unlocking item randomizer tool"
"Unlocking skill trees tool"
"Unlocking the shop tool"
"Unlocking…"
Okay, I get it, you unlocked your entire fucking world and anus, would you mind explaining what those even are to me?
"Blop!"
"Host is being unnecessarily rude!"
"To get a proper explanation on all the tools, the host needs to upgrade universal checker to a second grade."
"The cost will be 1000 attribute points!"