"..."
"I hate this game."
Due to experiencing more than 10 deaths, the game had kicked me off until the next day.
So now, I was up at 3 am, with no idea what to do. I started twirling around the fantasy Katana that I had transmuted from in-game.
Oh, yeah, forgot to mention apparently after taking a small nap (AKA playing the game) my body hurts like shit. The pain gets worse, after a period of time, HUh, that nice to know.
My internal organs are still in a wreck, so, gotta find a way to fix that now. It would be very nice if I could turn my regular body into an in-game body.
Which would mean, that I would be able to heal and be much stronger than the average human. Except, having insane speed would not be a helpful part of this.
"If I can transmute objects from in-game, wouldn't that mean, that I can bring skills out from in-game?"
"Well, maybe not now"
Noticing that my lungs just gave out for a brief second there.
As I was feeling my body and finding out which organs are disabled or injured, I felt a familiar presence flowing through my body.
"MANA!"
But how?
I didn't transmute it, nor did that stone, give off any resemblance of Mana. Unless I got Mana from playing the game, meaning that this game would be able to evolve the entire human race.
Although, I didn't know how to cast a heal with Mana or such. I still knew the Battle Mage cultivation technique on how to strengthen the body with Mana.
I began to control the small amount of Mana and moved it around throughout the whole body.
As, inducing a large influx of Mana to parts of the body, that had never touched Mana before. Would certainly have issues, as this would be a new experience for my cells.
As my body began to be wrapped with a small amount of Mana found naturally throughout the air. The VR visor began to light up and started with a low hum.
[Detecting that user, connected to VR Visor #82719324 has given off signals of Aether.]
"TF?"
The Visor began to warp and before, I could react, it had wrapped around my wrist, turning into a wrist band.
I suddenly felt a sharp pinch in my wrist.
[Collected cell samples...Analyzing...]
[Analyze's has been completed, User: Ichijero, has been confirmed to have slight control over Aether.]
[Intiating Protocol A, contacting appropriate ICEBERG, representatives, to be sent to investigate this matter.]
"Oh...Shit, I think I might be fucked."
[User, please do not worry, you have not done anything wrong and have instead moved humanity along the right path.]
"You can talk?"
[Naturally, I AM the system from Versimilitude, as the user of Aether or Mana within your body has been confirmed.]
[I will explain the situation to you]
[During the first spaceship launch to the moon, Humanity had discovered a new type of mineral, we named it Lunar Stones. These Stones were discovered to contain a large amount of energy, naturally, the US government had decided to monopolize this and conceal it's uses.]
[However, upon discovering these Lunar Stones, humanity had also discovered a large hidden base underneath the moon. This base belonged to those that we call Aliens, naturally, we would investigate this. Upon entering the base, we had discovered all new types of technological inventions that would change the way of science.]
[Space Gates, Warp Portals, Anti-Matter devices, anything that was known to be Sci-Fi and impossible to obtain could be discovered in this base. However, Humanity had also discovered the true use of Lunar Stones. These Stones, which were filled with energy, could be used for the cultivation of the human body. However, this alone would not force the US government to ally with nearly every country in the world.]
[Neil Armstrong, who had ventured into the base, had brought back what appeared to be a Latin transcript. Upon the translation of the Transcript, we were able to find out, that Humanity will be faced with a certain crisis. This crisis had forced the US to ally with nearly every country in the world and force the evolution of humanity through the use of Aether. Every VR helmet comes with one Lunar Stone. It would be used to nourish the User's body while in-game, hence bringing forth evolution among the people.]
"..."
[This wristband of yours, is an advanced piece of technology that will act similarly to the system in-game and will display your stats. In the future this wrist band will be everything, it will store your currency, be used to buy anything, and represent your status among humans. Please, try and view your stats.]
Although I was in shock from the information that I had received from the Helmet, I still knew that something was wrong ever since I had those strange dreams. I quickly took a look at my wrist and a holographic display light up.
[Stats:]
Name - Andy Nguyen
Health - 32/250
Energy - 1/10
Strength - 20
Agility - 20
Dexterity - 20
Vitality - 25
Intelligence - 20
Fortitude - 20
Power Level - 125
[For reference, the average human being stats will be 5, a trained human will have stats from 10-15 and 20 is known to be the pinnacle of normal humans. Anything surpassing, such is known to be Superhuman, as for your stats you have reached the absolute pinnacle of normal humans besides your Vitality. Which has reached Superhuman levels, it also appears that the User has critical health problems.]
[ICEBERG representatives will soon arrive and address what I have told you, as well as your next options. For further information, 1 point in strength represents 100 pounds of force. 1 Point in Agility represents 1mph, 1 point in dexterity increases your reaction time and flexibility by a certain amount. 1 point in Vitality represents 20 years in your life span. 1 point in intelligence represents 20 IQ, and 1 point in Fortitude represents the strength of your flesh, muscles, and bones. Keep in mind, these numbers are only a result of extensive experimentation and can not be exactly confirmed.]
"So what your saying is that according to my Vitality I can live for nearly 500 years and that I have 400 IQ."
[Theoretically yes.]
"..."
"This is the limit of Humanity?"
[Yes, except for your unnaturally strong Vitality.]
"I see, so what happens if I use this power for evil?"
[Naturally, there will be government representatives to take care of you, as they will certainly be stronger than you. Since they have experienced Aether for a much longer time than you.]
"What are the power levels of government representatives?"
[That is classified information, however, an entry-level representative will have a power level of over 9000.]
"How many representatives does the government have?"
[That is also classified information, however, the government has over a million entry-level representatives, along with over a hundred million robots with similar strength to these representatives.]
"..."
[Naturally, I only gave this information away to scare you, but I'll tell, you that every increase rank among representatives will be at least a ten times stronger than the strongest representative of the previous level.]
"..."