01 opens his eyes after coming to his senses witnessed that his surroundings are empty and filled with darkness. He felt tired. As if he had woken up from a deep slumber. That was until the system panel showed up in front of him.
[You have started an Invasion.]
[Crystal Of Greed detected. Host of the soul will not know of the invasion until High Interference.]
[Crystal Of Greed detected. Gold Soul detected. Buff redundant.]
[Crystal Of Greed detected. Buff will apply after the end of the invasion.]
[Multiple starting points detected.]
[Selecting default point - Lowest Interference Chance]
The panels go away soon after. 01 stared into the darkness with no idea what was there. All of a sudden, 01 started feeling angry for no apparent reason. 01 looked around to find the cause of this sudden rage. However, 01 didn't find any as the surrounding was dark. The anger faded away. 01 tries to move, to figure out why he just got angry. However, 01 didn't even feel his own body.
Suddenly, light!
The light came from behind. 01 turned around to face it. 5 orbs, balls even, are now spinning in front of 01. Each emits bright white light. They made 01 feel disoriented. An interface comes up between 01 and the circles.
[Invasion Goal - {Select}]
[Sub Goal/s- (Not Decided)]
[Invasion End Condition-(Depends)]
But he couldn't read the panel. No, he isn't illiterate. Simply because the orbs were getting brighter and brighter while everything was getting more and more white.
01 screamed in pain while each of the orbs burnt his eyes with light. He looked away from them. The sensation of stillness was still present while he was turning. As soon as the orbs get out of his vision, 01's eyes stop burning. The light still surrounded 01. He realized that he had nothing that could contain his soul so how were his eyes working? He didn't think much of it as right now his top priority was to save his eyes somehow.
The light that came from behind him slowly dimmed down but didn't completely disappear.
"What invasion? What crystal of greed? What am I? Where am I sent to? What's happening?!?!" asked 01. Which got his status screen up.
[S T A T U S]
Body-
[Name-Existence yet to be named]
[Age - Uncounted Millenniums.]
[Title - There Before All.]
[Power - 1. Perception of time.]
[Power - 2. Sight beyond all veils.]
[Other powers depend on goal]
[Soul Status- {Expand}]
"Expand." commanded 01. This was a mistake.
Soul-
[Name-01]
[Lower High power Level- Soul power grade]
[Gold Soul]
[Current status-Invading.]
Titles-
[Indestructible]
[First Test Subject]
[Died In Tutorial. ]
[What Challenge?]
[Make it look easy.]
Skills-
[Memory Assimilation- G O D G I F T E D(Active)]
[Conditioning - Rare. (Passive)]
[Honourable Warrior- Epic. (Passive and Active) ]
[Quick Feet- Rare. (Passive)]
[ Spit Words- Epic(Passive/Active)]
[God of Combat (Active/Passive) Combat Gods Blessing-(Passive) Epic]
[Jacks tampering- Unrated (Active)]
{*NEW*}
—
The shower of colors emitting from the names of the skills is blinding and by including the changes in his emotions from happy to sad and sad to happy over and over because of the titles, it was a horrific experience.
The prompt {*NEW*} at the bottom of the entire status screen was the only thing that was not shining to make 01 blind. This made it stand out more in the middle of the flashing lights. 01 commands the {*NEW*} button to open and the other panels to close.
A new panel comes out. The rest vanished.
[Attachment- Lower Medium Tier.]
"What is this?" asked 01. Confused as it wasn't titled as a skill or title but as an attachment.
[I knew you would ask that.] replied the system.
A different panel opens.
[Attachment - Lower Medium Tier. Equipped on a soul of any kind to allow the use of one skill that their respective God has. It has to be a SUPPORT skill.
UPGRADE OR REPAIR YOUR ATTACHMENT TODAY AT (omitted) FOR 14.3% OFF!! LIMITED TIME ONLY!!! DON'T MISS OUT!!!! PITY BONUS SALE FOR GOLD SOULS UP TO 20%!!!! Current Skill- Rayson]
"They promoted themselves on their own item? Also why is their name omitted?"
[They are (omitted) after all. Even if they didn't promote themselves people would still go. They have been doing this for a long time now. It is omitted because you need to know it by yourself first.] this message was in green while the others were blue.
"Also what is Rayson?"
[I am Rayson.]
"Oh you had a name?"
[That is not my name. It is the name of the skill which contains an assistant. Which is me]
"So it is your name. Okay. Cool.What about this body then, I don't have eyes but they burn explain that too while you are at it."
[It's your soul which is taking damage, after a certain amount of damage, it will start cracking. After a total amount of crack, it is supposed to shatter and die. But, you being special, won't ever take the damage and will only feel pain.]
01 felt relieved hearing that he will never die. He continues to read through the skills which are called "powers."
[1. Perception Of Time]
[Accelerate or Decelerate time for yourself or match your perception of time to anything. Does not change the flow of time. It will still flow on its own. Usage is infinite.]
"So control over time?"
[No, it's the opposite.]
"Heh? What does that mean? WHY do you say half and then not completely explain something?"
[It's you who is speeding up or slowing down. Nothing is happening to time. You are the one changing. Not time.]
"So the description is a lie?"
[Depends on the user.]
Even more confused, 01 simply chose to move on rather than confusing himself further.
[2. Sight Beyond All Veil.]
[Nothing can block or interrupt your view. You can see between or within. You can see something from as close or as far as you want. Usage is infinite. Due to reports from one specific God and his followers, this power is now....slightly limited.]
"Is this description a lie too?"
[No.]
"So, I can see everything with no limits?"
[Everything which is inside your field of view.]
"Then what's with the limit which was placed because of this one God?"
[It's a very specific limit that doesn't come into play. You can ignore that message.
"Any idea which God and their followers caused it?"
[...]
No answers came from Rayson.
"Alright don't answer that." 01 reads more of the status. The reading just never ends.
"So, what am I? A god?"
[You can read about that on the status panel.]
Remembering how chaotic the status panel is, he'd rather not.
"You explain things so wonderfully that reading is no longer enough!!"
[You are something ancient that was there when nobody else was.]
01 waited for anything further. But it was only silence from Rayson.
"That's it ?"
[Yes.]
"Surely there is more then this right??"
[Possibly.]
"Well, that's helpful."
01 remembered the blinding light that was behind him a few minutes ago and slowly turned around. But now they're no longer just bright orbs oh no. They are now COLOURED shiny balls of different kinds.
One is green and blue. Two on the other hand is very purple and slight pink. Three is bright glowing green like....completely green. Four is simply full light blue.
"Wasn't there another orb?"
[Recommended power use, Sight Beyond All Veil.]
This prompt was in yellow.
"I was about to try out these powers anyway. However, first of all, I want to use [Memory Assimilation]."
[Using Memory Assimilation]
[Skill Usage Failed.]
[Reason for failure- No memory to assimilate with.]
"Wow, it didn't work! What a surprise! totally didn't see that one coming. As if it always has a reason to not work." 01 exclaimed.
[You are always in such situations where it cannot activate.]
"Ah yes. Like that's in my control. Use [Sight Beyond the Veil.]"
All four of the orbs he was seeing looses there opacity and become see-through. The fifth orb was now visible. It was a lot bigger. I am talking massive. All 4 of the orbs combined could not compete with its size. It was heavily mixed in colors. A message in green comes to him.
[It is recommended to select a mission. Different missions will have a different effect on Interference. They grant you different skills, quests, goals, and enemies.]
"Rewards?? Now we're talking." 01 becomes very excited and curious.
"Go on! Continue!!"
[The mission you choose will have a starting interference point. If you complete a mission you gain rewards that can be claimed at the end of the mission]
"And higher the interference the better the rewards?"
[Not better, It may be different. If interference gets high, the blank souls will become strengthened against you while you get penalized. And if it gets too high, the owner of the world will get you out. Although the chances of that are pretty low.]
"Hold on, now what's a blank soul?"
[Souls that were generated by the world seed on its own. They can be influenced by controlled or other types of souls, but not captured.]
"Wait, actually, how many kinds of souls are there?"
[Souls are White, Blue, Red, Gold, and Blank. This doesn't represent power but rather their role. Such as Whites can do everything. But, they take more time to finish their tasks.]
Piquing 01's interest further he asked more.
"What about the gold soul?"
[It is recommended to choose an Invasion goal.]
"WHAT ABOUT THE GOLD SOUL?!"
[...]
"No answers huh. Should've guessed! Then what about the rewards?"
[It will be of various kinds. Starting from consumables, boxes, coupons, skills, avatars, etc.]
"And? "
[...]
"That's it?"
The orbs have dimmed slightly. 01 asks to show the quest lis-
"Hold on a second, why is there a sixth orb??? And WHEN did they get so split up?!"
The orbs were close to each other a second ago, and now they are far apart! And there's an orange orb in the middle of them.
"Oh, it looks like a sun." it wasn't just bright, but not eye-burningly bright. It clicks that these are planets in 01s mind.
"Oh, of course! That makes sense!"
[Yes, these are indeed planets and stars.]
"How did you know what I was thinking."
[Predictions based on past actions.]
The quest screen comes up.
[Pick a Goal.]
[1. Destroyer. -No interference. - Moderate difficulty.]
[2. Witness.- No interference. Difficulty-None. ]
[3. Savior.- High Interference. Difficulty- Hard.]
[4. Takeover - Immediate Alert. Difficulty-?]
These goals looked more like roles to 01.
[It is recommended to pick dest-
01 picks Witness.
-Royer due to The Witness being bait for invaders that takes incredibly long and takeover being impossible without the right skills.]
01 freezes after reading Raysons' message fully. "Oh....I wasn't supposed to pick this?" he asked.
2 Panel comes beside him,
One was a quest panel, and the other was a new power that he just received with his goal.
"Hey what do you mean "a bait"?"
[I will leave a power-saving clone here. While I ask God for a solution to this problem. Progress as much as you can until then. The answers from me will be very short, concise, and sometimes won't even come.]
"What do you mean?" asked 01 but he was answered in a blue panel.
[Rayson- Mode changed to {Power Saving}]
"Rayson??"
"Rayson!!"
Rayson was gone and didn't reply anymore.
"This, could be a problem." thought 01. He at last proceeds to read the two open panels.
[Witness]
[Main Goal - See it all.]
"Huh, doesn't seem so bad. Why would this be bait?"
And the other was a message for the powers he received,
[2. Blink to an event.]
[Exclamation mark in the corner of your eye. It will mark an event that will happen once. Or holds an extreme amount of value.]
[3.Time Control]
[Authority over time. Go to the past or go to the future, slow it down, speed it up, and have timestamps. Match perception with another]
[Replaces power {Perception of time}]
[4. Endless Encyclopedia ]
[You see, it is recorded. Recorded in your knowledge and what you think of it. Tracks completion.]
"These are written like this because of Rayson?"
[Sub Quest- {Chain Quest} Choose a planet.]
"This looks easy."
01 looks at the planets. The red looks...hot. The completely green one looked quite dangerous. 01 felt like not wanting to go there.
[Sub quest - {Chain Quest} Watch life begin.]
"Yeah sure! This IS easy! Just need to go to the nearest land."
Just by thinking this, he gets close to land by slowly "getting close".But, it felt as if the planet itself came close to him.
Nothing on the land, only grass. It was pretty and windy, and there was a forest in the distance. Some hills as well but no life anywhere."
"Wait, grasses and trees aren't life?"
01 read the quest once more.
"Oh it says watch life begin. Not watch life." So 01 storms his brain to think what to do and figures going into the forest would be the best action.
Inside the forest, 01 would find...trees?
"Why are the trees rocks?"
01 couldn't touch the trees but could tell how the object is and what it would feel like by just looking at them. The trees(?) were hexagons, and the leaves(?) were hexagons but in chunks. The leaves were rough. The bark(?) was just a hexagonal stone pillar that was dark brown and of smooth texture.
Are these even trees? How do these even work?
[Time Control-Auto mode | Accelerate.]
01 couldn't even react to the system prompt. Days and nights passed in moments, rains, and snow but the tree stood strong. The tree grew much bigger before all the leaf-looking stones fell to the ground.
"Oh what do you know, even the branches inside are hexagons."
The leaves that fell on the ground melted into the dirt. The places where the leaves melted now slowly grew into a small, thin stone hexagonal pillar which grew out of the ground. Soon it started to grow at full speed now it also had left. Although triangular leaves. At some point, the parent tree simply melted into the ground as well. Now the spot where the parent tree was is vacant and this small tree grew into a big tree with hexagonal leaves.
[Sub Quest Completed!]
[Time Control- Auto Mode | Regular]
"Thank you weird trees. May you have a wonderful existence." said 01 with a great sense of achievement.
The forest stood still and quiet with no sounds.
"Okay so what's next."
[Main Goal - See it all.]
"Yes, that's the main goal. But what's next ?"
[Main Goal - See it all.]
"I need to see EVERYTHING?? or like a few specific things?"
[Main Quest-See EVERYTHING]
It clicked to 01 now what Rayson said.
"This will take some time..."
[A really long time.]