In a cave behind a water fall an elderly woman dressed in sleep wear lay against the cold walls within the silent darkness.
The Cave was deathly quiet.
Meredith has been sitting against the cold cave walls for a few minutes, hope that she could get more information on her situation.
She had though her kidnappers would have made their presence known after she had awaken.
No such luck.
Half an hour goes by no action were taken by her assume kidnappers, she was getting cold she had tried to find a door or something, perhaps some light even, but again she seems to be on a no streak.
She had meet with a wall after a few meters both left and right sides forward and back she seems to in a craved-out portion of earth at first.
The indents in the wall seems natural at first but there were similarities of someone caving out the earth however the techniques used made it harder to tell she felt it though.
She hasn't been in such dark places since she was captures back in her earlier days in the army
With her back against the wall, she started breathing in a specific rhythm to keep her heart slow and steady to save energy with the specific's rhythm her bloods would interflow and prevent her blood from clogging in certain areas her weak heart for instance.
If she was even two decades younger, she would be fine for a few days but at her age this situation was very deadly even for an hour.
Even though she wasn't dressed for the situation she felt neither felt too cold because of her breathing pattern burning energy keeping her warm but it wouldn't last long she doesn't have the stamina she used to.
Another half hour goes by she had kept her head down, focusing in her hearing trying to pick up any stray sound to gather any information.
Wondering why who so ever that kidnaped her, know she didn't have the what they wonted she had been retired and her clearance deactivated, save special circumstances.
One instance. the new director, her protege dying suddenly before it would have been activated.
Normally, it would pass to the second in commanded, the rules we different in her organization.
Her family they had left the night before on a trip, she made sure they had guards, even so if one was determined they were few things they couldn't accomplished hence there is a change they might have been captured.
Hoping for their safety.
As for her pervious second in command before she retired, she could only hope she was alive.
Her death meant that all she had worked for her entire life would be slowly crumbling or perhaps it would already have.
The organization could crumble for all she cared but…it could be rebuild however. Thinking back to her days spent training and nurturing her protégé she wished the best.
'Melody you can't die!' she whispered in her heart, really hoping the measure in place would protect her.
After 40 years of nurturing that girl she was like family at that point another it never started that way.
Quickly settling her thoughts, she could do nothing if she was trapped here, she would have to survive first then make some calls Going back to regulating her breathing, save energy she knew not how long she would be here
No sounds either voices, equipment or vehicles, she wonders if they had drugged her shutting or tricking her senses, prevent her got getting any stability, they wanted to shake her psyche.
Perhaps when she was at her last, they would come well she would die with the relevant information she still possessed, if it goes out who know what they will do
Decided to just wait and see what they have in store for her.
… … …
Unknow Realm – Celestial Court.
In a room within the void twenty women with their face covered sat in a circle the were watching the holographic image of a woman, this woman had milky chocolate skin and long and slender fingers and legs her height should be around 5ft 10 to 6ft tall.
Her hair was completely grey and cut short just above her solders, he eyes were of a golden brown color, her lips were pale ink they parted she breath silently .
"Is this the infamous Madam Widow of Universe 6729-1784?" a woman with a deathly pail white skin and dark finger tips asked.
"Yes" a woman standing in in fount of the projection of the figure confirmed.
"She cost a lot for a simple mortal woman." Another woman replied.
The comment was met with silence, but you could feel than some agreed with the statement.
"That because she was an influential figure, she saves just as much persons that she kills or at the very least had a hand in killing the bounty for her head on the market have reach in the billions by the time she was a 3-star general of the Earth Federation."
"The resentment and karma lines attach too her soul was the most I have seem on a mortal that wasn't really evil. This also increased her price
"Furthermore, she is as balanced as entity as they come, purchasing her soul and body was costly and had to negotiate with the God of her universe, apparently he had plans for her and was wanting for her death when we approached, so I had to make the offer much higher if we wanted her." The figure at center of the rooms in front of the holographic image added with almost certainty
"Find but isn't the whole point not to spend some many universal Crystal in the first place the amount spent is similar to those gods from the Origin universe used to build the system for the mortal champion."
"Her data show she is worth it Madam Celestial." The figure in the center replied, to the person sitting at the highest position.
"Fine Edith let just move on with it we would have to pay more attention if she doesn't perform , will take appropriate actions."
The Twenty other figures voiced their agreed with the statement.
… … …
Then Out of nowhere colored texts appeared!
[Bounding ... completed]
[Host mental status …. Stable]
[Soul status ... stable]
[Final system check …. All system Operational]
[Wine System.... Activated]
[Welcome Meredith walker to your now life ]
Herring the voice in her head she confirmed she was injected with some psychedelics.
Her normal dreams are so weird either.
However, seeing the last light of words her eyes narrowed.
New life? Is she dead? It that why its so quiet?
No but she could breath and still feel her heart beating she must be alive. she had answered she narrowed he eyes at the virtual screen in front form he tone it don't seem to be a non-sentient A.I this one is alive perhaps a person on the other end even. she was quit wait for the entity to reveal more information on the current situation.
[This is a new world, not just that it's a new universe.]
[Your old universe, matter takes precedence and energy second]
[Here the it's the latter than the former.]
[Your heart stopped beating for 10mins after keeping your memories sake we left a clone in your space and took your body here.]
[After you heart restated I began the process of install myself to your soul.]
[My designation is Edith.]
[You were chosen to carry the Wine System.]
[If you have any inquires you can ask pertaining to the general information and status of your body.]
[You have 3 days before the barrier placed here is removed.]
The old woman was surprised.
'A new universe the concept always existed in theory, she was interested.'
As for her death she always knew it could come at any time, so it never fazed her just hope her grandchildren and other who would find out wouldn't take it too hard.
She knew her daughters would be alright, no she trained then to be, furthermore they still have their father they were closer with him anyway.
After finishing her thoughts, she asked.
"So, for is my purpose, the end goal, just using the system as you call it?"
[Yes, that is all that is required, the creator and designer of the systems is developing a low budget, one for the young gods would want to watch their champions grow, but not having to in putt too many resources.]
[There have been systems in the past, many gods are please but the young god can't afford to input the resources needed for activation, as such you were selected as the elder represented to the simple system series. however, this one is less bulky and heavy resource consumption of the previous version]
Haring the entity in her head , she though , god are real , they use resources to nature persons for their reason, they use this god's creation as a delivery mechanism , some little guys found out and want in on the fun but the initial investment is to large for them , so a same one was created and I was selected as the elder representative.
Seems so human like honestly or is so just stating in the way I can understand, my guess is on the former than the later, at least we know such actions and behaviors are general built in.
"Alright I get the gist of some little shots wants to play with the big toys but can't maintain the cost, so they asked for a cheaper, and they got it."
They few celestials sitting around the table eyes twitched hearing their testers comment, others gave a tight smile other who weren't offended let out small giggles.
"Then I was selected as one of the testers of the ' System ' as you call it."
Standing up she hears her bone crackle; she remembers she is quite old still. She asks later.
"Did I get everything?"
[Yes].
"And let's start I am interested how you're going to fix these old bones of mine; I doubt I could do much otherwise."
[Representative has acceptive …. Activin Interface]
After hearing the voice reporting the system notification and screen with her information was shone.
[ Host Name: Meredith Walker
Age: 86
Gender: Female
Status: Healthy
Spirit Root: Null
Meridians Opened:
Prime: 4/12
Normal: 48/120
Fine: 4.8k/12.
Storage: 2/100]
Looking at the interface not much information was shown, she figured she would have to ask question later. But she had seen familiar interface in Anime and movies she watcher with her grandson.
Seeing a storage option, she focused on it, it remined her of those future Technology Si-Fi movies with the ridiculous advance interface.
A10x10 rows of squares appeared.
One with a light brown color pouch, another with what seem to be cloths she could wear.
Remembering she still had on her silk sleep wear she decided to change first.
Focusing on that space out of nowhere cloths folded appears.
Spatial storage She raises an eye brow, interesting.
With the light provided by the virtual screen Meredith too a look at the clothing provided see that they aren't from her Era, perhaps it was just the general clothing she would need to find better one when she can.
She lifts it up to see a black and grey clothing, the made like those old styled clothing for persons in the east back in the day, she remembers she call them robes.
Doing away with the night ware, she quickly gets dressed. In was 2 pieces inner and a long robe and pants, she its was.
A thin but firm piece that looks like a corset.
Then a sleeve less vest with a deep cut, and black pants that reminds me of the one that piccolo wears finally a large Grey long robe.
"Edith what now?"
[ An introduction to this world first to get a general of what you are walking to.]
[This world is different and similar in more ways than one.]
[First the general people her are unique, many have spirit roots, and all have meridians.]
[They use it to make themselves stronger, for whatever purpose they desire]
[Grades of Spirit roots follows: Low, Med, High, Peak, Supreme, Origin.]
[This world can only manifest peak sprit roots currently.]
Like spirit roots they are sprit physiques also one can have both roots and physiques and not at all the grades are Mortal Earth and Heaven and follow the same grades Low, Mid, High, Peak, Supreme and Origin]
[They who can sense and absorbed It can be call cultivators, they are different levels. On this world there are Nine rank and Ten levels
Body Tempering, Spiritual Energy Accumulation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Golden Core, Ensoulment, Embryo soul, Nescient soul, Soul body manifestation.]
[They are different types of cultivation, Spiritual Energy, body, Soul.]
[Second, they use and manipulate Spiritual Energy or just Spirit for short.]
[They are attributes Spiritual Energy, the general, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind.]
[Note // There is a Spiritual Energy for all things in this universe.!]
[Third they use in its different aspects of their lives:
To power martial technique such as weapon, defensive and movement technique
such as blacksmithing who use ores and other spiritual material to create weapons and artifacts,alchemist who use herbs and other spiritual material as ingredients for pills and powder.
Inscriptions are use to manipulate the spiritual energy for their uses.
They create either formation or talismans.
Note // All profession can create items that can heal, kill and assist in cultivation!
The creatures her are much larger and more ferrous comparable to the animals on earth, the existence makes good nutation from them, so they are stronger, fast and much larger, anywhere from few meters to kilometer in some cases.]
Meredith memory was not faulty even at her age taking a few minutes absorbing the information disregarding the incredulity of the information going over it a few times she confirms she remember all the information correctly.
"Got it now what?"
[You start cultivating]
[Opening the Introductory package.]
Quickly opening the GUI and open the storage and remove the wooden box.
[Activating spirit roots]
[ Cultivation Technique . . . . Ready to Upload]
[Martial Techniques . . . . Pending]
[Weapon technique . . .. Pending]
[Movement Technique . . . . Ready to Upload]
[Defensive Technique . . . Ready to Upload]
[ Herbs compendium . . . . Ready to Upload]
[Beast compendium . . . . Ready to Upload ]
[Material and Ores compendium . . . . Ready to upload]
[Sit in the meditative posture I'll be implanting the information directly to your subconscious.]
Hearing the voice word, she sat down in the meditative posture, she was familiar with it but it had become harder to do in her old age.
After sitting she wonder if she could get back up again, and her back is killing her.
Few seconds, she felt herself slowly drifting off.
… … …
Celestial Court – Unknow Universe
"She seems oddly calm for some who just died and was brought back to life"
Well she is not your regular mortal, she had ordered the elimination of thousand of persons and killed hundreds her self her level of mental stability in uncertain situation should beyond is way beyond the normal limits.
"I wonder if her past enemies' souls would scatter hearing that the woman who hunted and kill them has had a fulling life with children and even grandchildren and lived to such a old age after they cursed her soul much say they would see her in hell?" an innocent look woman said out loud.
"The room was silent while they had planned and budget for an extraordinary mortal, they didn't expect her life to be so … exciting."
"Well it would seem we got out resource worth then didn't we."
"I pray for her past enemies the developed such resentments over a person who barely remembers her kills ". another young celestial shook her head.
"Have the planet will accept out request for recognizing her Edith?"
"Yes, the process was surprising smooth" The figure standing in front of the projection showing Meredith unconscious while the upload of the cultivation and other revenant information.
. . . . . . . . .
Unknow amount of time later
[Uploading completed]
She slowly came back to consciousness after wards.
Now she had knowledge she didn't before especially the cultivation technique the contents are fascinating. she will never view the world like she once did.
Her golden-brown eyes shone with intelligent light, her perception of this has changed massively,
She nodded, this would be indeed nothing like the world she was from while they were really advance technological invention with extraordinary capabilities, without some form of human modification such sight should not be possible.
Though there was no complete absolute in this world or rather Earth
She then cleared her thoughts, and steady her breathing
Begin familiar with mediation after doing it for decades with half a minute her mind was clear.
Her incredulity of her new like fade out, her stray tough of the many possible dangers due the energy that most things in this world can manipulate, he worries though about her grand childing and how they would miss her slowly faced away.
Her single focused was she recited he focused mantra that the cultivation techniques suggested for first timers until they no longer need it. With it she breathed in a rhythmic way.
The first time it took a few minutes.
2and. half the time
Third even less
4th
5th
6th
7th
She did until she was in a state of trance one where cultivators are closer to the energy of this world after that the only need to draw them after completing the hardest aspect.
Unknow she had done which most could not accomplish on this mortal world, whit the help of the system barrier , sound light , cold , heat , the wind , all sound as she knew it we blocked allowing her to enter that state need in order to cultivate .