The strange marble was travelling through an ethereal void tunnel while the robotic notification rang again.
[Initialisation...1%... loading new core...99%]
[SUCCESS]
"what the…?"
~swoosh~
Just when Wang had recovered his consciousness, he felt a huge amount of information but before he could check his new state and think about what happened to him a voice rang in his mind.
"If you listen to this message, it was your destiny to obtain this unique adaptive system and so you have been given the chance to transmigrate with your memories to a whole different world. Don't be mistaken, choice is yours, no matter what, you can self-destruct the system, so you'll forget about all of this and be reincarnated wherever fate sends you."
"So it's like this… maybe my luck is not so bad but I'm not sure if I can live like this. Just tell me why I had to become a f*c*ng marble, A MARBLE?! Breath, calm down…"
Right after he became calm and started to think through. If he could, he knew that he would have smiled, not the kind of smile that you have when you are happy but the one that you are nostalgic about.
He had been happy in his life, his sole regret was that he never wanted to have kids so he left his wife with nothing, love between them was a pure truelove without makeup. He knew that he'll miss her and she'll miss him, then suddenly he thought :
"Hey, maybe I can become a kind of god or space traveller, after all I was lost in outer space when I met the dog' shit system, maybe I can find her, reverse time or whatever, ahah! I have my goal!
He knew that it was the kind of dream that was almost unreachable but this made him comfortable enough to ease his mind and heart.
[Fusion results : Wang Roberts and the system had merged successfully]
[Due to unexpected circumstances a new identity has been created to lure heaven and earth]
[Congratulation you are now Dracs : dual royal astral corruption system]
"What a doggy name! Count on me to don't agree with this bullshit! So I'll call you Doshi for dog' shit, I think it fits you well, hmmm, I died slipping on a fat dog' shit, so your name will make me remember my past life. I think it's good! "
[Name updated : Doshi]
"For real?!"
[Recommandation : never divulgue your origin and former name or celestial laws will find you immediately and the wrath of heaven and earth will befall upon you (probability accuracy of 99.9%)]
"....for real?"
[The original system has become a sub system like a second brain, you have inherited all the function of the system, but for convenience of your human personality, the merging function has to be activated manually]
"So at least, I'm still me and you are still you, so you should be a kind of advanced A.I, am I correct?"
[Don't overthink, I'm now Doshi and you are Dracs, for better coexistence and your mind' sanity I'll call you master, my name has already updated so just call me Doshi]
"Wow, it's more human-like, I suppose it's a side effect of the fusion."
[Master is wise, let me help you clarify some doubts and questions you still have]
"Go on Doshi…"
[We are actually in a void tunnel, we'll soon hit the fabric of another universe and should land on the surface of an unknown world]
"Continue."
[Accordingly to my functions, as soon as we reach it, a quest should be issued in order to help you to adapt your new nature]
"I did expect something like this... Tell me everything, I can sense that there is something more."
[Indeed, the escape from the wrath of heaven and earth and the forceful fusion had depleted almost all the energy]
"How much energy will we have left once we get there?"
[Calculating…]
"Doshi… just show me, be a good boy!"
[Doshi's data] :
Energy remaining : 0.00000000001%
"..."
[...]
"Perfect… Show me my data too, please."
[Processing data]
[Dracs' data] :
Specie : Corrupted Anomaly (unlisted)
Corruption points (CP) : 0/XXXXXX
Cultivation rank : none
Cultivation technique : none
inventory : locked / energy needed
Skills : high sensor scanner / high level analytic / virtual library / camouflage / seed of corruption
"What is all of this…?"
~rumble~
Cracks were appearing all over the tunnel filled with white lightning sparks , the fabric of the space was more and more unstable, tears and rifts were destroying the environment at high speed!
[ALERT : reaching the new world immediately. Master, once we get there, I'll need to enter in recuperation mode for some time]
"Wait Doshi!"
[Landing in 5s...4s...3s...2s...1s…]
Then, with a roaring thunderclap, the otherworldly window opened before him and the marble slipped through it before he could think of anything.
It was night time but his senses were sufficient to understand that he was crashing in a dense dark forest. A thunderstorm broke after his passage and the rain began to fall heavily.
He landed in a puddle of mud that instantly evaporated.
[NEW QUEST : find a host before next night]
"Quickly show me more details!"
[REWARD : based on the achievements]
[PENALTY : death]
"Ok, ok think hard Wa.. Dracs! I need to find a way… I know! Show the details of the seed of corruption skill."
[Seed of corruption : You can enter the target to create an anchor in their mind and body. You'll be able to communicate with them and use them, if the seed is successfully planted you can leave the target and keep this hidden link]
"So it's exactly what I'm needing right now. Show me the essential details about corruption."
[Corruption : as you are an anomaly in this world, your actions can create heaven' defying changes, corruption is neither good nor evil. Something out of the laws of Heaven and Earth]
"So sad… So is it what I am? I can't accept that, I cannot be a monster… But I neither want to die, I want to see her smile and feel her warmth again… What advice would you give me my love if you could?"
~Sigh~
"You would probably tell me that I need to live my life to the fullest and keep a sweet place for you in the corner of my heart, how much time has passed since I'm dead on earth? One minute, one year, one millenia? But maybe... If we are soul mates, I can find you in this world!"
With this new hope in his heart, he discarded his hesitations and asked one more thing from the system.
"Last but not least, display the details of the corruption's points!"
[Corruption's points : anything relate to corruption will create the related energy, the sub system has decided to help you with a virtual shop related to help you familiarize with it during your first steps, the shop is based on your mind and the sub system database]
~ROAR~
A mighty thunderclap roared in the forest!
"Hmm, I think the phenomena should attract the attention of some greedy scums pretty soon." He thought with a grim smile plastered on his unexisting face.
"Till then, camouflage activation, scan activation!"
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The next morning on a small hill nearing the yellow fish river, a young man was looking at the devastation caused by the mighty thunderstorm that had hit the forest last night. He had a weird expression and was fuming with rage, he couldn't help but yell madly.
"Useless dog! I should have known that your greed for power would have taken over my father's orders! Crap, crap, crap!!!! I hope that you've died like the trash you are! What should I do now?"
He held his head with both hands and pulled his own hair like crazy. So without thinking twice he decided to check himself for the 'pig' for one more day before returning to the clan.
He was running here and there, killing every weak beast on his way, searching for any human traces but he found nothing at all. He was like a novice hunter who couldn't track properly his first prey.
After one more hour without any clues he couldn't help but yell like a beast, cursing his own weakness.
"CRAP! Where are they?! I'm going to become a laughing stock of the clan. I can't return home like this, impossible!"
So he continued to wander right and left till the sun was high in the sky. Fortunately after some long hours he saw something worthy to pay off his attention. A couple meters from there on the river, many floating trees torn off by the storm had gathered like a natural bridge.
He thought it was a sign from heaven and didn't hesitate to venture to the other side of the yellow fish river, an area classified as a danger zone for cultivators below the profound realm.
Strangely, there was not a single magic beast, not even a bug, it was like life itself had chosen to desert this area. Trees were grey like clay and their leaves were already getting rotten on the moist soil.
'I shouldn't be there' Tadian thought.
The eerie atmosphere was getting more and more tense with each new step he took. Broken rocks and torn trees were all it was as far as the eye could see.
Suddenly a stern voice came from behind him.
"You shouldn't be here young one."
When he saw who the voice belonged to, his eyes opened like two big balls and he couldn't help but exclaim in shock!
"An….An…Ancestor!"