Mike was an average man. He worked an office job from 9-5, slept 6 hours a day, and had mediocre looks. However, he secretly had an ability that made him seem like a god on the mundane Earth. [Precognition], the ability to perceive an event before it could even happen. Now, like any normal man would do, he abused the shit out of it. Lottery tickets, contest answers, odd encounters. He had experienced them all in his days of youth. He didn't just use his powers for himself though. He also used it to help many others, such as asking a person to stay home on a day they were pre-destined to die. Unfortunately, Lady Luck and Frau Fate did not like someone influencing their domain. He was swathed with bills, debt, and medical charges that quickly drained his personal coffers. From that point onward, Mike never used his [Precognition] on purpose again.
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Mike lifted his arms in the air, yawning. After a tiring previous day at work, all he had wanted to do was come home and sleep. Alas, fate seemed to have other plans. As soon as his head had hit the pillow a precognitive dream had played, looping for the entire night. Every repeat was the exact same. A young girl and himself were walking across the street. A man ran across the road, causing Mike to pause and let him through. The girl made it across the street, taking a left on the next city block up. Suddenly, a vehicle horn could be heard, and then darkness encompassed Mikes sight. Such incidents repeated over and over and over until Mike couldn't take it and sprang out of bed, breathing heavily. That was at three. Now, four hours later and with no extra sleep, Mike slid into the bathroom to wash up. Cranking the faucet up, he allowed the steam of a warm shower to fill the room, letting all of his stress seep out under the comforting warmth and weight of the gentle mizzle of water. He sighed and all of his weariness drained away like lithium-calcite powder repelling water.
Nearly half an hour later Mike was all set for a day at work. His crimson tie, black blazer, and white button up all screamed sophistication to any he walked by. He wondered across road after road on his way to work, making sure to triple check before crossing the street. With his dream the previous night, nothing he did would be 'too careful'. Finally, he was at the last crosswalk before his office space. Mike slid up his suit cuffs to glance at his watch. 8:38, a full 22 minutes before his workday started. He waited at that crosswalk for nearly 15 minutes, traffic bleeding into white noise as he focused on looking for that little girl he saw in his dream. With 7 minutes remaining to the beginning of his work day, he crossed the road. Suddenly there was a loud honk from just up the streets. He froze, turning to see a truck mere inches away, the bright headlights nearly blinding him. "Oh Shiii-"
Everything went black.
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'God, my head is killing me.' Mike slowly came into consciousness, a splitting headache being his only sense of placement. He couldn't feel any part of his body and the constant beating of a heart that was once in the background was gone, a void of emptiness is all that he could sense. 'What's going on?' He tried to turn his head, get any sense that he was awake, and yet there was none. He tried to call out, but his voice only echoed within his own mind. 'Hello? Is anyone out there?' A noise could be heard from the back of his mind, and he heard a message he never thought he would hear.
{Hello, I am the system granted to UID-8112113716882}
Mike knew that if he had eyes, they would bulge out of their sockets. A system. An honest-to-god isekai protagonist cheat had just popped into his own afterlife. 'Damn,' he thought. 'I cannot even begin to think of the probability of this happeni-'
{Approximately 0.0000000000003919834211313111%}
'I stand corrected. So, system, what should I call you?' Mike mentally spoke to the disembodied voice that was resounding through his mind.
{SID-1 does not have a designation. Does Mike wish to give one?}
'I'll need to think about it. For now, I will refer to you as system. So, what can you do?'
{The System allows the user to live as if they exist inside a game, as well as use karmic value after death to create a profile for the following life.}
Mike mentally grinned. This sounded amazing. He had read many reincarnation/isekai novels in his lifetime, and he was ready to abuse the hell out of all the loopholes he had noticed before. 'Alright then, system. What is my current karmic value?'
{Computing..... Value found. Current value: 2.113e10^333}
'I-' Mike was in shock. His karmic value was two point one hundred and thirteen times ten to the three hundred and thirty third. His karmic value was 2.68e323 times larger than the population of the Earth. 'How is my value this high?'
{User's karmic value based solely upon his own acts was around 1.8e10. However, due to the lives you saved by defying their fate and the time passed; their own acts and their descendant's boosted User's value.}
'How long have I been here?'
{User has been in void space for 19 trillion years. The human race of Dimension-1131121 have been extinct for nearly 17 trillion years.}
'O-Oh.' Mike was shocked. It had felt instantaneous, yet 19 trillion years passed?! He hadn't even gotten to say goodbye to his parents. He shook his metaphorical head. 'Never mind that. Can I start on character creation?'
{Checking... Permission granted.}
{Initializing...}
{Menu Found}
{Character Creation Menu: Open}
{Skill Shop}
{World Creation: 1.1e61 KV}
{Character Creation: 1k KV}
'Hmm. I guess I'll start with {Skill Shop}.'
{Menu Opening...}
{Menu Opened.}
{Skill Selection:}
[Skill Title: RSG
Creates a random skill. Levels up with use.
Level Up Perks: Skill Grade +, Cooldown -
Value: 1.1e151 KV]
[Skill Title: Mental Commands
Allows the user to mentally command the system instead of physical interactions
Value: 100 KV]
[Skill Title: Creation
Allows user to create anything they can imagine.
Value: 5.5e412 KV]
[Skill Title: Inspect
Allows user to view the stats and skills of another person.
Value: 10 KV]
These four skills drew Mikes attention the most out of the hundreds of thousands of skills. He didn't have enough for creation, but everything else was fair game. 'Alright, I'd like to purchase [RSG], [Inspect], and [Mental Command].'
{Deducting KV from total, 2.112e333 remaining.}
{Returning to previous Menu...}
{Returned.}
{World Creation: 1.1e61 KV}
{Character Creation: 1k KV}
'Alright. Unlock both {Character Creation} and {World Creation}.' Mike unlocked the other two sections so he could work at his leisure.
{Deducting KV from total, 2.112e333 remaining.}
{World Creation}
{Character Creation}
Mike debated what he wanted to do next, and selected the one thing most weebs would want to do. 'Open {World Creation}.'
{Finding Menu... Found.}
{Opening Menu...}
{World Creation: | }
'Umm, where are the options for world creation?' Mike felt confused. The skill shops menu was opened right away, yet there was nothing here.
{The only limit to {World Creation} is the user's imagination. Simply craft a base, and the system will do the rest.}
'Oh!' Mike contemplated what he wanted his world to be like, and a though popped into his head. 'Does the world solely relate to the planet I am born on, or is it the entire universe I will exist in?'
{The choice {World Creation} relates to the entire area surrounding your birth place. Whether it be solely the planet you are born on or an entire multiverse, the choice is up to you.}
'Ok then. I want to create a single universe consisting of three greater realms and many smaller dimensions. Along with that, I want each realm to consist of a large void filled with planets that can be harvested for materials. Each dimension should have it's own treasure that allows a person to boost themselves in power, and these dimensions should be accessible through portals that start spawning when I am 15. Each realm should have leylines and Qi enriched areas for people to train. There should be numerous different races, along with humans, that inhabit all three realms and the major planet of each realm. Said planets should be at least 4-5 times the size of Earth. Make sure they follow Earth's standard for inhabitancy.'
{Request received. Processing... Processed. World Designation: [Coedara] has been created. Moving to previous page.}
{Main Menu: Loaded}
{Character Creation: Opened}
'Why did it automatically open?' Mike felt confused. All the other times he had selected which menu to open but this one had been chosen of its own accord.
{Menu {Character Creation} is the only remaining option that is unlocked, and therefore opened by itself. Please design a character.}
A screen visualized itself in Mikes mind. On top of giving him a starting amount of stat points, he could chose his soul value, hair color, skin color, race, racial features, and height/weight/muscle mass at maturity. Mike quickly started playing around with the sliders and options, viewing his miniature self to see what his future form would look like. In the end, he ended up with a 208 cm tall human male, with sculpted abs and a slim swimmer muscle set. His hair reached just below his shoulders, each strand seemingly prismatic under the light of his mental eye. His sharp features and his rainbow-colored irises only enhanced his looks. His projected weight was just over 136 kilos. Mike mentally clicked the finish button, and the system once again spoke up.
{User Profile Created. To view, say or think the word "Status". System will be unavailable until user is born, however System can run background tasks. Would user like to use KV to run background tasks while hibernating?}
'What tasks are available?'
{User can utilize all remaining Karmic Value to activate skill: [RSG]. The skill will not level up, however it will be able to create numerous amounts of basic skills.}
'You know what, sure. Run [RSG], and put me to sleep until I am 3, or my body is in extreme danger.'
{Understood. Initializing skill: [RSG]. Starting Activation Sequence. Initializing Hibernation}
Mike started to nod off, the gentle drone of the system lulling his consciousness to sleep.
{Skill Generated: [Cleaning (Lv:1)]}
{Skill Generated: [Walking (Lv:1)]}
{Skill...