*Blink blink*
"..."
I woke up and stared at the ceiling. The Sun is already fairly high up, telling me it's already between 9 to 10:00 AM
I think I slept for approximately 12 hours. This young body had it good
Meanwhile, I don't know what to say after experiencing sleep for the first time since almost forever
My mind almost feel empty
However, that won't stop me. Today should be the day
"Hey, Philip!! Wake up already!"
"..."
I frowned and my morning is already ruined. The door to my room slammed open as my mother forcefully opened it
"Get up and get ready! We're going to the church with your grandma!"
She immediately left after opening my door. She did this so that I could wake up or because of some strange reason I couldn't think of. Talk about privacy
Of course, today we will be going out. It's Sunday, the day where people go to church and hear the word of their God
This church is where my grandmother attend every week without missing one mass. It is a few kilometers away from our home and we have to take a taxi, while my grandmother's house is at least a kilometer away from them
My family's religion is Baptist. It's basically Catholic, but it's a branch of Catholic
To be honest, I don't know the difference, but I did manage to avoid communion in my religious school when I was in grade 3 to grade 6 of education
Even though I attend the church and go to a religious school, I am not religious at all. Well, I started to question the existence of God when I entered high school. Those are the times I experience despair too
During around this time a few years later, I waa enthusiastic about religion and listen to the teachings of the gospel
However, the more I learned and the more I matured, I was very confused at the concept of religion. When I watch people sing to the top of their lungs while raising their hands high up, as if they are reaching for God, I was very confused
It's almost to the point that it felt cultic. How could they feel this passionate towards a God or an idol that they didn't even know that exist?
Trust? Faith? I do believe that it is a relatively strong force that a being could give to a God so that they could increase their divinity and divine power
I know this because I've witnessed it countless of times in my previous life
When a civilization was eradicated, the World God of that world became almost powerful, thus meeting his end and dying from the fierce competition of the Divine Realm
Considering that, there are numerous religions on Earth with hundreds of thousands of devotees that have faith in their respective Gods. Therefore, those Gods are very powerful and their divine power are large
Anyway, I already took a bath while thinking of religion in this moment of time and I just put on a formal outfit of pants and polo shirt
After all, religion will drastically change when the transition to Mystical Age happens 12 years later
~~~
It's already 9:57 AM and we are on our way to the church in a taxi. We just entered the highway and we should arrive in our destination at approximately 10-15 minutes. The mass starts at 10:00 AM
Looking at the time, it's obvious that we would be late. This is expected if my memory serves right
One reason that we are late is usually the main reason, which is my mother fixing herself for too long. She's too messy when preparing and she moves too slow. She has no sense of time or her time management is shit
Remembering that reason and witnessing made me incredibly annoyed once again
The other reason is that she intentionally wanted to be late so that we could miss the opening songs of the church which requires you to keep standing and sing along with them. That lasts for 30 minutes
The songs weren't ordinary religious songs. They are songs that the church composed by themselves and the music is complete with a band. Piano, guitar, drums, and lead singers
It was loud and that's what made me hate that church in my previous life
~~~
As we are travelling, I checked my status
'Scan'
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Name: Philip Ibasco
Age: 7
Level: 1
Exp: 0/10
Strength: 2
Agility: 1
Stamina: 1
Mana: 0.001π
Traits:
[ Unbending Kindness (Lv.9) ],[ Immortal Mortal (Lv.?) ]π
Abilities:
βγ Regression (MAX) γβ, γ Fate Control (Lv.?) γπ, γ Scan (Lv.1) γ, γ Sound Sorter (Lv.1) γ, γ Sensitive Touch (Lv.0) γ
Skills:
Talents:
Arts:
πβββOmega System (Lv. 4)βββπ:
Levelling SystemΒ
Status:
Annoyed
Curse of Extreme Gamma Time-Dilation
=====
My eyes widened
Apparently I successfully levelled up γ Sound Sorter γ and I was happy at that. I unconsciously fell asleep last night, so I wasn't sure if I levelled it up
I didn't have the chance to check earlier since I was busy contemplating
Also, it looks like I received another ability
'Sensitive Touch?'
I think I know why and how I got this ability. When I mentally blocked my sense of smell and taste, as well as closing my eyes, my sense of hearing and touch were enhanced
That's why when my sense of touch was enhanced, I became slightly sensitive. The tapping of my finger also probably added to that condition since I was constantly tapping the same spot
Anyways, this is a crucial ability because I think this will lead to another ability that's important to me and my body itself
Although, for me to be able to get that ability, I need to develop my sixth sense, which shouldn't be too hard in my current state of mind
However, I can't develop any of those abilities for now
"..."
I looked outside the window of the taxi and began trying to develop my old abilities
In my previous life, I was relatively smart. I passed my schools with a fairly high grade and I graduated at Oxford University as a Cum Laude, three years after the transition to the Mystical AgeΒ
With my genius mind and this young body, I could be called a genius child prodigy, but I have no plans to reveal to the world my ingenuity, for now at least
With this in mind, I started to observe cars that's passing by relative to our speed and the cars that are going at the opposite lane. I also observed individual people that are walking on the sidewalk
I observed the wind speed that are brushing against people's clothes, the swaying of the trees, leaves, and plants, as well the rotation of every wheel that I can see within my vision
With my knowledge of math and physics, I can calculate the speed and velocity of every cars in relative to each other. I can measure the distance of one object to another no matter how far they are within my position
However, I can barely calculate the number of rotations of every wheels of cars and my brain is starting to overload
But, I have to push myself to get this ability
In relation to the Sun, I tried to measure the temperature of the ground while I'm inside of the taxi. Since the taxi is air conditioned, it's relatively cold inside and I'm trying to measure the degree of this temperature also
At this point, I pushed myself to the point that I started to contemplate the speed of light coming from the Sun. The speed of information in which light travels from the eye and reflects the image almost instantly back and how the lenses of the eye is actually perceiving the image as upsidedown, but the brain automatically displays it as right side up
I felt the speed of my heartbeat and the intervals between. The distance between my fingers and the thickness of my fingers
The dimensions of my nail on my fingers and the dimensions of each segments of my fingers
The distance between the lines of my palms and the maximum and minimum angle of reach my fingers can do
Sine cosine tangent
The magnification of the microworld where my skin are made of cells and these cells are made of molecules that are made up of atoms
These atoms have molar mass, electric charges, particle velocity, internal energy, entropy, discharge, heat transfer. The strength of tension of hydrogen bonds
Atoms made of quarks. The strength of gluons
Atomic force. Nuclear force
String Theory
Quantum Realm
'Sing...ular...ity...'
"Philip, wake up! We're here already!"
"...!"
I abruptly woke up. I looked around and it seems like we really arrived at the church
'Damn, I actually overloaded my young brain'
That's to be expected since I was entering the realms of quantum and singularity of measurement and calculations
My imagination went wild the deeper I went to singularityΒ
I know it won't be easy, but I need to get as much abilities as I can this early
γ You have earned the ability Supreme Sense of Measurement (Lv.0) γ
'Oh...!'
γ Due to you understanding of space, relativity, and calculations, Supreme Sense of Measurement has levelled up! γ
γ You have achieved Supreme Sense of Measurement (Lv.0) Β» (Lv.9) γ
γ Supreme Sense of Measurement (Lv.9) γ
γ Lv.1 - Able to measure distance roughly γ
γ Lv.2 - Able to measure distance accurately and measure speed roughly γ
γ Lv.3 - Able to measure speed and velocity accurately γ
γ Lv.4 - Able to measure weight, mass, and temperature roughly γ
γ Lv. 5 - Able to measure weight, mass, and temperature accurately and approximate time γ
γ Lv. 6 - Able to measure acceleration roughly and angle variations roughly γ
γ Lv. 7 - Able to measure acceleration accurately and angle variations accurately γ
γ Lv. 8 - Able to measure relative time, relative circle, and given statistics accurately. Also capable to estimate percentage, decimals, fractions, exponents, and square roots in measurments γ
γ Lv. 9 - Able to apply trigonometric functions, geometric identities, integrals, limits, radicals, sequencing, set numbers, scientific notations, and calculus in measurements γ
"..."
My mouth was agape from disbelief. I immediately received the ninth level of γ Supreme Sense of Measurementγ, which should be the max level before the transition of Mystical AgeΒ
I grinned ear to ear as I got of the taxi. If someone were to ever see me, they would think I'm crazy
Bur considering I'm a child, they might think that it's just my playful expression
We then climbed up a small set of stairs to the church and stopped in front of the door of the main lobby. It's already 10:23 AM, but the opening songs are still ongoing
My mother reluctantly entered, but she decided to go in since it's just 7 minutes of singing anyways
"Alright Philip, go to your Sunday School. You need to attend, okay?"
"..."
I nodded. My mother finally entered and went to my grandmother who saved a seat for her. My grandmother is accompanied by my aunt and older female cousin
I went to the room of my Sunday School. To be honest, I can't remember where it is, but considering that every door has a schedule posted on it for each age, I eventually found my room
I entered the room and several Sunday School-mates are present, along with the teacher. The teacher is fairly old, probably at her 50's, but her appearance makes her look kinda young, maybe around 30's
'Wait...'
Why would I estimate the teacher's age when I could scan her?
'Scan'
====
Name: Marites Quirino
Age: 56
Level: 1
Exp: 0/10
Strength: 4
Agility: 3
Stamina: 4
Traits:
[ Mother Figure ], [ Strong Independent Woman ], [ Heart of Gold ]
Abilities:
Skills:
Talents:
Arts:
Status:
Energetic
AtherosclerosisΒ
Rheumatoid Arthritis
=====
'Interesting...'
Her having three traits is impressive. It's almost uncommon to rare for people to have three traits or more since most people could only have one at most or even none at all
[Traits] are very important. They are like titles in novels or games that have effects on their personality
The difference between traits and titles is that traits are only earned based on the person's personality, whereas title can be earned based on the actions of the person and they must be recognized by the Will of the Universe, or in his case, the Will of the World in a micro sense
"Oh! Philip! You have made it just in time! Come, sit wherever you want"
That was a lie. She's just that kind so that I don't feel guilty for being late
I'm pretty sure she's thinking that I have my own circumstances for being late
As I chose my seat, no one batted an eye to me, except for two of my female cousins. My cousins on my mother's side are mostly girls and the boys are only four. Well, two for now since the other two will be born several years later
As cousins and schoolmates, we didn't greet each other too much and just listened to our teacher
As everybody's busy, I took this chance to scan everyone
~~~
There are at least 10 of us of ages ranging from 6 to 8 years old
From the results of the scan, literally everyone has the same value of strength, agility, and stamina as 1. None of them have any traits also
They are ordinary of the ordinary people
This doesn't tell me much except for the fact that we are all young and very weak compared to adults
Whereas our teacher has a strength of 4 because of her age and probably because she's exercising every morning such as doing jogging and such
The results tells me that the level of my γ Scan γ is insufficient to know more about my target
So, my goal for today is to try and level up γ Scan γ as much as possible to achieve maximum potentialΒ
'Wait! I forgot!'
I just remembered. γ Scan γ is not only limited to scanning people and beings, it can also scan objects, such as items, materials, furniture, and actually almost everything
'Then allow me...'
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I then opened them wide and expanded my vision and peripherals
'SCAN!'
=====
Black Pen (40%)
Black Pen (71%)
Black Pen (67%)
...
Holy Catholic Bible
Holy Catholic Bible
Holy Catholic Bible
...
Word of Gospel (2007)
Notebook (49 Pages)
Pencil (2)
Water Bottle (55%)
White T-shirt
Black Skirt
Brown Jeans
Red Pen (81%)
Wooden Table
Wooden Table
Monoblock Chair
Monoblock Chair
...
White Board
White Board Marker (32%)
White Board Eraser
Books*
...
...
...
=====
γ Scan (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 2% γ
"..."
Even with that many scans, my proficiency has only increased by 2%. Granted that a fraction of that percentage could've come from scanning my schoolmates
It will take a long time before I could level up my γ Scan γto level 2. Maybe scanning living being rather than objects gives more proficiency level or maybe objects that are more rare would give even more
'But I won't give up with just that, I'll keep scanning everything I see from now! Every drop counts'
~~~
'Gah... Ugh... Agh'
Almost an hour and a half has gone by, Sunday School has finally ended. After eating the muffin and drinking a juice packet that was provided by the church, I went out of the Sunday School room
My mother, grandmother, my aunt, and my older cousin are already waiting outside near the entrance stairs
"We're going to SM and eat lunch there!"
"Yaaay!"
My mother declared and my cousins rejoiced. Meanwhile, I was indifferent and didn't look forward to eating. I was used to not eating or drinking in my previous life after all
We rode another taxi. The capacity of the taxi is five people, including the driver, but since there are three small kids, four people could fit at the back seat and two people at the passenger seat at the front
Of course, I was forced to sit on my mother's lap
'...'
My face distorted and no one could see it
Even then, as we travel, I kept on scanning everything I could see and I refuse to scan my mother
γ Scan (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 3% γ
~~~
We arrived at our destination after 5 minutes since the church is only at least 500 meters away from the mall
This is SM North EDSA, a mega mall that's barely at the center of Metro Manila. I can't remember, but I think this mall should be the 3rd biggest indoor mall either the world or just Asia. But it fell off as years went by as it became top 10 biggest indoor mall
The biggest would soon become the SM Mall of Asia that's directly south of us
Anyways, as soon as we entered the mall, I began scanning people like there's no tomorrow
I first scanned three well built men
=====
Strength: 3
Agility: 2
Stamina: 4
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Stamina: 3
Strength : 4
Agility: 3
Stamina: 3
=====
'Hm? That's strange... These adult men only have these kinds of stats?'
It was fairly confusing for me because the stat values of adults compared to children are not that too far apartΒ
'If me having 2 strength and that short but well built adult have 2 strength, would I be able to fight him despite the difference in age and height? No, let's be realistic here...'
After all, a kid fighting an adult almost toe to toe would be impossible
'Even if I'm special and I might have hidden potential, the other kids at Sunday School all have a stat value of 1 for each stats. They wouldn't be able touch a single hair against that man if he fought seriously'
Even then, the strength stat doesn't only apply to fighting prowess. It also includes several other power checks, such as lifting objects, grip strength, leg strength, and many more
A kid won't be able to lift a barbell that this adult man could lift
'Wait...!'
I have a strength of 2 and he also have a strength of 2. If he could lift a barbell that a kid won't be able to lift...
'Could I lift the same weight?!'
I have to try when I get home. I'll create a makeshift weighted object and test my limits
We kept on walking across the mall and went to a food chain that mostly sells cake and pastries, but they also sell meals to accomodate for variety
After we ate, we roamed around the mall to sight seeΒ
The mall was loud and full of chatter from all sorts of people. As I was walking, I sorted the sounds that I could hear
"What do you like?"
"May I take you order"
"You know what..."
"Where do you want to go?"
"Take out please"
"That looks amazing!
"You're in trouble when we get home!"
"WAAAAAAAAHHH~~!"
"Mom! Look! I want that toy!"
I hear each and everyone's words, but I still couldn't ignore the noise that blends in the large space of the mall
I can't get rid of the echo and particular sound waves that gets amplified or distorted
But even still, I practice sorting sounds from my hearing
γ Sound Sorter (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 10%γ
~~~
As we are walking across several stores in a straight, we passed by a jewelry store. I quickly scanned all the necklaces, earrings, and gemstones
'Scan!!!'
=====
Silver (50%)
Brass-Aluminum Alloy
Copper
Gold (10K)
Gold (24K)
Garnet
Amethyst
Pearl
Citrine
Onyx
Topaz
Rose Quartz
Diamond
...
...
...
=====
γ Scan (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 9% γ
'Oh damn!'
Turns ou
t, my theory is right. The more rare materials that I scan, the more my proficiency increases
With that in mind, I started to scan all the jewelry and watch shops in the mall
We continued roaming around the mall then we eventually went grocery shopping for food for the rest of the week. After that, we went our separate ways and went home
~~~
γ Scan (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 10% γ
γ Sound Sorter (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 11% γ
γ Supreme Sense of Measurement (Lv.9) proficiency increased to 1% γ