[Would you like to enter the Primordial Expanse?]
'Yes.'
Alex closed his eyes and prepared himself for the same feeling of powerlessness as he would be sucked into the mysterious vortex.
But contrary to his expectations, no such thing happened.
Instead, when he opened his eyes again, the system prompt was still in front of his eyes.
Only this time, the text on it was different.
[Insufficient energy.]
That was it.
'Insufficient energy!? What the fuck??'
'Insufficient energy my ass! There was never such a prompt before, what the fuck are you playing at now stupid system!?'
Alex was rightfully frustrated, as he had just gone through all that preparation and planning, using what little time out of the 2 hours remaining to prepare himself for whatever situation he might find himself in.
But instead he got blue balled like this!
He voiced his frustrations to the system.