Chapter 2 - Florida Man Collected Trash to Prepare for Isekai Adventure
Jessica coldly ignored Felix's odd conversation and proceeded to introduce the system screen to him. The system menu is split into two. Jessica's portrait remained on the right screen while the newly created left monitor showed Felix's information.
Felix nodded and stopped steering the conversation. He looked at the screen.
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Name: Felix Ariel
Bloodline: [Unknown]
Element Affinity: Fire, Metal, Void
Level: 0
Mana: 0
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Felix was a little disappointed as he thought of typical RPG attributes, such as Strength, Dexterity, Agility, Vitality, and Intelligence. Instead, it showed strange information.
"What is my bloodline?" asked Felix.
Hearing an insult from an anime girl was painful. Still, Felix was curious about the censored words.
"Who is my ancestor again?"
"Why the censor?"
"…Forget it, then," Felix changed the subject. He pointed at his level. "So, how do I raise my level?"
Felix rechecked his system screen. On the left side, there were two functions available: the status detail screen and the mana extraction choice. He pressed the second option to test it.
The system screen changed, showing a recycle logo and a giant trash bin image. Under the picture, an empty square box shone, attracting Felix's attention.
"…And what will happen?"
"Sounds like a perfect system for throwing away chemical waste. I'll bite."
Felix left his room and explored his house. Entering the living room, he grabbed empty beer cans from the coffee table and turned around. The system screen followed Felix. When he whirled around, it was already in front of him.
Testing the system's ability, Felix deposited an empty beer can by pushing it against the system screen. Jessica's portrait screen on the right mumbled with dull eyes and prompted Felix with a confirmation message.
"Hah?" Felix was taken aback by the amount. "Not even one mana but 0.001?!"
"…"
Although Felix was disappointed, he silently gathered trash and unwanted items, giving them to the system.
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By 3 PM the same day, Felix had cleaned every room in his house. Since his entire family had passed away, he didn't need their clothes, personal items, and some furniture. As such, he discarded almost everything except for his belongings.
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Name: Felix Ariel
Bloodline: [Unknown]
Magic Element Affinity: Fire, Metal, Void
Level: 0
Mana: 7.595
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After sacrificing so much trash, clothes, and furniture, Felix still couldn't raise his level to 1. He stared at the sparkling clean house and broke a sweat.
"You even took all the dust in my house, but you only gave me 7ish mana. What do I have to give you to increase it higher?" Felix complained.
Felix's expression turned dark. "I know the element table. Au is gold, but what the hell is Element 710?"
"I haven't played games recently. What is that?"
"…"
The references were killing him. Felix rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
"And how the hell do I get crude oil?! Dig up my freaking backyard and pray that dinosaurs died somewhere around here?!"
The system reminded Felix about the pending transmigration. He had less than 21 hours to strengthen and prepare himself, which brought up some questions.
"What do I have to prepare exactly?"
"Oh, no issues, then."
Felix grinned widely. He returned to his room and pushed his bed aside, revealing a trap door on the wooden floor. Unlocking the trap door, Felix opened the cover, revealing a secret 20-cubic-meter room full of crates and boxes.
Climbing down into the room, Felix admired his family's collection of firearms.
Floridians couldn't call themselves Floridians without big guns! Florida men without guns were heretics and a disgrace to the state!
"How about these?" Felix proudly showed his arsenal to Jessica.
However, the system girl was not impressed. Jessica's avatar stared at Felix with a dull expression.
"But why?"
Felix pouted. He gazed at his grandfather's Karabiner 98k, which was broken in half. A rusty M1911 pistol inside a glass box was also a treasure his father cherished.
But since both of them had perished, Felix shrugged and sacrificed the two items for mana, shoving the entire showcase display table into the floating system monitor next to Jessica's avatar screen.
*DING*
His mana stock increased to 9.000, but it was not enough. He searched for more objects that he didn't need.
"What should I give you for that one point of mana?" Felix asked the system.
"Will that be enough for the mana?"
"…If you say so."
Although Felix doubted Jessica, he tossed a metal ammo crate full of 7.92x57mm cartridges to the system screen. There were only 10 remaining inside the box.
*DING*