It was another morning in the universe's new life. But this time, instead of practicing, he was still asleep.
When the sun shone upon him, his eyes began to flicker and slowly opened.
As he opened his eyes, he seemed lost for a while, but slowly clarity came back to him.
Touching his head, Universe made a pained expression. After getting himself up to sit down, Universe really wanted to curse.
"Is this another symptom of my body's condition?" Universe thought aloud.
But suddenly, at the corner of his vision, he saw something. After focusing his eyes on it, he found a symbol of some kind.
It was round in shape with the capital letter M written in the middle.
Universe didn't know what it was, but he wasn't shocked. Because of his headache, he felt it was some kind of illusion.
Universe tried to touch it for fun, but as his finger came into contact with it, the M symbol suddenly became bigger and covered his vision entirely.
Seeing this, Universe was really shocked this time, but not given any time to think. A set of words appeared in front of his eyes.
Looking at the written words, it said:
"Mobile phone has been activated. It's nice to see you again, Mr. Universe."
This time, Universe really thought he was going crazy.
"What's going on here? Is this also some kind of symptom of my illness?"
But then the words in front of him changed, and yet another set of words appeared:
"Host, you seem to be in some kind of difficulty. Can I help you with something?"
After a little while, when he calmed down and saw these words again, he seemed to remember something. It was vague, but he could still remember some bits and pieces.
After living in a different world for almost ten years with different sets of rules and languages, how could he remember some small lines from a novel?
At this moment, he remembered that he used to write novels, but he didn't remember how many books he read or their stories.
But some memories of the system and the host appeared in his mind, so he started to guess something. And if it was true, then wouldn't he be able to rule this world? Thinking this, he asked back:
"Are you a system?"
"No," came the reply.
"Then what are you?"
Even though knowing the answer, he felt heartbroken but still asked further.
"I am your mobile phone. Can't you remember?"
"What... What mobile phone? What are you talking about?"
Universe was really flustered hearing this. He was the only one who knew about his situation, and he was afraid to tell his parents. What if they didn't like him anymore? What if they thought of him as their son's murderer? Thinking about all this 'what if' really made him afraid.
But now knowing that someone knew about him, he didn't know what to do.
"Who told you about the mobile phone?" he asked after calming down a little.
"Why would anyone tell me about myself? I am the mobile phone, your mobile phone, which you used for quite a long time."
As he kept reading, his expression changed from fear to shock, and then he became surprised.
"You mean the mobile phone I used in my last life?"
"Yes."
"But how did you get here, and how can you talk to me?"
"I don't know how I got here. As for how I can talk, maybe it has something to do with our transfer to this world. And on the way, I mutated somehow. I also don't know the clear answer. Sorry!"
"It's... okay. It just feels weird to talk to the mobile phone that you used before."
"I don't... I feel fine."
Universe was really happy that now he got someone here to share his past memories with. Otherwise, with time, he had forgotten all of it.
"Can you tell me what changes have happened to you after coming here?"
"A lot, actually. Now I can talk to you. Not like before when I could only watch you laugh and cry sometimes. Even though I wanted to help you with something, the rules of that world were really different from our current one.
But now I have the ability to help you. When I just woke up, I heard you saying that you can't cultivate, and now that I am here, this wouldn't be a problem anymore."
Reading all the content, Universe really wanted to laugh loudly. He really got his golden finger.
"Are you telling the truth? Can you really help me with cultivation?"
"Yes, but remember, as a host, you will have to do something in exchange for that power. Because now there are a set of rules in my programming, and even I can't go against it. Otherwise, I will have to say goodbye to this life of mine."
Seeing this, Universe was really not that surprised. Because as an adult soul, he knows there is nothing free in any world. If you want to get something, then you have to do equivalent work as well.
"So, can you tell me how can I start my cultivation?"
"Of course, but before that, you should know the rules.
First of all, I work only on points, which I call MP, full form mobile points.
If you have to buy something, cultivate a set of techniques in a short amount of time, or fight someone, you will need MP for all of it.
As for how to obtain MP, it's quite easy and your favorite part. Just read novels.
Somehow in my memory bank, there are lots of novels. Among them, some of them have been published, and some of them have yet to be published. Don't ask me how they got inside me. Even I don't know.
So before anything else, just read some cultivation novels for a set period of time and get MP. Then I will be able to help you.
But you are in luck. In your last life, you read quite a lot of novels. So as a newbie gift, I have already given you 1000 MP for your starting cultivation journey.
If you want, you can see for yourself. Just press on the menu button in the upper left corner. Then you can check your profile in there, and you will be able to understand your current situation in more detail."