Adam heard it echoing in his mind. He saw it displayed in his vision. And he felt intuitively in the depths of his being.
The 'system', of course it fucking exists.
He was already half expecting it to happen, but honestly, he did not think it would happen to himself. After all, he was a planet. At most, he expected the system to appear to the humans or even the animals in his main body.
So now that he had his own system, he could only look blankly at it. No, he was not dazed. He was just mulling over everything. The implications of this system was far-reaching after all. But most importantly,
"I knew I was fucking right. Those damned humans really weren't thinking when they made up all this bullshit. Now, I'm the one who has to suffer through whatever apocalypse is coming. Fine, since I can't escape it, I'll just do everything myself."
Up until now, there was a small part of Adam that was thinking and hoping that he was just being paranoid. That whatever apocalypses he thought he experienced in other versions of reality were just figments of imagination born of the human mind and the malleable newborn consciousness of the world. But the appearance of the Universal System had just so easily crushed that lingering hope.
The systems exist. And if they exist, then so too would the countless possible causes of apocalypses out there. Once more, Adam renewed his resolve. His core blazing within his chest as he gazed at the sun above him.
"No, not that. I don't want to disrupt the balance of the Solar System until I'm ready to bear the consequences of it. I'll head out even further. But before that, I need to check this system."
{[Name: Adam Terra (Earth)]
[Race: Anima Mundi]
[Titles: Progenitor of the Anima Mundi]
[Body: Minor World]
[Core: Minor World]
[Will: Epsilon-2]}
This system did not have much to it other than the usual status, it seemed. Adam was not disappointed considering that he was not really expecting much from it to begin with. The interesting thing to note, however, was that his body and core were separated in this status. It was strange since one would think that the world's core was part of its body, but it seemed that the Universe saw it differently. Or perhaps it was only different for his race.
Anima Mundi, meaning 'Soul of the World', was quite on point. Although he did not really have a soul in the sense that other living beings do, the Universe seems to have recognised him still. Perhaps his soul was his core, something quintessentially vital to his existence. Without it, he would not even have a body, much less a consciousness.
And speaking of consciousness, the Universe had recorded it as Will instead. Minor World was easy to understand, and he agreed with that analysis. However, Epsilon-2 did not mean much to him. Without knowing the standard of these assessments, he would not be able to properly infer his actual strength relative to others.
Worse yet, he had a feeling that the standards for his assessment was completely new and entirely unique from others considering he was not the usual kind of lifeform. In the Universe's own words, Adam was an 'impossible lifeform', something that should not have existed. In the end, he could only guess that Epsilon-2 was just a level higher than the lowest level of Will. After all, he was technically just a newborn.
Adam then stared at his title, Progenitor of the Anima Mundi. The system said it had been granted to him for being the first of his kind, but the implications of the word 'progenitor' were quite big. He wondered if this title was a mere accolade, a simple decoration that one could boast about to their peers for no other merit than pointless vanity.
He certainly hoped not. At the very least, he wanted to obtain some power as a result of this achievement. His doubts were soon answered, however they were not quite what he was looking for.
[Progenitor of the Anima Mundi: You are the Beginning. You are the root of an entire lineage of powerful beings; or you are the End of a legacy that failed to flourish, left rotting in the recesses of history. You are the Anima Mundi.]