22 System (1/2)

I was observing the immense portal in front of me; I didn't know what it was. Another test? The exit?

I wasn't in a hurry to cross it. Using my soul to detect my surrounding gave me no new information, there only were broken mirrors. Honestly, this time the confusion I faced was huge, it was far worse than when I was a ball. Shaking my head, I pushed everything away, creating a safe spot to sit cross-legged onto. Calming down my breath and closing my eyes, I gathered every memory I had.

It was just before I crushed the mirrors. Right, I tempered myself and brokethrough to Muscle Tempering 6th Rank with all the Death Point I had gathered in the test. 'Not bad, considering I was already at the 4th Rank.'

Body Cultivation: Muscle Tempering, 6th Rank (231/22,000)

'Hmm, so I can still see the System's information in my mind.'

No wonder I destroyed all the mirrors, I didn't understand what I was supposed to do on this test. I tried many things, but nothing worked. I became crazy after two days and in my state of desperation, I used my Scythe. Unexpectedly, my Scythe could crush those strange mirrors without reflections. What's more, each broken mirror gave me 100 exp. I remember levelling up to Qi Refining 6th Rank, I must have destroyed around one million mirrors.

Qi Cultivation: Qi Refining, 6th Rank (3451/2,200,000)

'Indeed, I was right, I truly brokethrough, then... What was the problem?'

No matter how much I tried to recall, my thoughts didn't answer me anymore. I was glad I became strong, but I didn't like this situation, this feeling I had deep inside my soul was annoying. I couldn't describe it. It confused my very own soul as if I was not myself or I never was, to begin with.

I managed to throw away my thoughts and my confusion deep inside my soul. I needed to figure out why I had gone back to my old world, was it truly an illusion? Everything felt so vivid.

”System...?”

Nothing, the AI managing the System was not available. I could access the information and all the stuff since it was stored inside my soul, but I couldn't interact with it... was really there nothing I could do. In my previous life, I had this friend who was crazy with computers, but I didn't manage to learn anything from him. 'Who said I learned nothing!' Every single memory in my head was so vivid, that I could see each detail. Instead of being the usual lazy me, I used my soul to search memories I had with him.

It took me some hours to process all of them, after all, I wanted any detail that could help me out and I finally had it. My friend always talked about LOGS, a register file where the data movements are stored. The moment that thought crossed my mind a huge information was accessible. It was not really detailed, but it had recorded everything since I got my first exp point. Rolling down the information, I accessed the last LOG line. The Death Core was the problem.

[Death Core upgraded to Lv2]

[Suppressing Death Core energy]

[System overloading]

[Overload]

[Activating safety measures]