Chapter 5: Chapter 4 - The Anime System
In a large room, filled with countless bunk beds, several young boys and girls were sleeping, all except one young boy.
Alex or Nio, if you will, was the only one who was awake, staring blankly into the air where something only he could see was floating.
[Congratulations on your five-year anniversary! The Anime System has been activated again, host!]
Fearing that he would be heard, Nio decided to answer it on his own head.
'So you finally showed up. I have a ton of questions.'
[It is my duty to answer them.]
Staring at the system window, Nio felt like he was talking with a bot, which wasn't entirely wrong.
'Firstly, why doesn't the android physique work?'
[Due to a time limit, a lot of the abilities of the physiques were not explained.]
'Go on.'
[The Android's ability to produce energy infinitely was translated as stamina because they run in that energy.]
[In your case, that ability results in a generator that can receive samples of a certain energy and automatically start producing it]
'So once I start converting Heaven and Earth Energy into Qi, this generator will start generating Qi on its own?'
[That is correct!]
[This physique is quite compatible with the Anime System. Once you buy a sample of a different energy like, curse energy, chakra or mana.]
'Indeed.'
This opened a lot of possibilities, he could literally explore every single power system that belonged to an anime.
'Ok! What can you offer me?'
[The Anime System is equipped several functions you can make use of.]
'Show me.'
[
Status
Name: Nio / Nioo / (9-1-1) / Alex
Age: 5 (23)
Cultivation:Body Tempering Stage 0
Health : Good
PHY: 6
SPE: 5
END: 5
INT: 20
CON: 8
Note: PHY (Physique); SPE (Reaction Speed); END (Endurance); INT (Intellect); CON (Control)
Credits: 3583
[Access Shop]
[Anime Stream]
[Map]
[Do you wish to rate this System? Click Here]
]
Nio stared at the window blankly.
Besides the status, shop and the map, everything else left him kinda flabbergasted. Anime Stream? Rating the System?
Sigh
Sighing, Nio started to navigate through the shop.
[
Welcome to the shop!
[Energy Samples(NEW)]
[Skill Shop]
[Physique Shop]
[Item Shop]
[Information Shop]
]
'Information?'
[From simple things like behaviors you should have in new worlds to more complicated things like language.]
'And the other participants?'
Nio did not forget why he was here from the beginning, for some time, he couldn't even sleep, afraid that a participant would enter this place and kill him.
[You can only buy information about other players once you reached the final world, once the probability of encountering them is the highest.]
'Probability? What is the probability that I have to encounter a "player", huh?'
[0%]
[Each player is sent to different worlds where they are alone, or in your case in a secret realm inside a bigger world.]
'Huh? Secret realm?'
[You are present in a secret realm belonging to a bigger world.]
'And where is the exit?'
[Do you wish to buy that information for 8000 credits?]
'Forget it.'
It seemed that the System could provide information almost for free, but if asked for more specific information, it would start asking for credits.
[
Energy Samples (NEW)
[Curse Energy]
-> Type: Negative Energy
->Anime: Jujutsu Kaisen
->Special: Allows to actively use Jujutsu Kaisen's Skills without conversion.
->Price: 1500 credits
]
'Conversion?'
[In case you buy a skill of a power system you do not have access to, Conversion will create a copy of the skill, taking into account the power system you are more adept with.]
'I see.'
[Having a sample of the energy gives you a discount in everything related to that energy.]
'So if I buy a sample of curse energy, everything from curse energy manipulation to even Domain Expansions will have a discount?'
[That is correct.]
'Wow! Are there any other discounts I can get my hands on?'
[Naturally, if you see the skill shop, you will have more details.]
[
Skill Shop
[Filters]
[Energy Manipulation Skills] Note: Skills that consist on manipulating energies.
[Physical Skills] Note: Skills that are related to how to move your body in either combat, movement or other forms of exercises.
[Weapon Wielding Skills] Note: Skills that are related to how to use a weapon. This section might have skill that overlap with other sections.
[Special Skills] Note: Skills that belong to specific individuals or that are their signature skills. Ex:Curse Techniques.
[Specifics about Discounts]
]
'So many type of skills, I will have to look at them later.'
[
Specifics about Discounts
You can receive discounts by:
>Possess a sample of energy of the same Power System / Anime
>Instead of instantly learn the Skill, receive the method to learn and practice it
>By trading something of value, this could be something that you have received from the system or something from the real world.
]
'This was great!' Nio thought. Even if the prices were out of reach, he had a good amount of ways to lower the price. The last one got him curious tough.
'What will you do with the items that I trade with you?'
[Some of them will be sent to the [Shop] function of other systems, others will be converted to energy to facilitate the accommodation of the host in new worlds.]
'!!!'
That wasn't really good.
'Let me see what more is there.'
[
Energy Manipulations Skills:
>Common flow of energy: Make the energy flow through the body or other specialized vessels. Cost: 10 Credits
>Constant flow: The energy will flow through your body passively without any need of human interference. Cost: 400 Credits
>Specialized flow: Make the energy flow in specific intervals and parts of your body according to any movement. Cost: 500 Credits
>External flow: Make the energy flow outside your body. Cost: 50 Credits
>...
...
]
There were much more, but most of them, like the ones before, could be accomplished with a little practice. They were shortcuts, essentially, there was no need to have them, he was young, he had time to train.
Nio decided not to check everything on the System. Instead, he started planning his future.
'Now that we are five, the family will start our training, however I am not aware of the details regarding cultivation.'
Nio was aware of how cultivation worked in this world. Before starting to increase your cultivation base in your dantian, one must first start refining their own body, attuning it to qi. This way, every time one increased their cultivation, their physical strength would increase as well.
'System, can you provide me with the details of qi?'
[Do you wish to buy that information for 200 points?]
'No show me with [Energy Samples] function, please.'
[Qi]
-> Type: Neutral Energy
->Anime: -----------
->Special: Allows to actively use Cultivation's Skills without conversion.
->Price: 2100 credits
]
'Not much info, huh? Show me Chakra now.'
[Chakra]
-> Type: Neutral Energy
->Anime: Naruto
->Special: Allows to actively use Naruto's and Naruto Shippuden's Skills without conversion.
->Price: 2000 credits
]
'If I buy Cursed Energy and Chakra, and then cultivate qi with the guidance of the family, will the three energies mix together?'
[Negative. The energies will remain separate, your android physique will generate the energies separately.]
'Hm.'
Nio was worried about that, after all, mixing two neutral energies with a negative one would result in a negative one, right? How would that influence the other energies?
'In that case, System, I would like to buy a sample of Cursed Energy and a sample of Chakra.'
[Adding Items to the Cart]
[Purchasing all items present in the Cart]
[Congratulations! You have acquired a sample of [Cursed Energy] ]
[Your Android Physique is activated! You can now infinitely produce Curse Energy]
[Congratulations! You have acquired a sample of [Chakra] ]
[Your android Physique is activated! You can now infinitely produce Chakra]
[Your body does not possess the pathways needed for Chakra to flow]
[It was detected that the Host has inherent pathways of a cultivator known as Meridians]
[Do you wish to mutate your meridians to house Chakra?]
[Yes] [No]
'Yes'
[Initiating Mutation]
[0%]
[1%]
As soon as the 1% notice was heard, a great pain flooded Nio's brain. In order to not wake anyone up, he bit into his pillow and grasped the borders of his bed with all his strength.
[5%]
'Damn it!'
The cruel reminder of the slow progress of the mutation made Nio cursed in his mind.
[10%]
A few minutes later another notification rang out and another curse resounded in his head, after all, his mouth was full, uncapable of letting a sound.
[20%]
Nio did not have sufficiently clear mind to make any sense of the new notification.
[50%]
The mutation was almost over an hour when another notification was heard. Nio didn't hear it.
[75%]
Nio officially lost conscious, not aware of how much progress had been done.
[90%]
[95%]
[99%]
[99.1%]
[99.5%]
[99.9%]
[100%]
[The mutation has been completed]