1 A New Start

within a research lab, a young man was sitting before a computer, programming an A.I. that would change the world. his hands flashed across the keyboard, tapping away at lightning speed. deep excitement filled his tired eyes.

he had lost count of the number of days he had been up, but that didn't matter. once this A.I. was complete, mankind would do things that should be impossible. what was this A.I. you ask? well, it was an ever-growing, ever-adapting A.I.

it would grow non-stop, learning from any and everything it could put its finger on. it does something once, the second time around it would be better than the first time. it would be an ever-growing, ever-developing monster A.I.

as he neared completion, the first door to his room was suddenly kicked up, in shock he jumped up and saw a kind of top-secret government organization entering with guns locked onto him.

"w-what is this?" He said in fear as he raised his hands, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader of the group stepped out while looking around the room.

"Sorry, but A.I. such as the one you are creating is forbidden. for the sake of humanity, you're will be killed today. count it as your blessing that I'm the one who came, as your soul would have been a meal for those lizards." He said calmly before turning around and walking away, the young man was in shock, but before he could say anything. bullets flew filling his body, along with the computer.

the young man walking away sighed softly upon hearing the body hit the ground, this young man was not the first and will not be the last of humans who would create stuff too far advanced for the current humans. or Inhumans

an ever-growing A.I. that was something he was ordered to destroy at all costs. the thought of such a thing going out of control was something that scared him. he had seen many things, such as a human born with unique powers, but humans were not ready yet for such things. they were still crying over race. if a new sub-race suddenly popped up,

Shaking his head, he had this place be covered up, the government would find a way to cover this up. they were always skilled at covering stuff up. and even if people find out, it's not like they would do anything, humans were such stupid things at times. well, it can't be said for all of them. the common people were such stupid things...

meanwhile, the young man's body had fallen onto the computer, which was flicking, electricity flashed as his blood came into contact with the blood. slowly, the body suddenly shook slightly, as the electricity flew from his blood and into his body.

his eyes twitched slightly for some time before he suddenly took a deep breath and sat up. he looked around slightly, fear still visible in his eyes. but it quickly turned to confusion as he didn't know where he was at.

as he looked around for some time, his face twitched in pain. he held in pain as he held his head, and unknown memories entered his head. after a few minutes of his sharp pain filling his mind, it slowly disappeared, and he lay there in shock

He was shocked, upon his death he had managed to appear within another world, within another body. this was something he only read about within those novels. to think he would be some of such brings.

the new body he found himself in was someone called Sora, one of the young masters within white cloud city. but he was a foolish young master who stole treasure from the mayor wanting to win the heart of another woman. but he toyed, that woman played him, leaving the mayor's guards to find him beaten up by the woman's real rover.

he was badly beaten up and sent back home badly injured in the blink of death. his father who spoiled him since young tried everything to keep him alive, but in the end, he died only for his soul to enter his body.

{bonding complete.... ever developing system.} suddenly a voice sounded within Sora's mind, stunning him. the ever-developing system was the name of the project he was doing. how did it bond with him? thinking slightly, he realized he was standing in front of the computer. since he fell backward, he must have landed on the computer.

some kind of weird reaction would have had the A.I. being transformed into his mind in a form of a system or something like that. Sora thought and called upon the system, and saw the screen showing his information.

{A.I. Name- Sora

Cultivation: None

Growth rate- level 1

Strength measurement: 1}

Sora was stunned slightly, it seems as if it saw him as the A.I. which kind of made sense, the cultivation was of course none as the former owner of the body had no cultivation, in fact in this whole village it was rare to find any cultivator, only the clan leaders, and elders have some level of cultivation.

growth rate seemed to be a measurement of how fast he would grow, Sora didn't know much of this system, but it seemed as if it did most of this stuff on its own. self-program and completed itself.

{abilities: body tempering realm level abilities-

[Toughness]- cost 100

[Recovery]- cost 100

[movement]- cost 100

[Jump]- cost 100

[Power]- cost 100

[Dexterity]- cost 100

[Endurance]- cost 100

[Stamina]- cost 100

[Breath]- cost 100

[Smell]- cost 100

[Sight]- cost 100

[Hearing]- cost 100

[Touch]- cost 100

[Taste]- cost 100}

Sora's eyebrow raised seeing the cost for these abilities, they seemed so simple, but Sora could guess that once he buys them, he could have them develop each time he uses them. but now were the numbers, what were they and how could he get them?

were they money? but that would be too cheap if it was money, so it had to be something else, Sora looked all over the system but found nothing. having nothing to go on, he could only put this to the side. he would find out the knowledge later.

getting out of bed, Sora felt a slight pain that ran through his body. he was still hurting because of that beating this body took. with a sigh, Sora went on to go and step outside where a maid was quickly shocked to see him.

"The young master is awake." She cried out in shock, and with that cry, many people came over to see Sora, above them all being a red-haired man who rushed over in a hurry. seeing his son was ok and was walking, although he could tell he was hurting, it was good as he was just in a half-dead state. he rushed over and gave Sora a deep huge, stunning Sora slightly

"Father..." Sora said softly, because of the memories, although they didn't affect Sora much, they made Sora feel close to this man who spoiled him crazy. His father suddenly stopped as he looked deeply at Sora.

{Jimen has been relieved... gained 1 SP

maid has been disgusted... gained 6 SP]

this screen suddenly appeared before Sora, shocking him, he was stunned, to think this was the stuff used to buy stuff. so, making people feel something towards him was enough to give him points, which he could use to buy.... this was something he could work with

"You messed up great this time son, that pill you gave away... sigh, follow me." He said softly before following him. confused slightly, Sora followed him, and they headed towards a meeting room where many clan elders were waiting. there was only 5 elder

as Sora went on to sit in his chair, next to his father, he suddenly heard the system going off in his head.

{disappointed 5 elders.... gained 5 SP}

Sora seeing this notification sighed softly, he had stolen a powerful pill, one that could allow one to reach level 3 body tempering. something like that was rare here, where someone at level 1 was hard to find.

"Jimen, I wish you the best of luck. but your son just can't stay here after what he has done." the clan head said softly as he looked at Sora's father. His father nodded slightly, his son should have been killed, but he coughed up everything he had to barely pay for the losses his son has caused. even so, it was almost impossible for the mayor to get such a pill again.

even if you have the money, it didn't mean you can get your hands on such a pill. so, yes the mayor hated them to the born right now. now wanting to make such a powerful enemy, the clean head could only cut connections with Sora and his father.

if Sora would have died then Sora's father would not need to go. but since Sora was alive, he was going to say goodbye to these two. Sora's father had a cultivation at level 2 body tempering, so he was highly looked after by the clan, but he would not abandon his son.

"Thank you for all you have done for us, I will remember your kindness from the bottom of my heart," Jimen said softly, the clan head smiled slightly as he nodded. these two were not from the clan, but he took them in over 12 years ago. but now it was time to say goodbye.

Sora got more system points from them as they threw looks toward them, he could feel their hopes that he would have simply died. Sora didn't say anything and simply followed behind his father, at this point what could he say? this former owner fucked up.

so, they left the Grand Leaf clan, one of the 4 great clans within this city, his father looked at the sky as they stepped out slightly, before he turned around to look at Sora.

"I have seen my wrong, I didn't raise you... I should have been harder on you. so I will take most of the blame for what happened. but from this moment forth, I will be harder on you and be pushing you to be the best you can be." He said softly, Sora looked him in the eyes for a moment and saw the deep regret in his eyes.

"I understand." He said softly, his father nodded slightly, and so the two walked off, walking through the city, Sora caught many people's attention, and many of them knew him. he was a young master who loved to enjoy himself in the city and get into fights with other young masters. he had bullied many people here, and they were all happy to see him knocked off his high horse

{Gained Attention- Gained 20 SP

mocked by the crowd- gained 16 SP

Pleased the crowd- gained 18 SP}

notification flashed across the screen, and as more people looked outside their window, the more SP Sora gained increased, making Sora happier. by the time they left the city, Sora had shockingly gained over 300 SP.

Seeing this, Sora quickly went to go and buy a skill, but he quickly found that he needed to be at body tempering to buy these skills, or else they would remain locked.

"... father, I want to start cultivating," Sora said softly, in the past his father wanted him to start cultivating, but Sora being Sora, he didn't pay attention to his father. his father hearing Sora's words instantly stopped in his food steps,

{Shocked Jimen- Gained 1 SP

Pleased Jimen- Gained 1 SP}

His father looked at him, shock filling his eyes. Sora was 13 years old, and all these years this brat never once cultivated. saying it was too slow and not seeing the use of something like cultivation. well, he couldn't be blamed. Qi within this small village was almost none existence, Sora would have to cultivate till he was 20 to step into level 1 body tempering.

"Good, I hope you're not just saying that. there is a forest filled with magical beasts, we will move in there and you would have to learn to fight and survive. you're no longer a young master, but a homeless brat." he said seriously, to which Sora nodded slightly.

So, they headed off. the walk to the forest took over 20 minutes, something which killed Sora's legs, but he didn't cry or anything. which gave him more points than his father. upon arriving in the forest, his father went on to begin his teaching of survivability.

He began teaching Sora the basics of making a campfire, finding out what was poisonous and not, and much other stuff Sora didn't know.

{a new Ability is available, [Camping]}

this notification suddenly popped before Sora, and Sora went on to check to see what it was, seeing it was 100 SP, he bought it. but once he bought it, nothing changed which confused him. Sora thought for a moment, before looking at the ability

[Camping]- you have unmatched talent in the arts of camping, be it your hunting skills, house-making skills, and survivability skills, you can live within the most dangerous of forests without trouble.

Branch skills: none

Sora looked at this in confusion, but he quickly realized something. it was talent, he pretty much bought the talent, so that means he could learn things and understand them right? with this thought, he went through things his dad told him, and indeed he found that he easily understood and remembered everything he told him.

but there was something he didn't understand, he could learn, but what about stuff rated to camping his father didn't teach? knowledge about this stuff didn't just pop into his head, he had to learn them. looking back at the ability information, he saw that it had changed.

Branch skills: [Herb picking] [Herb's knowledge] [Camp Fire Collection] [Camp Base finding and creation]

'I see... so Camping is split into many branch skills which I have to find, I will learn and master anything rated to camping... I wonder if there is a limit to that.' Sora thought while looking at this, he wondered if the system had levels to measure the ability level, as the system says, the more he uses an ability, the better he shall become. he wondered if there was a limit to how high he could improve upon something. it was even even-growing system, aiming to be the best of the best,

but just as Sora was about to leave the screen, his heart skipped when he saw that the body tempering skills which once cost 100 SP, now cost 200 SP. it seems buying abilities increased the price for other abilities. so Sora would have to be careful and smart with what ability he should buy.

Shaking his head, he turned towards his father who was sharpening a stick using a pocketknife. he would show him how to hunt and among other things before the sunset.

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