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Life as a System Isn't Easy

We've all heard the story of the system users. Some get trolled, some get scammed, some have to slave away, but you know, the life of a system isn't easy either!

Poro_Cult · Sci-fi
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6 Chs

A Third Person View

"I wonder why the wheat seeds aren't locked"

~New patch added, wheat seeds have now been locked~

~1.5 Intelligence added for noticing an error~

"I see…"

"Well, if everything's locked, I suppose I can just worry about it later!"

"Mmm, that was good toast… I wonder what the trillion-point jam tastes like"

At this point, Silvia's thought process was interrupted as the ghosts began to get released from their cage.

"Well, I guess staying here isn't going to help, time to go!"

With the third person view, things were a lot easier. Even with Silvia's questionably low intelligence, it was obvious to see that the ghosts seemed to follow simple patterns. With this, it was somewhat simpler to avoid the ghosts, as compared to before where she was exploring a 'maze' step by step and could only plan (if she had the intelligence to plan) based off of where she already had been, and could only respond based off of seeing ghosts, she could now observe the entire map, and be aware of a ghost long before it approached her. With this advantage, along with some amounts of relevant world knowledge unlocking as she went (but not without a significant complaints), Silvia was able to get her revenge on the ghosts at last, easily avoiding them until she had found the ostrich eggs, and could turn the tables.

"Wak- NOM-ka"

"Hehe, stupid Mr. Turnip, see if you'll ever get me again"

~+200 points, open store? ~

"Mmm… I think the store can wait a little… In fact I still haven't read that book from earlier have I?"

As she was contemplating, the ghost had respawned from its cage, this time with a buddy.

"Well, I better get a move on, I think the point of this game is to get all of the dots and get a high score? I wonder if there is some reward for a high score…. Not like there's anybody to compete with…"

After a few close shaves with the ghosts, Silvia had managed to gather all but a few dots on the map, and while at it, paid her dues to a few turnips. Unfortunately, due to some rather poor planning on her part, perhaps due to a still well below average intelligence score, she had left the last few dots as the ones in front of the ghost's respawn cage and had run out of ostrich eggs.

"STUPID TURNIP, GET AWAY FROM ME"

"WHOOH"

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, left or right…"

As if propelled by some strange instinct, she decided the answer was left, slamming head-wakka into a wall she found…

"The turnip didn't follow me?"

"HAH, stupid turnip head, go away!"

Staring into the wall, and taking her brief moment of respite, Silvia tried to figure out what was going on.

"I wonder what… AHHHHH STUPID KNOWLEDGE PACK"

"… I see, this is one of those cheap spots where the ghosts can't find me because of some reason or another…"

As she sat there, all of the ghosts in the arena began to gather around her location and circle around, of course their paths were somewhat different due to their initial starting positions, resulting in them creating something of an encirclement.

"Thank goodness I can see where they all are… I can't imagine getting out if I still saw all of this like a labyrinth… Heh, Labyrinth, that's an interesting word"

She stared at the ghost's cycling and suddenly…

"NOW!"

Burst out and ran (Wakkaed?) her way to the center, with not one, not two, but three ghosts chasing after her.

*NOM* *NOM* *NOM

~Congratulations, You have completed the level! As you have not yet bought level two, you have the choices of restarting -100 points- Unlocking level 2 -200 points- or buying a separate world. ~

~You currently have 3700 points~