(3rd P.O.V.)
USA, Malibu, California. ***** HOSPITAL
In one of the most advanced hospitals in the world, in a VIP room, a kid with black hair with silver ends, dark skin, and gold-brown eyes sat in his bed, intensely looking at a laptop screen.
---------------MC P.O.V.-------------------
"Sigh... you never know what life has for you." Imagine my surprise when I woke up in the body of a seven-year-old kid in a hospital with a hologram in front of me.
A loading bar, to be specific.
It's been a week since I woke up, and I have to say, as happy as I am for being alive, I feel like shit without the ability to walk. I also hate the hurt eyes of my sweet mom.
Speaking about Mom, from what I gathered from the body's memory, she was an orphan who was raised from a young age in some kind of big family until they had her lead a company.
But before that, she was in the Air Force, and at the top of her game at that. I still don't know who my father is, as I've never met him.
Maybe because I inherited the memories of the body (which was on autopilot), or due to the lack of family in my past, I was so happy when she came to the hospital and hugged me. I was kind of sad, too, waking up to her crying voice because the doctor said I won't walk again.
Yep, I can't—at least for now—because of the accident. So I hugged her back and said that we will find a way.
Now, back to what I assumed was the loading system bar that just hit 100%.
System Activation Complete
Message Loading
Hello there, it's good to know that you finally woke up your memory. To answer your 3 Ws (Who, What, Why):
I am a space eagle. I live between the dimensions. If you are wondering why I sent you to a new world, it's simply because your soul is special.
How? You have to figure that out by yourself, sorry.
As for this system, it's a part of my gift to you. It is unintelligent—just use the call command 'system props' and you will know how it works. The rest of the gift is in the inventory.
And finally, enjoy your life this time, and until next time.
".... Sigh." So, technically, I don't know anything about why I am here. I have to find out by myself, and the system is here to help, and I will be meeting this eagle in the future. Cool?
"Let's see what we got. 'System props.'"
System has 4 parameters:
Scan/Analyze: scan and analyze any object or living entity
Inventory: storage space (2 items)
World Jump (Locked): allows the host to jump to another universe (Locked: condition not met)
Worlds Record: holds a record of all the existing worlds (Locked: allows the host to see information about the world he exists in for now)
????? : ????
System can be commanded with thought process.
Wow, just wow! What next? Am I some kind of young master of some clan? Shiver... let's not go there. Nope, no flag for me. And what is the last one?
Let's see those items in the inventory. They are probably the rest of the gifts the eagle talked about.
Inventory
1 Instinct Awakening Token: helps awaken the instinct form of the user (the body will get a boost depending on the form, 30% success chance)
1 Ability Awakening Stone: awakens the inner ability of the user
So it's an item that awakens something, not gives something, and the chance is kind of low.
Given that the eagle said it is a gift, and taking the low rate of success into account, I assume this world has people with superpowers, but their population is tiny.
'What kind of world did I land in?'
Ding
Activating world scan? Yes/No
'Oh, right, I have that option. Yes.'
Scan starting... complete... loading list
World History
World Geography
World Supernatural Aspects
....
'Wow, that seems more specific and detailed than I thought. Let's start with a history lesson.' I pulled the history page, and the more I read, the more excited I became.
In summary, the world is B+ level danger (as a reference, 'Marvel-666' is SSS+), and it has a medium level of natural danger (animals and other creatures) that has led to some change in the world.
For a start, after the Second World War (WWII), a new continent surfaced in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by a heavy mist that destroys anything non-organic that emits pollution. All those who tried to go in turned to dust. The system mentioned that this new continent has some magic aspects that put the purity of the air and land at the top, like a rule or natural law.
That's all it explains about the reason.
As for the continent itself, they call it Flora, which is the most beautiful and dangerous place you will find here—also the reason for the B+ danger level.
Heaven for nature lovers and a gold mine for new resources, but a hellhole for the world as well. Why? Because every vehicle or machine used in this age is useless, so all the mining and processing became almost impossible or too time and resource-consuming.
And with the new lands came new problems. Every country and organization wanted a piece, so more fights broke out—either about shipments, or the rights to use some land with low mist interference.
This caused the area around it to transform into a free-fight zone—either on water or in the air. Even the islands that appeared around Flora became a war zone.
Until six years passed and nature started to change: animals mutating or growing bigger and smarter, and new types of creatures appearing around the world. Add to that the new natural resources that appeared not only around Flora but around the world, the message was actually clear: along with the danger more than any time, 'the world is changing.'
So humans started to change as well.
All the nations signed a "Free Exploration Treaty," which allowed the rise of private organizations to explore Flora and its new elements, whatever their kind.
Based on the rules and conditions, any new discovery would be shared, and help given if there's any threat to humanity in the future. Yup, humanity moved because of fear. Classic, right?
So the zone around this continent was marked as the Free Seas—or what the underworld calls the "Mist Seas." The reason? Just like the mist around Flora, if you are not strong and geared enough, disappearing in its waves is your end no matter what.
But along with that, humanity took a jump of a dozen generations in all kinds of fields.