The septillionaire's superstar system

Awakening an awesome system

Alvin's body was floating on the cold lake in the middle of the city. The normally busy street only had a few cars passing along the road by that time of the night. He was too weak to open his eyes or ask for help. He just lay there, awaiting death. All of a sudden, a huge siren blared in his mind, waking him up from the coma he fell into after being beaten to a deplorable state.

[Host found, initiating the septillionaire's super star system. Do you accept or reject?]

The exhausted Anthony couldn't answer because he felt his eyes drooping again as he sank deeper into the water.

“Wake up! The moment you sleep, you die. Don't you want to live and take revenge for all Sonya put you through in these past few months? Keep your eyes open no matter what happens. Do you want the system or not? If you say yes, you will have access to unlimited wealth, supernatural abilities, and anything you can imagine. You will become the most famous super star, a strong warrior, and the richest man around. In exchange, you will go on a mission for the system to earn contribution points.” The voice said again.

Alvin sighed, unable to move any part of his body.

“I must have gone delirious from the pain, making me hallucinate. Is this how I die?”

“Accept the system so that I can save your life. Hurry up, otherwise I will go find another host.”

“Accept.” Alvin muttered. At once, a bright light wrapped around him like a cocoon and brought him out of the water, placing him on the shore.

“Merging with the host, 10%, 50%, 70%, 100%. Fusion successfully completed.” The pleasant female voice said, followed by a low ding.

“Congratulations, master. The septillionaire's super star system is now yours, and eight million dollars has been deposited into your account as a welcome bonus. Also, the ultimate revival elixir has been added to your cart. Do you want to utilize them now?”

“Ultimate revival elixir? Can it heal me? Please fuse it right away.” Alvin whispered with great difficulty.

A blue screen appeared before him with numerous sections outlined on it, including weaponry, store, pharmacy, and library. However, his eyes were fixed on the section marked ‘available for cash out’. Without waiting for the system's guidance, he pressed the cash out button beneath the elixir and a little jade bottle appeared in his hands. Alvin quickly swallowed the entire content, ignoring the mind splitting pain from his numerous wounds and broken bones.

Alvin suddenly screamed in pain. The moment the elixir entered his body, it began to spread fire from the pit of his belly to other parts of his body. His body was on fire, making him feel as if he was thrown into a volcanic lake. Sweat poured out of his body as the flames flowed through his veins.

“Master, your body is being forged into a new and stronger one. Endure the pain.”

After some time, a warm, golden light covered him and he sighed in relief. Soon the wounds on his body sealed up and he felt a warm energy around the areas with broken bones as it fixed itself. The process continued for ten minutes till his entire body was encased with the warm energy.

The pain in his body slowly disappeared and the patches of blood on the surface of his skin peeled off to review a white and spotless skin. Even his physique improved, making his muscle mass increase.

“First level body forging completed. Analysing the host 1% 10% 30% 60% 80% 100%”

"Name: Alvin Kent

Age: 22 years

Race: Human

Nationality: American

Strength: 12points (very weak)

Agility: 15 points (pitifully weak)

Intelligence: 50 points(considered a genius by earth's standards, but he's just average)

Vitality: 40 points

Memory: 60 points

Prestige: 0 points

Skills: singer and composer.”

Alvin frowned as he listened to the system's analysis. Was the system looking down on him? What's up with the ‘pitifully weak and just average’ analysis?

“Do you wish to purchase anything using the reward money from the system?”

“I need a house, some food and a mobile phone.” Alvin quickly replied without giving it much thought.

“Master, may I suggest you leave the house till tomorrow? After your first mission, the reward money will multiply and you will have enough to purchase a mighty villa. Why don't you find a hotel for now? If you buy a house with the current balance, it won't be that big. What do you want to do?”

Alvin’s brows furrowed in deep thoughts as he weighed the options before him.

“Can I go on the mission now? I no longer feel sick. I feel even stronger than my usual self.”

“That's also possible. You can check the current mission tab.”

The blue screen appeared before him and the words ‘MISSION TAB’ were written boldly on top.

Level 1, choose the preferred degree: Easy, intermediate, hard.

“Mmm, can you explain more to me about the things on the screen?” Alvin muttered, watching the screen.

“You're currently in level 1 since you have not unlocked any skills or battle abilities. Level 1 is the beginner tier level, as you go forth and improve, the level will also increase. Now, the degree of difficulty is graded from easy to hard. In the future, two more degrees will be added, profound and life threatening. Naturally, the reward for completing each mission varies according to the level of difficulty. The harder the degree of a particular mission chosen, the greater the reward.” The system patiently explained.

“Those ones marked as profound and life threatening, does it mean that the chances of getting hurt is high?” Alvin asked, watching the screen fervently.

“What do you mean by getting hurt? If it's merely getting hurt, then it's graded as hard. The system chose you because in the future, there's a calamity you are destined to avert. There's a septillion dollars to be won, and more keeps flowing in everyday; unlimited wealth and power. But nothing in this world is free, the system’s gifts are not totally free, you will be required to do certain things. But rest assured that it won't go against morality and civil ethics. Now, to answer your question, profound means the mission involves lots of technical difficulty that needs wisdom, resilience, and exceptional strength to overcome, and the chances of success are 40%. Then, life threatening level means that it's very dangerous and only by creating a miracle can you succeed. The chances of success are between 15% to 5%, and even then, coming out unscathed will be a miracle. Furthermore, there's also a special level mission for those that have reached the higher mission realms. The chances of success for them is between 4% to 0.5%.”

“What? Doesn't that mean that I might die during one of the higher level missions?” Alvin asked, his eyes wide with incredulity.

“It's not too late to change your mind. Although you're the most suitable person, and the system has already fused with you, if you don't want it, it can move to another person since it's less than 24 hours. And you can also keep the elixir. That is, you will remain healthy and not return to the state I found you in the lake. But the eight million dollars will be taken back and you will lose your chance to take revenge and rise to the top. What do you want to do? Put your life on the line and become great, or live on in mediocrity?”

“I will take the chance. If I don't get powerful, anyone can kill me anytime. My life won't be safe either. I might as well go on the missions. Besides, the great disaster you speak about will probably not happen any time soon. And I can just choose to not go on those missions.”

“Mmm, you can't refuse a special mission. And each time you fail a mission, the rewards for the previous successful mission will be subtracted. For example if you failed mission 9, the rewards from mission 8 will be taken back or slashed in half, depending on the reason for the mission failure. Also, there will come a time where you need to take on those categories. However, since the system chose you, it means you have the potential to become the greatest. Do you still want to go on?”

“Yes of course, complete the process. I won't change my mind in the future, as long as the system keeps its own end of the bargain.”

“Good. Final fusion has been completed.”

Alvin smiled and quickly wanted to tap on the virtual monitor. The monitor suddenly started to blink red lights, becoming unstable.

“Emergency! Emergency! System mission, accept now.”

“What the hell? Didn't you just say that I have not qualified for such difficult and life threatening missions? Why are you already sending me on special missions?” Alvin shouted, his eyes wide with disbelief and unwillingness. He had not even learnt any skill that could help him protect himself. Does this mean that he would die before he had a chance to enjoy the money?