Kain read through a long, very long, string of notifications before he finally reached one that said:
*Upgrade Completed. Please enter the System for a detailed tutorial of System Version 4.0*
Seeing the directive of the last notification, Kain promptly did as directed.
'System' He thought like a familiar habit, expecting the interface to appear in front of him like usual, but…
Nothing.
Kain hesitated. The usual System interface should have appeared the moment he called for it, a translucent screen displaying icons signifying all of the different features of the System he had access to—the shop that only refreshed every week, the Planetarium that he still entered nightly to increase his speed of cultivation, the Training Arena that made all the difference in his competitions, his Laboratory. None of that was appearing, making Kain panic.
Instead, there was… nothing. A strange stillness settled over him, heavy and unnatural.
Then, without warning, the world around him warped.
