HBWnovel Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Ethan could hear strange noises in his head; he found himself drowning in his thoughts, but in an instant, all his memories came rushing inside him, and he screamed out in the real world.
Ethan stood upright as he woke up from what seemed like a nightmare.
He was seeing different numeric numbers that he didn't understand. What a crazy thing, he thought.
Ethan gazed forward, only to see a big digital screen in front of him.
"What the hell?"
Ethan moved in such a rough manner that his head hit the wall behind him. He finally looked around, and he was currently in a hospital bed.
"How did I get here?"
Ethan tried to remember what happened when he was kicked out of Lady Madison mansion, but he couldn't get the picture correctly; all he remembered was a strange voice and this shit in front of him.
Ethan slowly gazed forward again. He remembered seeing something like this before he passed out.
What could it be?
Ethan fully looked at the digital screen, and something sounded in his head.
"Claim Reward"
Ethan quickly looked around, but he didn't see anybody. But he was sure he heard a female voice.
His eyes opened widely as he suddenly thought about it.
Could it be that he has gone crazy?
His heart missed a beat as he thought about it. He looked straight at the digital screen.
[Host: Ethan Winston]
Physique; Weak
Mentality; Weak]
[Host has successfully ascended to the beginner level.]
[Claim system reward: $10,000,000,000,000]
Ethan read through the message; he wanted to know both, so the system brought out new messages while sounding in his head.
[System general rules: Host can't spend the system's standby funds.] The host can only spend the funds inside the system bank.
Ethan was surprised to see the message before him. He immediately thought of the ten trillion dollars; does this mean he wouldn't be able to access it, and what with the system bank?
After thinking about these questions, the system displayed new messages.
[The system bank contained money generated from investments. The host would get 2X of every dollar generated from investment daily.
Beginner-level limitation: the system bank would reflect daily
Note: The system bank would evolve as the host ascends to a higher level.
Ethan was confused by this, but the system messages were still sounding in his head.
The host can only use standby funds for donations and investments. For every hundred million dollars of investment, the host would receive one system point, and for every one million dollars of donations, the host would receive one system point.]
Ethan was finally understanding how this so-called system works. He understood why he had to invest a hundred million dollars to get one system point: it was because he would also get money from the investment, whereas he wouldn't get anything from the donations.
Now that he understood that part, he wondered what the system point was used for.
Wondering what system points are used for?
[Don't worry, Poppy got you covered. System points are used to improve host attributes. [Attributes such as host physique and host mentality]
[Current host attributes].
Strength— 0
Speed— 0
Body (Charm): 0
Intelligent— 0
[New attributes would be unlocked as the host ascends to another level.]
Ethan read messages instantly; earlier, the system identified him as a weakling. With these attributes, he would be able to strengthen his body. He wonders how that would be possible, though; he would love to try it immediately, but he doesn't have any system points; he would have to make donations or invest to get one.
[That is all for the general rules; now for the rules that govern the beginner level.]
Ethan proceeded in his mind, and the system displayed the rules.