Stan looked at the pill and the vial one final time before closing his hands around them.
The weight remained. Small, unmistakable and real.
Ever since receiving the system, such thoughts had crossed his mind more than once.
Yet now, more than ever, he couldn't help but wonder whether the world was far stranger than he had ever imagined, and whether he had only just begun to glimpse its true nature.
Sighing, He walked into the living room, set them carefully on the kitchen counter, and pulled out his phone.
The system interface was already presenting him with the second new feature.
[Shop unlocked.]
[Available items: 1.]
He opened it.
A single product floated in his interface field.
[[Introduction to Earth.]
[Cost: 1 System Point]
Stan's brow furrowed.
The title was generic. The book, if it was a book, was offered at the cost of a single system point. He had no system points currently on the balance. He was sitting at zero.
And yet,
He looked at the title again.
