Chapter 2: Sign-in System

It has been a day since my 'big brother' visited me. Aside from the so-called pack doctor, I have not seen anyone in this desolate room.

Sitting on the bed, I asked the pack doctor for a pen and some extra paper after realizing that I could not take notes with the Big Data while it is resetting. For a while, I pondered how different it would be without the Big Data's existence at the back of my head.

Scribbling the plot and replacing certain names with codes, I write down all important notes of the book that will affect me. Of course, my 'beloved' big brother is the highlight of my notes.

I spent my entire afternoon creating various hypotheses of routes to take and I only came up with two.

First: Me and my brother will stay away from the plot. This means absolutely not getting involved with the male lead and the female lead.

Second: As a woman, who is described in the book as a peerless beauty that even the female lead has to take a step back, I will take the glory of being the male lead's beloved.

As soon as I wrote down the second route, I immediately dashed it out. There is no way I am getting involved with the male lead!

Staring at the first route, a burning flame of determination ignited in me.

If I stay away from the plot, it means I can live to do what I wanted to do in my previous life—research!

[RESET SUCCESSFUL!]

[BIG DATA EVOLUTION COMPLETED!]

[WELCOME TO BIG DATA SYSTEM!]

[EXPLORE] [IGNORE]

Dazzled by the array of notifications, I decisively chose to explore the new function of Big Data after resetting—the system.

A pink-colored semi-transparent notification box appeared before me. Different from the previous notifications, the intricate patterns attached to the corners of the notification box gave me a sense of elegance that the previous mechanized Big Data did not possess.

[SIGN-IN NOTICE!]

[TEN METERS FROM THE STANDING POINT: AVAILABLE C-CLASS SIGN-IN VENUE]

On cue, a dotted pattern appeared before me. This pattern led me to the door which is three meters from my bed.

Glancing at the nearly emptied drip, I pulled it out without second thoughts. The moment my soles touched the cold tiled floor, my legs went limp. Without the support of the wall adjacent to the bed, I am sure I would have suffered.

This weak body is really hopeless!

As I stabilized my body as I walked forward, I successfully found my way out of this empty ward. The quiet hallway did not deter me. Instead, my focus is always pinned on the dotted pattern that is leading me to the west side of the corridor.

While half-leaning on the wall, I followed the pattern. Approximately ten meters from my bed in total, I arrived in front of a door.

Curious about the sign-in venue that the system provided, I opened the door and expected something out of the ordinary—only to be greatly disappointed when dozens of rows of medicine and medical equipment welcomed my line of sight.

This is a small warehouse for this infirmary.

Ready to admonish the so-called system, another pink notification appeared before me.

[1 POINT TO SIGN IN TO THE ALIZO CLAN INFIRMARY'S WAREHOUSE]

[SIGN-IN] [IGNORE]

Not knowing what the 'sign-in' function will lead to, I still chose to sign-in. A small icon with the symbol of a gold coin appeared at the upper right corner of the pink notification.

[NOVICE GIFT PACK!]

The '0' next to the gold coin icon changed drastically to '20'.

The 20-point gift pack is automatically deducted by the system with 1 point, leaving 19 points next to the golden coin icon. The sound of falling coins resounded in my head followed by a pinging sound.

[SUCCESSFUL SIGN-IN: YOU GOT A COMPLETE SET MEDICINE BOX!]

[MEDICINE BOX ITEMS: GAUZE, ANALGESIC, ANTIBIOTIC, PLASTER, COTTON BALLS, OINTMENT, SCISSORS, FEVER MEDICINE, COUGH MEDICINE]

[CHECK BACKPACK FOR INVENTORY]

Like what happened to the gold coin icon, a backpack icon appeared beside the gold coin icon. No item number appeared next to the backpack icon, but it is glowing as if it is beckoning me to press it.

With my consciousness, I pressed the backpack icon. Suddenly my sight flashed for a good second. The next time I adjusted my line of sight I was in awe.

My consciousness is in a 20-meter by 30-meter room. Fog surrounded the boundary as if acting as a wall. At the corner of the area, a medicine kit has been placed. Though my body could not reach it, when I tried to think of a plaster inside the medicine kit, I felt it automatically in my hand. When I separated my consciousness from the space, I am back again in front of the infirmary's mini warehouse with an unused plaster in my left hand.

I tried another experiment and in the blink of an eye, the plaster disappeared in my hand. I checked the backpack's area in my mind and I found out that the plaster was indeed back in the medicine kit just as I willed my consciousness to be.

Is this the mystery of the system function?

I always feel that there is more than meets the eye for this.

If I looked around, maybe outside the infirmary, would I find another sign-in venue?

I can conclude that I got a medicine box because I signed in at a warehouse of an infirmary. If I sign in to another place, what will I get? How much point will it take from me?

And most importantly, how will I get points? My nineteen points are definitely not enough to satisfy my curiosity.

Shall I go out?

I stared at the other end of the brightly lit corridor. I already knew that there were no cameras around me which is different in Interstellar where every move can be seen through the Big Data. Without anyone staring at my every move, I slowly walked to the door of the infirmary.

I know that the moment I step out of this place, a new world different from the Inter-Galactic Unit 163 will welcome me—a world in a book where I am supposed to die.

With the thought of dying, the desire to explore the system is stronger than ever to the point that it did not occur to me why the place is obviously deserted.