Chapter 2

After the three of them had placed all the breakfast dishes on the table and each found their seats, Ito Sei slowly walked out of the bathroom. Not long after coming downstairs, Ito Sei's eldest sister, Ito Suzu, who hadn't seen Ito Sei, slightly frowned upon seeing him, then smiled and called out, "Asei, come and eat quickly."

"Okay, okay!"

Ito Sei nodded lazily, came to the table, and pulled out the nearest stool to sit down.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Ito Sei's mother, Ito Eriko, led the family in the Japanese dining etiquette, "Itadakimasu!"

During the meal, Mother Eriko, the eldest sister, and the second sister chatted warmly, while Ito Sei, who had just integrated his memories and had no recollection of conversations during meals, ate silently and listened carefully, hoping to trigger more memories from their conversation.

After more than ten minutes, the eldest sister stood up first, "I'm full. I have to go to work, or I'll miss the bus."

"Be careful on your way," Ito Eriko nodded and said softly.

"Got it." The eldest sister put her used dishes in the sink, picked up her handbag from the living room sofa, and came to the entrance. She quickly put on a pair of black high heels, opened the door, and shouted without looking back, "I'm leaving!"

"Be careful on your way."

The door slammed shut.

"Are you two leaving as well?" Eriko looked at the clock in the living room and asked.

"Yes," the second sister, Rina, nodded. Seeing Eriko look at her, Ito Sei also nodded silently.

"Then, here's your allowance for today. Spend it wisely." Eriko got up, took a few 1000-yen bills from the pocket of a red windbreaker on the coat rack at the entrance, and gave them to the two.

"Is that all?" Ito Sei said instinctively as he took the money. This was not Ito Sei's conscious thought, but his body's instinctive reaction. Ito Sei frowned and thought to himself, "It seems this is the influence of this body's memories."

Clearly, Eriko seemed to be used to Ito Sei's complaints. She just glanced at Ito Sei indifferently, said nothing, and returned to her seat to continue eating.

"I'm full." Ito Rina put down her bowl, got up, and said. She then took the bowl to the kitchen sink, picked up her schoolbag from the sofa like her eldest sister, and walked to the entrance. A moment later, with the sound of the door closing, she disappeared from sight.

"Then I'm leaving too." Seeing that only he and his mother, Eriko, were left in the room, Ito Sei felt a bit uncomfortable. After all, as someone who had just transmigrated, facing his biological mother for the first time didn't evoke any good feelings, and his uneasy mindset made him feel awkward. He finished the food in his bowl in a few bites, threw the dishes into the sink, picked up his schoolbag from the sofa, put on his shoes, and ran out.

Watching Ito Sei disappear from sight, Mother Eriko frowned in confusion, "Asei seems a bit different today."

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"Really uncomfortable~" Ito Sei slowly walked to the bus stop and thought to himself. He glanced at his second sister, Rina, who was completely ignoring him, and decided not to make things awkward by talking to her. He focused on his own thoughts.

"2000 yen, it seems I can't do much besides buying lunch. And with the food portions in Japan... it looks like I'll be living a life of feast and famine from now on."

Leaning against the bus stop sign, he closed his eyes and began to carefully organize the information given by the cube.

The cube is called the "Special Multiverse Component Conversion Cube," or simply the Cube. It is a super-dimensional creation, and how it appeared on Earth is completely unknown. As for how he obtained it, it was purely a matter of chance. The Cube's main function is to search for all dimensional worlds connected to the Earth, the world in which the owner lives, and enter them to collect all the material and non-material resources the owner needs. It can then use these resources to construct a superpower within the Cube, creating a world and rules of its own. Of course, it's not limited to Earth; any dimension connected to the universe in which the owner resides can be searched, but clearly, Ito Sei is just an Earth resident and doesn't have the ability to support the energy required for such searches.

As for the energy used to power the Cube, it is the World Force.

The World Force is a unique energy that overflows during the natural operation of any universe and life-bearing planet. This energy is used by life forms in various ways, producing different effects and names. For example, ether, or the elemental energy, are all forms of World Force. However, due to the different levels and understandings of life forms, the purity and effectiveness of the energy they use are inevitably weaker than the energy produced by the natural operation of the world. Those who can naturally use highly pure World Force are called gods.

Let's get back to the Cube. How does the Cube absorb this energy? It's simple: automatic absorption. However, relying solely on automatic absorption, it would take an incredibly long time to gather enough energy to do anything. Therefore, a second method exists. The Cube automatically absorbs the World Force emitted by the Earth's operation, gaining basic functions. It then searches for dimensions around the Earth, and the owner's spirit guides the selection of these dimensions. By entering these dimensions as an outsider and disrupting the predetermined fate of these worlds, it triggers a large amount of World Force to be released, accelerating the absorption process.

This is the source of the energy!

After clarifying this information, Ito Sei used his mind to communicate with the Cube to check the amount of energy it had. A tube-like object similar to a thermometer appeared in Ito Sei's mind, with a bright red line at the bottom. It was still a considerable distance from the nearest basic mark.

"It seems it will take some time to absorb enough energy. I might as well use this time to exercise. Although this body is relatively healthy due to some annoying reasons, it's far from the condition of my previous body."

Ito Sei opened his eyes and looked at the approaching bus, feeling conflicted again.

"Money!"

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This chapter mainly introduces the basic setting and informs readers who followed from another book, you know what I mean!

{Piaotian Literature}