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Power Cultivator in Honkai Prologue
🕑 Added 2025-10-13 17:48:03 +0000 UTC[The Games We Play System has awakened, your playing style will be randomly selected!]
This was not what I expected to awaken to in the morning.
For a second, I rubbed my eyes, thinking that I was seeing things, but the notification-like window was still there.
“...Holy…”
I mumbled for a second before my hand slowly went to the notification window; it only had one option there.
That option was [OK]. For a second, I pondered what I should do. Should I press it? Or ignore it. Though if it will be around for long, it will get annoying. It would be floating around and get in my way.
Not that I was not curious, it was a system, and systems… have a reputation.
Some are good and some are mad crazy, according to fanfiction and books in general, and now I am a victim of it.
“Right… here goes nothing.” I pressed the [OK] option, and the window disappeared and was immediately replaced by another blue window.
[Randomising your playing style…]
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DING!
[Your style of game has been selected. Your role is that of ‘Cultivator.’]
“Hah? Xianxia? In my world?” I was baffled to read that! If I can cultivate, then it's amazing! In the regular world, no less!
“How do I cultivate?”
I asked. I was a bit excited to try it out. I am a guy who loves watching numbers grow. It includes those grinding games, which is why I can play those Korean MMOs that have hundreds of levels and monotonous grinds.
[To start cultivating, you need a power.]
“...Wait…”
‘It’s not the game class but the process!’
The system said my style of game! Not what I will be. I stroked my chin, thinking for a bit. But then I realised that this could not work.
I mean, if I can cultivate powers, then I need some sort of starting point.
“Ugh!”
I rubbed the back of my head from frustration for a second before jumping out of my bed.
For a second, I paced back and forth in front of my bed. Well, I need a shower so I can sweat for a bit.
With a small but serious smile, I did some stretches, then got down and prepared to do some push-ups. Well, as a nerd, I am quite lazy, so stuff like exercising is quite alien to me, and I rarely do this stuff.
So I would be surprised if I can do it more than five…
Thankfully, the possibility of having a superpower is quite a motivation, so I quickly began to do it.
One…
Two…
Three…
After three, my hands began to heat and I started to feel tired, but I pushed through as I got to four, then five…
At six, my hands began to tremble; however, I did it before I collapsed on the carpet.
My nose got assaulted by all the dust and crap on the floor.
“Shit… I need to vacuum the carpet.” I groaned as I slowly moved into a sitting position.
[Ding]
[You began to cultivate your body.]
[You unlocked: Body Cultivation]
[Body Cultivation: ‘Body is my Temple’ as the saying goes, by harnessing one’s flesh, it's possible to achieve supernatural
Possible routes of improvement: Lifeforce, also known as Ki or Touki.]
“Hoh… so that’s how it works,” I exclaimed with surprise. It appears something like a development tree.
I don’t see Chinese-style upgrades like Qi or some other form of energy.
‘I can assume this because one needs to absorb energy from outside.’
For a second, I stroked my chin as I felt a fresh boost to my energy reserves.
I pressed [OK] and the window was gone, then I stood up and dusted myself off before walking to the bathroom.
Once there, I began to shower, and at the same time, I wondered how this works.
As water was pouring on me, I recalled that systems have windows that one can call with specific commands.
“Options?”
“...”
“Nothing, what about skills?”
Still nothing.
‘Since its cultivation, what about…’
“Cultivation?”
At that moment, a window popped up before me with one entry.
[Cultivation Progress:
[Body Cultivation: 1 / 5
Strength Boost 20% (Passive)]
For a second, I stopped scrubbing myself and looked at what was before me.
‘So it’s a bit similar to a gamer with skills, but instead of skills it's powers, the more I use them in a manner they require, the better they will be.’
I wonder if I need to keep bodybuilding, and I will have a very durable body. That is not all, as if I do things how I got a power, I should get other ‘powers’ like Martial arts.
‘Should I practise katas? There are videos of those online.’
Well, for now, I returned to my washing up as I do need to get to school.
~~~~~Later~~~~~
The twenty percent boost in strength is something I noticed real quick!
Not only is everything I touch lighter, but it's more difficult to control.
By control, I mean that I broke a couple of eggs; making fried eggs was a pain in the ass.
And this was just the first rank up I can imagine the percentage will go up, and it will be more difficult to make stuff like breakfast.
Apart from strength, I noticed that my body became toned, so I can assume that I am getting Korean Mc treatment.
Honestly, not bad.
After breakfast and dressing up, I went to my school. I was thinking of practising more, like running, but that could backfire in some random way.
I watched enough anime and read enough manga to know that throwing myself into this power headfirst, especially in my normal world, is a bit crazy.
‘But that's the question, is there someone here that I need a superpower, or have I headed to the route where world nations want to experiment on me after they find out that I can do shit.’
As I walked to school, I stopped thinking about my conspiracy stuff that could happen to me. Instead, I put on my headphones and began to listen to music.
The trip to school was a short fifteen-minute walk; my school is next to a pine forest. It is where it got its name, the sixth district school, also— known as ‘Forestside’. It’s at the edge of the town with quite a bit of territory.
After entering the building, I quickly got to the second floor, where a bunch of language classes are. The first two periods are boring as hell language classes.
“Yo.”
My deskmate, Arno, greeted me while checking something on his phone.
He is a blonde guy, a bit shorter than me, who comes from a family that I genuinely believe has Nordic blood.
I mean, blonde natural hair? That is rare here, where everyone is either brown hair… mostly brown hair with different tones and then black, like mine.
But then, there is that one dude who stands out the most, and that is this guy with blonde hair…
“Morning.” I greeted him while placing my backpack on the table and then sitting down. “What are you watching with such intensity?” I asked in a joking manner while looking at his phone screen.
For a second, my eyebrow went up. It was some sort of news.
‘H-H-Hold it! What the fuck!?’
I was seeing something different! It was a blonde man talking.
‘I-Isn’t that… Otto Apocalypse!?’
A chill went down my spine. I didn’t just awaken a system, but awakened in Honkai World!
I swiftly pulled out my phone and began to check basic news. Stuff I rarely care about!
I swiftly noticed differences! Geopolitics look different. There is one overbearing political power in the world. Controlling all of the old world.
“Are you okay, bro?”
With a stiff nod. At the very least, I was in a world of hot girls…
‘Sadly, they are yuri, and the power of friendship is a thing.’
An array of emotions washed through me… as I realised that my games were gone.
No more Honkai Impact 3rd, or Honkai Star Rail… they are gone.
The only games I still have are Tetris and Puzzle games.
‘...FUCK!!! MY SSS Flamescion, Finality, Void, Thunder…’
I almost cried.
“Yo!” Arno sounded even more concerned.
“I am fine… I feel that I lost something…”
Now I realised what it was that I lost for the price of my new power!
My waifus! All of them are gone!
“...W-What, did you lose?”
“...my save…files… they are gone.” I said with a devastated voice.
“Ohh…fuck…that is hard.” Arno bought it, and he looked horrified as well.
For a gamer, this is an important thing!
“Shit, what happened?”
“...Umm… it got corrupted.” I tried to think of something before looking through some things.
The world is a bit strange. Google Maps does look decent. But… the country borders don’t exist.
I don’t see some cities either.
‘Well, shit… thankfully, I got a power that can help me survive in this hellhole.’
“Well, damn.” Arno nodded before we focused on the class.
As the classes were on the way, I realised that I was in a small town. Not a city…but a town. A bunch of questions keep popping into my head.
The more Eruptions there are, the more cities and territory are lost to Honkai.
From the looks of it, the 3rd eruption hasn’t happened yet.
‘That means… training! Like there is no tomorrow!’
~~~
A chance to train appeared midway through the classes as P.E. was there. It was where I decided to let it rip, my 20% boost in physical strength!
First was a couple of laps around the stadium, a simple run, but it was where I realised that it was an overall boost to my physical characteristics.
That means running, lifting, like all of my body’s muscles were boosted.
‘Does it mean even my heart is better now? More healthy?’
Regardless, after running, I went over and did some push-ups and sit-ups. That was until I heard some sort of ping.
‘Oh…’
I wanted to see what it was, and a blue window popped up in front of me.
[Cultivation Progress:
[Body Cultivation: 2 / 5
Strength Boost 20% (Passive)]
‘Cool, but at the same time, this is going to get bloated in the future.’
My guess is that 5 will become 10, then 20, 40, and so on.
“Damn… Ray. I never took you for a training type.” Arno walked over. He looked beat.
“Save files, Arno… Save files.” I didn’t need to fake it because I had lost years of grinding—especially HI3, which I have been playing since its release.
“...Right.” He nodded in understanding.
“Though be careful, the crashout will be a pain in the ass.” The blonde grimaced at me. It was pure pain from experience.
“I know.” I nodded before walking away to listen to the P.E teacher and what he has to say.
Not that my brain was there… IT WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE! Like the crazy world I was in.
Regardless, the last of the classes was like a blur. No other power manifested. Neither Maths nor Physics impacted in any way.
It was… disappointing but expected.
After classes, I decided that I needed to… run.
Yes, from the P.E class I learned that any physical activity should boost my body cultivation.
That is why I decided to run back home.
With my 20% boost, I could run far more than the number says. It’s more like my muscle mass got that kind of boost, allowing me to run much more.
Before I realised, I was at my house, barely winded. I easily run around 1.5 kilometres.
But this was not the end, because I had a considerable amount of daylight.
So I changed my clothes, got a quick grub before running through the doors to exercise some more!
That level is coming! I will make sure I am ready for that Honkai Eruption!
Some game worlds won’t stop, especially when I have a system like this!
