Reincarnated as an Energy with a System

Chapter 25: Humans

Ning couldnʼt tell what most of the children looked like, but he could see a couple of them snickering as the little girl asked the question.

”No, The leader found it on the beach, and I was made to bring it here.” There was a sort of emotion in Hyesiʼs voice that Ning couldnʼt identify at first.

”See! I told you he couldnʼt kill such a fish. It was a leader who did that,” the little girl said as she started leaving.

”Yeah, he is so weak,” another kid said. Soon the kid all said something about Hyesi being weak and left.

ʼWeak? This guy? He picked up a fish over 100kgs in weight like it was nothing and they are calling him weak?ʼ Ning was surprised at what the kids were saying.

Hyesi slumped his shoulders as he walked away from the center of the village. When he reached one of the stone homes, he took the fish inside and dropped it along the wall.

Ning saw that there were many other such fishes encased in some white sand-like object in the room. ʼIs that salt?ʼ he thought. He did remember reading something about salt being preservatives. Maybe that was what it was.

The boy called Hyesi started to pull on the spear to lodge it out of the fish.

ʼOh no, system. Switch body with that spear right now,ʼ he ordered.

ʼJust do it,ʼ he said as he was a little frustrated.

His consciousness shifted to the weapon that was then taken away by Hyesi as he went out of the room.

”Hey, Hyesi. Why did you return so fast? What happened to killing Fufuliki? Did the leader send you back because you were so weak?” an old man bluntly asked him. Even though the man was old, he seemed to be full of vigor and had a body as good if not better than all the men he had seen in the village.

”No. We found a fish on the beach and the leader made me bring it back. The rest of them went to kill the Fufuliki,” said Hyesi. It seemed he was used to being insulted about his strength on a daily basis.

”Good. Good. We need to kill that demon as quickly as possible. Or we will start to starve to death.” The old man then returned to his own thing and ignored Hyesi.

Ning listened to all of this with intense curiosity. ʼDemon? Fufuliki? What are those?ʼ he started wondering.

Hyesi then returned to a small home, made up of similar stones as all the other homes. Inside was a tall and buff, black skin woman currently doing something with a bunch of quartz-like stones.

”Hyesi? Why did you return so soon my son?” she asked and then immediately asked once more with a serious face, ”You did not run from your duties, did you?”

Hyesi immediately started shaking his head, saying, ”No, no, no, mother,” and started explaining once more what had happened.

”I see. Alright then, go do your training. I will finish this and give this to you tomorrow,” she said.

Hyesi put the spear along the side of the wall and went somewhere. Ning didnʼt know what to do now. He didnʼt want to move onto the humans, but it started to feel like he had no choice.

ʼOh, what if…ʼ he looked at the woman in front of him working with the stones. ʼIʼm a genius,ʼ he thought.

ʼHey system, use the parasite ability on that woman over there, and then switch body to the biggest stone in her hand,ʼ said Ning.

The system didnʼt ask for any confirmations and immediately did what it was asked to do. Ning immediately felt his consciousness shift, then once more felt it shift again.

ʼOh, god. I feel like throwing up,ʼ he thought. Suddenly, he felt something poke at him. ʼWhat the hell?ʼ he looked towards the direction of what was poking him and was shocked to see that the mother was currently trying to poke a hole through the stone.

And before he could even do anything, she succeeded. ʼOh my god!! System, how much energy did I just lose?ʼ he asked as he felt a giant wire pass through him.

ʼThat is so much. Why did you have to switch me to something that was being pierced?ʼ he started making complaints.

ʼI— you didnʼt have to answer that,ʼ Ning said as he felt hurt at so much energy being lost. ʼOpen status,ʼ

[Status

Name: Ning Ruogong

Energy: 802,513

Skills: Simultaneous Thinking, Basic Map, Beginnerʼs Klavis Language

]

ʼOh, I still have more than I thought I would have.ʼ He was surprised to see the nearly million energy he had. ʼHmm… should I buy something else?ʼ he started to wonder.

ʼNo, I should instead focus on leaving this place somehow, but I donʼt want to teleport.ʼ He started thinking of various ways to leave, but only one idea felt like it was the best one.

ʼI need a human body,ʼ he thought.

ʼHey system, how much energy do you require to make a human body?ʼ he asked.

ʼThe specifications? Like height and weight?ʼ he asked.

ʼUhh… thatʼs a bit too much for me to think about. How about for the exact body I had back on earth?ʼ he asked.

ʼMediocre— how dare you? Also, why is it so expensive when itʼs mediocre? ʼ He questioned.

ʼCan I add all of those modifications you asked about before even after I get my new body?ʼ he asked.

Ning sighed in relief as he said, ʼI see. Thatʼs a relief then. Add it to the Auto Buy list.ʼ