NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Mods
Steven had speculated on what would happen when the girl in front of him woke up, but the current situation was definitely beyond his expectations.
In various ways, this was just too strange.
"No, please, wake up a bit. I don't want to unlock the 'Become a Daddy' achievement right after arriving into this world."
After being dumbfounded for a while, Steven finally came to his senses. He tightly held onto the girl's little face and attempted to shake some sense into her. Just like when a computer malfunctions, the first thing you do is give it a little shake. The same should work for a human brain, right?
The girl's delicate face was squished into a lump, but she just stared at Steven blankly, and even a silly smile appeared on her face.
To her, this action might be seen as some kind of parent-child game Steven was playing with her.
"Oh no, what have I done?"
Seeing her like this, Steven could only cover his face and put on an expression that said he couldn't bear to look at it.
At this point, he'd rather have a good fight with this girl who hadn't lost her memory than endure her innocent gaze, where she treated him as her dad.
At least in the former scenario, Steven had the confidence to win, but in the current situation, he had no idea how to handle it.
Should he just abandon her and leave her behind, since she's obviously been affected by his actions? But no matter how you looked at it, it wouldn't be right to leave someone he had potentially made go dumb.
On the other hand, if he acknowledged her as his daughter, he really didn't plan on having extra daughters out of the blue.
"Why can't I just be a heartless scoundrel?"
Helplessly touching his forehead, Steven, who was already at a loss for what to do, quietly complained to himself.
At this point, he could only try to heal the girl in front of him in his own way.
"Install the item status display Mod."
Muttering a command that only he could hear, a hammer icon appeared in Steven's field of vision, similar to what you would see during software installation.
As a transmigrator who had experienced transmigration once before, Steven was no longer an ordinary high school student like he used to be. Otherwise, he wouldn't have survived a high-altitude freefall and left unscathed.
After all, he had spent countless years in the world of the game [Minecraft]. Although he eventually got bored and turned off all the mod Mods to lead a life of leisure and retirement, he couldn't be so lax in this new world.
Playing dumb and acting like a tiger was quite interesting, but the prerequisite was not to get eaten like a real pig.
In less than a moment, with a crisp "ding," the installation success prompt sounded, and a green line of text suddenly appeared above the girl's head.
[Abyssal Hunter Gladiia, head trauma, amnesia in progress.]
Confirming that she was indeed suffering from amnesia and not faking it, Steven also happened to learn her name. However, this information didn't seem particularly helpful in the current situation.
Steven had no impression of this name, but at least the display of this text confirmed that his chest seemed to work in this world as well.
"Install the minimap Mod."
"Install the item language localization Mod."
"Install the improved status display Mod."
"Install the JEI item manager Mod."
Proficiently installing the most useful Mods, Steven's field of vision displayed various UI operation interfaces that he was very familiar with.
"Now, the most crucial point."
"gamemode1"
Entering a series of commands into the interface, before Steven could even complete the input, a strange prompt sounded in his ear.
[Ding, insufficient World Acknowledgment Points. Forcibly entering creative mode will be *** expelled from this world.]
"What on earth? World acknowledgment points?"
Steven paused for a moment and then saw a strange buff appear beside his status bar.
[Rejection of World Will I: Duration ∞] (Your strength has caused discomfort to the world's will.)
"..."
Steven was speechless.
Of course, as a transmigrator, he didn't belong to this world, but why would the world's will target him immediately after transmigrating? It seemed like the local admin here had no manners.
He came here to join this world, not to destroy it. Why was the world showing such hostility towards him?
He glanced up at the two moons hanging in the sky and sighed quietly. It seemed that no matter which world he was in, transmigrators were always treated like unwanted guests.
This situation was similar to when he first transmigrated into Minecraft. Back then, the world's will added various mods to counter him infinitely. In this world, it seemed more direct.
This buff didn't seem to have any negative effects on Steven; it was more like a warning.
Steven examined his own status carefully and quickly found the section that displayed the so-called "World Acknowledgment Points."
[Remaining World Acknowledgement Points: 15] (Using mods consumes points, and when points are insufficient, you will face rejection from the world.)
Scratching his head, as an otaku who had read countless web novels before transmigrating, Steven easily understood the meaning of this system.
In simple terms, it was a point system that limited his use of mods.
If he wanted to use mods, he had to make the world acknowledge him.
In theory, it was similar to earning points and trading them for mods in a system-based setting.
The only difference was that these mods were originally his, and even if he used them directly, no one could stop him. At most, he would be caught cheating and then kicked out.
Although the most unacceptable part for Steven right now was that he had worked so hard to get here, and suddenly the world was threatening to kick him out, he couldn't accept it.
"The question is, how do I earn these so-called acknowledgment points? Do I get them by killing or doing missions?"
Steven furrowed his brow, pinched his chin, and glanced at the small map display in the upper right corner of his vision.
[Terra Continent, Iberian Beach x: 23231 z: -41754 y: 21]
The coordinates and location could be directly seen through the mini-map Mod. The name "Terra" was quite familiar to Steven.
Terraria, just like Minecraft, was a famous pixel-style sandbox game. How could an otaku like him not have heard of it?
However, theoretically speaking, shouldn't that world also be full of pixels and mosaics? Could it really look like what he was currently seeing?
After glancing at his own face and the white-haired girl who had come over because he hadn't reacted for a long time, Steven shook his head slightly.
The image didn't match...
"Dada?"
The girl, who had been made dumb by Steven, obviously had no idea what Steven was thinking in his head. When she saw that he still hadn't done anything, she took the initiative to hold his hand and place it on her head and little face. She tilted her head pitifully.
"Wait, I'll treat you later. Be a good girl and go play in the sand over there, okay?"
Interrupted by the actions of the girl named Gladiia, Steven could only awkwardly ruffle her beautiful white hair and try to send her to the side to cool off.
[Ding, contact with plot character, World Acknowledgement Points +1.]
"Huh?"
Steven's head-scratching motion froze once again.
What's going on? He can get points just by touching people?