First Summon

Hajin stared at the single comment for a moment, not sure what to do with it.

'Can they hear me if I talk?' he thought, eyes still on the panel. 'I mean, if they are really watching from Earth then it should work, right?'

It felt stupid, but at this point his whole day had been stupid in ways that stopped surprising him hours ago, so he looked at the floating screen and gave it a try.

"Hello," he said, feeling a little awkward. "My name is Hajin. Are you from Earth?"

For a second nothing happened, then the comment section jumped.

[ CringeSlayer91: ??? ]

[ CringeSlayer91: AI is getting out of hand lately lol ]

He frowned a little and leaned closer, 'AI?' he thought. 'What is that supposed to mean?'

Another comment popped up before he could say anything else.

[ CringeSlayer91: nah but even for AI this is a bit... ]

The line hung there unfinished for a second while Hajin waited.

"A bit what?" he asked out loud, then immediately felt ridiculous for arguing with a floating comment box.

CringeSlayer91 kept typing anyway, but Hajin's attention shifted when another part of the system started flashing softly at the edge of his vision.

[ New Function Unlocked ]

[ Veil Connection ]

He tapped it right away.

The stream comments slid to the side and a darker panel opened in front of him, the gold lines on it looking dimmer than the rest of the system for some reason.

[ The Veil is the space between life and death. ]

[ It contains souls that could not complete the cycle of reincarnation. ]

His expression changed a little when he read that, 'so that part wasn't metaphorical,' he thought. 'Good to know I guess.'

More lines appeared under the first ones.

[ After the fall of the Goddess of Reincarnation, the cycle was broken. ]

[ The standard cycle still processes most souls. ]