I Somehow Got Tasked With Managing A Realm – Chapter 5

I Somehow Got Tasked With Managing A Realm – Chapter 5

I stood in a nearly empty room the color of the night sky. Though it was extremely difficult to make out, the area seemed to be roughly 100ft by 100ft.

Although the room was dark, it was not pitch-black and I could still easily see Mr. Flippers who was in my arms. The only objects present in this large void-like space were to the left of us where a desk with four monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, and a chair sat facing the black wall. On this wall hung a massive screen roughly 30ft long and 20ft high.

I guess this must be what the teacher was talking about.

It didn't take too much brain power to realize that this setup would be what I used to interact with the planet, though I was initially surprised to see computers in the room. The teacher briefly mentioned that the interface would take the shape of something we were familiar with using, so it was likely that I would be the only person with such a setup.

All of the monitors instantly turned on the moment I sat in the green chair, causing both Mr. Flippers and me to recoil from the sudden light. The monitor slightly to the left of me was the only one that had something displayed, with the others idly emitting a soft blue light. On this left screen was what looked like a yellow-gray sphere with a ton of tables and 2D dials surrounding it. I tried turning one of the dials out of curiosity causing the sphere's tilt to change as it was turned.

Oh wow, this thing is pretty thorough isn't it? Couldn't this break the balance a bit? I mean if someone were to make the planet's axis 90 degrees, it could completely make almost all of it uninhabitable. Well, the instructor might get involved if that were the case...

I sat there for a while experimenting with all of the various options, and although I succeeded in discovering what most did, I was extremely hesitant to immediately start utilizing them. It seemed that every action I took drained something from my body, which I assumed to be the Resource Points we were all supplied with. Obviously, the small test actions I did hardly made a dent in the gifted stockpile (it seemed similar to removing a grain of sand from a desert), but in a situation like this, I did not want to put any to waste with unnecessarily large experiments.

During one of my attempts to zoom in closer to the planet to examine its surface, the massive screen above me turned on and scared Mr. Flippers who had been waddling around aimlessly with a squawk. On the display was the now-familiar yellow-gray sphere. The actual visual seemed clearer than even the most advanced screens I had seen on Earth, but the impressive sight soon lost its luster from my inability to interact with the scene. With no mouse or keyboard attached to the large screen, I had no choice but to temporarily treat it as a glorified picture.

The east of the continent was shaped as a massive gulf to hopefully be a hub for trade and coastal development. Similar to the ocean ridge off the west coast, a shallow region would prevent most of this warming water from flowing to the octagon from around the globe. As to not interfere too greatly in the future trade, there would be decent-sized gaps in these shallow parts to the south to allow the easy transport of potential goods if a bit of navigational work was done.

I was at a loss for the design of the southern portion of the continent. Putting major defenses here would be meaningless as the world would have already been conquered if invaders reached this far, so I just went with a random and natural-feeling design for the coast, as well as added a lake to the south-east. Just in case the invaders found a way to sail past the ridges, I added a large shallow region on the south coast that resembled a massive reef, but I deliberately made a few passageways through the area for lifeforms to eventually discover and utilize.

Most of these defenses would be ineffective if my lifeforms decided to settle in a weird spot, so I formed a massive plateau in the southeast shaped as a star. There would be natural-looking steps leading to the top from the north and south. I hoped that some would discover this area and choose to settle at the top where eventually a major population hub would form. This spot would be ideal as it would benefit from nearly all of the natural defenses, be extremely far from the invaders, and according to my roughly predicted climate, be somewhat warm all year round to max out productivity.

With this rough sketch finished, I did a bit more polishing and detailing, including noting down resource distribution before turning to the monitor.

"All right, Mr. Flippers. It's construction time!"

After spending the entire night translating my sketch into reality, there was one thing on my mind.

...There are way too many Resource Points left over.