Back in his room.
He placed the tray on his desk and leaned back in his black-and-orange gaming chair.
But he didn't eat right away. He needed to sort his thoughts first.
Top of the list. Get rid of those dirty thoughts about his hot aunt. He failed miserably, so he ended up thinking about the invasion instead.
'If I'm gonna survive, I need to build a bunker. A big one. But that's... gonna take money. A lot of it.'
With his knowledge, martial arts training, and insights from the future, gaining a foothold at the start of the new era wouldn't be difficult.
And with more resources, he could keep growing at a faster pace at the safety of his bunker.
One reason he stayed a nobody in his past life was because he got his power too late.
Back then, the older someone was, the harder it became to absorb mana. .
On top of that, resources became scarce as younger people were given more priority, while middle-aged men like him were left with scraps.
He never really blamed them for that, since it was the logical choice to better safeguard their city.
'If I'm remember this right… yeah. This was the year it happened.'
He faced the monitor and started typing. Around this time, a cryptocurrency called Kitcoin would boom to popularity.
It had been gaining traction recently, but this year, it surged from $80 to an astonishing $27,000 before the year's end.
The reason was that most whales in the main coin started selling when it neared the $100,000 mark.
Many instant millionaires and billionaires diversified their portfolios by transitioning to other assets before the bull run ended .
As for buying the main coin, that wouldn't be a good idea.
It was too expensive now, around $50,000. Even if he bought in, he would only double his money at most.
He opened the website, refreshed the page, and quickly check the price. Kitcoin's value was now at $84.
That was still a lot for a young man.
But he was different.
When his parents died, he inherited a one bedroom apartment in the city, which was being rented out.
The trust fund and insurance money would also be available in a week, right on his 18th birthday.
Click!
'I can work with this.'
Right when the cursor hovered over the Kitcoin buy button, an ad slid in at the top, showing off a new crypto.
'I remember this one!'
It went up in price in just the span of a month, only to be suddenly rug-pulled and leaving many people with a lot of loses.
This coin was especially hard to forget because one of his online friends ranted about losing his entire college fund, thinking it would turn him into an instant millionaire.
'This coin jumped from 0.010 cents to 0.25 cents before it got rug-pulled.'
At $0.012, even a safe exit at $0.20 would multiply his money by 16.67 times.
Just like that, he drained all his money purchasing it.
Though there was a possibility it could get rug-pulled right away, he still owned assets he could sell.
'Damn, buying crypto is addicting. Why do I feel like $23,000 is too small?'
He sighed, already drawn to the adrenaline that gamblers often feel.
Tapping his desk, boredom quickly set in while he stared at the monitor.
'Can't keep wasting time like this.' He leaned back, grabbed something to eat, and started scrolling for anime.
While watching a romantic comedy, he took a bite of the bacon, its crispy edges melting in his mouth with a smoky taste.
The eggs were soft and creamy too, perfect with the warm, fluffy bread. He sipped the hot chocolate milk, the sweet, smooth flavor filling his mouth.
From time to time, he would smile like an idiot, especially when he saw the main character get confessed to by girls, all of them fighting for his attention.
He laughed so hard, tears came out. 'Man, the content before was really something else.'
After the invasion, the anime industry completely vanished, and finding old shows became nearly impossible.
Even movies were all but wiped out, and with most people focused on survival.
'I should buy a lot of DVDs and solid-state drives to store movies… and por..' He trailed off, surprised by his own line of thoughts.
Still, he wasn't wrong
In a world filled with danger and death, those shows would save many lives from stress. Especially, men.