"Augh... wha..."

*BLARG*

"Auuuugh... gross, I feel sick, and there's vomit everywhere... where even am I?"

I'm all wet and it's pitch black and everything huuuurts... augh, my head... note to self, don't drink random pink liquids. Do I have anything to use for lighting, why is there so much wet sand here it's getting everywhere, oh, I have some phosphorus in a sealed ampule so I can just...

*SHATTER*

break the top and now just dump it on... NO! Shit that's not sand is it? I almost killed myself again... baby steps... So I'm in a cave full of phosphorus barely covered by a thin layer of water... and I have a bunch of it in my clothes... SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!

*RUSTLE, RUSTLE, RUSTLE, SPLASH*

"Ok, great, now I'm wet, hungover, AND naked... this is just GREAT."

Let's just pick a direction and walk...

*BANG*

"Ah, shit that's the fifth wall dammit, I HATE THIS, why is it so dark and everything hurts and I just wana take a nap and finish this stupid tutorial and not be so damn COLD!"

And now I'm whining... Is that a light? FINALLY!

*SPLASH*

"Why is there a wall of water at the entrance of this stupid cave... it's mana water, I'm in cave at the bottom of the mana water pool... I didn't even know this thing was so deep, and how did I get here?"

Well now I just have to know what's on the other end, but with light this time, still have that broken crystal ampule, time to put it to good use... as a torch.

"How deep is this damn cave, I've been walking for like an hour... and everything is covered in white phosphorus, if I had set that off..."

I think I see something, kinda looks like an old shrine or something, and there's a, book I think, on it. It looks like one of those technique manuals from cultivation novels, it even has it's name written in what looks somewhat like Chinese characters. The 'White Flame - Core Formation Technique', this must be the secret for this challenge, I guess the entire point of this challenge must be to form a mana core and use it to open the door, I thought there would be something else but if the challenge already started then I guess not.

"This thing isn't getting wet even though its covered in water, what's it even made of?"

I'll just get out of here for now, clean my clothes, dry off, and use the recovery fountain to try to cure this stupid hangover... actually do I have any [Notifications]?

"HOLY SHIT STATS!"

How did I even get so many attributes? Wait, I've had the [Character] menu open this entire time! I can't believe I just notice that I've been hyper-aware of my entire body this whole time, and I also happened to stumble into the challenge secret, and didn't die, through sheer luck. 

"This is astounding to be honest, I can't believe I just used drugs to get used to this insane level of self-awareness! I guess I might as well just stay like this then, this seems super useful and kind of makes it harder to pay attention to my surroundings so...WIS training! Though that might not count actually, not sure if handicapping yourself helps improve stats, I hope it doesn't."

Now I say it's about time I go back and finish this challenge!