"This is a dream… or am I already dead?"
When Su Bai woke from sleep, a wave of panic surged in his heart.
He found himself in a void where nothing existed. No sky, no earth, no plants or trees, no sun, moon, or stars. He could not even sense the passage of time!
The only thing he could feel was his lonely consciousness.
Is this a dream?
Or is it the soul's destination after death?
Su Bai's last memory was staring at the ceiling above his sickbed, suffering from a terminal illness, until his vision grew dimmer and dimmer.
By that logic, he must be dead.
Is this how it feels after death?
Nothing exists, only eternal emptiness. No wonder everyone harbors the deepest fear of death...
"You have gained 'Touch'."
It seemed like a second had passed, or perhaps a century.
In the haze, Su Bai seemed to hear a voice from the void, then he suddenly felt the sense of touch.
In slight swaying, Su Bai sensed his body wrapped in something soft and comfortable, like being inside a womb.
"Transmigrated?"
"Reborn?"
"Could I have become a baby?"
Su Bai guessed in his heart.
"You have gained 'Hearing'."
The voice came again from the void.
This time, the voice did not resonate mysteriously in his mind but clearly sounded near his ears. Along with this voice, he gained hearing.
The sound of flowing mucus reached his ears; Su Bai could even hear his own heartbeat.
The slight swaying came again, and he heard a rustling sound from afar, like leaves stirred by a breeze, or tiny creatures moving quickly nearby.
Besides these, Su Bai also heard several weak heartbeats like his own.
"What is this..."
Hearing multiple faint heartbeats—no fewer than ten—Su Bai felt a bad premonition.
Everyone knows humans cannot bear more than ten babies at once, and the heartbeats around him were far more than just ten!
He...
Could he have reincarnated as some strange creature?
"You have gained 'Pain'."
"You have gained 'Taste'."
"You have gained 'Sight'."
"You have gained 'Temperature Sensation'."
Before Su Bai could continue pondering what species he had reborn into, a series of voices from the void arrived, instantly filling him with a sense of a complete life.
Except that he still did not know what species he was, it seemed once he was born successfully, he would be able to see the world with his own eyes and live again as a different existence.
Su Bai's heart filled with joy.
This was the excitement of a life that had reached its end, surprised by the chance to live again.
But in the next moment!
The continuing voices shattered his joy!
"Base construction complete."
"Data processing begins..."
"Character template construction... construction complete. Monster template construction... construction complete."
"World layering... layering complete..."
"Faction data calculating... calculation complete, faction division complete..."
"Game rules injecting..."
"World data processing begins, current progress: 1%, 2%, 3%... 27%... 56%... 98%..."
"..."
...
...
"Damn it!"
When this continuous chain of voices echoed in his mind, all the confusion, tension, and joy in Su Bai's heart vanished, leaving only shock.
"Could it be that I transmigrated into a game?"
Data processing, character template, monster template, faction division, and most importantly, game rules—these words deeply stabbed Su Bai's heart. He could not imagine what else besides a game could link all these words together.
With memories from his previous life, Su Bai knew clearly that a game world was essentially a string of codes.
Everything in the game world, be it mountains, rivers, humans, or monsters, was built from strings of code. Being reborn in such a world was undoubtedly the worst possible fate.
"No, wait!"
"This can't just be a simple game!"
Thinking of those voices in his mind, Su Bai's heart settled a little.
He clearly understood his current state.
He had touch, hearing, and feeling; he could clearly sense everything around him. Most importantly, he still had his own thoughts and memories!
At least, he still had his own thoughts and memories! He was definitely not an NPC or puppet in the game, like in his previous life's understanding!
"A game built upon the world itself?"
Su Bai was startled by his own thought.
"One flower is a world, one leaf is a Bodhi."
"According to previous life's beliefs, every decision a person makes splits off a parallel world. Even if this truly is a game world, who knows if this world might also be a real existence?!"
"Maybe it's a game for players, but for me, this is the world I am about to live in!"
As his thoughts gradually calmed, Su Bai faintly heard cracking sounds, and the place where he lived began to tremble slightly.
He...
Was about to be born!
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