1 Reborn

Darkness ensues my vision as my body begins to lose function. My eyesight, my hearing, taste and smell all begin to shut down as my being ceases to exist. I feel as if every morsel of my being is disappearing, my mind starts wondering memories escaping from what I presume to be my brain.

𝘈𝘩𝘩𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴.

Quickly, I try to gather thoughts in my brain whilst small morsels of memories still remain. I press hard trying to gather my thoughts, but my brain is sluggish. I can still remember that I am a male aged 17 but that's it. It's so frustrating.

Who am I? What happened to me? What's my name? Multiple questions buzz through my already ruined state of mind. I just can't remember.

𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴... 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, my mind starts to wonder.

Hahahaha. I start laughing hysterically; at least I think I'm laughing after all my senses have left me. This is depressing, I can't even remember the looks of my parents faces. My mind can view the outlining of their bodies as well as all their other human features, however when it comes to their faces all I can view is a white circle encompassing the area their faces should be.

I repeat again this is depressing. I can't tell how long I've been in this dark void. Has it been one minute? One day? Or 10,000 years? I don't know, it seems that time itself has ceased to have any meaning. Giving up any futile resistance I let the dark void encompass me swallowing me whole. What's the point if I can't remember? I'm going to disappear anyway right?

Slowly I embrace the darkness. It's not too bad, quite warm when you think about it, I snuggle into the darkness preparing for an eternal slumber. It's warm. It's cosy.

"Don't lose yourself yet young one!"

A mysterious voice starts pounding through my head, jerking my sleepy mind from its resting state.

"You are almost there young one, don't give up now, we have almost reached the next dimension" the mysterious being stated.

𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.

Many questions start coursing through my meddled brain. As if this mysterious being can look through my brain, which I'm pretty sure it can, it answers my question vaguely.

" I am a God of this dimension young one and I picked your soul out of the soul stream that came through my territory radar, it seems that you wandered from the normal stream path" it exclaimed before taking another deep breath.

"There is still much I need to tell you, but not here yet it is not the right time. Although, looking at how confused you are I shall restore some of the memory fragments that I managed to snatch as they were leaking out of you."

The next thing I knew I felt a condensed aura heading towards what I presume was me. It was hard to tell without any of my senses, however my soul instinctually knew that something was approaching me. It was if my soul was reaching out to it's long-lost child, embracing the energy that came towards it.

Slowly I regained a fragment of my memory. My first name it was Kim, surname Jong and I was from Korea. I liked watching anime and playing video games as well as playing basketball. Memories of my hobbies as well as things I liked started reforming.

Is that it though, seriously. I mean I was elated that some of my memories returned, but they were mostly useless ones. They didn't tell me why I was here or anything about my life other than my preferences and what I liked to do. Although, this was frustrating I was happy, happy that at least a semblance of who I was had returned. Happy that I existed and was not just an empty being.

I reached out to quickly thank the voice in my head.

" Hello Mr Voice."

Silence, the voice that had been accompanying me for a while disappeared as if it was never there.

𝘏𝘶𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

This was a minor inconvenience though because at least I still existed. My current state quivered at the thought of what would have happened if I let myself slumber and get coaxed in by the darkness. I now instinctively knew that if I fell asleep there and then I would've never woken up again. Once again, I thanked the voice in my head.

Suddenly, a white light appeared in the infinite void of darkness. That's confusing I thought that my sense of eyesight left me. How can I see the light in front of me then? Unless it's returned, maybe my other senses have already returned.

Slowly as if my conscious thinking of the topic made my theory materialise into reality, my other senses returned. Sound started to gush through into my ear canals, like a raging sea surge it rushed towards me washing over my very being. Then it happened so suddenly; my mind went blank.

[System initialising.....]

[Welcoming host to Evolution System]

[Current state...@"'e#F@efwa, cannot introduce host to system]

[You have died.]

I wake up in a pure white area to another mysterious voice telling me that I've died.

𝘋𝘐𝘌𝘋! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘩𝘩𝘩 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢.

𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥.... 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦..... 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴. 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.

Okay good I understand now.

"Erm erm." I clear my thought before I start speaking aloud to the second mysterious voice that I've heard.

"Dear angel brethren, I thank thee for welcoming my unholy soul into heaven I hope that we can get along."

Quite a splendid speech if I don't say so myself.

[Host current state: Delusional]

[Proceed with process..... opening tree of being]

[Loading evolution choices]

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[4 choices found]

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[Initialising.... loading evolution information]

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[Option 1: Earthworm]

[Option 2: Bluebuzzle Ant]

[Option 3: Venom Cicada]

[Option 4: Cannibalistic Spider]

Wow there goes my theory about this being heaven. Yep, definitely not heaven at all. Using my various anime experiences that I can extract from my returned memories, I reach the conclusion that I'm currently in an isekai situation, most probably I've been reincarnated. Therefore, these options in front of me are probably my starter choices.

Haha why does it feel like I'm picking a starter Pokémon, maybe this could be quite fun..... except I'VE GOT FUCKING MONSTERS AS OPTIONS AND SHITTY ONE'S TO BE EXACT!

Earthworm, cannibalistic spider you've got to be fucking kidding me. Why me, why? Why can't I be reincarnated as a normal human being like most of the other isekai's, right now if I could cry I would be crying.

[System hates to interrupt host in distressed state; however, host has to pick an option.]

Huh well guess there is no point in just moping around.

"Hey system can you give a basic description of the choices."

[System is able to do that however host forgot the magic word.]

WTAF, this system wants me to say please, is it okay in the head. Looks like I don't have any other choice right now.

"Pretty please." I say in the nicest voice possible.

[System is glad about host's compliance.]

"Thank you." (ugh this bitch go die in a hole.)

[Loading evolution details]

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[ Earthworm: A worm which enjoys living in the soil, a common weak creature found all over the Alteen region. They enjoy eating dirt and soil as well as other animal excrements.]

That's it no fucking way. Nope. As if it wasn't off putting enough that it's weak, it eats other animals' excrements. Does it have no shame or dignity? Next.

[Bluebuzzle ant: Small blue ant found within the Alteen region, especially in the forest of Eldegar. Known to be found within large colonies, the ants work together to gather food to feed the colony and the queen.]

Hmm the fact that it works in a colony isn't half-bad, however it's an ant and small ants can be stepped on. Things might have been slightly different if it were a chimera ant, like from a certain show. Furthermore, it says that they work for the queen ant gathering it food. Do I look like a slave. Say no to slavery. Next.

[Venom cicada: A small and quick cicada known for it's use of venom. Likes to hunt alone and can be found only specifically in dark forest areas such as the forest of Eldegar.]

Hey, this one is more up my lane. Badass batman like cicada that likes working alone, I can handle that. I'm probably gonna pick this one but let me just check out Cannibalistic spider for the shits and giggles. Next.

[Cannibalistic spider: As the name entrails this spider after hatching through as an egg proceeds to eat its siblings to gain strength. Can be found in cave like areas. The mother spider tends to lay over 1000 eggs. Weak but vicious monster which uses its poisonous fangs and strong silk webbing to deal with its prey.]

WOW not too bad, reminds me of a certain spider from a certain novel. If it weren't for its cannibalistic traits, I probably would have picked this one, but hey I don't wanna get involved in a one vs 1000.

"Hey system, I pick the Venom cicada, I want to be that one, please."

[Granting host's request..... transmigration host's soul into a Venom cicada....40%....65%...87%...100% operation complete.]

As the system stopped speaking my mind started closing down. During the short interval of time that it was still active, my mind raced with many thoughts.

I died but now I'm going to relive as a cicada, I wonder what adventures I will face? Will I regain my lost memories? What about the mysterious God? Why did he rescue me?

Many questions flew through my mind, however, now wasn't the time for any of them to be answered. Slowly and quietly darkness creeped up on me and my actively whirring mind started to shut down bit by bit. I guess I will find out tomorrow.