1 Really born again
December 20th, 2022.
In the morning, at 8: 30 AM, the male dorm number 47 of Yanhuang University of China was completely silent.
Yanhuang University is a world-renowned university located in the northern suburbs of China's international metropolis. The university's management was strict, and by this time most of the students had left their dormitories.
Thus, dorm 47 was extremely quiet.
Room 4014 of the dormitory was completely silent. There were three bulky bunk beds in the room, as well as a large storage cabinet. There were also two computer Desks, with a few books randomly strewn over the desks and on the walls, posters of beautiful women were stuck.
The trash can by the door was nearly filled to the brim with trash, that gave off a strange smell. There were also dirty clothes strung across the room, some in bizarre places, adding to the air pollution in the room.
This was the standard room for male college students!
The glowing winter sun shone through the glass windowpane onto the face of a handsome boy who was sleeping soundly.
This boy was called Lin Chen, and he was a senior in the Industrial Management Institute.
Lin Chen who was in a deep sleep had a twisted grimace on his face, looking as if he was in intense pain!
"AHHHH!!"
With a loud shout, Lin Chen abruptly sat up, using his sharp eyes to scan his surroundings.
"Where am I? Could this be the afterlife? But how is it so familiar... "
The calm environment did not give off a feeling of danger to Lin Chen. But as he observed his surrounding with his penetrating gaze, his frowning face began turning into an expression of bewilderment.
"This... This seems to be the dorm room of my university days? "
"What is real? Could it be that my 10 years in the apocalypse was just a dream? But what kind of dream is so realistic? "
While lost in thought, Lin Chen's mind gradually drifted to the memories of the last ten years he spent in the apocalypse. In his recollection, the apocalypse had officially begun on December 22, 2022, and from then on he had to struggle to survive the tragic decade of the apocalypse.
In the outset of the apocalypse, he could not overcome his fear and he hadn't dared to fight with zombies and mutated beasts, thus missing the opportune moment to evolve...
In Skycloud base, he and his sister Lin Ya reunited. Lin Ya had attended another university in the city. Lin Ya had inherited their parents' exceptional genes and was as beautiful as Lin Chen. Before the apocalypse began, she was in just her second year of university. Hence shortly after the apocalypse, the leader of the student rescue group had shown his bad intentions towards Lin Ya. And during her fierce resistance, the tough Lin Ya awoke her wood attribute superpower. Killing the leader of the group on the spot subsequently becoming one of the leaders of the school group.
After the reunion of the siblings, under Lin Ya's protection, Lin Chen did not have many opportunities to fight. Meaning he could not stimulate any abilities in battle. Because of this Lin Ya desperately sought to obtain a special ability crystal. Finally, allowing Lin Chen to obtain a wood attribute special ability.
After the apocalypse began, female Adepts were rare occurrences. So, Lin Ya, as beautiful as she was, attracted many people who pursued her affection. However, because she acted as per Lin Chen's wishes, later met tragedy.
After Lin Ya's death, Lin Chen was so much agony that he wished he were dead. Because of the pain, Lin Chen was pushed eerily close to the edge of sanity. Driving him to mindlessly slaughter zombies and mutant beasts like a man possessed dancing with death every day like an insatiable demon. Naturally, his strength progressed rapidly, ultimately allowing him to avenge Lin Ya, after paying a great price.
A few years after, Lin Chen returned to his hometown in Fengxi Province and learned that his father had awakened his superpower. However, two years prior, he had died in a fight with other survivors. Thereafter his mother, as an ordinary person, was killed by a zombie.
After this, Lin Chen crumbled.
If only he had brought his sister home, this wouldn't have happened, Lin Ya and his parents all would've been alive!
The guilt was debilitating.
Lin Chen had nothing to live for, ever since was like a husk. Every day was like a walking corpse, living only for the sake of living. His life had lost all purpose.
In later years, he joined a mercenary group and accepted an escort mission to the imperial capital. Where he finally settled down, to live his bland and meaningless life.
In the lingering days before his death, he participated in a large-scale relic exploration, where he secretively hid an unusual seed-like object he had discovered.
On the night he'd returned to the camp, he sat fiddling with the strange black seed in front of his own woman when he felt a stinging sensation on the left side of his chest.
He had been stabbed in the back, by his brother, no less!
Blood spurted out of his mouth, staining the seed.
His blood was absorbed into the seed as he felt his life slowly ebbing away. He weakly tilted his head to the side, only to see his brother put his arm around his woman's waist, before reaching for the seed in his grasp.
However, in the last few moments of his life, his heart was disturbingly calm. He felt no pain. All he felt was an overwhelming relief. He no longer had to endure his own painful existence.
And as he slowly lost vision, he only had one thought 'Am I free'.
He held no hatred towards his brother and women if anything, he held a little gratitude. Because however impure their purpose, they had freed him from his suffering. Because he could never kill himself, that was... Because his life was Ya Ya's life!
As he breathed his last His final thought was
'Ya Ya, mom and dad, I'm finally coming to see you'.
In Room 4014, Lin Chen sat on the bed. Unknowingly, his face was covered in tears.
After wiping his face Lin Chen calmed his mind and began to seriously ponder over the problem. The problem, "Was it all a dream or something else?"
He refused to believe it was all a dream, it was all too real to be a dream. The trials he faced, the emotions he felt all were too vivid to be an object of his imagination.
But to say that it was rebirth would be too inconceivable!
However, the 10 years of suffering and despair in the apocalypse were still too vivid in his mind.
As his thoughts stirred, his mind surged with memories of his combat experience, from the apocalypse, as well as the cultivation techniques that he had practiced. He was able to remember every single detail!
In a dream, he couldn't possibly create cultivation techniques, could he?
Lin Chen made a wild guess.
I might have been reborn!
Lin Chen wanted his guess to be true because if that was the case...
Suppressing the joy in his heart, Lin Chen fumbled for his phone, preparing to check the time.
"December 20th, 2022, at 9 am"
"The apocalypse began on December 22, 2022, at noon... I seem to recall that at around 9ish on the twentieth, there was a 9.4-magnitude earthquake in the capital".
In the earthquake, there were countless deaths and injuries, and many people rioted. Some also said the earthquake was a precursor to the end. And as it turned out, they were right.
"If the apocalypse is about to begin, then the news of the nation's earthquake should've already been reported!"
Lin Chen hurriedly lifted the blanket and jumped off the bed. He then pushed a button to start the PC.
After the computer was switched on, Lin Chen's hand trembled as he held the mouse impatiently and turned on the news in anticipation.
"AT 8:58 PM TODAY, THERE WAS A MAGNITUDE 9.4 EARTHQUAKE IN THE CAPITAL OF THE NATION."
The bold blood-red font of the news appeared on the screen in front of him.
"Ha... Ha... Hah..."
Lin Chen threw his head back and laughed three times in disbelief, like the howls of ghosts. He clenched his fists tightly, as tears streamed down his cheeks.
"It's coming, it's coming, the apocalypse is coming!"
"I've been reborn!"
"God, Buddha, Guanyin, Jade Emperor, no matter who it is. Thank you for giving me the chance to try again!"
"Dad, Mom, Ya Ya. I swear that I will never lose any of you in this life!"
At this moment, the cold blood began roaring back to life!
At this moment, his dead soul had been completely revived!
