The Guidance of Destiny

"Lynn, are you there?"

"Are we going to die?"

The summer night breeze blew through the narrow alley. David sat weakly against the wall, his light blue work uniform soaked in blood.

He was deathly pale, eyes closed, breathing faint and erratic.

Drip!

"Detecting master's status..."

"Severe blunt head trauma, hematoma and contusion to the right temporal lobe, signs of brain death."

"Insufficient lung capacity, breathing difficulties, symptoms of pneumothorax."

"Master, your vital signs are extremely weak, with multiple organ failure..."

A voice appeared out of nowhere in his mind, making the final reminders.

David Grey grew up in an orphanage, with a frail build and an introverted personality that often drew ridicule and bullying from other kids.

Whenever he was hurt, he would curl up at the foot of his bed, biting his lips tightly to hold back the tears.

Years of trauma triggered his fragile mental state. He would often hear a gentle voice from the depths of his mind, softly comforting him and giving him courage and strength when he was treated unfairly.

However, people around him became more and more wary of him because of this, which exacerbated his condition and suffering.

At just 18 years old, he escaped from the orphanage and started working on grueling assembly lines at a factory.

Today, he worked late into the night again. While passing through a small alley, he saw a woman being surrounded and attacked by several drunkards, screaming for help.

With pent-up resentment boiling up inside, he clenched his fist, trying to drive away the thugs. But he was ganged up on instead. The woman took the chance to escape, while he himself fell in a pool of blood, ignored by all.

The only thing he could still hear was that gentle voice in his mind...

"Lynn, they said I'm mentally ill, but no matter what, you accompanied me till the end."

"My only regret is that in the end, I'm still a virgin."

"Master, don't be afraid. You have always been a brave child. I will be with you forever."

"That's good..."

...

"Lynn, are you there?"

"I'm here, Master."

"Mm..."

After death, there was only endless tranquility and void.

Consciousness drifted at the edge of chaos, unable to feel the existence of the body or have any concept of the passage of time.

In the eternal darkness, a faint blood-red glow suddenly appeared, weak but persistent. Consciousness seemed to be drawn to the light, slowly gathering.

The glow grew stronger, the blood-red gradually turning into fiery orange, like a sun spanning across the vision.

The senses returned, perception reemerged.

"I'm not dead?"

"But...what's going on?"

When he lowered his head, he couldn't see his own body. In its place was a blurry blue shadow.

He looked at his hands in surprise. He could see through them to the scene behind.

His whole being had become a transparent spirit, floating in midair.

"Looks like I did die after all. So this is my soul?"

"Lynn?"

"Lynn, are you there?" He tried calling out to his other personality.

But this time, there was no response. All was still as stagnant water.

"Lynn's gone too!"

There was no one here. He tried moving around to explore.

The good thing about being a spirit was he could float freely, unencumbered by gravity or collisions.

Looking up, an enormous octahedron hovered in the sky, slowly rotating at a steady frequency. Each face glowed with a deep purple, emitting a blinding radiance like the sun.

The sun-like octahedron seemed to possess a will of its own, gazing upon the intruder with an ancient intent.

"A strange little sun? What the hell is this place?!"

Looking around, he found himself on top of a huge stone platform, very spacious.

At one end was a towering stone wall, covered in massive carved claws, tentacles and other bizarre shapes.

He went to the other edge of the platform and looked down. It was like a cliff, possibly several dozen floors high.

"No, this is..."

After some exploration, David's face filled with shock.

"This is a colossal throne!"

Looking back, it finally dawned on him. The shape and patterns of the stone platform beneath his feet, the towering wall at the end...

From a distance, this was a magnificent, giant throne, and he was standing on just a tiny part of it!

He tried to jump off the throne, but once he got too far, an invisible force would hold him back, preventing him from moving forward!

"Looks like I can't leave the throne."

He had to stay close to the throne as he descended to the ground. But suddenly he noticed a humanoid being kneeling in front of the throne below!

She was devoutly prostrating under the throne, as if worshipping its master.

"She's not a spirit! There's a living person here?"

"Lynn, help me analyze the situation."

Over the years he had developed the habit of calling out to his other personality Lynn when he encountered strangers.

Often he would shirk dealing with other people and leave it to Lynn.

"Oh right, Lynn's gone now..."

...

Thud!

Suddenly, he felt an intense gaze upon him.

The figure kneeling before the throne slowly raised her head. A pair of eyes the color of vibrant roses peeked out below waist-length, light green hair swaying gently.

She wore a thin, white, flowing robe, the soft fabric draping her youthful slender figure.

Her bare white feet were vaguely visible beneath the robes, adorned with glistening anklets.

Her movements were light and graceful, like a fairy in the air. Her exquisite face was flawless, serene and gentle.

Their eyes met. David felt he had seen her somewhere before...

"Lynn?" His lips moved slightly as he instinctively uttered the name.

The girl smiled gently and walked over unhurriedly, each step full of grace, long green hair fluttering in the wind.

"Welcome home, Master. Back to your throne!" She bowed demurely, voice clear and melodious.

"You really are Lynn?" David stared wide-eyed at the beauty before him, unable to believe it.

She looked so real, and her voice was exactly the same as the Lynn in his mind... But this was another world!

"It's you, right?" David reached out to touch her, only to grasp at thin air.

His hand passed right through her body.

Only then did he realize he was just an intangible spirit, unable to make physical contact.

"Master, welcome home. I am Lynn." She smiled gently.

"But why...I don't understand. You're supposed to be my other personality, right?" David asked, extremely puzzled.

In fact, he had many questions. This place was too bizarre - the throne, the octahedron sun.

"The Lynn in your mind in that spacetime was a part of me, attached to your mind," she explained.

"I'm sorry I couldn't connect to my main memory network then, so I couldn't tell you the truth. My true self has been waiting here for your return!"

It took David a long time to digest all this information.

In short, the Lynn in his head in his past life was just a projection of this Lynn, meant to establish contact and bring his soul back here from the distant spacetime.

With the curtain call on his past life, his soul was drawn back by Lynn, "returning" from this colossal immortal throne!

Yes, Lynn called it a "return", not a transmigration, but a revival and rebirth!

But Lynn herself couldn't clearly recall the details leading up to this, even her main memory from the endless years was fragmented.

"So I'm the master of this immortal throne?"

"I'm the true king you've been waiting for countless ages?" David was dumbfounded, unable to process the massive amount of information.

Just yesterday he had been thinking about mundane things like what to have for dinner and whether he could get a raise...

"But I'm just a soul now."

"Master, my body can provide a vessel for you to temporarily reside in," Lynn humbly lowered her head and gently explained.

"However, this body relies on the power of the 'Little Sun'." She elegantly raised her hand to point at the rotating octahedron in the sky.

So this octahedron was called the Little Sun.

"So we can only move around within the range of its radiation. We can't leave it," she said with a tinge of regret.

"I see..." David sort of understood. "How large an area can we cover?"

"About 30 km."

"Hmm, still bigger than just the throne space." David nodded. He immediately asked, "What should I do?"

"Just look into my eyes, and convey the commands in your mind. I am yours to command."

"...Alright!"

He hesitated no more, and did as Lynn instructed.

Sure enough, it was very easy to possess this body, once again gaining the sensations of physical form.

With his entry, Lynn naturally took a backseat, relinquishing control of the body and continuing to exist as a secondary personality.

"Fuck, I'm a girl!"

"This is too unreal!" David was a little excited, but even the voice of complaining became soft and pleasant.

He tried walking and basic movements, but he wasn't quite used to this slender and soft body.

"Well, Lynn, can I try this?"

He gently rubbed the little white rabbit standing on his chest, it felt like a dream.

...

"Cough...Lynn, what's your plan?"

"Help me arrange my schedule, conquering the world and stuff!" Having been reborn, David quickly adapted with Lynn's company.

"Of course, Master."

"Let's first get familiar with the extent of our territory, then activate the 'Incubation Plant' to create a perfect body that is yours alone!"

"That way, you won't be limited by the Little Sun's gaze, and can freely venture out to the wider world!"