Rebirth

In a dump of garbage full of metallic debris and suffocation , Tang Xuan lay motionless. He thought of his small life of nothingness again and again , thinking of something , he shuddrered and tried to move his hands . A low laugh full of despair and hatred emerged from his throat . His voice hoarse and broken like shards of glass rubbing together.

He remembered , how could he move his hands , when they were burnt and broken . Trying to move his gaze towards his legs which were only stumps upto his knees and festered wounds underneath , his tears streamed .

Men don't cry.

This was what he always heard , now he knows , it's only because there wasn't enough greif . There wasn't enough despair .

How much he wishes he could take revenge on all those who hurt him .

How much he wishes to tear them apart .

How he wishes he could pull out the smile on thier face which they showed in his agony .

He doesn't know for how long he lay there. This was the garbage planet under the jurisdication of empire . No one would come , No one would know he was there , broken , burnt , destroyed like a doll.

He was helpless nonetheless. What could a cripple like him whose mental power was destroyed and body was even worse do ? .

Caw ! Caw ! . ...

' Ah ! Meal time ' , he thought.

These were mutated crows who were worse than vultures of ancient Blue star where they feed on flesh and blood.

Just when he thought he would finaly die of lying there for a week now , something smashed his burnt arm . He tried to turn his face but he couldn't rotate his stiff neck .

And then suddenly the remaining blood started seeping out from his newfound wound .

This time he felt vitality slipping out of him rapidly , he thought he would die suddenly , but this feeling , where death was approaching slowly but steadily , he found , it was scarier than imagined.

'ugh' , he tried to make a sound but only an inhuman groan slipped his throat .

' If ...If only ...I live again ....You will ....ugh....know ...what hell...is ...' , this was the last thought he could think clearly before his life ended.

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'ugh'

He tried moving his limbs , he felt light , just like a tons of weight lifted off of him .

When he lifted his hand off , it slpped the bedpost .

Pain made him awake .

'gasp '

He tried breathing air desperately to his lungs.

The feeling of suffocation , the feeling of vitality slipping out of him , the feeling of dying .

He remembers it clearly . This really was an unpleasant feeling .

He suddenly curled his lips .

' I want everyone to feel this unpleasant feeling ' .

When he opened his eyes , his brain went blank .

White walls , a comfortable bed he was lying on , not luxurious but good quality curtains .

This was all too familiar room to him .

This was his room .

He sat motionless on the bed where he woke up and kept quiet , but his brain was churning and running the fastest ever he used all his life.

After looking at the room for a long time , he came to an unbelievable conclusion that was scientifically unbelievable or either possible but not yet known .

He came back . He came back in time.

No matter how unbelievable his guess was , he was a level 6 powerhouse before his downfall , his mental quality is incomparable to ordinary people .

It's just , now he has to find out what time node it is .

When he stiffly walked up to calender at the bedside table , it was a shock . This was the true begining , a prelude to his nightmare that extended to 45 years of his short life full of deceptions and lies.

June 11th, 7789 .

The day he recieved the admission notice of Vulcan Imperial Academy .

He went to washroom and freshened up . Looking at the time , it was still 1:30 am , the sky was still dark . He was too immersed in his shock of rebirth that he did not notice it first .

Walking towards the mirror , he gazed at himself.

Short stature that was due to long term malnutrition . To save money for his studies , he saved every penny that could be saved even from deducting his own nutrient solutions .

He chuckled , he really was a naive child back then .

This was almost 33 years in the past , he should feel unfamiliar , but he slowly regained the feeling .

Walking to the metallic box , a small tube with transparent fluid appeared in front of him , this was the nutrient solution that cost more that 1000 credits for a single tube of 10 ml.

It was just a C rank nutrient fluid , but it could keep him full for a whole week .

He drank it without a thought .

Walking downstairs , he ran around the community for laps until his whole body was soaked in sweat . The wetness around his reddish eyes didn't know if it was sweat or tears.

He finally believed , he was reborn , truly reborn back to the time his nightmare began .

Laughing to himself , he went back to his room , washed himself up , tiredly jump into his familiar bed that he hasn't seen for a few decades , and went back to dreamland where he could see the despair of his enemies he had imagined countless times .