chsdbacks Chapter 1 Rebirth in Another World
Chapter 1 Rebirth in Another World
Ning City.
The rain was like an uninvited guest in the dead of night, leaving countless crisscrossing tear streaks on the cold glass.
Standing by the window on the top floor of the skyscraper, Xiao Jin felt the dampness and freshness wafting through the gauze window. He was as still as a ghost, with strange colors occasionally appearing beneath his slender and beautiful eyebrows.
My heart is heavier than ever before...
Recalling his childhood as an orphan, he remembered how he stole a bun from a disabled old beggar because of his greed... He committed countless crimes, resorting to any means necessary to become the underground emperor of Ning City, possessing everything an ordinary person could only dream of...
Of course.
It is precisely this so-called possession of everything that makes Xiao Jin feel an unprecedented emptiness in his heart.
As they quietly watched the rainy night, no one knew how much time had passed. Then the door opened and a man walked in—Chu Xiong, Xiao Jin's most 'valued' brother!
Chu Xiong entered the room with a visibly uneasy expression. His first glance was at Xiao Jin's back, followed by the woman lying flat on the large bed... She was completely unmasked, and her stillness sent a chill down Chu Xiong's spine, as if she had stopped breathing.
Beside the woman's feet was a cell phone playing a video.
The phone was probably on silent, but Chu Xiong saw the screen clearly...
As the gaze fixed on Chu Xiong, whose brow bones were high and whose eye sockets were deep as if carved by a knife, the cold light in his eyes gradually became fierce, and even his shaved scalp seemed to gleam with a cold light!
As Chu Xiong saw Xiao Jin's retreating figure once more, he trembled violently: "I have never doubted that you are my brother, and I do not believe what my mother said..."
Back on the bed, Chu Xiong's eyes were gleaming with anger. "Even though you set a trap, and she didn't really love me, I fell deeply in love with her, but you..." (The phone video showed Xiao Jin's humiliating moments.)
Chu Xiong's chest heaved violently, his throat feeling as if it were blocked by a hot iron block. All the vicious curses turned into silent thunder on the tip of his tongue, and he could only clench his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms.
At this moment, Xiao Jin, who was still facing away from Chu Xiong, silently lit a cigarette. He appeared to have no emotional fluctuations from beginning to end, as if there was some kind of longing for him outside the window... liberation.
Chu Xiong took a deep breath, then his voice turned icy cold: "Seven years ago, your actions were also responsible for Father's death!"
(Chu Xiong's father was once a powerful figure in Ning City.)
"Father ignored Mother's advice and insisted on taking you as his adopted son... I, Chu Xiong, considered you my own brother, never imagining things would turn out this way... It's truly laughable and utterly pathetic!"
At this moment, Chu Xiong's bloodshot eyes were almost bursting with sparks, and the veins on his forehead throbbed with his rapid breathing!
In contrast, Xiao Jin remained unmoved, gazing out the window and quietly exhaling a puff of smoke, completely unconcerned about who Chu Xiong was behind him.
Chu Xiong's ears rang with anger, as if the whole world was being distorted and deformed by the tinnitus. In the end, all that remained was the grinding of his teeth, squeezing out broken breaths from between his teeth—the last dam before his reason collapsed!
"Go to hell!"
As Chu Xiong shouted those three words in uncontrollable rage, more than ten men rushed in from outside the door...
Xiao Jin also heard these three words, but he silently closed his eyes, finished his last puff of cigarette, and let Chu Xiong's body, like a tiger descending the mountain, slam him heavily against the screen window.
It wasn't until the moment the screen window was torn open that Xiao Jin was surprised to find that Chu Xiong had actually followed him outside the window... completely outside his expectations.
As the two bodies plummeted to the ground, Chu Xiong laughed maniacally: "If everything could be done over again, I, Chu Xiong, would gladly be you, this heartless, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial person!"
Xiao Jin made no response, thinking to himself, "If there truly is an afterlife... I am willing to endure all the suffering in this world... in exchange for my dearest loved ones..."
As Chu Xiong went mad and Xiao Jin's thoughts raced, the rainy night was filled with lightning and thunder, as if a rift had opened in space and time, sucking the two of them in...
Xuanling Continent.
"Bright Sunshine" refers to the sixteen states.
Southern Region. Qingxi Village.
The boy lay face down on the bed, unconscious.
Its back was covered in jagged, bulging flesh, crisscrossed with purplish-red whip marks, like centipedes crawling all over its spine. Blood seeped from the gaping wounds, congealing into a dark red spiderweb on its pale skin.
Suddenly, the boy, who had been unconscious and barely breathing, twitched slightly and his brows furrowed.
If there truly is an afterlife...
As the thought struck, a sharp pain shot through my back... and I suddenly opened my eyes!
"this......"
"Didn't I die?"
The torn paper window was stuffed with tattered cotton; the limping low table was propped up with broken tiles.
Before I could even see the scene inside the room clearly, a sharp pain shot through my mind...
The Sixteen Provinces Under the Bright Sun... The Divine Land... Xiao Jin...
Reborn?
cross?
As fragments of memories flooded his mind, Xiao Jin was astonished to find himself reborn and transported to another world!
In a moment of shock, the piercing pain in my mind vanished, and my vision blurred as subtitles appeared:
Xiao Jin
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Agility: Initial 1
Defense: Initial 1, injuries are healing...
Strength: Initial 1
unknown?】
Explanation...
The subtitle "Before My Eyes" left Xiao Jin, who was already bewildered, somewhat confused, and the detailed explanation made him even more surprised.
Xiao Jin roughly understood:
Agility can be understood as the speed of movement. The higher the points, the faster the speed. As for how to increase the points, Xiao Jin understands that one must take revenge. The amount of points gained depends on how long it takes to take revenge.
If the so-called grudge is not avenged within a certain period of time, the corresponding points will be deducted. Once the points reach zero, life ends.
『......』
The defense points are even more absurd; simply put, they're about getting beaten up and becoming stronger, much like the whip marks on Xiao Jin's back from his alternate world...
Does masochism make you stronger?
These things were one thing, but what left Xiao Jin speechless was the acquisition of power, which, in Xiao Jin's understanding, meant the offensive power he could possess.
If you want to gain power, focus on the two words: righteousness and morality!
『......』
Keeping promises and keeping faith, sacrificing personal gain for righteousness, fearless in the face of danger, standing up for justice, generously giving away wealth, speaking out for the people, and even... pacifying a chaotic world!
"What the hell are these things?"
These were completely contrary to Xiao Jin's views in his previous life.
In Xiao Jin's words: How can you expect me, a scumbag who has done all sorts of bad things and has no bottom line, to talk about morality?
"Could I really have been reborn?"
Completely bewildered, it's still uncertain whether I've been reborn into another world, and suddenly a system similar to this appears...
next second.
"Um? 』
The subtitles reappeared before my eyes.
Xiao Jin
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Agility...Defense...Strength...
"What the hell is this?"
Having heard the previous explanation, I immediately understood.
In Xiao Jin's understanding:
The current acquisition of agility is completely different from before. To put it simply, the former was about seeking revenge, while the latter is about "creating" enemies and preventing them from seeking revenge.
The acquisition of defense is more straightforward. If the former can be understood as "getting beaten up makes you stronger," then the latter can also be understood as "killing makes you stronger"...
As for acquiring power, Xiao Jin understood it as using any means necessary, regardless of morality, to obtain everything he wanted...
choose?
"this......"
Two completely different so-called systems actually allowed Xiao Jin to choose one of them.
Putting aside the former, for Xiao Jin in his previous life, the latter seemed to be more "familiar".
"Could it be that fate has given me a second chance at life in another world...? But what the hell is all this nonsense?"
Just as Xiao Jin felt another sharp pain in his mind.
The wooden door, through which a sliver of the setting sun peeked in through a crack, creaked open.
A woman walked in following the sound. She looked flustered and was carrying medicine. She appeared to be a woman of the night.
The next second, looking at where Xiao Jin was, the woman exclaimed in surprise, "Jin'er, you're finally awake! You scared your mother to death!"
"Mother?"
"Did I hear that right? I have a mother now..."