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Chapter 2 - The void

SYSTEM INITIALIZED...

Beep beep...

[Welcome]

I woke up in a white void.

No humans, no smell, no sounds. Just white.

And one more thing.

A transparent panel appeared from nowhere in front of my eyes.

Life 1 - Complete.

Calculating value...

Summary Report:

Survival Duration: 14 years, 3 months

Name Recognition: 0%

Altruism: Low

Defiance Level: Medium

Life points earned: 5

"What the hell is this?"

I reeled back. Just a second ago, I was running on a battlefield. Now this? In front of me?

I must've finally lost it.

[System]

[Life points - 5p]

[Status]

[Abilities]

[Items]

[Shop]

[New Life]

Instinctively, I reached out. My hand landed on "Status." Suddenly, a bright flash, and then:

[Status]

Name - Dorian

Age - 14 (34)

Origin - Earth

Level - 1 (Exp 0/100)

Deaths - 2

Life Value - 5 points

Earth? Dorian?

I had never seen that before.

Wait... 2 deaths? What the hell?

I was still alive and fine... or maybe I had died once. But twice? I only remembered one.

Exiting the status window, I returned to the main screen.

[System]

[Life points - 5p]

[Status]

[Abilities]

[Items]

[Shop]

[New Life]

I started tapping different buttons, trying to figure out what this strange phenomenon was.

I clicked "Shop."

Beep...

Calculating points...

1 buyable item...

[Memory Retention - 5p]

Description: Keep memories from past life

[Buy?]

Realizing I had exactly 5 points, I decided to test it out.

Beep... beep...

[Memory Retention – Bought]

After the strange sound, something flashed through my head. The nightmares, tall buildings, computers, phones, cars...

I found myself in a new place, standing in the middle of a busy road. Tall buildings reaching the sky all around me. I started to walk around in the crowd. Then I stopped. A weird carriage rolled past. No, not a carriage. A car. A car

This was Earth.

I came from Earth.

My memories were back.

All the forgotten thoughts came crashing down at once. The flow of knowledge made me dizzy, and I passed out. A few seconds later, I woke up again, back in the empty void, but no longer just the orphan who died at 14, but also the earthling who lived until 20.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to cry, scream, or laugh. But for the first time in two lives, I felt like someone real again.

Now I understood more about what this system was.

I had read many novels where the main character had something like this.

And now I had it too.

It would help me get stronger.

I scavenged my way back to the main screen and clicked "New Life."

Are you sure you want to start a new life?

"Yes."

Beep...

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