Honk! Honk!
Screech!
Bam!
The driver hit on the brakes, but it far too late for him. He never anticipated a man suddenly pp out of nowhere on the middle of the road.
"Ugggh! Truck-kun, look, I wrote those posts begging you to run me over, but that was just because I believed it made me seem witty and trendy… You weren't actually meant to follow through…"
"Fuck! It hurts!"
Ling Tian, a thirty-five years old man just died because of a traffic accident. Ling Tian felt his entire body scream in agony and it wasn't long before his legs gave up on him.
His eyes slowly getting heavy, and although he tried to keep himself awake, he just couldn't do it, and everything suddenly turn black.
****
"Hwa!"
"What a nightmare…" He let out a breath, and dabbing the sweat on his forehead, but his look quickly become twisted.
"Where on earth am I…?" He look around to discover himself in a completely foreign room.
Unlike the wall that he was used to, this room was made out entirely of timber. It was clean enough, but the decor made it obvious that whoever lived here wasn't exactly in good contidition.
Naturally, Ling Tian didn't have the time to think about all this since he was already in panic due to the stange situation.
Am I got kidnapped?
No, that doesn't make sense. Nobody would bother kidnapped me; I'm not worth anything to anyone.
Wait… so, it wasn't a dream? Did that truck actually hit me?
He ran through every possibility that might explain his situation. He lifted a hand to his head and felt a distinct lump beneath his fingers.
Someone must have helped me.
That has to be it.
Great. Now I'll be buried under hospital bills. Haah… If I had known, I'd have sorted out health insurance ages ago…
He groaned, and already calculating how many years of overtime it would take to dig himself out, mentally waving a goodbye to his games and novels on his Wishlist.
Then something stopped him.
Through all the confusion, he'd missed it, but now that his thoughts had calmed down, he noticed his hands looked paler and slimmer than he remembered. He look down and found himself dressed in clothes that he never owned.
He touched his face. His beard was gone, and even the contours felt foreign to him.
Hold on…
A completely different theory surfaced in his mind, and a strange, bubbling excitement followed close behind.
Hehe… this what I think it is?
He quickly ran towards the door, and as soon as he opened it, he took a deep breath, his eyes shining brightly, and a big smile appeared on his face.
"Yeah! It's exactly what I think it is!" He cried.
The air was different. The scenery was different. There's without doubt. He was in another world.
"Hahaha! I got reincarnated!"
"Truck-kun, you are an absolute icon. I meant every single syllable of those posts! Hahaha!" He roar with laughter, then drew one more deep breath before getting back inside and collapsed onto the planks, vibrating with excitement.
"And now, following the script, this is where my cheat perk appears, right!?" His eyes sparkled as he sat there waiting.
****
Five minutes went by…
****
Thirty minutes went by…
****
One hour went by…
The excitement began to drain from his face.
Nothing had appeared.
"Okay… It's fine, it's fine. Some cheats like to mess with the protagonist's heart and only show themselves when he was in danger… yes, that must be it…" Nodding his head to himself, he looked around the room until he found a sharp stone on the floor.
Without a second thought, he grabbed it and aim it toward his stomach.
…or not.
"Nope. Not a chance. No, no, no, absolutely not."
"I'm not going to kill myself over something I read in a webnovel or manga, am I? That's completely ridiculous."
"Not that I'm scared or anything… It's simply dumb… Haha…"
He lost his courage and decided to linger a little longer instead.
****
Time ticked on, nothing occurred…
Eventually, Ling Tian threw in the towel on this entirely.
Of course. As if lady luck would ever have anything to do with me…
****
Truck-kun, you really weren't meant to take those posts for real…
He sighed, accepted his fate, and turned his focus toward figuring out how to build an average life here.
His sight wandered to a small glass tucked in the corner of the space. He strolled over, stared at his image, and cursed.
"Fucking hell! I'm fucking handsome!"
Every notion of living quietly evaporated on the spot.
"Right then, I'm going to make every beautiful woman fall for me. Let's go!"
A decision made in an instant.
Ling Tian beamed as he studied his face from every angle, growing fonder of what he saw with each passing second.
Thick, jet-black hair. Pale, flawless skin stretched over a face that looked as though it had been sculpted with great care. His golden eyes carried a peculiar, luminous quality. Sharp brows, a refined nose, a jawline that looked almost otherworldly.
"With a face like this, I am without question the most handsome man who has ever lived! I simply must find a woman deserving of me!"
As Ling Tian lost himself in visions of a glorious future, then a sudden pain split through his head.
Then a scene played like a movie inside his mind, from birth to the present.
In his memories, Ling Tian found out that he was inside the body of a young man who had the same name as his — Ling Tian, and that he was in a cultivation world. A world where people could become immortal and fly through the air.
He also found out the previous owner of the body had been an orphan who spent his days hiding because of his face, terrified of what people might do to him.
What a fucking idiot. With a face like this, he should have found someone eager to protect him or get stronger and powerful enough to protect himself.
Once the last of the memories faded, a sound he had been waiting for finally rang out.
[Ding!]