Reborn from the Black Coffin

In Cycle Paradise, aside from the time needed to eat, Wang Changle spent most of his time in his personal space.

After Kakashi had taught him for the second time, many of the theories he had pondered were confirmed. He had also learned a method for training his mind: visualization.

It wasn't a skill, but a way of passing on experience.

By deeply recalling and observing specific things in his mind, he could focus better, then apply that concentration to controlling his skills.

The best things to visualize were those that had left the deepest impression on him. The more detailed the image, the more complete its form, and the longer he could hold it in his mind, the better the training for his Mental Power.

Visualization was dull, but it worked well. He could clearly feel that he was able to visualize for longer, and that his mind was easier to focus and let wander.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and he received a notification from Cycle Paradise.

[Hunter is about to return to the real world. Please remember the rules of Paradise.]

[You may not reveal anything about Paradise in the real world by any means. Violators will be issued a warning. If the warning is ignored, the Hunter will be executed by force.]

[Hunters cannot use Cycle Paradise abilities in the real world. Personal attributes and passive skills are exempt.]

[Most equipment and items obtained in Cycle Paradise cannot be taken out in the real world and will remain locked. They will be restored upon returning to Cycle Paradise.]

[Teleportation starting: Destination, real world]

The familiar sensation of teleportation washed over him. When Wang Changle regained consciousness, he found himself in near-total darkness. The smell of decaying old wood filled his nostrils.

The air was cool, with a hint of bird droppings. There was barely any room to move; he felt as though he was completely wedged in. He reached out and felt rough wooden boards.

He suddenly realized what had happened. He'd been put in a coffin!

The fire had left his torso charred, but he had entered Cycle Paradise on the verge of death. Paradise must have locked onto his life force, which meant he hadn't truly died.

But in the real world, his vital signs had indeed disappeared. He'd been declared dead and put in a coffin.

The wooden coffin was no match for Wang Changle now. He braced both hands against the lid and pushed it open.

But there was a heavy resistance above the coffin, and small clods of earth kept sliding down.

Feeling the weight pressing down on him, Wang Changle's expression darkened. He hadn't just been put in a coffin. He'd been buried.

He might be trapped inside a grave!

Given the resistance and his current situation, had someone retrieved his body and buried him in a village near his hometown?

Before, he might have been helpless. But with ten points in Endurance, his stamina had increased dramatically. He kept pushing until he forced the coffin lid open.

He crawled out of the coffin, only to find that he wasn't in his hometown as he'd imagined. He was in a desolate mountain range.

There were towering trees and countless mountains, with no sign of human life.

Turning to look at where he'd crawled out, he realized he wasn't in a grave at all. He'd been buried in the ground. There was something indescribably eerie about it.

On his first day back from Paradise, he had crawled out of the coffin they'd buried him in, deep in a desolate mountain range!

If he hadn't been buried loosely enough, he might never have gotten out.

Those people had been ruthless. He'd already been "dead," yet they'd gone out of their way to have him buried in such a remote wilderness.

As the cold mountain wind blew over him, he gazed at the endless peaks shrouded in dense fog and the dark sea of trees. An owl hooted in the distance, and he froze.

With no village in sight and no road to follow, he couldn't help feeling lost. Where was he?

If he couldn't even figure out where he was, how could he get revenge?

But he soon calmed down. Recalling the information in Paradise's notification, he placed both hands on the ground. Most of his abilities had been sealed.

But Heart of Nature still worked. He could still communicate with plants!

He took in the messages the plants around him sent. After nearly two hours of wandering through the thick fog, he finally spotted a small town at the foot of the mountains.

The town was brightly lit, but Wang Changle didn't continue toward it. Instead, he sat on a rock in silence.

After half an hour, he rubbed his face, then turned and headed back into the mountains.

When he entered the Doomsday Roulette world, he'd planned to make a name for himself in close combat through his own efforts.

That way, he could return to the real world and use his strength to get revenge.

When his appeals had been callously thrown to the ground, he'd understood that some forms of "justice" could only be achieved by taking matters into his own hands.

That was what he'd thought in the Derivative World, and he'd carried out his plan step by step. At first, everything had been going the way he'd hoped.

But before long, events had overtaken his plan.

He'd obtained a Profession Scroll, but it was for a magic-based profession. Faced with the threat of death, he'd had no choice but to change professions.

Then the one-star Evolution Potion had pushed his attribute distribution further toward magic. After returning to Paradise, his affinities and equipment had left him with no choice but to focus on Endurance and Intelligence.

Little by little, he'd strayed from his intended path.

He'd started out aiming for close combat, but had veered without restraint toward a magic-based path.

Under Kakashi's guidance, he'd also realized he had no talent for close combat, so he'd decisively chosen magic instead.

But now that so many of his active skills were sealed, he had no powerful Agility or Strength attributes to support him.

Even if he returned to the town and found those people, what could he do?

Without his equipment and active skills, he was just an ordinary person with the fitness of an athlete. Going there would only mean getting himself killed.

So he might as well stay hidden for now and return for revenge once he'd gained greater strength.

As far as the public and those people were concerned, he was already dead—a corpse abandoned in the wilderness.

If they all thought he was dead, then he might as well stay "dead" for now!

As long as he stayed out of their sight, he'd remain in the shadows while they were out in the open.

Then this dead man would turn them into real vengeful spirits, one by one.

With that thought, Wang Changle quickened his pace into the mountains. His powerful physique made him unafraid of the damp chill.

As he communicated with the plants, he soon found a cave—or rather, a water cave.

It was behind a deep pool. He had to swim through an underwater passage to reach it. The cavern covered nearly a hundred square meters and was roughly semicircular.

After passing through the narrow entrance, he could see lush green vegetation outside. From what he sensed, this was a Deadly Land beneath a sinkhole.

Steep cliffs surrounded it. Judging by the plants' responses and his own estimate, they were at least several hundred meters high.

Looking around the sinkhole and this Deadly Land, he knew that an ordinary person could never get down here. And anyone who did would be nothing but a vengeful spirit!

The only way in or out was the deep pool behind him. Without the plants' guidance, he wouldn't even have found the underwater passage, let alone anyone else.

It had been chosen as a place to dump a body, which also meant that people rarely came to this area. That made it even less likely that anyone would find him.

The Deadly Land was rich in vegetation. There were fish in the deep pool, clean water, plenty of food, and lots of open space.

This was a natural hiding place. Until he had gathered enough strength, he decided to live here.

Here, he would welcome a new life. Here, he would build up his strength. Here, he would undergo a transformation!

The day he left the valley would be the day he took revenge.

He believed that with Cycle Paradise's help, that day wouldn't be far off.