Strange Dream

Under the cold moonlight, a figure slowly rose from a pile of bones.

Lowering his head to look at his nearly rotten body and the arm exposing stark white bone, Feng Qi wore a stunned expression.

He clearly remembered that just a second ago, he had been in Old Wang's history class. Sleepiness had washed over him like a tide, and unable to withstand it, he had fallen asleep facedown on his desk.

When he opened his eyes again, he was in this scene.

Dark clouds hung low overhead, and dry bones were piled into mountains across the ground. He himself had risen from one of those heaps.

What horrified him even more was that his body had somehow rotted away. Through his chest, he could clearly see his shriveled, decayed gray organs and his scratch-covered ribs.

Something was wrong. This had to be an incredibly realistic dream.

Slap!

It didn't hurt. Yep, it was definitely a dream!

But the problem was... how the hell was he supposed to get out?!

Just as Feng Qi was racking his brains, a low growl came from his right. He turned to look and saw a rotten corpse that had been lying among the bones slowly rise to its feet.

Since the corpse's right shinbone was missing, before it could steady itself, a crisp crack of displaced bones rang out. The Living Dead promptly demonstrated a full split on the spot and sat down.

Feng Qi really wanted to applaud it, but then the Living Dead roared and reached its withered right arm toward him.

Startled, Feng Qi immediately retreated two steps, dodging the Living Dead's grasping bite.

But the Living Dead refused to let up. It continued crawling toward him, its constantly opening and closing mouth seeming desperately eager to take a bite out of him.

"If this is a dream, the details are way too realistic."

As he backed up another two steps, Feng Qi glanced behind him and saw a skeleton hanging from a dead tree. He casually grabbed its right leg bone.

"Borrowing your right leg for self-defense!"

With that, he yanked hard, tearing the skeleton's right shinbone off the tree.

When he turned back toward the Living Dead, he found that it had already closed in. Feng Qi immediately stepped forward and viciously smashed the leg bone in his hand down on the Living Dead's head.

Crack!

After a crisp sound, the leg bone in his hand snapped.

"That osteoporosis must've been pretty severe when you were alive."

Staring at the half-bone in his hand, Feng Qi couldn't help but complain.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of bones in this graveyard. After picking up another dry bone from the ground, he once again smashed it toward the Living Dead's head.

This strike worked.

The Living Dead began to tremble violently.

By the moonlight, Feng Qi could clearly see a small, heart-like sphere slowly pulsing inside the Living Dead's now-opened skull.

After the leg bone had grazed that little sphere just now, the Living Dead had started shaking all over.

Feng Qi guessed that this might be the Living Dead's weak point. He raised the leg bone high, took aim, and smashed it fiercely toward the sphere in the Living Dead's skull.

Splat!

The sphere shattered, and the Living Dead instantly stopped moving. At the same time, an overpowering stench of decay assaulted him, nearly making Feng Qi vomit up his guts.

Wait? Why could I smell things? Wasn't this a dream?

As Feng Qi stood there in confusion, a crimson speck of light emerged from the Living Dead's body and entered his own.

Immediately afterward, a string of information appeared in his mind.

Feeble Undead: Feng Qi

Power Level: Unranked

Prefix Title: Feeble (Body Strength Reduced by 30%)

Bloodline: Human (Elementary)

Bloodline Evolution Points: 1/1000 Points

Prefix Title Milestone:

Feeble (Upgradeable): Stage One (3%)

First Prefix Title Milestone: Kill Living Dead to obtain Title Evolution Points.

After he finished reviewing the information in his mind, another passage appeared.

Having just begun Bloodline Evolution, you were filled with questions. Therefore, you decided to rapidly grow stronger and explore the secrets of this world!

What the hell was this?

The sudden narration in his mind caught Feng Qi completely off guard.

But he had no intention of becoming stronger as the narration suggested. Right now, all he wanted was to return to reality and end this terrible "dream."

You turned to look east and discovered many Living Dead figures swaying there. So, in order to gather bloodline energy and begin evolving, you prepared to brutally slaughter them!

Feng Qi: ...

No, I didn't want to.

Feng Qi threw away the leg bone in his hand, turned around, and headed in the opposite direction.

But after taking only a few steps, Feng Qi discovered that the western area was covered in thick fog. Countless ghostly figures could vaguely be seen moving through the mist. If he listened carefully, he could even hear intermittent whispers, making the place feel eerie and terrifying.

Feng Qi had never been someone who feared trouble, but in order to uncover the secrets of this dream, he decided not to take any risks for now. He turned and headed toward the Living Dead in the east.

Even now, Feng Qi still refused to admit that he had transmigrated.

Just minutes ago, he had been a handsome, sunny young man about to graduate and rush toward a bright future... or society's brutal beating.

But no matter what, it would have been better than this. He had somehow become a thinking Living Dead—hideous beyond belief and stinking beyond belief. Feng Qi found it hard to accept.

He didn't ask to become an immortal who could ride a sword through the skies after transmigrating. He didn't ask for beautiful women to throw themselves at him, for three thousand concubines in a harem, or to transmigrate into a discarded clan youth with a cheat ability but a trash-tier beginning.

But at least let me start out looking human!

Looking down at his incomplete body, Feng Qi couldn't bear to look at it and wore an expression of utter disgust.

When he tried sniffing the foul odor on his body, he nearly fainted from the stench.

This was simply a hellish start.

Having transmigrated into this state, Feng Qi had no motivation whatsoever to grow stronger. He felt that he might as well just die.

But thoughts were one thing. If Feng Qi were really asked to die, he couldn't do it.

Right now, he desperately wanted to find out where this place was and why he had appeared here.

The road ahead was carpeted with dry bones. They crunched endlessly beneath his feet, and his feet occasionally sank into the bone piles, forcing him to exert considerable effort before he could keep moving.

Not far away, dozens of Living Dead stood motionlessly, their bodies gently swaying in the wind.

The sight was extremely eerie. Fortunately, his nerves were strong, so he was only the tiniest bit nervous.

He decided to follow the instructions in his mind and try killing a few Living Dead first, then see what changes would happen after he evolved.

As he approached the area where the Living Dead stood, Feng Qi stopped.

Since the Living Dead ahead were standing very close to one another, Feng Qi tossed the dry bone in his hand toward the one nearest him, trying to draw its attention for safety's sake.

The dry bone traced a half-moon arc through the air and landed precisely behind the Living Dead closest to Feng Qi, making a sound.

Yet the Living Dead remained standing blankly in place, seemingly unaware of the disturbance behind it.

Seeing this, Feng Qi realized that these Living Dead appeared unable to sense their surroundings, and his courage immediately grew.

He casually picked up a bone, smashed it against the ground twice to test its hardness, then boldly walked several steps forward.

At that moment, more than ten Living Dead in the distance turned around as one, their hollow eyes fixed on Feng Qi.

Low growls rose one after another as they started walking, twisting their bodies and shambling toward Feng Qi.

Holy shit!

Feng Qi, who had been preparing to slaughter them all, decisively turned around and ran.

But before he had taken two steps, a crisp crack of breaking bone sounded beneath his feet, and Feng Qi's body suddenly dropped.

Crap!

Without paying attention to where he stepped, Feng Qi had crushed a dry bone under his left leg and sunk into the pile. He couldn't pull it free at all.

The dozen or so Living Dead nearby had already drawn close. Feng Qi panicked and kept yanking at his left leg, trying to stand up.

But the Living Dead gave Feng Qi no chance. They pounced on him and began madly gnawing at his body.

Although he couldn't feel pain, Feng Qi's young heart suffered a devastating blow!

Ptooey! Eating your own kind? You bastards!

If you've got the guts, fight me one-on-one! What kind of skill is ganging up on someone?

Was he going to die the moment he transmigrated? After reincarnating, could his next start please come with a beginner's gift pack?

His consciousness gradually blurred. He could vaguely hear crisp chewing sounds beside his ears, until everything before him finally went dark.

Slap!

A piece of chalk traced a graceful arc through the air and struck Feng Qi squarely on the head.

"Feng Qi, I told you to stand up and answer the question. Did you hear me?!"

Feng Qi, who had been lying facedown on his desk, immediately opened his eyes and slowly raised his head. Everything before him felt so familiar.

History Teacher Wang, standing before the podium with an angry expression; Mo Fei, his deskmate, roommate, and best friend, pinching his own right thigh; and his classmates staring at him in astonishment.

At that moment, even the air seemed so sweet.

I'm back!

Slap! At that moment, a blackboard eraser struck his right cheek with perfect accuracy, leaving a white mark as it slid down.

"Feng Qi! I'll tell you one last time—stand up and answer the question!!!"

Watching History Teacher Wang grip the corner of the podium desk and slowly lift it, Feng Qi had no doubt that if he still didn't respond, Old Wang would hurl the desk at him.

A wise man didn't fight a losing battle. He waved away Mo Fei's hand, which was still pinching his thigh, and stood up.

"Teacher Wang, I'm here!"