Groggy, his head felt as though someone had stuffed it full of cream. It could not turn, and neither could his thoughts.
A familiar image lit up before his eyes.
[Starting up----]
[Installing system, please wait----]
It took Dongye Zhai a great deal of effort before he vaguely realized that he seemed to have transmigrated.
Everything around him was pitch-black, yet somewhat warm, as if he were wrapped in some kind of liquid. He could faintly hear something by his ears, but he could not tell what the sounds were. It was like having earplugs in; all he could hear was muffled noise.
[System installation complete, starting up----]
After an indeterminate amount of time, Dongye Zhai understood his current location—he was probably in amniotic fluid, meaning he had likely transmigrated into a fetus.
The surrounding sounds gradually became clearer. Occasionally, he could hear people talking.
[My Computer]
[Recycle Bin]
[Start]
A computer interface resembling a Windows 11 system with no software installed appeared before him—though that did not seem quite accurate.
Even after Azhai tried closing his eyes, the thing remained lit. So it probably was not something appearing in his field of vision, but an image within his mind, or somewhere else.
There was nothing to do in the amniotic fluid, so Azhai fumbled around and opened [My Computer].
[C Drive (System Drive)]
[D Drive (Memory Disk)]
[Other Computer (Higashino Kuriko):]
[C1 Drive (External System Drive)]
[D1 Drive (External Memory Drive)]
Several familiar terms, accompanied by familiar icons, appeared before him.
He fumbled around and opened the C Drive. It contained a large number of files like those in a Windows 11 system drive, but their names looked like garbled text of all sorts—strange and bizarre, making it impossible to tell what language they were in.
The folders on