After hearing Su Yi's words, Wheelchair's heart surged with excitement. He took a deep breath and, without any hesitation, stepped forward into the radiant doorway.
The instant he stepped through, Wheelchair felt an indescribable sense of the world spinning around him.
A second later, he felt his soul disintegrate into countless fragments.
Every thought and every memory from every stage of his life seemed to scatter completely, becoming a jumble of puzzle pieces spinning wildly in the vortex.
This bizarre sensation made Wheelchair's self-awareness flicker in and out. Before he knew it, he seemed to have forgotten who he was.
Meanwhile, amid this mysterious process, Wheelchair saw himself entering the world with a clear, ringing cry.
From a third-person perspective, he watched his parents rejoice at his birth.
Then he saw himself grow, learning to crawl and successfully taking his first step.
He saw himself being scolded and disciplined by his parents for misbehaving as a child.
He also saw the carefree days when he ran around with his playmates in elementary school.
From this third-person perspective, time seemed to make him relive his entire life, from birth to adulthood.
As he continued to grow, however, Wheelchair noticed some unusual changes in this "rebirth."
With every year he aged, he saw a cute little dog following beside him.
The dog struck Wheelchair as utterly adorable, but when he tried to recall its appearance, he realized he had not remembered a single detail.
Time continued to pass, and gradually, Wheelchair's consciousness began to blur.
He could no longer tell whether he was the child who kept growing or the puppy running freely through the world.
Before he knew it, he saw himself become a soldier and arrive at the training exercise that had changed his fate.
Just as Wheelchair braced himself