So dark. Everything around him was pitch-black.
He had thought it would hurt terribly.
Instead of the pain he had expected, he felt as though he were falling endlessly.
Where was this?
Heaven? Or hell?
[Neither!]
...Who was speaking?
He tentatively opened his eyes. He seemed to be drifting through a void. His eyes widened in confusion. "Wh-where am I?"
[In my consciousness space.]
"Am... am I dead?" Lin Xingye reached for the wound on his chest with a trembling hand, but the skin was smooth. There was nothing there.
What was going on?
[Stop touching it. You cannot have any injuries here.]
"Wh-who are you?" Lin Xingye glanced around nervously, but saw no one.
[I am the ruler of this world. The world you live in is under my management.]
He keenly caught the implication. "So! You know everything? The reason I was able to be reborn was also..."
[Yes.] [The world you live in is a minor world under my jurisdiction. An external virus carrying advanced intelligence secretly entered this world.] [I did not notice at first. Later, I heard your wish.] [Every world has a child of destiny who sustains its workings. Everything they do affects the destinies of many others.] [They determine the world's subsequent development, and so on. You should understand what I mean.]
"So that's why Qin Ke keeps coming after me?" Lin Xingye had never imagined that someone as ordinary as him could be a child of destiny.
``` [Yes. You carry the world's fortune. When your life is turned upside down, he can use that to steal the fortune you carry.]
[Fortunately, I heard your wish and gave you a chance to start over. After all, under normal circumstances, you would have