"Wake up, you damned bastard,"
The voice of the Janitor was heard when Ma Feng was kicked out of his bed. It was already dawn, and Ma Feng had a nice sleep without any pain or sorrow like he had always faced every night. He felt relieved.
Ma Feng groaned as his face crashed to the ground. He rolled over to see the Janitor standing before him. Behind the Janitor were six muscularly built men clenching their fists while staring down at Ma Feng.
They didn't waste time when they grabbed Ma Feng without hesitation and slammed him hard against the wall. Ma Feng felt sharp pains in his stomach as he was heavily punched across it.
They tossed Ma Feng to the ground, where he rolled while wincing in pain.
"Thanks for your help, boys. This little bastard doesn't learn when to be awake. After all... he is dying today," the Janitor stated, and they all laughed out loud. Ma Feng smiled calmly, remembering that he would be dying today.
Ma Feng slowly got up from the ground and slowly left the ward. With blood gushing out of his nose, he stumbled and crashed to the ground again. An uproar of laughter filled the air afterward.
"It's quite satisfying that I won't be witnessing this again. I wish I could die now," Ma Feng said.
He got up from the ground and took a deep breath. He was dressed in his hospital white gown, and the two days left had now become less than twenty-four hours. He could feel his cells dying.
Ma Feng quietly left the hallway, moving in a calm manner. The nurses and patients who saw him on his way out all hissed at him. Ma Feng didn't pay them any attention since he was already used to it.
He continued to move until he got struck by a mop stick. He turned to see three boys standing before him. Ma Feng slowly stood up from the ground when the first boy struck him with his knee.
"Listen, dead rat. We know you are dying today, so we decided to speed up the process and spare everyone the stress of waiting. Be grateful," the leader of the gang said with pride, clenching his fists.
Sending Ma Feng crashing to the wall, the boys began to beat Ma Feng without mercy. Ma Feng gnashed his teeth, retaliating by punching the first boy on the chin with a growl.
"Oh, look who the big boy is... he's got some strength," the first boy said while caressing his cheek that had been punched.
They charged at Ma Feng as his right eye began to bleed. Ma Feng fell to the ground. The boys took advantage of the scenario and continued to attack him nonstop.
Ma Feng began to shake vigorously from the heavy beatings. He knew he was going to die, but he wasn't going to die like this.
SYSTEM ANALYZING: 11%...12%...14%...16%...20%...
Ma Feng gasped when he dodged an incoming punch without even blinking. One of the boys immediately rushed at Ma Feng with a club, distracting him, while another threw a dagger at Ma Feng.
Ma Feng wasn't fast enough to evade the attack; he got kicked to the wall. A cut appeared on his face as a result of the dagger strike. Ma Feng spat out blood from his mouth, his eyes already red.
The beatings were hastening the rate of his death. Ma Feng immediately blocked the club attack, but his bones cracked heavily. Ma Feng screamed out in pain as he rushed against the boys.
The strongest of the three immediately slammed Ma Feng into the wall!
While choking Ma Feng heavily, the boy grabbed the dagger from his friend beside him and stabbed Ma Feng without hesitation.
Ma Feng was about to scream when his voice suddenly vanished.
He could hear his heart beating heavily while the beating rate became slow. Ma Feng's eyes became blurry and he immediately fell to the ground, lying in a pool of his own blood.
"It seems like I am dying before my time, right? I guess this is an unchangeable part of my fate. I don't believe in reincarnation, but I do wish to be reincarnated in another world as a dragon... such a foolish wish,"
Ma Feng said to himself as his eyes dimmed.
He couldn't hear anything anymore. He watched the blurry shapes of the three boys leaving the scene as he listened to their cold-hearted laughter.
"I guess it's over then," Ma Feng said to himself.
[System Analysis Incomplete!! Begin Transformation!!!]
[System Analyzing:]
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[3...49....74....99/100]
[Analysis Complete, Please Hold While Transformation Process Goes On.]
[Transformation Loading]
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[Initializing Complete!!! Begin Transportation!!!]
Everything became overwhelmed by a bright light as a triangular symbol appeared in the world of Nothing—a world filled with pure Matrix energy and systems updating from zero to a hundred percent. Dozens of analyses were completed.
[Transportation Complete. Access To The Vortex Granted. System Skills Updated. System Battle Mode Confirmed. System Reanalyzing Confirmed. Transportation Mode Confirmed!]
[System: Unleashing The Matrix!]
Ma Feng slowly opened his eyes to find himself standing in a world filled with absolute nothingness. He stood there, dumbfounded, naked under the bright illumination radiating from the pure divine light before him.
"Where is this place?" Ma Feng asked in shock.
"Ma Feng, Son Of The Gods... Where You Are Standing Is The Matrix, The Void Of The Gods. Your Wish Has Been Granted. You Shall Be Reincarnated In A World Far Beyond Your Imagination."
A bright, charming voice echoed from the light as the ground shook vigorously. The wind howled heavily as a mighty white-scaled dragon emerged from the brightness.
"Reincarnation? I thought those things were just fantasies meant to raise children's hopes a little. Why me?" Ma Feng asked the mighty dragon standing before him. The dragon spread its massive wings.
"I am the Dragon God Ozel. Even I, a mighty deity, do not know why you have been chosen by fate itself. Tell me your wish, boy, and I shall grant it. Do you wish to be a warlord or a supreme being?" the dragon asked calmly.
"My simple wish is reincarnation. Whatever happens next... I don't know," Ma Feng answered. The dragon released steam from its nostrils as its eyes glowed a bright blue, making everything around them shake.
"Very well then... I, the Dragon God Ozel, shall grant you your wish!"
The mighty dragon spoke out as he opened his mouth and breathed air into Ma Feng. Ma Feng's body began to glow when a spherical orb appeared in the center of his chest. The Dragon God widened his eyes in shock.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Dragon God Ozel uttered.
Before he could react, a bright red light overwhelmed the Matrix at once, engulfing the darkness and the light within seconds. Everything became blank as the Matrix shattered into countless pieces.
[System Analyzing: Reincarnation Begins!]
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Ma Feng groaned as he slowly opened his blurry eyes. He found himself standing in a dark and empty cave with strange, unknown lights shining brightly. As his vision cleared, he looked around in shock.
"Where am I?" Ma Feng asked himself.
He slowly began walking, searching for an exit, when he collided with a crystal. The crystal shattered into pieces upon impact.
"Sorry about that," Ma Feng muttered. He was about to walk away when he looked down—and froze.
There, reflected in the shards of the broken crystal, he saw green-scaled legs.
Shocked, Ma Feng rushed back to the broken pieces and peered into the reflection.
"Impossible!" Ma Feng gasped as he stumbled backward. He turned toward a larger crystal hanging from above and stared at it in disbelief, examining his body.
He was six times bigger than his normal human size.
"This is impossible... Am I... a dragon?" Ma Feng asked himself, stunned.
As he moved, his dragon tail accidentally struck the cave wall, shaking the entire structure. Startled, Ma Feng backed away into an open area—where, under his control, two massive wings suddenly sprang out from his back.
Ma Feng stood frozen.
Could this be real?
Was he truly a dragon?