Second Life

"Wh- Where am I? This is not my room! It looks closer to Hell!"

Richard looked around the dark-red cavern.

The last thing Richard remembered was playing an online computer game when he felt a sharp pain in his chest and fell from his gaming chair.

"What the fuck! Did I really die? Wait, how can I be thinking if I have died?"

Richard felt it was really strange. "Maybe, I was kidnapped by a secret government organization? Was it the CIA, FBI, or the Pentagon? What are they going to do to me? I think that awful stench must be a new form of torture!"

Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

Richard's mind flashed with images of strong men in suits with sunglasses and guns. "They're coming for me!"

"Ahhhhh!"

Richard's despair manifested in a piercing scream.

1 minute later.

"I keep hearing the footsteps but no secret agents had come yet. If I had not been sent to Hell or kidnapped, then, where am I?"

Then a blue screen emerged in front of Richard.

"What is this?" Richard touched the screen with a finger. "Huh? Why are my arms so small? And also my body?"

With a touch, ripples spread from his fingers to the edge of the floating screen.

Words slowly appeared on the screen.

Ding!

The system has detected the reborn host. The Human Limit System has been activated. 1x Beginner Gift Box has been sent to the host's inventory.

Unexpectedly, I had awakened a system after rebirth just like in those web novels!

"So, I actually died and was reborn? Then, this place is probably my mother's womb! That explain's why I am so small, I am just a fetus!"

"So, what type of system is this?"

This System is the Human Limit System, designed to help the host break through their limitations and reach the peak of mankind!

"Woah! Does this mean I can become the richest man in the world or Superman?"

Ding! Yes. The host can gain supernatural powers if the host chooses to.

Richard thought about the system's words. He remembered how the protagonists of web novels would use their system to reach the apex.

"System Status!" Richard thought.

Name: Richard Miller

Sex: Male

Age: 128 days

Mass: 0.5 Kilograms

Strength: 2

Speed: 2

Agility: 3

Defense: 3

Intelligence: 9

Abilities: None

Skills: None

Evolution Points: 100

Status Points: 10

"Why are my stats so low? Well, I guess it is to be expected since I am just a fetus right now."

Richard looked at the bottom of the blue status screen. "I know what status points are, but how do I use evolution points?"

Ding! Evolution points can be used to help the host evolve body parts and organs. They can also be added to other living things.

After the system answered, Richard grew excited. "With these evolution points, I can leave the womb earlier!"

Richard pointed a finger at the system screen.

"Add 10 evolution points to growth speed!"

Ding! Adding 10 evolution points to growth speed will greatly decrease the host's lifespan. Does the host wish to proceed?

Richard fell silent. "It is probably a good idea to wait for a healthy 9-month birth instead of escaping the womb early."

He was scared of dying a second time. He might not get a third try at life.

"I should distribute my stat points instead. Add 4 points to strength, 4 points to speed, 2 points to agility, and 2 points to defense."

Ding! Strength and speed stat successfully upgraded to 6 points! Agility and defense stat successfully upgraded to 5 points!

Richard felt his muscles growing stronger and tougher.

"Now, I am much stronger than any other fetus in the world! I wonder if they would write about me in the history books!"

Richard was already dreaming of his glorious future as the ruler of the world.

"But how can I leave this place? Maybe I'll have a clue if I open the beginner gift box."

"Alright then. Open the beginner gift box!"

Ding! Opening...

Ding! Success!

The host has been awarded 250 evolution points, 10 status points, running skill, and 3x free lottery spin from the Beginner Gift Box.

"Wow! That gift box gave a lot more evolution and status points than I had expected! It also gave me a running skill and 3 free lottery spins."

In his past life, Richard was not athletic at all. He was closer to an enormous tub of lard and could not go up two flights of stairs before being out of breath.

"I should save those lottery spins for later when I run out of points."

"With the 250 evolution points from the beginner gift box, I now have a total of 350 evolution points and 10 status points."

"Add 4 points to strength and speed, and 2 points to intelligence!"

Ding! Strength and speed successfully upgraded to 10 points, intelligence upgraded to 11 points!

"Now I'm about as strong as an average adult male!"

Richard was excited. "Maybe I can go viral on those online video streaming sites. I want to hurry up and leave the womb already!"

"System, is there a safe way for me to go outside the womb in a short time?"

Ding! Yes. The host can add evolution points to the host's mother to decrease the time until the host's birth.

Richard's eyes were opened. "So you can even do it like this!"

"Add 50 points to decrease the time of my mother's pregnancy!

After Richard thought that, he felt contractions near his head.

"Oh my God! So soon!"

Outside.

A woman clutched her swollen belly. "Ow! I think that the baby's coming! I want to go to the hospital!"

Her husband comforted her. "Sweetheart, there's no way that our baby boy is already coming out into the world. It's only been 4 months since you got pregnant."

Inside the belly.

"I want to go out now!" Richard kicked the wall of the womb with both of his legs.

With his ten points of strength, his legs beat the walls of the womb.

"I can feel the baby kicking!" Mary Miller exclaimed!

"What kind of miraculous baby is this? Let's go to the hospital, quickly!"

Robert Miller ran and got his car keys.

"Let's go!"