1 Life & Death

Chapter 1 — Death & Life

I hear the familiar beeps of that irritating yet soothing medical instrument that has stayed along me for almost my whole life.

As I lay pitifully on the bed, my sunken eyes dazedly wandered for I was waiting for the arrival of death. As I waited and waited, I couldn't help but silently contemplate about my short life.

My entire life transpired before my eyes like a film as death slowly knocked at the door.

Life was an unsolvable mystery.

It is fair and unfair at times; the possibilities inherent so difficult to fathom.

I still remember it till now, the precise day my life was flipped upside down for better or worse.

When I gained my own consiousness and ability to think independently, two supernatural abilities surfaced within my mind.

It appeared in the form of a simple interface.

This world is filled with innumerable connections.

A connections of blood, connections of the city, connections of desires, and connections of relationships.

Everyone in the world is connected. It is hard to build and obtain yet it still can be easily lost or thrown away.

We humans want to unconditionally connect and form a special link. It might either be a bond of friendship or love.

And like everyone, I, too, want to connect and form a link with someone precious.

Maybe due to my own desire, my first ability was about forming a connection.

Share Link: By forming a contract of connection with someone, it allows the users to share each others supernatural talent and skill.

However, until now, I don't have a clue to how to form this contract of connection. Trust me, I have experimented a lot.

Besides, this sharing ability was currently useless to me. In this modern world, I am sure that I am the only existing person with supernatural abilities.

What is the reason for a person to record something?

The reasons varies for different peoples, but there is one thing they have in common. They recorded the moments in order to not forget.

It is important to record the memories of life in order to not forget. And also not to be forgotten. It is a proof of our own history and life, whether filled with happiness or sadness.

I like to record my every moments because I didn't wanted to forget my memories of me with my parents.

I don't want my existance to forget or to be forgotten all together. I want the recorded informations of my life to continue even in the future generations.

Record: Allows to record every experiences and informations accumulated in life. All records will reside within the Mind Library for eternally.

Although these abilities sounded useful, I felt they were in many ways kinda useless. I didn't received any flashy magical abilities, but just abilities for support.

And as I stated previously—life is fair and unfair at times.

I could have explored more areas related to my abilities, but my life was difficult and limited.

In exchange for receiving these supernatural abilities, I also obtained an untreatable severe chronic disease that affected my nerves as I aged, turning my limbs useless one by one starting from below.

As a result, I can only live till I was 13. It was impossible to survive after that even when my parents desperately poured a lot of their wealth to treat me.

Life is fair and unfair.

I thought my current circumstances was natural.

I was satisfied enough to be born into a rich happy household and also receive two supernatural abilities.

It wasn't that I was not sad. I am very sad to see my parents constantly worrying about me for my whole life. I was sad that I can only lay sick on the hospital bed all alone without having once see the outside world. I was sad that I couldn't make connections and try some sports.

All I can do was to silently lay on the bed, depressed and alone.

However, one day, I suddenly found my light from the world of internet. For me, it felt like the outside world.

I spent my entire life with my laptop, trying out many new things in the internet like making online friends.

I also found out about anime, quickly becoming thrilled with myriad worlds it offered me. It was the only place that allowed me to temporarily forget about the painful real world.

I didn't just watched anime, I also continued to expand my otaku knowledge by reading manga and novels from all around the world. I specifically loved korean and chinese webnovels.

And I didn't simply watched nor read, I even used my record ability to record everything into my very existence, in hopes of not forgetting them even in death.

After finding my light, I was shortly determined to live and not die. I searched through the internet for any kinds of method to extend my life.

I recorded and recorded various kinds of complex and difficult informations.

I even learned an ancient breathing method from a shady internet user, but it didn't even worked aside from clearing my mind like yoga. I also recorded various western and eastern medical practices.

However, I soon gave up. All of those didn't worked because it was impossible for me to even understand. [Record] was such a handy ability, but it only made me not forget anything.

I can't possibly understand anything so quickly. Besides, my time was limited. In the end, I could only swallow my despair and sorrow in pain.

To live my short remaining life to the fullest, I dedicatedly started to record what I loved in my life.

I recorded my precious yet sad moments with my parents, I recorded my internet hobbies, and I even recorded random useful knowledge from the internet. In short, I recorded crazily without a care of overusing my ability.

I didn't wanted to depart from this world to simply be forgotten.

And so, I decided to study hard to make my parents happy. I also started to write in secret, hoping to make something that can make someone happy.

However, I realized once again that I lacked time. In the end, I decided to devote my entire time in studying and writing fanfictions with the help of my nurse.

I wrote a wish-fulfillment fanfiction about [Kingdom]. I was pretty good at writing, and the record ability also proved useful when it comes to stockpiling knowledge and reference.

The fanfiction was simply called [Kingdom: Eternal]. In this fanfic, a modern MC was reincarnated in the world of [Kingdom] as a sole heir of a declining country's king that had fallen ill. The MC received two cheats, the Blood Of Eternal and Reverse Personality.

This was a story of a unknown kingdom suddenly rising to rule the entire world under the heaven. An immortal emperor who is extremely smart that can manipulate everything to go according to his plan, but also had a split personality of an unparalleled battle general. The MC will use his modern knowledge to advance the declining kingdom. He will even create a special unit of powerful(Chi Warriors) medics that will enter the battlefield to tend the wounded.

The most important thing about this fanfiction was the MC's love for his royal mother.

Before becoming completely paralyzed, I managed to finish this popular masterpiece of mine that totalled about 500 Chapters that even recognized by the original creator himself.

As I remembered all of that, I couldn't help but feel satisfied and regretfully. Nonetheless, It was impossible to change anything now.

My hazy sunken eyes moved, seeing two cloudy shadows next to me, holding my hands tightly while sobbing quietly.

I smiled lightly after feeling their warm hands for the final time.

In this short life of mine, the greatest connection I've ever made was with my parents.

I then closed my eyes, feeling guilty and sorrowful about leaving their side.

I'm sorry for bringing nothing but sadness to you two.

Tears trickled down my eyes, strength slowly fading away from my body.

I hope you guys find real happiness soon.

My brain blanked out, darkness blanketed everything into nothingness.

I see, my inevitable end finally came.

...

The beeping sound of the medical instrument halted as a result of the heart and brain also becoming paralyzed.

At the tender age of 13, XXXX, had died from a severe chronic disease called Medusa Syndrome.

The young boy had thought he died insignificantly, but many mourned for him after his death.

And his legacy didn't ended after his early death. His story and legacy—his record were talked about by some people in the future generations.

His [Kingdom: Eternal] was also regarded as an eternal masterpiece to some people even in the future.

....

I think I've been reincarnated.

Nay, I don't know how it's even possible nor how it came to be, but I definitely reincarnated.

I was certain about it because I have reincarnated inside a fetus of some kind of woman's womb.

I was happy about reincarnating, but I hope my life this time wouldn't be as terrible as my previous life.

As for how I can still remember my previous life, I guess it's somehow connected to my record ability.

After sleeping and waking up inside this womb for several times now, I realized things has become very boring. Fortunately, I still have my Mind Library where countless informations were contained.

This meant every anime, manga, novels, and other stuffs I've seen were recorded within it.

The Mind Library was boundless and a dirty mess itself. It was filled with many kinds of orbs that contained different types of recorded information. The white orbs were things I considered very useless and unnecessary.

Anyways, the library was really messy. I guess I really didn't have much time to manage it in my previous life.

Well, I guess it's time for me to finally do some cleaning.

I decided to delete every unnecessary informations from my previous life that didn't held any significances. While deleting, I also started to arrange and organise the important stuffs in the core area for convenience.

As a result of my diligent mental cleaning, the previous boundless library became significantly smaller.

As I continued my job, I happened to stumble upon a strangely familiar white orb. I picked it up and immediately realized it was the ancient breathing method I received from the shady internet guy.

The breathing method was called [Pure Foundation Body]. It solely focus on developing a pure body that didn't have any harmful impurities.

If I remember correctly, you must breath in a strange rhythmic manner that would slowly expel and prevent harmful impurities.

A pure body held many benefits like a body that was healthier than normal, making the lifespan longer than usual. It also have strong immunity against disease and poisons. As the body is pure without harmful impurities, it is naturally strong and durable with strong healing factor. The so-called meridians and pressure points would also be unclogged.

This xianxia-like stuff didn't work in my previous life, but what if I practice this while inside the womb? It might work.

As far as I know, my body is still very pure with only hints of impurities inside the womb which protected me from the outside.

It's better to try early than never. Besides, I wanted to live a long healthy life this time!

Never underestimate my resolve!

Yosh! Let's work hard!

Oh wait, how am I supposed to breath inside the womb...?