Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
For the next few days, Xia Yuan read the posts from time to time as he studied and read the replies from the netizens.
Of course, alongside the valuable replies, there were more weird replies.
“The OP might have been summoned by a magical girl from another world. Once you transmigrate, you will be signed a contract to become an minion.”
“No, he must have been summoned by a magical beast. After transmigrating, he would be signed with a contract to become a magical girl…”
“Maybe he was discovered by an archmage who was searching for otherworldly life forms to serve as experimental materials. Then, he was captured and turned into a high-level experimental material. The seven days were to construct a summoning ritual according to the coordinates!”
“I can’t afford to offend you! I can’t afford to offend you!”
……
Xia Yuan calmly ignored these replies. He was about to transmigrate. If his mental state was turned into an idiot by the netizens, he would really be doomed.
It was worth mentioning that during the past seven days, Xia Yuan’s physical needs such as eating and going to the toilet were almost all settled in the small restaurant downstairs.
After being scared to death on the day of his return, he was traumatized by the bathroom at home. He even paid a high price to hire someone to install a explosion-proof door.
This made the workers who came to install the door very puzzled. ‘Is there any explosives in your bathroom?’
Xia Yuan had no choice but to use the toilet problems as an excuse. He then fled under the workers’ strange and admiring gazes.
……
The seventh day, evening.
The sun was setting in the west. The distant horizon blocked the last ray of sunlight. Xia Yuan looked at the afterglow of the setting sun longingly and turned off the computer.
Without the only source of light, the bedroom became abnormally dark. Xia Yuan sat quietly with his arms around his knees, his thoughts in a mess.
Although he had done his best to prepare, he could not help but let his imagination run wild nearing the end.
I’m leaving this world tonight… Am I prepared enough?
What if he transmigrated to an area unsuitable for survival?
What if he did not transmigrate but died on the spot?
What if the purpose of summoning me was actually to treat me as a pet, a demon, experimental materials, something I couldn’t afford to offend.
Xia Yuan thought about what might happen in the future silently in the darkness.
“Forget it, it’s useless to think too much about things that can’t be controlled.”
The more he thought about it, the more hopeless he felt. Soon, Xia Yuan gave up thinking and started to check the supplies he prepared one last time to prevent missing something.
After checking all the supplies, he put on his clothes, carried his backpack, and held his mountain stick. He silently leaned back in his chair and waited for the moment to leave.
An electronic watch was placed on a computer table. In the dark environment, the blood red number reflected in his pupils flashed for a second. It was slow, but it was steadily approaching midnight.
It was getting late, but Xia Yuan was not sleepy at all.
Finally, under his slightly anxious gaze, it was time [23:59:59].
The moment the number dropped to zero, Xia Yuan suddenly stood up without warning. However, he almost fell to the ground and barely managed to stand with the support of the mountaineering staff.
Then, in a strange stance of a three-legged reptile, he slowly moved toward the door of the room. As he moved forward, his advancing posture gradually began to adjust, and his movements became more agile.
During this process, Xia Yuan’s consciousness was in a state of fear and novelty.
He tried to control his body to stop moving, but it was futile. It was as if he was just a spectator.
He slowly walked through the living room and opened the explosion-proof door. Xia Yuan stood in front of the mirror again.
At this time, the mirror was abnormally dark. As time passed, grayish-white color began to seep out from the edge of the mirror and spread in all directions.
The environment in the washroom started to fade, becoming like the environment in old black-and-white photos.
Xia Yuan looked at the phenomenon around him in surprise. Suddenly, an irresistible suction force came from the dark mirror.
Following this power, his consciousness floated out of his body and entered the mirror.
The moment he passed through the mirror, Xia Yuan forcefully “turned” his head and took one last look at his body.
At that moment, he noticed a detail in horror.
Looking at himself in the mirror, the corners of his mouth had unknowingly curled up, revealing an extremely familiar smile!
This time, he was outside the mirror!
…
The mirror world was not completely pitch-black like it looked outside.
On the contrary, multicolored colors that could not be described or even distinguished by the naked eye surged in the void. Occasionally, there would be a magical light flashing around.
A strange energy wrapped around Xia Yuan’s consciousness and traveled through this world at an unbelievable speed.
As time passed, a portion of the strange energy seeped into his consciousness.
Simply put, it was like wrapping a wet towel around a roll of toilet paper. Some of the water in the towel gradually seeped into the toilet paper.
As he absorbed the energy, Xia Yuan’s consciousness changed subtly.
The feeling of absorbing energy was very comfortable. When one’s consciousness was immersed in this energy, there would be a concept of ‘warmth’. This could dilute the feeling of ’emptiness’ brought about by not having a body.
Perhaps it had been a long time, or perhaps it had only been an instant, but Xia Yuan could not be sure. When his consciousness gradually fell into a trance, a weak and clear voice sounded by his ear.
“Chirp—”
Carried by the remaining strange energy, Xia Yuan’s consciousness seemed to have passed through some kind of membrane, leaving the colorful world and entering a completely dark place again.
But here, he instinctively felt very safe and warm, and the sound of his heartbeat became abnormally clear.
Wait… heartbeat…?
Xia Yuan thought in a daze. Then, he felt his body moving. The darkness was pierced by the strong light, and the cold air covered his entire body.
“Wow—”
……
Eunival, north of the Gloria Empire, Calas Province.
Between the mountains on the southwest side of the Migaro Mountains, there was a group of magnificent pearl-colored ancient castle buildings—Moonset Castle.
The sky blue gold flag fluttered in the wind, and in the center of it was the emblem of a strange crystal bird with three long tail feathers. Several Ice Falcons circled above the castle’s steeple, occasionally letting out long cries.
In front of the towering gate of the castle stood a majestic statue of a dragonlike man holding a long staff. Engraved on the gray stone base at the bottom of the stone statue, a line of ancient words that looked like sharp swords.
“Crystal birds are far from ordinary—”
“Radiance Calendar, Feiyu Month, 24th—Aldridge Lo Olivendi.”
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…
Back on Earth, his body silently stared at his reflection after the mirror image disappeared.
He slowly collapsed, no longer breathing.
A line of words was gradually spelled out in the room: He died because of his own coolness!!!
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