Chapter 1: Revenge
On a normal night, the thriving second-tier city was full of life's colors.
The streets were full of young and not-so-young people. The night allowed many people to escape from their stuffy rooms and spend their time to the fullest.
Su Xiao was squatting on the roof of a two-story villa.
He was dressed all in black and had a wide dark hood over his head. Such clothing hid his figure well in the night.
In this sweltering summer, it was stifling even at night in these clothes.
But compared to what he had been through, it was nothing.
He had been waiting here for two hours.
Young guys of Su Xiao's age usually had a good time in college, but because of hatred, he dropped out three years ago and started learning some other knowledge.
He began to study human anatomy, began to hone his combat skills, began to expand his knowledge in the field of lock picking, and so on.
Two hours later, a black luxury car slowly drove into the courtyard of the villa. Soon, the dull sound of the engine died down, the car door slowly opened and a drunken middle-aged man got out of the luxury car.
His gait seemed a little unsteady.
Su Xiao, who had been waiting on the roof of the villa all this time, picked up the long knife next to him. Its blade was pitch-black, making it very difficult to spot it in the dark of night.
After jumping down from the roof, Su Xiao used his hands to grab onto the steel pipe that came out of the cottage and began to slide down, barely making a single sound due to his special gloves.
After landing on the ground with ease, Su Xiao found himself facing his enemy. Without saying a word, the long blade cut through the air with a terrifying sound and cut the man's throat, causing blood to stain the man's body.
Although Su Xiao tried to avoid it, his entire body was still smeared with blood.
The drunk man still had a puzzled expression on his face as he fell to the ground.
His death was imminent and inevitable.
Su Xiao immediately started running away. Looking around, he saw several guards.
Although he had just killed someone, he wasn't worried about anyone finding him in the future, for he was very good at hiding his appearance.
But in the next moment, Su Xiao felt a chill and his hair stood on end. The guard pulled a pistol from his back — a gray pistol with a thin body and a silencer.
Su Xiao couldn't help but wonder where the guard had gotten such a weapon from.
Behind him was a villa. A security guard with a gun was about 20 meters away from him. If he decides to run away, his back will be completely exposed to the enemy and he will become an easy target.
When faced with danger, Su Xiao's first choice was to eliminate the source of the danger, not run away from it.
Su Xiao rushed forward in an " S " shape...
*Poof!*, * Poof!*, * Pouf!*
The gun made only three muffled sounds.
As soon as Su Xiao ran for about five meters, he felt a numbness in his calf, and then the same feeling appeared in his chest.
Su Xiao realized that he had been hit. Even though he was taking revenge, he had never been shot before.
A feeling of powerlessness began to spread through his body, but Su Xiao wasn't afraid — instead, a feeling of unwillingness came over him.
Before he could take revenge, he had already died and was killed by an unknown person.
With the last of his strength, Su Xiao threw down his long knife.
This throw was only a pitiful gesture, but God seemed to have found out about Su Xiao's unwillingness and his unfair fate. A few moments later, the long knife miraculously plunged into the chest of the guard with the gun.
Su Xiao, who was already lying on the ground, smiled.
The blade of this knife was smeared with neurotoxin, and a mixed type at that, so this guard would surely die.
His consciousness began to blur, and after a few moments, Su Xiao felt his head being hit hard by someone, and then he was swallowed up by darkness.
Finally, right before his blackout, Su Xiao vaguely heard a voice.
— Hunter, the gates of Reincarnator Paradise have opened for you.
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[Body transfer...]
[10%, 50%, 100%... the transfer was completed. The Hunter's body has received extensive wounds and needs treatment...]
[The hunter did not wake up, and the treatment of the body was postponed. The Hunter's life will be maintained for ten minutes...]
[Check... The hunter has a growth-related ability. Life support extended to two hours.]
Some pale blue text floated in the air. Under the light blue text, right in the middle of nothing, was Su Xiao's bloodied body.
His fingers twitched, and he soon woke up. At first, he was stunned, but remembering the gun, he wanted to stand up, however, the pain instantly shot through his entire body and he almost fainted from the pain.
Sitting up with difficulty, he scanned the surroundings, but could see nothing but the text.
[Hunter, welcome to the " Paradise for Reincarnators».]
A line of text appeared right in front of Su Xiao, but he ignored it and began to inspect his body.
His calf was punctured, the skin and flesh were torn and there was blood near the wounds, and the hole in the calf could easily be penetrated by his fingers.
Su Xiao only frowned when he saw this. He had witnessed more bloody and violent scenes in his life.
His chest injury was more serious, but it was more like a calf wound... neither of them bled.
— I'm not dead?
Pressing his hand to his chest, Su Xiao felt his heart beating hard.
[Hunter, yes, you are not dead. Are you ready to join the "Paradise for Reincarnators" and fulfill all your wishes?]
Su Xiao had long noticed these suspicious words, but he ignored them as he didn't know who or what he was dealing with.
He found himself in a strange situation. His wounds were fatal, but he survived and saw a very unusual timer, which consisted of blood-red numbers.
[1:35:10...]
[1:35:9...]
One hour, thirty-five minutes and nine seconds. If Su Xiao was thinking in the right direction, this timer could only mean one thing.
He suspected that as soon as the counter reached zero, he would die.
[Hunter, please contact Paradise as soon as possible and make a contract. Otherwise, you will die in one hour and thirty-five minutes.]
Sure enough, these numbers represented the amount of time he could live. Su Xiao was well aware that his injuries were too severe and that he should have died a long time ago.
— My knife?
Su Xiao didn't care about any "contract" or "Paradise". He just wanted to see his knife.
This knife was the only keepsake his parents had left him. It was an officer's knife, given to him by his grandfather. It was passed down in his family from generation to generation.
[Real items cannot be transferred to "Paradise", please sign the contract as soon as possible.]
Su Xiao didn't say anything in response, causing the pale blue text to flash occasionally.
Perhaps the other party had never encountered a "Hunter" like Su Xiao before.
— A contract? Let's talk about what I need and what I can give in return.
The gradually decreasing time didn't give Su Xiao any space to think, and he felt that he had encountered some 'supernatural' event, and it made his heart waver.
Su Xiao needed strength for revenge, and this "supernatural" event could grant him much-needed strength.
[After signing the contract, you will move according to the "derived plans" and complete tasks provided by the "Paradise for Reincarnators", and collect "World Sources" and, ultimately, your reward will be formed based on the number of "World Sources" you have collected.».]
[Heaven for Reincarnators is omnipotent.]
[...]
Su Xiao carefully read the huge canvas of text.
— Omnipotent? Will this "Paradise" be able to resurrect someone who died long ago??
The huge canvas of light blue text suddenly froze, then disappeared.
[With the identity of a "Hunter" - no.]
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