Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

Blue Star, Tokyo!
On the last tram of the night, the overworked office worker Kentaro Moriyama dragged his exhausted body, his eyes filled with numbness.

As an ordinary office worker, Kentaro Moriyama, like most people in Japan, endured high-intensity work.

Especially in the current environment, due to the defeat in the war with the Jeko Group, the Sakura Country has been divided in two. The area west of Nagoya has been given to the Yamato Country, a puppet regime supported by the Jeko Group, while the area east of Nagoya continues to be retained by the Sakura Country.

From then on, the situation in Sakura Country deteriorated. The decline in national strength caused by the division, the cession of land and resources, war reparations, and a series of conflicts made the workplace environment in Sakura Country extremely competitive.

For example, Kentaro Moriyama just finished a twelve-hour workday today, working overtime until late at night, and the income he earned was barely enough for him to make a living.

"Damn boss, damn country, damn society."

Kentaro Moriyama cursed inwardly, wanting to break free of this cage, but lacking the courage.

Given the current unemployment rate in Japan, if he quits this job, it will be almost impossible for him to find a better one. He is more likely to end up on the streets and become a homeless person.

Feeling bored, Kentaro Moriyama opened his phone and started scrolling through short videos.

Throughout the video, practitioners occasionally appear.

Some people have become million-follower online celebrities by claiming to be practitioners, popularizing knowledge about cultivation to the world.

Some people simply flaunt their strength and demonstrate their power.

Others are members of various supernatural organizations who use mobile networks to spread their organization's message and recruit new members.

Looking at the various images on his phone—characters wielding extraordinary powers, impervious to bullets, invulnerable to blades and spears, able to cleave through the air with swords, control ghosts, transform into werewolves, and so on—Kentaro Moriyama's eyes revealed a hint of envy.

On Blue Star, with the arrival of the spiritual energy revival and the two sermons by the Dao Ancestor and deities, cultivation has become the most popular profession on Blue Star, bar none. It is highly sought after by countless countries, and wealthy tycoons are spending lavishly to recruit people. As long as one becomes an extraordinary person and embarks on the path of cultivation, it is no exaggeration to say that one can immediately become a superior person.

Kentaro Moriyama was very envious of this. He had tried to cultivate according to the so-called cultivation methods circulating online, but to no avail. He also took the national test for extraordinary talents, but he had no talent for cultivation at all.

During that period, he was completely obsessed. In order to become a superhuman, he was almost tricked into joining a cult. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and managed to escape, gradually accepting the reality that he was not qualified.

"Baka! Why can't I have this kind of ability?"

Kentaro Moriyama grew increasingly frustrated. The world had clearly experienced a spiritual revival, and even legendary gods had appeared, yet why was he just an ordinary member of the masses, utterly devoid of talent, destined to be nothing more than a 007-working-class corporate slave?

Just as Kentaro Moriyama was feeling a bit down and was about to turn off his phone to avoid seeing it, a new message suddenly popped up on his phone.

Shocking! A tower-like structure, 100,000 meters tall, has appeared in the sky above the Alps, emitting a mysterious glow, suspected to be the work of the gods.

An island has appeared in the Pacific Ocean, with buildings on it resembling the corpse of a real dragon. Navies from various countries have cordoned off the area.

An ancient architectural complex has suddenly appeared on Mount Fuji. Here is a detailed report from our on-site reporter.

These news items were pushed out like crazy and spread wildly around the world.

Kentaro Moriyama stared wide-eyed in surprise and quickly clicked on the news articles to read them.

Through videos and pictures taken on site, three buildings that suddenly appeared in various parts of the world can be seen. They have a style that is distinctly different from this world, just like the heavenly palace of the Taoist ancestor. Just one glance is enough to make people understand that this must be the work of the gods. Human technology cannot yet create these strange-looking buildings.

Under these news articles, netizens from all over the world have left comments.

"Is this another Taoist ancestral temple? What's the deal with these buildings?"

"The ancient mansion complex at Mount Fuji is terrifying. All the buildings are twisted and eerie. Just watching the video gave me goosebumps."

"The pagodas on this side of the Alps are 100,000 meters tall. My God, what kind of material can support such a building and not be blown down by strong winds? This is not scientific."

"This world has been unscientific since the moment spiritual energy revived and gods descended to earth."

"The style of these buildings is very different from that of the Dao Ancestor. Could it be that other gods have returned? Could we also have the opportunity to become extraordinary beings?"

"Are you all crazy? The spiritual energy revival brought by a Dao Ancestor has plunged the world into unprecedented chaos and severely impacted social order. If gods return, is there any hope for our world?"

Kentaro Moriyama became increasingly excited as he read the news, and left a comment below the article: "The world should change quickly. It doesn't matter if this stagnant world is destroyed."

Just as Kentaro Moriyama posted the comment and was about to continue typing, his phone suddenly went black.

"Baka! Of all times!"

Kentaro Moriyama was taken aback at first, and as he muttered curses, the blacked-out phone screen lit up again, displaying a line of text that looked as if it were written in blood.

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly...live?"

The blood-red words were so intense that Kentaro Moriyama could almost smell the blood through the phone screen.

Almost the instant these bloody words appeared, a blood-red envelope appeared in Kentaro Moriyama's arms.

Kentaro Moriyama looked down and picked up the blood-red envelope with trembling hands.

The envelope was printed with a distorted and bizarre vertical pupil symbol, cold and terrifying, as if it were staring straight at Kentaro Moriyama.

The envelope reads, "Invitation to the Reincarnation Game. Opening this envelope signifies becoming a reincarnator, joining the Reincarnation Game, and embarking on an adventure in the Reincarnation Space, a paradise of death and evolution. Please be prepared to die."

Kentaro Moriyama was breathing rapidly, his face flushed, and he gripped the blood-red envelope tightly in his hand, his heart pounding violently.

"This is the work of a god, it is definitely the work of a god."

Kentaro Moriyama was screaming with excitement inside.

He looked up, but the few passengers on the tram didn't notice him; they were all engrossed in their own worlds.

Looking at the many other office workers on the train, just like him, rushing to catch the late train, including middle-aged men and even elderly men with graying hair, Kentaro Moriyama seemed to see his own future in them.

"I don't want this kind of unchanging, ordinary life."

With veins bulging on his arms, Kentaro Moriyama took a deep breath, his face contorted in struggle, but he could no longer control his hands and trembled as he opened the envelope.

A blood-red postcard floated out, bearing a message from Kentaro Moriyama.

Kentaro Moriyama

Level: 1 (0/100)

Power: 7
Agility: 8
Constitution: 6
Spirit: 10
Attribute points: 0
Equipment: none
Talent: None
Skills: None. Just like a game panel, the name card records various physical data of Kentaro Moriyama.

The next moment, in Kentaro Moriyama's eyes, the blood-red business card transformed into a stream of light and entered his head.

Swish!
As the blood-red business card entered Kentaro Moriyama's body, this data panel also appeared in his mind.

The Reincarnation Space Coordinates have been activated. The location is Shinjuku Ward. Reincarnators, please prepare yourselves and proceed to the destination within the designated area to participate in this reincarnation mission.

Mission objective: Survive for three days, hunt down zombies and other reincarnated individuals, plunder attribute points, and earn points upon completion of the mission. Points can be used to purchase anything.

A prompt flashed through his mind, and Kentaro Moriyama instantly sensed that his surroundings had changed.

He was in Shinjuku Ward. The train had stopped at the station sometime earlier, but the original train was now covered in rust, as if it had been weathered by wind and rain for decades, and looked like it was about to collapse.

Most of the passengers who were originally in the carriage had disappeared, leaving only Kentaro Moriyama and another middle-aged man in the empty carriage.

It is obvious that the other party is also a reincarnator who participated in the reincarnation space.

Kentaro Moriyama was nervous. After all, he had read manga, and the scene before him resembled some of the infinite flow manga he had read. He guessed that he might no longer be in the real world, but had come to the so-called reincarnation space.

The two reincarnators inside the carriage stared at each other, wary of one another.

Kentaro Moriyama carefully got up and stepped off the train. He saw a platform covered in dust and overgrown with weeds. The walls were covered in graffiti and bloodstains. The glass curtain wall was shattered, and there was trash everywhere on the ground.

A cold wind blew by, and in the darkness of Shinjuku, a series of eerie howls faintly echoed. Kentaro Moriyama shivered and quickly ran to find a suitable weapon.

Suddenly, footsteps broke the silence. Under the moonlight, two grotesquely twisted zombies with festering flesh and terrifying features spotted Kentaro Moriyama and his companions. They pounced on them like predators, howling as they attacked.

Kentaro Moriyama picked up a baseball bat from the ground. He thought zombies were the slow-moving type from the movies, but in reality, zombies were incredibly brave.

In a single encounter, Kentaro Moriyama was tackled to the ground by one of the zombies. The weak and sickly office worker seemed powerless in the face of the zombie.

Click!

The zombie's ferocious fangs were firmly gripping the metal baseball bat, leaving deep indentations, and its foul-smelling saliva dripped onto Kentaro Moriyama.

Kentaro Moriyama struggled wildly, his heart pounding in his throat. In the struggle, his right hand touched a hard object. Without caring what it was, and with his adrenaline surging, he grabbed it and smashed it against the zombie's head.

Bang bang bang bang!
"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!!!"

In the face of death, Kentaro Moriyama fought with all his might. The stone he was holding was covered in blood, and the zombie's head was also torn open, with yellowed brain matter protruding from the wound and falling onto Kentaro Moriyama along with the flesh.

Experience +50!

The prompt flashed through his mind, and Kentaro Moriyama disregarded everything else, because he heard painful cries for help coming from the side.

"Save me, please save me."

The middle-aged man cried out to Kentaro Moriyama for help. He was pounced on by a zombie and bitten on the left foot, spurting blood. It was a gruesome sight.

Kentaro Moriyama strode forward, picked up a baseball bat, and smashed it into the zombie's head. With a few heavy blows, he shattered the zombie's head.

Experience +50
Your level has increased to level 2, and you have gained 1 point of free attribute.

Kentaro Moriyama had an idea and, just like in a game, added his attribute points to Strength.

A surge of heat coursed through his body, and Kentaro Moriyama's muscle strength increased. His arms became noticeably thicker, and muscle lines became faintly visible. He was immediately filled with ecstatic joy.

"Thank you, thank you for saving me."

The middle-aged man thanked Kentaro Moriyama, but before he could finish his sentence, Moriyama suddenly revealed a cruel smile and raised the metal baseball bat again.

"Feel sorry!"

The two words rang out simultaneously with the sound of a baseball bat hitting a skull. Moments later, the middle-aged man, his eyes wide open in death, lay on the ground, his head a bloody mess, no longer showing any signs of life.

Killing a level 1 Reincarnator grants +2 to all attribute points.

In an instant, an even more surging heat flowed from his body, greatly enhancing Kentaro Moriyama's physical abilities.

"The Reincarnation Space is absolutely amazing."

Looking at the zombie corpses and the middle-aged man's corpse on the ground, Kentaro Moriyama's eyes went mad. He hadn't forgotten the mission requirements: survive for three days and kill the zombies and the other reincarnators.

As a young man, he played a lot of games, and the higher his score in each level, the bigger the reward he would receive.

As for killing, Kentaro Moriyama didn't care. He was determined to seize this opportunity, and anyone who stood in his way could die.

Carrying a metal baseball bat, Kentaro Moriyama strode towards the exit of the station.

He wants to unleash a massacre to erase his past ordinary and miserable life, and to continuously evolve in this hunting game hosted by the gods, becoming a superior being.

…………

The same scene is happening all over the world, with people receiving blood-red envelopes from time to time, becoming reincarnators, participating in the reincarnation game, and entering the reincarnation space for adventure.

Some people chose to refuse, and the blood-red envelope vanished into the air as if it had never existed.

When the Reincarnation Space opened, a mysterious website appeared on the internet, broadcasting live footage of the Reincarnation Space, bringing it into the view of humanity on Earth.

If a viewer accidentally clicks on this website, they will see the classification and levels of reincarnation spaces around the world, as well as the ranking of reincarnators.

Each cycle of reincarnation involves different missions and scenarios, but without exception, they are all exceptionally cruel.

On the website's homepage, there is also a website announcement.

The Reincarnation Game is jointly organized by the God of the Underworld, the God of the Void, and the God of Time. It selects reincarnators globally to embark on the path of evolution. Show your humanity's courage to please the gods!

This announcement, blatantly posted on the homepage, completely disregards morality and law, making it immediately clear that the gods in this world are entirely different from the Dao Ancestor; they are definitely evil gods and demons, and the rules of the reincarnation game alone are full of killing and desire.

Soon, everything about the Reincarnators and the Reincarnation Space was no longer a secret, but became known to the whole world, causing a huge uproar and making the situation on Earth very turbulent.

(End of this chapter)