Primordial Era: When a Good Guy Awakens a Morally Unethical System

Chapter 1, Traversing the Primordial World

This is where?

Chen Zhe gradually regained consciousness, but he couldn't see anything in the hazy gray surroundings. It was quiet, without a sound, eerily silent.

Despite being certain of their own existence, they were unable to move, could not see their own body, and could not perceive anything around them.

It was surrounded by air, which you could breathe, but it was also like still water, because there was no rain, soil, or animal or plant smell mixed in with the air.

My thoughts drifted back to the time when I could control my body. The last thing I did while in control was to rush towards the little boy across the road and push him away from the truck.

The truck failed to stop in time, and Chen Zhe was thrown into the air by the impact. The excruciating pain and the flow of blood were Chen Zhe's last sensations.

Now... like a ghost, no, like a spirit. Unable to see, unable to move, unable to speak, floating in mid-air.

I wonder when the Black and White Impermanence will come to take me away, and whether I'll be able to be reborn into a better family in my next life.

The insurance should pay out a lot of money, which should be enough for my parents' retirement. They have more than one child, so I'm sure they'll get over their sadness after a while.

Chen Zhe felt his body moving, but he couldn't control it, so he just kept sleeping to pass the time. It wasn't until much later that Chen Zhe realized there was absolutely no light here; neither sun nor moon shone.

As time went by, something gradually appeared in Chen Zhe's mind, prompting him to follow his body's instincts and breathe.

Every time you inhale fresh air, it reaches every part of your body, providing the nutrients that every part of your body needs.

Gradually, Chen Zhe began to perceive the rhythm of his breathing. Absorbing what he needed from the air allowed him to have a more comprehensive perception of his surroundings and gave him some control over his body.

For example, which way it drifts.

Chen Zhe was just waiting, waiting for the time when he had absorbed enough of what his body needed so that he could regain his body, even if he had to become a ghost from a soul, as long as he could move normally.

Maybe he could even become a messenger in the underworld, since no TV dramas have ever shown someone dying like this!

Countless ideas floated through his mind, some feasible, some far-fetched, but in this boundless loneliness, Chen Zhe had nothing to do to pass the time.

To escape this loneliness as soon as possible, Chen Zhe diligently absorbed what he needed from the air, reluctant to exhale. Each time, he would inhale for a long time, only slowly exhaling when he could no longer bear it, often bloating himself.

One day, Chen Zhe drifted to an unknown location and finally saw a glimmer of light. This overjoyed Chen Zhe, who had been lonely in the darkness for so long, and he desperately drifted towards the light.

Upon seeing the source of the light, Chen Zhe dared not approach further, for this scene... did not resemble the human underworld.

A giant, wielding a giant axe, fights against several... strange beasts, or rather, bizarre creatures.

Their appearances resembled some of the mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but Chen Zhe had no recollection of them, because some of them were trees and others were half-human and half-beast.

What Chen Zhe was certain of was that they all looked menacing and frightening, so he naturally had to stay far away from them.

However, the giant wielding the giant axe looked quite familiar.

(End of this chapter)