chapter 1: good news I’m alive,bad news I’m in ancient times

( so was inspired by ancient times ,mostly ancient china with the warring states period but what I liked most was the first emperor of china, ying Zheng, he interested me ,i don't really go into history much but from what I saw this ying Zheng is a very decent ruler for the times he was in,though it depends on the perspective he isn't perfect.)

(Also Kai lei or Kǎi lēi is my name in Chinese apparently which means Kyler,i thought i would spread it out and make it a noble name or something like: Kai of the lei Family ,or Lei of the Kai family.)(don't know yet though)

( enjoy the 3,755 word chapter )

(POV third)

Kǎi lēi felt immense pain all over his body,struggling he opened his eyes, and instantly he widened them,his eyes wide with shock, a long jian blade can be seen sticking out of his chest, the corner of his vision started to blur,Kǎi lēi wanted to panic but somehow he couldn't muster the strength to do that,feeling numbness spreading all over his body.

With immense struggle and a desire for survival he managed to reach toward the blade, with shaky movements , he stretched out his little hands, and grabbed the blade tightly and with all his strength he could muster he pulled the blade out.

With a clang the blade hit the dirt splashing some blood and mud onto the ground.

Intangible pain and suffering was spreading from his hands that were bleeding from the wounds he just caused by pulling the blade out ,to the bleeding wound and almost gaping hole that was his chest.

It felt like He couldn't breathe ,as the life slowly drained away from him,yet somehow he managed to take a small impeccable breath.

Many thoughts race through his little head.

'I-I Kyler a tr-transmigrator,just when I gained a new lif-' before he could finish his thought he coughed out a large amount of blood.

His eyes began to slowly lose their light,he looked at the newly formed pile of blood and what seems to be a body part of some kind.

The smell of blood,shit, And more entered his nostrils,he grimaced but could only look up at the sky that is gradually losing its color.

'I-I can see the blue sky mother do you see,the great blue sky?' He thought ,hallucinations began to creep their way in from the corner of his vision,Kǎi lēi saw his past life's memories like a continuous river, he watched himself.

the childhood memories he forgotten were like a light shining through the darkness he remembered them clearly now,the memories flowed like a never ending flame even up until his death on the hospital bed surrounded by his family,the cries of goodbye,his family's tears as he drifted into that eternal sleep.

Yet he awoke from his eternal rest only to soon greet it again.

'Is this the end?,my second chance at life only to die again?!?!.' His body was exhausted,yet his eyes were burning with the will to live.

Frantically he glanced around his eyes barely moving ' I don't want to die!!!!' He screamed inside his head as he lost the strength to talk long ago.

' I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!!' He screamed in defiance, with his sheer will he struggled to move even if it was an inch, yet it was in vain as he had long since lost the strength to move.

As if by some miracle the color and light that was leisurely draining away was stopped and his eyes were regaining their color,yet that was all as his body felt heavy as if a dump truck was crushing him.

' I DON'T WANT TOO!!!!!, I REFUSE!!!!!!' He screamed defiantly yet again inside his head, as he roared the adrenaline that was left in his system began to run,making the blood pump fast.

He felt this yet didn't care as he ferociously screamed inside his head.

' I CURSE THE HEAVENS!!!!!, I CURSE THE GODS!!!!!' He shouted out, as he did this the clouds above his head began to turn darker.

Seeing this he rebelliously shouted inside his mind yet again.

' I CURSE YOU HEAVEN!!!, I CURSE THE GODS SITTING ON YOUR HIGH AND MIGHTY THRONES!!!!' He mentally challenged the gods.

' STRIKE ME NOW!!!!, IF I SURVIVE THIS!!!!!!' He cursed,yet before he could finish his thoughts a sound of thunder came from the distance and he defiantly stared ahead.

*thunder strike*

The bolt of lightning struck next to his body, though he was scared shitless he quickly mustered his courage.

' I DARE YOU TO STRIKE ME DOWN!!!!' He glared at the sky daring it to come, another lightning strike came next to him yet did not touch him,yet as if nothing happened the clouds disappeared the next second..

He blinked his little eyes and was confused, Kǎi lēi was pretty sure that he was going to die by lightning, he wanted to rebel against the heavens if only symbolically ,yet the clouds that covered the sky disappeared.

' ….I don't believe it' he thought suspiciously,but before he could figure it out he heard a ding.

[ GOD-LEVEL SIGN-IN SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY BOUND]

[ DO YOU WANT TO SIGN-IN?]

He instantly realized that the clouds disappearing was probably due to the system,shaking his head mentally of the thoughts he narrowed his eyes.

'Sign in' he spoke in his heart, he felt the coldness spreading through his body and knew he had mere minutes to live,so he placed his hopes and quite literally his future on this system.

[ congratulations you have gained: x1 healing pill, white robes x1(entire outfit,leather boots ), 20 taels of silver, common world knowledge x1]

[ todays sign-in complete,objects stored in system space…]

Without hesitation he quickly shouted at the system as his eyelids began to feel heavy,the body like ice.

'USE THE HEALING PILL!!!!' He desperately shouted out,suddenly he felt a object in his mouth that wasn't there,using every single fiber of his being he bit down cutting his tongue,instantly his eyes shut and he fell asleep..

——-

Meanwhile in the heavens…..

"WHAT!?!?" Shouted a figure in rage,sitting on a throne surrounded by many others.

His clothes trembled as they desperately tried to hold the man's body,wearing a ornate white tunic he struck his fist into the armrest of the chair,with a cracking sound the chair started to turn to dust,the man ignored the chair that was turning to dust and slowly got up,grabbing a glass of champagne from a servant who tremblingly came holding a tray,he smacked the servant girl in annoyance ,her body flew like a ragdoll , crashing into a pillar her bloody body slammed back into the floor, golden blood flowed out from her wounds and the angel wings she once had were shattered and broken the feathers still slowly floating down onto her cold corpse.

The god that smacked her only rolled his eyes in annoyance ,not even looking in the direction of the corpse .

Similar scenes played out across the room full of thrones,as gods took out their anger or disgust on the angel race.

"HOW DARE A MORTAL CURSE US!!!" Shouted a female god in displeasure.

The gods were angry, to them a mortal should only bow down and bend to please them,they had never once had a mortal curse the gods,sure the mortals hate the gods and scream at them,but a mere mortal dared to curse them even if the curse never came true they were very,very pissed.

"FIND THAT MORTALS SOUL!!!!" Shouted a goddess next to a god of death looking at him in expectation.

The death god slowly spoke not caring in the slightest about a mortal's words.

" the soul cannot be found" the god slowly spoke his voice echoing across the throne room.

"Huh?!?" The goddess was confused,before she could speak the death god interrupted her.

"The child is probably dead judging by the condition of the body, there is no way anything in that lower world can save him,his soul is probably being scattered as we speak" his voice entered the ears of the crowd and they collectively laughed and nodded.

"Hahaha, your right there's no such thing in that lower world" one of the gods below him slapped his thighs and said.

Then the crowd started discussing another topic,within the crowd all the gods of death looked at each other without any of the other gods noticing they slowly left the throne room one by one, the other gods began to indulge themselves with pleasure and other things,another party of the gods began in Ernest ,without the gods noticing that the death gods left.

(Not sure if I want to add this part)

In the throne room billions of marble like objects colored green and blue can be seen floating in a space that resembles a galaxy ,these marbles are the so called lower worlds in the eyes of the gods,without anyone noticing a marble vanished from all senses…

(End of part)

After the gods of death left they gathered together in a circle,their faces filled with respect.

" is it" said a lower death god in consternation.

" yeah" was all that was heard as the group disappeared their shadows blinking out of existence going to their own domains.

——

*splash*

Rain started to pour down onto the village,the rain extinguishing the fire that the thunder bolt ignited ,the village lay in ruins as smoke rose into the sky,corpses of men,women and children alike like lay scattered, though if one were to look closely there were more corpses of the men and children then there were women's bodies.

Suddenly one of the "corpses" started to move,Kǎi lēi woke up his little body feeling cold laying on the ground for several hours does that.

He got up and dragged his body into the nearest hut,upon entering he saw a simple home with a bed,chair,clay pots and a small pile of furs guessing that it was a blanket he grabbed it and pulled it over himself.

Wearing the "blanket" he found that it had sleeves,he instantly knew it was a fur coat instead of a blanket.

Wrapping himself tightly he ignored the smell and quickly sat down on the bed and began to feel his body,the body full of wounds was healed.

The wounds were all but gone leaving nothing but a patch of pink skin,except for one spot on his chest that has a scar where he was thrusted by the sword.

He rubbed the scar for a while contemplating,Kai lei sat inside the hut and recovered his strength,after half an hour he felt hungry and dragged himself towards the clay pots in the corner, he quickly pulled up one of the clay lids and poked his head to look inside.

*retch*

Instantly Kai lei felt nauseous as a horrific smell bombarded his nostrils,quickly putting the lid back on he sat on all fours dry heaving.

After a while he finally gathered the courage to look at another clay pot,this time he didn't go head first and slowly looked into the pot,and after gathering his courage he reached into the clay pot and started feeling around, he pulled out a handful of some kind of grain , Kai lei looked at the "grain" and with a confused expression he licked it ,as hunger overcame reason..

The expectation of this not being food was slashed from his thoughts as he chewed the grain like food,after eating the small handful he reached back into the pot but after feeling around he found nothing,with a bitter expression he searched the clay pots one by one but he found nothing but a small amount of water.

Sighing in frustration he looked at the bowl of water and decided to not risk drinking it,as he sat there he asked the system a question.

"How do you work?" His hoarse voice sounded out loud,his throat was dry and burning with thirst.

[ host can sign in once a day and get rewards]

This simple answer rang in his head,nodding in understanding he asked mentally as he didn't dare speak for now , 'where is the inventory is there a window?'

[ answering the host please use common world knowledge x1 , it will be clear then.]

He just nodded, 'use it' he spoke with determination.

Instantly his head was full of knowledge, he realized he was in ancient china one year before the first emperor ying Zheng , sat on the throne on Qin,so ying Zheng is 12 years old , Kai lei gained the knowledge of how to read and write albeit crudely, he now knew some basic things such as this world is exactly like ancient china with a small difference..

The difference being that this world has martial arts, there are four levels of martial arts but these are just generalizations.

Low-tier martial artist,mid-tier martial artist,high tier martial artist and master-level martial artist ,these are the four levels of martial arts in this world.

Kai lei adsorbed the information and was excited, even a low-tier martial artist could kill almost a hundred enemies and the lifespan of the martial artist is increased by 15 years, that means if one is 40 years old and practiced martial arts he would live up to 55 years,but Kai lei frowned as its not so easy to become a martial artist , only 1 in 10,000 people have the chance to become a Marital artist and even then it takes talent and skills to step into the ranks of martial artists, sighing Kai lei got up walked out of the hut.

As he left the hut he saw many corpses and a smell of smoke and ash hit him,he was very shocked and stood there in a daze for a few minutes, taking a breath of shit,piss and other things he almost choked but managed not to, ignoring the obvious bloody scene he went towards another relatively intact hut.

Entering the hut he saw the familiar scene of clay pots and a bed, he looked around the hut for anything that might be useful, after the fruitless search for anything useful he went and searched the clay pots carefully.

But he found nothing frustrated he stomped out the fur coat dragging on the floor, a comical scene can be glimpsed as the child drags his little body to the next hut, from the distance you can perceive a small furball entering the hut.

After stomping inside the hut Kai lei looked around his face pouting, he angrily looked around the hut but only found a young girls body, seeing this he stopped pouting and frowned, carefully he looked at the girl, her face can be seen with bruising and her body was almost bare for all to see ,the little bit of cloth left on her was in tatters..

A long silence permeated the surroundings, Kai lei knew this world was cruel yet his views were turned upside down as he saw her body, he didn't dare to look at her privates but he knew by the liquid on her body what happened..

He silently turned around exiting the hut.

Looking back he muttered in his heart

" I will come back to bury you" and decisively turned around and walked to another hut..

After searching for a while he had searched the entire village except for one hut, sitting on a log he looked at the clay pot he found in one of the huts, grabbing a bamboo pole next to him he looked at it ,popping the cover of the bamboo pole he poured it out slightly,as a trickle of water came out he nodded and lifted it to his lips and drank, wiping his mouth he put it down, reaching inside the clay pot he pulled out another fistful of the grainy like food he ate earlier, he found out it was called millet with the help of the common knowledge.

He also realized that the inventory is like a hair on his head in a sense that he knows what's inside it and can take out objects with ease.

After eating a few handfuls of millet he reached in the pot for more but nothing came out,he patted his belly the hunger still there yet it was fine for now,sighing he grabbed a wooden spade(ancient shovel) and went towards the hut with the girls body..

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"Huff!!, okay" Kai lei said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead, staring at the four foot deep hole below him he nodded in satisfaction, taking a rest on a stump he realized that it was very dark.

*wild boar squeak in distance*

*howl of some kind*

Feeling shivers he quickly entered the hut with the girl, and with his remaining strength he dragged his tired body towards the grave he dug, carefully he picked her up but he instantly knew it was unrealistic and mumbling a sorry under his breath he dragged her body into the grave.

After taking a breath for a while he then started filling the hole..

As the sun came peaking over the trees he finally managed to bury her exhausted he drank what was left inside the bamboo water container and tossed it on the floor as he entered the girls hut, with some trepidation he fell asleep on a small bed he assumed was the girl's bed….

——-

Kai lei woke up and rubbing his eyes he smelt the surroundings,coughing he quickly exited the hut, taking a breath of slightly fresh air he looked at the many bodies and with determination he said inside his head.

'Can I sign in?' He asked the system.

[ yes do you want to?]

The system responded,nodding he said

"do it!", and waited for the rewards.

[ congratulations you have gained: x1 white robe(entire outfit,leather boots ), body improvement x1, pouch of millet x2]

[todays sign-in complete,objects stored in system space…]

Seeing today's rewards Kai lei was excited, quickly he ran into the hut and sat down.

"Use the body improvement" he said, then a warmth spread over his body,instantly he felt extremely hungry so he quickly grabbed the pouch of millet from the inventory.

Materializing in front of his eyes a leather pouch appeared in his right hand,instinctively grabbing the pouch he opened it and began stuffing his mouth and eating.

After eating a entire pouch of millet he felt slightly satisfied and looked at his body,standing up he felt light and raised his fist in excitement,as he did a terrible smell entered his nostrils,looking at himself he found many patches of dirt like substance exiting his skin,quickly he ran outside and looked for a well.

After frantically searching the village he found a well and began to pull the water bucket up,if he was a little shorter it would have been impossible to reach the bucket of the well..

After cleaning himself up he nakedly walked into a hut and began to get dressed..

Exiting the hut, a young two year old in white robes can be seen stepping out admiring his pure white clothes,Kai lei walked out and began to head towards the girls burial site.

After standing over her grave for a while he picked up the wooden spade and started digging a mass grave on the other side of the village.

—-

"HUFF!!,OH!!,HUFF!!" he gasped for breath as a sat down on the muddy ground his clothes getting dirty,not caring he smiled at the clouds in the sky then mumbling under his breath he got up..

Staring at the mass grave under his feet,he smiled bitterly,the hole was a 23ish feet deep and 13 feet wide, he had worked the entire day away digging this grave site, he looked at his hands and was surprised.

"Even after all that?, well i guess you could say I'm 5 times the average man" he said to himself, sighing he started to drag the body's..

——-

It was well past the night and into the new day as he finally dragged the last body near the grave..

He had long since covered his nose with a cloth he found though it was smelly it did its job, looking at the many bodies that were scattered around the grave, he began to put the bodies into the grave..

*cough*

The smell was unbearable to Kai lei as he dropped the last body into the pit,but he persevered and started burying the bodies, with a final tap on the newly formed dirt mound he finished burying the dead,thankfully there was just enough room to bury the people..

Sighing he threw the broken spade on the ground and went and fell asleep in the nearest hut.

—-

When Kai lei woke up he looked around and muttered to himself "it wasn't a dream".

Getting up he went to the well and washed his body,and got dressed in another white robe,stepping out he glanced up at the sky and the sun was blazing overhead.

"12:00? , no maybe?, 2:00?" He muttered trying to figure out the time, after staring at the sun for a few more seconds he stopped.

Walking around the village he found that there was no wildlife of any kind,after visiting the poor girls grave he spoke as he walked away.

"Sign in" his voice was awfully calm..

[ congratulations you have gained: 30 silver taels, pouch of millet x4 , Han dynasty soldier x5(leather armor and red robes)]

He looked at the notification and nodded,after eating a handful of millet from a pouch, he went to the well and filled a couple of bamboo up with water,after looking around for the last time and gathering some essential items such as a sleeping bag,he left the village heading south…

While mumbling "good news I'm alive,bad news I'm in ancient times" and walking into the distance…

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(So how did you like the chapter good?,decent?,i tried to write a decent story so hope you enjoyed it, and no I'm not editing it after posting)