Night, bleak and freezing, with rain pouring down like a waterfall.
In the dilapidated straw hut, a small lamp flickers weakly in the storm.
Through the ragged window, one can faintly discern a frail young man, lying on a ruined bed, his face unnaturally pale, devoid of color.
Crack!
Suddenly, a flash of purple light streaks past, and the feeble young man bolts upright from his decrepit bed.
Out of the blue, the young man senses something off with his body.
Although he can move, every twitch sends waves of pain coursing through him, as if hundreds, even thousands, of needles are stabbing at him relentlessly, the suffering unbearable.
"What the hell?"
"Wasn't I up all night fighting the boss? I was so close to getting the ultimate artifact, I had already bought the gems. Who would've thought the damn computer would break, even emitting a red light! But where on earth am I?"
Lin Lang is filled with a sense of helplessness.
Now, he can't move his body, and has no idea where he is. He opens his eyes wide and glances around, only to find the bed he's lying on is too small and too broken.
Not only that, the leaking hut reeked with an odious smell. Even his clothes had gotten wet, making him look extremely miserable.
"What kind of hellhole is this?"
He was obviously in the supreme VIP room at the internet café, but now he finds himself in a run-down doghouse, with rain leaking in!
The hot portraits of beauties which he had saved on his phone were all gone. Even his most beloved album signed by "Teacher Potho" was missing!
This was simply intolerable for him!
Lin Lang looked at his own hands in surprise, then around at the furnishings in his surroundings, speechless.
If this isn't someone playing a prank on him, could it be that he really had travelled through time?
"Ah!"
"It hurts!"
Suddenly, as Lin Lang was still deep in thought, a sharp pain slashed through his head.
A surge of information, like a raging flood, poured into his mind. Under the terrifying assault of this torrent, his forehead broke out in cold sweat and his body started to convulse violently, shaking on the wooden bed beneath him.
"Hu!"
After what felt like an eternity, a spark of life finally returned to Lin Lang's eyes.
Looking up at the crack that had appeared on the ceiling above him, a bitter smile unwittingly slipped onto his face, followed by a deep sigh.
"Darn it!"
"I can't believe I've really travelled through time!"
"This is rarer than winning the jackpot, and yet it has happened to me. This is absolutely freaking mind-blowing…"
At this moment, Lin Lang, lying on the wooden bed, was experiencing a whirlwind of emotions.
As for this rare opportunity to "time-travel", he wasn’t sure whether he should feel happy or concerned.
Lin Lang wasn't afraid of the strange encounter of time-travel.
Before time-traveling, he was obsessed with online games, novels, MMORPGs, and anime - essentially dwelling in the 2D world.
To tell you the truth, he wasn't particularly keen on the time-travel plots in novels.
Lin Lang knew that those were nothing more than fantastical nonsense.
Would it be possible that he would actually get a chance to time-travel?
However, it really happened to him…
More importantly, after accepting the information flooding into his mind, Lin Lang was rendered speechless in an instant.
"Dear God, if you let me time-travel, could you at least provide me with a decent identity?"
"Others, when they time-travel, either become peerless masters, or youths as impressive as a lofty tree, fawned over by beauties and holding power in their hands. Even if they don't achieve that, they would at least be related to royalty, have power and status, and be able to do whatever they want without any opposition. In the worst-case scenario, they could be a prince and leisurely enjoy their life."
"But in my case…sigh, it's a load of cobblers. A bucket of bitter tears. Why, when it comes to my time-travel, did I end up being the unlucky one?"
At the same time, Lin Lang's head throbbed with another wave of excruciating pain. It was as if thousands of silver needles were piercing his brain back and forth. He was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely, yet he couldn't make a sound.
A moment later, the pain subsided. Accompanied by a flood of memories rushing into his mind, Lin Lang gradually regained consciousness from his coma.
The boy he had time-traveled into was also called Lin Lang, a young master from the Kaiyang Province of the Great Chu Dynasty, or you could say, a young master abandoned by his family.
Originally, he was a young master of the Lin family from Kaiyang province. Though he was introverted and antisocial, he was naturally intelligent. By the age of ten, he had become a level five martial artist. Three years later, he became the top prodigy of his generation, being the first one to reach the level of martial master.
From then on, Lin Lang's reputation soared. The originally unenthusiastic Lin Lang also began to feel the glory, status, and respect brought by cultivation. He doubled his efforts and immersed himself day and night in cultivation.
During this period, all sorts of big shots incessantly visited the Lin family, hoping to curry favor, and sizing up this top genius of Kaiyang County. Many even brought their daughters, intending to arrange a marriage.
However, when Lin Lang turned fourteen, a ghost-faced man of unknown origin appeared. With one palm strike, he shattered all of Lin Lang's meridians and his dantian qi sea, rendering him incapable of condensing Zhenyuan again. Let alone cultivation, there was no possibility for that anymore.
In less than three days, everyone knew about this incident. The once top genius of Poyang County had now turned into a piece of trash who couldn't even cultivate.
A piece of trash without even first-tier martial arts!
From then on, all praises and flattery disappeared, replaced by malicious mockery, laughter and even disdainful cold eyes.
To save Lin Lang, his father, Lin Chaoge, despite the elders' dissuasion, made him take a healing divine medicine. Although Lin Lang's injuries healed considerably, his father was punished and sent to the Two Realms Mountain to fend off demons while Lin himself was expelled from his family.
From then on, the once top genius of Kaiyang County, had become a stray dog despised by everyone.
A day ago, Lin Lang, who had been lurking in the Seven Stars Gang for almost a year, was competing with his enemy, the Black Tiger Gang for control over a territory, was betrayed by his sworn brother, severely injured, and fled to a broken house to escape the chase, only to die there eventually which led to Lin Lang's transmigration.
However, at the same time, the predecessor's dantian was once again ruined, leaving him a complete waste.
"All I did was shove a boss. I didn't even look at the equipment that the boss had just dropped. A ray of red light from that damn computer brought me here. Moreover, I transmigrated into this unlucky guy's body. It's just absurd!"
"Now I have been expelled from the family, my father has been punished and sent to Two Realms Mountain to fend off demons, where death is more likely than survival. I thought I could scrape together a meager living in the Seven Stars Gang, but I never thought I would be betrayed and nearly hacked to death. All I ever wanted was to survive peacefully, but why do you treat me like this?"
"In my previous life, I had already died. In this life, my father was driven away by you, and I was betrayed by my sworn brothers. Why, why did you do this?"
"If you're not ruthless, you can't hold your position. Since you all are heartless, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Whoever offends me, I will make you understand the cost of offending Lin Lang!"
"Even though I don't have any cultivation base right now, a gentleman's revenge is not taken lightly and it can even come ten years later. Remember this, I, Lin Lang, will definitely let you know the consequences of humiliating me!"