Cough! Cough! Cough!
Gasp!
Within the old wooden cabin, an intense noise of coughing, followed by an exaggerated sound of gasping air abruptly echoed throughout the surroundings, destroying the serenity that the place held.
Inside, the sight of a sickly man, with a build akin to a skeleton and bones that were almost visible through the skin, suddenly sat up from his lying position.
"Where... am I?"
Without regard for his health, the man's dark eyes, which seemed to have just come back from the depths of the abyss, hurriedly scanned his vicinity in shock and confusion.
"This! This isn't the hospital bed?!
"Where's the monitoring equipment? Where's the life support equipment? Where are the treatment devices and the sickening white room?"
Seeing the unfamiliar environment he was in, Leo immediately felt a suffocating sensation in his chest.
His breathing instantly became hollow, and his complexion turned pale. Anxiety immediately set onto his mind.
Without those cold machines to support his failing health, his life would be in danger.
No, in fact, danger seems shallow to describe his condition.
Without those machines, he might not even survive for days! Moreover, even if he managed to reunite with the sickening white room of the hospital, his condition would probably worsen a lot!
To the point that death might skip its rest day to knock on his door and escort him to the afterlife.
"What to do? What to do? Although I've dreamed countless times of dying just to escape the agony I had been experiencing, I never expected that it would happen soon.
"At least not before I finish all the books I added to my bookmark!"
(He had more than a hundred on his reading list, but he never read any those... Yet.)
Thinking of death, Leo, despite mentally preparing himself for the inevitable passing for years, still found himself trembling in fear.
He didn't even questioned how he appeared here, whether he got kidnapped or not, or why the pain he should be feeling right now was not flaring up.
In his mind, desperation spread and clings within.
Ding!
However, in the midst of hopelessness, a sound of metal hitting another metal echoed deep within his soul, waking him up from his hopelessness.
Yes, that's right, although he doesn't know how, he instantly become awares that it originated from his soul upon hearing the sound.
Open Panel~
Like an instinct, similar to how an infant knows how to drink milk from their mother, Leo unconsciously mumbled deep within his mind.
Swish~
In an instant, cold liquid that was unknown to him stirred within his head, coursing quickly before settling on his eyes.
In his vision, a translucent panel which contains data soon appeared, stunning him briefly.
Ding!
[ Name: Leo Lorica
Decree: None
Fame Points: 0
Current Spectators: 2
___Features Section___
[ Inventory! ][ Shop (Locked) ][ Global Chat Box ]
...
"What's this? Don't tell me..."
Looking at the panel that mysteriously appeared in front of him, a spark of enlightenment seemed to lit inside his mind. His despair decreased as the devastating speculation dawned upon him.
"Did I die? Is the reason I woke up in this unknown environment was that I had transmigrated??"
"And this panel... Is this my cheat?"
Leo mumbled into the empty air. However, instead of answers, he became more confused.
Despite reading lots of novels back then, he hadn't encountered this type of cheat. Heck, he doesn't even knows what the text that the panel displays means!
What do fame points mean? What does it means spectators? And what does decree even mean?!
Am I supposed to do live streaming after transmigrating?
Aggressively clicking the translucent panel hovering midair, hoping that it would show at least some descriptions or explanations, only to be met by failed attempts, Leo could only give up studying his panel for now.
Sighing, Leo stood up and studied his surroundings.
However, other than the single wooden bed where he lay earlier, a wooden desk in the middle of the room, and a gas lamp giving off a weak glow above it, there are no other things around him.
Even simple furniture like a book, pen, or clothes is nowhere to be found!
"Wait, what is this?"
Shaking his head, unable to understand what was going on inside this room, Leo was about to shift his gaze away from the desk when suddenly, something beneath the gas lamp caught his attention.
Approaching it, Leo instantly saw a piece of paper stuck under the weight of the lamp, blending with the light around it and had a text written on it.
Throb~
"This text?! It was written in Pilipino language."
All of a sudden, upon seeing the familiar language, Leo's eyes widen in disbelief.
His initial speculation about being transmigrated decreased significantly, while his thoughts fell further into disarray.
Nevertheless, despite the confusion, Leo still read the information that the paper held.
Day 7
I survive... I don't know how it happened, but the feeling of impending death decreased a lot.
However, the old widow next door wasn't lucky enough. She vanished like the rest.
Day 8
Anothe one vanished... No, he didn't vanish, he were eaten!
The blood on the floor, the stench in the wall, and the flesh. I'm sure they were eaten!!!
Day 9
"Ray is acting weird like the others before.
"He has forgotten a lot of events and memories that happened in the past... Did the disappearance of others finally took toll on his mind?"
Day 10
"Wha am I going to do?! I... I kno I will be the next.
"I don't want to die yet. I want to survive!
"But what can I do!!?? I, we do not EVEN know what are we facing. The exit is blocked, we are trapped!"
"No! I have to find a way to survive. I can't die yet, I can't die YET!!"
...
Swish~
"What kind of madness is this?!"
Upon finishing reading the text, a cold breeze seems to caress Leo's neck. His complexion pale further as his eyes shook with fear.
Despite having no idea if the information that the paper hold contains truth or not, it's undeniable that it scares him.