Su Li was rendered shocked and speechless as she looked at her transparent body. Now n.o.body in their right mind could comprehend how a human body could be transparent and see through especially if the body in question was their own since the general perception was that only ghosts are transparent. GHOSTS! As soon as this thought streaked through her mind Su Li felt she understood the situation somewhat. She had been a long time inpatient of the hospital due to suffering from a chronic disease. Acknowledging the fact that she couldn"t outlive her illness left a bittersweet taste. Bitter in the fact that she died at the age of twenty-six without fulfilling any of her dreams and left a loving family who would no doubt be wallowing in sadness and all the other negative emotions a.s.sociated with the bereavement of a family member. A part of her borne sweetness since she didn"t have to face the pain which has seaped deep into her bones along with the fact that she didn"t have to put up a strong front while facing her family and friends. At some point of time during the course of her illness and the subsequent prolonged treatment she has started resenting the white washed walls of the hospital room, the well meant but piyy filled gazes of the hospital staff as well as the smell of sickness that surrounded her all throught the day.Slowly she went into an introspective mood and internalised all her emotions. Afterwards she took stock of her surroundings. All around her there was a vast expanse of a starry night sky. Before her illness she had travelled extensively all around the globe but she could definitely say that this scenery was the best she had seen till date. It was as if she was in a 3D auditorium. As far as the eye could see there were cl.u.s.ters of stars as if constellations studded in the midst of midnight moonlit sky.
She looked around in awe and for a moment there rose an indescribable feeling within her that she could just touch these star like apparitions. Though for the life of her she couldn"t understand what they were or where she was. Conceding to the fact that she had already left the mortal coil in addition thinking that nothing worse could happen she gave into her whim and impulsively touched one of the s.h.i.+mmering cl.u.s.ters.
This proved to be a mistake on her part. She experienced a sharp stinging pain in her brain as if someone was striking repeatedly on the inside of her skull. It went on for a long period of time and just as she was on the verge of collapsing all the pain receded abruptly as though a sensory illusion on her part.
Before Su Li could give the bizzare series of events much thought she heard a gender indeterminate voice. "Target Identified. Target meets Requirement. Binding the Target to the System. 1%.....20%....70%...100%. Binding Completed"
After all the talk that didn"t make any sense to her whatsoever she received information directly from the gender indeterminate voice that it was something called a "SYSTEM". It had bonded itself to her soul that too without any prior notice to her and without her consent. It further explained that it would give her some so called "tasks" which she had to complete without fail.
Failing to comply with it"s demands would render her soul incapable to reincarnation which she thought was a pretty harsh punishment. On the other hand, if she completed all her tasks she could have a chance to get three of her wishes fulfilled in the real world she had just died in irrespective of what those wishes were or how improbable. The system would also give her minimal a.s.sistance to accomplish her tasks which was actually a relief to her since she didn"t understand what this was all about.
Since she was a complete green horn in regards to all this Su Li just decided to go with the flow and take everything in stride. Contemplating all this she realised it wasn"t so bad as a deal but still decided to be wary of the system.
At this point, she had already come to terms with her death. Just as she was about to voice her thoughts a cl.u.s.ter of those flickering star like lights condensed and formed a vague stick like figure. She realised it must be the system taking on a physical appearance. Grasping the bigger picture at hand and having thought through things she inquired, "My task is to go to different worlds one at a time, merge my soul with the body of a specific person. The person in question irrespective of gender can be a cannon fodder, protagonist, second lead, main character or just a pa.s.ser by within the plot. Furthermore, the setting can range from modern present day world to ancient past to futuristic science oriented fantasy to anything in between. I"ll have to complete the a.s.signed task without making the plot collapse on itself. After executing the task of the respective world I"ll have the option to live in that world unfettered by anything untill I reach the end of the body"s natural lifetime or could opt to leave that world. Anyhow each task completed properly and thoroughly will give me reward(s) that could help me in the subsequent tasks."
The system reported:[In essence, Yes ]
Su Li felt it was too convoluted but kept the thought to herself since she had no other option except to comply with the whims and demands of the system. Thinking upto here she told the system to send her to the first world and thereafter lost consciousness.