Word count of this chapter: 2073
Update time: 2024-01-21
[Leave Your Brain at the Door]
[Super Kidney Boost Zone]
"Never saw this coming..."
"I've been a damn saint my whole life, doing good deeds left and right."
"And in the end, I..."
"Got cheated on by my girlfriend! Can you believe that?!"
"If I could just hit rewind..."
"I'd never go soft again, not even for a second."
"Screw your 'virtue'!"
"To hell with your 'good deeds'!"
"Nah, that's not even the worst part."
"The real kicker is..."
"I'm never being a damn chicken again!"
Then came this god-awful rooster crow.
Chen Xiao just... exploded. Poof.
And all that was left was a total mess.
...
"Chen Xiao, quit faking sleep. I know you're up. Let's break up."
This tall girl with a ponytail had her arms crossed, staring daggers at Chen Xiao.
That voice—flat, familiar, like nails on a chalkboard.
Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes. The bright white light hurt like hell, and there was an IV bag hanging at the edge of his vision.
Plus, there was this overwhelming smell of disinfectant.
Wait, [Animal World] has hospitals?
Then, Chen Xiao's eyes went wide. Oh shit, a huge realization hit him:
Wasn't he supposed to be dead, full of regret?
Didn't he just blow himself up in a fit of rage?
The pain of his body being shattered still felt way too real.
Thinking about all that, Chen Xiao couldn't help but shiver.
No way... is this rebirth?
Before he could even process that, the familiar voice kept going:
"Chen Xiao, are you deaf? Hello? Are you listening?!"
Chen Xiao turned his head and saw this super cute face.
Then he noticed, by the hospital bed, there was this vibrant girl in a gray Japanese - style school uniform (JK).
Right then, she was staring at him with these huge, watery eyes.
Cheng Youyou?
The younger version of Cheng Youyou!
Only then did Chen Xiao finally figure out where he was.
He really did get a redo!
Looking at that face, completely untouched by time, he couldn't help but sigh:
Youth is freaking awesome.
Of course, it would be even better if she wasn't here with a dozen people ready to gang up on him.
Thinking back to all the crap from his past life, Chen Xiao's eyelids twitched. He sighed and asked:
"How long was I out?"
"Are you even listening? I said let's break up! Do you not get that?!"
Cheng Youyou grit her teeth and smacked the bed hard.
Back in the day, Chen Xiao was sure he'd be begging her to stay, acting like a total simp.
If she said east, he wouldn't dare go west;
Thinking about that, Chen Xiao wanted to rip his own head off and flush it down the toilet.
Ignoring Cheng Youyou's death glare, Chen Xiao grabbed his phone and checked the time:
June 21, 2026 -2:00 PM -
These numbers were burned into his brain.
This year, Chen Xiao was a sophomore in Jiangbei City.
He remembered crystal clear:
On this day in his past life, he got into a car accident.
It was pretty much the same as now.
But when he left the hospital that evening, the blood moon showed up!
[Animal World] descended!
Every human on the planet would get animal talents and abilities!
And the type of animal you awakened depended on the last thing you ate.
Some folks ate pork ribs and got pig skin—super tough to beat.
Some had donkey meat sandwiches and got donkey - level stamina, never running out of energy.
There were even people who ate hot pot and got goat - like demonic power!
As for Chen Xiao, the last thing he ate before the blood moon was rooster pot, so he got rooster powers.
At first, everyone thought it was great—like a new era was starting!
Until...
The world's order collapsed, and the real doomsday game began!
Darkness, chaos, fear, killing, madness, distortion.
These were Chen Xiao's thoughts on [Animal World].
This global terror game would be everyone's nightmare.
But not his!
In his past life, the car accident made him miss the best time for the game.
This time, he could use his past life's experience—maybe even see the future!
There were four hours left until [Animal World] arrived.
He was gonna change everything!
"Break up? No way! We weren't even officially a couple yet. Breaking up now would be such a rip - off for me!"
Chen Xiao smirked and pulled out the needle from the back of his hand.
"You..."
Cheng Youyou was left speechless. She never thought Chen Xiao would say something like that so boldly.
When did he get so thick - skinned?
Back in the day, when she mentioned breaking up, he'd be all torn up.
Why was he acting crazy today?
Chen Xiao really wanted to kill Cheng Youyou, this bitch, but then he thought of a better idea.
Wouldn't it be way more fun to make her wish she was dead but not be able to die?
Chen Xiao hopped out of bed, put on his hospital gown, walked to the door, then turned back with a fake sweet smile and said:
"Youyou, thanks for coming to see me. I ordered a huge KFC family bucket for your place! Make sure to check it out~"
After that, he left Cheng Youyou totally bewildered and walked out of the ward without looking back.
As soon as he stepped out, his once bright eyes turned dark in an instant.
A crazy plan popped into his head:
He had to get to the Prehistoric Fossil Museum before the game started!
He was gonna bite fossils!
He was gonna be a dinosaur!
Chen Xiao ran through the hospital corridor, going faster and faster.
He didn't realize that running around in a hospital gown made him look like a total nutjob.
Several security guards were chasing him, yelling "Stop!" and stuff like that.
Chen Xiao ignored them. He had less than four hours.
The city's dinosaur fossil museum was in the suburbs, and the drive alone took three hours!
He had no choice!
As soon as he left the hospital, Chen Xiao flagged down a guy on a motorcycle at random.
"Damn, you play too much GTA!"
"Bro, help me out, I'm in a rush!"
Chen Xiao shamelessly plopped down on the motorcycle and zoomed away in a flash.
He cranked the throttle to the max. The wind hit his face so hard it stung, but that made Chen Xiao super alert.
From what he knew about [Animal World], the leftover DNA in fossils could definitely bring back a full dinosaur form!
If he pulled this off, he'd be the only one who could stand up to the rest—those pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep!
Time ticked by, and there were twenty minutes left until 6:00 PM.
Chen Xiao skillfully parked the motorcycle at the museum entrance, squinted at the sky, which had a weird gloominess.
He saw the sky getting dark at a speed he could actually see.
Just like in his past life, the blood moon was about to appear!
In a race against time, Chen Xiao took out the big iron cone he just bought and stormed into the fossil museum.
Before the security guards inside could react, they saw a lunatic with a big iron cone smashing at the glass in the fossil area.
"What the f*** is going on!"
"Damn, this kid!"
"Kid, did you go to the wrong place? The bank's next door."
There were only three old men working as security guards at the museum. It was their first time dealing with someone robbing fossils. They looked at each other and swallowed.
Even though they were security guards, facing a lunatic with a big iron cone.
They were still scared.
They were security guards, not idiots!
They called the police without a word and just sat in a row.
They watched quietly as Chen Xiao smashed the tempered glass bit by bit and then slipped inside.