Author Note: This is for old readers if they by chance come again and for thise wondering the reason why is there a gap of years between chapters. All others can skip this.

So, I tried to write a new novel "Nihility Paradise" which even thou is much better in every single aspect. It didn't recive attraction. Like not even a powerstone, comment.

This really made me realise how really should not have taken my old readers like Rey_Master for granted. Before being a perfectionist I could never be satisfied with a chapter as I was a new to writing, So, I ghosted after my vacation ended and I lost my notes from my phone.

Now, finding the notes and even though Nihility didn't pop off like I expected I can be now called a proud amateur webnovel aurther as I have improved many times over.

So, now I am back and I will be improving the writing for chapters 1 to 4. So, no real need to re read them for old writers. Though, I will rewrite chapter 5.

Although by being back I don't mean like full time! I am a university student so don't expect much!

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New York, Jan 23, 2023

At 8:00 PM, in a messy dorm room, a 17-year-old lay on his bed, listening to Run to Break Free from Equestria Girls on his laptop.

"I find myself in the rhythm of my feet.

Feel it in my heartbeat,

The time is now, and I won't hold back."

A growl from his stomach broke the moment. He paused the song and sat up. "Dinner time. Maybe I'll check out that new McDonald's down the street." Closing his laptop, he grabbed his wallet and phone before heading out.

The chilly night air nipped at his face as he walked down the street. His mind wandered. "Second year of college starts tomorrow. Mom and Dad... It's been seven months already." Despite his loss, he felt thankful for the financial stability they'd left behind.

As he crossed an intersection, the roar of an engine jolted him back to reality. A truck, headlights off, was speeding toward him. He barely had time to turn his head before—

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I survived....?

The memory of the truck flashed in my mind—the blinding headlights, the impossible speed. It didn't make sense. I was supposed to be dead.

I tried to open my eyes. Nothing. Not even darkness. There was no sensation, no weight, no limbs to move. Panic clawed at the edges of my mind. Am I paralyzed?

Desperation flooded me as I tried to feel something—anything. Then, I saw it.

A white orb. It wasn't sight as I knew it, but something else entirely. It was as if my consciousness had developed a new sense which spread out like a circle. At the center of this awareness was a white orb.

What is this? I focused on the orb, trying to make sense of my surroundings. My thoughts were interrupted as a black cloud drifted into the edge of my perception. It seemed to hover at the edges, dark and formless.

Curiosity overpowered fear. If this is the afterlife, maybe I should explore before losing my sanity. I willed myself toward the cloud like in a luccid dream where you try to fly.

The motion felt strange—like swimming through thick syrup, each movement sluggish. But I persisted, inching closer. As I approached, an overwhelming instinct gripped me—a primal hunger, as if the cloud were the most tantalizing food I'd ever encountered.

Without thinking, I dove into it.

The moment the black cloud touched me, a surge of euphoria washed over my being. It wasn't just pleasant—it was transcendental, a bliss I'd never imagined. The cloud dissolved into me, leaving behind a small red dot at the center of the white orb.

What was that? I marveled at the change. My awareness range expanded, my movements became slightly easier, and I felt... lighter.

Driven by curiosity and the lingering euphoria, I searched for more of the clouds like a drug addict. The clouds were scattered throughout the void. Each one I absorbed fed the red dot at my core, making it grow while my awareness stretched further outward.

Soon, I began to notice something peculiar. My instincts told me I was rising, And as for how how I knew? I couldn't explain even if I wanted too.

As my perception expanded, I noticed a faint brightness above like the surface of the ocean is how I would explain it. Am I heading to the surface? I guessed but how would I know? Most importantly, Why does my gut tell me to reach the surface.

But something else was happening. The red dot at my center was growing alarmingly fast with each cloud absorbed. It now filled nearly 80% of my form, leaving only a small layer of white around it. But I couldn't help but have a sense of unease creep in.

Will something bad happen if it overtakes me completely? The thought nagged at me, but I pushed it aside. There was no turning back now.

Finally, the moment came. As I absorbed the next cloud, the red dot covered my circular body fully, leaving no trace of white.

Ugh—! Suddenly then....A wave of pressure hit me, unbearable and overwhelming. My entire being felt like an overinflated balloon about to burst. Just as I thought I couldn't take it anymore, the red began to condense inward.

It pulled back, shrinking rapidly toward the center leaving only a lighter shade of red in place of the white on the sphere orb.The transformation was excruciating but oddly exhilarating. As the deep red color condensed leaving a lighter shade, it shifted to a fiery orange, becoming a small, dense core at the heart of my form covering 1% of my body.

With the transformation complete, the pressure lifted. My perception erupted outward, expanding fivefold more than before in an instant. I felt buoyant, weightless, as if I were a balloon underwater.

The "surface" was near now, the clarity above growing brighter and brighter. I surged upward uncontrollably, faster than ever before.

And then—

White.

Everything dissolved into pure, blinding white.