Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 165: Back From Ashes!

Anyone standing in front of the dead body of Lee could see a faint golden glow on the right side of his sternum. The glow briefly exposed the position of his heart and ribs, and something next to that lifeless blood pump.

There was another heart to the right side of the sternum. It's position and shape was mirrored to that of the original which had ceased function. Everytime the periodic beat originated, a faint wave was accompanied with it. The glow gave away the position of his internal organs, and was slowly picking up brightness to its illumination.

The new heart was as if it was made of gold and silver panellings. It not only beat periodically, but sent energy throughout his body. The dull and colourless body responded to the surge of energy by slight twitching of muscles and fingers.

The loudness began to subside and the rhythm became silent. The beasts dispersed and became immersed in their survival and a lot of them disappeared into their turfs. Due to the position of the body, and the crevice in which Lee lifelessly laid, the beasts were unknown of the reason why the loud rhythmic beat began to dwindle.

The glow in his chest grew into his lower torso and into all of his limbs. The silent beat radiated a golden aura which soon began to decrease the interval between the beats. Not soon after, the gold and silver heart was working just like the ceased counterpart.

Two strands arose from the luxurious looking heart and extended towards the lifeless one. One which was golden, pierced the right atrium and slightly turned downward and went through the left ventricle. The silver one connected the right ventricle and moved towards the left atrium.

The next second, an electric charge was burst into the heart and it slowly began to pick up its vigour. The heart which had mostly lost the warmth of life was brought back from the depths of eternity.

*dub-dub*

The original began to beat and reached its peak within no time. After almost a minute, Lee inhaled air through his nose and let it out through the mouth. He was back to life in a miraculous way.

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Meanwhile, in the inner world.

The wrapped up and reconstructed body of Lee slowly began to expand and the linen wrapping began to stretch to its maximum. Soon, the linen bandages started to have tear marks on it. Like a balloon, the figure was expanding and the wrappings admitted defeat without a power struggle.

As soon as the majority of the linen wrappings were torn or loosened, the body began to revert back to its original shape. The loosened and misplaced bandages exposed the wheat coloured skin underneath it. The body began to move and the continued to tear the linen fabric, which was already at the verge of being reduced to shreds.

The exquisite criss-cross covering fell off completely, and Lee was exposed naked. He was leaning onto the back of the sarcophagus box, and the respiration was restored. In an attempt to restore the senses and consciousness, he rested there for a while.

"Is he dead?"

"No, he seems to be recuperating."

"Why don't we give him a kick, and kick-start him?"

"That would be inappropriate."

"I suggest leaving him be for the moment. Let us bring in his body from the outside."

Lee was able to hear three distinct male voices, but he couldn't identify whose it was. His senses and processing unit were in the process of reconstruction and thus had no way to identify the person. But his limited recognition at the moment, made him identify the gender from the voices.

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An eternity later.

The track of time was a stranger to Lee. There was no way he could identify the present day of time. But he was sure of one fact, that he was brought back from death, from the eternal darkness. He had his suspicion on the cause of the phenomenon. Thus he made an internal note to thank D when he is back on his feet.

Waxing and waning out of consciousness, Lee could hear many voices around him. He immediately identified An Fenfang's voice and pinpointed the presence of D at times. He wanted to open his eyes, but something inside him was intentionally keeping him from having an optical sensation.

Lee did not continue to struggle with the force, and let go of his attempt. He relaxed his body and sensed the completion of his body. The feeling of his astral body was so similar to his physical body, that Lee, for a moment, assumed that he was actually in reality. But other than feeling the complete body, he couldn't even move his pinky. It was as if he was in a suspended state and under restraint.

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This time, when Lee stepped into his consciousness, he found his senses and his body completely restored. Not even a tinge of pain and resistance was felt from his body, and it was as if he was working out for the whole time. His body had quite a chiseled physique which made his eyes open wide. He was tall and reached 1.87 metres.

Lee took a while to recognise his surroundings. He saw himself looking back at him when he stared around. Observing around him, Lee found that he is inside a hexagonal chamber with mirrors against him. Looking up, the ends of the mirrors were extended into oblivion. He assessed that he cannot jump over after confirming that he is nothing more than an average human.

The attributes were as if they were reset. Lee tried to punch the mirror, which in turn hurted his fist. He did try to jump up, and found that he can barely jump a metre. These revelations gave him an insight that he is not the previous Lee. When knitting the fact that he was reborn from ashes, with his evaluations, it became clear to him that he is completely helpless at the moment.

Lee did not lament in his findings, but steadied his spine as he sat on the floor. The warmth of the floor under his ass was refreshing to him. Without any further ado, he slipped into meditation.