Walker Of The Worlds

In space, millions of kilometers away from the world Lin Mu lived in, a grey orb of light was traveling at a great speed. It was as if it was fading in and out from reality itself, passing through obstacles, like asteroids, as if they were air.

After an unknown amount of time, it approached a blue planet; eventually falling into its atmosphere. The ground was becoming closer and closer, small continents expanded to a vast length, mountains rose to a great height. In the end, the grey orb collided with an insignificant tree; somehow only shaking it entirely. The orb then faded away, leaving behind a rusty grey ring embedded halfway through the trunk.

In his sleep, Lin Mu found himself in a dark place. He could not see anything at all. Strangely, he could feel his arms and legs, even touch them, but he still could not see them.

"Where am I? Is this a dream? I've never had a dream like this ever before."

He walked around in the darkness for what could be a few minutes or possibly days; having no method to measure the time. Eventually, he woke up because of a sharp pain at the top of his head. Looking around, he found himself lying below a familiar apple tree, where a small apple had fallen beside him. The sky was slowly getting brighter, and the sun hidden below the horizon had not risen yet.

"Huh, looks like this apple fell on my head and woke me up. That's strange though, this apple is still unripe; why did it fall?"

Standing up, Lin Mu stretched his arms and looked up at the sky, estimating that it's likely around 5am. He went up to the small stream to drink some water and quenched his thirst. After quenching his thirst, he felt his stomach groan with hunger.

any money left, the guards took away the last of which I had. Guess I'll head back

few with his eyes, he began to climb the tree. Pulling himself up on

He tried pulling it out

that it was actually a rusty grey ring like one could find in a flea market. The ring had a peculiar design, having five small spurs equidistant from each other rising from one side

think I've ever seen this before here on the tree. Did someone put it there? I may as well keep it, maybe I can sell

his right middle finger. As soon as he put on the ring, a chill went through him, followed by a warmth spreading from the ring to all over his body. As the warmth spread, Lin Mu felt energized and every cell in his body filled with strength. The process

before. Did I just break through to the 3rd stage of

put down the rock, and punched it with all his strength. Only a slight chip fell off the rock, leaving some cuts on Lin

that hurt like hell! Why did I think this would be a good idea to test out my strength? But how did I break through and increase my strength, is it due to the

Lin Mu still thought that it looked the same as before; a rusty grey

the apples, knowing that eating them straight as they are, even if they are ripe, is not an option as they were very tart to eat. It would just leave him