I Can Extract Attributes from Corpses

“Darkness.”

Within his sight was endless darkness, the world around him preternaturally silent and cold. Liu Ji, his consciousness blurred, felt a searing, grinding pain in his back, so excruciating he desperately wanted to open his mouth and cry out in agony.

Yet not a single sound escaped him.

“Where is this place?”

“Am I dead?”

“Yes, I must be dead. After all, my cancer was terminal, beyond any cure. So this is what death feels like?”

“It’s… somewhat pleasant…”

Liu Ji sensed the harrowing pain in his back swiftly vanish, and in its place, a gentle, tranquil sensation began to seep through his limbs and bones.

The feeling… was truly soothing.

Like soaking in a hot spring, or being enveloped by a spring breeze.

Suddenly, a hazy light appeared before his eyes, and he felt himself floating, drifting toward that radiance. The closer he drew, the more comfortable he felt.

Before long, a vague silhouette emerged ahead. Before he could react, a thunderous shout erupted: “Retreat at once!”

The voice crashed over Liu Ji like muffled thunder, sending him plummeting downward. The serenity and comfort ebbed away like the tide.

What replaced it—

Was blinding, agonizing pain!

“Damn it all…”

That thought had scarcely formed when he felt a sudden chill on his cheek—a drop of icy liquid must have fallen onto his face.

The torment in his back forced him to open his eyes, letting rays of light pierce through the darkness.

The first thing he saw was a drop of liquid, rapidly enlargi