(People who read a thousand books live a thousand life... So come with me to have another life.)
Chapter 1: Train-kun and The Void
Vector, rubbing his temples, groaned in frustration as he stared at his laptop screen. Another late night another battle with his research paper as prepares for his upcoming presentation.
"Just one more section…" he told himself, stretching his sore shoulders.
One more paragraph he would be done… After 3 minutes he typed the last words.
"fuhh… finally completed it."
He is working on a research paper, a detailed analysis on 'historical developments of the human society from palaeolithic era to information era', was finally ready for his upcoming conference.
Vector's presentation was scheduled to take place in a conference in another state, which he could reach there by a day-and-a-half train journey.
As a university student, he had dedicated months working on the research paper.
Leaning back, he reached for his phone and quickly booked a train ticket and he was fortunate that he had booked the ticket.
With the festive season approaching, tickets were in high demand and often unavailable.
Why not Flight? Because by going with the Train he is saving money.
Then, Vector headed to the university canteen to grab something to eat.
….
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, he streamlined his research paper for his upcoming conference and continued his daily normal student life.
And the day of his train journey finally came.
On the departure day, he packed his bags, ensuring everything was in order for the upcoming train journey.
Vector started preparation to catch his train. So, he decided to leave the hostel 1 Hour before to catch the train. He needed 15 minutes to reach the station from his university and the extra time to deal with any issues if it happened.
Vector stepped out of his university hostel. The university's air filled with fresh air because of the abundance of the trees and absence of the motor vehicles.
He took a deep breath, adjusting the straps of his backpack before pulling out his phone. With a few taps, he booked a Taxi ride.
As he waited for the taxi, his eyes gazed towards the university hostel. This place had been his home for years.
His parents had died in a car accident when he was just nine. It wasn't that he was destitute, he had savings and insurance money.
But the absence of his parents also affected him as he saw the other students' parents supporting them; these created an emptiness in his heart, and nothing could soothe it.
Life had never been easy, going through his teenage years, struggling to pass hard-time in life while also going with his studies. There were nights when he doubted if there was any meaning in his existence.
And yet, here he was, strong and unyielding.
As he was thinking of his life… A car approached him, where he was standing.
The faint horn of a car snapped him from his thoughts. A yellow taxi pulled up, the taxi driver rolling down the window.
"Vector?"
"Yeah, that's me," he confirmed, slipping into the backseat.
After the confirmation, the car started to move. The car moved towards the university Exit Gate, then eased into the flow of restless traffic.
Vector leaned back on the back seat, gazing out of the window as the city's scenery appeared before him. On the market street, vendors shouted over one another, colorful lights flickered on the carts, friends laughed at roadside eateries and the scent of street food drifted through the air… Motorbikes moving between cars with reckless ease.
A small smile formed on his lips. No matter how he struggled and hardship suffered, this city had tempered him and gave him hope for life. Every hardship, every lonely night had forged the person he was today.
As the car drives toward the railway station, Vector watches the moment outside the window, as the city bustles with energy.
Eventually, the car arrived at the railway station. After passing through a security check, Vector entered the station.
Vector stood on the bustling railway platform, a scene all too familiar during festival season.
The station filled with the gentle bustle of travelers, the clinking of coffee cups at nearby kiosks, and the crisp tones of announcements echoing through the platform, as he admired the trains passing on the other platforms, one of humanity's most remarkable innovations in transport.
He pulled out his phone and checked the time, his train was arriving soon.
As the distant hum of the arriving train grew louder, passengers gathered calmly near their designated boarding areas. There was a quiet sense of anticipation on the platform, with travelers checking schedules and adjusting their luggage, just the usual buzz of a busy station.
But just then, a burst of commotion erupted behind Vector, shattering the calm.
Vector didn't even have time to process what was happening when,...out of nowhere, someone shoved Vector towards the railway tracks,....straight into the path of the upcoming train.
Before he could react, he felt a strong impact slammed into him from the unstoppable train engine and then, arrived the Train-kun's Divine Judgement. {yes, I will not use Truck-kun's divine power.(¬‿¬)}
Time slowed, his breath caught.
AAAhhhh…, am I going to die?
In that final moment, flashes of his life surged through his mind, memories, faces, laughter, tears, slipping by like an image in his mind. Passing one image after another in his mind.
But as he was going through this a strange phenomenon happened.
In that split second.
A crack in space tore open.
From it emerged a vortex, swirling with black and a mix of colors that shimmered like polar auroras. It expanded violently, pulling Vector's very soul into the void, then disappeared as if it was never there.
Vector drifted in the void, and felt darkness all around him like an endless and infinite void. Yet within it lies countless galaxies and stars.
These galaxies come in diverse forms: spiral, elliptical, and irregular, each containing billions of stars, and stars which are expanding continuously in a circular mass body most likely it is the universe. Appears to be always moving away from each other.
Darkness and silence prevailed in the void. On a larger scale, the galaxies would trace out a "cosmic web", a network of filaments and voids, resembling a giant spider-web. This structure reveals the underlying distribution of dark matter, which shapes the universe.
The ever expanding universe seems to be driven by a dark energy, which is present all over the void.
Vector floated in an endless void, as his thoughts rapidly thinking what's happening here (o_O), is he in a dream.
Because of his arrival the ethereal, yet dark and silent, and boundless void is disturbed.
His thought process suddenly stopped as he felt a surge of energy rushing in him.
A primordial, boundless, and mysterious energy surged in his soul. The pain was unbearable, searing through every fiber of his being, threatening to unravel him entirely. But as time lost meaning, the pain gradually faded away.
The power didn't destroy him, it reshaped him.
It sharpened his mind, enhanced his thoughts, as if his brain had been replaced with a supercomputer. The energy flowed through him like a second heartbeat, etching something into the very structure of his soul.
This force flows gently through his soul, permeating every part of his being, gradually reshaping and rewriting his very essence.
As the time passed indefinitely…, and
Eventually, a new vortex formed beside him and a gravitational force pulled his soul once again. His soul was pulled once more, through space and time vortex, and transferred into an unknown land.
Once again darkness and silence prevailed in the void… but this ethereal and boundless void contains a power which is unimaginable.
In a distant universe, on a planet shrouded in mystery, a vortex shimmered above a lifeless body. The figure had a wound in his chest, the kind only a blade could make. He seemed dead… but not quite.
The vortex opened fully, and Vector's soul descended into the body and merged with the lifeless body.
And as suddenly as it had appeared, the space closed. Silent once more. As if nothing had ever happened.
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Author's Note:
What is the term Train-kun? If you're not familiar with it, don't worry! If you've read isekai stories, you might already know where this is going… if not then don't worry I am here to tell you… In many isekai novels, the protagonist gets transported to another world after an accident, usually involving a truck. That's where the meme Truck-kun comes from, often jokingly referred to as the agent of "divine judgment."
So, Train-kun?
Well, it's just a fun twist on that classic isekai trope. Stick around, you might just enjoy this ride like it's another life you're living… though don't worry, it's all safely within the novel.
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