Reborn: The Universe Within Me

In 2038, forces led by the United States brazenly launched a great war. The conflict spiraled completely out of control, and nuclear war broke out.

More than half of humanity and other living things vanished. Most of those who survived were also contaminated by nuclear radiation.

Diseases ran rampant. It took fifty years after the war for the environment to recover somewhat, but the developed regions that had suffered extensive destruction remained unfit for human habitation.

Two completely opposed military alliances still exist in the world: the Western Military Coalition and the Asia-Pacific Military Alliance. Local wars break out between them from time to time.

As a leading member of the Asia-Pacific Military Alliance, Huaguo has most of its population concentrated in the western regions.

A strong, smooth hand reached out of the grave, followed by another. Both hands gripped the edge and pushed hard as dirt and stones tumbled to either side. A young man in a burial robe, his head wrapped in white cloth, slowly crawled out of the grave.

The young man glanced at his surroundings and immediately recognized the place.

Several graves stood nearby. They were where his parents had been laid to rest, and the spot where he stood was where he had once said he wanted to be buried after he died.