Reborn Big Shot: The Starfall Project

The countdown to the rejuvenation experiment begins: 10, 9, 8... Lin Zhao stared at the red numbers ticking across the screen, his palms slick with sweat. He didn't know how he had been chosen. He only knew this was a chance to change his fate. Three seconds. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. His reflection showed a thirty-year-old man, fine lines already at the corners of his eyes, dull skin, and thinning hair. He looked older than he was. Two seconds. He remembered the mysterious man from last night, dressed in a black suit and wearing sunglasses, waiting for him outside the laboratory in the middle of the night. The man hadn't said much. He had only asked, “Do you want to go back to being eighteen?” One second. “Start.” As the mechanical voice sounded, the entire room was suddenly flooded with blinding blue light. It felt as if countless currents were rushing up his spine and into his brain. Lin Zhao's body jolted, and his consciousness began to blur. Then the world went dark. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a soft bed. The ceiling was pure white, anime posters covered the walls, and a few comic books and game consoles were piled in the corner. He sat up abruptly and looked down at his hands: young, fair, and slender, with none of the roughness or signs of age from before. He rushed into the bathroom and looked at the face in the mirror. His heart nearly skipped a beat. It was... his seventeen-year-old self. “Did I succeed?” he murmured, his voice clear and full of energy.