"Ah-choo！"
Xu Feng sneezed and rubbed his nose. He wasn’t even sick. Could someone be thinking about him? Impossible. He had transmigrated to another world and didn’t know a soul. The longing of his girlfriend back on Earth couldn’t possibly travel tens of thousands of light-years. Staring at the dense vegetation before him, the young man felt a wave of helplessness.
As the saying goes： "It”s not about being the unluckiest, but about being even unluckier."
Xu Feng was completely speechless about what had happened to him today. Just as he was about to experience his first time with his girlfriend, being inexplicably transmigrated was bad enough. But the place he ended up in was a desolate wilderness. After painstakingly finding a magic teleport scroll, the destination it set was deep within a dense forest.
Xu Feng was lost. He had been wandering through the forest for two days. Although he hadn’t encountered any ferocious magical beasts, he had no food either. Damn it, how did this happen? Could he really become the first transmigrator to starve to death?
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but trees. All that talk about having endless money after transmigration and countless beauties throwing themselves at you? Pure nonsense. His demands weren’t high—just one piece of bread would do.
Xu Feng, who had never believed in gods, began to pray sincerely. When he opened his eyes again, a miracle appeared: two women came into view. Xu Feng’s eyes grew wider and wider, gleaming with a wolfish light.
Don’t get the wrong idea—it wasn’t lust. You see, he hadn’t eaten for two full days. Try it: forty-eight hours without any food. In the eyes of a starving man, a beauty is absolutely less appealing than a piece of bread. "When you’re full and warm, you think of lust and sex"—that’s the principle. When you’re hungry, trust me, no one can get it up.
"A person." The joy of encountering a fellow human filled Xu Feng's mind as he staggered toward them. The two women, however, were greatly alarmed. The one dressed as a swordsman stepped in front of the other, demanding, "W-what do you want？"
Katherine was no slouch in martial arts and was quite famous in Ruhl City, but she had never imagined a man's gaze could be so unabashedly 'naked.' Like a starving wolf, it sent chills down her spine. Could she have run into a sex-crazed monster?
No matter how tough a woman is, she's still a woman at heart. Miss Katherine, known as the 'Thorny Rose,' actually felt a surge of fear facing this oddly dressed man.
"Miss, do you have any food？"
Poor Xu Feng's vision was already blurring; two days without food had drained his strength. When he reached the two women, he had no energy left to notice whether they were pretty or plain. After saying this, he collapsed with a thud...
The two women exchanged glances. Seeing that he didn't seem to be faking, Katherine gradually let down her guard. She bent down to check his breath.
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The beautiful Hailan Star has a more complex ecosystem than Earth. Among its higher intelligent beings, besides humans, there are many others such as beastmen, elves, and dragons. After thousands of years of development, they have established their own spheres of influence. Ruhl is a small city in the southeastern part of the human Tiger Empire. Although the city is very small, because it is adjacent to the Green Sea Forest, the habitat of the elves, it is a必经之地 for trade between the two sides. Stimulated by commerce, it is extremely prosperous.
There weren't many nobles in Ruhl City. The estate of Baron Dirk, located in the southern part of the city, was already a very prominent local family.
It was springtime. Sunlight filtered through the thin clouds, warming the earth. Flowers were in full bloom, and everything was growing. The servants of the baron's estate were busy with their tasks, and in their spare time, they chatted about a very amusing incident.
Today, the young lady went for a walk in the forest outside the city and picked up a young man—a very interesting young man, with an outfit that was very… peculiar.
“You know, in all my life, I’ve never seen anyone wear clothes like his, and his hairstyle is so strange too.”
“Really? But I heard he’s actually very handsome, and according to the doctor, he wasn’t sick or injured—just passed out from hunger.”
“Passed out from hunger? No way?”
……
Girls always love gossip, and a few young maids were chattering away. At that moment, in a guest room deep in the courtyard, Xu Feng finally opened his eyes. He was still a little hungry, but much better than before. After he was rescued, Catherine had someone feed him some honey water.
It feels good to be alive. Xu Feng let out a sigh of relief. He turned to look around the room. It was spacious and bright, with excellent lighting. The furniture and decorations resembled medieval Europe. Combined with the teleportation scroll he had accidentally triggered, it seemed he had crossed over into a magical world.
How did he feel? Well… it was complicated. To be honest, back when he read novels online, Xu Feng had envied the protagonists. They never worried about money, countless beautiful women threw themselves into his arms, and he could settle grudges with ease and rule the world… That really sounded way better than graduating college and slogging through a tough job search！
Humans are creatures prone to daydreaming. Xu Feng had also imagined that if only he could travel to another world, it would be great. But now that it had become reality, he realized how ridiculous those thoughts had been. Facing a completely unfamiliar world, all he felt was confusion. What was he supposed to do next？
“Creak.” The door was pushed open, and footsteps sounded. Catherine entered the room and found the young man staring blankly at the ceiling.
She did not speak; this young man gave her a very strange feeling—mysterious attire, a wolf-like gaze when they first met, yet now his eyes were so melancholic...
A boy like an enigma.
After a long moment, Xu Feng turned his head, and a young girl came into view. She had a waterfall of golden hair and a lovely face, appearing slightly younger than himself, radiating youth and vitality.
Such a beautiful girl, if placed in a university on Earth, would be at least a campus beauty queen level. But having just gone through a huge upheaval, Xu Feng was in no mood to appreciate a pretty woman.
Memories from before he passed out surfaced bit by bit. It must have been her who saved him. Xu Feng forced a faint smile： "Thanks."
"What did you say？"
A brief exchange, and then the two started staring at each other blankly. Xu Feng was baffled—are you kidding me... the language was incomprehensible.
In fact, this was to be expected. How could the languages of Earth and Hailan Star possibly be the same? But Xu Feng's heart sank to rock bottom. Without communication, forget about money, women, or getting ahead—even survival was questionable.
Could he really be the unluckiest time traveler of all？
The answer, of course, was no. Just as Xu Feng was feeling frustrated, with a beep, a strange sound rang in his mind, somewhat like electronic synthesis： "Language scan, analyzing pronunciation and phrase structure, searching database, locating relevant records, reading..."
"What the hell is that？" The young man was greatly surprised, but soon a delightful change occurred... he could understand what the girl beside him was saying.
Xu Feng had no idea that this came from the main control computer of the Tradd Expedition Fleet. This supercomputer had evolved intelligence. At the moment the warship was annihilated by the black hole, its core separated from the main body. Originally wanting to seize Xu Feng's body, it ended up trying to steal a chicken only to lose the bait—instead, it was fused with the young man...
Xu Feng wasn't clear about the cause and effect, but he didn't dig deeper either. After all, he was a transmigrator—maybe this was some special ability he'd gained during the process！
Bad luck had finally left him, and a glimmer of hope ignited deep in Xu Feng's heart...