There Is a Turtle

My first small goal: Live for a hundred days!

In a pond deep in the mountains and old forests, a turtle the size of a dinner plate made up its mind.

He was Su He, an ordinary teenager from Earth's China in his past life. In this life, he was reincarnated as an ordinary turtle in the Profound Wilderness Realm. Fortunately, he didn't experience fetal confusion and retained his memories and wisdom from his previous life.

At this moment, Su He's body was half-buried in the mud, with only his nostrils exposed, slowly releasing bubbles.

More than twenty wild wolves patrolled around the pond, and not far away on the hillside, the Wolf King squinted, looking down at the entire pond.

They were all looking for the turtle.

Their eyes were filled with anger and killing intent, as if Su He had dug up his ancestral grave.

Su He hadn't done anything, he had just snatched the Wolf King's chance to transform into a human...

So stingy! The Profound Wilderness Realm had Immortals and ghosts, gods and demons, but the demons here were different from the demons in Su He's past life legends.

Not every beast had the chance to cultivate into a human form and become a demon.

Beasts could only advance to become exotic beasts; cultivation could not lead to human form.

The Profound Wilderness Realm had a "Starfall" once every sixty years, like a meteor shower, with light shining down on the land. Afterward, Demon Transformation Fruits would grow on the earth. The Demon Transformation Fruit took three days to grow, three days to bloom, and three days to bear fruit. The ripe fruit looked like a sweet date, wrinkled and semi-transparent.

Only by swallowing the Demon Transformation Fruit and digesting and absorbing it could one transform into human form and become a demon.

The Demon Transformation Fruit had a fatal attraction to beasts.

Half a month ago, there was a Starfall, and a Demon Transformation Fruit grew in the mudflat by the pond. The Wolf King led his pack, repelled all enemies from the surroundings, and waited for the Demon Transformation Fruit to ripen.

But at the moment it ripened, a turtle in the mudflat suddenly stretched out its neck, plucked the fruit, and burrowed into the pond, never to come out again.

The Wolf King was stunned, watching the turtle escape with his own eyes.

Then the entire wolf pack exploded, rushing into the pond like madmen, dog-paddling and howling.

Fortunately, Su He could dive and sank to the bottom of the water; otherwise, he would have been torn to pieces long ago.

These wolf cubs, their swimming skills were quite good!

For the next seven days, the entire wolf pack stopped hunting and surrounded the pond. From time to time, wild wolves would enter the water and search the pond repeatedly with their dog-paddling.

The wolf pack knew that the shelled reptile hadn't escaped. The scent of the Demon Transformation Fruit was still lingering in the air.

They vowed not to give up until they found it! Su He hid at the bottom of the water, motionless, as time ticked by.

Finally, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He gently paddled his limbs and slid out of the mud, swimming towards the surface. His nostrils poked out from between the lotus leaves.

Inhale--

Exhale--

Inhale--

Exhale--

Escape! The breath he exhaled carried the scent of the Demon Transformation Fruit, instantly alerting the wolf pack. The Wolf King howled and led the wild wolves into the pond again.

Su He plunged towards the bottom of the pond. But instead of burrowing into the mud, he retracted into his shell and remained motionless.

Wolves had excellent dynamic vision. If he stirred up the mud and clouded the water now, he would definitely be discovered. It was better to retract into his shell and use the natural camouflage of the algae on the shell to hide himself.

The wolf pack dog-paddled for a long time but found nothing. One by one, they reluctantly returned to the shore.

Su He quietly swam to the surface to breathe again. Just as he shook off the water, the wild wolves howled and rushed into the pond again.

Back and forth, five or six times, Su He finally finished breathing. The suffocating feeling of oxygen deprivation completely subsided.

He took a deep breath, and with a gentle stroke of his four webbed feet, he sank back to the bottom.

Wait a little longer. At most ten more days, the summer lotus leaves will cover the pond, and it will be much safer then. Moreover, with each passing day, Su He absorbs more of the Demon Transformation Fruit, and its scent will become weaker and weaker.

At the bottom of the water, a giant salamander was hunting a crucian carp. The salamander was as still as a blue stone. The moment the crucian carp passed by, it bit down and, lifting its head, was about to swallow it whole.

Su He paddled his four limbs and rushed over, biting the crucian carp. With a backflip, he kicked with his front paws and hind legs, kicking the giant salamander over and snatching the crucian carp.

The giant salamander rolled a few times at the bottom of the water. It finally stabilized itself and looked at Su He in confusion.

This turtle snatched my food? Isn't it on my menu too?

Su He bit the crucian carp to death and tossed it aside, staring intently. As for the giant salamander behind him—who was the prey and who was the hunter, wasn't that determined by size?

If I were as big as a millstone, those wolves outside would be snacks in minutes.

Su He stared at the crucian carp. Soon, a fist-sized die suddenly appeared and began to spin on the crucian carp.

Three dots!

One crucian carp suddenly turned into three.

Unlucky!

Su He casually pushed the crucian carp aside.

This die was his Golden Finger after transmigration.

Whenever Su He snatched something that belonged to someone else, it would appear, and the snatched item would multiply several times.

Su He hadn't fully grasped the multiplication rule yet; sometimes the quantity doubled, sometimes the weight doubled, and sometimes the volume doubled.

Sometimes it wasn't just doubling, but exponentiation!

There was also a very small chance for a qualitative improvement instead of a quantitative one!

Just like when he snatched the Wolf King's Demon Transformation Fruit. It was originally just a jelly-like, semi-transparent sweet date. After the dice rolled a five, the Demon Transformation Fruit didn't increase in number, but its transparency changed to blood red, a vibrant, plump, and round crimson.

It directly improved the quality of the Demon Transformation Fruit! This was also why, even though Su He had already eaten the fruit, its mere scent caused the wolf pack to linger, unwilling to leave.

Su He wanted to improve the quality of the crucian carp today.

The Demon Transformation Fruit had already been consumed. He was now like a fetus gestating in the womb, the best time for development. He could recklessly enhance his potential and talents. In a hundred days, after the Demon Transformation Fruit was fully digested, his talents would be set, and he would never have such a good opportunity again.

But the chance to improve quality was too rare; it would be good if it happened once in five or six throws.

Three crucian carp drifted into the distance with the waves. The Giant Salamander dared not snatch them. It remembered that it had been beaten by this shelled fellow just yesterday! It shook its head, changed direction, and went hunting again.

About two hours later, it caught a red carp. Just as it was about to swallow it, that damned turtle rushed over again. With a bite, a kick, and a swipe, it snatched the carp and disappeared.

The Giant Salamander cried, wailing like a newborn baby.

Su He hid to the side. The dice spun out and landed on a four.

The carp didn't double, but this ordinary red carp suddenly emitted an alluring fragrance, stirring up half the pond.

Quality ×4. The Giant Salamander, which had been wailing nearby, froze for a moment, its eyes suddenly changing. Like a hungry tiger, it lunged forward, biting down on the red carp.

Slam! Su He slapped it to the side. Before it could even show a fierce expression of trying to snatch the food, he twisted his head and tore off a large piece of fish meat.

It was fragrant and incredibly tender upon entering his mouth.

The Giant Salamander lunged again. Su He, holding the red carp in his mouth, flipped over, using his shell to block the Giant Salamander from feasting.

On the shore, the wolves were filled with excitement, their howls mournful and heart-wrenching.

There was treasure underwater again, but wolves couldn't swim.

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