Why the Hell Do I Have Four Legs?

Night fell at the foot of Black Stone Mountain.

A bright moon hung in the sky, casting down silvery light.

The surroundings were silent, broken only by the occasional chirping of insects and the rustle of wind through the leaves.

Suddenly, a miserable wolf howl tore through the night sky, distant and urgent.

Chilly mountain spring water flowed down through cracks in the rocks, gathering into a small, damp meadow. At that moment, a gray-furred wild wolf covered in bloody wounds, blood seeping from the Corner of the Mouth, lay on the grass and twitched faintly...

When Xu Yang regained consciousness, his Field of vision was murky, and his head was still somewhat muddled.

His nose itched from the dry straw prickling it, and Xu Yang instinctively raised his left hand to scratch it.

However, a furry, withered paw rose along with it.

He scratched.

Huh?!

Why is my hand so hairy?

He looked down.

He examined it closely.

Plump, black, and a little furry...

"Huh?!!"

The hoof-like thing shaped like a paw gave Xu Yang such a fright that he jolted, a string of hurried whimpers escaping his mouth. "What the hell—what is this thing?!"

"Whimper—"

His panicked flailing instantly tugged at the wounds all over his body, nearly making Xu Yang pass out from the pain.

It took him quite a while before Xu Yang regained the ability to think.

Did I transmigrate??

Other people transmigrated after drinking, driving, and getting lucky in a crash. Why was a model citizen like me, wearing a yellow delivery jacket and racing down the non-motor vehicle lane, chosen? Was it because the weather was too hot and my scooter battery exploded?

Damn! I'm going to be late. Baolemei is going to dock my pay again!

Three years in a yellow delivery jacket had branded that mindset deep into Xu Yang, and he instinctively tried to get up and deliver food...

Hiss—

He pulled at his wounds again.

Xu Yang raised his left hand—no, his left paw—and viciously slapped himself across the face.

Damn it, I've already transmigrated! Why the hell am I still thinking about food delivery?!

Rubbing his aching cheek, Xu Yang found it long and narrow. The turmoil in Their Hearts, which he had only just calmed, surged again as if ten thousand alpacas had stampeded through it... What kind of normal person has such a long face?!

Other people transmigrated and rose to the peak of life. Why did I not even get to stay human?

Did the Transmigration Administration grow tired of ruling humanoid creatures and send me to expand its territory among hoofed animals?

Damn it!

I'm just a broke office drone with no house, no car, and no wife. Why was I given such a heavy burden?!

Grief and rage intertwined!

As his blood churned, his head spun. Then a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in the depths of his mind.

System connecting

Anti-peeping screen mechanism activated

Host logging in.

Login successful. Root binding successful

Four messages appeared in his mind in succession, and a crude pale-green interface appeared before Xu Yang. There was no cool transition animation, nor any explosive, heart-stirring music. The interface was so rudimentary that even the pop-up window Xu Yang had made while learning C in his freshman year looked more refined.

Xu Yang simply stared blankly at the interface.

Damn!

Which intern made this interface? Do you dare show your face? I'll make you into your favorite Xizhilang!!

The entire screen contained only a pixelated little wolf in the upper left corner, crude enough to be strangely adorable...

Click!

The same pixel-art style unfolded.

Host: Xu Yang

Race: Gray-Furred Wild Wolf

Strength: Below Average

Resources: 0/3

That was it. The ultimate minimalist aesthetic made Xu Yang laugh again.

No shop. No shop at all!

No lottery. No lottery at all!

It did not even provide the most basic beginner's guide. This was simply too much!

Xu Yang felt as though his blood pressure was high enough to burst out of him.

Don't get mad. Anger is the devil.

Xu Yang did his best to comfort himself. No matter how bad the system was, it was still a system. Even junk was better than nothing...

"Crackle, crackle~~"

The sole benefit of activating the system revealed itself. Hidden system power repaired all the torn muscles and damaged fascia inside Xu Yang's body. Unfortunately, there was too little of it—so little that the power was completely exhausted the moment it spread to his Body surface.

Thus, Xu Yang could only stand while covered in wounds of varying sizes. Fortunately, they were no longer bleeding.

"Whimper, whimper, whimper~~~"

Xu Yang was Just About To complain when he heard his own wonderful singing voice.

Great. He had been silenced across species.

Trying to move his four legs, Xu Yang was astonished to discover that there was no obstruction at all.

One-two-one, one-two-one... perfectly smooth.

His paws stepped onto the soft meadow, flattening the dead grass and brushing against Traces of cool mountain spring water.

He did not go far, less than twenty meters or so.

Xu Yang came to a small pool formed where the spring water gathered at the foot of Black Stone Mountain. The water was clear, and even in the dim night, Xu Yang's wolf vision allowed him to see his reflection beneath the surface.

His body was thin, his Ribs clearly visible. His fur was dull and caked with dirt and grass clippings, while his Eyes were sunken in their sockets, revealing exhaustion and hunger.

Pathetic.

That was the only assessment Xu Yang could give.

Before he transmigrated here, this wolf's original body had been a loser too, unable even to fill his belly...

At the thought of food, Xu Yang's Shriveled stomach growled right on cue.

"Whimper, whimper~~"

A low growl rumbled from his throat. No matter how vast heaven and earth were, eating came first. Filling his stomach was what mattered most.

He looked around. This was the bottom of Backslash Valley, sloping at sixty or seventy degrees, with a thin stream flowing through the middle of the scattered gravel and extending all the way out of the valley. The stream was narrow, less than three meters wide, flowing out from this pool with water clear to the bottom.

Logically, a stream valley like this should have been where animals gathered. Yet the strangest thing was that from the time Xu Yang woke up until now, nearly ten minutes had Passed, and not a single animal had appeared.

His hind legs bent slightly as his muscles contracted and exerted force. He gave a couple of light hops in the Original Spot. Only after discovering that the injuries within his body had truly healed completely did Xu Yang finally relax. It was his first time being a wolf; if he had still been covered in injuries, this would have been a hellish start... Fortunately, the system had been reliable for once. If he had died the moment he arrived, that would have been absurd.

Xu Yang knew that his most urgent task was to find prey. This frail new body desperately needed nutrients.

Aside from the meadow where Xu Yang had fallen earlier, the pool was surrounded by nothing but steep cliffs on its other three sides.

The only convenient way out was to follow the stream.

"Heh, becoming a wolf isn't entirely bad. At least my Field of vision is wide, and I can see clearly in the middle of the night." Xu Yang trotted forward with his limbs moving in coordination, comforting himself inwardly. "I used to read in picture books that wolves had a 290-degree Field of vision. I thought they were just fooling children, but it turned out to be true."

Xu Yang discovered that his Eyes allowed him to see the environment ahead, to the sides, and even behind him at the same time. When necessary, he only needed to quickly turn his head to take in the full 360-degree view.

The only regrettable thing was that wolves were color-blind. It was not too obvious at night, but once daytime came, he would suffer.

"Forget it. There are pros and cons. It's impossible for all the benefits to go to me." Unable to change his situation, Xu Yang could only adapt quickly.

Suddenly, a faint scent drifted over from the darkness.

Xu Yang instinctively lowered his spine and flattened his body. His padded paws stepped lightly onto the gravel beside the stream, making almost no sound.

A new book sets sail~ Welcome to invest and follow along.