Transmigration

Chapter 1: Transmigration

Gazing up at the azure sky, the air was clear for ten thousand miles, filled with white clouds and a gentle breeze.

The surroundings were a picturesque landscape of mountains and clear waters. There was the sound of flowing water from a small stream, the splashing of playful fish, and the calls of birds and beasts from the nearby mountain forests.

"A paradise on earth!" He Yu sighed inwardly, but immediately felt a wave of depression that made him want to curse the heavens. Was this really necessary? He hadn't done anything wicked; he had simply performed a good deed by helping someone, so why play him like this?

Thinking of the beautiful woman who was about to be hit by a car, He Yu couldn't help but feel dejected. He had kindly tried to save her, but who knew she would panic, close her eyes, and push him instead? He had ended up the tragic one.

"Sigh! How am I supposed to live now? Transmigration is one thing, but to do this to me!" Looking at his reflection in the clear river water, He Yu was speechless. A River Crab! He had actually turned into a small crab—or to be precise, a small River Crab in a small river.

Transmigration wasn't the problem; for He Yu, it was something he had secretly longed for. But to transmigrate into a River Crab?

He couldn't stay calm!

In despair, He Yu stared blankly at the Cangqiong with his crab eyes. He had completely lost all hope for the future.

Staring blankly at the sky, He Yu suddenly felt a jolt in his heart. He was certain he had been watching the sky for a long time, yet the color never changed, and neither the sun, moon, nor stars were visible.

"This...? What is going on?" Although he had no hope for the future, He Yu couldn't help but feel astonished upon discovering this.

How could there be light without the sun, moon, or stars? He Yu felt that all of this had exceeded his understanding.

After studying it for a long time without any results, He Yu had to bury his astonishment deep in his heart and return to his listless state.

He didn't know how much time had passed when a sense of hunger flooded He Yu's consciousness.

He Yu didn't know how long he had been transmigrated, but it had certainly been several days. Not eating for days was unbearable!

Thinking of food, he felt stunned. What do crabs eat?

In the past, he only knew how to eat crabs, but he had no idea what crabs themselves ate. Now that he had become a crab, he was suddenly at a loss.

Although he didn't know the diet of a crab, He Yu could imagine it wouldn't be anything good. Probably water weeds or plankton? It was even highly likely they ate mud.

Was he going to starve to death?

The hunger grew more intense. He Yu felt dizzy, with golden stars dancing before his eyes.

He looked at his small body, no bigger than a pinky finger, and then at the various fish, turtles, and shrimp swimming happily in the river...!

A snake?

Watching a water snake dart past not far away, He Yu felt a chill in his heart.

It seemed that even eating raw aquatic creatures was a luxury!

"Forget it, let me see if there is anything to eat in the forest ahead." Although He Yu had transmigrated into a River Crab, he didn't necessarily have to follow the dietary habits of a crab!

Bearing his two "giant" pincers, his six crab legs moved rapidly as he headed forward. For a moment, one could see a small green crab walking straight ahead, looking quite bizarre.

The forest was not far from the stream. Even though it took a great deal of effort for He Yu to walk, he arrived quickly.

Upon entering the forest, he saw lush vegetation and blooming flowers of many varieties. He Yu was incredibly surprised, as many of these flowers and plants were supposed to grow only in different seasons and environments.

"What kind of place is this? Why does it feel so abnormal? It's bright without the sun, moon, or stars, there is no night, and now these plants that should absolutely never grow together are appearing!" He Yu's heart was filled with questions.

While lost in confusion, He Yu saw a flash of red light before his eyes, and at the same time, a refreshing fragrance wafted over. Looking for the source, he saw a small tree, about a foot tall, with three branches. Each branch bore a crystal-red fruit. The fruits were perfectly round, looking like small spheres an inch in diameter. The red light and the fragrance were emanating from these three crystal-red fruits.

"No way! Is this a Vermilion Fruit?" He Yu was dumbfounded. In his past life, he had read plenty of web novels, especially Xianxia ones, and had often harbored a desire to cultivate immortality, though he could never get started. However, he had studied ancient texts on Daoist theory and Shennong's medical books. He had seen the Vermilion Fruit in those texts, and the fruit before him was identical to the descriptions.

After his surprise, a wave of wild joy surged in He Yu's heart. One had to know that the Vermilion Fruit was a treasure! It significantly increased one's essence, energy, and spirit.

His stomach was incredibly hungry, and here were three fruits that were almost certainly Vermilion Fruits. How could He Yu resist? He immediately lunged forward.

In truth, He Yu did not know that ordinary Vermilion Fruits were purple-red and fifty years old. The crystal-red color of these meant they were ten times that age—at least five hundred years old.

The distance of a foot was now a challenge for He Yu. Compared to his pinky-sized body, this small tree was undoubtedly a towering giant!

With a massive opportunity before him, how could he give up? Coupled with the hunger that was making him faint—a feeling more painful than death—He Yu endured the intense starvation. His six crab legs gripped the trunk tightly, and his two large pincers hugged it as well.

He climbed upward with effort. He had expected it to be very difficult, but to his surprise, it was unimaginably easy.

"So crabs are actually great at climbing trees!" he sighed inwardly, quickly approaching a Vermilion Fruit.

Following the branch, He Yu arrived before a fruit several times his size. A bit of drool leaked from his mouth. Without hesitation, he began to gnaw on it rapidly. As a mouthful of fruit flesh entered his stomach, the hunger vanished completely, and the flesh transformed into a pale cyan gas that dispersed throughout his body.

He felt full of energy!

Waving his two large pincers, He Yu clearly felt that his strength was more than double what it had been, and his body seemed to have grown a little bit larger.

"Miraculous! It really is the legendary Vermilion Fruit." He roared with excitement in his heart.

Looking at the fruit, which had lost one percent of its mass from his single bite, and the two intact fruits beside it, He Yu's eyes shone with excitement.

If a single bite had such miraculous effects, what would happen if he ate all three fruits?

"Hmph! Since I've become a crab, then let me become an unprecedented Crab King. These three Vermilion Fruits will be my starting point." He Yu roared internally. He couldn't go back now. Heaven had made him a River Crab, and he couldn't resist. He had been in despair, but the appearance of the Vermilion Fruit had sparked new ideas. Since this world had Vermilion Fruits, it was impossible for there to be only one tree. There must be more, perhaps even other heavenly spiritual fruits, or even cultivators.

Cultivation—the thought of cultivation arose in He Yu's heart. Even without legendary cultivation manuals, it was possible to succeed by continuously consuming heavenly spiritual fruits.

A River Crab could evolve into a Great Crab, a Great Crab could evolve into a Giant Sea Crab, and perhaps even... a Crab Demon!