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Bai Ye opened his eyes amid chaos.

The clamor in his ears was deafening—clanging sounds of battle, mixed with all manner of screams and cries of pain.

"What happened? I only took a nap!" Fortunately, Bai Ye did not sleep naked. He was wearing a set of pajamas.

Bai Ye instantly sobered up and abruptly sat up from the ground. Then he froze.

"Can someone tell me... this is just a dream, a dream! Right...?"

Yet no one paid any attention to Bai Ye's muttering. Not far away were blazing flames, humans wielding weapons and slaughtering one another, and all kinds of flying arrows and crossbow bolts.

Bai Ye knew this was not a dream. The bone-chilling wind rustled his thin pajamas and carried over the strong stench of blood from nearby.

"Urgh..."

The pungent smell of blood made Bai Ye sick. Even without looking, he knew how brutal the battlefield nearby was.

"I need to get out of here first."

Bai Ye struggled to his feet. He probably had not been spotted yet, but if he got caught up in that battlefield, he would definitely die.

"I have to leave immediately!"

Yet Bai Ye froze the very next second.

It was not that he could not move. He simply did not dare to move—not even a little.

Something icy pressed against his neck, radiating a chill that stung his skin.

It was a sword, an incredibly sharp sword. It seemed to be stained with blood and carried a scent like rust.

Bai Ye slowly raised his head. Standing before him was a black-haired girl dressed in fitted black clothing, steadily holding a straight-bladed sword to his throat.

Bai Ye's pupils contracted. He felt as though he recognized the girl before him: long black hair, red eyes, and the pointed ears on her head, along with the tail behind her.

Texas...

Though she looked somewhat different from the character art in a mobile game called Arknights, Bai Ye still recognized her.

Clang—

The crisp sound jolted Bai Ye awake. The sword that had been held against his throat had fallen to the ground, while the girl swayed and collapsed, falling into Bai Ye's arms.

What was this supposed to mean?

Bai Ye was somewhat dumbfounded. After standing there blankly for several seconds, he suddenly came to his senses. Smelling blood on Texas, he carefully inspected the girl in his arms.

Texas appeared to have fainted. Her left leg had also been cut open by a sharp blade, and blood slowly seeped from the wound.

Bai Ye bit his lip, reached down to pick up the sword, and cut off one of his arms—the outer sleeve, that was. He then used the strip of cloth to tie up Texas's thigh, where there was a wound about a finger's length long.

Of course, Bai Ye had never learned bandaging or any method of stopping bleeding. He had once talked with a friend studying medicine about treating wounds and stopping bleeding, only to be left dizzy by questions such as, "Has the wound expanded?" "Is there contamination from foreign matter?" "How long ago did the injury happen?" and "What is the injured person's physical condition?"

Touching a girl's body for the first time did not give Bai Ye any romantic feelings. Nor did he believe the cloth strip he had casually tied would have much effect. Once he finished bandaging her, he carried Texas onto his back, grabbed the sword, and ran toward the outskirts.

Bai Ye had observed the area earlier. He seemed to be inside a manor. Although he did not know the way, running toward the outside of the manor could not be wrong—at the very least, it was safer than the battlefield within.

Though Bai Ye was utterly confused about being transported to another world, he was surprised to discover that his physical condition seemed to have improved considerably. At least, he could still move with ease while carrying a girl on his back.

Texas was certainly no chubby shut-in beauty, but she still weighed around fifty kilograms. Assuming Earth and Terra had the same gravitational acceleration—I really have no idea about that!—this would still be no small burden for an ordinary adult man.

Yet Bai Ye held Texas's sword in one hand and supported the girl on his back with the other, all while moving as swiftly as if he were flying. Even he could hardly believe it.

"Looks like my body has changed too... But for now, that seems like a good thing." Bai Ye muttered as he hunched over and jogged forward.

All he could do now was find a relatively safe place to settle down first. After all, Bai Ye did not even know where he was, much less have any clue about the timeline he was in.

Wandering around like a headless fly was definitely not an option. Bai Ye could only pray that Texas would wake up soon. After all, she was surely more familiar with this place than Su Han.

However, as he neared the manor gate, Bai Ye had no choice but to stop. There was no other reason—the gate was heavily guarded, and it appeared to be the only exit from the manor.

"This is really bad..."

Bai Ye looked at the tightly guarded gate with a bitter expression. He did not think the people stationed there would kindly let him out. As for staying in the manor? He did not want to remain in this chaotic place any longer...

"Turn... turn right. Go... through the tunnel." The girl on Bai Ye's back suddenly whispered into his ear.

Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, but to Bai Ye, it sounded like heavenly music. He hurriedly jogged all the way to the right. Before long, he found the tunnel entrance Texas had mentioned—an abandoned dry well.

"What a rare experience..."

Bai Ye slid down the rope. The walls of the dry well were covered in moss and extremely slippery, making it obvious that climbing them would be difficult.

Fortunately, the dry well was not very deep. Before long, the two reached the bottom. Then Bai Ye saw the tunnel Texas had mentioned.

"This doesn't lead to a sewer, does it?!"

No one answered.

All right, Bai Ye realized that the girl on his back seemed to have passed out again. Looking at the pitch-black passage, he gritted his teeth and walked inside.

Walking through a dark underground passage was absolutely not a pleasant experience. Bai Ye could not see anything. Worse still was the damp, cold environment. Wearing only pajamas, he shivered from the cold.

"This is truly awful..." Bai Ye pressed against the wall and cautiously felt his way forward. The entrance behind him seemed to have become a tiny point of light, while nothing but darkness lay ahead.

"I woke up to find a bunch of people fighting and killing each other, then a beautiful girl fell into my arms. And now I have to walk through some ancestral secret tunnel—there's definitely something seriously wrong with my transmigration!"

"Do not go gentle into that good night..."

On his first day in the world of Terra, Bai Ye carried a sword and lugged Texas along—something about that seemed off—as he made his way through the damp, cold tunnel.