"Where am I? Ow! That hurts!"
Wang Hao opened his eyes and stared, dazed and puzzled, at the stone house before him. It was built entirely from huge blocks of stone and was quite rough and crude.
Still puzzled, he instinctively tried to get up, but a sharp pain shot through his chest, making him suck in a breath.
The intense pain also brought him fully to his senses, and he remembered what had happened before he lost consciousness.
He remembered walking beside a riverside road that had not yet officially opened to traffic when he saw a luxury car careening toward him. One look told him the driver was drunk.
Normally, that would have been none of his business, and the car could not have hit him at the side of the road. The problem was that a little girl stood in the middle of the road, clutching a small rubber ball, seemingly frozen with fright.
Seeing that, he had instinctively rushed over and shoved the little girl out of the way. Then the luxury car had rapidly grown larger before his eyes, and the next thing he knew, he was flying.
Don't get the wrong idea. He had not awakened some special ability that let him fly. He had been sent flying by the impact.
After that, he had lost consciousness and knew nothing more.
Recalling all this, Wang Hao's first reaction was overwhelming relief and joy. Given how fast the luxury car had been going when it hit him head-on, surviving was truly something to be thankful for.
But then he grew puzzled.
He took another look around the crude stone house and at the straw mat spread on the floor beneath him, his mind full of questions.
"Are there still hospitals this primitive these days? Even a rural clinic would have conditions countless times better than this!"
"If I were you, I wouldn't move around. You only just managed to snatch your life back. Don't go and throw it away by thrashing about."
Just as Wang Hao was wondering, a clear, pleasant voice came from the doorway. He turned his head and found a beauty dressed in a long, ancient-style gown. Her dark hair fell over her shoulders, revealing a flawless face between the strands.
That perfect, flawless face made Wang Hao's breath catch. She was countless times more beautiful than those celebrity beauties, and even the fictional beauties designed for 3D animation could not compare.
A beauty who could topple kingdoms!
Those words suddenly popped into Wang Hao's head. Even if she had created that face with makeup, he would accept it.
The kingdom-toppling beauty came forward and knelt beside the straw mat. She examined the wound on Wang Hao's chest, and only after confirming that it had not reopened did she breathe a sigh of relief and reveal a smile enchanting enough to bewitch all creation.
Unfortunately, compared with that perfect smile, the peerless bosom that seemed ready to burst out of her clothes was more appealing to Wang Hao. His eyes practically bulged as he stared at it.
Only then did he notice that this kingdom-toppling beauty not only had a peerlessly beautiful face capable of enchanting all creation, but also a sizzling figure. A ribbon cinched her long gown at the waist, outlining a graceful curve.
Above it was an exceptionally ample bosom, standing in stark contrast to a slender waist that could almost be encircled with one hand.
If I could marry this girl and take her home, I could save on formula for our future children!
That thought suddenly appeared in Wang Hao's mind. After all, the price of high-end formula these days really was a little frightening.
"Hmph!"
The kingdom-toppling beauty noticed Wang Hao's gaze, and a chill instantly settled over her pretty face.
"Miss, are you a nurse at the hospital? Is it fashionable for nurses to wear ancient costumes to work now? And which hospital is this, anyway? The conditions are a bit too primitive, aren't they?
"Of course, with a great beauty like you keeping me company, it doesn't matter whether the conditions are primitive or not."
Seeing the chill on the kingdom-toppling beauty's face, Wang Hao hurriedly withdrew his gaze from her bosom and asked about his current situation instead.
Even now, he could not figure out where he was.
His words left the kingdom-toppling beauty looking puzzled. She gently cradled Wang Hao's head and examined it from side to side, muttering to herself, "Why is he talking nonsense? Could the Shadow Wolf's roar have injured his brain earlier?"
At that moment, Wang Hao did not hear the kingdom-toppling beauty at all. His attention had involuntarily settled on the peerless bosom right before his eyes, and a delicate, refreshing fragrance filled his nostrils.
The alluring fragrance was extremely unusual. One slight whiff made Wang Hao feel hot and restless, and a wicked fire rose from his lower abdomen. Then, to his shame, blood began to flow... no, two streams of blood sprayed from his nose.
A few drops even splattered onto the kingdom-toppling beauty's clothes, decorating the plain white fabric with crimson spots like plum blossoms.
"Die!"
The kingdom-toppling beauty looked down at the drops of blood on her chest, and her fair, rosy face immediately darkened. With a sharp cry, she swung a delicate jade-like fist at Wang Hao's eye.
Bang!
The punch left Wang Hao seeing stars. When his senses cleared, the sight before him gave him another great fright.
"Miss, let's talk this out. I just couldn't control myself and got a little blood on you, that's all. Is there any need to be so ruthless?"
The kingdom-toppling beauty was kneeling beside him, but now she held a sharp-edged shard of stone and was moving it back and forth over his face, looking as though she meant to slash it a few times.
At that sight, Wang Hao forgot the pain in his chest. He sprang from the straw mat and ran to the doorway, staring in terror at the kingdom-toppling beauty as she continued to approach.
"They say tomboys are trouble these days, but I never thought I'd run into one today. She's unbelievably beautiful-or maybe her makeup skills defy heaven-but she's far too vicious! Mom, where are you? I want to go home!"
Wang Hao felt like crying. The little notions he had entertained about the kingdom-toppling beauty had completely fallen apart.
The girl was breathtakingly beautiful, and her makeup skills defied heaven, but he simply could not handle her!
"Get back here and let me slash your face a few times."
The kingdom-toppling beauty frowned and impatiently ordered him back, gesturing for Wang Hao to lie down again.
"Miss, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please let me off!"
Hearing that the kingdom-toppling beauty really did intend to slash his face, and with that shard of stone no less, he could even clearly see some dried blood on it.
He had no idea whose it was, or what kind of animal it might have come from.
If she slashed him a few times with that, even if the pain did not kill him, a wound infection would.
Had he not merely sprayed a few drops of blood on her? There was no need to be so ruthless!
"This is for your own good. Hurry, they're coming!"
As though she had heard something, the kingdom-toppling beauty looked outside through the doorway and anxiously urged Wang Hao to lie down. At the same time, she retreated to a corner of the stone house, seemingly unwilling to be seen by someone outside.
"You call this doing me good? Do you really think I never went to school... Holy crap, Anaconda?"
The kingdom-toppling beauty's anxiety filled Wang Hao with delight. He hurried out of the stone house and looked in the direction she had just glanced.
He would have been better off not looking. The moment he did, his mind went blank, and he froze on the spot.
A gigantic python with a head as large as a car was slithering over from that direction. Standing on its head was a heroic-looking man in armor, a battle sword in hand.
Several riders followed behind him. Their mounts were all monstrous and terrifying, creatures that simply should not have existed on Earth.
Before the python even drew close, a foul stench came rushing from its mouth, nearly making Wang Hao vomit.
It stank far too much!
"Count him in too, and give him some medicine for his wound. I will depart tonight!"
The armored man glanced at Wang Hao and gave the order indifferently. Then he rode the python past Wang Hao and continued searching the area for suitable candidates.
A rider on a tiger-like beast passed Wang Hao and tossed down a short sword and a small black lump. "Kid," he said mockingly, "make sure you castrate yourself cleanly. Don't make us do it ourselves and castrate you a second time!"
"Mom, I want to go home!"
Only some time after the group of riders had left did Wang Hao come to his senses. His face mournful, he missed home even more.
What the hell is this place?!
Only now did he realize something was wrong. It was not just the gigantic python that could not possibly exist on Earth or those vicious-looking mounts. More importantly, there was not just one great sun in the sky; a moon hung beside it as well.
The sun and moon vying for brilliance?
Such a wondrous sight could never appear on Earth!
There was also his homebody physique. His abdominal muscles had been one flat expanse, but now he had the eight-pack he had always dreamed of, with sharply defined contours.
This was definitely not his body!
Looking at the unfamiliar pectoral muscles on his chest, which were enough to put most women to shame, Wang Hao suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Could I have caught the transmigration trend?
"That's what you get for not listening. Happy now? If you're going to be castrated, do it yourself. Don't come looking for me."
Once she was sure the group of riders had left, the kingdom-toppling beauty emerged from the corner of the stone house and spoke irritably. Yet her words also revealed a measure of pity for Wang Hao, as well as an inexplicable sadness.
"Miss, can you tell me what's going on? And where is this?"
Brought back to his senses by the kingdom-toppling beauty's voice, Wang Hao hurried back into the stone house, clutching his aching chest. He had to get a clear understanding of the situation first.
"You really don't remember? You don't even recognize me?"
The kingdom-toppling beauty turned to look at him, a puzzled expression on her face.
"Big sis, stop messing with me and hurry up and tell me what's going on!"
Wang Hao was thoroughly depressed. What was all this about?
"Who are you calling big sis? I'm only twelve. I'm not older than you."
Unexpectedly, being called big sis angered the kingdom-toppling beauty. She planted her hands on her hips and glared at Wang Hao, puffed up with indignation.
"Holy crap, you're this big at twelve? Did you grow up eating Jinkela fertilizer?"
Taking in her tall figure and voluptuous body, and most importantly that expansive bosom, Wang Hao could not see how she was a twelve-year-old girl.
Twenty-two or even thirty-two would have been more like it. She had the figure of a mature beauty, without a doubt.
But this was obviously an abnormal world, and he could not apply common sense from Earth here.
Noticing Wang Hao's gaze, the kingdom-toppling beauty's expression turned hostile again, and veins bulged on the jade hand gripping the stone shard.
"Miss, the important thing comes first. Please tell me what happened just now, and what this place is."
Seeing the kingdom-toppling beauty's hostile expression, Wang Hao hurriedly asked again.
"Since you risked your life to shield me from the Shadow Wolf's sneak attack earlier, I won't hold it against you this time."
She glared fiercely at Wang Hao, then began explaining as she went outside and picked up the short sword and the black lump the rider had thrown down earlier.
"That azure python rider just now was a personal guard of the Yellow Emperor, Ji Xuanyuan. He came here to select attendants from our Nine Li Tribe to serve Ji Xuanyuan and his imperial consorts. This is Jiang City, home to the War King Clan under the Nine Li Tribe.
"But it has now become territory occupied by the Yellow Emperor Tribe, and we have all become slaves. You'd better hurry up and castrate yourself. Make sure you do it cleanly, so those fellows from earlier don't really castrate you a second time."
With that, the kingdom-toppling beauty mockingly flung the short sword at Wang Hao.
The sharp blade flew past his cheek and embedded itself in the stone wall behind him. Wang Hao could not help shivering, and his face turned deathly pale.
"Slaves? Attendants? Castrate myself cleanly? You mean I have to use that thing to cut myself?"
He glanced back at the short sword embedded in the stone wall. Its blade was full of nicks and stained with blood. A chill shot down from the top of Wang Hao's head and gathered around the appendage below, frightening him so badly it nearly shrank into his belly.
Isn't this too cruel?
Not only did he have to be castrated, but he also had to do it himself, and even make sure it was clean-or he would have to be castrated a second time!
I'm not a ruthless person like Yue Buqun or Auntie Dongfang. Is there any need to be this ruthless?
From the kingdom-toppling beauty's words, he could essentially confirm that he really had transmigrated, and seemingly to the era of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. But the problem was, wasn't his starting situation far too awful?