Finally it fell into the slime.

Eh?

What happened?

Everything just happened too fast.

An Ye only remembered falling from the branch, and the insect-shaped creature that attacked her spreading its wide, transparent wings and rushing towards her.

In that instant, she felt as if everything in the world had slowed down.

She could even clearly see the trajectory of its flapping wings.

This state was a bit like a revolving lantern.

It was a coping mechanism of the human brain in times of crisis, accelerating thought through hormone secretion to quickly decide on a way to escape.

An Ye didn’t know what exactly she had done just now.

At that time, her mind was filled with only the desire to survive.

Then, in a certain moment, it felt as if something was rapidly draining from her body.

Immediately after, she felt everything go black.

When she could perceive the outside world again, the slime tide that was originally under the tree had turned into a puddle of liquid with no signs of activity.

The giant insect-shaped creature had been smashed into a pile of meat pulp, mixed with the liquid that was once slimes.

An Ye stared blankly at the chaotic scene below.

At this moment, her mind just felt muddled.

“What on earth happened?

Hmm?

My voice…”

What came out of her mouth was not the crisp, sweet girlish voice she had just gotten used to, but rather had a… middle-aged man feel to it.

No, that wasn’t right.

If she listened carefully, she could still hear the sweet timbre of the girl’s voice, but it was much clearer and brighter than before, or perhaps, it had gained a sense of divine majesty.

That was why, on the first listen, it sounded like a man’s voice.

And it wasn’t just her voice; An Ye could feel that her body seemed to have undergone other changes as well.

The most direct change was her perspective.

Originally, in the forest, the surrounding trees were exceptionally tall and thick, feeling as if they were four or five stories high, like in her previous world.

But now, An Ye’s perspective was one of looking down on the treetops from above.

And her vision had also become exceptionally good; she could even clearly see the movements of insects crawling on the leaves.

Secondly, there was her body.

Before crossing over, An Ye had a habit of exercising to maintain her health.

Although she couldn’t compare to professional fitness enthusiasts, her physical fitness was still decent.

But after crossing over and becoming a girl, this body felt to An Ye as if she had returned to the state before she started working out, where running a kilometer would half-kill her—perhaps even worse.

This could be seen from her state while fleeing just now.

If it were her original body, even without training, An Ye was confident the stamina bar would have depleted much slower.

Of course, this might just be the commonly mentioned difference in physical fitness between males and females.

But now, An Ye felt that her body’s physical condition was not just a little better than at any time in the past; she could boldly say it far surpassed it.

This huge change… for example… yes, the circle of large trees around her, which had seemed incredibly thick and sturdy just moments ago, now felt to An Ye as if she could easily snap them just like breaking a disposable chopstick.

Just like this… huh?

To test this thought, An Ye experimentally reached out her right hand towards what looked like the thickest tree nearby, trying to snap it.

However, upon seeing the object that appeared in her line of sight, An Ye couldn’t help but freeze, her brain starting to spin rapidly.

“Hiss… this damn scaly claw is my hand?”

“Hm?

f*ck!”

But before An Ye could react and check if the rest of her body had also changed, a feeling of emptiness, as if her stamina was completely depleted, surged from deep within her.

The sensation of weightlessness clearly told her that she was falling.

An Ye turned her head and saw the tall treetops rushing past her.

She estimated she would hit the ground in less than two seconds.

Although An Ye wanted to struggle a bit more, the wave of emptiness that had just surged up had devoured every last bit of strength in her body.

She didn’t even have the strength to control her fingers.

“Splat.”

Fortunately, right below An Ye was the pile of slime corpses.

The elastic gel offset most of the impact.

“In the end, I was still ‘drowned’ by slimes.”

Although she could feel a dull ache from her back, she had at least landed safely, so An Ye didn’t plan to complain any more.

But she couldn’t completely relax just yet.

After everything that had just happened, An Ye now fully understood how dangerous the forests of this other world were.

Her body was completely immobile right now, and she couldn’t let her guard down until she had confirmed her surroundings were completely safe.

An Ye tried to turn her head left and right, doing her best to check the surroundings.

She couldn’t see a single core within the surrounding slime pile.

They must have all been shattered by her just now.

It seemed she didn’t have to worry about these slimes suddenly rising up and devouring her for the time being.

Then, there were the large swathes of trees, toppled radially outwards from her current position.

The furthest one, she roughly estimated, was about seventy or eighty meters away.

Looking at the disastrous scene around her, An Ye couldn’t help but swallow.

‘How exaggerated.’

But recalling her perspective from just now and estimating the height she was at, this disastrous scene seemed quite reasonable.

Moreover, given the current situation, this was undoubtedly a good thing.

The slimes and the beetle-like thing from the tree, no matter what they were called in this world, were essentially living creatures, living species.

As long as they were alive, they would have the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.

The power that toppled these trees should be enough to scare them off.

So theoretically, she should be safe.

Temporarily.

“Phew… looks like I do have a cheat after all. I really almost became the transmigrator who was drowned by slimes on the very first day.”

She let out a long sigh of relief, finally able to relax.

Letting go of all the strength in her body and unclenching her tense nerves, An Ye finally had time to turn her attention to the interface in front of her.

What exactly happened just now?

What was that feeling of emptiness inside her body?

These were all things she needed to figure out as soon as possible.

Don’t just say it was stamina depletion.

In her past life, An Ye had experienced exercising to the point of complete exhaustion, and that felt completely different from her current state.

Besides, before jumping, An Ye had been watching her stamina bar; there was definitely still some left before it hit bottom.

So, the reason for this state was either because of the transformation just now, or because of the mana value on her status bar, which An Ye wasn’t familiar with yet.

“As I thought…”

An Ye noticed her status bar.

Her mana, with a max value of two hundred and seventy-five, was completely empty.

Three new icons had also appeared below the status bar.

[Mana Deficiency: After excessively using mana, the body automatically enters a weakened state. During this period, magic cannot be used normally, stamina recovery speed is greatly reduced, and stamina consumption speed is slightly increased.]

[Fatigue (Medium): Body movement will be restricted to a certain extent, stamina recovery speed is slightly reduced, and it is easier to fall asleep.]

[Skill Cooldown (564): The skill cannot beD be used normally during the cooldown period.]

“So I do have skills… hehe… hahahaha…”

Seeing this, An Ye finally felt at ease.

Suddenly transforming into a girl with no strength, transmigrating to another world all alone, getting chased by slimes and a giant bug right off the bat, and almost losing her life…

Was it the joy of surviving a disaster?

The reassurance of having a way to survive in this world?

Or was it for some other reason?

She didn’t know.

Maybe it was a bit of everything.

Following the complex emotions in her heart, An Ye let out a soft laugh.