Chapter 1: Reborn in the Beast World

"Hungry"

The intense hunger forced the female in the cave to open her eyes, and immediately after, a series of memory images kept replaying in her mind.

After Yun Li finally realized from those memories that she must have undergone a soul transmigration, a bone-chilling cold came from outside.

It started raining, and Yun Li instinctively curled up her body.

From the original owner's memories she knew this was a beastman world where females were few and males many, and beastmen are a species that can freely switch between beast and human forms.

As for the original owner, she was an orphan abandoned by her family because her mother died in difficult labor when giving birth to her, and her mother's beast husbands blamed the original owner for her mother's death.

So by the time the original owner was three, this female-centered family had only her and her father left.

But the original owner's father also failed to stay with her until she grew up; when she was six and could go out with the tribe's males to gather food, her father also abandoned her and never returned.

Recalling how the original owner had survived these years, Yun Li, who had never done heavy work or suffered any hardship at home due to her heart condition, instantly felt depressed.

Starting off with nothing, and being someone who can't do anything, she wondered if she would have to die again right after just transmigrating.

So hungry!

Yun Li really wanted to eat something, but when she got out of bed with her weak, strengthless body, she searched everywhere and only found two half-rotted wild fruits and a chunk of hard, cured meat that had been sitting who knows how long.

She forced down the good half of the fruit despite her nausea, but as soon as she swallowed it she couldn't help but vomit.

She forced herself to keep eating, but this time she retched dryly even before putting it in her mouth.

Now Yun Li couldn't eat anything else, and she threw that piece of cured meat back away.

She thought the original owner must have been abandoned by her family and lost all will to survive, otherwise there wouldn't be no edible food at all in the cave.

But she didn't want to die; in her previous life she only lived eighteen years before dying of heart disease, and this life surely couldn't be worse than that.

Thus Yun Li gritted her teeth and walked toward the cave entrance, remembering that the original owner had apparently had a few males pursue her, but due to her inferiority complex she had never accepted.

But she is not the original owner; she is now so hungry her life is almost gone, so she couldn't care less about that.

"A Li? A Li?"

A voice suddenly came from not far away; Yun Li, who was so hungry her head was spinning and she didn't know if she could make it down the mountain, pinched herself hard and replied loudly, "I'm here."

It should be the male who had been pursuing the original owner, noticing she hadn't gone out with the tribe's females to gather food for several days, so he came over.

Thinking this, she felt a sudden relief in her heart, while also pondering how to secure a long-term meal ticket for herself—bah! She should find a pleasing male to become her mate.

Otherwise, she was so useless that in her previous life she had to catch her breath after just a few steps; Yun Li couldn't imagine how she could hike back and forth ten or more kilometers each day like the original owner to gather food, especially without meat, and the wild fruits and vegetables gathered would only let the original owner eat half-full.

But what showed up were two strange males.

Yun Li was certain she had never seen these two beastmen in the original owner's memories; the sudden surprise and growing dizziness from hunger made her vision go black as the two males approached, and she completely lost consciousness.

The timing of the female's faint was too coincidental; the two males, strong and often accused by females of faking injury, instinctively paused their steps, and ended up letting Yun Li fall onto the wet ground.

Leng Xiao looked at the female lying on the ground and thought it unbelievable, "Brother, are females nowadays going to such lengths just to make us their partners?"

Look, to fake a fall onto them, she even threw herself down so hard.

Hearing that sound made him feel sorry for the female.

Leng Xiu frowned, squatted down to check Yun Li's condition, and then directly picked up the female.

"Brother, why are you holding her?"

Leng Xiao, seeing his brother like that, was also startled and anxiously said, "What if this female takes the opportunity to cling to us..."

"She really fainted, can't you see that?"

Leng Xiu gave his brother a look as if he were an idiot; in the tribe, females are precious no matter how bad their temper.

There's no need to genuinely hurt oneself just to snag a male; otherwise, not only would you fail to get a male, but that male would also be punished by the tribe with continuous outdoor hunting, and then besides not letting the male be a partner, it would already be good if the male didn't end up hating the female.

Since it wasn't clear why Yun Li had fainted, Leng Xiu carried the female straight to the witch doctor's residence.

Leaving aside how many stares the two single males attracted while carrying an unconscious female, as soon as Leng Xiu set Yun Li down, he heard the witch doctor's voice: "Leng Xiao, ah, you and your brother have found the female you fancy? Some beastmen told me you brought an unconscious female here."

"It's a misunderstanding! She fainted on her own right in front of us. If she weren't female, my brother wouldn't have bothered to bring her here."

Leng Xiao hurriedly distanced Yun Li from them, saying their brothers are still pure single males; they can't be forced to mate with an unfamiliar female just because they rescued one.

Especially since this is a messy, ugly female.

Yun Li: …… The original owner is a female who can't even eat her fill; where would she get the strength to haul water up the mountain every day, so it's not abnormal for her appearance to be a bit disheveled.

Hearing that, the witch doctor smiled helplessly, about to say something to urge them to start a family sooner, but don't be so picky.

Then Leng Xiu came out from inside, saying, "I've already brought the person over; if there's nothing wrong, I'll leave with Leng Xiao first."

The witch doctor saw the brothers' attitudes were the same and said easily, "Fine, when you leave remember to call her father and mother; the rest isn't your concern."

Having said that, he went into the stone house and began to examine Yun Li's condition.

The young female had no injury or illness; she had simply fainted from hunger.

Thinking that, the witch doctor turned and went out, about to summon a beastman to bring some food.

Seeing Leng Xiu still standing at the doorway, the witch doctor's face instantly showed surprise; before he could speak, Leng Xiu explained the situation that there were no other beastmen in Yun Li's home.

"In that case, if you brothers have nothing else to do, why not help me......"

Hearing that, Leng Xiu refused without hesitation: "We still have to go hunting in a couple of days, so we probably don't have the time; you should go find other males."

An ugly female might be tolerable, but Leng Xiu simply cannot stand a slovenly one.

The witch doctor shook his head: "Alright, then you help me summon Mu Qing. Since you don't want this opportunity, I'll just give it to another male."

Leng Xiu nodded indifferently, then turned and told Mu Qing the news.

Mu Qing is the tribe's only Snake Beastman; Snake Beastmen, being cold-blooded beastmen, are usually disliked by the tribe's females, making it inherently hard for them to find mates.

But right then a fool appeared who was willing to give up the chance to be the primary wife, so he naturally seized the opportunity and came.

Thus, when Yun Li woke from her coma, what she saw was Mu Qing's fierce-looking, instantly unapproachable handsome face.