Chapter 1: Reborn as a Lion, Starting with Self-Discipline

The setting sun was like blood.

Gazing at the endless grassland and his own obviously non-human furry forepaws, Chen Mo felt a deep sorrow, suddenly feeling that a lion's life held no hope.

He was no longer human.

But a two-month-old lion cub.

"I just downloaded a self-discipline game on Steam, and as soon as I launched it, I turned into a lion!"

After muttering that complaint, Chen Mo began to think about the biggest problem he faced—how to survive!?

When he woke up, he also gained the original memories of the lion cub.

The lion cub he had been reborn as was a newborn of a certain lion pride on this grassland, but because it was born with a slight disability in its hind legs, the entire pride rejected it.

From birth, its siblings refused to play with it, its mother gave it only the least milk, and its lion-king father never even glanced at it.

On this grassland where the weak are prey to the strong, disability meant weakness, meant inability to survive, meant possible death at any moment.

Though the lion cub struggled with all its might to live and to join the pride, it never managed to fit in.

This afternoon, the pride finally, after it had fainted from hunger, chose to slip away silently.

Abandoning the little creature in this perilous grassland.

"I still need to find the pride first!"

Without time for sorrow or sighs, Chen Mo thought briefly and then made a decision.

This was his only chance to survive! The night grassland hid countless dangers.

Even if he managed to survive by luck, lacking hunting skills he would ultimately starve to death.

Without the pride's protection, a two-month-old lion cub could not possibly survive on this grassland!

"It's evening now; the pride should be looking for a place to rest, and it definitely won't be far from where I am."

Thinking that, Chen Mo took a deep breath.

He was discerning the scent left by the pride, thereby confirming the direction to go.

Under the setting sun, a skinny, bony lion cub began to "run" across the grassland with a staggering gait.

And then the next second—

Plop! Chen Mu, still unaccustomed to his new body, fell face-first to the ground.

Hunger, pain, disability…

After the fall, the discomfort coming from all parts of his body made Chen Mo deeply realize that he had become extremely weak.

Surely the original lion cub had slowly died in this despair.

"No, I… I must… live!"

In the end, his strong will to survive still got Chen Mo to his feet, and he began to continue forward, limping as he ran.

Just as Chen Mo began to gradually adapt to this lion cub's body,

Suddenly,

a somewhat illusory gray-black panel suddenly appeared before his eyes—

【Self-discipline Challenge Activated, please choose one of the following three challenges】

【Complete the self-discipline challenge, and you will receive the corresponding title】

【Challenge 1: Clean Lion (White)】

Persist in taking a bath three times a day, for seven days.

【Challenge 2: Rampaging Lion (White)】

Persist in walking more than 20,000 steps each day, for seven days.

【Challenge 3: Speeding Lion (White)】

Persist in sprinting for two hours each day, with a running speed not lower than 30 km/h, for seven days.

After blinking his eyes and confirming it wasn't a hallucination, Chen Mo's originally chilly heart finally felt a hint of comfort.

Good news: The cheat has arrived! Bad news: He's about to die……

After a quick glance, Chen Mo quickly chose the 【Rampaging Lion】 challenge and then continued running across the grassland.

The 【Clean Lion】 challenge seemed of little help for his current situation, and the 【Speeding Lion】 challenge was outright impossible to complete.

More importantly, all three self-discipline challenges require at least seven days, and whether he can survive seven days is still a question! Right now, the most important thing is still to catch up with the pride!

He didn't know how long he had walked across the grassland, until the distant horizon had completely absorbed the afterglow of the sunset, until night fell and the bright moon hung high.

Chen Mo felt his consciousness growing fuzzy, his body already numb, and now it was purely his soul driving his body to keep moving forward!

Fortunately, the scent left by the pride grew ever stronger!

Almost there! It's just ahead!

Finally, at the point of utter exhaustion, Chen Mo saw a group of lions with all sorts of sleeping poses appearing in the shade not far away.

He had finally found the pride!

But he knew that the test of survival might have only just begun! ——————————

2 minutes earlier.

Lion King's territory.

The Lion King and the other lionesses were already fast asleep.

Only one lioness had her eyes open, gazing into the distant vast night, as if awaiting something.

It was the birth mother of the crippled lion cub.

It was waiting for "Little Cripple."

The pride's abandonment of "Little Cripple" was actually a test.

If Little Cripple didn't catch up before dawn, they would leave.

If Little Cripple cannot prove it can survive alone on this grassland, it might as well die early.

This is the law of this grassland! Its mother's milk and the lion pride's food are limited.

This disabled lion cub drank more, leaving less for its siblings.

An animal's nature makes it choose to let more offspring survive!

But——

After all, it is also Little Cripple's mother.

Beside the lioness, most lion cubs have already fallen asleep dead; only one golden-furred cub, like its mother, gazes into the distance, looking forward.

It is Little Cripple's sister, a brother who shares the same father and mother.

Earlier, when the lion pride was preparing to leave, it forcefully patted Little Cripple, trying to wake it, but Little Cripple slept too soundly, so it had to follow the pride and its mother away.

Suddenly, a yellow figure appeared in the young lioness's field of view.

Surely it was its lame brother! The young lioness instinctively nudged its mother, but discovered the mother had already spotted Little Cripple, eyes flickering.

The lioness had been waiting for Little Cripple all along.

But it did not believe Little Cripple could survive and find the pride.

Called a trial, it had actually abandoned Little Cripple.

But unexpectedly, a miracle occurred—Little Cripple actually found the lion pride!

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Seeing the only awake lioness in the pride, the blood bond let Chen Mo instantly realize it was his birth mother! Without hesitation, the lion cub limped toward the lioness.

He had not eaten for a full day; if he didn't eat something now, he would die imminently!

He could only gamble now, praying the lioness would nurse him! What surprised Chen Mo was——

This time, the lioness did not reject him as he remembered from his memory.

She merely gave it a kind glance, then lay down slowly, letting him drink milk.

Chen Mo did not drink too much; feeling his hunger subside, he stopped eating.

He feared drinking too much would choke him or provoke the lioness's displeasure.

After drinking his fill, Chen Mo began to walk briskly near the lion pride.

Each of his steps was tiny, but the frequency was astonishingly fast!

Ultimate Tiny Steps! Indeed, Chen Mo began today's self-discipline challenge! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.

Do not bully the crippled young lion! (End of chapter)