Chapter 1: Reborn and Gained Freedom

  The jungle is a place where tigers and dragons lie in wait, and its surface calmness is just a disguise for the crisis within.

  Pfft

  A flock of birds flapped their wings and flew through the air, leaving behind a few feathers. The feathers drifted down, eventually disappearing into the endless forest. Just then, a gust of wind blew by, lifting up some leaves and sending them flying towards the sky, but it was unknown where they would land next.

  Qilin stretched out her hand to catch a flying leaf, she still remembered who had said that leaves are the only wings that don't fly.

  Thinking of this, Qilin couldn't help but laugh. What if she can't fly? Didn't she also borrow the power of the wind to fly here?

  No matter who, as long as they have the right tools, can do what they want to do. Just like her. In the past, she worked hard just to make a name for herself and find a place to stand. Now it's still the same.

  Another gust of wind. The leaves lying in Qilin's palm continued their journey.

  At this time, a white figure emerged from behind Zilin. Upon closer inspection, it was a snow-white wolf that stood over half the height of a person. Its sapphire eyes emitted a sharp and regal aura, while its snowy fur shone brightly in the sunlight, resembling an angel's halo.

  The Snow Wolf looked up at Qilin, then tilted its head and rubbed against her. Behind the Snow Wolf was a pack of wolves, but they were all brown-haired and half the size, doing their own thing in the sunlight.

  Qilin stroked the wolf's head, and the softness of its fur was transmitted through her fingertips, making Qilin unable to help but rub it again. She looked at the wolves resting on the rocks below and thought that if the fortune teller from before were here, she would definitely worship him as a god.

  Something strange will happen before she turns twenty-five. She just realized now that this sentence is true.

  Yes. It happened on the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, something that cannot be explained by common sense.

  It took her about a week to figure it out and a month to accept.

  Three months of time to get familiar with. That's right, she crossed over and until now, she still had doubts. Because she didn't encounter the kings and nobles or some strange people like on TV, but instead fell into a desolate mountain forest with no human habitation, living together with a pack of wolves. Qilin shifted her gaze to the distance, recalling the day she woke up.

  If it weren't for her strong endurance, she would have been scared to death on the spot.

  Zi Lin still remembered the pungent smell of blood, the mournful cries of death, and the faint struggling breaths.

  She woke up in such a situation, the moment she opened her eyes, what she saw was not a nurse or a white ceiling. But a wolf with its neck bitten off, staring at her with its eyes wide open, fresh blood still gushing out. Qilin gasped, looked around and found that there were wolf corpses all around her, at least a dozen of them. Even her own body was stained with wolf blood.

  More importantly, about ten meters away from her, there were over a hundred wolves standing still, with almost every wolf having blood on their bodies, as if they were victorious soldiers after an intense battle. Now all of them turned their eyes to Zhirin.

  Qilin felt a blank mind, she was now in the center of the wolf pack, even if she had lightning speed, she couldn't rush out, even if she could climb trees, the wolf pack would surge forward, and even if she wasn't bitten to death, she would be trampled to death.

  Is there really no way out but death?

  In Qilin's mind, there was only one picture of herself dying, and no other pictures existed. However, when Qilin regained her ability to think, those wolves did not show any signs of attacking, nor did they have any killing intent, as if they were just surrounding her.

  Qilin tried to move her stiff body, but the wolf pack still didn't react. She wouldn't be foolish enough to think that the wolves were full from hunting and weren't moving because of that, nor would she think this was a dream.

  After Qilin moved three steps forward, the wolf pack finally made a move, scaring Qilin to hold her breath and stare fixedly at the place where the movement was coming from. The wolves in that area suddenly parted to either side, clearing a path. It looked like the scene from TV shows where the big boss emerges from among his underlings.

  Are these wolves obedient to someone?

  Mount Tai or Sun Wukong?

  Qilin swallowed hard, her hands clenched tightly together as she stared intently at the figure about to appear. She didn't expect it to be Sun Wukong or Taishan, but whoever it was, as long as they could save her life, anyone would do.

  "Woof"

  At this moment, the wolf pack suddenly raised its head and let out a long howl, as if it was a welcoming ceremony. Accompanied by this howl, a tall white figure finally appeared in front of Qilin. To say that it was majestic and dominated the world was not an exaggeration. At least, Qilin thought so.

  When she saw the snow wolf, Qilin stared with surprise, this scene is similar to Twilight City. However, in front of her was a living snow-white wolf.

  It was strange that when she saw the wolf, Qilin seemed to let out a breath of relief, and her fear slowly disappeared. As her mind returned to the moment before she fainted, what she saw was probably this wolf.

  Even so, Qilin still retreated a few steps in defense. Although she hadn't regained her ability to think, her body had already reacted instinctively. Just as she took her first step back, she tripped over the wolf's corpse behind her and fell heavily onto it, with her face landing right on the wolf's open, bloody mouth.

  A sense of fear burst out and finally turned into a long howl.

  She woke up again to the feeling of something wet and slippery, with great difficulty she opened her eyes only to be pierced by a strong light that made her close them again. After adapting to it, she discovered that the wet and slippery thing moving back and forth on her face was a wolf's tongue, upon realizing this, Qilin let out another ear-piercing scream of 120 decibels.

  This time, not only the wolf pack resting around was startled, but also the birds resting in the depths of the forest. Holding back the impact of fainting again, I looked around and saw that this was no longer deep in the forest, but on a rocky mountain at the top of the forest, where almost all the wolves could be seen, with several wolf cubs frolicking beside me. It seemed that this was the wolf's den.

  After figuring out the situation, Qilin saw a Snow Wolf sitting in front of her like a Pomeranian, if it weren't for being among a pack of wolves, she would really think that the Snow Wolf was a dog.

  Qilin stared at Snow Wolf for over ten minutes, understanding that it wouldn't harm her for the time being.

  Only then did Zhi Lin clarify her thoughts from start to finish.

  First, she was in a car accident and lost consciousness. Why is she here? Zilin could only think of one thing: the perpetrator was afraid of being caught. They thought she had died, then dragged her to this place and abandoned her body.

  But I didn't expect her to survive. This is the only reasonable explanation. However, looking around, not to mention this vast wolf pack, at present, this endless forest can only be found in modern tropical rainforests, right? Was she airlifted and dumped here?

  No, this is too ridiculous and unnecessary, what's going on here?

  Qilin furrowed her brow and fell into a daze, until the fluffy sensation on her back brought her back to reality.

  Xue Lang looked at Qi Lin with a tilted head, and Qi Lin couldn't help but think that this wolf, which was so spiritual and led a pack of wolves, should be a nationally protected animal in China. But such a leader actually listened to her and followed her orders, even being as loyal as a dog to its owner.

  Was what the fortune teller said about her having a spiritual animal true?

  "What's wrong?"

  "Are you back?" Qilin saw the wolf pack that was sent out a few days ago, and her heart was delighted. She immediately ran over and rubbed the wolves' heads a few times. "How was it? Did you find anything?"

  The wolf first narrowed its eyes to enjoy Qilin's touch, then looked at Qilin's dark black pupils, with a hint of guilt, lowered its head, like a child who had done something wrong.

  Qilin looked at the wolf and determined that the pack was harmless to her, so she would send out some of the wolves to find human tracks, as well as the backpack she had originally carried on her back.

  Or find a way out, but two months have passed and the wolf pack she sent out still returned in defeat.

  This is already unknown how many times. Qilin smiled slightly, knowing that the wolf pack had done its best, and gently stroked the wolf's head with her arms around it.

  "Amo, you guys go rest first." For convenience, Qilin had given these wolves some names, such as the one she was holding now called Amo, and the snow wolf was named Xiao Bai because of its all-white body.

  Another conjecture in Qilin's mind was half established. Qilin had thought about it before, but it was too absurd.

  But looking at this forest and these free-living wolf packs, she couldn't help but suspect that she had crossed over. However, as a realist, without finding some proof, she would not believe it even if she died.

  Three months have passed, and after searching for two months, there is no clue. She now slowly believes that she has crossed over, and it's in a deep mountain with no human habitation, living together with a pack of wolves.

  However, she never thought of leaving the pack to find her own world alone because she didn't have that ability. There were many forces of wolves living in this mountain. Also, because... and living with a group of wolves without any ulterior motives, she felt free.

  Open your arms, welcome the gentle breeze, as if you have been relieved. Even if the second half of your life will be spent in this deep mountain and old forest with a pack of wolves, it's just an eccentric crossing. As long as you understand, there's nothing strange about it.

  She had long since let go of the various things in her modern life, and almost never really cared about her own mother. She had a cold-blooded but loving husband, and a slightly narrow-minded but filial son. She completely ignored her stepfather, owned a comprehensive hospital with some authority, and had two talented sons, so she didn't have much to worry about. As for the biological father who had long since forgotten what he looked like, Qi Lin simply didn't feel anything.

  She also gave up the sales director position of the construction company she had worked hard for five years, and she didn't care at all. The job was not what she liked anyway, living in that world of intrigue every day, and having to put on a smile, she had long been disgusted with it. Now, she finally felt the feeling of being debt-free and carefree.

  "Ah ah ah......, Qilin, you are free."

  Qilin finally couldn't hold back the emotions in her heart, facing the blue sky, she let out a few loud cries. The wolf pack behind her also followed Qilin's lead and let out a chorus of wolf howls. What a magnificent sight.