kvmb Chapter 1 begins in hell mode, with you being chased!
Chapter 1 begins in hell mode, with you being chased!
Brain storage facility!
Cerebellum storage facility!
The year 1520 of the Haiyuan calendar!
The New World, the second half of the Grand Line!
On an unknown island!
A tearing pain shot through the back of my head.
Chen Ye suddenly opened his eyes.
The smell of damp, decaying leaves mixed with a salty sea breeze suddenly filled his nostrils.
He lay on the ground, beneath him the soft, sticky soil.
All around were enormous trees that blocked out the sky, with thick vines coiling around the trunks like pythons, and sunlight could only filter through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled light.
Where is this?
Chen Ye's mind went blank, like a formatted hard drive.
He struggled to sit up, and the sharp pain in the back of his head made him gasp.
When I reached out and touched it, it was sticky and warm.
is blood.
He looked down at himself.
He wore a white casual T-shirt, jeans, and Nike sneakers.
This outfit was completely out of place in the primitive and wild environment around it.
"Wasn't I working all night revising the plan...? How did I end up here?"
His brain felt like it was filled with mush; his last memory was of being in his dorm room, downing three cups of extra-strong coffee in a row to finish a damn project proposal.
He worked overtime for seventy-two hours straight for a damn project.
When I finally collapsed onto my desk, I felt a sudden jolt in my heart, and then I knew nothing more.
Karoshi?
A terrible thought popped into my head.
So now... have we time-traveled?
Chen Ye's heart pounded wildly, and he staggered toward a puddle not far away.
The water was murky, but it still reflected images.
An unfamiliar face appeared in the water.
He was about twenty years old, with delicate features, but his face was as pale as paper.
He had short black hair and a pair of dark eyes filled with fear and confusion.
not him!
This is definitely not the face of a thirty-year-old corporate slave who has been beaten down by society for decades!
Chen Ye reached out, his hand trembling, and touched the reflection in the water.
Ripples spread across the water, and the young face shattered along with them.
It really is... a time travel.
This realization hit him like a hammer blow to the head.
There is no system.
There is no cheat code.
There was no old man.
He has only one life and a set of modern clothes that are completely useless in this godforsaken place.
"Hahaha……"
A rough, hoarse laugh suddenly came from the woods not far away.
The laughter was filled with undisguised malice.
Chen Ye froze.
He suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
Three men emerged from the dense bushes.
The leader was a one-eyed man with a hideous scar running diagonally from his forehead to his chin, and his only remaining eye gleamed with a ferocious light like that of a jackal.
His two henchmen were equally ugly; one had a face full of scars, and the other was as thin as a bamboo pole. Both carried rusty curved knives.
Their clothes were tattered, and they reeked of a foul stench of sweat and blood.
Pirates?
Or bandits?
No matter what they are, these people don't look like good people!
The one-eyed man's gaze fell on Chen Ye. He was taken aback at first, and then a greedy light burst forth from his single eye.
He stared intently at Chen Ye's clean and tidy clothes and sneakers.
On this wild island, anyone dressed so cleanly is either a wealthy and influential person or a passenger from a recently wrecked merchant ship.
Either way, it means wealth!
"Boss, look! It's a fat sheep!" Skinny Bamboo Pole chuckled, his yellowish teeth exposed to the air.
"This outfit is nice; it could fetch a good price if we took it off!" The fat man with a face full of scars licked his chapped lips.
The one-eyed man let out a greedy, sinister laugh.
"Kill him!"
"The stuff is mine, but the people... are yours to do as you please!"
At his command, the two pirates charged at Chen Ye like hyenas that had smelled blood, brandishing their scimitars!
"Hold!"
Chen Ye's mind went blank.
The fear of death, like a cold, large hand, instantly gripped his heart!
He was just an ordinary modern man who had never even killed a chicken, let alone witnessed a scene where someone would kill someone at the slightest disagreement!
Adrenaline explodes in the body!
The instinct for survival overwhelmed all fear and chaos.
run!
That was the only thought in his mind!
Chen Ye scrambled to his feet, not even having time to brush the dirt off his body, and turned to run wildly into the depths of the jungle!
His heart was pounding wildly in his chest.
The wind whistled in my ears.
The shouts and mocking laughter from behind followed him like a shadow.
"Haha, run! The faster you run, the more excited I get!"
"Don't run yourself to death! The boss said to save your breath!"
These sounds slithered into Chen Ye's ears like venomous snakes, sending chills down his spine.
He dared not turn around.
He could only run forward as fast as he could.
The tree roots and rocks under his feet nearly tripped him up several times.
Sharp branches tore at his cheeks and arms, leaving stinging, bloody marks.
My lungs felt like they were on fire, and every breath I took tasted of blood.
My legs felt as heavy as lead.
"Am I going to die here?"
"I'm going to die right after transmigrating?"
"No! I don't want to die!"
Despair and resentment roared wildly in his heart.
He gritted his teeth, squeezing out the last bit of strength from his body, and mechanically moved his legs.
I don't know how long it took.
It might be a few minutes, or it might be a dozen minutes.
The sounds of pursuit behind them seemed to have receded somewhat.
A sliver of hope had just risen in Chen Ye's heart.
Suddenly, the ground beneath my feet gave way!
He rushed forward too fast and didn't have time to stop.
The view before me suddenly opened up!
The dense jungle ends here.
Ahead lies a sheer cliff!
The pebbles beneath their feet tumbled and rolled down into the misty abyss below.
Below the cliff, the sea surges and crashes against the rocks with deafening roars.
Chen Ye's body traced a dangerous arc along the edge of the cliff, finally coming to a stop less than half a meter from the edge.
He broke out in a cold sweat, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to his knees.
"Splash—"
The jungle behind them trembled.
The three pirates walked out unhurriedly and surrounded him in a fan shape.
Their only way out was completely blocked.
"Run!"
The one-eyed man wore a mocking smile, like a cat catching a mouse.
"Why did you stop running?"
"Jump! Maybe you can at least leave with a whole corpse!"
The skinny guy and the fat man burst into laughter, their curved knives gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
Chen Ye was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.
His back was pressed against the cold void, and the biting wind rushed up from the bottom of the cliff, making his clothes flutter loudly.
He stared at the three thugs closing in on him, his eyes bloodshot.
One step forward, and there lies a sharp butcher's knife.
Taking a step back leads to an abyss of utter destruction.
A desperate situation.
A true dead end.
The one-eyed man had clearly lost his patience, and he spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the ground.
"Kid, open your eyes wider next time you're reincarnated."
He slowly raised the curved sword in his hand, the blade aimed at Chen Ye's neck.
Sunlight shone on the rusty blade, reflecting a crimson glow.
Chen Ye's pupils suddenly contracted.
Time seemed to slow down infinitely at this moment.
He could clearly see the cruel smile on the one-eyed man's face.
You can see dried, dark red bloodstains on the scimitar.
You can also smell the nauseating stench of rust and blood emanating from the blade.
The shadow of death completely enveloped him.
The one-eyed man's arm muscles bulged.
next second.
The scimitar, soaked in blood, brought a stench that tore through the air as it cleaved down!