Chapter 1: A System Has Appeared in My Mind

Chapter 1: A System in My Head

The October wind carried a hint of chill.

Jiang Shiyan sat on a large rock, staring blankly at the boundless ocean before her, letting out a long, melancholy sigh.

"System, when on earth can I leave this godforsaken place?"

【I don't know, dear.】

"Can you change your way of addressing me? For example, calling me Yan Yan?"

【I cannot, dear.】

Jiang Shiyan: "..."

Just one month ago, Jiang Shiyan was originally just a temporary worker at a zoo. While cleaning the tiger enclosure, she was accidentally left behind, and the comrades in the control room directly opened the doors and released all the tigers.

The appearance of a stranger triggered the tigers' alertness and combat modes, and during her escape, Jiang Shiyan fell into a ditch. Her head hit the ground, and she blacked out on the spot.

When she woke up again, she was lying on the shore, and a set of memories that did not belong to her had appeared in her mind.

It seemed she had transmigrated.

She had transmigrated into the body of an unlucky girl with the same name as her. The girl was a top-tier "love brain," tricked onto a cruise ship by her boyfriend under the pretext of watching dolphins dance, after which he pushed her into the sea under the guise of taking a photo.

Before Jiang Shiyan could even process this "transmigration" plot that usually only exists in novels, a mechanical voice rang out in her mind

【...Zzz... Zzz... Commencing inspection... Detected Blue Star human, living organism, identification complete...】

What on earth?

Jiang Shiyan was stunned. She tapped her ears, suspecting she was experiencing auditory hallucinations.

【Loading... Loading complete. Would you like to bind with the All-Beast Charm System?】

Jiang Shiyan jumped in fright and hurriedly scrambled up to look around. "Who? Who's talking?"

【I am the All-Beast Charm System, code name 'Shoushou'.】

"Where are you?"

【I am in your head. Would the Blue Star human like to bind with the system?】

Jiang Shiyan answered reflexively, "No binding."

【Understood. Detected carrier suitability at 100%. System is binding...】

"..."

Crazy!

Once the system binding was successful, a transparent light screen abruptly appeared before Jiang Shiyan's eyes. The screen provided a detailed introduction to the All-Beast Charm System, much like a game's initial interface, and even included options for the system's initial settings.

While choosing the voice pack, Jiang Shiyan accidentally clicked on the "Taobao Customer Service" voice.

"I clicked the wrong one!" Jiang Shiyan shouted hurriedly.

【Apologies, once selected, changes are not supported, dear.】

Jiang Shiyan: "..."

【Would you like to open the Newcomer Gift Pack?】

Jiang Shiyan maintained a skeptical attitude toward this eerie system, but seeing a gift box pop up on the interface, she instinctively clicked to claim it.

【Congratulations, dear, on opening the Newcomer Gift Pack. Unlocking Beast Language skill. You have obtained the ability to understand three types of animal languages. May the host love animals and love nature!】

...

In the month that followed, Jiang Shiyan successively unlocked the languages of two or three more animals. Now, she could communicate smoothly with almost all the animals on this remote island.

This finally allowed Jiang Shiyan to face the reality that she was not dreaming.

Today was Jiang Shiyan's thirty-fifth day of wilderness survival on this isolated island.

[Little Yan Yan, Little Yan Yan, a boat is coming to the shore! A boat is coming to the shore!]

A seagull landed on Jiang Shiyan's shoulder, shouting excitedly.

Jiang Shiyan felt as if she had been injected with adrenaline. She scrambled up and ran toward the shore.

It wasn't until she saw two cruise ships anchored at the shore through the gaps in the grass that Jiang Shiyan almost wept with joy.

Thirty-five days! Over eight hundred hours!

Heaven knows what kind of life she had been living!

If she hadn't suddenly been able to understand the small animals, and if she hadn't found food with their help, she would have starved to death on this isolated island long ago.

And the people coming down from the cruise ships looked handsome and beautiful; there were even photographers carrying cameras and some people wearing work badges.

Jiang Shiyan looked down at her clothes. Although they were tattered, they weren't revealing anything she shouldn't show. After pondering for a moment, she finally had a plan.

Just as Jiang Shiyan suspected, the people landing on the island were the crew of a wilderness survival reality show. They had carefully selected this uninhabited island as their filming location, focusing on the concept of "absolute realism."

Just as the show's director was explaining the survival game rules, one of them suddenly pointed nearby. "Is that smoke?"

The director and the staff stared in the direction where black smoke was rising, instantly shocked.

Could there actually be someone else on this isolated island?

That was impossible.

This island was deep in the ocean. Local fishermen had said there were many snakes on the island, so few people were willing to come here. There were even rumors of wild men. Therefore, to boost viewership, the production team had decided to take a risk by bringing a group of amateur participants for the variety show, accompanied by doctors and professional medical equipment.

The crew decided to go take a look.

If they could encounter a legendary wild man, the ratings would definitely explode!

As they approached the area shrouded in black smoke, holding their cameras cautiously, they were startled to find a solitary figure squatting there, burning wood and muttering to themselves.

"Who's there?"

Someone asked, gathering their courage.

Jiang Shiyan turned around, and a look of pleasant surprise instantly flashed in her eyes. She hurriedly stood up and ran toward them!

"Ahhhhhhh!"

At this moment, Jiang Shiyan's face was blackened from the smoke of the wood, and combined with her tattered clothes running toward them, the crew instinctively took her for a wild man. Several timid female participants let out screams of terror!

Jiang Shiyan quickly stopped and explained in a panic, "I'm not a bad person..."

"A wild man can talk?!"

Jiang Shiyan almost lost her composure. "..."

"I'm not a wild man. My name is Jiang Shiyan. I've been stranded on this island for a month. Really, believe me, my ID number is..."

"Wait, Jiang Shiyan? That name sounds so familiar. I think I saw a missing person notice online; the subject was a girl..."

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd.

A staff member gathered his courage and stepped forward, holding a stick toward Jiang Shiyan, asking cautiously, "Are you really not a wild man?"

"..."

Jiang Shiyan was somewhat breaking down.

*You're the wild man! Your whole family is a wild man!*

After nearly exhausting her voice, Jiang Shiyan finally convinced these people that she wasn't a wild man, and even requested that they call the police.

Although there was no signal on the island, the production team had a satellite phone and quickly contacted the police.

The filming was halted at Jiang Shiyan's request. After deliberation, the crew ultimately decided to send her back to the mainland first.

Before she had started the fire, Jiang Shiyan had already said her goodbyes to the small animals on the island. No matter what, she had survived this past month thanks to their companionship and help.

On the boat, the director of the program approached her privately and stated his request candidly: "Xiao Jiang, we did save you. After you go back, could you perhaps appear online to thank our program and help us increase our popularity?"

Jiang Shiyan was somewhat of an introvert. Although she instinctively felt a repulsion toward such a move, if the production team hadn't chosen such a place to film, she wouldn't know when she would ever get back. She directly agreed to this not-too-excessive condition.

"Director Tang, don't worry. Even if you hadn't said anything, I was planning to do so. Your production team are my benefactors; I will definitely repay you!"

Director Tang smiled. "Good, good."

Upon landing, the first thing Jiang Shiyan did was say to the police officer who came to meet her, "Hello, Officer, I want to report a crime. Someone attempted to murder me!"