Chapter 3: 3.第3章 被当成食物？

In the lush, scenic valleys of Zhenfeng Mountain.

Hot!

Burning like a raging flame!

Yun Jin felt as if she were immersed in an endless sea of fire. The heat surged from all directions, so intense that even her bones felt as if they were about to melt.

She struggled to lift her heavy eyelids.

But just as she managed to crack them open a sliver—before even a single ray of light could filter in—a massive *bang* erupted, a deafening explosion. When she opened her eyes again, she was already standing on a patch of scorched, blackened grass. The surrounding trees were also charred by fire, with flames still flickering on some of their branches.

"You—you—you! How did you transform into human form!" A woman's scream rang out, her shrill voice laced with terror, piercing the ears painfully.

Yun Jin followed the sound. Entering her field of vision were a man and a woman. The man had a narrow, monkey-like face and a small, scrawny build, with a pair of eyes that glowed with an eerie, unsettling green light. As for the woman, Yun Jin felt a slight sense of unease at a single glance.

That plump physique, that face and body covered in rolls of fat... even her entire body shook with every word she spoke.

Yun Jin frowned. Waking up to such an eye-searing sight was truly unpleasant.

However, the clothes these two were wearing looked like costumes from some period drama—the kind worn by nameless extras without any protagonist aura—but Yun Jin understood instantly.

Transmigration!

Pain! Sudden, waves of agony surged toward her head, drilling into her forehead like a piercing, bone-deep ache.

As an assassin, Yun Jin's tolerance for pain far exceeded that of an ordinary person, especially since she was currently facing two individuals whose allegiances were unknown. While her mind was a tempest of chaos, her expression remained calm and undisturbed.

Suddenly, the pain receded, replaced by a flood of images, scenes, and memories that rushed into her mind like a tide, squeezing her forehead until it throbbed.

A flicker of surprise appeared in Yun Jin's eyes, only to vanish instantly.

She stood there, staring deathly at the two people before her with a cold, defensive gaze, while her mind rapidly organized the chaotic and complex memories.

This organization, however, gave her quite a shock.

It turned out this world was called the Qinglan Continent, and just like in myths and legends, it was a world where gods and demons roamed everywhere. And she had transmigrated here to become a member of the demon army.

"Demon"—it sounded quite powerful. Unfortunately, however: she was a... well, a Fruit Demon?

Fortunately: she was a very unusual fruit.

It was said that the lush crabapple tree at the summit of Zhenfeng Mountain had absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, bearing a strange fruit that was not a crabapple...

It was said that while other fruits bore once a year, the flower that nurtured her had bloomed without wilting for three whole years, only bearing her on a winter day in the third year when heavy snow filled the sky.

It was said that her birth was accompanied by celestial phenomena; the moment she landed, she was entwined in seven-colored radiance, accompanied by auspicious seven-colored clouds that would not dissipate. On that day, the entire mountain peak was shrouded in strange, shimmering light, startling the demons in the forest so much that they ran about frantically, spreading the news to one another!

Since then, she had been carefully tended to by the many demons in the mountain. They gave her the places where the essence of the sun and moon was most concentrated to rest, and the most spiritual spring water in the mountains to drink, each one hoping that one day she would achieve successful cultivation and bring the entire mountain's inhabitants to heaven with her.

However, unfortunately, despite devoting three hundred years to cultivation in Zhenfeng Mountain, she still could not transform into human form! Even her spiritual power had failed to coalesce; without spiritual power, there could be no cultivation base. Consequently, even the minor demons who had been in the mountain for only a few decades could easily bully her half to death!

She was the most useless, most trashy demon in the mountain.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The demons in the mountain all hated her tooth and nail, stepping on her and mocking her at will. Eventually, one day, the male wolf demon and female bear demon before her had captured her and placed her over a fire.

A fruit born of the sun and moon's essence must be delicious.

Fortunately: after being tossed about by them like this, she had actually transformed into a human!

A dangerous smile curled at the corners of Yun Jin's mouth. A cold light flashed in her beautiful eyes as she narrowed her almond-shaped eyes, stepping toward the two demons who had been startled by her gaze.

"I heard... you want to eat me?"