The Naked Man

Lin Ye felt like she was going crazy. She was certain she wasn't someone with a bad sense of direction; she could usually remember a path clearly after walking it once. Yet, after walking around for a while, she had inexplicably returned to the exact spot where that small pink flower was. At first, she thought she had misremembered the way and taken a wrong turn, so she changed directions and continued. But no matter how she walked, even when using a compass, she would ultimately end up circling back to the original spot. It was as if she had fallen into an endless loop she could not escape.

Panting heavily, Lin Ye slumped onto the ground. She had been walking for over three hours, and now she had absolutely no strength left to go on. She took out a water bottle from the backpack on her shoulders, unscrewed the cap, and gulped down large, unrefined mouthfuls of water. After drinking, Lin Ye leaned her back dejectedly against the large tree behind her, her eyes staring blankly at the dense forest ahead. The trees here grew extremely thick, with only a few rays of sunlight managing to pierce through the canopy and shine down.

She thought with a tinge of despair, was she really going to be trapped to death in this place? When she was very young, her parents divorced due to a broken relationship. Afterward, they each remarried and had new children. From then on, a "surplus" daughter like her became their nuisance. They didn't want to raise her, so she had to go live with her paternal grandparents in the countryside. She didn't have any affection for her biological parents either. By the time she grew up, her grandparents had passed away one after another due to illness, and since then, she had no one left to care for. But even if she had no attachments, it didn't mean she wanted to die!

She sat for a moment and then stood up again. She refused to believe that she, Lin Ye, could be so unlucky as to die in a deserted place like this without a single soul around!

After taking two steps, she suddenly stopped. There seemed to be a sound ahead. She perked up her ears and listened carefully to the movement in front of her. At first, she was slightly overjoyed, thinking that her colleagues from the research institute had finally returned. But after listening for a moment, she realized something was off. Her colleagues' footsteps didn't seem to be this heavy...

For a moment, she froze in place. She felt slight vibrations transmitting through the ground and could even faintly hear the growls of an animal. "Wild beast!" These two words instantly flashed in Lin Ye's mind. Her heart pounded rapidly. She immediately scanned her surroundings, threw down her backpack without hesitation, and scrambled up the massive tree behind her using both hands and feet.

Almost as soon as she climbed up, she saw a wild boar weighing around three to four hundred catties appear. Sitting on a large branch, Lin Ye wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, still feeling lingering fear as she muttered to herself, "Thank goodness my childhood tree-climbing skills haven't deteriorated, otherwise I'd definitely be dead." It seemed this wild boar had caught the scent of prey, as it kept lingering beneath the tree canopy, refusing to leave.

Lin Ye's heart, which had just settled, tightened once again. Was this wild boar trying to see who had more patience? She observed her surroundings for a moment, her mind racing to think of a way to escape. Suddenly, she saw someone running toward her from the distance, and her heart leaped with joy. But then she remembered the massive wild boar below and grew anxious. With a wild boar this large, without weapons, let alone one person, even three people together might not be able to kill it.

The person ran incredibly fast, as if the weeds and vines did not hinder his steps at all. Lin Ye squinted to get a better look. Did he have nothing in his hands? She wanted to see more clearly, but her line of sight was blocked by a large tree. After waiting for a long time, the person still hadn't appeared. Had he vanished into thin air?

Suddenly, she felt a white shadow flash before her eyes. Then, the wild boar let out a roar, and the massive tree shook violently. She looked down and saw that besides the wild boar, a white tiger had appeared out of nowhere...! No, wait, it was a giant white cat fighting the boar.

Lin Ye stared with wide eyes as they fought. Although the white cat was less than half the size of the wild boar, it was the largest cat she had ever seen. The wild boar was massive with immense strength and sharp tusks, while the cat, though smaller, triumphed with its agile body and sharp claws. Thus, for a time, neither side could gain the upper hand.

Lin Ye held her breath as she watched them fight. As they battled, they moved further away from the tree. She originally wanted to take this opportunity to escape, but that thought was quickly dismissed. Her body was quite large, and climbing down from this tree would cause a significant disturbance. If she accidentally attracted the attention of the two fighting beasts, and they both turned on her...! She would likely be finished. For now, she could only pray that they would fight further away.

However, it seemed even heaven did not hear her prayers. After fighting for a while, they returned to the original spot. Occasionally, the tree Lin Ye was on would be struck, shaking so violently that her limbs felt a bit numb.

The tide of the battle gradually turned. Relying on its agile body, the white cat used its claws to slash several wounds on the wild boar's back. Once injured, the wild boar grew even more frenzied, charging wildly at the white cat. With a leap, the white cat landed on the wild boar's back, sinking its sharp claws deep into its flesh and biting down hard on its head. Thrashing in pain, the wild boar went mad, slamming into trees everywhere in an attempt to shake the white cat off its back. However, no matter what it did, the white cat remained firmly latched onto its back, while the boar itself ended up dizzy from the impacts. Finally, taking advantage of the wild boar accidentally tripping and falling, the white cat swiftly leaped off its back and ripped open a wound on its belly with its claws.

Fresh blood sprayed out, and after a few struggles, the wild boar finally stopped moving. Lin Ye let out a sigh of relief. It seemed the white cat had won this fierce battle. Since it won, shouldn't it leave now?

But what happened in the next second left her utterly dumbfounded—the white cat suddenly shook its body and transformed into a naked person. And it was a completely naked man!