1: Touch porcelain

“Where is this?”

Lin Tianwei looked at the iron fence in front of him with a puzzled expression.

This seemed to be a cage.

How could he, a model young man of the 21st century, be locked up? Was there some misunderstanding?

Could it be that his browser history had been exposed?

Just as Lin Tianwei was pondering, he heard a powerful roar from his surroundings.

It was deafening, causing even the leaves to rustle.

This roar, clearly belonging to a wild beast, startled Lin Tianwei.

Could it be that he wasn't in a single room, but rather confined with an unknown beast?

Recalling his scrawny physique, Lin Tianwei felt this was akin to a lamb entering a tiger's den.

Before he could react, he saw a giant cat dart out with Agility.

It was Black and White.

Its body was covered in beautiful stripes.

Most noticeable was the character 'King' on its forehead, signifying its status as the king of the forest.

This was actually a tiger?

Judging by its size, it was the king among tigers—a Siberian Tiger.

Just its presence was enough to awe all directions, exuding immense pressure.

It was then that Lin Tianwei realized his vision was somewhat strange.

It was Black and White, devoid of any color.

It didn't resemble human vision at all.

Not only that, but his body, as if by instinct, began to move on its own.

Roar!

Lin Tianwei, as if offended, parted his jaws and let out an even louder tiger's roar.

His body even rose on its hind legs, actively attacking the intruder.

A massive Tiger Claw, carrying immense force, slammed towards the intruder.

The intruder showed no weakness, striking back at Lin Tianwei with its paw.

The two Siberian Tigers then engaged in a fierce battle.

In the end, Lin Tianwei proved superior, repelling the intruder.

With an unwilling glance at Lin Tianwei, the seemingly fearsome Siberian Tiger eventually slinked away.

Unless it was a matter of life and death, two powerful predators would never fight to the death.

Lin Tianwei did not pursue; his immediate priority was to understand his current situation.

As memories flooded back, Lin Tianwei finally gained some understanding of his current predicament.

He had been reborn!

However, in this new life, he was no longer human, but had become a Siberian Tiger.

A Siberian Tiger with no memories of its tiger life, only its fighting instincts remaining.

The iron fence in front of him was also easily explained: it was the protective barrier of a Zoo.

In other words, Lin Tianwei was not a wild Siberian Tiger, but one kept in a Zoo.

He was free from the worries of finding food, but had also lost his freedom.

He could only barely live the lazy life of a nationally protected 'waste product'.

With no worries about food or drink, he could live out his days by simply acting cute.

However, when he thought about the countless years he had spent mastering foreign languages and becoming a well-paid translator because of it, Lin Tianwei was speechless.

“I struggled for countless years, just about to enjoy life, and you make me reborn?”

“Life is truly a series of downs.”

“What good is a lifetime of practicing foreign languages to me, a Siberian Tiger?”

“Never mind.”

“Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it.”

What Lin Tianwei should do most is adapt to his new body as soon as possible.

Perhaps because he had just been reborn, a powerful instinct still lingered in Lin Tianwei's body, preventing him from fully controlling it.

Of course, this wasn't entirely a bad thing.

If not for his instinct, he might not have been able to repel the invading Siberian Tiger just now.

The same body could display varying degrees of strength, depending on how its owner used it.

After understanding his situation, Lin Tianwei began to survey his surroundings.

Looking around, towering trees with lush branches and leaves filled the view.

The environment here was quite good.

After a slight stretch, Lin Tianwei felt full of strength.

This feeling of being full of strength was simply amazing.

As he jumped and moved, Lin Tianwei's familiarity with his body continuously increased.

One day, he would tame his instincts and completely control his body.

However, as Lin Tianwei was exercising, he didn't notice that a foreigner named Luke had set his sights on him.

Luke was a 'Xiaohei', a streamer whose main job was to do anything for traffic.

Coming to the Zoo today, he naturally wanted to find some trending topics to capitalize on.

Unsurprisingly, he targeted Lin Tianwei, the Siberian Tiger that had just displayed such might.

Only by provoking such a terrifying beast could he gain more traffic.

“Man dies for wealth, birds die for food!”

Under the encouragement and generous donations of his live stream audience, Luke finally decided to take a gamble.

Whether he would get rich depended on this one attempt!

After spending a fortune to bribe the Zoo's security guards, Luke arrived in front of the Tiger Enclosure's protective barrier.

After a simple warm-up, he began to climb.

Perhaps due to shoddy construction, or perhaps no one expected someone to be so reckless.

Although the Tiger Enclosure's protective barrier was tall, it was not covered at the top.

Luke climbed up the protective barrier, and soon he reached the inside of the Tiger Enclosure.

After provocatively striking a few poses for Lin Tianwei and furiously taking some footage, Luke planned to climb back down.

He certainly didn't want to die.

Doing this much was already his limit.

However, just as he was preparing to climb back, his phone, rubbing against his clothes, accidentally slipped out of his pocket.

By instinct, he reached out to grab it.

But he didn't expect that this grab not only failed to secure his phone but also caused him to lose his balance.

Together with his phone, he fell into the Tiger Enclosure.

Lin Tianwei, who was exercising, suddenly felt something hit him directly on the head.

Although the force wasn't great, it was enough to trigger his attacking instinct.

And a burning rage!

Siberian Tigers are animals with a very strong sense of territory.

Before Lin Tianwei could react, he found himself enveloped by a dark shadow again.

Looking up, he saw another massive object rapidly falling towards him.

It was entirely Black and White, an existence that would be utterly indistinguishable at night.

This was actually a 'Xiaohei'?

How dare a mere 'Xiaohei' be so audacious as to invade his territory?

Anger surged, instantly filling Lin Tianwei's tiger head, making him lose his reason.

Following his instinct, Lin Tianwei launched a fatal blow at Luke.

His excellent hunting instinct allowed his Tiger Claw to directly strike Luke's head.

Bang.

Fireworks bloomed!

The immense power contained in a Siberian Tiger's Tiger Claw...

How could a mortal body like Luke's withstand it?

“Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the first kill and activating the Talent Extraction System.”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for extracting the target gene and obtaining the Talent: Idleness.”

“Idleness: A low-tier Talent. The owner's desire to strive is significantly reduced.”

“Ding, please confirm whether the host wishes to use this Talent.”

“Use?”

“I'll use your big head, ghost!”

“Tiger life is already so difficult, and you extract such a useless Talent for me?”

“Ding, the host chose to refuse to use this Talent.”

“Ding, this Talent has been stored in the Talent Space and can be decomposed into Talent Fragments.”

“Note: Talent Fragments can be used to acquire random Talent.”

After three notification sounds, the Talent Extraction System finally fell silent.

Without time to ponder what the Talent Extraction System was, Lin Tianwei began to consider his current predicament.

“Damn it!”

“Someone actually tried to frame me before I could fully control my body.”

Even as a nationally protected animal, once it injured a person, it could not escape the fate of being shot and humanely destroyed.

“Escape!”

Lin Tianwei controlled his body and began to run, attempting to escape human retribution.

Unfortunately, no matter how he ran, he could not escape the cage meticulously woven by humans.

The security guards bribed by Luke immediately noticed something was wrong and pulled out their tranquilizer guns.

Bang, bang, bang.

With three gunshots, three tranquilizer darts flew towards Lin Tianwei.

They instantly embedded themselves in Lin Tianwei's tiger body.

The carefully formulated tranquilizer, under pressure, was instantly injected into Lin Tianwei's body.

An irresistible drowsiness began to invade Lin Tianwei's head.

Stumbling, he only managed to take five steps before completely losing consciousness.

“My tiger life is over.”

This was Lin Tianwei's last thought before he fainted... “Damn it, Luke, that damn idiot, he sought death himself and dragged us down with him.”

“Do you really think a Siberian Tiger is a big cat?”

“Who can withstand a single paw swipe?”

“It's a pity for this Siberian Tiger; it can't escape the fate of death.”

“Daring to attack a human, even with great strength, he will ultimately only find death.”

“First, transport him away and wait for the final disposal plan from above.”

“But this matter isn't entirely a bad thing.”

“A Siberian Tiger is valuable from head to tail.”

“By disposing of his body, we can also get a share.”

“Tiger skin, tiger bones, Tiger Blood, tiger heart, tiger penis, ...”

“These things are priceless treasures; secretly keeping a little will be enough for us to earn a side income.”

... “There's a Siberian Tiger that attacked a human?”

“Killing it directly would be too much of a waste; this is a rare experimental subject.”

“Buying the whole thing and then using it for experiments can be considered making use of its final value.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, compared to becoming an experimental subject, perhaps direct death is a better end.”

“However, he has no power of choice!”

... A few days later.

In a huge Primeval Forest, a heavy armored vehicle drove in.

After driving deep into the forest, seemingly deeming it sufficient, the leader ordered his subordinates to abandon a Siberian Tiger and then hastily departed.

Another two hours passed.

The Siberian Tiger's body began to twitch, and finally, it opened its eyes!