Translator: Deyonna
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He really…
He really turned into a human.
Ye Yunfan stared blankly at his own hands, for a moment experiencing a surreal feeling as if he was in a different world.
He examined his naked body, confirming that his chest, abdomen, hands, and feet were all there. Every feature perfectly met the standards of a human being.
Indeed, it is the appearance of a human being.
And also…
Ye Yunfan carefully examined a certain part and confirmed that he was indeed an adult male now. He hadn’t transformed into a helpless child under the influence of the baby octopus’ true form.
This finally relieved him.
Right away, Ye Yunfan suddenly realized that his hands and feet seemed to have transformed from the small tentacles.
But his limbs were only four in total, what about the remaining four?
Ye Yunfan began to search for his tentacles, and soon he found the remaining three small tentacles at his lower back.
They have grown significantly, about the size of his arms. They now float behind him like fox tails.
Wait, why are there only three?
Shouldn’t it be four?
Ye Yunfan was puzzled. He searched through his memory for the short science article he had read about octopuses.
It seems that keeping up with scientific knowledge through educational articles is indeed beneficial.
Soon, Ye Yunfan had an answer: octopuses have one tentacle called a hectocotylus, which is used for mating.
Ye Yunfan: “…….”
Silence.
He dared not dwell on which specific tentacle was the hectocotylus. He suddenly realized that when he was a small octopus, he had actually been running around naked for quite some time.
Ye Yunfan began to cautiously try to retract the remaining three tentacles. Otherwise, if he wanted to survive in this world as a human in the future, what would happen if he had three tentacles growing on his lower back?
Soon, the three tentacles obediently merged into his body and disappeared.
“Phew—”
Ye Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s a pity that there is no mirror in the water. Otherwise, he would have liked to see what his face looks like now.
It’s very likely that his appearance has changed significantly. After all, he certainly didn’t have light pink hair before.
Ye Yunfan has always been well-behaved since childhood. He belongs to the type of person who is gentle and handsome, with a good temperament, good character, good at studying, and naturally gets along well with others. Teachers and friends see him as the epitome of a well-behaved child.
If he were placed in a romance novel, he might be able to become a popular, gentle, and caring second male lead. It’s just a pity that his family background is not very favorable.
Grew up in the mountains, and was an orphan.
The combined lethality of these words is indeed awful. Therefore, dyeing or perming hair is something that is completely unrelated to Ye Yunfan.
Now, with a sudden light pink hair color resembling that of a popular female idol on TV, Ye Yunfan feels a bit unaccustomed but also intrigued by the novelty of it.
However, this sense of novelty only lasted for a few minutes, as Ye Yunfan quickly noticed his stamina rapidly declining.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
[Stamina Value -40]
[Stamina Value: 280/355]
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[Coming, Coming!]
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The lighting in the seawater was quite dim, and with the added distance being very far, Ye Yunfan could only squint his eyes to make out a rough outline.
But he didn’t expect that his tentacles were able to recognize the figure directly?
But in a second, Ye Yunfan suddenly realized—
Hold on!
He is not wearing any clothes right now!!!
He’s naked!
Instantly, the pink-haired young man made a prompt decision. He hurriedly hid behind the corpse.
When he was a little octopus he didn’t realize it, but now that he’s naked, it would be too embarrassing.
Meanwhile, Yuan Ye was rapidly diving.
Earlier, he couldn’t dive too deep because he didn’t bring enough oxygen fluid. Therefore, after searching for a while, he had to resurface to catch his breath. As a result, he couldn’t find the little jellyfish anymore.
Fortunately, he heard gunshots coming from the sea just now, which gave him a clear direction to search for.
By this time, the sky had already darkened. The further he swam into the sea, the lower the visibility became. Yuan Ye squinted his eyes and saw a large amount of blood spreading in the water.
The youth vaguely saw a figure, as well as a faint vague pink.
Pink!
His “little jellyfish”!
The young man’s heart tightened, and he dove even faster. He was incredibly agile in the water, and his swaying legs moved gracefully like a fishtail.
But at this moment, Ye Yunfan was deeply worried.
Because after hiding behind the corpse, he realized that the man was too thin and couldn’t possibly block such a big one like him.
Wait a minute.
Why is he still describing himself and hasn’t changed back???
Ye Yunfan: “……”
In short, he needed to change quickly.
It’s not that Ye Yunfan doesn’t trust Yuan Ye, but it is this world that he doesn’t trust. He doesn’t believe in this unfamiliar world that is thousands of times more cruel and bloody than the Earth he is familiar with.
Until Ye Yunfan fully understands this place and gains a certain level of self-defense ability, he doesn’t intend to completely hand over his secrets and his life to others.
Even though Ye Yunfan believes that Yuan Ye is a gentle and kindhearted good child.
If Zhang Nan and Bard were still alive, they would probably be infuriated and vomit blood upon hearing Ye Yunfan’s description of Yuan Ye.
The process of turning into a human took quite some time, but shifting into the form of a small octopus was very swift. After a faint light pink halo, a palm-sized pink baby octopus quickly swam out from the corpse.
The bullet wound on the body of the small octopus has already disappeared, but its size has shrunk a bit. It looks a bit wilted and not particularly lively or energetic.
Ye Yunfan originally intended to swim towards Yuan Ye immediately, but when he looked at the corpse beside him, he suddenly changed his mind. He reached out his tentacles and grabbed the collar of the corpse, desperately pulling it towards Yuan Ye.
Half a minute later, the two finally met.
Yuan Ye was stunned when he saw the “little jellyfish” pulling the male corpse.
But he thought he saw a figure just now… However, Yuan Ye’s breath-holding time was reaching its limit. He stopped thinking and immediately reached out his hand toward the “little jellyfish”.
The latter tacitly understood.
The little octopus immediately let go and instead, its small tentacles hooked onto Yuan Ye’s sleeve, quickly climbing onto his shoulder.
The young man’s body stiffened for a bit, but it was only a brief moment. He reached out and grabbed the collar of the male corpse, swiftly swimming towards the surface of the sea.
Fifteen minutes later, Yuan Ye saw the coastline.
But at that moment, the “little jellyfish” that had been obediently perched on his shoulder slipped away once again and dived towards the sea floor.
He paused, then quickly plunged back into the water.
He saw the little pink guy coiled around a familiar knife handle, swimming towards him with great effort and speed.
—It turns out that it went to help him find the knife.
Yuan Ye was slightly taken aback, and the coldness in his brows and eyes softened suddenly as if he were smiling.
–
Meanwhile, the clinic, which was originally the supply station’s landmark building, was now in complete chaos.
It is unclear whether Bard had anything to do with it, or if everyone simply believed that those loud noises were just normal sounds of battle with the otherworldly creatures.
In the end, after the sealed clinic exploded, only a few scattered military investigators and sentinels came to inspect the situation.
Jon blocked them outside, not allowing anyone to approach Chen Xinyue. Although he wasn’t particularly smart, he knew that the captain didn’t want to be disturbed at this moment.
All the otherworldly creatures were supposed to be burned together after they died. The investigators who were supposed to clean up the aftermath had planned to burn down the entire clinic. However, at that time, Chen Xinyue insisted on staying by the treatment cabin.
So he hastily gathered all otherworldly creatures’ corpses in the courtyard and burned them, but the rest of the buildings were left untouched.
Therefore, when Chen Xinyue ran into the courtyard, all she saw was a pile of cold ashes in the middle, resembling a small mountain.
When the woman saw this scene, she suddenly lost all expression, as if her entire brain had gone blank.
But in reality, Chen Xinyue was frantically searching her memories, trying to recall everything that happened after she entered the clinic, including every monster.
After just a few seconds, the clever Captain Chen had an answer.
When she came in, the one-armed otherworldly creature she encountered was Wang Yuan.
And the reason for the sudden and abnormal stiffness of the other party at that time was also because he was Wang Yuan.
Otherwise, she would have died.
But in that split second, Wang Yuan’s consciousness overcame the otherworldly creature’s instinct.
That’s why she was able to kill him with her own hands.
Chen Xinyue stood in a daze. She actually had a very strong resistance delving deeper into this matter. However, at this moment, her mind was relentlessly spinning, cruelly unearthing all the details she had failed to notice.
When Wang Yuan’s mutilated body was being consumed by the raging flames, she stayed by the side of an impostor, wholeheartedly and hopefully waiting for him to wake up.
“……”
Thud!
Chen Xinyue’s knees gave way and she slumped to the ground, as if her soul had been instantly drained away.
Jon stood at a distance, watching her, his heart wrenched and aching. He sniffled and clumsily wiped his eyes with his sleeve, trying his best to restrain his emotions.
It’s unexpected that Jon cried, but Captain Chen did not shed a tear.
She simply sat silently on her knees, not uttering a word, but her once upright back was now hunched.
After a long while, the woman spoke with difficulty and she asked Jon.
“Do you regret joining my team back then?”
Chen Xinyue’s team lost three members during their team’s exploration of the occupied area. They were originally supposed to return directly to the main city, but halfway through, they received a sudden mobilization order to investigate the waters near this supply station.
Due to the shortage of manpower, Chen Xinyue went to the small town where Jon was located and selected him as a new temporary recruit.
If it weren’t for that, Jon could have avoided being involved in such a disaster.
However, the curly-haired puppy shook his head immediately after hearing her question, his voice trembling with a hint of tears but resolute and loud. “No regrets!”
“What if you had died on this mission?”
Jon thought about it and then shook his head.
“I am destined to be a military investigator, to be your soldier as the captain, and to die in such a noble mission, I think it’s pretty good.”
“……”
Chen Xinyue suddenly looked up at him and sighed.
“You are the most foolish person I have ever trained.”
The curly-haired puppy paused, then his cheeks turned slightly red.
“C-captain, I… I will work hard to learn and strive to complete the missions! Captain, I promise!”
Jon, afraid of being disliked, immediately raised his hand and made a vow.
After a day and night of running and fighting, Chen Xinyue looked terrible. Her once delicate and beautiful face appeared haggard and withered. Her tightly tied long hair was disheveled, covering her eyebrows and eyes, making it difficult to see her expression clearly at the moment.
“Don’t strive to complete the missions…”
Jon could only see the captain twitching the corner of her mouth with difficulty. She was probably trying to force a smile, but it looked uglier than crying.
The captain said, “Jon, strive to live.”
Chen Xinyue knelt down and gently cupped a handful of ashes, carefully placing them into a bag.
“At least, live a little longer than me,”
“……”
Jon opened his mouth, but suddenly he seemed to be at a loss for words, choked up to the point where he couldn’t utter a singleword.
Obviously yesterday, they were perfectly fine.
Obviously yesterday, they were laughing and looking forward to the days after arriving in the main city.
But in just one night, he and the captain were the only ones left in the once lively seventh team.
Translator’s Corner: A heartfelt thank you to all those who generously contributed to my tip jar. With your support, I was able to purchase the remaining raws. You can find the proof of purchase here. And I’ll be releasing the extra chapter this Sunday.
Note: The actual title of this chapter was “入v大肥章~” (Entering V Big and Thick Chapter), which refers to the VIP status of the chapter rather than the content inside. Therefore, I decided to use the summary title of the chapter, which is “Got Caught!”
Thank you for the chapter !!
The title definitely had me thinking yuan ye caught our little octopus in his human form hehe
Wasn’t caught! Hahahahaha… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🐙
I hoped for so long that Wang Yuan might still be alive somehow 😞