“All right, first things first… let’s check my supplies!”
Crossing into another world was not a first for Xia Jia.
Compared to his “first experience,” when he had arrived penniless as a four-year-old undocumented child, the current situation was far better.
“First, my phone.
A pack of instant noodles, a sausage, a lunchbox, a bottle of purified water…”
Those could serve as emergency rations.
His current surroundings were clearly a wilderness forest, and until he confirmed what world he was in, ensuring his body had enough energy was crucial.
“As for weapons and equipment… I’ve got a tennis racket, three tennis balls, and the weighted sandbags on my body.”
To catch up with the physical abilities of those “monsters,” Xia Jia had always paid attention to training himself.
That was also how he had become acquainted with [Shadow] in the group.
In that guy’s words: “You’ve already escaped the role of a background character.
You now have the right to have your name remembered.”
Infuriating.
I’m the protagonist here!
“Too bad.
Unlike that guy, I don’t have anything convenient like a crowbar on me…”
After searching himself from head to toe, aside from the useful items he had already sorted out, he only had a schoolbag containing a change of sportswear.
There were not even any books inside.
After all, Xia Jia had been busy seeking out “mystery” and recruiting group members.
Where would he find time to study?
After living a second life, once he had become a light novel author and achieved financial freedom, he had spent more time learning the things that interested him.
For example, searching for the Unseen Boundary Line…
Besides, didn’t all normal people leave their books in their desks at school?
“These are all the things that might come in handy.”
Xia Jia glanced over the classified items, then packed them away again.
He placed his phone somewhere easy to reach.
In an emergency, it could still be used as a “bomb.” Even if he did not use it as a weapon, he could sell it as a commodity and earn his first bucket of gold in this world.
“For now, I should get out of this forest first.
I’ve got a bad feeling.”
Xia Jia looked around at the forest, where the leaves rustled faintly, and tightened his grip on the racket in his hand.
A tennis racket was nearly eighty centimeters long, and the netted surface was large enough to cover his chest and head.
Structurally, that gave this “weapon” both offensive and defensive properties.
After his excitement and unease from crossing worlds had calmed down a little, Xia Jia looked up at the sun, picked a direction, and started moving.
His athlete’s physical fitness allowed him to quickly adapt to the complex terrain of the forest, and his speed gradually increased.
But after walking for two hours, the sun began to set, and Xia Jia still had not left the forest.
“This forest is bigger than I imagined…”
Before dusk fully fell, Xia Jia found a tree hollow near a river and ended his journey for the day.
“A forest at night is dangerous.
Even though I have experience with wilderness survival training, I can’t be careless.
Nobody knows what kind of world this is or what kind of enemies might appear.”
“Maybe I need to prepare for long-term survival in the forest.”
Xia Jia sat down inside the tree hollow and took out the dry grass and wild fruit he had gathered along the way from his schoolbag.
Then he glanced at the instant noodles he had bought from the convenience store, and his heart settled slightly.
“The difference between day and night temperatures is a bit large.
Looks like I need to make other preparations.
First is the issue of starting a fire.”
That part, at least, was not a problem.
Xia Jia found some dry firewood nearby and piled the dry grass together.
Then he grabbed his racket and walked a short distance away.
After that, he pulled out a tennis ball from behind him and tossed it lightly into the air.
His figure leapt up along with the ball.
“Hah!”
The high-speed spinning tennis ball shot away from the racket and landed in the pile of dry grass in the blink of an eye.
The ultra-high-speed rotation created tremendous friction, and wisps of white smoke slowly rose from within the dry grass.
The moment the tennis ball bounced away, Xia Jia hurried forward and blew hard at the smoking spot.
He had placed flammable plant fibers there in advance, and very soon, a small flame rose.
“I mean, I haven’t reached the level of murder tennis yet, but starting a fire is still pretty ordinary… Yeah, right!”
How could an ordinary person possibly do that?
In any case, he had fire, water, and instant noodles.
For tonight, the problem was temporarily solved.
Before long, the rich scent of the seasoning packet drifted from the lunchbox, causing Xia Jia to frown slightly.
“The smell is way too strong!
I shouldn’t have bought braised beef flavor.”
In this quiet forest, it was practically sticking out like a sore thumb.
Cursing himself inwardly for being too careless, he quickly closed the lunchbox, added some cool water to lower the temperature, and tried to eliminate the source of the smell as fast as possible.
He had only slurped down two mouthfuls of noodles when rustling sounds came from the surrounding grass.
Xia Jia’s movements froze.
In the darkness, pairs of glowing red eyes slowly opened, sending a chill down his spine.
“Damn it!
I’m really unlucky!
That fast?”
He set down his bowl, grabbed his racket, and held it in front of himself, staring fixedly at the creatures in the dense forest.
Only after the little monsters gradually approached the campfire did Xia Jia finally see what they looked like.
“Goblins…”
They were common western fantasy monsters.
They were less than a meter tall, weak in strength, and likely inferior even to human children.
But…
“There are definitely worlds where goblins can slaughter everything in sight.”
Xia Jia raised his guard.
“Gabu!”
These goblins did not care about Xia Jia’s movements.
They had already been captivated by the tempting aroma before them, and their eyes were filled only with greed for food.
Over a dozen goblins shoved each other from both sides as they charged toward Xia Jia’s dinner.
Seeing this scene…
Xia Jia let out a small breath of relief.
Their intelligence was low.
They were within a range he could handle.
Bang!
Xia Jia kicked one goblin that pounced at him squarely, sending it flying three meters away.
He then quickly followed up with several more kicks, knocking down the monsters that came after it.
But their numbers made things somewhat chaotic for Xia Jia.
Even his racket was temporarily knocked from his hand under their group attack.
Before long, at the cost of losing the sandbag on his arm, Xia Jia had put all of the goblins down.
“Phew.
Good thing they’re just ordinary goblins… No, maybe they’re even weaker than ordinary goblins.”
Xia Jia observed that some of the goblins with more severe injuries directly burst into puffs of black smoke.
That abnormal phenomenon gave him a faint guess.
But before he could further examine the monster corpses, the sound of something slicing through the air suddenly reached his ears.
Thud.
“Hiss—”
A stone slammed hard into Xia Jia’s temple, and a thin line of blood slowly seeped out.
“There are more enemies!”
Clutching his wound, Xia Jia shifted his gaze.
What he saw was another group of goblins.
Only these goblins all carried vine-woven baskets on their backs, and every one of them was tossing a small stone up and down in their hands.
That was the weapon that had injured Xia Jia.
Before Xia Jia could react, five goblin throwers had already grinned viciously and hurled the stones in their hands.
“Oh, damn.”
Xia Jia instinctively raised his arms to block while doing his best to avoid the attacks.
Even so, one or two stones still struck him, making him grimace from the pain.
Xia Jia hurriedly ducked behind a large tree, his gaze landing on the racket lying on the ground.
At the first opportunity, he rolled over to the side of the racket.
In an instant, his eyes locked onto the positions of the throwing goblins.
Facing the five stones flying at him simultaneously, he swung the racket with all his might.
“Explosive Hadoukyuu!”
Bang!!!
The instant the rocks made contact with the racket, a crimson light burst from Xia Jia’s eyes.
“This is slice of life—nameru na!
Don’t you underestimate it, damn it!”
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Uma Musume, But I Only Have Five Years Left to Live (Chapter 178)
Zenless Zone Zero: I’m a Doctor, Not a Bangboo (Chapter 165)
Ben Tennyson Wants to Join the Justice League ( 126 )
TYPE-MOON: Redemption Beginning with the Holy Grail War (Chapter110)
Yu-Gi-Oh!
— Transmigrated into the White Dragon Girl (Chapter220)
“Is this chat group even serious?” (Chapter125)
I, Lord Ravager, Utterly Loyal!
(Chapter250)
Can Playing Games Save the World?
65
Crossover Anime Multiverse: The Demon Hunter of an Unnatural World 77
From Junkman to Wasteland 66
Weekly Refresh of Overpowered 31
I’m Grinding Proficiency Like 46
From Kiana, Lord Ravager, Onwa 220
Honkai: Is This Still the Prev 42
Elf: My Starter Pokémon Is Inc 65
Warhammer: My Primarch Is Remi 185
From Demon Slayer to Grand Ass Volume2/20
The Way the Umamusume Look at 68
Uma Musume, but My Cheat Power 248
Naruto: Weaving the Future, Be 65
Zenless Zone Zero, but Kamen R 76
Multiverse Crossover: The Perf 66
My Cyberpsycho Girlfriend 65
Uma Musume: The Dark Trainer 230
Uma Musume: A Calamity Born fr 154
I, a Reincarnation-Loop Player Volume4/40
The Violent Girl Group Is Beat 125
Uma Musume: The Horse Girl Who 67
Uma Musume: From Beginner 145
Becoming a Horse Girl, I Will 85
Uma Musume: I Want All 120
I Can Copy Unique Skills 115
Summoning an Evil God, but the 75
Supernatural Multiverse 110
My Harem Is Indescribable 100
Jujutsu Kaisen: Heroic Spirit 105
“I’m just a Valkyrie passing through.” 67
Uma Musume: Today Is Another Romantic Battlefield 105
Still playing traditional Honk 80
The Most Filial Son Under Heav 85
What Should I Do After Switchi – Volume2/3
Reincarnated as a Demon, Skill 78
Hell-Difficulty Dungeon?
55
Transmigrated as Sukuna 80
Checking In in Demon Slayer 85
The Reincarnating Trainer of Tracen Academy 100
I Refuse to Become a Heroic 85
My Best Friend Into a Slime?
80
A Saiyan Stands Above Marvel 90
What Do You Mean by Using a Lab Mod to Be the Hero?
75
Tanya Starts from Re:Zero 80
Why did they assign me to Uma 75
MYGO Beauties 70
DanMachi: Emiya the Giant Hero 70
The Gacha Merchant Who Started 80
Honkai’s Otherworld?
Wait—Who Are You People?!
80
Emiya Shirou, Determined to Slay Every Curse and Evil Spirit 57
The Uma Musume Who Became 55
I’m Definitely Not the King of 60
After Maxing Out Every Class 45
Naruto: I’m Konoha’s Local Men 35
Honkai: World Modulation Mode 34
I, the Elden Sword Saint 27
Dio Brando Is Challenging FGO 24
No One Knows Pokémon Better 18
I, Sakazuki, Won’t Go Down Tha 20
From Trilobites to Titans 10
Chainsaw Man: Contracted with 17
Arknights: Starting Out as a S 27
DanMachi:
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In Star Rail, Ultra-Beast Armored — Have I Caught “Equilibrium”?
l (Chapter 80) Uma Musume, But I Only Have Five Years Left to Live (Chapter 178) Zenless Zone Zero: I’m a Doctor, Not a Bangboo (Chapter 165)
Ben Tennyson Wants to Join the Justice League ( 126 ) TYPE-MOON: Redemption Beginning with the Holy Grail War (Chapter110) Yu-Gi-Oh!
— Transmigrated into the White Dragon Girl (Chapter220) “Is this chat group even serious?” (Chapter125) I, Lord Ravager, Utterly Loyal!
(Chapter250) Can Playing Games Save the World?
65 Crossover Anime Multiverse: The Demon Hunter of an Unnatural World 77 From Junkman to Wasteland 66 Weekly Refresh of Overpowered 31 I’m Grinding Proficiency Like 46 From Kiana, Lord Ravager, Onwa 220 Honkai: Is This Still the Prev 42 Elf: My Starter Pokémon Is Inc 65 Warhammer: My Primarch Is Remi 185 From Demon Slayer to Grand Ass Volume2/20 The Way the Umamusume Look at 68 Uma Musume, but My Cheat Power 248 Naruto: Weaving the Future, Be 65 Zenless Zone Zero, but Kamen R 76 Multiverse Crossover: The Perf 66 My Cyberpsycho Girlfriend 65 Uma Musume: The Dark Trainer 230 Uma Musume: A Calamity Born fr 154 I, a Reincarnation-Loop Player Volume4/40 The Violent Girl Group Is Beat 125 Uma Musume: The Horse Girl Who 67 Uma Musume: From Beginner 145 Becoming a Horse Girl, I Will 85 Uma Musume: I Want All 120 I Can Copy Unique Skills 115 Summoning an Evil God, but the 75 Supernatural Multiverse 110 My Harem Is Indescribable 100 Jujutsu Kaisen: Heroic Spirit 105 “I’m just a Valkyrie passing through.” 67 Uma Musume: Today Is Another Romantic Battlefield 105 Still playing traditional Honk 80 The Most Filial Son Under Heav 85 What Should I Do After Switchi – Volume2/3 Reincarnated as a Demon, Skill 78 Hell-Difficulty Dungeon?
55 Transmigrated as Sukuna 80 Checking In in Demon Slayer 85 The Reincarnating Trainer of Tracen Academy 100 I Refuse to Become a Heroic 85 My Best Friend Into a Slime?
80 A Saiyan Stands Above Marvel 90 What Do You Mean by Using a Lab Mod to Be the Hero?
75 Tanya Starts from Re:Zero 80 Why did they assign me to Uma 75 MYGO Beauties 70 DanMachi: Emiya the Giant Hero 70 The Gacha Merchant Who Started 80 Honkai’s Otherworld?
Wait—Who Are You People?!
80 Emiya Shirou, Determined to Slay Every Curse and Evil Spirit 57 The Uma Musume Who Became 55 I’m Definitely Not the King of 60 After Maxing Out Every Class 45 Naruto: I’m Konoha’s Local Men 35 Honkai: World Modulation Mode 34 I, the Elden Sword Saint 27 Dio Brando Is Challenging FGO 24 No One Knows Pokémon Better 18 I, Sakazuki, Won’t Go Down Tha 20 From Trilobites to Titans 10 Chainsaw Man: Contracted with 17 Arknights: Starting Out as a S 27 DanMachi: