The sun rose, shining over the entire land. Brian Carter really wanted to test whether he could be fine under the sun, but he was afraid his soul would scatter. He spent most of the day torn between trying and not trying, and finally decided to expose himself to the sunlight. It seems human curiosity is truly endless, and one can even risk danger for it.

When Brian Carter stretched his hand into the sunlight, a burning sensation came from his hand, and he quickly pulled it back. He felt relieved: Luckily, I only tried with my hand. Luckily, I noticed the sun was about to rise and immediately found a cave to hide in. Otherwise, I’d have been reduced to ashes by the sunlight like a ghost in a horror movie.

Now Brian Carter could be sure of one thing: he was indeed a ghost. But he still didn’t know where this place was, or what kind of world it was.

As the sun set and night arrived, Brian Carter could move about again.

Still pondering the questions from the day, Brian Carter drifted along with the wind. He found that he felt more energetic under the moonlight, and a bit muddled during the day. Could it be that moonlight is “food” for ghosts? With this thought, Brian Carter floated upward, rising to about 10,000 meters above the ground, only to find that instead of feeling more energetic the higher he went, he actually grew more and more exhausted. Could it be that even ghosts can’t handle being too far from the ground?

Brian Carter drifted back down and discovered that the forest he’d been in that morning was enormous—probably about 100,000 square kilometers, shaped like a yin-yang fish. Around the forest seemed to be small towns where people gathered, with some roads leading further away, and several large cities visible on the horizon.

Finding signs of human habitation was the happiest thing for Brian Carter that day, so he floated toward one of the towns.

Halfway there, he saw a few people below fighting a monster. Brian Carter approached them and landed in front of them, but they kept fighting the monster, clearly unable to see him. It seemed this wasn’t the world of the dead, but another world. Having read novels on Earth, he concluded that he had transmigrated.

Apparently, this group was quite strong and quickly dealt with the monster. He watched as they skinned the creature and dug out its “heart”—a crystal-like “heart.” This must be the magic core described in novels. After finishing up, the group headed deeper into the forest.

Naturally, Brian Carter followed them. The group consisted of three men and two women, all attractive except for one man. Especially one woman in a white robe—she was stunning, and among all the people Brian Carter had seen, only the beautiful woman who had died could compare. But he hadn’t seen her clearly at the time, maybe it was just a hazy beauty, so Brian Carter imagined her as perfect.

“Is Princess Grace really going to lure him into the depths of the forest?” another beautiful woman whispered to the white-robed woman.

Princess frowned slightly and said, “We’ve come this far, we must lure him to the center. Otherwise, all our efforts these past days will be wasted.”

The other woman seemed a bit reluctant and continued, “Do we really have to do this? He’ll definitely die in there, and we’re leaving him alone.”

Princess replied, “If we don’t bring him to the Magic Beast Forest today, he’ll destroy us in the future! The things he’s done these past years are enough for him to die dozens of times. If he weren’t the second young master of the Long family, he’d have been torn to pieces long ago. Claire Green, he’s harassed you before too, hasn’t he?”

Claire Green: “Well…” Claire Green was very simple-minded. Princess was right—since things had come to this, she might as well help rid the empire of a menace.

Princess had planned this for months, letting the man she’d always rejected get close to her, gradually becoming friendly. Using this school training as an excuse, she invited a few friends to the Magic Beast Forest. This man, who only knew how to do bad things, had no idea how dangerous the forest was, nor where its depths lay.

His only redeeming quality was that he was easy to fool due to his ignorance. Others wouldn’t dare trick him, and if she hadn’t been forced, she wouldn’t have provoked the Long family either. He’d become more and more shameless lately—if this went on, she…

Princess didn’t dare think further and just kept walking. Looking at her two friends ahead—one was Willard Green, son of the chief guard Lindog, and the other was Raymond Clark, son of the deputy captain of the Royal Knights, Xinle—she felt sorry for involving them in this.

Actually, the two of them knew the consequences, but they didn’t want their childhood friend to be humiliated by that man. For her, they were willing to go through anything.

Brian Carter followed behind them. Although he heard their conversation, he didn’t understand a word. This language wasn’t from Earth, and besides, he only knew Chinese on Earth. But he memorized the conversation completely—not the meaning, but every sound. If he ever learned the language, he’d know exactly what they’d said.

Brian Carter was very curious—what were they doing in this dangerous forest at night?

Chapter 3: Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul

Brian Carter followed them into what they considered the depths of the forest. Actually, this wasn’t truly the deepest part, but generally, without great strength, no one could go further. So from here on, it was considered a dangerous area, and people called it the depths.