Morning mist flowed like milk through the fir forest. Mu Bai was startled awake by a cold, damp sensation. He instinctively raised his hand to push up his glasses, but his fingertips only touched the bridge of his nose and a few drops of icy morning dew that had just fallen between his eyebrows.
He opened his eyes, slightly dazed, and the first thing he saw was a circle of enormous green trees, at least two or three meters tall. He murmured, "Where is this…?"
The next second, as if waking from a nightmare, he shot up, sitting abruptly. The hazy drowsiness in his mind vanished completely.
He instinctively looked down at his hands, and… the first thing that met his gaze was a pair of fair, full breasts, the kind that couldn't be held in one hand. She could even clearly see a small black mole on her left breast.
A strange environment, had he transmigrated?
His vision, clear enough to see his surroundings without glasses, and this full chest… so, while transmigrating, he also became a she!? Became a girl?
"Ah… ah…" She opened her mouth, emitting a cute and pleasant female voice, distinctly different from his previous one.
She tried hard to recall; she should have been lying in bed at home playing on her phone, right? How did she suddenly transmigrate? Did she die suddenly?
But that shouldn't be. As an unemployed person, she slept for over ten hours a day and didn't do any strenuous work apart from cleaning and cooking for herself. Anyone else could die suddenly, but not her!
"No, I vaguely remember… didn't something crash through my wall…?"
Dimly, a scene of a large Dayun Heavy Truck driving towards her appeared in her mind. Instantly, her expression stiffened, "What's going on? A truck crashed into my house and killed me???"
The problem was, she lived on the eleventh floor! Was this reasonable?
What was this? The opportunity for transmigration had arrived, unstoppable?
"Ding~"
Just then, a crisp sound rang in her mind:
"The Flame-Chasers Vestige System is at your service."
"You have unlocked your first vestige: Cipher (Cyphalia)."
"Increase your popularity to unlock the next chance to draw a vestige. Current popularity: 0/10000."
Hmm? A system? A cheat?
However, isn't this system a bit strange? Flame-Chasers vestiges, shouldn't those be Elysia, Pardo, Kevin, and the like? Why is it Cipher?
But thinking about it, Honkai: Star Rail has the word 'Honkai' in it, and Amphoreus's Chrysos Heirs are also on a journey of Deliverance like the Flame-Chasers, so Chrysos Heirs being equivalent to the Twelve Flame-Chasers isn't really a problem, is it?
Probably?
"So, I've really become Cipher? That Flash Catgirl?"
She refocused her attention on herself, raising her hands. She could see that all ten fingers were painted with golden nail polish; her nails were slightly long, and overall, they looked very beautiful.
Then she reached out and touched her cheek. Besides the extremely pleasant, delicate, and soft skin and the silky smooth, silver-gray long hair, she didn't feel any ears.
"No normal ears, so only a pair of cat ears?" As she mumbled to herself, she moved the hand from her cheek over her head, and sure enough, she touched a pair of fluffy cat ears.
The moment she touched her 'new ears,' Cipher couldn't help but narrow her eyes. This feeling was strange; in terms of touch, these fluffy ears felt incredibly good, just like petting a cat, making one want to touch and pinch them more.
But the sensation coming from her ears was like someone lightly tickling the sole of her foot, making her feel an itch in her heart.
If anyone else were here, they would see a silver-haired Catgirl sitting duck-style on the ground, her cheeks slightly flushed, gently rubbing and pinching her ears, her long Tail unconsciously swaying left and right behind her, looking utterly adorable.
"Eek~!"
The next second, Cipher suddenly let out a low shriek. While pinching her ears, she accidentally poked her finger into her ear, touching the white fluff inside, which made her shiver.
Only then did she react, quickly stopping this strange action and pulling her hand back, leaving only those snow-white cat ears seemingly trembling slightly with the rhythm of her heartbeat.
After taking a few deep breaths, she slowly calmed her strange emotions.
Although she had turned into a girl, this was not an unacceptable thing for her.
His previous male body was fragile and weak, getting out of breath after running two steps. But according to the game settings, Cipher is a Chrysos Heirs, a Demigod of Trickery! Her physical fitness is countless times stronger than his. Just from this point alone, she had hit the jackpot!
Moreover, in his previous life, he had no parents and was as ordinary as could be. Instead of continuing to live a purposeless and unremarkable life, now he had a new world, a powerful new body, and a new life. Isn't this purely a good thing?
Becoming a cute girl or something, that's not even a price to pay!
Besides, there are also males among the Chrysos Heirs, such as Phainon, Mydei, and others. According to her 'system,' if she can draw these vestiges in the future, can she 'change' back into a male?
It's just that she doesn't know the specific mechanism for the system to draw new vestiges—is it like a game account that can be switched at any time, or do they coexist?
Cipher put her hands on the ground and slowly stood up. She was now wearing Cipher's classic outfit from the game: a black tight-fitting top, leg rings, and golden high-heeled boots.
Wearing high heels for the first time in this life, plus the two large 'weights' on her chest, she was naturally very unaccustomed to it.
Leaving the body she had lived in for over twenty years and entering a completely new body, it was very normal to feel unaccustomed and unadapted.
In fact, let alone changing bodies, even someone who has never worn high heels would feel very uncomfortable walking a couple of steps in them, let alone the current Cipher.
Then, as soon as she took a step, she lost her balance and immediately performed a 'flat-ground fall'!
As everyone knows, when a person walks, if they step with their left leg, they swing their right arm; it's the opposite. This is to maintain balance. A cat's Tail also serves to maintain balance.
As everyone knows, when people breathe through their nose, there's an automatic mode and a manual mode. The same goes for a cat's Tail. Cipher hadn't paid any attention to her Tail just now, so her Tail was in automatic mode. Then, when she took a step, she stepped with her right leg, and her Tail happened to be swinging to the right at that moment.
In short, she walked out of sync! (Literal: 'crossed her arms and legs')
She was already very unaccustomed, and then walking out of sync led to this very embarrassing flat-ground fall…