Yan Yi didn’t retreat a single step before subduing one wolf. The other wolves froze mid-lunge, stunned. Even the frontliners halted. One thought echoed through the pack: *We’ve met real trouble?!*

Yan Yi’s mind finally settled. *I’m Yan Yi. Either this isn’t a dream, or I’ve jumped dimensions. Next step: find a quiet place to retire. Simple enough. Probably.*

He lowered his right hand, only then noticing what he held. He lifted the wolf in his left grip to eye level.

“Is this a wolf? A red-skinned breed?” He peered at its teeth, utterly ignoring the stench. “Hmm. Wolf-like, but why’s its mouth so hot?”

The watching wolves bristled. Their Overlord—mocked by a puny human?! Every wolf charged. *Wolves may die, but never endure shame!*

At their howls, Yan Yi glanced at the pack, expression unchanged. His left wrist flicked. The captured wolf soared skyward. He sidestepped left, then right—barely shifting his body—yet not a single claw touched him. The wolves tore through empty air like ghosts.

Yan Yi caught the falling wolf and resumed his examination, utterly absorbed. Even the wolves seethed. *Damn it—this insults wolfkind!*

“A new species.” Yan Yi marveled at his luck (*was it luck?*), nodding. *Should I make a specimen?* Heat suddenly flared nearby. He tossed the wolf aside and turned toward the source—and froze again.

The largest wolf—nearly five meters long, their alpha—gaped at the sky. Before its jaws hovered a fireball three meters wide.

The surrounding wolves scattered instantly, leaving Yan Yi alone in bewildered silence.

“This isn’t scientific!”

As the words left his lips, the alpha roared. The fireball shot toward him.

Still confused, Yan Yi reacted fast. His right hand slashed forward—a blur of motion carving a vacuum zone two meters ahead.

But the fireball sailed through untouched.

“What the hell?! How’s it burning?! Totally unscientific!”

Flames needed oxygen. His vacuum should’ve snuffed it for a full second. Yet the inferno charged on.

Eyes wide, Yan Yi watched the fireball engulf him. A deafening blast erupted. Heatwaves flattened everything within ten meters, leaving a smoking crater.

Yan Yi exhaled, safe on the crater’s edge. His backward leap had been just fast enough to escape the heat.

“Close call.”

Good thing he’d jumped. A direct hit wouldn’t wound him badly—but his clothes? Gone. *No way I’m going feral before I even understand this world.*

These creatures defied his knowledge. Above, the sky plunged into darkness. Three moons rose—crimson, gold, and azure—drenching the land in tri-colored light. It bathed the alpha, who threw back its head in a long howl. An aura of sacred majesty radiated from its body.

Yan Yi stared, not at the wolf’s power, but at the triple moons.

“So that crash… crossed dimensions too?”

His otaku brain flooded with isekai tropes. *How did this happen? Odds lower than getting hit by a meteor.*

The alpha gave no time to ponder. It sprinted, leaping over the crater to pounce.

Annoyance flickered in Yan Yi’s eyes—interrupted thoughts were irritating. He pushed off lightly, evading the strike. Where he’d stood, the ground shattered, cracks spiderwebbing outward.

He landed softly, annoyance replaced by a spark of excitement.

“You’re not strong. But I haven’t stretched my legs in ages. Let’s loosen up.”

The alpha didn’t pause. Its massive claws swept forward, launching four blades of wind.

Yan Yi vaulted over them. Behind him, trees in the forest split cleanly into five sections. Mid-air, he simply clenched his fist, aiming a punch at the alpha.

A flicker of disdain crossed the alpha’s eyes. It opened its maw to crush him—then primal instinct screamed *danger*. Beast-kings survived by sensing threats. This human, radiating no aura, was lethal.

*If I bite now, I die.*

The alpha recoiled desperately. Another three-meter fireball formed in its throat, launched mid-retreat.

Yan Yi blinked in surprise. He’d planned to knock it out with one solid hit—testing his strength first. But the aggressive alpha retreating? *Tactical retreat? Or… scared?*

The fireball rushed him. Trapped mid-air, he couldn’t dodge like last time. A faint frown creased his brow. His fist shot forward before the fireball could detonate—so fast his arm seemed to vanish.

The fireball imploded. Behind it, the alpha convulsed as its organs ruptured. Blood gushed from its jaws. It collapsed, twitching. Beyond its body, a cylindrical tunnel—cleaving earth and trees—stretched deep into the forest.

One punch. Total annihilation.

Yan Yi landed lightly. The remaining wolves trembled, stepping back as one.

“Used too much force?”

He shook his head. He wouldn’t slaughter the pack. But the alpha was beyond saving. *Dissection it is. Curiosity must be satisfied.*

*Perhaps this is for the best?* He glanced at the triple moons. Facing the utterly unknown, a rare thrill stirred in his chest. *In that world, I wasn’t needed. Here… do I even have a reason to live?*

A faint smile touched his lips. He hoisted the twitching alpha onto his shoulder and walked away, vanishing into the forest under the wolves’ stunned gaze.