Shen Yan, a modern animal behavior researcher, accidentally transmigrates into an ABO beastfolk world while staying up late to finish a report. He wakes in a snowbound coniferous forest. There he meets Lin, an Omega boy abandoned by the Arctic fox tribe. His silver-white fox ears droop, and his ice-blue eyes brim with fear. Unable to awaken his beast form reliably, he is dismissed as “useless” and left to struggle alone to survive the bitter winter.
Moved by compassion and professional instinct, Shen Yan offers a helping hand and promises, “I’ll teach you how to survive,” becoming Lin’s mentor. He takes Lin to find a cave for shelter, teaches him to set traps for rabbits, identify beast marks, and prepare game, using modern knowledge to open up new possibilities for survival in this strange world. He also patiently guides Lin in controlling his pheromones, watching as the faint white glow at his fingertips slowly gives way to the courage to face hardship.
Comforted by the calming scent of cedar that clings to Shen Yan, Lin grows from a shivering little beast curled up in a ball into a boy who eagerly gathers firewood and scrapes hides for his mentor. When his heart races at his mentor’s touch and his mint-scented pheromones turn sweet, he belatedly realizes that what he feels goes beyond the bond between teacher and student. And as they spend day after day together, Shen Yan’s interest in a “rare beastfolk” turns into a tenderness and protectiveness meant for Lin alone. He stands between Lin and the snow wolves pursuing him, promising, “I won’t let anyone take you away,” never realizing he has already come to cherish this Arctic fox Omega across the boundaries of time.
The tribe’s search closes in, and the trials of awakening a beast form are just beginning. This bond between mentor and student, forged across worlds in the dead of winter, is growing into a passionate connection of mutual salvation, woven from mingling pheromones and budding affection. Just as
