Lord of the Forbidden Zone

Xiao Hei’s gaze swept over the snowy mountains. It closed its eyes and breathed its last. It was old, its teeth had fallen out, and its fur had matted into a blanket. It had reached the end of its life, and simply making it this far was already a miracle.

Its only regret was not dying on the battlefield alongside its master. Still, it didn’t matter. Dying in the snowy mountains wasn’t so bad.

This was where it and its master had first met. At the very end, it seemed to hear that long-forgotten line: “Where’d this mutt come from?”

Its massive body shrank into a puppy small enough to fit in a palm, then drifted toward the deserted city at the foot of the ice peaks. It landed in a ramshackle kennel, and soon the sound of a puppy’s yips rang out.

At the same time, a bedraggled figure in a school uniform, driven by sheer determination, followed the barking and crawled to the city gate before passing out.

A new adventure was about to begin.

(Traditional fantasy + no System + group transmigration)