Ants

"Ugghhh.... where the f**k am I?" Yao Mei opened her blank gaze into a world of colour. Before him was world of vibrant colour, something that he hadn't enjoyed in many years. There was a bright sky that gave warmth without sting, and a gentle breeze to cool his head. This was unlike anything he had experienced.

He laid on a soft layer of green grass, within a forest that was not too dense in vegetation. With a certain lushness of it all, he felt calmer by the second.

But something was awfully wrong.

"What is with my body...? I feel so light. Where is all of my fat?" He rolled over and got on his knees, slowly proceeding to stand up, albeit weakly.

"Damn, my body is so thin, like those ulzzang girls... I wonder what my face looks like since my fat is gone."

And of course Yao Mei did not even care that he had woken up in a place he had never been, all he cared about at that very moment would be his looks. As a shut in Tactical Insertion gamer for the past 10 years, he had gained too much weight from just sitting around and eating. It felt quite refreshing to him, being thin and whatnot.

Creeping over to a small pond, Yao Mei stopped as soon as his hands were touching the water. With that, his head could be reflected from the water of what was above. His face was a little too familiar.

"Custom avatar." He let out without any reservation.

"Pink hair, Red eyes, fair skin..."

"Okay, time to die. I am not going to become one of those otaku MCs that get isekaied and then become stupid, and then become ultra dumb, and then become 1IQ and then die...."

"F**k! I can't even speak right... I am already becoming an Isekai MC!"

[Warning]

[Suicide is not an option]

[Punishment: Castration and forced reincarnation as slave]

"And here comes the system..."

"O what? You are gonna give me a some OP starter package so I can become a dumb protagonist and establish some harem? No thanks! I'm going to earn my keep."

[Starter pack will be awarded after surviving 24 hours]

"That's what I mean. I don't like freebies, I earn my loot." Yao Mei smiled smugly as he crossed his arms with an expression of defiance.

"Hey, where even am I? How am I supposed to level up and stuff? Is this a fantasy setting with those tsundere elves, or some Xianxia setting with tsundere senior sister disciples?"

[Guns]

[Cultivation]

[GOOD LUCK HOST]

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?! Keep my AK away from that cultivation bullsh*t! Xianxia is okay on its own and guns a perfect on their own, you can't mix two of them together! THIS IS HERESY ON THE MOST HIGH!"

"LIKE HELL I AM GONNA GO AROUND YELLING 'YIN YANG AZURE FEATHER DIVINE LION HEAVENLY DRAGON TECHNIQUE' EVERY WHERE I GO!"

"Guns are sacred, keep them away from that cultivation nonsense."

[Cultivating will improve the hosts aim-]

"F**k it, I'm in. I've been a copper for years, now I'm gonna be a legend amongst operators."

"Now where's my guns?"

"I don't even have any guns, how am I supposed to do the leveling up and stuff?"

[The host will be rewarded with EXP for every creature killed by the host]

[Stronger creatures will award more EXP]

[Goodbye]

"WAIT!"

The system did not respond. The scene fell silent.

"Okay... I just have to kill something so I can gain some EXP... but how do I kill anything with my small fists? Am I supposed to trip them and hope they break their necks?"

"Or do I have to grind ants?" He smoothly browsed the thing green grass and found a small lump in the ground. Small black dot were moving in and out of the small lump, moving bundles of green towards the mound as they returned.

Yao Mei gave a brief smile as he cupped his hands and got some water, proceeding towards the mound and dropping the water all over.

[Gold Realm 1st stage Ant Baron killed by host, 1,000EXP awarded]

[Copper Realm 4th stage Ant Worker killed by host, 4EXP awarded]

[Bronze Realm 5th stage Ant Soldier killed by host, 50EXP awarded]

[Silver Realm 9th stage Ant Soldier killed by host, 900EXP awarded]

[Platinum Realm 2nd stage Mu Chang killed by host, 20,000 awarded]

[Copper...]

[Host has progressed to Silver Realm 2nd stage, EXP was reduced by 90% due to host not possessing gun spirit]

"F**k! I just got so much EXP but I can't even use it all? This is injustice!"

——————-

"Senior brother! The Demon Ant tribe was eliminated after their failed assault against the Azure Barrel Sect!"

"How?! They escaped safely!"

"I do not know... they went into hiding and were all eliminated..."

"DAMMIT ALL! Us demonic cultivators will definitely destroy the human cultivators and rule the Myriad Gun Continent! For our brothers!"