A dusky yellow sky, desolate sand dunes, and simple hues formed a barren wasteland. This was the place where humans, after death, lingered due to lingering resentment. It was named Hueco Mundo.
Suddenly, in this silent space, another figure was teleported in. It was a creature resembling a snake. Its face bore a white mask, and its overall body was silvery white, roughly over three meters long.
"Where is this?"
The serpentine creature raised its head to look at the gray, boundless surroundings, an expression of confusion and bewilderment appearing on its face.
But immediately afterward, this serpentine creature felt many blurry images flash through its mind.
The first half of the images depicted a young man in his twenties, repeating the daily routine of going to work and returning home, his life without much fluctuation and nothing particularly noteworthy. His greatest hobbies in daily life were watching anime, scrolling through Douyin, and playing with his phone.
However, at the very last moment of these images, this ordinary young man did something even he himself did not expect. He saved a little girl who had fallen into the water, but ended up sacrificing himself in the process.
If someone were to ask him now if he regretted it, he would say he had no regrets about saving the person, but he wanted to say "I'm sorry!" to his parents.
The serpentine creature's memories gradually became clear. First, it kowtowed three times toward the east before saying, "Father, Mother, take care. I, Lin Sheng, can only repay your nurturing kindness in my next life."
Although he said this, Lin Sheng still hoped to see his parents again someday. However, at this moment, he did not even know where this place was.
"I wonder if the heavens took pity on me, actually letting me be reincarnated and reborn. But why not just give me a human body? I'm really not used to this snake form," Lin Sheng said to the sandstorm-filled sky.
There was not even a sun here, yet for some reason, it was daytime.
Suddenly, the sand dune to Lin Sheng's left began to churn, and a monster resembling a spider emerged. Its face bore a white mask, and its abdomen had a deep, dark hole.
"This monster... could it be a Hollow?"
The monster before his eyes gradually overlapped with an image from an anime in Lin Sheng's memory.
"Roar..."
This Spider Hollow roared as it pounced toward Lin Sheng. Lin Sheng instinctively dodged, and a sharp spider leg slashed through the spot where he had just been.
That was close.
Looking at the Spider Hollow's incredibly sharp forelimbs, Lin Sheng revealed an expression of having narrowly escaped death.
But the Spider Hollow clearly had no intention of giving him much time for reflection. Its massive body continued to pounce forward, seemingly unwilling to let Lin Sheng escape this feast.
"Damn it, if I get killed by a monster like you, wouldn't that be like landing and turning into a box!"
Lin Sheng also grew fierce. They were both the lowest-level Hollows. Who was afraid of whom?
"Roar..."
The Spider Hollow had virtually no intelligence to speak of, attacking purely on instinct.
After dodging several attacks, Lin Sheng took advantage of its moment of unresponsiveness and coiled around the Spider Hollow from its abdomen.
At this moment, offense and defense instantly reversed. Lin Sheng's entire body began to squeeze with force, and the Spider Hollow immediately howled in agony.
As Lin Sheng's strength grew greater and greater, the Spider Hollow suddenly went poof and dissipated into particles in the world.
Whoosh!
One of the blue particles flew toward Lin Sheng and actually merged into his body.
Holy cow! Could that be a curse attack?
But before Lin Sheng could carefully inspect it, he felt his power seemed to have grown stronger, and his body also showed a tendency to enlarge. However, compared to his over-three-meter body, the growth was not very noticeable.
"Could it be that wasn't a curse attack just now?" Lin Sheng now realized that not only was he not weakened, he actually seemed to have become stronger.
Is this the reason Hollows fight and kill each other?
Then, if I keep devouring, could I change my current appearance?
In Chinese legends, snakes can transform into pythons. After pythons grow feet, they can become flood dragons. Flood dragons are already mythical creatures, and finally, the flood dragon transforms into a true dragon.
By then, undergoing Arrancarization would not be unacceptable either.
"No matter what, as long as I keep evolving, I can definitely change this appearance!" Lin Sheng affirmed.
After all, this was the world of Bleach, not some animal documentary. Here, anything was possible.
"In this life, at the very least, I should stand above all the gods. Otherwise, how could I live up to my identity as a Transmigrator!"
"And guys like Aizen, the Soul King, and Yhwach, I'll make them understand what it truly means to be the King of Hueco Mundo!" Lin Sheng secretly planned his future.
"However, the top priority is still to improve my strength and gain the ability to protect myself. After all, Hueco Mundo is no friendly place." After planning his future, Lin Sheng had not lost himself. He intended to first escape his current crisis, as there were countless Hollows stronger than him in Hueco Mundo.
"Of course, if there's a chance, it would be best to confirm which timeline I'm currently in!"
What if Aizen had already achieved the Hogyoku fusion? Then just pretend I never said anything earlier!
In the boundless, desolate sand dunes, a long figure slithered along.
Suddenly, there was actually a human figure ahead. Lin Sheng was instantly astonished.
How could there be a human in Hueco Mundo?
Judging by his attire, he did not look like a Shinigami or an Arrancar. Instead, he resembled an ordinary human from the city.
Lin Sheng cautiously crawled over. Seeing that the figure had its back turned to him, he asked in as calm a tone as possible, "Excuse me, are you a human lost here?"
The figure with its back to Lin Sheng trembled repeatedly, but it did not turn around, nor did it reply.
"Are you a human lost here?" Lin Sheng raised his voice, slithered forward, and asked again.
"Uh... uhh..."
As Lin Sheng approached and called out, the figure finally seemed to hear him and slowly turned its head around.
It was a human face filled with despair, streaked with tears, as if wanting to say something to Lin Sheng.
But immediately afterward, the sounds emitted by this person turned into terrifying low growls, and its body began to rapidly swell. Besides the white mask revealed on its face, there was also a large black hole on its chest, the hollow hole produced by inner emptiness.
By now, even if Lin Sheng were slow to react, he understood. This was the stage where a human, after death, still harboring attachments, was dragged into Hueco Mundo and transformed into a Hollow.
This monster, just converted into a Hollow, had now completely lost its sanity, charging madly toward Lin Sheng as if wanting to vent all its resentment onto the prey before it.
With a thud!
This newly formed Hollow's speed was actually even greater than Lin Sheng's. With a single strike, it sent Lin Sheng flying.
However, its strength was somewhat lacking. Lin Sheng merely tumbled on the sand before stabilizing himself.
Whoosh!
Lin Sheng circled around this newly formed Hollow, sliding on the sand, and immediately tried to tighten his coils. However, the newly formed Hollow, relying on instinct, jumped away in advance.
After escaping the encirclement, the newly formed Hollow did not give up. It directly grabbed Lin Sheng's tail, wanting to swing him around.
But this played right into Lin Sheng's hands. Before the newly formed Hollow could start swinging, Lin Sheng coiled around it from the opposite direction.
Not long after, under the pressure of Lin Sheng's entire body, the newly formed Hollow dissipated into the world, and another blue point of light entered Lin Sheng's body once more.
"This guy's Reishi doesn't seem to have increased as much as that Spider Hollow's. It seems the more powerful the Hollow, the more Reishi one can obtain!" Lin Sheng summarized after the battle ended.