From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

"Li Yi? Are you awake? I saw you open your eyes. Can you tell me what you're thinking now?"

A pleasant female voice rang in Li Yi's ears, waking him from his confusion.

Li Yi opened his eyes, and his vision gradually cleared. A white grid ceiling appeared before him, and in the center of his field of vision was a lamp emitting a blue and white light.

He subconsciously squinted, feeling uncomfortable.

"Oh, I forgot you've been unconscious for a long time. It must be quite dazzling, right?"

The sound rang out again, accompanied by the clatter of footsteps, and the light in the center of his vision turned a pale yellow.

"How are you? Feeling better?"

A delicate fragrance wafted over as the voice drew nearer.

Immediately afterwards, a slender, fair hand waved in front of her eyes, "Look here, I'm here."

Li Yi twisted his neck, which felt rusty, and struggled to turn his head to look. He saw a tall woman in a white coat smiling at him.

He was briefly stunned by it.

Because this woman looked exactly like the perfect partner in his imagination, with a face, figure, and no flaws whatsoever, except for wearing a pair of slightly old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses.

She looks like a doctor.

"I……"

Li Yi wanted to speak, but his tongue wouldn't obey him. It seemed he had become unfamiliar with human language and was now speaking haltingly.

He soon discovered that he was wearing a straitjacket and was firmly bound to a hospital bed in a private room.

"Don't be nervous, take it slow."

The woman gently stroked Li Yi's forehead, soothing him, her beautiful eyes gazing at him through her glasses.

As Li Yi calmed down, new memories suddenly flooded his mind.

He remembered that he must have transmigrated into a world of cultivation, becoming a swamp puppy living in an endless marshland, and then...

The memory abruptly ended halfway through, which quickly plunged Li Yi into a state of agitation.

He always felt that he had lost something, something very important.

Seemingly noticing Li Yi's unusual behavior, the woman quickly continued to comfort him, while smiling gently:

"Li Yi, do you remember who I am?"

Looking at her sexy face, Li Yi felt a natural affinity and slowly shook his head.

"It seems you don't remember again. My surname is also Li, and I am your attending physician, Li Yueyou."

As she spoke, the woman moved her face closer to Li Yi, gently kissed his cheek, and continued in his ear, "She is also your lover."

Li Yi looked at her in surprise. The two stared at each other closely, and a somewhat absurd feeling arose in their hearts.

Are you sure?

He asked, his words muffled.

Hearing this, Li Yueyou explained affectionately, "I know you've forgotten again. You always forget after each episode, but it's okay. I will try to cure you again and again."

"You have developed a severe form of delusional disorder. You've created a non-existent world in your imagination and even fantasize that you're a crocodile that has bitten many fellow sufferers."

"I specially placed you here so that you could receive better treatment."

"this……"

Li Yi felt a bit confused. He was like a newborn, unable to distinguish between the two different memories.

He seemed to truly belong to this world. After graduating from university, he fell in love with Li Yueyou, and it was as if he had already arrived in that swamp, hunting, fighting, and growing.

"You should take your medicine. All I want now is for you to get better and stay with me for the rest of your life."

As Li Yueyou spoke, she took out some medicine from a drawer and picked up a glass of water.

"This is a newly developed, highly effective drug from abroad. You must firmly believe that the world you're in is an illusion, and it will truly disappear from your mind."

"By then, you will be completely cured."

At this point, Li Yueyou's eyes reddened, and a tear rolled down her cheek. "I really don't want to go on like this anymore."

Seeing this, Li Yi stood there stunned, as more fragments of memories flooded his mind.

The details of his love for Li Yueyou are so vivid and lifelike, they are all right before my eyes.

A deep sadness welled up in his heart.

Then, he saw the pills in Li Yueyou's palm.

They look very strange; some are spherical, some are tetrahedral, and some are cylindrical. In short, they come in all sorts of shapes and colors, and they also have all sorts of bizarre but familiar patterns.

These pills... look like little eyes.

For some reason, Li Yi had this thought in his mind.

He watched the pills get closer and closer with some resistance, but when he looked up, he met Li Yueyou's mournful and beautiful eyes, and his heart softened immediately.

The two come from vastly different backgrounds; he is just an ordinary person, while Li Yueyou is extremely wealthy, and this private hospital was even established by her family.

She has treated me with such unwavering devotion, how could I possibly let her down?

After thinking for a moment, Li Yi swallowed the pill with water.

"well done."

Li Yueyou sat upright to the side, offering encouragement.

Li Yi felt something enter his body, like a virus seeping into his blood and flowing throughout his body.

He could still hear Li Yueyou's soft whispers, which soothed the excitement and turmoil in his heart.

"That world is an illusion. As long as you firmly believe it to be true, you can break free and return to my embrace..."

"You're not a crocodile, you're a human, you're my lover..."

After a while, Li Yi opened his eyes again, gazing intently at everything around him.

His eyes looked like those of a giant crocodile lurking in the water or mud, waiting for its prey to take the bait, or perhaps it was a disguise.

"Oh, it's okay. I believe you'll get through this treatment."

After Li Yueyou finished speaking, she looked at Li Yi with deep affection, then turned around, pushed open the door of the ward, and left.

The ward was completely silent, and the lights were quickly turned off.

Under the influence of the medication, Li Yi felt dizzy and sleepy. He became increasingly confused, but one thought kept swirling in his mind.

Is that world really an illusion?

Everything I experienced... was so real, but for some reason, most of that memory is gone.

In the darkness, Li Yi forced his eyes wide open, his breathing steady, and focused all his thoughts on one thing.

He has always trusted only himself; all medicines are just external things.

Li Yi is still trying his best to explore the memories in his mind in an attempt to find the truth.

In the last moment before falling asleep, Li Yi suddenly saw a white python with delicate, snow-white scales all over its body in his mind, and then he drifted off to sleep.