Legend of Rising in Another World

Whoosh… whoosh…
The endless sound of wind rushed past his ears…
His body was plummeting at breakneck speed…
He couldn’t open his eyes…
The dizziness grew stronger and stronger…
Until finally…
He lost consciousness…
When his senses returned, Ding felt pain shooting through every inch of his body.
“Oh my god, this hurts like hell!” he muttered, struggling to open his eyes.
His head throbbed; his mind felt blank, as if something important had slipped away. He was about to sit up and try to recall it when, suddenly, his eyes widened in shock—he saw a pair of green eyes…
Those eyes glowed eerily, fixed on him with a predatory stare, unmoving…
Ding rubbed his eyes, focusing more closely, and realized the green glow came from a gray male wolf’s eyes. Night was just beginning to fall, the sky not yet fully dark, making the sight even more chilling.
A cold sweat broke out over Ding’s body.
He now noticed that what he lay upon was soft and furry. He was sprawled across the body of a huge gray wolf. The wolf lay motionless, its body still warm, but its eyes were shut and blood pooled at its mouth. It seemed he must have fallen on the wolf and killed it, though he couldn’t understand how that had happened.
Wolves are pack animals, often appearing in groups. Ding scanned his surroundings warily. Thankfully, aside from the one watching him, there were no other wolves in sight.
In the dim twilight, Ding could make out that he was on a slope, with plenty of rocks about and dense mountain forest nearby. The abunda