Chapter 1 A Sudden Calamity

Nangong Sanba sat at the table, trembling. Today was truly an unexpected disaster. Facing these two old werewolves with thousands of years of experience, even a genuine demon hunter wouldn't necessarily gain an advantage. As a half-baked one himself, he was basically sending himself to his death. So, even now, he was still having lingering fears: fortunately, they didn't fight. He pulled out his crossbow just to die a little more decently, never even thinking he could win...

Hao Ren and Vivian and the others comforted Nangong Sanba with some apologies, and Bruffley and Brushette finally believed the "outer member" explanation when they saw that all the other creatures in this sanctuary could talk and laugh with this demon hunter. They were extremely curious about what amazing secrets this small sanctuary was hiding: developing a demon hunter into the ranks of other creatures was a feat that no one had ever succeeded in for thousands of years. They felt that once this news was released, it would probably cause a minor sensation.

Of course, Hao Ren couldn't let them take this news out and spread it around, so he specifically instructed them a few times. The basic reason was that the sanctuary lived in seclusion, and now the demon hunters were powerful. Once Nangong Sanba's situation was leaked, this "insider" who had finally been developed might be cleaned up by the demon hunters. This reason was greatly appreciated by the two old werewolves, and they also agreed that the identity of the "demon hunter rebel" must be kept secret.

A small misunderstanding was finally resolved, and Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. Then he quickly took the little merman from Nangong Wuyue's side, wanting to see how the little guy who had been frightened earlier was doing. But then everyone noticed that the little guy who had been wailing just now was gone: she was lying quietly on the table, her tail stretched out stiffly, her hands crossed on her chest, without a sound!

Hao Ren was immediately frightened. He cried out and picked up the little guy, patting her little face and stroking her tail with his hands. However, Doudou had no response to these affectionate touches that she usually loved. She closed her eyes tightly and didn't move at all, her whole body stiff.

When the others at the table saw this situation, they panicked. One by one, they came over, calling her name and pulling her tail, trying to wake her up. But all their efforts were in vain: the usually energetic fish baby didn't respond at all.

"How could this happen..." Lily's voice immediately began to cry, "She's usually so lively, how could she suddenly die from fright..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Vivian slapped Lily on the head, then smelled the little guy's scent, "There's no aura of death... Does she still seem to be breathing? Is she asleep?"

Hao Ren quickly put Doudou next to his ear, but he couldn't hear the extremely faint heartbeat. So he put his finger in front of the little guy's nose and mouth, and this time he finally found that the little one was still breathing: very, very faint breathing, steady and slow. If Vivian hadn't reminded him, probably no one would have noticed. This little guy was indeed asleep.

"What's going on?" Hao Ren was at a loss. He felt the little merman's body was cold, "She was crying so vigorously just now, how could she suddenly fall asleep?"

Nangong Wuyue thought for a long time, and finally had a guess: "Could it be hibernation?"

As soon as this was said, everyone was silent. Hao Ren looked at the icicles hanging on the surrounding furniture. Just now, Vivian's polar storm had lowered the temperature of the living room to more than minus twenty degrees Celsius, and it hadn't recovered yet. The hottest dishes on the table were basically cold, and the little merman, because she was covered in water, was now as stiff as a hibernating fish just dug out of an ice block... Was the little guy really hibernating?

The embarrassment on Vivian's face was completely undisguised. She chuckled dryly: "So Doudou can hibernate, this is too fast..."

Hao Ren looked in amazement at his "daughter" with her peculiar physiological habits, feeling that racial differences were truly magical: "She can take a bath in boiling water, but she falls asleep in seconds at minus twenty degrees. Creatures from other worlds are too amazing—but how do we wake her up?"

"Put her in a pot and boil her for a while?" Lily perked up her ears and offered a unique suggestion.

Of course, this simple and crude idea was opposed by everyone, not because they were afraid of the little guy being cooked, but because everyone was worried that Doudou would catch a cold, after all, the temperature difference was too great...

In the end, Hao Ren decided to leave Doudou on the table to thaw naturally. Slowly adjusting her body temperature should prevent the little guy from getting sick. Although this mermaid's vitality was unbelievably strong, he still decided to fulfill his responsibility as a guardian to take good care of her. This scene was very strange: a frozen stiff little merman was placed in the middle of a table of food and drinks. If someone who didn't know the details came, they would probably think that a group of crazy eaters from Guangdong were sitting here...

"Wait... wait a moment!" At this time, Nangong Sanba, who had been squeezed out of the circle by everyone and had no chance to interject, finally found a chance to speak. He pointed at the fish baby placed on the plate with a shocked expression, "What... what's going on?!"

Hao Ren replied casually: "Oh, my daughter, she just came a little suddenly."

Nangong Sanba grabbed Nangong Wuyue's hand, tears almost falling down: "Sis, I don't object to you getting married, but why didn't you tell your brother? Our family has a long history, we don't do shotgun weddings—especially since you're even..."

"Get out!" Nangong Wuyue kicked Nangong Sanba in the calf, her face flushed red, "Do you have any sense! Can't you see this is a fish!"

A black and white kitten immediately jumped down from upstairs, circling around Nangong Wuyue and meowing non-stop: it heard someone calling its name.

Nangong Wuyue was almost exasperated: "I didn't call you!"

Hao Ren covered his head and趴伏on the table, wondering if it would be easier to just pretend to be dead: Oh my god, this is a mess...

When Nangong Sanba came last night, Doudou was sleeping in the house, so he didn't get to see the strangest little member of this strange team. As soon as they met today, such a big commotion broke out. It has to be said that the little guy is really a troublemaker. Hao Ren and Nangong Wuyue spent a lot of effort to roughly explain Doudou's origins. Of course, they didn't mention the extraterrestrial planet, but said that one day Hao Ren went to the beach for vacation and found a magical egg on the beach, and so on...

Nangong Sanba's initial expression was "are you kidding me," but Nangong Wuyue used practical actions to make him "believe" this story.

At this time, the meal was basically completely inedible.

"Such a good table of food, look at the mess you guys made," Vivian looked at the icicles hanging on the dishes with heartache, completely ignoring that this was all her own masterpiece, "I knew there would be no good things after meeting with werewolves."

Only Lily was still eating happily on the scene. The ancestors of this picky girl ran sleds in the Arctic Circle, and their food was basically at this temperature. She was very adapted to and enjoyed the crunchy taste of drinking a mouthful of vegetable soup. Hao Ren was a little envious of her carefree attitude.

"Sorry, we really offended you this time," the two werewolf elders were also very straightforward, taking the initiative to admit that their excessive nervousness led to the accidental clash. Bruffley looked at Vivian and still wanted to confirm the Countess's intentions regarding the "Day of Return" before leaving, "Does the Countess have any interest in the Day of Return now? If it is true."

Werewolves are such straightforward creatures. Even if the atmosphere is a little inappropriate now, they still say what they have to say.

"I know your purpose in coming here, you should want to confirm whether I, this old scourge, will come out of the mountain when the Day of Return comes," Vivian raised her eyebrows, "Go back, I have no interest in the Day of Return, and I have no interest in participating in the activities of other vampires. As long as you don't interfere with me, I won't take the initiative to find trouble with the werewolves again—you can continue to collect your own clansmen and expand your sphere of influence as you please, anyway, I don't care. Isn't this what you came here to hear?"

The two old werewolves exchanged an unexpected look. They didn't expect this troublesome Countess to express her position so readily. Bruffley confirmed again with disbelief: "Even if other vampires are also preparing for the Day of Return, you have no interest?"

"No interest," Vivian looked at Hao Ren without showing any signs, this action was not noticed by the two old werewolves, "Because I suddenly feel that there are many more interesting things waiting for me to do, the world is big."

The old werewolves couldn't understand the meaning behind this sentence, and thought that this Countess's strange habit of loving to travel, loving to gather, and loving to hang out with humans had happened again. So they stood up very simply: "Then we will leave now, there are still many things to deal with in the clan. We came to visit this time, knowing that the Countess is well, we can rest assured and give an explanation to the clan when we go back."

Vivian stood up, with a lukewarm smile on her face, while pushing the two old werewolves out, she shouted, "Are you leaving so soon? Don't stay a little longer? Oh, don't be so polite, have some snacks..."

Hao Ren sighed: Vivian is too fake, she said it very enthusiastically, but when she sent people out the door, she almost gave them a whiplash...

After sending them away, Hao Ren and Vivian exchanged glances at the same time, and the two of them said almost in unison: "Dream Plane!"