Chapter 16 New Friends and Emergency Missions

Nangong Wuyue integrated into the new environment faster than Hao Ren expected. In fact, she had already successfully mingled with Lily on the second day. Of course, the husky spirit's own lack of brains and highly sociable nature were also important factors.

Early in the morning, Hao Ren, as usual, was holding a magazine and lazing on the sofa in the living room to kill time. Vivian was in the kitchen preparing breakfast for everyone, while Lily had already started chatting with Nangong Wuyue about her travels. The two were as harmonious as could be. Lily held a thin book that looked quite old, pointing to the old photos on it, "Look, this is a photo of me wearing a qipao back then. It was very popular at that time!"

Hao Ren curiously craned his neck to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a somewhat blurry black and white photo on the yellowed pages. It was the kind of nostalgic round-framed photo, with a short-haired girl in a qipao standing neatly in the middle of the frame, with a sweet smile on her face, revealing a scholarly air of serenity. It was Lily when she wasn't talking: a literary girl when she didn't open her mouth, but a husky once she did.

Hao Ren looked at this old book, which was almost an antique, with considerable surprise: "Wow, I can hardly recognize you."

"I'm amazing," Lily licked Hao Ren's finger, turning her head with a proud look. "Wuyue, Wuyue, did you leave any souvenirs or anything when you traveled? I haven't been abroad much..."

Nangong Wuyue smiled lightly and shook her head slightly: "Sirens just like to travel, but they don't like to take things from a place. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, it's good to see it. There's no need to bring it back to accompany you for life. It's tiring."

Hao Ren was still stunned at this time. He looked at his index finger, which still had saliva on it, and felt that Lily was becoming more and more uninhibited since she knew she was a husky. She seemed to be thinking, 'Might as well go all out since I'm already broken'. He had just seen Lily squatting on the ground and scratching her face with her paws... Hao Ren wouldn't be surprised if she ran to catch mice one day.

At this moment, Vivian's voice came from the kitchen: "Go wash your hands, everyone! It's time to eat!"

Lily grabbed Nangong Wuyue's hand and ran towards the kitchen, hopping and skipping. Hao Ren and Izhaks watched from behind and couldn't help but blurt out: "Looks like this idiot has finally found a new friend besides dogs."

At the dinner table, Nangong Wuyue once again expressed her amazement at Vivian's good cooking skills. She had already marveled once last night, but she still felt a little unbelievable: As a siren with normal values, she found it hard to imagine how Vivian, a high-level bloodkin, had learned so many human food processing methods. Lily, on the other hand, buried herself in gnawing on bones, making loud crunching noises: This was also because she had loosened up after becoming familiar with everyone. In the first few days after arriving, she was still a little reserved, trying not to make any noise while eating. Now that everyone in the house knew she was a husky, Lily could finally let her nature show with confidence.

"Are you going to visit Raven in a couple of days?" Vivian asked, biting her chopsticks. "Ask about the situation of those demon hunters."

Hao Ren was about to nod when he heard a click from Nangong Wuyue's side, and the siren swayed, almost falling off her chair: "Demon hunters?! Are you saying there are demon hunters here?"

Vivian thought that Nangong Wuyue was frightened, so she quickly comforted her: "It's okay, the combat power here is very strong, and there's a goddess backing us up. Demon hunters can't cause too much trouble."

"But we had a fight yesterday and almost got killed," Lily said vaguely, gnawing on a meat bone. "It was the first time in my life I saw real demon hunters. They seemed like a bunch of scary guys... Have you seen them before?"

Nangong Wuyue's expression was naturally not good: "Um, how should I put it... I've dealt with them, and quite a few times at that. This is really troublesome... Is this place really safe? Won't demon hunters suddenly come knocking on our door?"

As the landlord and guardian of this place, Hao Ren immediately felt a sense of mission surge into his heart: "Don't worry about that! I'm a professional apprentice in the Space-Time Administration's village-level office temporary worker team. Can't I guarantee your safety?"

Hao Ren's words were sonorous and forceful. After hearing them, all the tenants in the house immediately wanted to check out to ensure their safety...

"Don't worry," Izhaks, the big brother figure, finally spoke to reassure everyone. "I roughly know how strong the force behind the landlord is. Although it's not yet clear how they will deal with the problems on this planet, they will at least protect the safety of the people in this house. To be honest, the demon hunters here are just a bunch of small troubles in my opinion. They are much easier to deal with than human heroes."

"Izhaks... Big Brother Izhaks, right?" Nangong Wuyue always had trouble remembering the great demon's strange name. "I heard that you came from another world? And landlord, you said that you have a Space-Time Administration behind you? And Vivian and Lily, you guys seem to have stories too... I'm actually quite curious, what kind of group are you guys?"

"You're only thinking of asking this now?" Hao Ren was stunned. "Didn't Raven tell you anything before?"

"She didn't explain it clearly," Nangong Wuyue scratched her head. "I just wanted to find a place to stay at first. I thought you guys were just a small stronghold like a sanctuary for aliens. I've encountered small societies like this in the Americas before, but after chatting with Lily and Vivian last night... I feel like this place is quite complicated."

"... Raven 12345, that unreliable guy!" Hao Ren slapped his forehead. "You're also something of a talent, so muddleheaded that you're not afraid of falling into a fire pit. No wonder those sirens were either seduced or sold off a hundred years ago. Alright, I'll take this opportunity to introduce to you what the Space-Time Administration is..."

Hao Ren had only said half a sentence when he suddenly heard a loud voice in his mind: "Hao Ren, Hao Ren, respond if you receive this—is this the right number? Respond if you receive!"

Speak of the devil, and Raven 12345 suddenly contacted him.

"I'm eating," Hao Ren closed his mouth and began to talk to his superior in his mind, while pointing upwards to remind everyone that a certain goddess was calling. "By the way, what do you mean by suddenly throwing a siren over here?"

"Siren? What siren... Oh, right, I remember, it's Nangong Wuyue, right? She finally wandered over to your place. She's really a stream-of-consciousness girl. Let me tell you, this siren is very useful and you will need her for your next mission. Hurry up and come over here. I have an urgent mission, and I'll tell you the details. You have to leave tomorrow!"

After saying this, Raven 12345 hung up the communication unilaterally in a very irresponsible manner.

"The goddess is looking for you?" Izhaks, as a demon, always respectfully added the word "adult" whenever he mentioned Raven 12345. He saw the not-so-good expression on Hao Ren's face and guessed, "Did she suddenly throw another mission at you?"

"Doesn't she want me to have a good life!" Hao Ren slapped his thigh. "I was almost beaten to death yesterday, and she's already saying there's an urgent mission before I've even recovered. This is not human at all!"

"There's really a mission!" A pair of silver-white beast ears suddenly popped out of Lily's head, shaking excitedly. "Where are we going this time?"

Ever since the last trip to England, Lily had equated the Space-Time Administration's missions with going out to play—even though she was a freak who couldn't even get over jet lag.

"I don't know yet. She wants me to go over and hear the mission details. It seems urgent, and we're leaving tomorrow," Hao Ren sighed. He saw Nangong Wuyue looking at him with curious eyes, so he shrugged. "There's no chance to introduce you. Izhaks can tell you about the Space-Time Administration and the multiverse later. He's more familiar with that."

"Oh," Nangong Wuyue nodded, her eyes brightening. "I feel like I've met a group of very interesting people! I'm looking forward to future life!"

This is a straightforward siren.

Hao Ren finished his meal and rushed out the door. The process in between need not be described in detail. After seeing Raven 12345, before he could even open his mouth, he heard about the situation of this mission: "There's another new tenant, and this time this... the landing point is off again, and it's quite far off."

A bad feeling suddenly surged into Hao Ren's heart: "...How far off?"

"Eight hundred and ninety-five light-years."

"Holy shit..."