Chapter 1 Strange Dreams

Hao Ren had many bizarre and chaotic dreams that night.

He dreamt of the wondrous sights of the primordial era that he had seen in Vivian’s manuscripts, dreamt of primitive humans struggling through the Ice Age, beginning to hunt and plant on the warming earth; dreamt of an unknown mutation that breached the barriers between two worlds, exiling aliens to this tiny blue planet; dreamt of the godlike aliens causing immense changes to this world with their every gesture, while trembling ancient humans prostrated themselves before these miracles; dreamt of the rise of the demon hunters, the collapse of ancient gods’ temples, the flourishing of human city-states, and then the demon hunters' gradual retreat from the stage. Heavy structures of stone and mortar replaced the light and graceful magic towers, the power of steel and fire drove the world forward, people fought, merged, created, and destroyed. Machines roared, furnaces blazed, firearms superseded the knightly sword, and also eliminated the last traces of the aliens—this dim blue sphere was dominated by powerful creatures from another world for ten thousand years, but finally returned to the hands of its natives.

And in every scene, there was a solitary woman wandering, flitting through these settings like an irrelevant bystander. She passed over the beacon towers of the Great Wall, flitted before the gates of Troy, at the coronation of Alexander the Great, in the Great Fire of London in 1666—aimlessly, marveling at this rapidly changing world.

During this process, she continued her inexplicable, uncontrollable cycle of sleep and awakening, as if endlessly reincarnating in eternal chaos.

Hao Ren was disturbed by these chaotic dreams, so much so that he woke up very early in the morning and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

"What the heck was with all those crazy dreams last night..." Hao Ren rubbed the corners of his eyes, muttering as he tried to sit up. But as he was halfway up, he suddenly heard a whoosh beside him. He only had time to turn his head before a cat-like, agile figure pounced on him, sending him crashing back down. A girl squatted on his chest, bouncing excitedly. After a few bounces, she lowered her head and patted his face with her paws, then bit his nose, tugged at his hair, and licked his ears...

Hao Ren was stunned by this sudden attack. It took him a few seconds to react. "Get lost!"

In his urgency, he forgot that this word would only have the opposite effect. Sure enough, as soon as he yelled, the girl rubbed against him even more happily.

She always thought her name was Get Lost—it had never changed.

Immediately, Hao Ren started wrestling with his cat. The two "people" went at it. Normally, this was a daily routine for the master and servant duo ("Get Lost" usually used her claws and weight to wake up her master), but the situation was obviously different now: the cat girl had become a refined cat spirit. Plus, with the help of the golden apple, her combat power was no longer what it used to be. She was no longer the weakling that Hao Ren could easily pick up by the scruff of her neck and throw three or four meters. Hao Ren couldn't even catch her for a while. Moreover, the cat girl thought Hao Ren was just playing with her, so the more he fought, the more excited she got. In an instant, the room was in chaos. Even Doudou, who was sleeping on a small table nearby, poked her head out of the pot curiously to watch the fun. After watching for a while, she started cheering for Hao Ren...

The commotion in Hao Ren's room finally caught the attention of the people outside. Lily, the carefree girl, slammed the door open. "Landlord, what are you tearing apart so early in the..."

The scene of Hao Ren wrestling with "Get Lost" came into Lily's view. The dog girl was instantly dumbfounded, letting out a strange cry. "The landlord doesn't even spare the cats!"

As mentioned many times before, this seemingly innocent husky actually had a lot of dirty jokes.

Hao Ren's face turned red with anger. While trying to throw "Get Lost" off the bed, he glared and shouted, "Which eye of yours saw me 'not sparing' the cat?! This idiot went crazy and jumped on me this morning, she's the one who's not sparing me!"

Lily's expression became even more peculiar. "The landlord is being reverse-seduced, ah ah ah!"

Thanks to Lily's two yells, almost everyone in the house could hear the commotion. What was originally a peaceful morning was instantly turned into a scene as chaotic as a vegetable market. Doudou was still clapping water in the pot not far away, excitedly shouting. Finally, Hao Ren managed to stop the chaos brought about by the cat and the dog, grabbing them by the scruff of their necks and dragging them to the living room to scold them one by one.

Lily was still okay, even if she was a bit of an airhead, she was still a mature... at least a maturely world-viewed adult (whether she was an adult werewolf was another matter), but "Get Lost" was different. Even with the skin and intelligence of a human, she was still a cat at heart. This one simply didn't know why Hao Ren was angry. She just felt that this morning's antics were quite fun, so she decided to do it again tomorrow, and now she really wanted to eat dried small fish.

Hao Ren's scolding went in one ear and out the other for this cat.

"So, you can't just jump on me whenever you want, understand?" Hao Ren grabbed "Get Lost" by the ear, trying to get her to take him seriously. "Can you stop playing with your tail? You have to learn to be a person first..."

"Get Lost" lowered her head and rubbed against Hao Ren's leg, even actively putting her tail in Hao Ren's hand (she knew he liked to pinch her tail). "Here, let you pinch it too, so you're happy."

Hao Ren: "..."

"Wasn't she in your room last night?" Hao Ren looked at Nangong Wuyue. "How did she sneak into my room so quietly?"

"Do you think anyone can keep an eye on this cat?" Nangong Wuyue rolled her eyes and pouted. "I can guarantee that she'll sleep well in bed for the first half of the night, that's already a big deal. And she snuck into your room and you didn't even notice, did you?"

Hao Ren felt that Nangong Wuyue made a lot of sense, and he was speechless.

"In short, the task of educating this cat seems to be a long and arduous one." Vivian had been watching the whole farce with a smile on her face, she seemed very calm.

"Get Lost" noticed that Hao Ren's lecture had stopped, so she lazily stretched and ran off to find a place to curl up on her own.

Hao Ren temporarily put the cat aside, and he looked at Vivian. "I've already reported your situation to Crow 12345, she should have something soon..."

Before Hao Ren could finish speaking, a strange crackling sound suddenly rang out in the living room.

A blue light appeared out of thin air, and then the blue light condensed into a tall human figure. The people in the living room watched this scene in surprise. "Get Lost," who had just run to the bottom of the stairs, immediately turned around, arched her back, and nervously watched the ball of electricity. Her tail stood straight up like a stick—if she were still in cat form, the fur on her back would definitely be standing on end too. But after realizing that the ball of blue light looked a bit familiar, she relaxed and continued to arch and rub on the cushion.

"Big Blue?" Hao Ren looked at the uninvited guest in surprise. "Why are you here?"

The visitor was none other than Crow 12345's arcane servant. This strange energy being handed a small, silver-white pendant to Hao Ren, emitting a series of buzzing sounds that were difficult for ordinary people to understand. "The mistress ordered me to give this to you. This is a talisman to suppress mental breakdowns, a universal model."

Hao Ren subconsciously looked at Vivian, then reached out and took the feather-shaped talisman. Crow 12345's voice entered his mind the moment his fingers touched the talisman. "Yo, Hao Ren, I've read your report, I know about the little bat girl's situation. I'm sending you a talisman now, it calms the nerves and nourishes the brain, prevents narcolepsy, and has excellent effects. Although it's a universal model, it's just right for the bat girl's symptoms. Of course, this is just a temporary measure, a more stable and long-term solution... you'd better be able to solve it yourself, after all, she's your tenant and you're in charge of alien affairs. P.S.: This time, shipping is free."

Hao Ren: "..."

"This thing... is it used to treat my forgetfulness?" Vivian curiously took the talisman. "It has a warm feeling."

"Probably won't cure forgetfulness," Hao Ren said with a shrug. "But it seems to be able to prevent you from falling into that uncontrollable sleeping state, so naturally it also avoids a lot of amnesia. In addition, this thing should also be able to suppress your irritable temper before falling asleep, probably."

Vivian hesitated for a moment, then quickly put the talisman around her neck. "Trust the goddess, her power is always more reliable than our imaginations."