Alien Creatures

Chapter 3 Wolf

Wolf ears?

Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and rubbed his eyes vigorously after Lily walked a distance away. When he looked again, he still saw the ordinary short-haired girl in front of him.

However, he was absolutely sure that he had just seen a pair of pointy and weird ears! He could even clearly remember the appearance of the ears: triangular, growing on the top of Lily's head, standing up very energetically, and covered with beautiful silver-white fluff. There was no mistake! Hao Ren had always been very confident in his eyesight and short-term memory.

But now there was nothing on Lily's head, and the scene he saw just now was really not in line with the norm, so he patted his face and comforted himself: "Why am I so sleepy today? I have hallucinations."

"Landlord, what did you say just now?" Lily suddenly turned her head and looked at him, her big eyes shining and full of vitality in the night, "What hallucinations?"

Hao Ren thought that this girl's ears were really good, and she heard his whispers just now, but he didn't show it on his face, just waved his hand casually: "It's okay, I saw it wrong. Let's go quickly, I still have to settle you tonight."

"Oh," Lily walked in front carrying a huge box, and she kept talking while walking, "By the way, landlord, is there a place to eat nearby? I haven't eaten yet... How about eating at your place today? I'll pay for the meal. Hey, landlord, why are you walking behind? You lead the way in front, I don't know the way..."

Hao Ren rushed over in a few steps. He felt that although this nagging girl was a little silly, she was quite interesting when she was straightforward. He said casually: "It's okay. I'll take care of the food. Anyway, I'm the only one here, so I can cook a lot or a little."

As soon as he finished speaking, the "fluttering" sound that had just sounded suddenly came from above again!

This time he looked up faster than before, so he really saw a bat-like black shadow as big as an eagle passing through the night sky!

Of course, he didn't think it was really a bat, but just a big bird that flew from somewhere and looked for food in the residential area: this place is not far from the wasteland, and it is not uncommon for wild birds to fly into the residential area occasionally, but he was worried that Lily would have a bad impression of this place, so he comforted her casually: "Don't worry, it may be a wild bird that flew in. This place is quite close to the wasteland."

Lily's voice suddenly came from a very close place, sounding a little hurried: "Landlord, why don't you go first, I... I'll follow, I have something to do!"

Hao Ren was stunned when he heard this, and said casually in confusion: "How can this be done? I have to lead you. The paths here are winding and it's easy for people who live here to get lost... Hey, why are you so close?"

He then noticed that Lily's voice was very close. He turned his head and saw her face only a few inches away from him. Her unusually bright eyes were staring at him. Although beautiful, they were really scary in the dark. Hao Ren jumped back more than half a meter at that time: "I'm telling you! I'm a serious person!" This is his problem. When he gets nervous, he talks nonsense. Not sure if it was an illusion, Hao Ren found that Lily had an anxious expression on her face. She looked up at the night sky and sniffed hard a few times: "Landlord, please go first. I can really catch up with you. I remember your smell... Oh, why are you so fussy? I really have my own things to do!"

"No!" Hao Ren's stubborn temper also came up. He didn't even bother to discuss what "remember your smell" meant. He just looked serious, "What if something happens? I left you here in the dark at night? I can't get over it - what on earth can't you say?"

I said before that Hao Ren is really a good person - at least a person with a normal sense of responsibility. He brought Lily to this place, so he felt that he had the responsibility to send her home safely. Although she was a girl with great strength, it had nothing to do with whether he was worried or not: if this girl really got into trouble, he would have a guilty conscience.

And he couldn't figure out what big thing could a girl who just came from another place in front of him do at this critical moment?

Lily's face was already very anxious, and her behavior was obviously strange: she put her big box on the ground, making a loud "bang", and then kept looking up and looking at the high walls around her. The two- or three-story old buildings on both sides of this path were a symbol of the residents' wealth when this place was still glorious. However, with the passage of time, the once bright and glamorous buildings have become mottled old houses. Only the uneven black walls blocked the two sides of the path, leaving only a narrow strip of night sky between the buildings. Lily's eyes quickly wandered between these high walls, and she began to twitch her nose frequently, as if trying to distinguish some smell from the air, while gently moving her hands and feet. Seeing this scene, Hao Ren should have realized that something was wrong even if he was slow. Although he still felt that the girl in front of him was strange in every aspect, the two consecutive strange noises in the sky had already made him a little nervous, so he had no time to care about other things. Now seeing Lily's strange behavior, he naturally knew what she had discovered: "Liu Lili...what's wrong?"

"Just call me Lily," the other party said subconsciously, and then looked at Hao Ren in surprise, "Hey, landlord, why haven't you left yet?"

"You didn't hear what I said just now, right?" Hao Ren approached Lily cautiously. Although his tone was relaxed, he had clenched his fists. He couldn't see anything unusual around him, but he did feel that the atmosphere here became weird. A faint smell of blood and a cool breeze that didn't match this solar term were spreading out from the dark corners on all sides - to be honest, he felt his calves trembling a little.

Hao Ren thought he was quite brave, but you can't stop the weird situation in front of you.

Until now, Hao Ren still didn't know what was going on. He had heard of many urban legends and modern versions of ghost stories, including the wronged ghosts in the alleys and the ghosts who wanted to take lives at the crossroads, but he had always regarded them as a pastime after dinner. But what was this now?

At first, he could explain it by saying that he was too nervous and was "infected" by Lily's weird behavior, but as time went by, the bloody smell in the air was so strong that he could almost taste the sweetness when he opened his mouth. The cool wind from all directions made his breath frost. Even if he believed in science and rejected superstition, he knew that he had encountered something abnormal. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Lily had urged him to leave in a hurry, and that the girl had been alert when "everything around was normal", and that she was on guard without panic... He suddenly understood that this girl, who he had criticized as a "stupid girl", knew exactly what was going on!

"Oh my god, which world line is wrong? How did I encounter this situation..." Hao Ren looked around cautiously, enduring the pungent smell of blood and the ubiquitous cold, and felt his thinking slow down. "Is this still the real world? Where is the promised approach to science and happy life?"

"Landlord, I'm sorry to get you involved. This 'thing' may be looking for me," Lily's voice suddenly came from behind Hao Ren, with a little hoarseness, "You are a good person, better than the people I met before, so I will try my best to let you survive, I promise!"

"Don't send the good guy card at this time..." Hao Ren's teeth were trembling, but he still turned his head to complain, but after he saw Lily's appearance, he couldn't say anything anymore:

A nearly unfamiliar girl stood beside him. She had silver hair down to her waist and a beautiful face, but she had a pair of golden eyes that were completely different from those of a human. The pale golden pupils even glowed slightly under the night sky, a completely different light from that reflected by normal eyes. A pair of silver-white wolf-like ears stood upright on her head, shaking from time to time in the cold wind, and sensitively turning to every weak sound source around.

Behind the girl, a bright silver tail emerged from the gap in her clothes and was swinging in the air.

A wolf-like girl... or to put it in a popular way now, a girl with animal ears?

Hao Ren didn't know why he could still complain, but he knew that his life was more fun.

If he still had a life after today.