She was much shorter than before.
Much shorter than before.
Lin Sanjiu's line of sight suddenly dropped to a very low height. It was as if she had crouched down as she walked.
The reception desk, which was not far away from her, suddenly became a lot taller. The ceiling seemed to have been pulled up. Everything in the lobby had also been pulled up by at least half. Perhaps Lin Sanjiu would have noticed this earlier if her vision had not blurred.
"What happened?"
Lin Sanjiu tried her best to compose herself and looked down. The dark marble floor beneath her paws had never been so close to her before. It was as if she was crouching on the floor. Nothing else in the lobby seemed to have changed, but —
"Wait.
Let's rewind a little. "
Lin Sanjiu muttered to herself after being stunned for two seconds. Then, she lowered her head again.
In her line of sight, she saw two light brown bird claws firmly gripping the floor.
Above the two light brown bird claws was a round, plump, and feathered chest. Judging from its position, it was right under her chin.
However, she did not have a chin now.
"Ah …" Qing Jiuliu's dazed voice came from behind her. Lin Sanjiu turned her left eye and saw the scene behind her.
A reddish-brown red panda was standing not far behind her. It had just crawled out from a human suit. It had a pair of black bean-like eyes and was staring at Lin Sanjiu through its red and white fur. The red panda opened its mouth and spoke in a stupid voice, "She said that when all of us enter the hotel, this fact will cause a change in our species."
"What's the point of saying that now?!" Lin Sanjiu opened her beak angrily, "Why can't I remember it just now? Why can't I remember it the moment I come in?! "
"Now that I think about it, that old lady definitely wouldn't let me remember it before I came in," the red panda spoke in a human voice. Its white beard moved along with it, "Maybe she used some kind of method to block my memory. But … why are you an old hen? "
"How would I know?!" Lin Sanjiu's mind was a mess, and she couldn't think of anything to say. She flapped her wings a few times, stirring up a gust of wind in the air.
Even though she couldn't see her own appearance, she could vaguely feel that she was a little too big for a chicken of average size. Just one of the chicken claws was almost the size of her own foot.
"Damn it," Lin Sanjiu cursed again as she tried to sort out the mess in her mind, "That old lady, she — she — why? I mean, how …"
The red panda took a few steps forward, still reeking of alcohol. Even with a chicken's less sensitive sense of smell, it was still quite pungent. Qing Jiuliu swung his fluffy, round tail as he said, "Anyway, let's go upstairs first. I don't know when the old woman will come back after what she's done -- why, she may be giggling at us from somewhere now. "
"Don't say that," Lin Sanjiu calmed herself down and ran toward the stairwell, "I just hope that Ji Shanqing won't catch me and eat me."
"He won't," Qing Jiuliu also spread his four legs, "The old lady said 'everyone'. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that Ji Shanqing's species has also changed."
Lin Sanjiu became even more anxious when he said that. She dashed into the stairwell and soon disappeared up the stairs. Just as Qing Jiuliu shouted, "Wait for me!", he was immediately silenced by Lin Sanjiu's words, "You can't run fast when you only have two legs, and you can't even run fast when you have four legs!"
"I don't know what kind of animal I am," Qing Jiuliu grumbled as he listened to Lin Sanjiu's echoes echoing in the stairwell, "I only know that I want to sleep on a tree … Hey, I'm pretty fast when I climb up the stairs."
Compared to the flat ground, the staircase looked more like the red panda's activity area. After running for a while, he finally saw the tall and large figure of the old hen in front of him. She was flying rapidly above his head. Lin Sanjiu's clothes were still clinging tightly to her body. Her clothes had been torn into shreds by her flapping wings.
The footsteps of a chicken and a skunk reverberated in the stairwell. It was so loud that the entire building could hear them. However, just as the sound of their feet hitting the ground echoed, the huge old hen in front of them suddenly stopped. She flapped her wings a few times to maintain her balance.
"What, what's wrong?" The red panda caught up to them, panting. His body went limp as if someone had pulled out all of his bones, "What's —"
"Shh." The old hen's beak emitted this sound inconceivably. "Don't talk. Listen."
Qing Jiuliu flicked his thick, white, fur-covered ears.
After the sound of their footsteps faded, a dull thud came from the upper floor, striking clearly into the eardrums of the two men, let's say humans, for the moment. The sound was much louder than the sound of their footsteps earlier, and it sounded like it was coming from something extremely heavy. A few seconds later, another similar 'thud' rang out. Qing Jiuliu used his hind legs to push himself up from the ground and stood up straight.
"What are you doing?" Lin Sanjiu looked at him as if she was looking at a lunatic.
"I don't know. It seems to be this animal's instinct," Qing Jiuliu reacted after some time. He quickly put down his front paws. "What's that sound? Don't you have ears? How did you hear it? "
"I have ears!" Lin Sanjiu lowered her voice and said unhappily, "Also, I can feel the ground shaking … That big guy upstairs is coming down — Shh!"
The long "Dong!" reverberated in the stairwell, causing the handrail in the stairwell to vibrate. Just when the two of them were holding their breath and listening attentively to the sound coming from upstairs, the second "Dong!" sounded much nearer.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and sneaked a few steps forward. She stuck her head out from the gap between the stairs and looked up.
She was now on the twelfth floor, and the voice seemed to be coming from above her.
Qing Jiuliu followed her quietly and hid under her wing.
A familiar, helpless, and slightly tearful voice rang out in the corridor, "Sis?"
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
