The little mermaid Lil Pea's recipe had been expanded once again. Hao Ren could basically guess the pattern: everything was bamboo fiber.
Noticing that Lil Pea was eating cardboard as happily as chopsticks, Hao Ren immediately ran to the basement to find a few wooden sticks. He sawed them into small pieces and cleaned them up before feeding them to Lil Pea. The result was that the little mermaid was now like a ball in the water with her belly facing the sky. She burped happily and talked to herself while paddling in the water. She was addicted to all bamboo fiber and things that contained these fibers. Chopsticks, wooden sticks, pieces of paper, books, everything. Truth be told, if it was not for the fact that her mouth was too small for her to chew, she would have even gnawed on the TV cabinet. In fact, Lil Pea was already interested in the "food aroma" of the furniture in the house. Currently, Hao Ren was preventing her from biting the table: the little mermaid could start from the edge of the table leg, where her mouth could go...
Vivian was beside the table, having a special "communication" with a little bat that had just returned from its patrol. She wrapped the little bat in a cloud of blood mist and floated it in front of her for analysis. The bat slowly melted in the blood mist like ink, and now only a shadow was left. Nangong Wuyue looked at the amazing magic in amazement. She could not help but ask, "I heard that you can directly share your senses with your bats. Why do you still need them to come back and report?"
"A lot of information can't be conveyed directly through sensory sharing, and the energy I can allocate during the sharing process is limited. Some of the details are easy to be overlooked," Vivian said as she finished dissecting a little bat, turning it back into a shadow and returning it to her own shadow. "Dissecting the memories of the little bats and retracing the scenes they have explored over and over again, sometimes I can find some small details."
"So what did you find?" Hao Ren asked.
"This bat flew the furthest. I sent it to the Northern Suburbs, the place where we fought with the two Ebben werewolves. Didn't Big Bluey burn that place down with Lightning Storm? I found traces of witchcraft in the vicinity. "
Hao Ren was stunned. "Witchcraft? Demon hunters also use witchcraft? "
"They know everything." Vivian nodded. "Or to put it another way, most of the primitive forms of superstition on Earth, such as exorcism, witchcraft, totem worship, and praying for healing, are more or less related to the demon hunters. A long time ago, the demon hunters taught these simple skills to ordinary people so that they could fight the weaker unusual creatures. These skills don't require magic or mental strength. Instead, they were replaced by natural materials. That way, even ordinary people without magic talent could master them. That was why they were very popular in ancient times. Thousands of years ago, tribal shamans used slow-acting poisons and incense to protect their people at night. At that time, their rituals were indeed effective. But as time went by, most of the unusual creatures had been hunted down by the demon hunters. The remaining ones had either degenerated or lost their powers, turning into ordinary humans or beasts. The witchcraft that humans used to rely on to protect themselves was no longer of any use. These skills have been passed down from generation to generation, and now it has become a ridiculous farce. But in the real demon hunter circle, witchcraft still exists. It has been passed down to this day along with their various anti-evil spells. "
Y 'zaks listened on the side and casually commented, "These guys called demon hunters seem to be doing good things too."
"There's no such thing as simply good and bad people." Vivian shrugged. "In the grand scheme of things, they are 'good' to humans, but to the unusual creatures, they are always villains."
"Maybe it's because I come from another world. I don't have any prejudice against the races in this world." Y'zaks scratched his bald scalp. "To me, they are all alien races. But the stubbornness of the demon hunters makes me feel troubled."
"So, the demon hunters have found the traces of the battle that day." Hao Ren scratched his chin and smacked his lips. "Didn't they say that they had cleaned up the scene? There was no trace of supernatural forces left. How did they find it?"
"Supernatural forces can be cleaned up, but such a large area was burned to ashes by a lightning storm for no reason. That in itself is unnatural." Vivian twitched the corner of her mouth. "With a little bit of logic, you can guess what happened there. Now I'm just wondering how they found this place. The Southern Suburbs and the Northern Suburbs are at the opposite ends of the city. After the battle that day, we were very careful not to leave any traces that could be traced. What actually went wrong?"
While everyone was discussing business, Lily, who was lying on the sofa watching TV, complained, "It's so annoying. Don't talk about these annoying things in the middle of the night. I'm still watching TV."
Vivian rolled her eyes at her. "Can't you go back to your room to watch TV? How can you still be so heartless when you've already encountered such a big problem? "
"My room is quiet, but it's lively here," Lily mumbled on the sofa. Then, she continued to complain, "Oh, it's so annoying..."
"Stop it," Hao Ren knocked on Lily's head. "We're talking business here."
In the past, Hao Ren would never have allowed his renter to make a fuss in the living room. But now that he knew that he was raising a husky, he naturally treated Lily with the same leniency as a husky. Whenever Lily made a fuss, he would just give her a few words of criticism. Lily did not seem to realize why she was being so lenient. She kept praising Hao Ren for being a kind and broad-minded person.
Suddenly, Lil Pea jumped out of her pot. She grabbed Hao Ren's arm and gestured for him to sleep. Hao Ren was also a little sleepy. He looked up and saw that it was already past ten o'clock. He yawned and said, "Then I'll go back to sleep. The demon hunters probably won't make a move tonight."
"Okay," Vivian smiled and looked at him. "You just need to rest. I'll be on guard tonight."
Hao Ren nodded and carried the baby into the house. But halfway through, Lil Pea screamed and pointed at the coffee table. Just as Hao Ren was stunned, he saw Wuyue running up to him with a pot in her hand. "Bring the child's mother along."
Hao Ren said, "... Can we not talk about the child's mother?!"
Wuyue had a mischievous smile on her face. She did not care about Hao Ren's darkening expression. "Fill the pot with water. Let Lil Pea sleep in the pot tonight. Then, she won't bother you. Don't tell me you want to sleep in your clothes like last night? "
Hearing this, Hao Ren's brows finally relaxed. This was the only good news. Fortunately, the little mermaid was satisfied as long as she could sleep in the pot. If the little mermaid insisted that Hao Ren carry her with his left hand and the pot with his right, he would not be able to live his life anymore!
Hao Ren carried his daughter back to the house to sleep (look at that verb, duan!). He thought for a long time and decided to put the little mermaid on the writing desk that was further away from the bed instead of the bedside table. He did not want Lil Pea to suddenly turn over and splash him in the middle of the night. After putting the pot down, Hao Ren still felt that it was quite funny. He had been single for 25 years and suddenly, he had a daughter — a mermaid! You say what a wonderful thing this destiny is.
"Sleep well tonight. Don't pester me like you did yesterday." Hao Ren lay in front of the writing desk and stared at Lil Pea, who was also lying on the edge of the pot. He did not care whether the little mermaid could understand him or not. "Don't run around. Call for help if anything happens. Also, don't jump on the ground in case someone steps on you. "
"Oh — ha." The little mermaid stretched out her hand and touched Hao Ren's nose. She made a long sound and then nimbly circled around and swam to the bottom of the pot. She curled up and went to sleep as if she really understood what Hao Ren had told her.
Hao Ren looked at the little mermaid lying quietly at the bottom of the pot. He hesitated for a long time whether he should cover the pot. He was afraid that the little mermaid would come out in the middle of the night and be stepped on. But after thinking for a long time, he imagined how it would feel if he woke up and found himself locked in a dark iron pot. So, he did not cover the pot.
He put the MDT next to the pot. Since this thing does not sleep, let it look after the child.
Outside the house, the night was getting darker.
The moon slowly rose to the middle of the sky and slowly sank to the side. The streets were already empty. The late autumn night was cold and bleak. Only the occasional barking of dogs could be heard from afar. It was the stray dogs who had not slept yet, passing information from afar.
Three rapid barks suddenly broke the silence of the night.
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