Absorb

Lin Feng picked up a tuft of black wolf fur from the ground by the streetlight, feeling as if the cold sweat was pouring out of his forehead in a continuous stream. However, thanks to the various strange encounters he had these past two days, his nerves had grown somewhat, and he didn't lose his composure in this eerie situation. After calming down, the first thing he did was to make sure there were no suspicious "phenomena" around—this was the experience he gained from spending two days with Twilight Cloud and Vivienne. When "abnormals" were active, there would always be obvious signs, like the oppressive beastly aura of Twilight Cloud or the blood-chilling wind of Vivienne. He felt that the strange situation just now, which he couldn't quite determine whether it was a dream or something else, might also be related to the abnormals (after all, he had encountered such things frequently in the past two days). However, after looking around, he didn't find anything unusual. Moreover, his usually super-sensitive sixth sense remained silent.

"Landlord?" Twilight Cloud blinked her eyes, her exceptionally bright eyes looking somewhat eerie in the night, "What's wrong?"

"Do you think there's anything... strange around here?" Lin Feng suddenly remembered that wolves were very sensitive to danger. By the way, he also recalled the terrifying scene of being attacked by a wolf pack before he was awakened by the nightmare. However, he shook his head to push aside the second thought. "Like other 'abnormals' or something."

Twilight Cloud sniffed and carefully sniffed around on the ground in Lin Feng's puzzled gaze, then stood up and shook her head. "No, they're all familiar scents, no strangers have been here. Landlord, are you in trouble?"

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Lin Feng clenched the tuft of fur in his hand and walked towards home. Twilight Cloud followed behind, somewhat puzzled, but still remembered to pick up the overturned reclining chair and bring it back—she was indeed good at taking care of the household.

In the living room, Lin Feng sat solemnly on the sofa, facing the puzzled Twilight Cloud and the curious Vivienne, with "Roll" sitting beside him. The "family of four" was complete. Because the coffee table in the house had been destroyed by the two superwomen, a slightly old low table was now placed in front of everyone. Lin Feng placed the tuft of black wolf fur on the table and looked into Vivienne's eyes. "I've encountered something strange."

He then recounted the strange dream as vividly and comprehensively as possible, emphasizing the endless grassland and the two silver moons in the sky in the "dream." Finally, pointing to the wolf fur on the table, he said, "When I woke up, I had this in my hand. Do you think I just experienced a high-speed, low-cost version of transmigration, or did I accidentally acquire the ability to distort reality with my fantasies?"

Vivienne furrowed her attractive brows, ignoring Lin Feng's absurd banter. She picked up a few strands of the wolf fur and sniffed them under her nose. "It smells like a beast, and there are no traces of dark magic. This thing was definitely obtained from a natural animal. Over there, Big Dog, your nose is better. Come and smell this."

Twilight Cloud nodded, placed the wolf fur under her nose, and took a deep breath. "It seems different from the familiar wolf scent to me. And indeed, it carries a... scent different from this city, a mix of earthy grass that only a werewolf can discern. After a while, she finally reacted, slapping the table, "Wait a minute, who did you just call a big dog?!"

"Hey, be gentle!" Lin Feng looked at his broken table with distress. Fortunately, Twilight Cloud was in human form now and hadn't used much force, so the table wasn't completely destroyed like the coffee table. Then he looked at Vivienne. "What do you think this is? Is it some kind of magic?"

"If it's just a simple dream, it's easy to explain. Various illusions and hypnotic techniques can achieve the same effect." Vivienne still frowned, "I can weave dreams big enough to make hundreds of people sleep together, and before you wake up, you definitely won't realize you're dreaming. With a rich imagination, you would definitely think you've transmigrated. But bringing something out of the dream... that can't be explained. There's no magic I know of that can do that. Of course, it may not be magic; the dark world is very complex, and my knowledge is limited."

"It could also be like this." Twilight Cloud suddenly interjected, her face full of excitement, "First, use illusions or hypnosis to make the landlord have a nightmare and set the content of the nightmare. Then, while he's asleep, sneak over and put these wolf fur in his hand..."

Vivienne listened with a stunned expression and couldn't help but twitch her mouth. "Can you not ruin the atmosphere like this?"

Lin Feng, on the other hand, thought Twilight Cloud's idea made sense. Besides being annoying, it could indeed perfectly solve the current problem. How should I put it, fools have their own worldviews, and they are usually simple, rude, and extremely effective... However, Twilight Cloud had confirmed earlier that there were no unfamiliar scents left at the scene, so this annoying speculation was not very convincing.

"In any case, I can be sure that what I encountered was not normal. After all, the natural environment definitely cannot make me dream of fantasy eroding reality." Lin Feng sighed, "I can accept it. The more lice, the less itching; bring whatever weird things there are—but before that, I have to figure out a way to live safely. Being with you super beings... might end up killing someone!"

Vivienne and Twilight Cloud knew about Lin Feng being bound to a pirate ship after signing a labor contract with a woman claiming to be a god, so this time they didn't mention any nonsense about leaving voluntarily, but instead thought seriously. Vivienne was a very smart girl (at least smarter than Twilight Cloud), and she could see that although Lin Feng was an ordinary small-town resident, an ordinary person, and a lazy young man who disliked trouble, he was surprisingly brave and accepting. Every time he encountered something that could shatter his worldview, he was surprised for no more than ten seconds before he started to analyze and look for a way out seriously. This time was no exception. This was a very rare quality. But even with such courage and acceptance, Lin Feng was still an ordinary person. Vivienne really didn't know how to make an ordinary person instantly become formidable.

"Didn't that Raven 12345 give you any cheats?" Twilight Cloud leaned on the table curiously and asked, "In human novels, they always say that if you work for a god, the Temporal Management Bureau should give you some labor protection supplies, right?"

"She might have forgotten, and I didn't ask." Lin Feng thought about it, "I'll ask her face-to-face next time. Her phone number can't be reached, so if I want to find her, I probably have to go to that ghostly place again... I always feel like the Temporal Management Bureau is becoming more and more unreliable."

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Water from afar cannot quench the near thirst. You've already had a strange dream once, and you didn't solve the source in the dream. According to the general rules of illusions, this dream will definitely continue to take effect. You can't just not sleep." Vivienne said as she slowly transformed into a vampire form, "I'll make you a talisman first. As long as you suppress it, it will quickly dissipate, no matter whether it's an illusion or not."

Lin Feng suddenly remembered Vivienne's "talisman," and asked subconsciously, "Are your miscellaneous things reliable?"

"Who told you about my treasures?" Vivienne raised her eyebrows, "I'm talking about the power of a high-level bloodline!"

As she spoke, without hesitation, Vivienne bit her finger with her sharp teeth, and a drop of blood with a strange golden-red halo emerged from her fingertip. "Come here, let me smear this drop of blood on the back of your hand. It should be enough to suppress that nightmare—if it really is an illusion."

Lin Feng hesitated and stretched out his hand, watching as Vivienne smeared the drop of blood with a strange glow on his hand, unable to help muttering, "I remember in legends, vampires can use their own blood to turn ordinary people into vampires too. Could I be turning into something else?"

"Stop thinking about it, that's just a scare tactic." Vivienne chuckled, "I've heard human legends. Bite once and you can increase your downline... If it were so easy for vampires to reproduce, what would humans have to do? By the time of the Bronze Age, we would have spread across Asia, Africa, and Europe. We wouldn't have been so miserable by the witch hunters and the church."

She spoke of the history of vampires being driven to the edge by humans, but she showed no hostility towards Lin Feng, who was human. This was quite interesting.

"Huh? How did this happen?"

Vivienne exclaimed in surprise: the moment her blood touched Lin Feng's skin, it disappeared rapidly!

It was as if it was being absorbed, and at an astonishing speed.