Chapter 1427 Experiment in Progress

The seawater parted around them naturally, and everyone stood inside a strange, oval-shaped bubble supported by foam and currents. This bubble was moving forward at an incredible speed, while Shakisra and Soma took turns swimming around the outside to maintain the stability of the magic. This experience was different from the one Hao Ren had when Nangong Wuyue dragged him into the deep sea, the only thing in common being that they were both novel and interesting.

“G滚” (Gun Gun) stared at the scene in amazement, unable to find anything in her limited understanding to explain this phenomenon. She ran back and forth on the “ground” woven from foam and water, occasionally seeing a shadow flashing past outside—a fish in the shallows or a large string of bubbles—and she would excitedly pounce on it, but each time she would be bounced back by the water wall.

Vivian grabbed the cat girl and told her to be quiet, while Hasse curiously looked at this strange "anomaly": "What is she?"

"A cat that became a spirit," Hao Ren shrugged. "According to your classification standards, she is also an anomaly, but a month ago she was just an ordinary house cat—I'm curious, would such a harmless guy become your target just because she transformed into a human form?"

Tutanin pressed his brow, and exchanged a glance with Hasse: "No reaction from the hunting instinct?" "Me neither."

Hao Ren didn't pay attention to what the two were muttering. He just noticed that Tutanin and Hasse always kept a distance of three meters from them, and they tried to turn their faces away when talking to his group. He felt that this kind of vigilance and rejection was unnecessary given the current ceasefire agreement: "You two don't need to be so far away, and turning your heads. Look, Bai Huo is bolder than you."

Hasse coldly tossed a sentence over without turning his head: "Because Bai Huo is a younger generation, she doesn't need to resist the strong hunting instinct to stand with you, and we have to keep a distance from the anomalies to ensure that we don't lose control."

Hao Ren's eyes suddenly became serious: "Wait, you said hunting instinct... what do you mean?"

"You don't even know this?" Hasse was a little surprised. "Have you never dealt with demon hunters before?"

"I've dealt with them a lot, but not much interaction," Hao Ren shrugged. "What exactly is this hunting instinct you're talking about?"

"The instinctive hostility that demon hunters have when they see anomalies," Vivian explained from the side. "It can even directly transform into killing intent, so demon hunters and anomalies can start fighting with just an exchange of glances. The process is the same as when different groups of anomalies meet and easily start fighting, but the hostility that demon hunters have when they see anomalies is even stronger, and it directly transforms into combat power, so it's called the hunting instinct."

Hao Ren's eyes narrowed: "Another 'Earth-specific phenomenon'... like the problem we discussed before."

"Hasse, do you have a hunting instinct when you see me?" Vivian suddenly looked up at Hasse. "I vaguely remember that I have dealt with many demon hunters, and the hunting instinct they had when they saw me was very weak."

Hasse cautiously glanced over, and his voice was also a little puzzled: "Although it's incredible... my hunting instinct is indeed in an incredible state of calm at this moment, and in my memory... my few contacts with you have been relatively peaceful. If it weren't for this, our ceasefire agreement would not have been so easy to reach. It was the abnormal calmness of the hunting instinct that prevented us from fighting."

Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. He finally completely understood why no anomalies and demon hunters on Earth had ever reached a ceasefire agreement, but he had repeatedly stood peacefully with demon hunters, including this time—although both sides were still full of vigilance, this vigilance was only due to simple camp factors. As a result, Hasse still agreed to temporarily walk together with a group of anomalies.

The main reason was not that Vivian had good eloquence or that Hasse was sensible. This was just a trivial factor. The most fundamental reason was that a certain "innate hostility" activation mechanism was controlling everything! And only in today's situation, this activation mechanism fluctuated.

Hao Ren suddenly realized that if he wanted to crack the law of opposition between different species on Earth, now was an opportunity.

He carefully pushed the cat girl forward: "Hasse, do you have hostility when you look at her?"

Hasse looked at Hao Ren inexplicably: "No, but does that matter?"

"We have nothing to do on the long road, just think of me as being full and wanting to do a few experiments," Hao Ren said as he walked to Hasse. "Do you have a hunting instinct towards me?"

Hasse and Tutanin both shook their heads slightly, but the two felt more and more inexplicable about Hao Ren's strange behavior.

Izhaks suddenly understood what Hao Ren wanted to do. He hugged his daughter and came to Hasse: "Look at us, do you have hostility towards us?"

Hasse immediately instinctively reached for the weapon at his waist, but then relaxed: "There is no hostility in terms of hunting instinct, but..."

Izhaks was open-minded and scratched his face indifferently: "It's okay, normal people basically have to call the police when they see me."

"Landlord, what are you doing?" Lily curiously came over, so Hao Ren pushed the dog girl forward: "What about this one?"

Hasse and Tutanin immediately took a half step back. Hao Ren noticed that the muscles under their skin trembled rapidly as if uncontrollably. There was even a line of silver light floating in Hasse's eyes. Although the two did not speak, it was obvious that the strange phenomenon called hunting instinct was activated.

Moreover, Hasse, whose bloodline was more ancient, had a more obvious hunting instinct.

The same was true for Lily: at the moment when Hasse and Tutanin showed killing intent, her golden eyes were filled with a layer of blood, and then she shook her head vigorously and said to the two demon hunters very honestly: "I wanted to bite you just now."

Hao Ren pushed Lily back, and finally took out Dou Dou from his arms: "You don't have a hunting instinct when you see this either, right?"

Hasse's one eye couldn't help but widen, with a face full of surprise: "Is this siren starved? How is she only so long?"

Hao Ren: "..."

At this time, Tutanin suddenly frowned: "Wait a minute, I feel that this little creature has..."

Hao Ren immediately put Dou Dou back into his arms: "Oh, that's not important."

In any case, the facts proved that the demon hunters had no hostility towards Dou Dou either: although this little guy was a standard "anomaly" by definition.

Vivian frowned and watched the whole process of the experiment. The rules were easy to summarize: "Landlord, you are a human being, '滚' (Gun Gun) is a cat demon who only recently transformed, Lao Wang and his daughter and Dou Dou come from 'other places', so these will not trigger the demon hunters' hunting instinct. And Lily... although her bloodline is a bit strange, it is enough to trigger Hasse's hostility, but the degree of hostility is not strong, and both sides can easily control it. So the activation conditions for the hunting instinct are very obvious: only 'local' natives, and 'standard bloodlines' that have been passed down from the dream plane big crossover ten thousand years ago are valid. Other than that, whether it's visitors from other worlds or new types of anomalies, it doesn't work."

"But you are the most inexplicable one," Hao Ren raised his eyes to look at Vivian. "No vampire dares to compare with you in terms of bloodline orthodoxy, but the hunting instinct triggered by demon hunters when facing you is even weaker than Lily's, and you can even chat with them."

Vivian spread her hands: "Who told me I'm a bit strange everywhere."

Hasse watched Hao Ren and the others discuss with a blank expression. He was also confused about the problem of his hunting instinct, but he did not have enough information to analyze anything, so in the end he couldn't help but ask: "What are you studying?"

Hao Ren looked into Hasse's eyes and cautiously threw out a topic: "What do you think the hunting instinct is?"

"It is a skill that demon hunters rely on to make a living, the key to identifying prey, and a strong enough hunting instinct can even replace the hunter's psychic vision," Hasse said, and glanced lightly at Bai Huo, who was silent beside him. "With the hunting instinct, no prey can escape the hunter's tracking."

Vivian suddenly asked with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, the hunting instinct of the new generation of demon hunters is declining, right?"

Hasse hummed, noncommittally.

"You regard this as a beneficial talent, but haven't you ever thought that it might be abnormal?" Hao Ren looked at Hasse very sincerely. "Haven't you ever suspected... that you are just being controlled by some 'instinct' that shouldn't exist in the first place?"

A sharp light flashed in Hasse's one eye: "What do you mean by this?"