Chapter 1 The Howls of Dogs, the Signals of Beacons

Though it sounded a bit strange, Lily's dog squad was truly effective. They had sentries in every corner of the street. These stray dogs, never quiet at night, were the strongest scouts, catching the demon hunters completely off guard. When the first signal was sent from three or four blocks away, it spread throughout the southern suburbs in just a few seconds through their barks. No one would think it was a big deal to suddenly hear a burst of dog barking at night, because in this sparsely populated old suburb, packs of wild dogs caused a ruckus almost every night for one reason or another. Except for a certain "Dog King," no one could understand the meaning contained in this sudden burst of barking.

At this time, Lily was still lying on the sofa watching a boring romance drama, her tail brushing back and forth on the back of the sofa like a small brush (for this reason, Hao Ren had even bought a portable vacuum cleaner to clean up her dog hair). When the increasingly louder barking sounded, she instantly reacted, jumping two meters away with a whoosh: "All units, attention, found..." "Bang!"

Vivian reached out and pulled this idiot from under the table: "Could you leave the landlord a few pieces of intact furniture? Did you find it?"

"Four blocks away, a to-be-demolished area, my puppies are tracking, only one person," Lily scrambled up from the ground, gesturing as she described the situation. "Should be out checking the rune situation. Looks like the demon hunters have discovered the missing rune cards, so they sent someone out to investigate, a lone wolf! It's a lone wolf!"

"Good opportunity!" Vivian spread out a pair of huge bat wings with a whoosh, her eyes instantly turning blood red. At the same time, Izzax also stood up abruptly, cracking his knuckles. His original form was too terrifying, and there was no place for him to transform here, so the great demon decided to handle everything in human form. Anyway, this fierce man's combat power in human form was also frighteningly high.

At this time, it had been less than ten minutes since Hao Ren returned to the house. While Vivian was hesitating whether to call him out, this guy had already dressed neatly and appeared in front of everyone, pushing open the door: "Here I come?" He looked like he was quite looking forward to it.

He was indeed a little looking forward to it. As the saying goes, a long pain is worse than a short one. Anyway, the demon hunters had already set their sights on this place, and there would be a fight sooner or later. Hao Ren would rather have the situation clarified sooner rather than later, as this matter made him toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep at all. When he heard the noise outside, he directly got out of bed, dressed, and prepared to leave.

"You weren't asleep?" Vivian was a little surprised. "Weren't you sleepy just now?"

"Hey, I couldn't sleep as soon as I lay down. I really envy that fish, spitting out two bubbles and sleeping like a little pig," Hao Ren waved his hand. "I heard everything. Are we leaving now?"

"Fully prepared," Vivian's huge bat wings spread out with a whoosh, and she grinned, revealing a blood queen-like smile. "It's time to counterattack! I feel like I have a great advantage today!"

Lily got up from the ground: "Just talk, don't strike a pose, you tripped me."

The group confirmed that their combat readiness was good, and they were ready to go out in a hurry. At this time, Nangong Wuyue suddenly whispered beside them: "Wait a minute, let me go with you."

Vivian looked at this usually low-key siren girl in surprise: "Doesn't your race never fight?"

"We don't like to fight, it's not that we can't fight," Nangong Wuyue followed the team with a smile. "Don't worry, although my combat power may be a little weak, I'm the least afraid of demon hunters. Anyway, except for suicide, no one can kill me. Just think of it as going with you to see the world."

Vivian glanced at Nangong Wuyue with some doubt. She had encountered some sirens in her life (after all, she had lived too long). This was the first time she had seen someone like this who took the initiative to come forward when she heard that there was going to be a fight. However, seeing Nangong Wuyue's motivated look, she didn't say much, just nodded: "I know you're not afraid of death, so no one may be able to take care of you later. If you encounter a bad situation, use your talent to protect yourself."

The group went out in a hurry. Hao Ren walked at the back of the team and carefully locked the door. When he turned his head to catch up with the others, Lily couldn't help but mutter: "Why do I see those great heroes on TV slamming the door and leaving when they go out for a duel, but when we go out, we either tie our shoelaces wrong or forget to bring our cell phones, and the captain turns his head to lock the door, and finally pulls it twice to see if it's locked... It feels so weak..."

"Isn't tying your shoelaces wrong and forgetting to bring your cell phone all you alone?" Vivian snorted. "I told you not to watch those boring TV dramas all day long. When you went out just now, you even wanted to put a curtain on your body as a battle robe..."

"This is actively going to catch demon hunters! Can't I be excited!"

Hao Ren chuckled dryly: "Those who slam the door and leave on TV don't lock the door because they basically don't come back, so I never watch TV dramas. Just by looking at the lines, I can guess who dies in which episode."

Nangong Wuyue shivered: "Let's not talk about this, it's too unlucky."

The group chatted constantly, but their speed was not slow at all. They were not afraid of being seen on this quiet, deserted night street, so they all burst out with speeds that ordinary people would find unbelievable. However, Vivian still put away her bat wings after going out: she thought that the demon hunters' perception was weaker than that of the aliens, but it was also far beyond that of ordinary people. In order to prevent alerting the enemy, she didn't fly over as usual.

Hao Ren was very sorry that he couldn't continue to be carried by the beauties tonight.

The southern suburbs at night were deserted and quiet. There were originally few people here, and now at this time of night, there wasn't even a ghost shadow to be seen anywhere. On both sides of the old cement road, only a few street lights, spaced far apart, indicated the way forward with dim yellow light. Now it was already late autumn, and the last few small flying insects that had not yet been frozen to death circled weakly near the light bulbs of the street lights. If it weren't for those who knew the inside story, they probably wouldn't have thought what kind of bizarre secrets were hidden in such an ordinary place.

Under the feet of several super creatures, the distance of several blocks was reached in an instant. Soon Hao Ren and the others came to a street that looked even more dilapidated and deserted than Baishi Road. This was another boundary of the southern suburbs, and like Hao Ren's big house, the end of this street also led to wasteland.

Moreover, there seemed to be even fewer people left on this street. Perhaps its former residents had already moved to new residential areas in the city.

On both sides of the street, only four not-so-bright street lights were still emitting dim yellow light. On most of the utility poles, only broken lampshades could be seen. With the help of the light from the street lights, Hao Ren saw the word "Demolish" painted in white paint on the outer walls of several houses nearby. If he remembered correctly, these words had been painted on for almost a year, but so far no one had come here to start construction. It was said that the developer responsible for building this place had gone bankrupt, and the only renovation and reconstruction project in the southern suburbs had directly rotted on the drawings before it even started.

That's right, to build high-tech residential buildings in a place like the southern suburbs, it would be a miracle if this kind of business vision didn't go bankrupt.

"It's in this area, pay attention to concealment, don't leave my side more than fifty meters away," Vivian said in a low voice, her long hair swaying slightly in the night wind. Within fifty meters of her, there was an extremely thin black mist. This mist did not affect the sight of those inside the circle, but looking into the mist from a hundred meters away would involuntarily cause dizziness and force one's gaze away. This was the power bestowed upon the Night Kindred, the night gave them the power to manipulate shadows, and Vivian used this power to fight against the demon hunters—and to steal chickens from the werewolf territory when she was starving. We just need to know the last point.

"This place is really dilapidated," Izzax frowned, he tried to lower his voice as much as possible, "It reminds me of the Foclay City ruins in my hometown. It is said to be a ghost town that fell from the human world into the crevice of the demon plane. The residents inside were trapped for a hundred years and turned into undead. That city looks the same as the atmosphere here..."

Hao Ren was particularly helpless with Izzax's bluntness: "This is at least my hometown, can you not describe it like that?"

"Don't talk, let me find the patrol captain in this area," Lily waved her hand to signal the others to be quiet, then took a breath and sent a signal to one of her subordinates hidden in the corner, "Woof!"

Sure enough, it was woof...