Chapter 73 Unexpected Intelligence

Hao Ren hadn't expected that he'd stumble upon such significant intelligence just by helping this pack of black wolves with a toothache. It seemed that keeping promises and being a good person really did pay off. He quickly stopped the wolf king, who was preparing to leave, "Wait a minute, tell us more about that person."

"You're interested in her?" The wolf king sat down, considering. "Hmm, she's a very thin woman, about the same build as that long-haired woman over there (referring to Vivian), maybe a little taller, wearing a hooded outfit, looks like a hunter. She came from the north, but in theory, there shouldn't be any people up north, unless she traveled all the way from a human kingdom even further north. The woman seemed very anxious. She said she came from another world, that something went wrong during some kind of experiment... anyway, I didn't understand it. Basically, she said she wanted to go home and was asking where the most unstable place in this world's space was."

The wolf king wasn't able to provide much information. Hao Ren repeatedly confirmed any other characteristics of the woman who claimed to be from another world, but a wolf's ability to describe human appearance was limited. In the end, Hao Ren could only roughly sketch out an image of a blonde woman, slightly taller than Vivian, with a slender figure, wearing a white hooded outfit, but based on the wolf king's description of the woman's clothing, Hao Ren didn't think she was from Earth.

Not from Earth, then where could she be from?

Hao Ren had been to outer space and seen other forms of life, so his way of thinking was much broader than before. He thought of the possibility of intelligent beings existing on other planets in the Surface World also accidentally entering the Dream Plane. If humans could enter the Dream Plane by chance, there was no reason why intelligent beings from other planets couldn't.

It was just that the woman's situation seemed even more complicated: people who accidentally entered the Dream Plane would usually leave after waking up, but she seemed to be completely trapped in this world, which was something Hao Ren had never heard of.

"What else did she say?" Hao Ren squatted on the ground, eye to eye with the wolf king. "Like where her home is, and how she got here."

"How would I understand that?" The wolf king pawed at the dirt. "Come on, I'm a wolf, okay? She said a bunch of weird terms, but I remember her saying that her home was being ravaged by some kind of disaster... By the way, you don't know that woman, do you?"

Hao Ren shook his head and stood up. "No, I don't know her, I'm just a little concerned... Do you know which way she went?"

"There's a mountain folk village to the west, I know she must have passed through there. After that, it's hard to say which way she went. I don't know how human roads are planned. I just pointed her in the general direction of Lake Beinntz, I guess she'll ask the locals for directions herself."

After the wolf king finished speaking, he raised his head and recalled again, suddenly mentioning a detail: "By the way, I remembered something. When talking to that woman, there was always a strange feeling, like the conversation was very fast, like we already knew what the other person meant before they even finished speaking... I don't know if that's what you humans call an illusion."

Hao Ren was stunned, not quite understanding what that meant. The wolf king explained haltingly, and he vaguely felt that this seemed to be a communication phenomenon beyond language, somewhat similar to the mental link between himself and the data terminal, but even less efficient—perhaps some kind of technology or magic was at work, but the wolf king obviously didn't understand any of that.

"I understand," Hao Ren nodded, waving goodbye to the wolf king. "Thank you for the information, we'll continue on our way."

"Okay, see you again if we have the chance," the wolf king lowered his head, pawing at the grass, seemingly to express friendship. "You're a very special human. I've decided to let my pack be friends with you. If you run into trouble on the southern edge of the grasslands, feel free to come find us."

Hao Ren laughed: this was truly an incredible friendship to have gained. Now he wouldn't have to worry about having nothing to eat if he got lost in the great grasslands again...

The wolf king led his pack quickly over the grassy hills and disappeared from sight. Hao Ren turned around and saw four very serious gazes: even Lily, that silly girl, realized that this trip had yielded a special reward. Clearly, the woman who claimed to be from another world was of great significance.

Becky didn't know why Hao Ren and the others were so concerned about this matter, and curiously leaned over, "From another world? Does that really exist?"

"Uh, probably..." Hao Ren said perfunctorily, but Becky didn't give up and continued to ask, "You seem pretty concerned about this, could that woman really be an acquaintance of yours?"

Hao Ren quickly shook his head, "I don't know her, I don't know her at all, but look, we're studying spatial magic, so of course we're interested in this kind of thing..."

Hao Ren admired his own ability to adapt on the fly!

Becky looked at these mysterious people in front of her suspiciously, increasingly certain that these people were full of doubts, and began to seriously consider whether it was wise for her to rashly get involved with these mysterious people, but feeling the "music box" in her pocket, she made up her mind: Never mind, at least wait until they returned from Lake Beinntz, and then if she still found them suspicious, they would part ways.

Vivian also noticed the change in Becky's expression, and to prevent the mercenary girl from changing her mind, she quickly clapped her hands to divert everyone's attention: "Let's continue on our way, we've already wasted a lot of time."

Now the group had another reason to go to Lake Beinntz, and that was to try to find the mysterious woman who claimed to be from another world, and if possible, bring her back to the real world and hand her over to Raven 12345 to see if they could figure out if something was really wrong with the Dream Plane. Hao Ren felt that this trip was really worth it, everything was going smoothly, and even encountering such a big clue was right on the way.

The team set off again on the journey to the western village, Izaak continued to run behind the horse team, Lily still used a clumsy method to "tie" herself to the horse's back, and Hao Ren, as usual, held a kettle in one hand and grabbed the reins in the other, following Vivian like a circus act. Becky had felt strange for a long time, and at this time she couldn't help but ask: "By the way, what is that thing you've been holding? It looks a bit like a kettle."

Hao Ren was too embarrassed to admit that it was (from Earth) a kettle, so he could only explain perfunctorily, "Uh, alchemy supplies, alchemy supplies,"

"You didn't even bring any identification when you teleported out, but you remembered to bring this thing?" Becky was very surprised, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, no wonder your brain..."

Hao Ren almost jumped off his horse, "Say it again about smashing my brain!"

Becky laughed carelessly: "That's right, studying has broken your brain - anyway, you homebody mages are not very normal."

Hao Ren was speechless, he could only silently distance himself from Becky, and then carefully opened the lid of the kettle a little to maintain his balance, and the little mermaid immediately curiously looked out at the scenery outside, a pair of small eyes twinkling with amazing brilliance under the kettle lid. Hao Ren heard a rustling sound of water coming from the kettle, and without looking, he knew that it was the little guy happily patting her tail: happy patting her tail, surprised patting her tail, hungry patting her tail, Doudou's tail was simply her second communication organ. Hao Ren was almost about to master the knack of distinguishing the various meanings expressed by this little guy with her tail, which was really easier than teaching Doudou to speak.

Hao Ren carefully controlled not to open the kettle lid too much, so as to prevent Doudou, whose mobility had always been explosive, from suddenly jumping out, but strangely, the little guy was just like in the city, although she was exclaiming at the vast world outside, she still had no intention of jumping out and throwing herself into it, it seemed that this vast and boundless grassland also made the little one a little at a loss.

Anyway, Doudou had opened her eyes this time, and she should be happy for a long time.

Riding like this for a long time, when the sun gradually set and left a touch of gilded brilliance on the distant rolling meadows, a small village finally appeared in front of everyone, with cooking smoke rising from the village.

The only village of the mountain folk on the border of the Kingdom of Holletta was close at hand.