Chapter 1 A Good Day for Something Big

The moon was bright and the stars were few, the sky clear and cloudless—this was the perfect day for doing something big, like howling at the moon.

Four figures, looking like thieves in the moonlight, slipped out of the back door of Hao Ren's big house, carrying large and small bags, and headed straight for the wilderness.

"Why do I feel like we're going to do something bad?" Vivian, in her vampire form, floated in front, half a meter above the ground, flying neither too fast nor too slow, the most elegant and relaxed of the four. She looked back at the distant lights and said with a hint of emotion, "Humans are such a wonderful race. They are so weak, yet they can build such cities and homes... As a blood clan member, I feel a little reluctant to leave these human lights."

"That's why I say you're both poor and pretentious," Lily said, striding beside Hao Ren, as lively and cheerful as a little rabbit, and not forgetting to tease Vivian, "Even I, a senior artistic youth, am not as sentimental as you."

"Can't you two say less at this crucial moment?" Hao Ren was the only one who was a little nervous. He kept an eye on Lily's condition while explaining to Vivian, "We have to be discreet. Although this area is remote, there's no shortage of bold and bored old men and women. Grandpa Zhao on the east side of the street has a hobby of taking his dog out to catch rabbits at night, sometimes not returning home until midnight. We have to be careful not to run into him. It'll be fine once we get further away."

Lily became happier the further she went into the wilderness, now almost skipping forward. She circled Hao Ren cheerfully and said like popping beans, "Ah ha, so that's what you're worried about, Landlord? Don't worry, I've talked to Ah Huang. He's pretending to be sick tonight and won't be out catching rabbits. And I've told the other dogs on the street that no one is allowed to go out tonight. If any owner wants to go out, they will immediately pretend to be sick, anyway, no one is allowed to come to the wasteland behind..."

Hao Ren stumbled, then exchanged a shocked look with Vivian: This is how racial talents can be used? So, these past two days, Lily wasn't just greeting the neighbors, but communicating with the local dogs!

None of the four were ordinary people. Even Hao Ren could now pat his chest and call himself half a superhuman. Therefore, they walked very fast and soon completely left the last line of lights in the southern suburbs, arriving at a rather open wasteland. As the last artificial light source disappeared behind them, the starlight and moonlight in the sky became dominant, and everyone felt a sense of being far away from human civilization. But this place was still not as pristine as the Dream Plane's grasslands—Hao Ren had a deep impression of the brilliant starry sky and two bright moons there, and he thought he probably wouldn't see such a pure and clean sky on Earth.

"Is this the place?" Izhaks, carrying the two largest packages, walked at the back of the group. The honest and diligent Great Demon volunteered to be a porter. He put the things on his shoulders on the ground and then ran to a large rock nearby to look around. "Yeah, this is good. It has a wide view and flat terrain. Even if Lily loses control later, Vivian and I can handle it."

"Why do you all expect me to lose control?" Lily blinked, her voice sounding a little unhappy. "You've been talking about what to do after I lose control since we left the house. Don't you trust me?"

"It's not that we don't trust you, it's that we don't trust that crazy woman," Hao Ren bent down to rummage in the big travel bag for the plastic sheet he had prepared earlier, spreading it on the ground while shaking his head and sighing. "You don't know, that guy is a mechanical idiot. Can you believe she could press the wrong button even though there's only one button on the adjustment pod? Very few things that pass through her hands don't malfunction..."

"Boom!" Hao Ren was halfway through his sentence when a sudden thunderclap rang out above their heads. Although the sky was clear for thousands of miles, a dazzling lightning bolt that almost spanned the sky struck diagonally from the southeast. Hao Ren was so frightened that he swallowed the rest of his words.

Vivian and the others were also startled, not knowing where the thunderclap came from, until the data terminal said leisurely, "Take it easy. She's a goddess after all. The basic laws of this world revolve around her. Be careful of being struck by lightning if you scold her behind her back."

"Is she so petty?" Hao Ren was covered in cold sweat, but he still muttered stubbornly, "Can't I even talk about her behind her back?"

"She's not petty at all. You can call her a crazy woman to her face, and Official 12345 won't bother with you," the data terminal's voice was rather gloating. "But this world is petty. 'Divine Punishment' is an automated program, and it's especially suitable for monitoring the words and deeds of employees."

Hao Ren: "...Ahem, let's continue with our business."

Lily had already unloaded the two big packages and piled them on the ground. The several large pieces of plastic sheeting and blankets that Hao Ren had bought earlier came in handy. They were spread on the ground and became Lily's place to roll around and frolic, while Vivian fixed several disposable brackets on the ground nearby and hung cold lights on them for lighting. Izhaks was sorting out the snacks and drinks, a third of which had already been eaten by Lily at home, but there were still quite a few left.

Lily happily pounced into the pile of snacks. After a series of tearing sounds, she held several bags of junk food and ate them. Hao Ren was a little dazed looking at the scene in front of him: "Why does this look like a picnic..."

Vivian looked up at the moon gradually rising higher and couldn't help but poke Lily's arm: "Stop eating, let's get down to business."

Lily, with a mouthful of spicy sticks, said vaguely: "Huh?"

"You idiot, transform!" Vivian's voice changed. "So many of us are staying up late to come out here with you, not to watch you perform the three-mouth-a-bag-of-spicy-sticks trick! The golden hour of the full moon is only a few hours long, so transform!"

Only then did Lily react. She quickly swallowed the snacks in her mouth, then held her breath and made a "ha—" sound.

Then Hao Ren saw a pair of pointed wolf ears pop out on her head, a tail behind her, and her hair turned into long, silver hair reaching her waist—besides that, there were no other changes.

"Then what?" Hao Ren looked at Lily expectantly. "Didn't you say you were going to transform into a beast?"

Lily also looked curiously at the tail wagging behind her, and touched the ears on her head to confirm their position and size, with a look of confusion: "It seems like there's nothing else. I don't feel any urge to transform into a beast."

"Maybe the time hasn't come yet." Vivian found a reasonable-sounding reason. "I feel that the power of the moonlight hasn't reached its peak yet. Lily will probably start evolving at the moment of the full moon."

In that case, they could only wait. Izhaks immediately started distributing the drinks and snacks to everyone, and then summoned a piece of demonic rock glowing with hot red light from thin air and placed it on the nearby open space: "Bring anything you want to heat up, and I'll bake it for you."

Hao Ren quickly waved his hand: "Take that rock of yours away, be careful of setting the blanket on fire."

Demonic fire was used for warming up and picnicking, and yet someone嫌这嫌那(xián zhè xián nà - finding faults with everything), it was estimated that this was one of a kind in the world.

The four "people" began to eat and drink under the light of the full moon. Time passed by minute by minute, and soon the full moon rose above everyone's heads. Hao Ren felt that something was wrong: "Why hasn't there been any movement yet?"

Vivian also frowned: "The power of the moonlight has indeed reached its peak. I can feel it... Why isn't Big Dog reacting?"

Lily was eating happily at this time, completely unaware that anyone was talking about her. A large pile of snack bags was piled up around her, and even her forehead was stained with grease. This idiot had completely let loose tonight, but Hao Ren became more and more worried. He was afraid that the five-digit goddess had pressed the wrong button when "treating" Lily, so after holding back for a few minutes, he picked up the data terminal: "Connect me to Raven 12345."

Raven 12345's voice sounded half a minute later, sounding a little lazy: "Hello? Hao Ren... What's the matter again?"

Hao Ren explained the situation here, and finally asked with particular anxiety: "Lily hasn't reacted yet, and the moon is about to fall. What do you think... did something go wrong?"

Raven 12345 fell into an abnormal silence, which immediately made Hao Ren's heart tighten. Then he heard the other party say in a low voice:

"Have you ever heard the saying 'the moon is rounder on the sixteenth'?"

This was the moment when Hao Ren wanted to beat someone up the most in his life, without exception.

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