Chapter 1 The Standoff

Hao Ren was instantly stunned when he saw the girl rushing out of the woods and subconsciously shouted, "Lily?"

However, the girl, who looked exactly like Lily, didn't seem to hear the shout at all. She swept through the snow-covered forest for hundreds of meters, pounced like a tiger ten meters in front of Hao Ren, and then looked around at the wounded wolves. She glared at Hao Ren, bursting with rage. "Where did you come from! Why did you beat my little brothers like this?!"

Hao Ren was taken aback, and before he could react, he saw a blur before his eyes. The wolf-eared girl had already pounced on him. He only had time to subconsciously raise his arm to block, and he felt as if he had been hit head-on by a Harmony train traveling at full speed. Even though he had instinctively braced himself, it was useless. His entire body was sent flying, spinning more than a dozen times in the air, breaking four or five trees before finally landing.

His arm was numb and sore, and half of his body felt as if the bones were dislocated, making him extremely uncomfortable. Hao Ren quickly moved his arms around, finally confirming that he wasn't seriously injured. The light of the rigid shield was flowing over his arm. This shield had actually absorbed most of the impact, otherwise, even with his current steel bones, facing a full-strength attack from a husky spirit head-on would not have been so simple.

Just as he caught his breath, the "werewolf girl" not far away was shaking her fists and looking over. Her face was full of surprise, obviously seeing someone who could survive her thunderous blow unscathed for the first time. However, the husky's short attention span made her ignore this problem in the next second. Instead, she bowed and took a step forward, lowering her head and charging again.

"Damn it... Husky, are you crazy!" Hao Ren was shocked. The white figure had already rushed in front of him. He could only raise his hands to block while shouting loudly, "Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! I'm just passing by... Damn it, you're really going for it! Can you please... can you calm down?!"

By this time, even the slowest person should have realized what was happening. Hao Ren had also figured out the situation: the person he had encountered here was definitely not the husky spirit he knew. What he saw was the Lily of the past!

And looking at her state... it seemed like she hadn't entered human society yet? Had she just left the small mountain village where she lived? Had she been a wolf king in Siberia for a while back then? And didn't she say that the earliest place she lived was somewhere in the Northeast? How did she end up in Siberia?

Various questions flashed through Hao Ren's mind as he tried to fend off the husky girl's increasingly fierce attacks. The flash of the rigid shield was constantly flowing all over his body. It was clearly a close-quarters combat, but the pine forest echoed with a loud sound like the clash of metal. The aftermath of the two people's battle even blew away the snow within a radius of dozens of meters. After the snow and pine needles were blown away, what was revealed below was the dark permafrost, and this permafrost was being cut away layer by layer in the shock waves caused by their fists and feet.

Hao Ren smiled wryly in his heart as he fought. He had thought that he had anticipated many situations before setting off, but he had overlooked this most obvious one: apart from Yizaks, his son, Dou Dou, and Lolissa, who were from another world, and Little Weakling, who had just been "born," everyone else in his family had at least a hundred years of history. Although they hadn't lived through the entire mythological era like Vivian, he could at least encounter one of his tenants a few hundred years before the twenty-first century. Now that he was traveling back in history along the spacetime distortion caused by Vivian, what was so strange about encountering the Lily of the past?

It could only be said that fate was too coincidental, and his relationship with a husky spirit was actually quite deep.

The husky spirit... oh, now she firmly believed that she was a werewolf. The werewolf girl punched and kicked at Hao Ren for a long time, her face not only showing no sign of fatigue, but instead glowing red with excitement. She was obviously very curious about the layer of constantly flashing "glass shell" on Hao Ren's body, desperately trying to see how she could break it. She didn't even care that her fists had been bleeding from the recoil. After exchanging blows for a few more minutes, the werewolf girl suddenly threw two quick punches, then twisted her waist and kicked out with a flying kick at an almost impossible angle for a human, using the reaction force of the flying kick to jump far away.

"That was fun!" The werewolf girl landed steadily, slamming her fists together, her face full of excitement. "You're amazing! You can actually tie with me! You're strong, and your bones are hard. I like you!"

Hao Ren quickly seized the opportunity. "Since we're so like-minded, can we just take a break and talk about..."

But before he could finish, he saw the werewolf girl lower her head and charge again. "Since we've finally met an opponent, of course we have to have a good fight!!"

"Damn it, isn't this the part where we're supposed to say we admire each other, shake hands, make peace, burn yellow paper, chop chicken heads, and swear an oath of blood!"

"A-ta-ta-ta-ta—"

Hao Ren was almost spitting blood because of Lily's (old version) unreasonable behavior - both psychologically and physically - but he had to continue to fight back, because he knew the husky spirit's personality. Once she got into something, she would never stop until she had exhausted all her energy! If you don't believe it, you can raise a husky and try taking it home halfway through a walk...

Objectively speaking, Hao Ren could definitely handle this dog girl if he really let go. Anyway, no matter how good your kung fu is, a gun can take you down, and if the gun doesn't work, he could just use a black hole bomb. But the other party was Lily, even if she was just a historical mirror image of Lily, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Besides, even if he could, he would have to free himself up first - this husky's close combat skills were simply maxed out. Once she got close and entangled you, it would be a miracle if you could even catch your breath, let alone draw a gun or set up a cannon?

Hao Ren could only rely on his strong physical fitness and rigid shield to stalemate with her. But although it was a bit difficult to persevere, he could still fight back and forth, and the reason was simple: he was very familiar with this husky girl.

Hao Ren usually didn't excel at close combat, but the situations he encountered during missions were strange and varied, and no one could predict what kind of challenges he would face in the next second, so he never slacked off in learning about various combat methods. He usually spent his free time training with his tenants.

And the one he trained with the most was Lily, in boxing.

The reason was simple - this husky was the easiest to fool, and she had a lot of energy.

Hao Ren knew that his fighting talent was limited. Perhaps the long lifespan of an inspector would allow him to reach the realm of a martial arts master one day, but at least in the short span of two or three years, he would definitely not be able to compare with Lily, who had maxed out her close combat skills. However, long-term joint training could still benefit him a lot. His close combat ability was improving every day, but what was improving the fastest was his understanding of Lily's fighting style.

The husky girl's combat skills were simple and crude, straightforward, lacking exquisite changes but powerful. Without sufficient physical fitness, no one could keep up with her pace, but as long as your physical fitness reached a certain standard, you could still fight her for a while.

And if you knew her fighting style in advance, it would be easier to deal with.

As they fought, even Lily's face showed a look of surprise, because she found that the man of unknown origin in front of her could not only tie with her, but even seemed to be able to predict her attacks. Her prized moves were often blocked by the other party in advance. These moves were clearly something she had just come up with not long ago, but the man in front of her seemed to have practiced them countless times.

And Hao Ren felt that the pressure was getting less and less, and even had a faint tendency to gain the upper hand.

The Lily of this period was obviously not as powerful as the dog girl he knew. Although her strength and speed were still very strong, her skills were too immature. When fighting, she still relied more on instinct. At first, her messy mad dog punches made him feel a bit flustered, but after adapting to this rhythm, Hao Ren found that dealing with Mad Dog Lily was too easy...

Lily was getting more and more frustrated, and more and more surprised. In the end, just as she twisted her waist and raised her leg halfway, Hao Ren slapped it back. Then, Hao Ren easily moved sideways, leaned forward, and grabbed Lily's fluffy tail.

This move was always effective against the husky girl.

Lily jumped out with a "Woof!" pointing at Hao Ren and stammering, "You... you... you can't use that move in a fight!!"

"Nonsense, would I have to grab your tail if you didn't pick a fight with me!" Hao Ren glared. "Are we still fighting?"

"No, no, you're too shameless," Lily waved her hands vigorously. "And that shell on your body is harder than stone. It's not fun to fight you at all!"

This answer was really in her style. Hao Ren could only smile helplessly. "Okay, okay, can we talk calmly? I'm just passing by. I didn't intend to hurt your wolves. It's all a misunderstanding..."

"Who are you?" Lily looked at Hao Ren curiously with wide eyes. "I've never seen such a powerful guy... I haven't seen anyone in a long time. Where did you come from?"

"My name is Hao Ren, from... forget it, I don't think you'll know even if I told you."

"That's true," Lily nodded. "I haven't been anywhere. By the way, by the way, let's become sworn siblings?"

Hao Ren almost choked to death on his own saliva. "Cough... what did you say?"

"Sworn siblings," Lily nodded as a matter of course. "You're so amazing! And you're not surprised to see my ears and tail like other people. You seem honest. Let's become sworn siblings?"

Hao Ren: "..."