Chapter 554: The Prototype is Cool
Xiao Jihui's face twitched violently a few times, and he said with difficulty, "Miss Ye, this is not funny."
Ye Wanxi raised an eyebrow: "Do you think I'm joking with you?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jihui's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably twice more. He thought to himself, "If I could, I certainly wouldn't believe you're joking with me, but that's clearly just a puppy, just a puppy!"
Ye Wanxi remained noncommittal, deciding to give him a little stimulation to wake him up.
She reached out and patted the little black dog's head, saying with a faint smile, "Give Vice Minister Xiao a performance."
The little guy understood and called out to Xiao Jihui twice more.
Unlike before, when it cried out, a ball of fire shot out of its mouth and flew straight towards Xiao Jihui.
Academician Liu cried out in alarm and tried to rush forward to save the person, but ultimately he was too weak to do so.
Xiao Jihui was completely dumbfounded, standing there motionless, not even knowing how to dodge.
Fortunately, Ye Wanxi's intention was to prove the little one's identity, not to hurt anyone.
The fire was just for show; it dissipated before it even reached Xiao Jihui.
The sound of the flames being extinguished snapped Xiao Jihui back to his senses. Pointing at the little black dog, he stammered, "It...it can breathe fire?"
Qi Yingxuan, standing to the side, couldn't help but retort, "It wasn't a real dog to begin with, so what's so strange about it breathing fire?"
Xiao Jihui: "..." I must have been ignorant.
After taking some time to adjust his mindset, Xiao Jihui took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "Is this what it's supposed to look like? It seems quite different from what you described before."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yingxuan, along with Ye Wanxi and the others, all looked towards Feng Tianyu.
Before Xiao Jihui and his group arrived, they had already roughly learned about the ill-fated relationship between Feng Tianyu and this little thing.
Therefore, it seems that he was the only one at the scene who had seen the little guy's true face.
"no."
Xiao Jihui's eyes brightened slightly: "Then can I take a look?"
Academician Liu immediately chimed in, "I'd like to see it too."
"Actually, I also..." Ye Wanxi rubbed the little black dog's back and belly, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.
Even though she was the little guy's owner, she, like everyone else, had never seen its true appearance.
Even in her previous life, she never knew the little guy's true identity until her death, just like the bluebird who delivered messages for her in her previous life and was reincarnated as a little rabbit in this life.
She thought she knew these little guys well enough, but in the end she found that she knew nothing about them at all. She was really derelict in her duty as their owner.
We can let it go with other people, but we still have to give face to the host.
The little black dog hesitated for only a moment before jumping down from Ye Wanxi's arms, shaking its head, and then its whole body began to grow bigger little by little.
In just a few seconds, it transformed from a tiny puppy the size of a palm into a beast the size of an adult dog.
The prototype of the Hou is more similar to a horse than a dog, with a layer of dark scales covering its body, making it look somewhat like a Qilin.
However, as an auspicious beast, the Qilin's scales gleam brightly, and it also carries an auspicious aura.
The Hou, on the other hand, has scales that are more of a dark black and deep green, and its body is shrouded in a thick layer of black fire, making it look extremely ominous and deterring people from approaching it easily.
After the little guy reverted to his original form, he became somewhat uneasy and flustered.
If it were still that pitiful little black dog, it could still run to Ye Wanxi's side and circle around her, begging for petting.
Even after being restored to its original form, it didn't dare to lift its head, afraid of seeing the wariness and disgust in its owner's eyes.
As a ferocious beast born from the depths of a swamp, a product of the combined evil spirits of heaven and earth, it was unwelcome from birth.
Everyone regarded it as a calamity and the root of all evil, and would kill, drive it away, and want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Its owner was the first person to treat it well, and it was very afraid that she would abandon it, hate it, and discard it like those other people. So for so long in its past life, it carefully hid its identity, treating itself as an ordinary puppy, and dared not let her discover anything unusual.
But now...
The waiting time always feels long. What may only take a few seconds to others feels like an eternity to the little guy.
Just as it was feeling uneasy and at a loss, a hand landed on its head, carrying its familiar warmth and scent: "So, your original form is this cool. I've really wronged you by being my dog for so many years."
The little guy froze, looking up at his owner in a daze. He found that her eyes did not hold the usual rejection and disgust, but only the same warmth and love as always.
My heart finally settled down, and my eyes became a little more moist.
"Woo-woo—" The little guy nuzzled Ye Wanxi's head against her, making whimpering sounds incessantly.
Unfortunately, it misjudged its size, and Ye Wanxi almost fell backward on her bottom when it bumped into her.
Feng Tianyu caught her in time and gave the little guy a slap on the back of the head.
"Waaah—" The little guy looked at Feng Tianyu accusingly, baring his teeth as if he wanted to bite him.
Ye Wanxi chuckled, patted its head where it had been hit, and soothed it, "Alright, alright, stop being so cute."
After saying that, he glanced at its size and instructed, "Well, you can do this when you're at home, but you have to change back when you go out. Otherwise, what if someone spots you and steals you away?"
“Woo, woo!”
Xiao Jihui and the others finally realized what was happening and couldn't help but move closer, staring at the little guy and exclaiming in admiration, "So this is what a Hou chief looks like. He is indeed very majestic."
"Was that a transformation? Was it a transformation? How did it do that? My God, so the kind of magic that gods in myths can change at will really exist. I wonder if ordinary people can do that after cultivating. This is a huge discovery, a huge discovery."
As Academician Liu spoke excitedly, he tried to reach out and touch the little guy.
Unfortunately, before he could even reach the little guy, Jun Wuduan pressed him down.
“Old Liu, the germs on its body are not something an ordinary person can withstand. You can’t touch it.”
Academician Liu was stunned, only then remembering what Jun Wuduan had said earlier: the Hou is the ancestor of zombies, and the viruses spawned on its body are probably no less than those of the zombies in apocalyptic movies.
In other words, if ordinary people like Ye Wanxi touch them, who knows if they might get infected and turn into terrifying monsters?
While still feeling lingering fear, Academician Liu was also somewhat excited.
Now that the Hou has been found, it means that samples have been collected. Can they now conduct proper research?
"Miss Ye, what is your relationship with this Hou? It seems very close to you. Could you talk to it and ask it to cooperate with our work so we can... do some research?"
(End of this chapter)
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