When the magic flower blooms

The night in the mountain village does not have the "heat island effect" of the city, but it is not cool.Before going to bed, He Tiansi turned on the old oscillating electric fan beside the bed, and the rusty antique machine immediately started to go back and forth, creaking.

He Tiansi has long been accustomed to this rhythmic noise, he carried the white cat to bed, and placed it on the empty seat next to the pillow.

Maybe this position is also good, the white cat didn't resist.

The lights were turned off and everything was plunged into darkness.He Tiansi's breathing quickly became even and long.Half an hour later, the timer of the electric fan automatically cut off the power, the wind and noise disappeared together, and the hot and humid heat returned.

He Tiansi turned over in his sleep, raised his arms, and half of the covered towel blanket ran onto the white cat.

It happened to be a long-haired cat.

About two to three minutes later, the towel blanket began to slowly squirm.First two paws stick out, then a pair of ears.

The white cat flicked its tail, jumped over He Tiansi's head and landed on the floor without making a sound.He walked straight towards the large floor-to-ceiling glass window leading to the atrium, stretched out his claws and scratched the sliding door.

Not moving at all.Just now He Tiansi took the bolt on the door casually.

The white cat looked back at the bed, as if confirming that He Tiansi was sleeping soundly like a dead pig.Immediately afterwards, it stood up while supporting the glass door with its front paws, and its body began to deform rapidly under the hazy moonlight.

In a short while, the white cat disappeared completely, replaced by a handsome young man with naked body and long black hair.

When the changes completely stopped, Ming Ruoxing quietly crawled back to the bedside, and carefully observed He Tiansi's sleeping face under the moonlight.

Yes, this was the person he could never forget, but it was different.

Although he survived in an unexplainable state of suspended animation, the cruel human experiment left an indelible mark on Naga.Chimera's brain experiments severely damaged the memory area, which made his life over the past 20 years a blank.

What's even more incredible is that the two most important S-class demihuman genes in his bloodline - king cobra and gyrfalcon have been cleaned and replaced with unremarkable low-level genes.

During those months in the name of in-depth treatment and reconstruction, the researchers of the Asian Security Bureau conducted detailed research on him, and finally came to the conclusion that there is basically no reversal of the demihuman genetic makeup in his body. possibility.The current him doesn't have terrible venom, sharp eyesight, or extraordinary physical ability. He is just an ordinary low-level demihuman.

No memory, no ability—after clarifying these two points, the follow-up placement of Naga suddenly became a problem.

Should he be a lab rat for the rest of his life, or should he be given the respect and protection he deserves?

Several rounds of discussions were carried out within the Institute, and finally it was decided to follow the resettlement method of the retired agents of the Asian Security Bureau: to give Naga a brand new living environment, identity, medicine and pension guarantees, and of course a new name.

"He Tiansi".

This snake god, who was originally in the sky, finally fell into the dust.

Life in Jinyu Village is a limited freedom under surveillance.The observation period is tentatively set at ten years. After ten years, if there is nothing unusual about He Tiansi, he will be completely released into society.

But before "returning", someone must guide him on how to reintegrate into the world of demihumans—this is the new task Wu Fei assigned to Ming Ruoxing.Considering He Tiansi's firm belief in his new identity, Ming Ruoxing had to intervene in his life as subtly as possible, like performing an exquisite minimally invasive surgery.

It seemed that choosing to come to Goldfish Village in the form of a cat was a good bet.

Everything in the past is in the past, and the future is still a long way from this moment.Although a little melancholy, Ming Ruoxing quickly calmed down.

The more important thing right now is to find a cooler place to sleep.If you continue to stay in this room, you will either die from smothering or heat to death.

So Ming Ruoxing limped back to the door, and quietly opened the latch.

"click"

Accompanied by this slight crisp sound, a sleepless, even happy voice suddenly came from behind him.

"...There is such a thing? You are really a cat!"

Maintaining the posture of holding on to the door frame, Ming Ruoxing turned around.He saw He Tiansi sitting cross-legged on the bed, his eyes were very bright, like an owl.

Sure enough, this guy has been pretending to be asleep - Ming Ruoxing is not surprised, because He Tiansi's eye movements have already betrayed himself.And all this is exactly what Ming Ruoxing expected.

First, he was "forced" to reveal his identity, and then he had to do another good show of playing hard to get.

"You're dreaming." He lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious.

He Tiansi did not waver in the slightest.

"I'm so sober now that I can even smell strawberry shampoo on you. Also, you have wounds on your legs."

After saying that, he got out of bed and pressed the sliding door to prevent Ming Ruoxing from leaving.

Well, hooked step by step.

Before leaving for Jinyu Village, Ming Ruoxing had a detailed understanding of He Tiansi's current physical condition: his current pheromone level is very unstable, and he is prone to have a strong reaction to the pheromones released by other demihumans.

Pretending to resist, he stretched his hand around the back of He Tiansi's neck, and lightly pressed on the surface of the pheromone-producing gland.The information was indeed reliable—He Tiansi let out a muffled grunt, arched his body, and swayed.

But what Ming Ruoxing didn't expect was that he actually turned over to his side.

The old wooden floor let out a scream of overwhelm, and Ming Ruoxing was crushed under it.The pain was pain, but the first thing he realized was that the weight of the person on his body had returned to its previous level, and it was no longer the dry and cold corpse in the morgue.

Why is that, and the beating of the heart, the beating of the heart, solid and powerful!

Suddenly, Ming Ruoxing put his arms around He Tiansi's shoulders.

He Tiansi was still troubled by pheromones, but the reaction was not as strong as before.At this moment, Ming Ruoxing could feel his cool sweat flowing along the skin that was close to each other, which was so real that it was creepy.

No, it wasn't sweat that was really creepy, but another more special feeling—like a weak electric current that quickly paralyzed his body.

Ming Ruoxing opened his eyes wide, and he found many visual fragments popping up from nowhere, wandering around in his eyes.He tried to see the specific details clearly, but the screen switching was too fast, and an extremely strong sense of dizziness quickly overwhelmed him, making him unable to move.

When the dizziness reached the strongest, Ming Ruoxing covered his mouth, pushed open the sliding door and rushed into the atrium to vomit.

Fortunately, he basically didn't eat in the past two days, and he only vomited out a little thin gastric juice after retching for a long time.The dizziness soon began to subside, and about a minute later, a large pajamas dropped from his shoulders.

With the smell of He Tiansi.

Ming Ruoxing pushed away the long hair that was in the way, turned his head, and found that He Tiansi was looking at him with concern.

"Are you all right? Have a drink?"

-

Unknowingly, the chirping of insects and singing of frogs outside the window all disappeared. Although the temperature was not too high, it was extremely sweltering.The air seemed to be completely still, just like the stalemate atmosphere in the living room at the moment.

He Tiansi took out two cans of beer from the refrigerator, walked to the dining table, and put one of the cans in front of Ming Ruoxing.

"No." Ming Ruoxing slightly pushed the cold jar away with the back of his hand: "It's a waste of time to drink."

"How many degrees is this little wine?"

He Tiansi smiled, and changed the beer in front of him to something cold, which was reluctantly accepted.

The water glass was transparent, He Tiansi could see Ming Ruoxing trying the water with the tip of his tongue.

"Don't worry, it's cold, not hot." He reminded kindly.

Ming Ruoxing glanced at him, and silently changed to the normal way of drinking water.

Boss Bai, who was sleeping on the sofa, also ran over and rubbed around Ming Ruoxing's ankle.Ming Ruoxing simply picked it up and put it on his lap.

The huge dining room was suddenly quiet, but quietness does not mean calmness - He Tiansi stared at Ming Ruoxing like an idiot the whole time.

"Don't stare at me." Ming Ruoxing protested.

"But you look good." He Tiansi was confident.

Ming Ruoxing cursed in his heart, "The country is easy to change and the nature cannot be changed", and began to deliberately lead the topic to the right path.

"I'm like this, aren't you afraid?"

"Why should I be afraid?"

He Tiansi rested his chin on one hand: "You have been staying with me for a day and a night. If you want to harm someone, I would have died a long time ago, right? But, I am really curious about who you are."

"You really want to know?"

"Aren't you still holding back?"

"These things may be hard for you to understand."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

"..."

Ming Ruoxing pondered for a moment, then came up with a suggestion: "I also have something I want to ask you. Let's take turns asking questions for 1 minute each."

"no problem."

He Tiansi immediately brought the timer for cooking from the kitchen, and after tossing a coin, He Tiansi won the priority to ask questions.

"Then let me ask first—are you a cat who becomes a man, or a man who becomes a cat?"

"I'm human. Of the human subspecies."

"Human subspecies, what is that?"

Ming Ruoxing pressed the timer pause button, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a set of seasoning jars, and then poured three more cups of cold water.

He pointed to the water in the glass: "This is an ordinary human gene."

Then, pointing to the seasoning jar: "This is a demihuman gene with certain animal characteristics."

Then, he poured salt, sugar and chili powder into different water glasses, and mixed three glasses of almost identical colorless and transparent liquids.

"These are demihumans."

"It's okay to mix human and animal genes together?!"

He Tiansi was stunned, and then realized something: "So... demihumans have many tastes... no, types! Are you not the only demihuman?"

"Apart from the laboratory environment, is there any completely pure water in this world?"

"……No!"

He Tian took a deep breath, comprehending quickly.

"So people all over the world are sub-humans, even I am a sub-human? Then why didn't I know that there are sub-humans in this world?"

"Because most demihumans are not awakened. Therefore, we generally call awakened demihumans demihumans in a narrow sense, while most people who are not awakened are called ordinary people."

At this point, the Apple timer on the table rang, and it was time to rotate.

Ming Ruoxing opened his mouth and asked, "Do you like painting?"

"Huh?" He Tiansi was a little puzzled, "This is your problem? Isn't it too casual?"

"Leave me alone."

"... At first, it was recommended by the doctor, who said that I could record the flashbacks in my head. I drew it, but the doctor couldn't recognize it... After returning to the village, there is nothing to do. Drawing some pictures is a relief. .”

Speaking of which, he suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, on the mountain during the day, are you laughing at my bad drawing?"

The corner of Ming Ruoxing's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly changed the question.

"Who is that girl who gave the bayberry during the day?"

"Xiaomei? She was sent by the town government to serve the elderly in the community in our village. She has a good temper and gentleness, and usually takes good care of me."

Ming Ruoxing lowered his eyelids, as if he didn't like the answer.

"Is she your girlfriend?"

"what?"

He Tiansi raised his eyebrows quickly: "Of course not! She is so good-looking, how can she look down on a guy like me?"

"Then do you have a girlfriend?"

He Tiansi seemed to have heard some joke, and spread his arms: "You have been hanging around my house for two days, do you think I have a girlfriend?"

Ming Ruoxing did not respond to the rhetorical question, he just stared into He Tiansi's eyes, as if he could read the answer directly.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds before the timer rang again.

"It's my turn again!"

He Tiansi couldn't wait to raise his hand to signal—in just one minute, many questions ran into his head again.

"So, including me, all the people in the world are demihumans. So, I can also become an animal like you?"

Ming Ruoxing pushed a cup of seasoned water in front of He Tiansi.

"Try it."

He Tiansi obediently took a sip, then looked at him in confusion: "Taste it."

Ming Ruoxing asked: "Sweet or salty?"

He Tiansi drank a few more sips, trying to tell the difference with his mouth.

"The ingredients are added too little, how can you taste this level?"

"For the same reason, the demihuman factors in most human beings are just like these seasonings. They are so thin that they are almost negligible, so they don't have any special abilities... However, you seem to be different."

"Me?" He Tiansi's eyes lit up immediately: "Why am I different?"

"You have a relatively strong demihuman pheromone smell. It is likely that a major accident before stimulated your demihuman potential. This is not common, but it is not impossible."

"Pheromone? What's that?"

"A chemical substance that every demihuman volatilizes, but only the pheromone of high-level demihumans can be detected, and it has certain effects on low-level demihumans."

Hearing what he said, He Tiansi immediately smelled it on himself.

"Then why can't I smell it?"

"This requires training. Most demihumans determine the level and number of genes in their body from birth. Therefore, they can get access to education corresponding to their own level from an early age. But people like you who have become monks halfway through , It’s normal to not understand anything. You need a mentor who can at least teach you some basic common sense.”

"Will you guide me?"

He Tiansi immediately climbed up the pole: "After all, I only know you who can turn into animals."

Ming Ruoxing stopped talking again, and the one-minute reminder bell rang again.

"Now it's your turn to ask me." He Tiansi reminded.

"After you learned how to draw, what exactly did your paintings show the doctor?"

"Lots of stuff. Electric lights, old warehouses, ghosts in white coats, scenes from action movies."

While talking, He Tiansi laughed himself: "It's a lot of mess."

"How did you feel when these images flashed back?"

"Feeling? Just puzzled, surprised, angry, and maybe a little scared. It's complicated anyway."

"How's your health?"

"Others are fine, just cold sweat, and...headache."

"How often do flashbacks occur?"

"Last year was okay, not a few times. It seems to have become a bit more recently."

"..."

Ming Ruoxing was thoughtful, then shook his head lightly: "I'm fine, I'll give you time."

"It's a pity that you don't seem to have much interest in me."

He Tiansi joked: "You just said that there are many kinds of sub-humans. You are a cat, so what kind am I?"

"You quickly realize that statement is not true."

Ming Ruoxing stroked Boss Bai's head: "But if you mean the part of your body's Asian gene, maybe I can help."

"How to help?"

"A little blood. If the pheromone in the blood is strong enough, you can tell some after tasting it."

"An empty mouth blood test, so miraculous?"

"Don't believe it."

Ming Ruoxing got up to leave.He Tiansi was also in a hurry, and quickly caught up with him and grabbed him.

"Believe it! I believe it! How much blood do you want?"

"Fingertips."

"it is good!"

He Tiansi nodded, and stretched out his hand directly in front of Ming Ruoxing.

Ming Ruoxing gave him a dissatisfied look, but did not protest, and was about to lower his head to bite.Unexpectedly, He Tiansi started chattering again.

"Let me ask first...you don't have AIDS or rabies, do you?"

"Don't forget it."

"Yes, yes!"

He Tiansi didn't talk anymore, he quickly stretched out his finger, and eagerly pressed it on Ming Ruoxing's lips.

Ming Ruoxing leaned back slightly after being poked by him, opened his mouth in retaliation and took a hard bite.He Tiansi let out a whimper, and quickly pulled out his finger—fortunately, it was not broken, but he was bitten a little, and blood beads were still bubbling out.

While he was stopping the bleeding, he turned his head to see Ming Ruoxing's movements, and found that Ming Ruoxing had already sat back on the chair, with his head upturned, softly uttering some trivial words.

"...pheasant...dog..."

"what?"

"Shh."

Ming Ruoxing seemed to be still wandering, and after a while, he said softly: "You are a pheasant."

He Tiansi was startled and said, "Why do you scold people so well?"

"The most prominent thing in your body is the gene of pheasant, that is, pheasant. It seems that there is also a little part of wolfdog and horse."

"How come there are three animals?"

"Even a purebred dog is hard to find these days. Every demihuman will undergo genetic testing shortly after birth to find out the three most dominant genes. Among them, the most dominant gene is the future of this demihuman. Race. Second and third genes also tend to have a big impact on personality and traits."

"Then my three genes are awesome?"

"What do you think?"

"..."

He Tiansi became visibly depressed, as if he thought he should be a large carnivorous beast in the food chain like a lion and tiger.

And his depression, in Ming Ruoxing's eyes, has a different taste.

"It's too late. I'll talk about it tomorrow. I'm sleepy."

"Ah...that..." He Tiansi came back to his senses, "Why don't you go back to sleep in my room first."

"No, that broken electric fan doesn't have much wind power, it might as well be outside to cool off last night."

"It won't work tonight. It's going to rain in the middle of the night. This house is uneven. When it rains, the floor on the living room side will get wet and water will get in. Once the water gets in, it will be covered with slugs."

As if confirming these words, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed outside the window, followed by dull rolling thunder.

Ming Ruoxing seemed to have chosen to compromise and stopped talking.

He Tiansi got up and closed the window of the living room, thought for a while and suddenly turned around.

"By the way, I haven't asked your name yet."

This question made Ming Ruoxing feel a sting in his heart, but he didn't want to chew on the meaning of this sting carefully, so he only responded mechanically.

"My surname is Ming, the sun and the moon are bright. Ming is like a star."