What It's Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 518: Chapter 581: Anger

Just like yesterday, Liu Shiling and Little Apple spent their day under the care of Old Xia, running around and playing all over the village and hills with Custard Pie and the Canary.

After sunset, they began rehearsing their comedy skit.

With Little Fatty Girl around, Little Apple’s creative process for the comedy skit was overflowing with ideas. It was as if her hidden funny bone that had been suppressed for over a decade was ignited, constantly producing new skits.

Little Fatty Girl, in her supporting role, couldn’t handle too complex skits yet. And if the punchline was too long or complicated, she often missed the beat.

But it was precisely this natural cuteness that created a unique comedic effect. Little Apple thus created her skits to highlight and take advantage of this effect.

Whenever they encountered words she didn’t understand, Alice would teach her to recognize the words directly through the computer.

This method of learning through comedy, where what they learned could be immediately put to use, helped Little Fatty Girl quickly recognize several complicated characters.

That night, Professor Li Yang was able to watch several skits performed by the “Bell-Apple” duo during their video call, and it left him in fits of laughter, eyes brimming with tears and stomach aching.

Li Yang knew that his daughter had always enjoyed comedic skits. She used to laugh heartily listening to them on the radio when she was very young. He didn’t expect, however, that she could write such entertaining skits, and coordinate so well with Xiao Lingdang.

He could tell that his daughter was genuinely enjoying her time in Chongyun Village; her face was glowing, and she exuded confidence and positivity.

In his heart, he felt profoundly grateful to Xiang Kun, Xia Libing, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen Er, and the adorable Little Fatty Girl who performed skits alongside Little Apple.

He truly wished for his daughter to always remain this happy and radiant.

Little Fatty Girl and Little Apple continued discussing the comedy skit until after ten o’clock, when Xia Libing finally called a halt, citing that Little Fatty Girl needed to study math.

Then, she sent the two girls to wash up. After they had settled into bed, they began studying mathematics on a tablet.

While Little Fatty Girl was studying, Old Xia was teaching, and Little Apple was pretending to be a fellow student studying alongside.

Then, in less than twenty minutes, both Little Fatty Girl and Little Apple had fallen into a deep sleep.

After their young masters fell asleep, Canary, as usual, sneaked out to play–flocking and training its various “bird buddies” in the mountains at night had become the Canary’s routine.

It would normally bring along its newly recruited “kitty buddy,” Custard Pie, but as Custard Pie had had a bath earlier that night, it was under strict “curfew,” forbidden to sneak out and play, lest it return all dirty–after all, unlike the Canary, Custard Pie couldn’t fly. Going into the mountains would result in it coming back filthy.

The Canary didn’t venture too far into the Chongyun Mountains. Its small wings and legs would tire from flying too far. Instead, it perched atop a relatively tall tree branch near Chongyun Village, opened its beak, and let out a call unlike a typical canary’s call.

The call sounded a bit muffled, and much less pleasing to the ears than its normal chirping.

But soon, other birds began to respond to its call, and started flying towards it.

The Canary wasn’t picky about the species of its recruits. Instead, it judged the individual birds based on their “aptitude,” as it would often train its buddies tricks during playtime, such as “singing in chorus,” flying in formation, or joint “hunts” to catch field mice.

Those bird buddies who quickly and accurately understood and executed its commands would occasionally receive rewards from the Canary–a share of its food to win their loyalty.

Of course, there are some raptors who refuse to submit, challenging the authority of the glittering gold bird. However, it is no longer the ordinary little canary. It does not need to physically fight to assert its dominance; it has its own unique way of exerting its deterrence. All birds, whether owls or other raptors, are incapable of resistance under this deterrent.

Today, while planning to lead the young birds on a “patrol” of the Chongyun Village area, the golden bird suddenly noticed something off.

Perched on a tree branch, it tilted its head and peered in a particular direction.

Its night vision abilities are fairly ordinary, but acting as the “eyes” for Xiao Pingguo, especially when in Chongyun Village where it has a limited connection with Alice, and having been “transformed” by Xiang Kun, enabling it to sense to some extent the twenty “super-connected object” beads on its ankle, its ability to move at night and sense living things has greatly increased.

At this moment, it felt as if something was present in that direction, but its senses were a little fuzzy, and it wasn’t sure.

And from the feedback of the other little bird buddies around it, it seemed that none of them had noticed anything unusual over there.

Just as it was wondering whether to fly over to investigate, that thing suddenly launched itself towards it with lightning speed.

The golden bird was startled and instinctively wanted to flap its wings and fly away, but it soon realized that it was near Chongyun Village!

So, the golden bird spread its wings wide, opened its beak, and all its feathers began to vibrate oddly, emitting a type of sound wave that regular humans couldn’t hear, trying to deter the approaching object.

But that thing didn’t slow down in slightest, it was seemingly unaffected and charged straight ahead.

At this point, if the golden bird wanted to flap its wings and escape, it would be too late; it was struck.

If someone had been under the tree and seen this, they would have found the chubby canary, seemingly struck by something, directly being knocked off the tree, but there was no indication as to what had hit it.

The golden bird fell from the tree and hit the ground. It tried to struggle to its feet, but found that it couldn’t stand at all.

On its body, a strange raptor the size of a rooster, with the head of a bird of prey and colorful lights flowing all over its body, slowly appeared.

It turned out that it had been invisible when it attacked.

The golden bird’s left wing and body were pierced by three sharp claws and pinned to the ground, letting out a cry of pain.

As for the little bird buddies around, they had all flown away in fear at this point, none daring to come to the rescue of their big brother.

On the ground, the strange raptor that had ambushed and restrained the golden bird also tilted its head, seemingly looking at it with surprise. It was clear it was much smarter than the other birds.

However, the strange raptor didn’t understand what the golden bird was, and just as it was about to use its beak to finish off the golden bird, an electricity arc suddenly appeared between the ankles of the golden bird, accompanied by a crackling sound.

This sudden incident startled the strange raptor, and it instinctively flung the golden bird away and flew into the air to create distance.

After tumbling a few times on the mountainside, the golden bird struggled to flap its wings and took off, flying towards Chongyun Village in a haphazard manner.

It knew that as long as it reached Chongyun Village, it would be saved.

Luckily, it wasn’t far from the village.

The strange raptor was only slightly startled, but when it realized that the electricity arc couldn’t harm it, it became intensely interested in the golden bird again and flew towards it for another attack.

Golden Flash was injured and flew with difficulty. Yet the odd raptor was extremely fast—blink—and it had already chased right behind Golden Flash, ready to pounce again.

A cute girl in a princess dress unexpectedly appeared in mid-air, standing between Golden Flash and the odd raptor— it was Alice, manifested all of a sudden.

Alice let out a feisty shout, threw herself forward, and with a self-forgetting momentum, thrust the scalpel into the mutated raptor.

The odd raptor, taken aback by the unexpected charge, hastily changed direction and nearly collided with the nearby tree.

When it gathered its strength and went looking for the white figure that had emerged from nowhere, it found it had disappeared without a trace while the yellow bird it had injured was still trying desperately to escape.

The odd raptor tilted its head in hesitation, seeming a bit angry, but eventually it gathered its wings and chased after it again.

This time it entered invisibility status as soon as it took off.

Golden Flash was seriously injured. Its strong will to survive made it strive to escape, but soon it couldn’t control its body and crashed a deserted courtyard from the air.

Fortunately, it had entered the Chongyun Village area.

The moment Golden Flash was attacked, Apple, who had a strong sensory connection with Golden Flash, woke up instantly, sat up and in disarray.

The Custard Pie, which was napping in the room, jumped up and let itself out through the window.

The Custard Pie had already gotten used to most areas in the village with Little Fatty Girl, Apple, and Golden Flash. It sprinted on all fours, leaping quickly along the walls and roofs, like an orange lightning, heading quickly for the place where Golden Flash fell.

When the invisible odd raptor flew over Chongyun Village, it saw an orange cat carrying the big yellow bird running away.

Here to steal the prey?

The odd raptor tilted its head in the air, ready to swoop down and kill the cat.

Just then, near the place where the cat and bird were, on the rooftop of a deserted three-story building, a white figure appeared, looking up in the sky at its position.

The odd raptor immediately redirected its target. It noticed that this white figure was the suddenly emergent guy who almost made it bump into a tree earlier. And it seemed to be able to see its position? Could it possibly discover itself?

The odd raptor didn’t rashly swoop down but hovered in the air, watching the white, lonely figure, and at the same time keeping an eye on where the bird-carrying cat had gone.

On the ground, the co-manifested Alice was looking up at the sky holding a scalpel in her right hand, while tossing a crispy pig’s elbow back and forth with her left hand.

This pig’s elbow was actually wrapped around a “Super-connected Objects” ball, and she was waiting for the right moment.

Although the odd raptor was invisible, she could locate it through the Super Sensory Information. She could even tell through the Super Sensory information that it was a mutant.

This was Chongyun Village, her guarded territory, where she feared nothing except her master.

Inside the bedroom.

When Apple sat up from the bed, Little Fatty Girl also sat up in a daze, rubbing her eyes, turned her head to look at Apple, and said unclearly, “Sister Apple, I dreamt that Custard Pie sneaked out to play, ah-choo, it’s so cold, oh, the window is open, hey, where’s my Custard Pie?”

Then Li Bing also sat up and turned on the light.

Only then did Little Fatty Girl noticed that Sister Apple’s eyes were filled with tears.

“Sister Apple, what’s wrong with you?” Little Fatty Girl was startled, got up from the bed and comforted Apple.

“Sister Bing, Golden Flash…” Apple’s voice trembled, she had learned about some latest developments through her link with Alice after she woke up.

Li Bing, standing by the window, looked at a white figure on a building in the distance and said, “Golden Flash has been hurt by something. Custard Pie has gone to get it. Don’t worry, Alice is watching.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Custard Pie, carrying Golden Flash, crawled back in through the window.

Seeing Golden Flash put on the floor by Custard Pie, covered in blood and dirt, barely hanging on, Little Fatty Girl started crying right away, jumped down from the bed, crouched next to Golden Flash, her little hand hesitant to touch.

“Grilled Chicken Wing Sister, who did this to Golden Flash? Is it a bad guy or a monster? Why did they do this!” Liu Shiling asked with her little face looking up.

Apple also got off the bed and carefully lifted Golden Flash onto it. Tears rolled down her face.

Li Bing looked up at the sky over Chongyun Village and said, “It’s still there.”

Suddenly, the room fell into darkness.

Or rather, the whole Chongyun Village was plunged into darkness.

Even in the night sky, wind began to surge, and moonlight and starlight were slowly being obscured.

Li Bing looked down and found that, unknown to her, Liu Shiling had already stood barefoot by her side, her tiny fists clenched at her sides, looking up outside with her, her cheeks red, tears in her eyes. She was biting her lip, sniffing her nose about to run, her eyes full of fury, determination, sadness, and a bit of fear.

Five coins that had established a deep connection with her were circling around her, and there was even a faint glow on the surface of the coins, obviously in a state of hyperstimulation.

But Li Bing knew clearly that the previous thunderstorm Little Fatty Girl had created at home was because Kun’s consciousness was awakened in his sleep and then amplified in a super-sensory state.

If Kun didn’t back her to amplify the effects, it would be very hard to recreate the situation just by letting Little Fatty Girl bring the five coins into the hyperstimulation state by herself.

But this place was Chongyun Village, and the enormous amount of “Super-connected Objects” Kun had set up everywhere were wild cards.

Li Bing wasn’t sure yet exactly what had injured Golden Flash, but she thought with her and Alice present, protecting Chongyun Village should be more than sufficient, with no major problems.

But, capturing that flying thing alive would be challenging.

Li Bing looked at Little Fatty Girl and Apple, weighing up in her heart, should she let the two little girls exert their powers?

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