Chapter 6 (1/2)

The lecture passed slowly while Zhou Bai sat in a daze. When Professor Zhuang was getting ready to leave after class, Elsa raised her hand and yelled, “Teacher! Zhou Bai had a nightmare yesterday! Help him out!”

They all turned their heads to look at Zhou Bai.

Alice asked with concern, “Zhou Bai, are you okay?”

“Are you still scared? Do you want me to sleep with you tonight?”

“Haha, you’re so old, and you’re still having nightmares?”

As he listened to their concerns, Zhou Bai’s face took on a helpless expression. He couldn’t decide whether to tell Professor Zhuang about what had happened last night because of the strange atmosphere at the base. He hadn’t expected that Elsa would tell Professor Zhuang first.

Zhou Bai could only smile awkwardly. When he saw Professor Zhuang’s cold gaze, he felt nervous. Without waiting for Zhou Bai to speak, Professor Zhuang asked, “You had a nightmare?”

Professor Zhuang’s solemn gaze surprised Zhou Bai. Before he could answer, Professor Zhuang continued. “Remember, don’t open your door at night, and don’t leave your room. Come with me later to the warehouse to get incense. Light it tonight before you sleep. If you continue to have nightmares, let me know tomorrow.”

Zhou Bai’s heart thumped. Professor Zhang acted as if he knew something was up.

That night, when he lay in bed again, Zhou Bai looked at Elsa on the other bed. He couldn’t sleep again.

He still recalled the strange white furry face he saw last night.

Had it been a dream? If it wasn’t a dream, could it have been Elsa?

Zhou Bai locked his eyes on Elsa the minute he lay down. He couldn’t calm down.

Yet across the room, Elsa had already begun snoring. She opened her mouth wide to bite down on her blanket. She looked like she was dreaming about food again and kept drooling, wetting her blanket.

This kid, Zhou Bai thought…there’s no way she could be that strange thing.

Zhou Bai continued staring at Elsa. The aroma of incense continuously rushed into his nose.

As time passed, nothing unexpected happened that night. Zhou Bai only felt his eyes get heavier and heavier, his brain become more and more exhausted. Finally, he fell asleep.

When he was half-asleep, Zhou Bai felt something furry rub against his cheek.

He frowned, slowly opening his eyes. A strange face full of white fur appeared before him, staring at him.

Astonished, Zhou Bai quickly backed up—and saw the full body of the strange face. His shock slowly faded.

What appeared before him was a long-haired white cat. The cat’s eyes reflected red light, and it stared at Zhou Bai.

Was what I saw last night this cat too? Zhou Bai wondered. It was up against my face, and I couldn’t see its full body. Is that why I thought it was a monster?

Zhou Bai glanced at the door and in Elsa’s direction. He found the door still closed and Elsa still sleeping.

The man and cat looked at each other. Although the cat was cute, and Zhou Bai was slightly less scared, when he thought about how a white cat somehow had entered his locked room at night in this underground base, he still felt alert. But since it was a cat, he didn’t know how to communicate with it.

Zhou Bai focused his will. The shapeless primordial spirit power invaded reality again from his mind, standing guard against the strange cat before him.

At that moment, the long-haired white cat blinked. A female voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Bai’s mind.