Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three: Discovering the Mystery of Life (2/2)
The little paw suddenly opened up, revealing the pinkish paw pad and a piece of emerald green.
“Hm?” Xiao Yu picked the item from Faye’s paw up in surprise: “Isn’t this the necklace that Aunt Fang wears all the time? Look at what you’ve…”
He stopped his sentence halfway.
Because Xiao Yu realized something was different about the pendant.
The red string that had snapped was a normal red colored string; however, the emerald green pendant that was hanging off it seemed considerably valuable.
As a designer for so many years, Xiao Yu did have some understanding about jadeites. Although he could not tell which decade this pendant was from, he could tell from the material that it wasn’t exceptionally expensive.
It was not clear enough, and the color was not thoroughly solid. At a closer look, one could even see some impurities within it – it was a normal pendant.
A pretty normal pendant…
If one did not see the scroll-like thing inside the pendant.
It was not like the typical interior drawing. The scroll looked vivid and realistic and upon closer look, you could even see a slight tear at the corner of it.
It was like an actual scroll had been stuffed inside a pendant.
Xiao Yu fiddled around with the pendant for quite a while. He had never seen such a uniquely designed necklace before, and he was a top-class designer who had seen all kinds of jewelry designs.
Which meant to say, this was probably not an ‘unique design’.
After fiddling with it for about two minutes, Xiao Yu made a very crazy decision.
He held the pendant, aimed at the edge of the table, and threw it forcefully.
Along with the crisp sound of the jade cracking, a tiny, tiny scroll fell into Xiao Yu’s palm.
It really was a scroll.
Xiao Yu carefully opened the scroll.
The scroll was the size of a section of his thumb. But, as it was unrolled, the total surface was revealed to be much wider. In addition, the words were small and compact and made Xiao Yu’s eyes feel strained after a while.
[Dear beloved descendants: If you could see this scroll, it means you have displayed signs of reversion. Fret not and conquer the world hahahaha -]
Xiao Yu: “……”
The ‘hahaha’ continued for five lines before the the real content began.
[- Hahaha. I shall now tell you the important things to know about conquering the world…]
Xiao Yu patiently finished reading all of it.
Then, he put the rubbish paper in his pocket, carried Faye in his arm, and went to bid goodbye to Mdm Fang.
“Did you see my necklace? I wonder where I’ve misplaced it.” Mdm Fang was sweeping the floor as she asked.
Xiao Yu replied negatively as he quickened his pace.
“Walk yourself out.”
“Sure, sure. Thank you for today.”
……
After returning home, Xiao Yu put Faye aside as he took out the cans of beer that he had not touched after purchasing them two days ago to drink his sorrows away. Then, he took out a measuring cup, which he had bought a long time ago but had never used before, from the kitchen
He sat on the couch as he poured the beer into the measuring cup before starting to drink little by little.
The specific method he was trying was to drink fifty milliliters each time and wait for half an hour.
When he drank about two hundred and fifty milliliters, Xiao Yu sensed a weak hotness gathering on his head and at his tailbone. He waited for another half hour before a pair of ears suddenly popped out from his head and a tail also appeared on his tailbone.
After about half an hour, Xiao Yu’s ears and tail automatically disappeared.
Hm. Basically it was exactly what that rubbish paper had said.
Xiao Yu wiped his tears of hardship as he thought about his race.
That rubbish paper explained that his ancestors were indeed non-human. There was a certain possibility that their descendants may show signs of reversion. That also meant that he was a human, but no longer one right now.
The reason why he called it ‘rubbish paper’ was that, aside from the fact that it did look like rubbish,after Xiao Yu had read through all of the important things to note he had only understood that he would have a harder time surviving from then on. He could not count on it at all to conquer the world.
Firstly, his hamster lineage had the possibility of being activated when his life was endangered. To cure the sickness of his original body, the soul would be temporarily attached to a hamster body and would not be able to return. When his original body’s injuries had been fully recovered, there would be several special circumstances that would happen. From what he knew at the moment:
One, there was a very low possibility of time travel. Once that happened, he should avoid doing too much that would change the future. Otherwise, he may be destroyed by the natural law.
Two, memory confusion. That could include, but was not limited to insanity, memory confusion, and senile dementia. He may even forget that he was once a human.
Three, he must come into close contact with his human body before the hamster body dies. Otherwise, his soul would perish and his human body would be stuck in a vegetative state.
In conclusion, basically what it meant was that once signs of reversion occurred, there would be a high chance that he could not return. However, if he could not return to his human body, his soul would perish as the hamster body died.
Secondly, after he returned to his human form, the lineage that was activated would not be reverted. There would be two characteristics that he would possess for the rest of his life. One, under mild alcoholic influence, his ears would appear, whereas under heavy alcohol influence, he would straight away turn into a hamster. Two, after alcohol metabolism, he would transform back into a human in two stages in the reverse manner.
The key that would trigger this magical transformation was alcohol.
He wasn’t sure whether to call it ‘down to earth’ or plain vulgar.
As for the specific amount in question, it had just been tested by Xiao Yu.
…… it was about the amount to be arrested for drunk driving.
Which was why Xiao Yu was starting to contemplate if he should buy a breathalyzer.