CH 3

Kang Xing Luo felt that he slept for a long time, his consciousness was akin to a mixed paste. He tried using all of his strength to open his eyes, but it would have seemed that he had once again entered a new dream. A delicate lady with her black wings spread out, floated in midair staring at him with an absurd expression as she let out a loud cry.

Kang Xing Luo felt flustered and chose to close his eyes again. Even though it was easy to close his eyes, it was unexpectedly difficult for him to stay awake. His consciousness became muddled and the sounds surrounding him gradually faded. 

Where is he? 

What’s going on? 

Although Kang Xing Luo couldn’t remember, a thought kept on resounding in his mind. He can’t sleep. He needs to wake up. 

He still has things to do…

He… He… He has to go back home to feed the cats!

He struggled yet Kang Xing Luo succeeded in opening his eyes, the lights outside rushed into his eyes.

For a long time, he was in a daze and he panicked once he felt his senses were somewhat sluggish.

Even though he was uneasy, the odd stiffness of his limbs gave him a sense of reality. 

It seems like he had truly woken up? 

‘Where is this? The hospital?’

Kang Xing Luo eagerly pondered over his situation. However the last point of his memory was too long ago, moreover, he was unclear of what happened during that specific time. He tried his hardest to recall, but the only thing he could remember was being at home feeding and petting his cat as well as going out with his résumé, sitting in a taxi. The driver yelled out something and what followed was the sound of an explosion, then his whole world turned black. 

……He was in a car accident???

Kang Xing Luo woke with a start and struggled to get off the bed, but he couldn’t move both of his arms and legs. After letting his limbs adapt for some time, he got off the bed and wore his coat that was on the clothes rack in the sickroom. His mobile phone, identity card, and bank card are all in his coat. 

He turned on his phone and huge letters and numbers were displayed on the screen: April 18, 1.22 AM

April 18… It was April 16 when he left home. 

Was he unconscious for 2 days? It was that long? 

Kang Xing Luo couldn’t help but feel irritated, he had no one to rely on in this city; he doesn’t have that many friends nor does he have any close relatives. His mom died when he was still in college while his father went abroad and established a new family with another woman thus, they have little contact with each other. 

Kang Xing Luo lives alone, every day he’s accompanied by several cats which he had adopted in various ways.

He hasn’t gone back home for 2 days now. Doesn’t that mean the cats at home have completely been neglected?

Suddenly Kang Xing Luo’s heart became impatient, he didn’t care about anything else, with an anxious heart he slowly walked out. 

He doesn’t know what the doctors and nurses are doing at this time since he hasn’t seen anyone on the 22nd floor. He took the elevator down to the 1st floor where the receptionist’s desk is and lightly knocked on the window, “Hello, I would like to be discharged.” 

Kang Xing Luo has not spoken for two days straight so his voice sounded odd, to be honest, it was somewhat difficult for him to speak. He anxiously passed over his ID to the receptionist.

He knows about his current financial circumstance, plus he doesn’t know how much the hospital bill would cost. 

As he was in thought, the staff member lowered his head and with a strange expression he questioned, “You want to be discharged from the hospital?” 

In which Kang Xing Luo replied, “yes.” 

“There is no information about you in the system.” said the receptionist. 

“What do you mean?” Kang Xing Luo felt somewhat confused, “So, does that mean that I don’t need to be discharged?” 

The receptionist impatiently snorted back, “I already said there is no information about you in the system. How am I able to have you discharged?” 

“Then I can just…directly leave?” 

The more the receptionist talked, the less pleased he became. Finally, he raised his head and said, “Then what do you say! How about you get hospitalized first?” 

His words spontaneously came to an end when his line of sight fell on Kang Xing Luo’s delicate and pretty face. People naturally have a higher tolerance for good looking people. At the sight of a good looking face, more than half of his irritation disappeared in a split second. 

At first, the staff thought that he was there in the middle of the night to joke around, though it doesn’t seem to be like that now. First off, the youth before him had a worried look on his face and the attire that he’s wearing is indeed unique to their hospital. 

However, it is strange since he is wearing the hospital gown and yet there’s no information about him in the system. Could it be that he is some top-secret VIP customer? 

The answer to that wasn’t solved since he walked away. He had already received the permission of the receptionist that he could leave, so the youth quickly turned around and stiffly left. 

As he walked out of the hospital, the city was covered with neon lights. 

The disharmony in Kang Xing Luo’s sensory world has become progressively obvious. 

It is still the same city that he travelled through countless times in the past, however, the feeling it gives out is familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. Even though the general layout of the place has not changed, the small scenery around him feels quite different from his memory. 

‘Was there originally a coffee shop here?  Was the building beside me unexpectedly this tall?’

Kang Xing Luo’s mind was at a loss, there was a couple ahead of him holding hands, laughing with each other as they walked past him. Unintentionally, Kang Xing Luo and the man had eye contact.

It is reasonable to pass by each other, Kang Xing Luo pulled up the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly, the male opposite from him narrowed his eyes and an amphibian-like slender tongue was extended out from his mouth as he flicked it in the air, greeting him. 

Kang Xing Luo, “…” 

He suddenly felt goosebumps crawling up his back, Kang Xing Luo’s heart was shaken, by the time he reacted the couple had been long gone. 

However, that wasn’t the only strange phenomenon that happened to Kang Xing Luo. He would occasionally size up strangers who would walk past him, out of ten people there were two or three of them that he had reacted differently. 

There were either scales on their faces or a pair of white soft rabbit ears on their heads. 

Shocked, Kang Xing Luo’s brain had a strange thought. 

Oh, crap. 

His brain short-circuited!

At two o’clock in the morning, the city’s subway that should have been closed, unexpectedly still had people at the subway’s entrance. It was evident that his short-circuited brain had a great impact on him since he struggled to get his body on the train.  

The train doors clicked shut.

There were not as many people on the subway. Kang Xing Luo, who just saw something weird, did not know where to look. Fortunately, advertisements started playing on the LCD screen on the train. Thanks to that, Kang Xing Luo’s anxiety settled down. 

“your hair needs care.” 

Kang Xing Luo has seen a fair amount of hair care advertisements, but he has never seen the celebrity on the screen before. Accompanied by background music, his shining handsome face faintly smiled, even if Kang Xing Luo is a man with a tight chest, the girls in the train were excited. 

A beautiful face with no flaw even at 360 degrees, it’s no wonder they’d play the advertisement around the subway.

However, it is strange that he has never seen such a good looking celebrity before.

Kang Xing Luo likes men and he was clear about his orientation since college. Therefore, whenever he sees or meets a handsome man, he would unconsciously take a few more peeks at them. Yet, what surprised Kang Xing Luo about this celebrity was not only his face but also his hair colour. 

Half gold and half white, it could be seen from the middle parting of his hair. 

This kind of strange hairstyle is surely not supported by others. It is weird how his hair looks natural, it doesn’t seem like he had bleached or dyed his hair. Apart from that, the people around him do not seem bothered by it at all. 

Then, a line of small characters emerged on the half-blonde beauty’s face; superstar: Prince.

‘Eh? Prince? This name…’

He wasn’t given much time to think about it when the advertisement on the screen rapidly changed with special effects. The superstar prince in the advertisement says in a cool male voice, “Soft shampoo, cats can use, dogs can use, mammals can also use~” 

Kang Xing Luo, “……..” 

Even after a long time, Kang Xing Luo was still in shock by the fact that people are making shampoo advertisements for animals. Although the beauty of the superstar prince is good, it is weird for him to be matched with that kind of ad. 

Fortunately, the advertisement did not last long when real-time news came in next. 

【This is the global evolution channel. News flash. According to the news report coming from X Beijing X City, a kind of evolution species that appeared on top of the high-speed rail car stayed there for an hour now! This type of stunt is too dangerous, police officers have been sent out on a large scale. Once the high-speed railway stops, they will immediately be arrested. 

To the public, for your safety please do not follow this kind of dangerous behaviour. Now, onto this video footage brought to you by the reporter who is currently at the scene…】

Kang Xing Luo had heard every word that was said in the news, but he was still clueless about what it meant when he tried to put it together.  He stared at the screen as it switched into a dark video record. 

On the high-speed railway track, the train rapidly went fast at a speed of 400 kilometres per hour. A figure can be faintly seen, its limbs were holding onto the head of the train tightly, resembling a large beast.

He could not tell what the species in the video looked like, all he could see was its windbreaker flapping in the wind. Whenever light hits its figure, a pair of eyes that reflect the light in the dark becomes two glaring light rays. 

Kang Xing Luo, “…..” 

‘What is all of this?’

Kang Xing Luo was startled that he could not utter a word. However, the people around him could not help themselves and talk about the news. 

“This is crazy, with the speed of how fast the train is going, you place yourself to the head of the train? You’ll seriously die if you’re careless.” 

“Are the evolutionary species that great, to the point that they can do whatever they want?” 

“How poor are they? Isn’t the salary for evolutionary species high? Is it that hard to buy a train ticket?” 

Kang Xing Luo was confused. Someone among the discussing people asked him, “ai, what do you say then?” 

Kang Xing Luo calmly blinked, he did not understand what an evolutionary species is, he was even more ignorant about the premise of things. He looked at the people around him who were looking back at him. Kang Xing Luo slowly opened his mouth and said, ” The train is going at the speed of 400 kilometres per hour, with the wind blowing at that person won’t they be cold?” 

The surrounding passengers, “……” 

The passengers silently ignored Kang Xing Luo and went back with their discussion, “Ai, just let it be, how can a completely evolved species be the same as a half-human and half-something species? Isn’t it just doing whatever they please?” 

“It would be impossible for those police officers to arrest it, they won’t be able to catch it in their entire lifetime.”