Chapter Ninety-One: The Pursuit of the Waveflower

Chengdu University Town.

The afternoon sun shone down on the university district that had been built after the war, its golden light making everything feel drowsy and languid. Chengdu, a city famous for its unhurried pace of life, remained much the same more than fifty years later.

Hua Feng and Yun Meng walked along the road, weaving around the university couples spilling out to stroll and shop, heading toward the exit where it would be easiest to find single girls from the campus.

“Hey, Brother Hua Feng, if it were you, what kind of girl would you go after?” Yun Meng asked as she walked, her hand clasped in Hua Feng’s. She was a little curious what Hua Feng would be like if he were cast as that sort of lecherous character.

Hua Feng had not expected such a question and was briefly at a loss for words. “Uh... Xiaomeng, that’s a really hard question to answer... Everyone has different tastes, so naturally the choice would be different too. If it were really someone like me, then I’d definitely choose a girl with a personality similar to yours as my target.”

“Ha ha... then what kind of girl am I?” Yun Meng lifted her face, waiting eagerly for the answer.

“You’re the kind who is beautiful with a touch of cuteness, cheerful with a hint of mischief and wisdom, understanding, pure, and kind-hearted... In short, being able to meet a girl like you in this lifetime is my good fortune.” Hua Feng spoke as many of Yun Meng’s strengths as he could. He knew that if he did not praise her now, the one who would suffer later might very well be him.

Girls should still be praised from time to time, especially simple ones like Yun Meng, who wore her heart on her sleeve and had no hidden scheming. Though, strictly speaking, she was thousands of years old, that span of time had already been skipped over; in the end, the her of now was mentally no different from an ordinary girl. Hua Feng watched as, after only a few casual compliments, she looked as delighted as if she had been given some priceless treasure, her face bright as a flower in bloom, and he found himself smiling as well.

“Brother Hua Feng still praises people the same way he used to—so straightforward. You’re making me a little embarrassed,” Yun Meng said, folding back the grin that had nearly split her face in two.

“Right. That said, we came this time without bringing Bai Feng along. Was that a little inappropriate?” Hua Feng felt that although this mission was mainly for the two of them to complete, it still seemed somewhat wrong not to mention it to Bai Feng before leaving.

“It’s fine. Sister Bai Feng has already been through so much. Let her rest well at home this time. Besides, with the final calamity drawing nearer, there will only be more and more things to deal with. Who knows when we’ll have the time to go back and visit home again?” Yun Meng gazed at Hua Feng’s star-bright eyes and felt as if she were looking into the whole universe.

“That’s true. We’ll discuss it after we go back this time. Perhaps we should start preparing for the future earlier. After all, there is an ancient truth that many hands make light work, and with only the few of us, we’re far from enough to withstand the turbulent changes ahead. This age is unlike any period Earth has ever known. This is a true doomsday calamity, one that concerns the survival of Earth’s humanity. We can’t be careless, and we can’t be sloppy. We have to fight with all our strength just to win a sliver of hope!” As he spoke, Hua Feng unconsciously raised the matter to the scale of the cosmos and the future that Earth would soon face.

This was even different from that once-popular film from decades ago, where the sense of crisis came only from the problem of moving through space. Perhaps Earth itself would suffer no great harm, but humanity—and most life on the planet—might not be able to survive it.

What would surely follow was a massive reshuffling of Earth’s biosphere, and when humans would next evolve was still unknown. Whether humanity itself could continue to exist would even become a historical question. Although scientists had apparently found evidence of some prehistoric civilizations, if this time could not be endured, then the human civilization of this era would become a new prehistoric civilization.

In the blink of a thought, Hua Feng and Yun Meng had already reached the university town’s exit. They released their spiritual awareness in a grid, and the entire district transformed within the sea of consciousness of their inner minds into a three-dimensional image like a Go board. Each of them quietly watched every suspicious figure on that board.

Time passed minute by minute. The two of them were fully focused, neither speaking carelessly; all communication was completed at the instant their mental fluctuations touched.

“It’s said that the moon rises above the willow branches, and lovers meet after dusk. Xiaomeng, do you think we’ll run into any fish who came out to fish tonight?” Hua Feng communicated with Yun Meng through spiritual sense within the sea of consciousness.

“That depends on whether our luck is that good. I hope we can finish the mission soon and get a few more points. Then we can spare some time to stroll around here. Brother Hua Feng, it’s been ages since you last went shopping with me.” Yun Meng suddenly began to act coquettishly, catching Hua Feng completely off guard. He quickly agreed again and again.

Sometimes, when luck came, there was truly no way to avoid it. The two of them, seated in front of a snack stall, quickly locked onto a rat-eyed fellow.

He was driving a black BMW worth more than a million, parked by the roadside ditch, and kept striking up conversation with young female students walking by alone. This trick—posing as a driver of an unlicensed black car—was a common method used by lecherous men fishing for prey in the university district.

Looking at this outdated little scheme, which had already been played to death back when he was in college, Hua Feng even wondered whether he had targeted the wrong person. But soon the situation began to differ from that of ordinary predators.

Hua Feng and Yun Meng simultaneously sensed a faint fluctuation of energy. The two girls the BMW driver had previously tried to pick up had actually gotten into his car, despite having ignored him a moment before.

“What a shameless wolf in sheep’s clothing! Hunting so openly in such a crowded place, too. Xiaomeng, let’s follow him. We’ll find a chance to deal with him later!” Hua Feng sent the message to Yun Meng, and in the shadows he had already remotely summoned the Great Wall brand land-sea-air vehicle to come over.

“Mhm! From the energy fluctuation just now, the qi resonance was definitely that of a level 61 Emperor Realm cultivator. Though his appearance differs quite a bit from the资料, it’s already certain he’s probably disguised himself. Let’s follow first and talk later.” After saying that to Hua Feng, Yun Meng got into the car with him, and the two of them quietly tailed the BMW.

By then, the BMW driver was already impatiently heading for the hills on the outskirts of the city. He wanted to find a place where no one would disturb him and enjoy today’s prey to his heart’s content. Looking at the two girls, whose eyes were blank and whose minds had clearly been subdued, a surge of lust rose in him.

And they even seemed to be virgins. Ha! These days, girls who enter university without yet having lost their virginity are truly rare.

This time, the old man got a lucky break. I, Wolf in the Moonlit Waves, will not fail fate’s arrangement! Heh heh...

With filthy delight, Wolf in the Moonlit Waves imagined how he would begin the game in a moment, while stomping hard on the accelerator.

Wait for me, girls. Soon I’ll have you floating on air, ha ha!

“Who are you? Let us go at once!” Once the two female college students, whose minds had been released from control by Wolf in the Moonlit Waves, realized that their hands and feet could no longer move, they could only cry out in panic.

“Relax. Once you’ve had your fun with Master and served him well, I’ll naturally let you go. As for now, you’d better keep your mouths shut! If you ruin Master Hua’s pleasure, I’ll send you straight to the afterlife!” Wolf in the Moonlit Waves said fiercely, glaring at the pretty girls whose faces had gone pale with terror in the rearview mirror.