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Vivian's talisman may or may not work, but Lin Feng did not continue to have nightmares for the next three nights—though he didn't think this had anything to do with the bagua mirror.

One reason was that he knew the bagua mirror was not originally used for warding off evil. It was more suited for observing feng shui, determining directions, or seeking spiritual treasures. Using it to calm souls or ward off evil belonged to a different field of expertise. Another reason was that he found a line of small characters in the corner of the bagua mirror, which read the name of a woodcraft factory in Sichuan... This was completely inexplicable.

He decided not to tell Vivian the truth.

In any case, not having any more nightmares was a good sign. Although the tuft of wolf fur brought from the dream world still made him uneasy, Lin Feng could almost be certain that he had attracted the attention of something formidable. However, he was quite good at comforting himself. As long as Yao Ming hadn't died, he could still live happily—even if the sky were to fall. As for nightmares, he would ask raven12345 about them when he saw her again.

Speaking of raven12345, Lin Feng had gone to see her a few days ago. After all, there were many things left unclear from their hasty parting last time, and Lin Feng had accumulated quite a few questions. But when he went there last time, he didn't see that strange "goddess."

Lin Feng used the same method as last time, taking a car to the "turtle egg" and then finding the lamp post with an advertisement for an old Chinese doctor. He smoothly teleported to the upside-down western-style building that was possibly located in another dimension, thereby confirming that his previous experience was not a dream. However, there was no sign of raven12345 in the house. Lin Feng only saw several blue misty figures wandering in the garden and the mansion—they should be raven12345's servants, appearing highly intelligent but seemingly unable to speak human language. Lin Feng felt completely unable to communicate with them.

One of the misty figures handed Lin Feng a note. Raven12345 wrote on the note that she had urgent matters to attend to in Centaurus and would be back in about three to five days. If she got carried away, she might not return for three to five years.

Then Lin Feng was ushered out with this unreliable message paper.

"This is really unreliable..." Lin Feng sat in the living room, blowing air conditioning and reading magazines, feeling a bit annoyed when he remembered his experience at the "Space-Time Management Bureau's Turtle Egg Branch Office" (the full name is important!). He didn't know when raven12345 would come back to answer his questions. Right now, Lin Feng felt like he was shrouded in a fog, everywhere filled with things he couldn't understand or grasp. He didn't even know where to start asking for information, and the only one who could possibly tell him everything was an unreliable "goddess" who seemed a bit crazy.

If he weren't so tolerant, he felt that even OCD would be enough to drive him crazy.

Of course, these past few days he also tried to learn about the "anomalies" from Vivian and Muyun. How should I put it... there was some gain, at least he had a bit of a real understanding of werewolves and vampires, as well as a vague impression of the "world" outside human society.

"Anomalies"—this was Lin Feng's subconscious term for Muyun and Vivian, which was also what many humans called non-human entities when facing them. Even Muyun and Vivian called themselves this, but they didn't seem to mind.

It's not known when anomalies originated, but it seems that they have been around since humans had recorded history. From the strange creatures in ancient myths, to the vigorous church eradication of demons in the Middle Ages, and the exorcism in ancient China, to the occasional horror stories in modern times, there are semi-real and semi-false tales of anomalies everywhere. Vampires, werewolves, demons, and undead creatures are seen by many today as just stories to scare people, but in the early days of these ancient stories, they were real "sightings."

Most anomalies posed a threat to humans. The initial conflict situations are now untraceable, but it is certain that anomalies and humans have been in constant friction before recorded history. However, while in friction, many anomalies and humans had close contact and even lived together. In the human cave-dwelling era, anomalies were the most primitive gods or monsters in those ancient stories. Many ancient books mention "gods" and "monsters" with animal features or three heads and six arms, or strange appearances that do not fit the evolutionary theory. Some of these records were the imaginations and exaggerations of ancient people, some were deformed children born from inbreeding and disease in ancient times, and the rest were basically real anomalies that had actually existed.

They, together with the humans of that time, woven the early chapters of Earth's civilization, and played the role of "gods and monsters" in the records of civilization.

Vivian experienced that era—although her memories were somewhat confused (perhaps because she had lived too long?), she could still provide some basic information. One of the most shocking pieces of information Lin Feng heard from her was... Zeus actually existed, a thunderous giant, and he had issues with his brain...

Obviously, in the early contact between anomalies and humans, the former had overwhelming advantages: anomalies usually had special abilities far beyond human comprehension, long lifespans, strong vitality, and were much smarter than early humans. Anomalies held an absolute dominant position over humans, and they would wreak havoc whenever they felt like it, becoming either calamitous beasts or protecting primitive deities. In short, it was the result of their whim. However, this situation changed over time. Vivian's memories were not very reliable, so she was not sure how anomalies suddenly declined, but one thing was certain: there were three main reasons. Firstly, humans gradually civilized. When anomalies became lax, humans learned to unite and create more sophisticated tools to resist the tyrannical gods and monsters. The latter always maintained relatively loose and independent small groups, and it was easy to pick off the loners; secondly, for some inexplicable reason, anomaly populations declined; thirdly, monster hunters appeared.

The third point was also the most important one.

Monster hunters were strange fellows with half-human bloodlines. No one could understand how they appeared. It was as if they appeared out of thin air and began hunting "anomalies" all over the world. At first, monster hunters didn't have a fixed name and were called various things. It wasn't until the Middle Ages that the term "monster hunter" was popularized by the European Church, and this title became widely accepted. At that time, Europe was the last place where anomalies ran rampant (anomalies in other regions had basically been eradicated by locals and monster hunters), so the classification, names, and definitions of various anomalies and monster hunters by the European Church became the "final version," which has continued to this day.

It's unclear whether this was lucky or unlucky for the European region...

In any case, the activities of monster hunters gradually led to the retreat of

 "anomalies" from the stage of Earth's civilization, transforming them from rulers to marginalized figures. Although anomalies still possessed powerful abilities (compared to ordinary humans), they basically couldn't stir up much trouble anymore.

This was the information Lin Feng heard from Vivian, revealing the unbelievable other side hidden behind the seemingly calm reality world he had thought for over twenty years... But anyway, his worldview had been rebuilt after the disaster, so let it crumble.

As for the two superwomen at home, Lin Feng also seriously investigated them.

Muyun was a "young werewolf" with only a few decades of life experience and was a senior goofball, so there was not much information she could provide. Vivian, on the other hand, was said to be a high-ranking bloodsucker who had lived for many years. Lin Feng was shocked when he first heard about the girl's experience: she had been active in this world since before humans invented currency, making her older than many human civilizations! But it was strange that Vivian's knowledge was also very limited. Her memories of thousands of years were a bit confused, and it was said that most of the time, she just slept in various places. Until modern times, human society was quite boring for Vivian, this strange and old-fashioned vampire didn't like to mess with humans or "elevate her taste" like her peers. Most of her time was spent dealing with her bad luck... Anyway, after living so many years in a daze, Lin Feng felt that she was definitely a disgrace to vampires.

But for humans, she was a good girl.

It's not clear how her worldview was formed.