Muyun's husky lineage turned out to be quite useful. This lineage endowed her with exceptionally strong nerves and a nearly carefree attitude. Lin Feng felt that this girl's capacity for acceptance had grown so immense that even if someone were to threaten her entire family, she might not react in time—thanks to this innate talent, Muyun did not pass out on the spot after Vivian mentioned her "one-sixteenth Kyi-Bara lineage."
Lin Feng did.
Lin Feng's reaction was even more intense than Muyun's, the person directly involved. After picking himself up from the ground, he immediately lunged towards Vivian. "What did you just say? What does it mean to have Kyi-Bara lineage?"
Vivian, on the other hand, remained much calmer, having experienced many ups and downs in life. "Huskies can transform into werewolves, so what's so strange about Kyi-Bara lineage? What if, among werewolves, there really is a Kyi-Bara branch?"
"What exactly is going on with werewolves in the real world?" Lin Feng exclaimed.
"Take it easy, you're not the only one surprised; I'm just as surprised as you are." Vivian patted Lin Feng's shoulder. "To be honest, in all my years, I've never seen a 'werewolf' like Muyun... but the facts are before us, and all we can do is guess."
"I don't think Muyun is a werewolf at all." Lin Feng made a concerted effort to eliminate distractions, firmly asserting with his final three senses and his reason, "Being a husky alone is already enough of a thing. Now, adding Kyi-Bara lineage... I simply don't believe there are such bizarre branches among werewolves."
Muyun looked at Lin Feng, then at Vivian, curious. "Then what am I?"
Lin Feng grasped Muyun's hand. "You're really just a husky... Let's not discuss this, okay?"
"Oh." Muyun thought for a moment, feeling that she couldn't explain this issue either, so she adopted the habit of not thinking about things she couldn't understand, nodding resignedly. "Then... what should I do in the future?"
"You'll do what you have to do." Vivian said, "You've lived your life like this for decades. The husky lineage doesn't affect your normal life. Moreover, now that 'abnormals' are marginalized, being able to live peacefully is not bad. Even the nobles in our vampire clan are dying out, and who else cares about lineage among other races? You have a pure lineage, which is enough to get by."
Indeed, in the end, Vivian was the one who had a more open-minded view. This pauper, who had often gone hungry throughout her life, always considered being able to eat her fill as an important benchmark in life. As long as she met this standard, she was content—this outlook on life happened to be exactly what Muyun needed right now.
The werewolf girl had rarely encountered things that bothered her in her life, but this was one of those times. Hopefully, her husky lineage would grant her the good mentality to safely navigate this difficult situation. While Muyun contemplated life on the sofa, Lin Feng took the opportunity to chat with Vivian. "How did you check for the one-sixteenth Kyi-Bara lineage? Even if vampires have this talent... wouldn't you first need to know what Kyi-Bara lineage is like?"
Vivian chuckled softly. "I've tasted Kyi-Bara blood, so I can analyze the genetic characteristics of various cats and dogs."
Lin Feng was taken aback. "You've tasted the blood of cats and dogs? Why?"
"Because I'm poor."
Lin Feng: "..."
It was truly unimaginable how many times Vivian had almost starved to death in her life. She was lucky that the Earth's species were so diverse...
"By the way, Big Dog, let's talk about something happier," Vivian also felt that her experiences of nearly starving to death were not worth dwelling on repeatedly, so she quickly changed the subject, "Do you feel any different? Besides the atavistic transformation, do you have any new abilities? You've evolved after all."
Upon hearing this, Muyun was quite delighted. Her tail wagged unconsciously. "Yes, yes, look at this..."
With that, the werewolf girl extended her hands, clasping them together in mid-air, and then a strange scene unfolded:
Two eerie lights began to emanate from her hands, slowly materializing from virtual to real. One light emitted a chilling aura, ice blue in color, while the other radiated a fiery red heat. These two lights extended from Muyun's wrists, gradually solidifying. They extended outwards about half a meter, then, as if "cooling," slowly took shape, eventually forming a pair of claws that resembled weapons.
The claw on her left hand exuded a cold, icy blue aura, while the one on her right emitted a scorching red heat that could be felt two meters away. Apart from the color, the two claws were identical in shape, resembling deformed wolf claws, almost like custom weapons designed to mimic animal features.
"This is it!" Muyun said excitedly. "Last night, I dreamed that I had two of these claws, and when I woke up, they were actually there! Isn't it beautiful?"
"..." Vivian was at a loss for words.
"Is there something wrong?" Lin Feng noticed that the vampire girl had fallen into an abnormal silence and couldn't help but ask.
"This simply can't be explained!" Vivian's expression was as strange as ever, looking at Muyun as if she were a monster. "Why did you grow two of these claws after evolving? These claws don't seem to have anything to do with last night's transformation! I thought you were going to gain some new ability, like most normal werewolves do after adulthood. But how come you... you've gained two new claws?!"
"I don't know." Muyun poked her own cheek with the claw, slightly worried. "Don't normal werewolves change their claws after adulthood? Did I fail to evolve?"
Lin Feng hurriedly interjected, "It's okay, it's okay. You're a husky, don't compare yourself to them..."
"..." Muyun fell silent.
"Forget it, they're just claws." Vivian waved her hand in defeat. "Huskies can even become spirits, so what's impossible? In any case, you've confirmed two changes now: one is that you can transform into a super giant battle husky by eating a lot of spicy strips, and the other is that you can strengthen your claws in wolf form. That's it, right?"
Muyun proudly nodded. "Yes! Pretty powerful!"
Feeling it difficult to continue communicating seriously with this starry-eyed dog, Vivian could only go along with her pace. She beckoned to Muyun. "Alright, let me see your claws and confirm if they're physical or magical."
"Okay, okay." Muyun nodded happily, casually taking off the two claws and handing them to Vivian. "Take a look, but be careful, the red one is very hot
. Although I'm fine touching it, you might get hurt."
It seemed that after last night's ordeal, the relationship between Muyun and Vivian had indeed improved significantly; they now understood each other's concerns.
But that wasn't the point. The point was, at the moment when Muyun took off the claws, the entire living room fell into a bizarre silence.
"This... these can actually be taken off?!" Vivian's first reaction before taking over the claws was to jump in place. "You actually took them off!"
At this moment, Lin Feng had no idea what to say. He realized that establishing a completely new worldview would probably take a very, very long time... This might even be a lifelong endeavor as long as he continued to live with his extraordinary tenant.
"They can be taken off." Muyun nodded naturally. "I'm holding them in my hands, not growing out of my arms."
"What is the principle behind this? I've never seen anything like this in all my life..." Vivian's mouth twitched as she muttered to herself, reaching out to grab the pair of eerie husky claws. However, the moment she touched them, her hands recoiled as if she had been shocked. "Ssss—hot!"
Indeed, these claws were only harmless to Muyun. The coldness and heat they possessed were not illusions. Especially the red claw blade, when touched by others, felt like a red-hot iron, even Vivian couldn't bear the temperature.
Vivian withdrew her hand, but Muyun didn't react in time. The Siberian Husky instinctively let go of her divine weapon, and Lin Feng saw this scene and exclaimed, "My..."
The pair of claw blades fell on the table. The icy claw instantly covered the tabletop with a thin layer of ice, while the fiery claw, more exaggeratedly, fell vertically and, as a result, stuck into the table like a red-hot knife through butter, effortlessly burning through the tabletop.
Lin Feng finally managed to say the second half of his sentence at this moment: "The table..."