Invade the World

  Chapter 26 Small Changes

  The whale emerged from the dark turbid current. This behemoth wagging its tail, swimming through the empty night like swimming across the sea. The atmosphere is humming and the earth is shaking.

  If the heavy weight is substantial, it will press on the heart of the bystander, making him feel difficult to breathe.

In retrospect, Xu Xiangyang even fainted the first time he witnessed Xiao An’s appearance; and every time he saw it, the “weight” that almost directly affected people’s mind and willpower remained unchanged. It's just because I'm used to seeing it that I can barely ignore this impact.

  At the same time, the street lights not far away, and even the lamps and electrical appliances in the surrounding residential buildings, all began to operate unsteadily or stopped, and patches of faint light sources flickered in the alleys.

  ...It was exactly the same as the signs of the old man in the tunic suit when he moved, and even the movement was even greater. It turned out that Lin Xingjie's power could also interfere with the radio waves.

  This shows that Xiaoan really is the same kind of existence as ghosts?

  Before Xu Xiangyang had time to think deeply, he heard the sound of someone getting up in the next room, as well as the sound of muttering.

  It seems that the noise is still too loud, and if this continues, the residents of this alley will soon wake up from their sleep.

  In order to avoid long night dreams, he subconsciously shouted:

   "Lin Xingjie!"

  The black-haired girl turned her face, and the moment their eyes met, she understood what he meant and nodded slightly to the boy.

   Xiaoan no longer wandered in the air wanton, but opened her "mouth" and let out a long and silent hum, then rushed towards the old man in the tunic suit with terrible power.

  "Call—"

  A certain fierce voice echoed in the narrow alley.

  It's like the sound of a waterfall hitting the rocks, like the sound of wind roaring from a valley, so powerful, but fleeting.

  Xu Xiangyang opened his eyes wide.

  The next moment, the whale and the old man disappeared.

  The yellow halo of the street lamp softly enveloped the wall and lush foliage of the alley. The tranquility was restored in the alley again.

  The man in the vest next door opened the window, poked his head and looked around, but found nothing. He turned around and shouted "It's a wild cat!", then he rubbed his eyes and whispered while turning around.

   Accompanied by a soft "patter", the light in the living room behind came on, as if a lantern was lit at the door to guide the way home for night visitors. The TV no longer made any noise. Xu Xiangyang turned his head and saw that the disc was withdrawing from the opening. It seemed that the movie was over.

  Lin Xingjie walked along the root of the wall to the door. The two returned home together and closed the door, only to breathe a sigh of relief.

"How's it going?"

   all seemed to be resolved, but Xu Xiangyang still lowered his voice subconsciously.

   "Don't worry, that thing is gone."

   Lin Xingjie smiled slightly.

   "He was eaten by Xiao An?"

  Xu Xiangyang was a little surprised.

   "No, it seems to have disappeared suddenly." The girl shook her head, "Maybe she ran away."

escaped? Is it because of fear? Xu Xiangyang began to stroke his chin again, and began to think. In this way, does the old man have his own will? Or is he, like Xiao An, controlled by others?

  Xu Xiangyang suddenly remembered another thing, and quickly asked:

   "Are you... okay with your body?"

   "A bit tired, but better than before," Lin Xingjie wiped the sweat from her forehead, her expression was fairly relaxed, she didn't look like she was trying hard, "Maybe it's because Xiao An doesn't really eat."

  Eating...

  Xu Xiangyang couldn’t help but sighed;

"This is really strange enough. You said Xiao An feeds on something like ghosts. That old man and insects are all included in this category; but, after eating Wang Nana's corpse, the group of wild dogs that changed. Is it always visible and touchable? Didn’t it also get eaten by Xiaoan?”

   "There are too many weird things that I have encountered recently," Lin Xingjie looked indifferent, "just like Xiao An can't be seen by ordinary people, but can still interfere with reality, who knows the principle."

   "...That's right, just treat it as a very good pet." Xu Xiangyang sighed, "Maybe it's like a master."

   "Wait, I, I am not good at eating, am I?"

   Lin Xingjie frowned, and subconsciously touched the ends of her hair beside her shoulders, her tone a little disturbed.

   "Uh... I was kidding."

  Xu Xiangyang is a little embarrassed. It seemed that girls would really care about this, he thought.

  ...

  The matter is over, but the night is still strong. For the two of them, too much happened tonight, and sleepiness gradually came to their hearts.

   "Then, go back and rest?"

"good."

  The teenagers and girls were in the living room, and they told each other "good night" by chance, and then went back to their respective rooms.

  Although it was an unexpected accident, even though it was only the first day, they felt that each other was like a family who lived under the same roof a long time ago.

  No one is tossing and turning around because one more person falls asleep a few steps away. When teenagers and girls lie in bed, they feel calmer and more relaxed than usual.

For Lin Xingjie, since moving to this city, her former home has gradually become less like her own. No matter how many people are in that house, she will only feel like she is alone in prison. Zhong is so lonely, you can only fall asleep if you suffocate your head with a pillow;

  For Xu Xiangyang, the guardian is away all year round because of the nature of his work. When he gets busy, he doesn't go home for a few days and nights. He should have been used to living alone at home. But sometimes, really only sometimes, he still feels lonely. After finishing his homework, he is lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling in a daze, or lying on the sofa watching the repeated discs, until he falls asleep. past.

  Until today, in this small home, the familiar breathing sounds have changed from one person to two people.

This kind of change seems trivial. It cannot affect people’s life, or even guarantee its continuity. Maybe it will be restored to the original state next night... But no one knows how it will turn out, because no one can watch. Clear the future.

  Only the eternal moonlight, night after night, always quietly shrouded the dreams of young people.

  *

  After Xu Xiangyang got up, according to the habits of the past, he dressed and washed in an orderly manner, organized his schoolbags, prepared breakfast, and took out his English books by the way to recite words. The room sounded as loud as before.

  ...On the surface, he is still a little nervous.

After reading    several times, he found that the efficiency of recitation had decreased. Xu Xiangyang sighed and put down the book.

  He realized that his attention could not be focused on learning, but was taken away by other things that made people more concerned.

  Xu Xiangyang looked at the closed door of her sister's room.

  It’s naturally empty on weekdays, but today...

  He swallowed subconsciously. For some reason, when the two were getting along last night, he was able to behave very naturally, but at this time he felt a panic, his face was a little stiff.

  Finally, he made up his mind and walked towards this door.

  Xu Xiangyang didn't even realize that he came to the door with hands and feet. He knocked on the door panel, pretending to be calm and said:

  "Are you awake? It's time to get up. There is less than half an hour before early self-study."

  唔, my voice should be...probably calm, right? He thought, did he expose his nervousness?

   "Boom...boom!"

  What Xu Xiangyang did not expect was that the person inside was more nervous than himself. Before his words fell, there was a sound of "cracking" in the room. It sounds very flustered.

   "No, okay?"

   "...It's okay." Lin Xingjie's muffled voice came from the inside, "It's just... uh, I accidentally fell."

  "Really all right? There is safflower oil in the drawer of my sister's desk. You can use it."

  Xu Xiangyang put his hands on the doorknob, and finally resisted the urge to open the door to see the situation.

   "Okay, I get it. I'll be out right away."

   "Well. I have finished washing, you can use the bathroom as you like."

"…thanks."

  This time the voice is closer than before, and the girl seems to be talking to herself on the door.

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head, stopped staying, turned and left.

  ...

  On the other side of the door, a long-haired girl wearing only underwear is leaning against the door panel, and one hand is covering her red and hot face.

   "Oh...I'm so embarrassed."

Lin Xingjie murmured, then picked up the school uniform on the ground and slowly put it on.

  *

  Xu Xiangyang and Lin Xingjie had breakfast together, walked out of the alley together, entered the school together, and stepped into the classroom together.

  The sight of these two people walking into the classroom side by side. The classmates have seen it more than once or twice during this period, and they have gradually become accustomed to it.

  Lin Xingjie was very peaceful during this time and did not cause any trouble; while Xu Xiangyang was still the top student who was active in class, performed perfectly in homework and tests, and was always praised by the teacher without any change.

  Everything is as natural as it should be. At first, some people were curious about the relationship between them, but neither of them was the type that would explain honestly. Asking this kind of question is tantamount to being boring, and there is even the risk of getting angry by the girls' school. So soon No one cares anymore.

  ...At least on the surface.

  But for the two of them, today is still a little different from the past: before they had an appointment at the alley with their schoolbags on their backs, but today they came out of the same house.

  If this matter is discovered by people in the school, it will definitely cause an uproar.

   Regardless of their identities, a male and a female, two high school students at the time of puberty, lived for one night under the same roof without a guardian...Think about it, this is indeed not something that can be spoken upright.

  However, for some reason, neither Xu Xiangyang nor Lin Xingjie seemed to resist the incident itself. Even Xu Xiangyang, who has always been a perfect student in the minds of teachers, did not feel that there was anything wrong.

  Even like this morning, the two will feel nervous or shy, but it is only because they care about each other's views, rather than "high school students living together", according to the current social climate, the behavior itself is somewhat deviant.

  Perhaps because they have witnessed a wider world, a world in which existence itself surpasses human common sense, and the ethical concepts of daily society have gradually been unable to restrain the thinking of the two young people, or maybe—

"boom!"

  Xu Xiangyang just put down his schoolbag on the seat, and there was an abrupt noise outside the classroom, like the echo of a chair hitting the wall.

"What's going on here?"

  He subconsciously raised his head and looked out the window. He is not the only one who is curious, someone in the classroom has already gone to the corridor.

  There are a total of five classes in this corridor, from the first to the fifth class of high school, all of which are liberal arts. Everyone looks up and sees them down. They are all familiar.

At this moment, the students who heard the movement came out one after another. They quickly filled the corridors, the water was blocked, tables and chairs were overturned, fell on the floor or walls, and people shouted and cursed. The sound didn't stop for a long time.

  For a time, the hallway was crowded with people, there was a lot of discussion, and everyone was watching the excitement. I only heard someone shouting in the crowd:

   "There is a fight in Class 5!"

  "Go and call the teacher!"

"who is it?"

   "It's Shi Hui! He is beating people everywhere!"

  (End of this chapter)