To be honest, Asuman's mysterious way of putting it made Hao Ren feel creeped out. If Lily had been there, that girl would probably have gotten all furry again.
"Now that you mention it, I can't help thinking about the time I watched a horror movie alone in the middle of the night. Before it ended, the huge house felt so deserted it was suffocating. After it ended, it felt so lively it was suffocating. I felt like there was someone hiding everywhere I went." Hao Ren folded his arms and sighed. "Back then, I never imagined that one day my job would be even more indescribable than anything in a movie."
Vivian gave Hao Ren a strange look. "You watched horror movies alone at home when you had nothing to do? What kind?"
Hao Ren immediately felt awkward. He wanted to brush it off, but when he saw Vivian's serious, curious eyes, he couldn't help telling her. "About vampires..."
Vivian: "...Hey!"
"I never imagined vampires would come in a model as cute as you back then." Hao Ren gave an awkward laugh and hurriedly steered the topic back in the right direction. "Asuman, our detectors didn't pick up on the situation you described. Could it be some special energy released by those dormant Star People Spaceships?"
Vivian didn't know how to respond to Hao Ren calling her "such a cute model," so she could only glare at him before turning curiously toward the Asuman Crystal.
"I'm not certain," Asuman said frankly. "The Starry Sky People are a complex and ever-changing race. To adapt to their environment, we can semi-actively alter our own life forms or characteristics. I've been separated from my people for too long, and this X Sector... has a very unusual environment. Until we know why those