Dense Fog

The north wind stopped and the forest was quiet.

It's not that Lin Wu and Wang Ye had never imagined this situation. When they saw wolf claws for the first time in a coffee shop, they had such a premonition. On the way there, they even discussed Wang Ye becoming After the tiger, how to drive Lin Wu this little wolf is a technical problem.

But when everything really happened before them, they were still stunned.

A complete wolf, you can't see any traces of humans on it.

...Is this really Tao Qiran?

Under the cedar, the tundra wolf moved suddenly.

It walked towards them, and every step it stepped on the snow was gentle and quiet.

The back rises and falls with the movement, it is so vigorous and beautiful.

Obviously he hadn't believed that this was Tao Qiran, but Lin Wu stood there, watching it approach step by step without feeling any fear.

It seemed that what was approaching was not a beast, but a beautiful dream.

The last time he felt this way was when he was on a night tour for the first time, he listened to unknown calls, like stepping on a soft dream, stepping out of the dormitory, into the embrace of the night.

The tundra wolf walked in front of them, but did not stop, but passed them and walked straight to the cabin.

Lin Wu lowered his head and watched the silver-gray fur lightly brushing his legs. He couldn't move his eyes anymore, and his gaze followed his back until he disappeared into the door of the wooden house.

A few minutes later, a figure emerged from the wooden house.

No longer a tundra wolf, but Tao Qiran wrapped in a thick down jacket.

Uh, he can't count as coming out, because his feet are still standing inside the door, as if he is unwilling to take another step outside.

"Uncle..." Lin Wu finally made a voice, wanting to ask if it really was you, but Tao Qiran took the lead.

"Can you come in first, it's really cold outside." The tundra wolf, who was still majestic just now, wrapped himself in a down jacket like a zongzi.

"Go into the room and talk," Zhao Li said to the side, "he is really afraid of the cold."

Lin Wu wondered: "Don't tundra wolves live in cold areas?"

Tundra wolf, also known as Siberian wolf.

As a professional with two Siberian classmates, a sled dog and a Siberian tiger, Lin Wu now has a deep understanding of the cold tolerance of Siberian animals.

Zhao Li: "When he became a wolf, he was not afraid of the cold."

Following Zhao Li, Lin Wu and Wang Ye walked into the wooden house for the first time.

A total of three rooms, together with the fence, form the entire yard.

Zhao Li took them into the middle room.

Entering the door is a big fire kang. On one side of the kang there is a kang cabinet against the wall. Through the glass cabinet door, you can see the neatly stacked bedding; there is a fire opening under the kang, and the faint fire light comes out from the inside and continues underneath. The burning will provide heat for the whole kang and resist the severe cold outside.

Tao Qiran sat on the warm Kang, squinted his eyes comfortably, and didn't forget to pat the Kang noodles next to him: "Come and sit together, it's so warm."

Wait patiently for Lin Wu and Wang Ye to sit down on the kang.

Tao Qiran nodded: "Well, that's what you see."

Lin Wu: "..."

What is this!

"I can become a wolf," Tao Qiran smiled mischievously, as relaxed as he was talking about the weather, "it is a little troublesome to wear clothes when I change back into a human."

"How did you change?" Wang Ye asked impatiently.

"Right here," Tao Qiran said, "You have to ask me how I changed, and I can't tell you..."

It was not long after the holiday, and he had been living in the mountain for a few days.

That day was the same as today, the weather was very cold, but the sun was particularly good. He took out the easel and sat down, and saw a hare, jumping into the woods.

"At that moment, I put the pen down," Tao Qiran looked out the window, the snow-capped mountains and the forest are pine Tao, "I thought at that time, I have already awakened, why should I look at this mountain forest through my work? A bystander, I want to feel and blend in..."

As if fascinated, he followed the hare into the deep forest.

At that moment, he seemed to forget that he was a human being.

He is like a real wolf, smelling the breath of hare, hearing the snow falling down the needles, he is no longer an intruder in this mountain forest, he has become a part of this place, tenderly embraced and accepted by nature.

He started to run, chasing the wind through the forest, chasing the snow blown by the wind, chasing the flowing water of the mountain stream, listening to the sounds of all things in nature with his ears, and remembering every tree and every bush with his body. In the position, he is looking for the vitality, which is also the composition of this vitality. He yearns for a passionate life, and in this yearning, he truly appreciates the enthusiasm of life!

"When I get back to my senses, the sun has already set," Tao Qiran retracted his gaze, looking at Wang Ye and Lin Wu, but couldn't hide the light that was like a leap of life in his eyes, "I have also become a real wolf."

The forest at dusk is dark and unclear.

It got up from the soft snow, and its vision was no longer a tree trunk, but a low shrub.

The down jacket and the clothes inside made it uncomfortable. After struggling for a long time, it got out of the layers of clothing.

The young tundra wolf shook his head and body, and let out a wolf howling that penetrated the forest.

Not long after, the wolf howl came from the far side of the mountain, responding to the same kind one after another, as if feeling the joy of a new life.

Wang Ye: "That's it?"

Tao Qiran: "That's it."

Wang Ye: "Why do you lose all impression in the middle?"

Tao Qiran spread his hands.

Wang Ye stepped back and asked for the next best thing: "What about you now, can you switch freely between man and wolf?"

Tao Qiran: "Yeah."

Wang Ye: "How do you feel when you change?"

"The bones will be very painful," Tao Qiran said without thinking about his greatest distress, "but forbearance can pass, temporarily, it will be fine after the form is stable."

Wang Ye: "Do you change as you want, or what process do you want?"

Tao Qiran: "Process?"

Wang Ye: "Postures, mantras or spells or something."

Tao Qiran: "...I am the awakening of the wild, not the devil's transformation."

When Wang Ye asked with a headache, Tao Qiran simply looked at Lin Wu.

My nephew didn't seem to be relieved from the shock.

Tao Qiran stretched out his hand and pinched Lin Wu's face: "Hey—"

Lin Wu was agitated, and he recovered: "Huh?"

Tao Qiran was distressed and funny: "Your classmates are going to ask for an in-depth interview. What do you want to ask?"

Lin Wu held half of his cheek, his brain still sluggish.

If the wild awakening shocked the global view of evolution, then Tao Qiran's awakening was to completely subvert, crush, and overthrow.

The impact was too strong, and Lin Wu needed time to digest it.

At the same time, he also admired that Wang Ye could ask so many questions at this time.

Lin Wu silently looked around.

Student Wang is still staring at his younger uncle, as if he can see a mystery if he keeps his eyes on for a while.

For the first time, Lin Wu saw so many emotions in Wang Ye's eyes.

Those eyes were always lazy, as if they were not interested in anything. At this time, they were full of envy, yearning, excitement, and unreasonable annoyance and disappointment.

The room was quiet.

Only the crackle of a match burning under the kang.

Suddenly, everyone raised their heads together, with four pairs of eyes alert at the same time.

There is a sound outside.

Very subtle, like some kind of beast, deliberately slowing down, stepping on the snow and quietly approaching.

"You stay here and don't move." Zhao Li got up, saying that he was about to walk out of the house.

Tao Qiran quickly grabbed him with eyesight and hands, and followed to the ground: "Go together."

Lin Wu and Wang Ye looked at each other and immediately jumped off the fire kang.

In the barren mountains and wild ridges, even if they were wild beasts, they had four people. No, Tao Qiran could switch between man and wolf, one and a half at the top, and the combat effectiveness of teamwork was not weak.

The four of them walked out of the house and went all the way to the entrance of the courtyard. Instead of going outside, they guarded the courtyard gate and looked vigilantly in the direction where the sound came from.

Obliquely ahead, there is a dense fir tree, something is moving in it, and the outer branches that are bent by the snow are trembling slightly.

Lin Wu swallowed nervously, his wild instinct felt the threat of the incoming person and sounded an alarm in his heart.

The trembling of the fir branches became more and more obvious, and the snow on them was almost shaking off.

A piece of fur flashed through the gaps in the needles.

Lin Wu squinted his eyes very quickly and caught the color.

Gray-white background, black spots.

What kind of beast is this?

Lin Wu frowned in confusion. There are only so many ferocious beasts on Changbai Mountain, such as bears, tigers, wild boars and so on. Which one has such markings?

"Huh-"

The outermost fir branches were squeezed, and a leopard with black spots on a gray-white background emerged from it.

Strong limbs, big hairy tail, and icy blue cat eyes.

……snow leopard? !

Lin Wu's eyes widened in surprise.

He remembers that the snow leopard branch is located in high-altitude mountains, Xinjiang Tianshan and Qinghai, etc. Although the book says that there are some distributions in the low-altitude mountains in Inner Mongolia, but Changbai Mountain? seriously?

Shouldn't the mountain king of the Northeast be the bear blind Siberian tiger!

The snow leopard, who got out of the woods, did not approach any further, but stood in place, observing the enemy's situation and staring at the four people at the entrance of the hospital with their heads tilted.

Lin Wu only noticed that there was something on the snow leopard's back.

It seems to be a... designer backpack covered with the iconic LOGO print?

Tao Qiran and Zhao Li relaxed at the moment when they saw the snow leopard clearly.

"It's okay," Tao Qiran leisurely leaned against the hospital door, "I know."

The snow leopard roared, dissatisfied, and turned back into the dense fir.

There was a rustle in the bushes.

After coming out, she was already a tall woman with short hair, dressed in a jacket and high boots, carrying a backpack, neat and clean.

"What's the matter with these two boys?" She didn't approach, her voice penetrated first, and her dissatisfied eyes went back and forth between Lin Wu and Wang Ye, "Tao Qiran, you promised to wait for us to come!"

we?

Lin Wu conditioned to look around, is there anyone else?

"I'm very obedient," Tao Qiran raised his hands to show his innocence, "I have stayed on the mountain." After he said, he glanced at the woman's boots, really curious, "Your boots are also in your shoulder bag. Up?"