Chapter 1: Changes in the Night
As night fell, the city looked particularly charming under the neon lights. Lin Yue was walking on the way home, but his mood was as heavy as the night. After a busy day, he just wanted to get home quickly and unload all his fatigue. However, the various strange things in recent times made it difficult for him to really relax.
Lin Yue returned to his small apartment, threw his briefcase on the sofa, and walked to the bathroom. He stood in front of the mirror, looking at his pale face, his eyes full of fatigue. Although he was not strong on weekdays, he had never felt so weak and uneasy as he did recently.
He took off his shirt and prepared to take a hot bath to relax himself. But when his fingers touched the collar, he felt a strange tingling sensation at his fingertips, as if his nails had suddenly become extremely sharp. Lin Yue frowned and looked down at his hands.
There seemed to be a strange force surging under the skin of his fingertips, and the edges of his nails were faintly black, as if they were about to drill out of his fingertips. Lin Yue couldn't help but gasp and quickly retracted his hand. When he looked more closely, the strange feeling disappeared, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
"I'm so tired recently..." He said to himself, trying to comfort himself with this explanation, but the uneasiness in his heart lingered.
Lin Yue walked into the bathroom, turned on the shower head, and let the warm water wash over his body, trying to dispel the ominous premonition. But with the impact of the water flow, he suddenly felt dizzy, his legs softened, and he almost fell to the ground. He barely held the wall and tried to stabilize his body, but the feeling of weakness became stronger.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly became blurred, the walls of the bathroom seemed to be twisted, and the lights became dazzling and weird. Lin Yue blinked, trying to wake himself up, but he found that he could not get rid of this strange state.
"What's wrong with me..." He muttered to himself, and fear began to spread in his heart.
Suddenly, the scene in front of him changed completely, and Lin Yue seemed to be pulled into a strange dream. The surrounding scene became blurred. He stood in a dense forest, with the whistling of the wind and the rustling of leaves in his ears. The moonlight sprinkled on the ground through the gaps in the leaves, and the silver light seemed extremely cold.
He looked around and found that he was standing n***d in the middle of the forest, with a muddy land under his feet, and the soil exuded a strong smell of blood. Lin Yue felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart. He wanted to escape from this weird forest, but found that his legs could not move.
Just when he felt desperate, he suddenly heard a low and hoarse roar, as if some huge beast was peeping at him in the dark. Lin Yue's heart jumped suddenly, and sweat instantly soaked his whole body. He tried to turn around to find the source of the sound, but found that he could not control his body's movements at all.
Then, Lin Yue looked down and saw that his hands and feet began to undergo terrible changes-his nails became thick and long, his skin began to c***k, and there was faint hair growing underneath. His breathing became rapid, and his heartbeat was almost uncontrollable, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
"What...what's going on?" Lin Yue looked at his gradually mutated body in horror, his heart filled with endless fear. He felt a powerful force awakening in his body, a strange and terrifying force that seemed to devour him.
The roar was getting closer and closer, and Lin Yue felt an unprecedented pain, as if his body was being torn apart. He shouted loudly, but his voice could not come out, as if his throat was blocked by something. Just when he was about to lose consciousness, the scene in front of him suddenly went black, and he woke up suddenly.
Lin Yue panted, holding the bathroom sink tightly with both hands. Cold sweat slid down his forehead, and everything in front of him returned to normal. The forest, roaring and terrible changes just now disappeared without a trace.
"Just now...was it an illusion?" Lin Yue said to himself, but the fear in his heart could not be calmed for a long time. He shook his head, trying to calm himself down, but his heart was still beating wildly.
He looked down at his hands. His nails were still the same and his skin was smooth, as if the change just now had never happened. But Lin Yue knew that everything just now was by no means a simple illusion. The real pain and fear still remained in his memory and could not be shaken off.
Lin Yue took a deep breath, walked out of the bathroom and returned to the living room. He stood in front of the window, looking at the city under the night sky, his heart full of doubts and uneasiness. He felt that his body was undergoing some changes, which were strange and dangerous, but he could not understand what it meant at all.
"I must find out what happened..." Lin Yue swore silently in his heart, he knew that he could no longer ignore these signs. He felt that a huge crisis was approaching, and he could no longer escape.
The night wind blew gently through the treetops outside the window, bringing a hint of chill. Lin Yue stood in front of the window for a long time, until fatigue finally overcame fear, he dragged his heavy steps to the bedroom, fell on the bed, and fell into a more uneasy dream.
In his dream, Lin Yue once again returned to the strange forest. This time, he clearly felt that the power in his body was gradually awakening, and what he was about to face might not just be a simple change, but a complete turning point of fate.