Chapter 412 - 139: It’s All Fate!
He struggled hard to lift his head, or at least to turn it.
But soon, a dark shadow on the ground enveloped him.
Just as Chen Yan turned his neck, he felt a hand grab his hair, lift his head, and smash it to the ground.
Bang!
This time, he really passed out.
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When Chen Yan woke up again, it was dark in front of him. A piece of black cloth, or maybe a hood, was over his head? Chen Yan quickly evaluated in his mind.
Under his body, there was a dense prickling sensation, possibly thrown onto a pile of grass or branches?
The air seemed slightly warmer, but just a bit. It was still cold, but that pervasive cold and damp feeling was gone, and the wind was gone too.
So, am I indoors?
Yes, definitely indoors, because he could smell a strong, foul odor.
Like a warehouse in a leather shop with goods stored for too long, the stench made Chen Yan feel nauseous.
His hands and feet were bound with something unknown, but he tried to struggle and found it useless.
It shouldn’t be ordinary rope; ordinary rope, with Chen Yan’s current strength, could be broken with a strong tug.
He heard a sound that seemed like a door opening, a creaking sound, but it didn’t seem to be a wooden door, rather there was a sharp metallic friction sound.
He heard footsteps; someone had come in.
Chen Yan lay still.
Then, he heard people talking.
It sounded like two people.
One voice was thick and robust, the other slightly sharp and thin.
What puzzled Chen Yan was the language they spoke; he couldn’t understand a single word—he was at least a college student and had passed Level 4 English.
He used to be a homebody who watched many foreign movies and shows.
Even if it wasn’t English, Spanish, French, Italian, although he didn’t understand, he could at least make some judgment.
Spanish was short and fast, even in conversation, it seemed like arguing.
French, even in cursing, had a serene demeanor, like silk wiping your rear.
Italian had a bit of a frivolous and careless tone...
But the language these two spoke was one that Chen Yan couldn’t identify at all.
The syllables were short, and the pronunciation was strange.
Their conversation wasn’t very long, but Chen Yan judged that they seemed to have a bit of a dispute.
Afterward, the thick voice gave a dissatisfied snort and slammed the door as he left—yes, definitely slammed the door, Chen Yan heard it.
The room should have only one person left now.
Chen Yan tried to keep his breathing steady, and his mind quickly turned over ideas.
But there was really nothing he could think of—from being absorbed into the Ring, until now, everything he experienced left him unclear.
Finally, a hand came over and forcefully tore off the hood from his head.
Chen Yan tilted his head and finally saw the scene before him clearly.
It was a shabby and simple wooden cabin.
He lay next to a pile of branches.
And there was a lantern in the room.
By the dim light of the lantern, Chen Yan saw the person in front of him...
Well, barely, maybe it could be considered a "person"?
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The creature in front of him looked roughly seventy percent human, or more accurately, had a human-like silhouette.
But it was much taller, about two meters in height.
Yet it was thin, with not much flesh—a normal human has a thick layer of soft tissue and fat.
But this creature’s body fat seemed shockingly low.
Its skin was gray, a deep gray close to black, but not the shiny black of a human of African descent, more of a dull gray-black.
The neck was long, and the limbs were long, resembling a humanoid grasshopper.
But the torso was quite short.
The face was a bit frightening, but overall, it had eyes, a nose, mouth, and ears—the right number, no more, no less.
But the nose was flat, the nostrils slightly large, and the ears had larger pinnae.
The mouth had thin lips.
In its hand, it held the hood taken from Chen Yan’s head, and Chen Yan noticed that this creature also had five fingers.
But clearly, its fingers were very long!
The proportion of fingers to palms was very different from a human’s—the fingers were at least twice as long as a human’s!
And a human’s finger bones are: two bones for the thumb, three for the other fingers.
But this creature’s fingers had four joints each!
Because the joints were longer, it was clear it could hold thicker objects and grip them tightly.
This creature was observing Chen Yan, its eyes were thin and long.
And because of the close distance, Chen Yan could sense the unpleasant odor coming from the creature.
It was that leather smell.
The creature was clearly a member of a "civilization" because it wore clothes.
The clothes were made of leather, probably some kind of animal hide, with fur still on it.
However...
Judging by the style of this creature’s leather clothing...
Its upper body was quite slender and thin, with relatively large joints in the skeleton.
But clearly, the chest fluctuated.
And... its lower body, the style of the leather clothing, looked like a "skirt" of some sort?
So...
It was a woman?
Or no, a female monster?
After they examined each other for a while, this female monster spoke.
"Are you... a wild man from the mountains?"