Late autumn, night, the stars dazzling.
At the open-air camp behind the Ancient City, a group of students preparing for the College Entrance Examination were celebrating the 18th birthday of their class beauty and Class Monitor.
Tonight, Li Sitong was indeed dressed beautifully. The boys around her looked at her with youthful excitement. Even those who hadn't had a crush on her before felt their hearts stir upon seeing her tonight.
Only one boy, named Jiang Xia, sitting on a folding stool, looked at her with a peculiar gaze.
Three days ago, a message appeared in Jiang Xia's mind—
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[Divine Sequence 001—Undercover]
Jiang Xia didn't know what it meant, but based on his years of watching countless TV dramas and reading novels, he speculated that he had stepped out of the ordinary.
The first change this message brought him was related to Li Sitong.
Ever since the message appeared, he felt a kindred aura around Li Sitong.
This feeling was hard to describe, like a beast encountering another beast, sniffing its scent: Hmm, the scent is right, it's one of us.
It was inexplicable.
Additionally, Jiang Xia had been feeling extremely hungry for the past three days. No matter how much he ate, even to the point of vomiting and having a bulging stomach, he was still overwhelmed by the fatigue brought on by hunger.
He went to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong.
Jiang Xia ate a lot of barbecue tonight; no one ate more than him. Yet, he still felt weak, struggling even to sit, with no energy at all.
He roughly understood that perhaps the message in his mind had caused some change in him.
But no matter how he tried to explore, the message remained just a message, with no change.
If this continued, in a few days, his little sister who loved to feast might end up eating her brother's eight big bowls.
"Let's all toast together, wishing the Class Monitor a happy 18th birthday, forever 18!"
"Cheers!"
"Cheers~" Jiang Xia, eyes weak, looking as if he could faint at any moment, raised his beer glass and took a light sip.
The chilled beer entered his mouth, bringing a moment of coolness to his mind, but the next second, as the beer reached his stomach, he felt unwell, with unbearable stomach pain!
It felt as if Sun Wukong had entered his sister-in-law's body!
Not wanting to embarrass himself in front of his classmates, Jiang Xia quickly stood up and rushed to a dark spot far away, bending over with a loud retch!
A wave of exclamations rose from the scene.
"Damn, Jiang Xia, can't you handle it? Just one sip and you're like this?"
"Weren't you bragging about your drinking capacity, looking towards the ocean?"
"With this kind of drinking capacity, you'd sit with the kids at our village's New Year feast."
When Jiang Xia returned, a boy was trembling in front of Li Sitong, signing for the Good Person Card she was giving him.
"Sorry, Xu Kun, I don't have any plans to date anyone yet. You're a good person."
"Besides, we only have a few months left before the College Entrance Examination, we should focus on studying."
Li Sitong was wearing an off-white down jacket, with a tightly wrapped red scarf around her neck. Her lower half was dressed in loose jeans and white sneakers, clean and neat, appropriate and elegant, with delicate, fair skin, and no makeup on her face, just a layer of shiny lip gloss on her lips.
The school beauty goddess, well-deserved.
Rejected, Xu Kun looked like a frostbitten eggplant, his head drooping.
Unwilling to give up, he looked up at Li Sitong, gritting his teeth, his voice trembling, "Li Sitong, I really like you..."
"Ugh~"
Before he could finish, Jiang Xia let out another dry heave, quickly turning and running back into the darkness.
Xu Kun took a deep breath, biting his teeth, casting a resentful glance in Jiang Xia's direction.
Jiang Xia felt like he was about to die; this feeling wasn't like being drunk, and his drinking capacity had never been this poor.
After that sip of beer, his entire abdomen felt like it was burning, as if he had swallowed acid instead of alcohol.
Three minutes passed, and the situation eased slightly. Jiang Xia wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
In the dim night, a bottle of water was handed to him.
Looking up, it was Li Sitong.
"Thanks." Jiang Xia opened the cap, took a couple of gulps, rinsed his mouth, and spat it out.
"Idiot!"
Jiang Xia was taken aback.
Li Sitong's voice had changed, no longer the sweet and charming tone it usually was, but suddenly like a queen holding a whip?
In the slanting moonlight, Li Sitong's face appeared stern, her voice cold, "Don't you know we can't drink alcohol?"
Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment; at this moment, Li Sitong felt like a completely different person to him.
Before he could interpret her words, Li Sitong asked again, "How many days have you been hungry?"
Jiang Xia's eyes widened; Li Sitong actually knew how long he had been hungry?
He wasn't sure what was happening to him, but he was certain that Li Sitong had also changed like him. She must have sensed that kindred aura from him, which was why she said that.
"Three days, no matter what I eat, I'm still hungry," Jiang Xia replied weakly.
"Nonsense, ordinary food won't give us a sense of fullness no matter how much we eat." Li Sitong paused, her eyes circling Jiang Xia strangely, "You don't seem to realize what's happened to you."
Jiang Xia was taken aback; he was sure Li Sitong knew something.
He wanted to ask, to quickly figure everything out.
But the words got stuck in his throat, and he remembered the message in his mind: [Divine Sequence 001—Undercover]
He was eager to get answers from Li Sitong, who seemed to be like him.
But he knew what "Undercover" meant.
Undercover—one wrong move, and you could fall into an abyss!
Li Sitong smiled faintly, "It's okay, you don't need to know now. Once you're full, you'll understand."
"How do I get full?"
Jiang Xia asked a question he thought wouldn't be dangerous.
Even if it was dangerous, he had to ask.
He desperately needed to be full; if he didn't fill his stomach soon, he felt he could only survive for two more days.
Li Sitong didn't directly give the answer but instead showed a meaningful smile, "Don't leave after this is over."
Jiang Xia watched her back.
When Li Sitong walked back into the light from the darkness, she turned back into the sweet and pure school beauty goddess.
Jiang Xia had a very bad feeling; people's first reaction to the unknown is always fear and unease.
What on earth had happened?
What is "Undercover"?
What is the method to fill his stomach?
She said once he was full, he would know. Know what?
And what did she mean by "we"?