C283 Python Mountain

"What's going on? It was really loud a moment ago." Xin Ruyue's face bore the groggy signs of someone not yet fully awake as she rubbed her eyes and spoke to Qi Xiao.

Qi Xiao offered a reassuring smile. "Nothing to worry about. Just go back to sleep."

"But I overheard you talking about something that wasn't human. What was it? A monster?"

Initially skeptical about such things