Chapter 29

Already dressed in the Dawn Type II armor, Zhou Yi followed Nisha. Makinos sat on the vampire ruling party's helicopter.

The helicopter took off from Long Island and flew directly towards Brooklyn. Throughout the journey, Nisha maintained a cold and silent attitude, neither speaking nor making any sound, just staring sharply at Zhou Yi's face behind the helmet.

This extremely awkward atmosphere was entirely the result of Zhou Yi's own doing. He could inwardly disbelieve that women would keep their promises, but that didn't mean he should directly show his views. Once this view was discovered, it was enough to make a woman turn against him.

Whether this woman would keep her promise or not, it was the same.

In this situation, even with Zhou Yi's thick skin, it was hard to accept, so he awkwardly scratched his face through the helmet and deliberately started a conversation. "Miss Nisha, I don't know your age yet?"

A topic that female creatures always care about, which made Nisha even more silent and her gaze even sharper.

"Alright, I know that inquiring about a lady's age isn't something a gentleman should do." Zhou Yi shrugged, making a helpless gesture, but no one could see his expression.

"I just wanted to find a topic to chat about. Perhaps we are the first to interact between our respective races!"

"You're thinking too much. Our interactions with humans have been ongoing since before the Middle Ages. The situation you mentioned is impossible." Nisha crossed her arms and said indifferently. As a messenger, she couldn't remain silent towards her guest, but with her personality, she wouldn't be friendly either, so she dealt with it in a perfunctory manner.

Crossing her arms signified resistance and rejection, which was Nisha's attitude. But for Zhou Yi, this action only highlighted the beauty of her figure. A playboy would never be deterred by a small gesture.

"Vampire history and customs, I find this quite interesting. Miss Nisha, may I ask, do vampires have different ethnicities?" Changing to a slightly more academic topic, Zhou Yi continued to harass his target with words.

Nisha clearly paused at this question. For vampires, the concept of ethnicity didn't really exist, but there were other classification methods. She thought for a moment, organized her thoughts, and then answered.

"Vampires, except for a few special cases, mostly originate from the same ancestor. We don't have the concept of ethnicity because we are not a species that expands without limit like humans. We only have different clans, not different races."

Seeing Zhou Yi put on a listening face at the right time, Nisha was naturally willing to use this textbook-like explanation to get rid of those boring attempts at conversation.

"The ancestor we vampires revere is only one, the Red Sea Queen Lilith, not the Cain who betrayed God as those who worship Yahweh claim. Lilith is the Queen of the Red Sea, the Goddess of the Night, the oldest witch. The Red Sea is not the current Red Sea but represents the sea of life filled with blood. Lilith once roamed the world and left descendants. These descendants are the ancestors of vampires."

"After wandering the world for a long time, these descendants finally gathered together. The ancestors formed clans, creating the earliest clans."

"The earliest clans lived in seclusion in the wilderness and on high mountains, unknown to most humans. But as time passed, due to the special abilities and immortality of our clan members, and the disturbances caused by our conflicts with other supernatural beings, our existence was discovered by humans, causing panic (the wars in 1484 and 1710 were examples)."

"At that time, it was the period of the Catholic Church's疯狂扩张. They imposed a fabricated history on us without our consent and hunted us as heretics along with werewolves and witches."

"The Inquisition at that time had powers beyond those of ordinary people, and the oldest vampire hunters also came from there. Although our ancestors were very powerful, they could not withstand the combined attacks of hundreds of hunters. The oldest ancestors were either killed or fell into a deep sleep, and the survival of the entire vampire clan was in unprecedented crisis. To ensure the survival of the clan, the remaining members of the ancient clans split, giving rise to two new clans representing different ideologies."

"The Secret Party and the Demon Party. The Secret Party believed we should adhere to the old doctrines, live among humans, and obtain what we need from them without reckless plundering. Only by enforcing the rules and maintaining our secrecy from humans could the clan continue to exist peacefully and for a long time."

"The Demon Party believed we should conquer humans with physical strength and blood, tempt the unstable rulers among humans with immortality, and spread our blood and descendants through them to expand and ensure the clan's eternal existence."

"My father was one of the members of the Secret Party that emerged later. In the Romanian region, due to the spread of Catholicism and endless battles, he led our clan to migrate to the Americas and established a new clan here."

To be honest, except for the mention of the Night Witch, which perked up Zhou Yi's interest a bit, the rest of the time, he mostly just let it go in one ear and out the other. He wasn't particularly interested in vampire history; he just wanted to chat with the beautiful vampire in front of him and deepen their relationship, not seriously investigate the blood and tears of the vampire clan. Seeing that the beautiful vampire was about to shift from the clan's blood and tears to her father's entrepreneurial blood and tears, Zhou Yi immediately changed the topic.

"I remember you mentioned that the Catholic Church labeled you as heretics. The story of your conflict with werewolves has always been a popular theme in films and literature. Why did werewolves become your mortal enemies? I'm really curious about this. According to your origins, werewolves should have a similar story, right?"

"Werewolves?" Nisha frowned, and when she thought, her eyes always had a dazed look, making her seem a bit cute at that moment.

"I remember when I was very young, my father once told me about this. It went something like this: Werewolves did not exist in the early days of the ancient clans. They suddenly appeared and quickly became a disaster. At that time, we had no contact with werewolves because, although they attacked all living beings, they did not pose a significant threat to us."

"One day, a group of outsiders visited us. They also fed on blood, feared sunlight and silver, and had the same habits as us, but they were not descendants of Queen Lilith. They persuaded us to join them in eradicating the werewolves, arguing that if the werewolves were allowed to spread unchecked, we would also lose our living space. If the werewolves killed all the living beings, we would die of starvation."

"The clan at that time accepted these outsiders and recognized them as vampires. We then mobilized the clan's strength to jointly eradicate the werewolves. The werewolves' animal strength could not resist the powerful vampire warriors, and their spread was quickly controlled. However, we could not completely eliminate them. They, like us, learned to hide, and as humans became the dominant species, our clan, due to the blood feud, became your mortal enemies."

"Wow!" Zhou Yi expressed his surprise with a single exclamation and said quite sincerely, "It seems Miss Nisha has a deep understanding of your clan's history. Can I ask about some customs?"

Shifting to a topic he wasn't interested in again, Zhou Yi had done this countless times and didn't mind doing it one more time.

"Of course, feel free to ask. I will answer what I can." Nisha seemed to have found a sense of being a teacher. Being treated as a teacher by a mortal enemy must feel quite satisfying.

"Many novels and biographies mention that you have the habit of sleeping in coffins. Is that true?"

This topic was already close to gossip, but sometimes gossip can bring men and women closer. Nisha rolled her eyes and replied with disdain, "Who would sleep in a coffin except for those with religious superstitions? We are vampires, not coffin monsters. Do you think werewolves would choose bones over living beings? I don't believe it."

"Have you ever considered studying your condition from a medical perspective, for example, treating your habits as a disease and finding ways to make you more like humans?" This was the deepest question Zhou Yi had thought of, and he mentioned it because he had also undergone similar examinations. However, he didn't want to become a normal person; he wanted to see how he could become even less human.

Nisha stared at Zhou Yi for a while, confirming that he didn't have any other intentions, and then turned her head to look out the window at the bright lights, saying softly, "I have thought about this. But my father does not allow me to do so. He told me that this is the root of being a vampire and cannot be violated."

Well, the clash between the old and the new is everywhere. Zhou Yi secretly complained in his heart but maintained a gentle demeanor on the surface.

"Perhaps your father has his reasons. Shall I change the topic?"

"Is there really a vampire named Dracula?"

"Dracula is the most powerful vampire and the mortal enemy of all vampires. He killed and drank the blood of all the surviving first-generation descendants of Queen Lilith. He possesses the power of all vampire ancestors, making him the King of Vampires and the most evil vampire."

"Remember, do not mention him casually in front of other vampires. He is a taboo among vampires." Saying this, Nisha closed her eyes, clearly no longer wanting to continue the conversation.