Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 46 - 43 Eyes_1

He brought over a stool, poured himself a cup of warm water, it was just a pity there weren’t any sunflower seeds, or he would have chatted while cracking them open.

“Got any prospects? I can help you out with some advice,” Wu Ji asked.

“I’ve taken a liking to one, planning to go see the owner about the transfer in a couple of days,” Feng Yi replied, “The complex is near Yue Mountain, quite far from the city center. Search for ‘Yue Xiu’, Yue from Yue Mountain, Xiu as in clear mountains and beautiful waters.”

Wu Ji opened his mobile map and searched as Feng Yi instructed.

“Wow! All those near Yue Xiu are solitary villas!” Wu Ji was excited, although it wasn’t him buying a house, he was thrilled nonetheless!

“The location is a bit remote,” Feng Yi commented.

“But those are villas! That’s my dream! I had a plan, once I save enough money, to buy a villa away from the hustle and bustle of the city and live out a leisurely and comfortable retirement life with my wife! If it weren’t for the difficult approval process now, I’d want to find a beautiful village and buy land to build a house myself. How’s the environment there?” Wu Ji asked.

“The environment is pretty good, especially since it’s close to the Yue Mountain nature reserve, but because the surrounding environment is quite pristine and it’s near a river, there are also lots of insects,” Feng Yi said.

“No problem! That’s the environment of my dreams…” Wu Ji, caught up in excitement, suddenly paused, asking Feng Yi, “Being near the reserve and close to the river, are there, you know, snakes?”

“Yes, I caught one yesterday, but don’t worry, just a small water snake.” As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Yi himself was startled. Since when could he talk so casually about snakes? Didn’t he have no emotional fluctuation when catching the snake yesterday?

Wu Ji didn’t notice the change in Feng Yi’s expression. As soon as he heard about snakes, he promptly shook his head, “No way, no way, even a small water snake won’t do! I think I need to change my dream; actually, retiring in the city isn’t so bad either!”

The word “snake” shattered Wu Ji’s dreamy vision.

Wu Ji left with a tinge of disappointment, and Feng Yi closed the door, turning to look at the bright living room.

After Wu Ji came over, the lights were already turned on.

Casting a glance at the time on his phone, it was already one in the morning. He had been busy until now without realizing it.

No! Realizing! It!

He hadn’t reacted at all from day to night!

How on earth had he seen clearly in the darkness?

Feng Yi knew clearly inside, it had to be an evolution-induced mutation, this unnoticeable change was too terrifying!

He had almost given himself away!!

After getting accustomed to the light, Feng Yi focused and felt his eyes had indeed changed slightly; it seemed like he could control certain muscles…

Feng Yi originally focused on a teacup on the table, trying to move that controllable muscle near his eyes.

The teacup blurred in his vision.

But! The box of dental floss, also on the table but further away behind the cup, was crystal clear!

Could his eyes zoom too?!!

His eyes felt sour and swollen.

Feng Yi rubbed his eyes, and after the discomfort subsided, he turned off all the indoor lights.

In the darkness, the scene his eyes captured was indeed different.

It was somewhat similar to the footage captured by an infrared night-vision camera.

But not everything was the same, it was as though the imagery of a thermal imager was overlaid as well.

A very strange feeling.

The sensation of soreness and swelling became more pronounced, so Feng Yi turned on the lights and rested for a while with his eyes closed, then went to the washroom to look in the mirror.

His eyes seemed normal at first glance, but as Feng Yi looked closely, he noticed they were different.

His irises seemed to become…a bit unfamiliar.

The pupils, even more so.

Most people’s pupils dilate or contract with changes in light or emotion.

Now, with a stable light environment around him, although Feng Yi’s inner turmoil wasn’t enough to cause major fluctuations, the activity of his pupils was unusually lively. In just a moment, they changed from enlarged, dark pupils to tiny pinpricks, then quickly expanded again.

After staring at the mirror for a while, Feng Yi felt his eyes blur and a distinct sensation of dizziness.

Closing his eyes and breathing slowly, Feng Yi calmed himself down. After about ten minutes, he opened his eyes, hoping to see if the activity level of his pupils had decreased.

However, it hadn’t.

Far from slowing down, it became faster, his pupils darting from pinprick dots to swift dilation made his eyes tired and sore, urging Feng Yi to close them again. But, just as he was about to rest them again, the large, dark pupils suddenly narrowed into a vertical slit!

Feng Yi leaped up, startled.

At one in the morning, he was scared by his own eyes in his home’s washroom!

Gasping quickly for air, it took him a while to relax. Feng Yi took a deep breath and once again leaned close to the mirror.

The activity of the pupils finally decreased a bit, but the changes were no longer regular. Sometimes, it was just the contraction and dilation of round pupils, and at other times, it switched between round and vertical pupils.

Feng Yi covered his face.

What should I do?

This doesn’t look like human pupils at all!

And I can’t control it either!

Is this like the venomous fangs and glands, needing time to grow and develop?

But what should I do before they stabilize?

Can’t keep wearing sunglasses either. Besides those with eye diseases, who wears sunglasses indoors all the time?

Avoid people?

I was planning to move in the next few days and I have to handle the house transfer paperwork. It’s impossible not to go out and see people!

Just stay cooped up here?

What if the “layered clouds” appear again in the middle of the night?

And what if an enhanced version of the “layered clouds” appears? How do I deal with that?

After much thought, Feng Yi opened his phone to search for cosmetic contact lenses, looking to see if they could cover up his eyes a bit.

However, many cosmetic contact lenses only cover the iris and cannot completely cover the pupils. Well, if they did cover everything, one would become blind.

Feng Yi searched and found a type of contact lens similar to a scleral lens that could cover the pupils. For an average person, wearing it would definitely affect vision, making things blurry or completely obstructing sight, but Feng Yi wasn’t worried about that.

He compared several stores, placed an order, and left a message for the seller to expedite shipping.

Feeling a strong sensation of soreness and swelling in his eyes, and a bit dizzy, Feng Yi shifted his gaze from the phone screen. After washing his face with cold water and drying off haphazardly, he used his phone to call the butler.

The butler had told him before not to worry about whether it was an appropriate time or not; he could call whenever.

Finding the butler’s number in his contacts, Feng Yi wiped off the remaining droplets of water from his face and calmed his emotions.

The phone was answered after two rings, and despite it being after one in the morning, the butler’s voice had no trace of tiredness, but rather a hint of anticipation.

“What has changed this time?” the butler asked.

“My eyes!” Feng Yi said.

The butler’s calm voice immediately perked up, “Oh? Have your eyes started to change already? Have you been overusing them lately?”

“A little bit. Today…” Feng Yi looked at the time displayed on the wall clock and corrected himself, “Yesterday I was fixing the furniture and walls at home, might have overused them while doing that.”

“It’s possible.” The butler, however, didn’t seem to care much about that and continued to inquire, “Round pupils or vertical pupils? Or something else?”

Recalling the changes he had seen, Feng Yi replied, “I don’t know, they were still changing a moment ago, now round, now vertical.”

“That means they’re vertical!” After a pause, the butler added, “Vertical pupils are quite beautiful, you shouldn’t dislike them.”

Feng Yi: “…But vertical pupils can be troublesome.” Just the thought of narrow, elongated pupils frustrated him.

“Not troublesome! I’ll send you a box of contact lenses, they can cover your eyes when you go out. After some time, when you evolve further, you’ll be able to control them on your own and then you won’t need contacts to cover them anymore. Make sure you don’t feel any aversion!”

Feng Yi: “…”

This was the first time he’d seen the butler so proactive; he hadn’t even sent any toothpaste or a toothbrush when Feng Yi’s venomous teeth were hurting!

“Do vertical pupils have any special functions?” Feng Yi asked.

This time, the butler paused longer, as if pondering what special functions there might be.

Feng Yi: “…”

You actually just like the shape of vertical pupils, don’t you?!!!

Just like you despised my fangs!!!

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After a while, the butler finally said, “Improved night vision.”

“I know that, like cats. I’m asking if there are any other functions?”

“Hmm… you’ll find out in time,” the butler said.

Feng Yi decided not to dwell on the issue of vertical pupil functions any longer but instead asked, “I’ve heard that snakes’ vision isn’t great. Am I going to be extremely nearsighted?”

The butler sounded displeased, “That’s snakes, they are low-level beasts. Are you?”

Feng Yi: “…”

The butler continued, “Don’t always compare yourself with those wild beasts. You can have what snakes have, and you can have what they don’t. They are nothing but a group of low-level creatures.”

However, the butler wasn’t interested in discussing “lower life forms,” and instead advised Feng Yi, “During this period, your eyes will be evolving and might not be stable. You may blink less frequently, and you might sleep with your eyes open. It would be best to carry an eye mask with you and use it to cover your eyelids when resting.”

Feng Yi: !!!

Sleep with my eyes open?! Imagine that scene—it’s creepy.

But Feng Yi took note of this key information.

“Got it, sleeping with open eyes can scare people!”

The butler: “…No, it’s to prevent dry eyes.”

Feng Yi fell silent.

He felt stupid.

It must be the evolution making his reaction slower.

Or maybe he did overuse his eyes. Overuse is said to cause lack of concentration and memory decline.