"Later, we tried our best to track him down, but it was as if he had vanished into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever." Hongying sighed. "He's like a ghost in this city; we can sense his presence, but we can never get close to him."
Lin Qiye's brows furrowed tightly.
"That's not all. Before, he was just stealing the 'mysterious' corpse, but last month, we discovered the trail of a 'night killer' and were about to take action to wipe it out when we found out... it was already dead."
"Half of its body was frozen into a block of ice, and its body was completely torn to pieces. Similarly, half of its corpse was taken away."
"From stealing 'mysterious' corpses to actively hunting 'mysterious' creatures?"
"That's right, if this continues, I feel like all of us will lose our jobs." Hongying sighed helplessly.
Wen Qimo smiled and said, "Let's be optimistic. Isn't it a good thing that someone is helping us share the workload?"
"But I'm just so annoyed! I can't keep resolving these uncles and aunties' relationship problems all the time, can I?" Hongying said, distressed. "I haven't had a fight in almost half a year, I'm going crazy with frustration."
Chen Muye walked over from the side carrying the dishes and calmly said:
"Regardless of who he is or what his purpose is, eradicating the 'mysterious' is our job as Night's Watchmen. What he's doing is against the rules."
Leng Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly. "This time... I will definitely catch him."
"I can give it a try too," Lin Qiye said.To be honest, he was quite curious about the identity of this "secret thief," and Lin Qiye had always suspected that the mysterious person who delivered the information about the Mad Scorpion mercenaries to him during the New Year was the "secret thief."
"So, he probably didn't mean any harm... he might even have been kind to me, otherwise he wouldn't have risked being caught to shoot that iron arrow."
"Let's not talk about that now." Chen Muye raised his glass, smiling, and said, "To welcome Qiye and Xi Chen back to Squad 136, cheers!"
"Cheers!!"
...
After a satisfying meal, Lin Qiye returned to his room and lay down on his back on the bed.
No sooner had they left the camp than one thing after another came to light: the Master entering the city, the "mystery" of the severed finger, the elusive "secret thief"
...
Those simple and leisurely days in the training camp seem to be gone forever.
He slowly closed his eyes, but did not fall asleep; he had an important matter to attend to before that.
Inside a mental hospital.
Wearing a white coat, Lin Qiye slowly walked down the dimly lit steps and arrived at the damp and gloomy prison area.
He walked to the door of a cell and stopped.Inside this cell, a massive earth dragon was crawling. Its size was four-fifths smaller than it was outside, yet its body still almost filled the entire cell.
Lin Qiye looked at the Flame Vein Earth Dragon in front of him and raised an eyebrow.
He never expected that the prison cells here would have a slimming effect. The fiery dragon that could blot out the sky with its wings spread was now only the size of a room.
At first, he was worried that the arrival of the Fiery Earth Dragon might cause the cells here to burst open...
The Fiery Earth Dragon seemed to sense Lin Qiye's arrival, opening its eyes with a look of vigilance.
"Sinner: Fiery Earth Dragon
Choice: As the mythical creature you personally killed, you have the right to decide the fate of its soul:
Option 1: Directly obliterate its soul, causing it to be completely annihilated from the world.
Option 2: Get its 'fear level' to 60, and you can hire it as a hospital caregiver. While taking care of patients, it can also provide you with some protection.
(A soul contract was detected in this creature and has been forcibly terminated.)
Current fear level: 84"
Lin Qiye began to examine the information about the Flame Vein Earth Dragon carefully.
To be honest, the Fiery Earth Dragon's fear level was somewhat beyond his expectations. Logically speaking, as a powerful "sea" creature, there should be very few things that could instill fear in it. Since its fear level was so high, it could only mean one thing...
Lin Qiye, who transformed into the God of Night, beat it so badly that it developed a psychological trauma.
The Flame Vein Earth Dragon noticed Lin Qiye's gaze, shrank its neck, and its wariness deepened, along with some hesitation.
From the moment it arrived in this cell, it knew what fate awaited it, and that its destiny was in the hands of the man before it.
It wanted to live, but its pride as a dragon wouldn't allow it to grovel and compromise.
It was struggling with its decision, and so was Lin Qiye.
What can this earth dragon do?
"Can you cook?" Lin Qiye asked tentatively.
The earth dragon shook its head.
"Sweep the floor?"
The earth dragon shook its head.
"Repairing the yard?"
The earth dragon shook its head.
"Make the old lady happy? Make the old man happy? Sing? Dance? Make the bed..."
Lin Qiye asked a series of questions, but the earth dragon just shook its head blankly.
Lin Qiye grinned. "You can't even speak properly, can you?"
The earth dragon nodded.
Lin Qiye:...
This guy is a complete idiot, that's the verdict.
However, as the first "sea" realm mystery to be admitted to the mental hospital by Lin Qiye, Lin Qiye would feel quite sorry if he just killed it. Not only would he not be able to get its corpse as a summoning offering, but if he couldn't even make effective use of its soul, wouldn't all his cheat codes have been for nothing?
He was also thinking that when he advanced to the "River" or "Sea" realm, he could summon the Earth Dragon, which would be an extremely helpful asset!
But ironically... this big guy in front of us seems to be completely useless except for guarding the gate.
Seemingly noticing the disappointment in Lin Qiye's eyes, the Flame Vein Earth Dragon instantly tensed up. It seemed to have foreseen its fate of being directly annihilated, and a deep fear appeared in its eyes.
Could it be... that it just died like that?
The look of inner turmoil in the eyes of the Fiery Dragon intensified instantly. After a moment, it seemed to have made up its mind, its body radiating a pale red light, and its massive form began to shrink at a visible rate.
The dragon scales on its body were absorbed into its body one by one, its thick dragon legs began to shrink, and its seemingly ferocious and majestic head also transformed into human form at a visible speed...
After the pale red light dissipated, the once enormous and ferocious Flame Vein Earth Dragon was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, there was a woman in her early twenties, tall and with fair and delicate skin. Her long, fiery red hair fell naturally to her waist, and her dark yellow vertical pupils stared indifferently at everything before her.
In the blink of an eye, the Flame Pulse Earth Dragon transformed into a graceful, aloof, red-haired mature woman.
The only remaining dragon-like features are perhaps a few faintly visible scales on its lower abdomen and a long, soft, red tail behind it.
Moreover, since it was originally naked, she was naturally also completely naked when she transformed into human form.
Lin Qiye stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in shock…
He swallowed hard.
"You've been hired."