"Come here!" Dragon horns appeared on Ling Long’s head, her fists clenched, looking like she was ready to fight, her eyes fierce.
"Nyeh nyeh nyeh!" Little Taotie stuck out her tongue and ran off.
Ling Long chased after her, throwing cushions and tissues.
Little Taotie deftly dodged, teasing Ling Long around the sofa.
"It’s glowing!" Wang Yilun exclaimed, pointing at the green document.
Little Taotie and Ling Long stopped and simultaneously turned to look at the green document.
The twinkling green light seemed to urge them.
Ling Long’s expression was serious: "Only when an unexpected situation arises does the document flash."
Little Taotie ran over and tapped the Hexagram on the green document with her hand.
The Hexagram was like a shooting star, "whoosh" stopping on the floor-to-ceiling window, displaying scenes:
A handsome man in a white coat adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, showing a gentle smile, "Please lie down."
The woman who entered the room had a momentary dazed look, blushed, and lay down on the chair.
"Relax, it’s about to begin." The handsome man played soothing music and took out an ancient pocket watch, gently swinging it...
The woman’s eyelids grew heavier...
As night fell outside, the woman woke up with a confused expression, "I... heard the sound of a car passing by."
"It seems your condition is getting worse." The handsome man sighed.
That night, the woman died. The cause of death was hallucinations from her depression, leading to self-harm.
The handsome man took out a handkerchief embroidered with a Nine-headed Bird and lightly wiped the corner of his mouth, showing a satisfied expression.
The scene ended, and the Hexagram also dimmed.
Little Taotie blinked and murmured, "Nine-headed Bird?"
Ji Guang spoke in a low voice, "Ghost Car—also known as the Nine-headed Bird and Nine Phoenixes, likes to devour human souls."
Wang Yilun took a sip of wine, "This guy is really hard to deal with."
Red Hair, Yellow Hair, Purple Hair, and Blue Hair gathered together, starting to leaf through the Demon Management Bureau’s Demon Codex.
Red Hair read aloud, "The Ghost Car flies in the sky, its whirling sound like ancient vehicles moving, hence the name Ghost Car. It often lands on the rooftops of mortals’ homes, sucking the souls of the homeowners, causing death. The Ghost Car once had ten heads, but one of its heads was bitten off by the Heavenly Dog..."
Yellow Hair blinked, "So... its nemesis is me?"
Purple Hair rolled her eyes, "Big Yellow, face reality, the Demon Codex says it’s the Heavenly Dog!"
Ling Long inquired, "The parallel world’s Demon Management Bureau members were all eaten by it; does that mean their souls were devoured?"
Wang Yilun shook his head, "Not sure about the specifics, just know they were eaten. I initially thought it was a beast-type demon, didn’t expect it to be the Ghost Car."
Blue Hair was searching for information, frowning, "There are too few records. Aside from knowing the Heavenly Dog is its nemesis, there’s no record of its weaknesses."
Ling Long worried, "The parallel world’s Demon Management Bureau has been completely wiped out, definitely formidable, we have to be careful."
Ji Guang frowned, "It likes to devour human souls, how did it even consume the souls of the Demon Management Bureau members?"
Wang Yilun noticed Little Taotie hadn’t spoken and nudged his chin towards her, "Ask Taotie, when she’s hungry, does she get picky?"
Little Taotie yawned lazily, "Last time the fox was too smelly, didn’t eat it. This little chicken, if roasted, should taste pretty good, right?"
Wang Yilun’s mouth twitched, "Even though it’s called the Ghost Car and Nine-headed Bird, it prefers to be called Nine Phoenixes, it considers itself part of the Phoenix Clan."
Little Taotie licked her lips, "Roasting a Phoenix... crackling with oil, must be delicious!"
Ling Long was shocked, "You’ve even eaten a Phoenix?"
Wang Yilun: "You forgot, she is an Ancient Fierce Beast, forget Phoenixes, she might have even tasted your Dragon race."
Ling Long instinctively backed away from Little Taotie, patting her frightened heart, "Almost forgot, she is a Fierce Beast that can even devour Chaos!"
Little Taotie opened the green document, urging, "Enough nonsense, I’m hungry!"
The group had no time to stop her as a Hexagram totem rose from under the little girl’s feet, and she disappeared.
Wang Yilun sighed, "Wanted to prepare some things, but never mind, let’s catch up first!" The next moment, a Hexagram totem appeared under his feet too.
Ling Long: "We need to catch up quickly, or else she’ll finish the ’roast chicken’ alone, I want to taste it too!"
Ji Guang, Red Hair, Yellow Hair, Purple Hair, and Blue Hair also had Hexagram totems appear under their feet.
As the light faded, the only sound left in the skyscraper was the Artifact Spirit’s complaint, "Don’t even know to bring a ’chicken leg’ to honor your elder!"