GRMFBS CH110

Basil Gallagher had not had an X-ray, nor a CT scan. He didn’t know much about his own internal structure.

The shapeshifting expert Zhan Yan had connected with these past two days was a chameleon demon named Xi Mu.

Senior Xi Mu had his own aesthetic, wearing a brightly colored printed shirt with two buttons undone at the collar, a pair of black skinny pants, paired with large sunglasses and highlighted hair, very fashionable.

Xi Mu’s eyes lit up when he saw the centaur, “A centaur shapeshifting? Good heavens, this is a new research topic!”

He was a professor at the Demon Clan University.

Basil Gallagher trembled a little under his gaze. He felt that coming to this Cultivators’ Conference today was a bit strange; he had felt a strange chill earlier for no reason.

“Don’t worry, don’t be afraid. I’m just excited to see a new research topic,” Xi Mu said, expertly comforting him when he saw his nervousness. “Let me first explain shapeshifting to you. Shapeshifting is different from illusion. Illusion is just a superficial cover-up; the essence doesn’t change. Shapeshifting is different; it’s a complete change, allowing you to switch between two forms, each form being complete.”

“Look at him,” Xi Mu pointed to Han Shen. “Does a sea cucumber have facial features? No, right? But look at him, his eyes are eyes, his nose is a nose, isn’t he human-like?”

Han Shen: …Thanks, I feel so seen.

“So, for shapeshifting, you need to have an understanding of the body structure of different forms,” Xi Mu said, thoroughly confusing the centaur. “Hey, how many hearts do you have? Are they in the human half or the horse half?”

[Xi Mu is also very curious about the physiological structure of a centaur.]

Basil Gallagher said pitifully, “I, I don’t know. Please don’t use ‘half’ to describe it, that’s too scary.”

Xi Mu took the centaur away. Han Shen went to the still-sleeping Jiang Xin, worrying about how to explain.

The first day of the Cultivators’ Conference ended anticlimactically. Zhan Yan returned to the hotel to organize his gains for the day.

Weng Yan, who had been nowhere to be seen all day, suddenly appeared, stroking his beard and greeting Zhan Yan, “Ahem. Xiao Yan, how was it? Any gains today?”

This senior was really going all out to avoid being ridiculed by his old rivals. Zhan Yan had wandered around the entire venue all day, and later even jumped up and down to find documents, but he hadn’t seen him at all.

Zhan Yan caught the old senior and continued to dig for information, “I heard someone mention ‘Candle Dragon’s afterimage’ today. What’s that?”

The information Bao Qingshan gave was very vague. He thought Zhan Yan was an ordinary person who knew nothing, so he only said what to do if he encountered one.

But Weng Yan knew that he had dreamed of the Candle Dragon, so he should be able to dig out more!

“Young people shouldn’t be too ambitious. You already know enough now. First, figure out how to solve the Yin-Yang Eye issue,” Weng Yan said with his hands behind his back.

[Weng Yan is also not very clear about the specific situation of the Candle Dragon’s afterimage.]

Zhan Yan: …

Well, to save the old man’s face, he would just pretend to be fooled.

The information about the Candle Dragon’s afterimage still had a confidentiality level. He asked around but was given vague answers. It seemed that he could only rely on himself to get more information.

As for items containing the power of the Candle Dragon, he could rely on the help of others to collect them.

He had walked too much at the venue today. Zhan Yan was a little tired. He lay on the bed with his eyes closed and began to mentally organize his gains for the day.

He had met a group of new supernatural contacts and even joined their group! Besides announcing various activities, this group also had a lot of casual chats, which could be a good source of information. He could collect items containing the power of the Candle Dragon through this group.

He had also learned from Bao Qingshan that the Candle Dragon’s afterimage actually manifested as something like a game dungeon. But to know more, he would probably have to go in and experience it himself. Although Bao Qingshan said it was dangerous, he had the small silver lock his mother gave him, so his personal safety should be guaranteed.

But it was unclear whether triggering the small silver lock would lead to his mother’s identity being exposed, so this route should be temporarily passed on.

There was one more thing: he learned that one of the reasons for the poor relationship between the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance was that both sides seemed to be looking for the Candle Dragon’s afterimage.

Because the gossip system was not reliable and would easily get stuck on the [Loading…] bug when searching for the Candle Dragon’s afterimage, if Zhan Yan wanted to find out the reason, he would have to go into the Candle Dragon’s afterimage to see, which would lead to the risk mentioned in the previous point.

Ah—

So, the most important thing for now was to ensure that his mother’s identity was not exposed. He needed to level up as soon as possible and get another “Information Confidentiality” little star to protect his mother.

No! He couldn’t be decadent, he had to strive!

Zhan Yan opened the supernatural forum, did missions! Ate melons! Collected information words to level up!

Then he accidentally clicked on the forum’s water-cooler section.

Ah… well, eating melons in the water-cooler section could also collect information words. He was really a bit tired today and didn’t want to do any more missions.

There was no big news on the forum recently. The hot topic of discussion was still the thunder of Tianshi on New Year’s Eve and the cry of the Chongming Demon King.

These two had become the top celebrities of the forum recently. If the two masters still logged into the forum, they would probably see a backstage full of @ messages.

Zhan Yan became unhappy as he scrolled. These people were fighting without any regard. One group was badmouthing Tianshi, and the other was badmouthing the Chongming Demon King.

Domain was busy with the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau recently and didn’t have time to monitor the forum. Why wasn’t Net trying to manage it?

Zhan Yan clicked on the gossip system to search.

[Net has woken up from its sleep and once again doesn’t remember what it dreamed of.]

Hmm? What does that mean?

But since it had just woken up, it was no wonder these posts were flying around everywhere without anyone managing them.

Zhan Yan first poked Net and then started to search for what this “sleep” meant.

Approaching Science: “[Link][Link][Link]”

“So many people are badmouthing the Chongming Demon King, hurry up and do something about it!”

Net was chatting with the Chongming Demon King.

She had just woken up these past two days. Net would fall into a period of sleep at uncertain times. The masters in the Wan Yao Alliance had checked on her and said there was no problem, it was just a characteristic of a dream demon.

Net really wanted to understand it better, but she was the only dream demon in the world, so there was no reference. She would also dream when she fell asleep, but she wouldn’t remember anything when she opened her eyes. There was nothing she could do, so she had to leave it for now.

The Chongming Demon King was looking for Net to help him send a private message to Lin Yuan. After leaving Zhaofu Mountain, Zhan Yunkai had lost contact with the Lin Yuan Ghost King again—this guy had only enabled private messages with other administrators and Approaching Science, a very introverted style.

Net helped the Chongming Demon King forward the message, but it was uncertain when the Lin Yuan Ghost King would reply.

Just then, she received a message from Approaching Science, so she forwarded it to the Chongming Demon King to see.

The little fan is so considerate, so cute!

Zhan Yunkai was also very pleased to see it. Ah, Approaching Science is such a good child!

So, on a whim, he also logged into the forum to take a look.

On the forum, Zhan Yan found that Net had started to clear the posts badmouthing the Chongming Demon King, so he was relieved.

Hmm, Dad’s side is being handled by Net, so he just needs to deal with those who are badmouthing Tianshi.

In a certain post, comment 29L:
I don’t understand what’s so great about Tianshi to be a fan of? He wears a mask and a big robe all day, and a group of people are just shouting, “Tianshi is so handsome! Tianshi is so handsome!” Do you even know what he looks like without the mask? Just so you know: all those who play mysterious are ugly!

“Approaching Science” replied to 29L:
You were the one who posted a mission looking for hair growth medicine, right? You were the one who went shirtless in the summer, showing off your belly, and when you offended people, you posted saying that the little girl should think you’re cute when you pat your belly, right? You were the one who posted saying that people are too snobbish and don’t appreciate inner beauty after a failed blind date, right? You don’t think that secretly slandering others in a dark corner is inner beauty, do you?

In a certain post, comment 32L:
Is Tianshi really that strong? It’s just one strong thunder technique. This kind of specialized type is too easy to deal with, it’s just that no one has targeted him before. They all attach too much importance to traditional cultivation and ignore the power of modern technology.
Just give me a specially made Faraday cage suit, and no matter how powerful his thunder is, it won’t hurt me. Then I’ll operate a grounding weapon through the cage suit, and his thunder will be guided to the earth as soon as it touches my weapon. I’ll take down Tianshi directly.

“Approaching Science” replied to 32L:
You think you’re so capable. I can’t be bothered to correct your common sense. You should exercise first. It took you more than eight minutes to run a thousand meters, and you almost fell to your knees. A Faraday cage suit? Even if I gave you one, could you even stand up wearing it?

In a certain post, comment 12L:
Come on, you really think Tianshi is that great? Isn’t that just a symbol created by the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau? It’s just a front for show, and people actually believe it? Does he have any actual achievements? Insiders all know that Tianshi’s status is actually not high, it’s just to deceive you newbies.
He looks glamorous on the surface, but the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau has cleaned up so many messes for him behind the scenes. He’s done a lot of shady things.
Life is a gorgeous robe, crawling with fleas. The more glamorous it looks on the surface, the more unbearable it is underneath. Wake up, everyone.

“Approaching Science” replied to 12L:
You’re just a fool who makes up lies without thinking to get attention. Without Tianshi, you would have been reincarnated eight times already. By seniority, you should call me great-grandfather.
You’re so dark and selfish that you imagine everyone is like you. You heard a famous quote and you think you’ve figured it all out.
Go on, keep making things up. I’ll first see what shady things you’ve done and see if you’re covered in fleas!

…

A new post soon appeared in the water-cooler section.

{Isn’t Approaching Science a fan of the Chongming Demon King? Why is he so fiercely defending Tianshi now?}

2L:
Could it be that Approaching Science is also a fan of Tianshi?

3L:
That doesn’t seem right. I’ve never seen him speak up for Tianshi before.

4L:
Weren’t Domain and Craftsman at the forefront before? One deleted posts and banned accounts, the other offered points to get people to help them curse. The battle was often over before anyone else had a chance to do anything.

7L:
Has anyone thought about this: if Approaching Science is such a big fan of Tianshi, why didn’t he join the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau when Tianshi tried to recruit him before?

9L:
He couldn’t stand the management regulations of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, right? [Dog head]
@Administrator Domain, shouldn’t you guys at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau reflect on this?

12L:
But is Approaching Science really that fierce in battle? I don’t remember him being so ferocious when he was defending the Chongming Demon King before.

Zhan Yunkai also wanted to ask.

He had clicked on the forum with anticipation for his little fan, but found that the little fan was rolling up his sleeves to fight for Tianshi, leaving him to Net. He inexplicably felt like he had lost in comparison.

Is Tianshi that good?!

What was he lacking?

Not happy.