After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

……

I don't know how much time has passed.

The red-haired demon was in pain all over his body, especially his head, which felt as if it had been smashed and then pieced back together. Every part of his body ached, and no part of him felt comfortable.

Stimulated by the pain, the red-haired demon slightly opened his eyes. A light tore through the darkness, and the red-haired demon saw an unfamiliar rooftop.

Then two heads, one in front of the other and one above the other, leaned closer and laughed.

"You're awake. The surgery was a success. Now you're a lovely girl."

The red-haired demon, not understanding the cursing, tilted his head.

Chapter Six Maid

A month later.

Hilltops on the outskirts of Phoenix.

Ten off-road vehicles drove in a 3-3-4 formation on the dilapidated national highway.

When humans were the masters of this land, countless vehicles traveled back and forth on this national highway every day, transporting all kinds of supplies. But now, a century has passed since the monsters ravaged the land. Not only are there dilapidated vehicles lying on the ground, or human corpses inside the vehicles, but the highway itself is also riddled with cracks, from which withered weeds grow.

The sun is no longer in the sky, and there is little sunlight in the morning. As a result, plants on Earth have suffered a massive decline in the past century, and after the plants died, the number of animals also began to decrease.

The group had been driving for so long, and all they could see was barren ground; they hadn't seen a single insect or wild animal.

The driver of the SUV at the front kept turning his head to look around while driving, and after looking around a lot, he kept sighing.

The short-haired woman, sitting in the back seat and holding a revolver, spoke seriously.

"Old Wu, you've been talking like this the whole way, don't you get annoyed?"

"I'm driving," said Lao Wu, the driver, with a sigh.

"I'm just wondering, do we really have a future?"

The short-haired woman immediately looked displeased.

The driver made a change of direction.

"Okay, okay, Xiaolin, tell me, we've been out dozens of times, have you seen the living environment outside improve even a little bit?"

The short-haired woman fell silent.

Sitting in the passenger seat next to the driver was a handsome young man.

"As long as you live, there is hope."

The young man grinned.

"Didn't Base 66 find the remains of a fallen City God a month ago? I heard that with the City God's remains, they gained control of three thousand Yin Ghosts. If we work hard, maybe we can find the corpse of a deity even more powerful than the City God this time."

The driver shook his head.

"You really don't think so. I've been to Phoenix City several times. Apart from some dead people and wandering evil spirits, there's nothing else there."

The young man asked curiously.

"I heard that satellite scans discovered many unknown changes in the ghosts in Phoenix City, which is why we were sent here to investigate, right?"

The driver nodded silently.

The young heartthrobs became even more curious.

"What kind of transformations can ghosts and monsters undergo? Can they even turn into giant ghosts and monsters?"

The driver didn't speak, but the short-haired woman holding the pistol in the back hesitated.

"I've seen some ghosts and monsters undergo strange changes."

The young man immediately turned to look at the young woman in the back seat, and even thoughtfully took out a bottle of milk for her.

"Sister Lin, tell me about it."

The short-haired woman took the milk and exclaimed in surprise.

"Alright, young man, your family is quite well-off; you can afford to produce these things."

Now the sunlight is blocked by yin energy, vegetation on the ground is disappearing, and various animals are rapidly becoming extinct. Only some large survivor bases are able to generate light with sufficient energy and cultivate plants and animals.

Milk is a luxury item for this, so if a young man can afford to buy milk, it means his family is quite well-off.

The short-haired woman said as she unscrewed the cap of the milk bottle.

"The ghosts that roam the ground not only eat people, but also devour each other when they are hungry. After devouring many, their bodies will mutate. I once saw a humanoid ghost with a big head eat a ghost in the form of a ghost, and then its body started to grow a lot of hair."

The short-haired woman pointed at her head.

"Originally a bald, big-headed doll, after the mutation was complete, it turned into a fluffy ball. There was also a ghost-like monster that, after devouring a ghost messenger, turned into a ball."

The driver waited for the short-haired woman to finish speaking before responding.

"These changes are a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change, which is a very common change among ghosts. If you come to the earth for a long time and go to many places in the future, you will find that the distribution of ghosts in the places you have been before and the ghosts you have fought and seen back then have all changed after a period of time."

The young man nodded, then asked again a few seconds later, puzzled.

"Since it's perfectly normal for ghosts and monsters to mutate, why are we even going to see the mutated ghosts and monsters in Phoenix City?"

Since we don't plan to stay in Phoenix City permanently, and the mutated monsters here are somehow related to our family, what's the matter?

The driver smiled wryly.

"What else could it be? It must be that the ghosts and monsters in this place have caused unprecedented and incomprehensible changes."

A steady voice came from the car communicator.

"...Old Wu, you told me, right? Those graduate students who study ghosts and monsters, those professors, they've seen all sorts of things, studied all sorts of anomalies, they're big shots who've seen the world, right?"

The driver hummed in agreement.

He's seen it all, not just the scenes. Every year, a number of people die in the research institute that studies ghosts and monsters. Those who can survive in the institute for more than ten years are legendary investigators who can remain unfazed even when they see Kelvin.

The fact that such a legendary investigator, whose value is unfathomable and immeasurable, could arouse such surprise and curiosity that he dispatched a special team to investigate...

Let's hear the steady voice from the communicator again.

"Then I am really curious, what kind of strange and supernatural phenomenon could cause such alarm to these important figures?"

Driver Lao Wu said meaningfully.

"Curiosity is no good. I'm prepared for the whole team to be wiped out."

There was no sound coming from the communicator.

Driver Lao Wu was already driving at the front of the convoy. After speaking, he craned his neck to look, and at the end of the national highway, he could already see the outline of Phoenix.

Driver Lao Wu took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice.

"Xiao Lin 2, Xiao Fang, you two get ready. We're getting close to Phoenix City. We might encounter some scary ghosts, abnormal environments, or paranormal phenomena later on. If you really can't stand it, just bite your teeth."

To prevent members from being possessed by ghosts and killing their teammates, having a mental breakdown, or experiencing other abnormal phenomena, each adventure team that comes to the surface injects a bomb into the teeth of their members. The bomb will explode when clicked three times in a special rhythm.

The young man in the passenger seat and the short-haired woman in the back seat both looked displeased.

The young man was still muttering to himself.

Is it really that scary?

"Driver Lao Wu said bitterly."

"If it were just a regular investigation mission, it wouldn't be that scary, but this time it was an unbelievable ghostly anomaly that even the old perverts at the research institute felt."

"I'm prepared for my worldview to collapse and for me to go insane."

Driver Lao Wu sighed again.

During the conversation, the survey team's vehicle approached the border of Phoenix City.

Ten off-road vehicles slowed down simultaneously, and ten observers stood up from the back seats, took out binoculars, and began to observe the situation in the city.

Many observers, though they looked at the screen, had trembling hands.

Many ghosts possess a unique ability to drive people insane at a glance, and these are mutated ghosts that have piqued the interest of researchers at their own institute…

Won't you go crazy if you just take a look at it yourself?

The SUV at the very front, driver's seat.

Old Wu, who was driving, turned on the car stereo, and soothing, gentle music started playing.

The current environment is quite stressful, and Lao Wu needs some ways to relieve that stress.

"wrong!"

The short-haired girl who was standing up and observing through binoculars in the back seat of Old Wu suddenly spoke up.

"Old Wu, three o'clock, five hundred meters away!"

Driver Lao Wu and the young man giving him psychological counseling both turned their heads according to their observer's instructions. Four

Five hundred meters away at the three o'clock position, Old Wu and the young man spotted a human-shaped shadow.

The instant they saw it, Old Wu and the young man felt their hair stand on end, and cold sweat gushed out like an unscientific fountain.

Old Wu was alright. As a seasoned adventurer, even though his heart was pounding in his chest, he was still able to maintain basic thinking. The young man, on the other hand, had completely lost his mind. If someone were to press money against his temple at that moment, he wouldn't even know what was happening.

But in the next second, everything turned upside down.

Because a car headlight shone out and shone on the shadow that Lao Wu, the young man, was seeing.

Then the two of them saw a catgirl.

A catgirl with black hair, cat ears, a wagging tail, wearing a short skirt and black stockings, and delicate and beautiful features.

The catgirl tilted her head, looking curiously at the approaching vehicle.

The vehicles formed a convoy of three, three, and four, with the first three cars driving ten meters in front of the catgirl.

The catgirl, who had been merely observing out of curiosity, suddenly had her fur stand on end and her long, narrow, beast-like pupils contract.

"Meow!"

Like a kitten that had been kicked, the catgirl turned around and leaped away several times.

Phoenix City has countless roads and buildings, and the catgirl quickly disappeared from the sight of the investigation team.

The ten cars stopped, and everyone stared in disbelief at the catgirl running away.

a long time.

The young man sitting in the passenger seat turned around to look at his team captain.

"Captain Wu, just now..."

Captain Qi responded after a moment of silence.

4. "Don't speak yet."

Captain Yi Wu got out of the car and took out a walkie-talkie to address everyone.

"Everyone, get off the bus and split into three teams as planned to search different areas!"

The adventure team members who got off the bus quickly divided into groups and then went their separate ways in different directions.

Old Wu led his nine men in formation and walked toward a wide road, muttering to himself as they went.

"I've been to Phoenix City several times before, always to collect gasoline, industrial products, and some gold and silver precious metals. This street used to be my favorite place to come to."

"There is a spider-like evil spirit living inside. It sleeps most of the time. As long as we don't wake it up while it's sleeping, it's safe. Of course, I have woken it up before."

The short-haired girl on the edge of the pit asked.

"And then, what happened after you were woken up?"

Driver Lao Wu looked grave.

"I've only ever had one experience in my life where my entire team was wiped out, and I was the only one who survived. Can you guess who caused that incident?"

The short-haired girl fell silent.

Driver Lao Wu took a few deep breaths.

"Anyway, everyone, please be quiet, we've already entered..."

Driver Lao Wu was stunned, and the people around him stopped and were also stunned.

At this moment, this group of people had entered the street where the spider demon lived, as mentioned by driver Lao Wu. Several dusty cars were parked on the street, and human bones were scattered on the ground, with some places even having piles of bones forming small mountains.