Even hybrid monsters have their day

"Nonsense, if I knew, would I need to ask him?" She was speechless at such a blunt question. But judging from his tone, it seemed he knew something. "Do you know something?"

Luan Hao's white figure sat cross-legged in her sea of ​​consciousness. He found that the effect of cultivating in her sea of ​​consciousness was quite good, not much different from when he was asleep. He closed his eyes as if he was oblivious to everything around him, only wanting to cultivate quickly, but his moving mouth betrayed him.

“Speaking of which, that thing was indeed quite common,” Geng Miaowan said, just as she was thinking that Jiao Lingfeng’s words were somewhat credible. “More than a thousand years ago, but now it’s extinct.”

……

Can you please stop pausing so dramatically when you say something like, "More than a thousand years ago?"

"That thing is called a hell worm. It likes to live in dark and damp places. More than a thousand years ago, it was a common low-level creature in the underworld and was kept as food in the underworld."

"Food?" Geng Miaowan's eyes widened in surprise. "It's an insect, and it's so dangerous..."

"For people in the underworld, its danger level is almost zero. Although its own level is very low, it is very beneficial for cultivators to consume."

Geng Miaowan still couldn't imagine how to eat such a wriggling thing, but after hearing what Luan Hao said, she seemed to be able to guess the reason for its extinction: "So that's how it was eaten up."

Luan Hao chuckled, "If you knew how fast it reproduces, you wouldn't say that."

"Then how did it disappear?" Besides that, she really couldn't think of any other reason that could have led to its extinction.

"To tell the story, it all stems from the chaotic war between the three realms a thousand years ago. The liquid secreted by hell worms is extremely resilient. After processing, it can be made into protective armor that can withstand some magical attacks and even nullify some spells. At that time, the people of the underworld wanted to lend a helping hand to humanity, so they collected a large amount of their secretions to make armor for those who went into battle. Without their secretions, the hell worms could no longer survive and eventually became extinct."

"So that's how it is..." Geng Miaowan thought about it for a moment, then felt something was wrong. "If they were already extinct, why would they appear in the human world?"

"I don't know about that."

"What is the Three Realms War?" This wasn't the first time she'd heard this term. But no one had ever explained its meaning to her. Although she knew from the name that it referred to a major upheaval in the Three Realms, the crucial elements of time, place, and people were missing, leaving her somewhat curious.

While waiting for Luan Hao's reply, her thoughts jumped around. She suddenly remembered that she had never known where the insects in the Purgatory Cave had gone. Now, hearing what Luan Hao said, she suddenly felt that perhaps those insects had all been eaten by Xiao Bai, which was why Huangfu Aoran was able to transform into human form.

Thinking this, she seemed to have a different kind of emotion in her eyes when she looked at Huangfu Aoran, because after meeting her gaze, Huangfu Aoran looked away unnaturally and quickly walked to the front.

Even after returning to her residence, Luan Hao still didn't answer her questions about the Three Realms War. She even went to his sea of ​​consciousness to ask him directly, but he ignored her.

The next day, she had only been in the office for a short while when a graceful and beautiful woman entered from outside, wearing a light green gauze dress that was extremely elegant.

Geng Miaowan remembered her; she was Meng Po Shui Hanling. Another reason she remembered her was that over 80% of the gossip posts on the Underworld forum were written by her, making her the undisputed gossip queen of the Underworld.

As soon as Shui Hanling entered the office, she glanced at Mu Yuebin's seat before going to Geng Miaowan's desk and handing her something. "This is for you."

Geng Miaowan looked at it and saw a photograph of a very young girl with captivating eyes. She was wearing a pure white blouse that looked somewhat familiar to her.

“A little girl who went to be reincarnated asked me to pass this on to you,” Shui Hanling explained when she saw her confusion. “She said she has finally found her head and is very happy. She wants you to see what she looks like so that you won’t not recognize her when you meet her in the future.”

As soon as she said that, Geng Miaowan immediately realized, "It's Zheng Xiuxiu!" She looked at the photo again and felt that her appearance was somewhat similar to what she had imagined.

Geng Miaowan put the photos away, and Shui Hanling leaned closer and whispered, "This time the Anywhere Door malfunctioned, and all the guardians who were transported to the wrong space returned on the same day. Why did you take three days to come back? What were you doing?"

Her face gleamed with gossip, and her eyes, as she looked at Geng Miaowan, were filled with tenderness, as if they could drip water.

Geng Miaowan glanced at her subtly. Jiao Lingfeng had told her to keep this a secret. But even if he hadn't told her, she had no interest in making her experience the subject of gossip.

"I came back right away after the Anywhere Door made a mistake, but who knew it would make another mistake when I came back, which delayed me for a few days." This was the official answer Jiao Lingfeng had prepared for her.

Although Geng Miaowan's answer was impeccable, Shui Hanling naturally did not believe it, because she had an unusual nose and a pair of eyes that were good at spotting gossip. She could see the clues as soon as there was a hint.

However, she has one advantage: she won't pester you. Even if she really wants to know something, she'll never beg you to tell her. So, seeing Geng Miaowan's attitude, she knew that getting information from her was unlikely for the time being.

Shui Hanling glanced at Geng Miaowan with an ambiguous expression, then put on a harmless smile and said something that puzzled Geng Miaowan: "Something big is about to happen to you."

"What's the big deal?" Geng Miaowan asked curiously.

"I won't tell you either." Shui Hanling lightly tapped her forehead with her finger and left with a smile.

Watching her graceful figure disappear into the distance, Geng Miaowan found it somewhat amusing; this was just too childish.

Because of a problem with the Anywhere Door, Geng Miaowan stayed in the Underworld for a rather long time this time. She went to get off work and left work on time every day, sat in an office, and felt no different from a normal office worker in the human world.

It was rare for everyone to be in the office, so when we had some free time, I'd share funny stories from my missions. Time passed pretty quickly. (To be continued.)