"So you're saying this thing doesn't actually enhance your abilities? Just a facade?"

"It does."

"..."

At this moment, Wu Liang felt his patience nearing its limit, with a sensation that he was being toyed by the Puppet Ghost.

What do you mean it does?

Didn't you just say you didn't want to eat it?

Are you messing with me!?

Furious, Wu Liang couldn't help but grit his teeth even in reality, saying, "You'd better explain clearly before I punch your head into your chest."

Watching him with bulging veins on his forehead and clenched fists, exuding a faint killing aura.

Originally, the City-annihilating Ghosts, who retreated a step and waited for something, were all stunned.

They wondered if this human really intended to fight them?

Does he take us for clay figurines!?

In an instant, all the City-annihilating Ghosts became alert, and even Director Long defensively stood behind Wu Liang, somewhat puzzled.

The Puppet Ghost also realized Wu Liang wasn't joking. If the next words didn't explain clearly, he might really summon it from the Ghost Compendium and punch its head into its chest.

"No, no, no! Boss, don't be hasty!"

"I mean, it really can enhance the power of the City-annihilating Ghosts, but it's ineffective for me and the other brothers inside the Ghost Compendium. Although I don't know how to explain why, I just have that intuition!" The Puppet Ghost explained rapidly.

After listening, Wu Liang finally calmed down a bit.

After all, he's not an unreasonable person.

After calming down, Wu Liang began to ponder the implications of the Puppet Ghost's words.

Are the Fierce Ghost Minions that I subdued in the Ghost Compendium fundamentally different from other wild Fierce Ghosts?

Thinking of this, Wu Liang stood up and brushed the dirt off his pants, turning to Director Long: "What's your Magic Cube's opinion on this thing inside?"

Since his Fierce Ghost Minions weren't interested in it, he might as well ask the wild Fierce Ghosts!

Although they say Symbionts are humans coexisting with Fierce Ghosts, essentially, humans are still humans, and ghosts are still ghosts. They just share a body now.

So even Fierce Ghosts coexisting with humans are essentially no different from those Fierce Ghosts in supernatural events who only know slaughter.

This is why most researchers in the past research institute looked down on Symbionts and even privately called them Infected.

Because, in such an unchanged essence of Fierce Ghosts, many Symbionts' human-thinking minds would get distorted, gradually turning into monsters with human shells but doing the deeds of Fierce Ghosts.

The Zodiac Department's lingering vacancies over the years prove the worth of its members.

To be elected as a Zodiac Symbiont, one needs not only strong power but also the ability to suppress the Fierce Ghost inside, making it a tool only for providing power without affecting one's human thinking.

The Zodiac Dragon is a standout among them.

Under his suppression, the Magic Cube Dragon even needs permission to reveal itself, let alone affect his human thinking. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's been tamed.

"The Magic Cube? It very much wants to go in and find something to consume. Such a strong desire has never appeared since we became Symbionts." Director Long said after a moment of contemplation.

Wu Liang nodded after hearing this.

It seems the Symbiotic Fierce Ghosts on the other side didn't have the same hard-to-swallow feeling as the Puppet Ghost.

He patted Director Long on the shoulder playfully and said, "Looks like the big prize this time is yours, once we go inside and find the thing, let the Magic Cube have it."

"What about you?"

Hearing this, Wu Liang's eyes instantly turned sharp.

After glancing at the eight City-annihilating Ghosts around, Wu Liang licked his lips and smiled wickedly, "Don't worry, I have snacks to eat too, they're just as delicious."

But again—

Watching the Fierce Ghosts not recklessly entering the pits of the Terracotta Warriors, seemingly scared of something, Wu Liang and Director Long just sat side by side, quietly waiting.

The standoff lasted for about three hours outside.

The general structure and roads here didn't change much. At first glance, it's still the Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum, with only traces of animal migration from the supernatural calamity, and some places slightly damaged.

But intriguingly, the damages appeared mainly on decorative buildings around the ticket office and the outside square.

Even under Wu Liang's keen observation, he couldn't find any damage on the building surfaces of the No. 1 and No. 2 pits.

They were as clean and tidy as if someone maintained them daily, without any dust or sand raised by animal migrations.

Or maybe... some unknown force is protecting the pits where the Terracotta Warriors are?

Crunch—

At this moment, the nearest City-annihilating Ghost suddenly stepped forward.

Its entire body seemed mechanical and metal-like, more akin to a sci-fi movie's mech warrior than a supernatural Fierce Ghost.

As the Mech Ghost moved, the other City-annihilating Ghosts cautiously followed it.

"These ghosts even understand the queue order?" Director Long joked at the scene.

But Wu Liang coldly shot him back to reality with a sentence: "Queue? They're using this tin head as a scout, only daring to tread where it has walked. Even City-annihilating Ghosts have this kind of fear?"

Upon Wu Liang's description, Director Long then looked closely at the ghost line, orderly advancing.

Indeed, even those City-annihilating Ghosts much larger than the Mech Ghost were trying their best to shrink or split their size.

Apart from where the Mech Ghost had stepped, they dared not touch even the slightest extra space.

This cautious stepping on footprints made the fearsome City-annihilating Ghosts appear comically absurd.

"So should we follow the footprints too?"

Director Long nervously asked.

After all, if something made the City-annihilating Ghosts so cautious, there must be something wrong in the museum.

But this problem, possibly like what attracted the ghosts, is entirely undetectable by humans, except through observing their behavior.

"Well... following the footprints in does seem the safest for now." Wu Liang stroked his chin, then flashed a familiar sly smile: "But I have a new idea, maybe we can find the hidden danger quicker."

"It's just that those guys might have to suffer a bit..."

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