Transform into a human

With its crisscrossing lines and chessboard-like shapes resembling distant mountains, this space is always incredibly awe-inspiring, no matter how many times you visit Zara.

"You're here?"

Zara immediately stood at attention, as if in formation to receive an inspection from his superiors.

Yue Lai still appeared to her as a blurry, indistinct silhouette:

"You did a good job with what happened before."

Zara's face flushed instantly, and her chest lifted even more.

"I have already started the task settlement process in Penglai. You just need to go to the offline task hall to get the cipher tablet. I have also sent the clues related to the ritual to your task mailbox."

After saying that, he waved his hand, intending to return to reality, but Zara suddenly became anxious:

"That's...that's it?"

Yue Lai was completely confused. The promised reward for the mission was only the encrypted tablet and ritual information?

His silence was interpreted by Zara as a sign that he was not loyal enough. Just as the major was about to kneel down like the people of the ancient empire, he suddenly remembered that Yue Lai had told him to watch less TV dramas, so he quickly changed to kneeling on one knee, as if he wanted to write the word "loyalty" on his face.

"Zara is willing to be his lackey!"

"???"

Yue Lai's mind went blank, but Zara became even more uneasy. The series of events at the police headquarters were truly breathtaking, completely impressing her with the machinations of this mysterious star before her.

Upon closer examination, it became clear that the other party had not only successfully stolen divine authority, but had also easily instigated the three major factions. The imminent purge of the police headquarters, the new technology that transforms evil relics into divine relics, and the impact of the director's involvement in the scheme... With this subtle and intricate scheme, she dared not even imagine how much turmoil it would stir up in the future!

She herself made a fortune from some "trivial" assistance.

In terms of her own cultivation, a high-quality encrypted tablet was enough to open the door to the Zanhuake (a type of religious sect), not to mention that the other party also held divine authority in the same sect; in terms of career development, due to the negative impact of Jin Ci's involvement in the "Hou Fan case", she was established as a benchmark and was promoted rapidly.

Although her rank remained unchanged, her position had been promoted to acting commander of the Taoyuan Operation Group, achieving a leap in the fleet system. Her original battlefield disobedience had been transformed into "fully utilizing her subjective initiative on the spot." She was currently riding high and had finally vented her previous grievances.

How could she possibly give up those big, thick legs?

Yue Lai was stunned for a moment before he aligned his granularity with the guy in front of him and figured out what was going on—he had forgotten how much of a shock this personal space would have to ordinary users.

As a legacy from before his amnesia, even he himself doesn't know where the old account's permissions in the Chain Crystal Network came from...

"I overdid it before..."

"Ahem," he cleared his throat with an air of importance, "I'll contact you again if I need anything later."

When this sentence reached Zara's ears, it was automatically translated into:

"You did a good job before; we'll see how you perform in the future."

This already meets her expectations! Being a big shot's dog isn't such a simple thing.

She reiterated firmly, "Zara is ready at any time!"

Even the most critical boss, seeing her expression at this moment, would sigh and say:

"Loyalty cannot be spoken of!"

……

……

Meanwhile, in Windmill City.

Winona and her two companions stealthily made their way to the "Pale Dragon Villa" in the canopy area, a huge palace built from branches that fell from the immortal tree.

"Don't dragons all like golden things?"

"Everyone says these branches are more valuable than metals and minerals."

"Okay." But Winona really couldn't see what was so precious about these brownish-gray branches.

As they drew closer to Dragon Villa, the sound of a violent wind reached their ears—it was Hoffen's breathing.

Mo no longer concealed her presence and shouted in her original voice:

"Hey everyone, I've come to play with you!"

The dragon's breath hitched, and then, in a split second, all that remained before the three of them was gold.

When Winona and Cavendish approached the dragon for the first time, their hearts seemed to stop beating. They held their breath, overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring golden light.

Suddenly, a black crack appeared in the golden sky—it was Hoffen's vertical pupil!

"Big guy, shrink down!"

The pale dragon's bones creaked as Hoffen shrank back and forth, asking in surprise, "Mo, where did you go before? The other little ones can't contact you either, and how did you turn into Xia Du's appearance? And this little one next to you isn't Yue Hao either."

The clockwork sprite said guiltily, "Our new friends don't have identity cards; we sneaked up here."

"And when I was doing commissioned work at the police headquarters, the Chain Crystal Network was mostly cut off."

The dragon had shrunk to the size of a three- or four-story building; this was its limit. She said with a slight smile, "You always try to shift the blame to Xia Du and Yue Hao whenever you do something bad."

"I didn't!" Mo said angrily.

Unlike Cavendish, who was completely dumbfounded, Winona was very outgoing and asked, "Can dragons change size at will?"

Cavendish gaped, his idol clearly didn't know how to spell "death"!

"This is a contortionist skill I learned from a 'knight-errant'." Surprisingly, Hoffen didn't hold it against Winona; she looked at the clockwork elf.

"Speaking of your new friend..."

Hoffen knew that Mo was simple-minded, and was about to ask Winona and Cavendish about their origins, but his words stopped abruptly.

What do you smell like?

"smell?"

The three of them quickly raised their arms and sniffed themselves: "No smell?"

"It's definitely there," Hoffenheim couldn't help but salivate, "it smells so sweet, like something a dragon would want to taste."

"No, I can't hold back anymore!"

Without waiting for Mo's response, she retracted the barbs on her tongue and licked the wind-up elf like a human eating ice cream, leaving Mo covered in sticky saliva.

Before she could even get angry, Hoffen seemed to have tasted some kind of unprecedented delicacy, and rolled his tongue over again until the clockwork sprite had no more taste left, before reluctantly withdrawing it.

"Oh, right, and you two too!"

Winona tried to escape, but she was no match for Hoffenheim and was immediately swallowed by his soft, pink tongue. As for Cavendish, he offered no resistance whatsoever.

Before long, all three of them were soaking wet, standing there looking utterly lifeless, as if they had just returned from swimming in the stomach of a giant beast, covered in an unknown and foul-smelling slime.

"Hey, you've gone too far! My gears will rust like this!"

But the clockwork sprite quickly realized something was wrong.

In the past, even if Hoffen didn't apologize out of politeness, he would at least say a few words to comfort her. But now, the dragon was acting crazy, desperately rubbing against the rough bark of the Undying Tree in a very unseemly manner.

Pink specks appeared on the pale dragon's scales—

He truly deserves the title of saint.