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The Wangjing Teahouse was nearly empty, with only a few heavily made-up girls sitting by the pool doing live streams, calling out "Big Brother" repeatedly.

Upon reaching the second floor, Mumu led Du Wang to the door of a private room called Peony Pavilion.

Lifting the curtain, you can see a middle-aged man with a thick beard and a burly woman sitting at a wooden table.

Upon hearing the sound, the two turned their heads simultaneously.

"Mumu?" The middle-aged man with a thick beard spotted the girl with wine-red hair at first glance.

Mumu nodded and asked, "Yes, you're the Strange Face?"

"That's right." The middle-aged man nicknamed "Strange Face" looked at Du Wang.

"Double pupils," Du Wang introduced himself.

The strange-faced man laughed and gestured to introduce the robust woman opposite him: "This is the Goddess of the Luo River."

Du Wang was taken aback when he heard the nickname.

Her hair was piled high like clouds, and her eyebrows were delicate and arched.

Her lips were bright red, and her teeth were white and shiny.

These are all descriptions from the Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River.

But looking at the woman's thick, dark eyebrows and overly robust figure, he couldn't see anything they had in common.

But we shouldn't judge a book by its cover; the other person might be just as disguised as we are.

However, when Luo Shen saw Mu Mu, she suddenly rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Oh, so pretty and you're chasing demons? What, did your sugar daddy go bankrupt and can't afford to support you anymore?"

She seemed to have extremely low emotional intelligence, making no attempt to hide her jealousy of the girl's appearance.

Du Wang frowned.

Upon hearing this, Mumu's kind expression gradually calmed down, and then she suddenly drew her long sword and stabbed it towards the other person's eyes with lightning speed!

Luo Shen was startled, and her burly body bounced off the chair like a ball.

Her neck stretched out a bit, and before she could dodge, she caught Mumu's sword directly with her mouth.

"Ding!"

The teeth made a crisp clanging sound against the longsword.

Seeing that they were locked in a stalemate, Luo Shen exerted all her strength with her mouth, but found that she could not break the opponent's long sword.

Immediately, a light sweat began to appear on her forehead.

Only then did Mumu's eyes turn serious as she said, word by word, "Apologize to me."

Luo Shen glared defiantly, seemingly wanting to continue the fight.

"Haha, don't do that, don't do that!" The strange-faced man awkwardly came over to smooth things over.

He grasped Mu Mu's longsword and sent it out of Luo Shen's mouth.

"Everyone's here to make money, why make things ugly!"

The strange-faced man reached out to pat Luo Shen on the shoulder, but she avoided him in disgust.

A flash of displeasure crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure: "Give me, the host, some face, okay?"

Mumu sheathed her sword and sat down opposite him.

Seeing this, Du Wang also sat down.

As for Luo Shen, although she was somewhat indignant, she did not continue to provoke her.

But his eyes remained fixed on Mu Mu, as if a deeper emotion was slowly flowing within them.

The strange-faced man coughed and said, "Alright, now that we're here, let's work together to get rid of the snake demon, and then we'll split the spoils."

"Based on current market prices, although this snake demon is a powerful level monster, each of its relics is worth 50. A single relic could sell for 80!"

Upon hearing his words, Du Wang was slightly moved.

In other words, even if it's just a single item, he could still get 20?

Snake demons are actually worth that much!

It seems we must act on behalf of Heaven then.

Luo Shen was filled with jealousy, while Mu Mu was wealthy and powerful, so neither of them showed any emotion when they heard the price.

This made the strange-faced man frown.

However, upon seeing the expectant expression on Du Wang's face, he couldn't help but smile.

"Double Pupils, why don't you introduce your abilities first? After all, we're teammates now, so we should get to know each other."

Du Wang nodded slightly and said, "I have two abilities. One is called Suspended Eye, which can help me check the situation in the vicinity."

"It's called 'Confusion,' which can temporarily disorient demons."

"Not bad." The mustache on the strange face trembled with his smile. "It's already quite good that you can develop two abilities at level 1. Your control level should be around 45%."

Du Wang looked surprised: "How did you know?"

"Haha." The masked man chuckled. "I've been through that stage myself, so of course I know."

"At that time, all you need to do is act as an observer and inform us of the direction of the demons' attack; the battle will be left to us."

After saying that, he glanced at Mumu and said in an old man's tone as if he were educating a younger generation, "When I was at level 1, I didn't have as much luck as you. Young man, you'd better seize the opportunity."

"Hahaha."

He chuckled a few times, and seeing that no one responded, he changed the subject, saying, "It's my turn to introduce my abilities."

"I am a Tier 2 Spirit Master, with two main abilities. One is called Mask Control, which allows me to control masks within a certain range to help me assess the situation, but it shouldn't be as far-reaching as the double pupils."

"One called 'Face Coverer' will gradually have its blood drained and die when it is covered by my mask."

Du Wang thought to himself that this was definitely not all of his abilities.

"I'm done talking, next..." The masked man looked at Twilight.

Mumu replied crisply, "I am Tier 2, with two abilities. One is called Sword Flame, which can add power to the sword to slay spirits and vanquish evil. The other is healing, which can restore injuries."

Du Wang raised his eyebrows slightly.

I didn't expect her to be faking her skills too.

What she was talking about on the bus back then wasn't treatment, but regression.

Even so, the strange-faced man was quite surprised upon hearing about her abilities and subconsciously asked, "Are there any limitations to the healing?"

Seeing that Mumu didn't speak, he quickly explained, "Oh, I just wanted to avoid making mistakes in judgment during the battle."

After a moment of contemplation, Mumu said, "We can only save one person in a short time."

"Okay, I understand."

The strange-faced man looked at the Goddess of the Luo River one last time.

"Me?" Luo Shen snorted coldly: "Tier 2, my abilities are great strength and a tough body, that's all."

Everyone present knew she was hiding something, but seeing her impatient expression, no one wanted to argue with her.

"Now that we know each other inside and out," the masked man said, "I'll tell you about the clues regarding the snake demon."

Two days ago, a farmer accidentally discovered strange traces in the woods near Shezhen.

"These are photos from the scene."

The strange-faced man handed over a photograph.

Du Wang took the photo and examined it carefully, discovering that it depicted a devastated forest.

Several trees were seen to have been crushed by a heavy road roller and were stuck in the mud. Circular movement marks remained on the ground, as if some giant creature had been there.

The strange-faced man said, "I've checked. When the demons appeared in Cui Family Village, the scene was exactly the same."

"I heard that when this demon does evil, it eats people and houses together. Every time a superhuman arrives, it can't find a trace of it."

Du Wang handed the photo to Mu Mu, certain that it was the latest trace left by the demons of Cui Family Village.

As a member of the investigation team, he possessed far more information than the Strange Face.

The demon archives not only record the entire process of this demon's appearance in detail.

There were also clues obtained by the team members during the pursuit, as well as various parasitic hypotheses summarized by researchers based on its behavior.

Among these are some highly probable inferences, but they haven't been verified because the snake demon escaped too quickly.

So even though he hadn't encountered it yet, Du Wang was already quite familiar with this monster.

They even have a slight chance of winning.

This can be considered one of the extra benefits of joining the investigation department.

After all, the more information you have when facing evil spirits, the better.