Master of Ten Thousand Foxes

A cold wind blew through the pigeon farm.

The atmosphere turned eerie.

A helicopter was parked nearby.

The expert investigation team from the Immortal Committee, standing beside the dead monkey’s corpse, engaged in a lively discussion.

"Should we dissect it to take a look?"

"Let’s take a blood sample, some tissue, and conduct a lab test."

"It’s either environmental pollution or some strange radiation."

"Could those long-eared pigeons meet the same fate as this monkey?"

"I think we should take the genes from this monkey, as well as those pigeons with similarly elongated ears. Then, take genes from normal monkeys and pigeons, and perform a cross-comparison of the four types of genes. Perhaps we can analyze the reason for the elongated ears and subsequent death?"

The experts chatted on, occasionally stealing glances at Su Yaoyao and Bai Mo standing nearby.

Committee Member Su Yaoyao was Sequence Seven’s Immortal Beast Master. And each Immortal Beast Master is an expert in animal medicine, among the most outstanding surgeons. Why wasn’t she offering her opinion?

And Expert Bai Mo... Bai Mo might not know them, but they all knew Bai Mo.

Expert Bai Mo is involved in numerous fields, and if it’s about investigating this matter, he should be very capable. Why, then, is he silent, just standing there in a daze?

What they didn’t know was that Su Yaoyao was sinking into a dream, conversing with the Ancient Immortal.

The Ancient Immortal sat on the swan’s back, frowning slightly.

"...I’ve indeed heard nothing of this.

"Each Immortal Beast is uniquely modified by its Immortal Beast Master, with differing properties and Immortal Techniques.

"Moreover, the Immortal Techniques of an Immortal Beast are hidden, secretive, never widely announced or publicized.

"Growing feathers behind the ears... many serpentine Immortal Beasts actually prefer this kind of modification.

"Snakes have no ears and can only sense ground vibrations with their bodies, making it difficult to perceive attacks from the sky.

"Adding a pair of feathered external ears to a snake allows it to hear sounds, a super enhancement for the snake!"

Su Yaoyao was frustrated.

The master’s words were reasonable, but offered no help to the current situation.

It was as if nothing was said.

She immediately closed her eyes, controlled her consciousness, and swiftly returned to the present world.

"Let me perform the dissection..."

Just as she was about to pull out the surgical instrument pack from her vest pocket, she heard Bai Mo speak.

"Are you the expert from the Divination Path?"

Everyone followed Bai Mo’s gaze to the pale young man huddled in the corner.

"Hey? Expert Wang, how could we forget you?"

"Come do a divination!"

"What’s really going on?"

Divination expert Wang Minghe, trembling slightly, looked anxious.

"I just did a divination, but there was no result... ugh..."

As he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organ fragments, staining his chin and collar.

His eyelids instantly flushed red, and blood tears streamed from his eyes.

The experts looked at each other in silence.

Su Yaoyao put away her instrument pack.

Bai Doudou, the fox disciple, jumped onto the master’s shoulder, eyes wide.

"Awoo?"

...

On the mid-slope of Niu Bi Mountain, within the newly renovated Cyan Dragon Pan Temple.

The sounds of shakuhachi and taiko drums continued unceasingly.

Men and women turned in circles, shook their heads, keeping rhythm, moved their shoulders and heads, dancing a peculiar dance.

Miyamoto Rokuzo stood in the center of the circle, suddenly questioning the master.

"Master, will they also discover the Ghost Car?"

In his mind, the Ancient Immortal’s voice carried a hint of mockery.

"What if they do discover it?

"Besides, they won’t discover it.

"From ancient to modern times, no more than five people have understood the characteristics of the Ghost Car.

"Among these five, only your master, I, remain alive today.

"It’s not easy to guess, not easy to imagine, hahaha."

...

Rustle rustle...

In West State University, in the Immortal Grass Building office.

Bai Doudou helped the master pour a cup of hot tea before jumping into the master’s lap to watch the computer together.

Indeed... after the divination master spat blood, the danger rating of the incident instantly rose, and all present experts were urgently evacuated!

Bai Mo sat behind the computer, seeing on the screen a message from Committee Member Gu Lin.

[An expert group has now comprehensively taken over this affair]

[It’s our fault for not thinking it through!]

[The thing affecting pigeons and monkeys clearly could affect humans]

[Something that can utterly kill monkeys is, understandably, dangerous to humans]

[We’ve sealed off that mountainous area and arranged three hundred drones to patrol, searching for any suspicious clues]

[Expert Bai Mo need not worry]

[We’ll inform you of any new developments or technical challenges]

Su Yaoyao and Fang Xiaoyu sat together, staring at the same computer screen with various collected information related to the case.

"Indeed! This thing can also affect humans!"

On the computer screen was a video found by the technical team from the Sakura Region’s top live-streaming site!

In the video, Miyamoto Rokuzo’s delegation danced in the Cyan Dragon Pan Temple.

With zoom-in and super-resolution processing on the video frame, it’s clear that among the dancing witches, one has grown monochrome feathers behind the ears!

"Not just this witch.

"Look at the Yin Yang Masters!

"There’s one among them with feathers growing behind the ears.

"Although we don’t know what strange thing has appeared in West Ridge, clearly this thing can indeed affect humans!"

Bai Mo also saw these video materials, and at that moment, slightly frowned, laid back on the chair, holding Bai Doudou, furrowing his brow suddenly.

"Have I overlooked some detail?"