"What exactly was that adviser?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"A person?" Xiao Die was clearly in a good mood. She continued, "Let me remind you: neither she nor I are human. Right now, we're both just pretending to be members of the Human Race."
"Why go to all that trouble?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Humans are a species that's quite convenient for communication," Xiao Die said. "Many monsters in the void take human form because, compared with their original, enormous bodies, humans make it easier to disguise their identities and evade the apocalypse."
As if she'd thought of something, she chuckled. "Once, a Wormhole Demon Spirit took human form and spent five years dating a Void Fish Woman who had also taken human form. The Demon Spirit actually lived on planktonic fish, but it took them five years to discover each other's true identities."
Gu Qingshan imagined the scene and couldn't help asking, "Did the Demon Spirit eat the fish woman afterward?"
"No. He let her go, and she used her experience to write a domineering CEO romance novel. It became a hit."
Gu Qingshan rubbed his temples.
That sounded like a real mess.
"All right, enough about other things. So, what species was that adviser?" Gu Qingshan brought the conversation back to the point.
Xiao Die said mysteriously, "Don't ask. She's very wary and doesn't like people prying into her affairs. We shouldn't offend her over this."
As they spoke, Xiao Die seemed to sense something and suddenly swept out a hand.
The gramophone vanished at once.
The music and voices disappeared with it.
A dog barked outside.
Then came a deep, resonant voice:
"I am You Tiangui, a ghostly hero of the Evil Ghost World. I've come at the command of the Ghost Lord to pay a visit. May I