The strange entity that vanished into the Canyon Passage in the blink of an eye looked much like a crocodile.
A reptile.
But it was far larger than an ordinary crocodile. At a glance, it looked like a tank, with short but thick limbs, a long, powerful tail, and brown scales covering its body.
Its sheer size.
Its incredible speed.
If it charged straight at him, he seriously doubted whether the City Wall could stop it.
"..."
Chen Fan lowered his head to look at the Ghostlight Lantern in his hand. Before he had even had time to activate it, the creature had rushed out of the Canyon. It was the fastest strange entity he had ever seen, several times faster than the Monkey-Head Entity.
Just then—
He heard a voice behind him.
Big Fish had woken up at some point and climbed the steps onto the City Wall. Standing beside him, he asked hesitantly, "Station Master, did a huge thing that looked like a crocodile just come by?"
Ever since Big Fish had voluntarily revealed that he was a man dressed as a woman, he had stopped keeping up the act, and his voice had returned to its normal feminine tone.
Still, he rarely spoke, simply going about his work in silence.
He had also gone back to calling Chen Fan Station Master.
Last time, Big Fish had called him "big brother," but Chen Fan had asked him to change that. Mainly because a feminine voice calling him big brother beside his ear sounded far too much like a Female Wraith coming to claim his life.
"How did you know?"
Chen Fan turned to look at Big Fish beside him, dressed in a Hemp Robe with his arms folded. He remembered that he still had not asked how Big