A novice monster's first day.

In my memory, monsters are also divided into levels, high, medium, and low. She might be a small monster.

Chapter 104 The First Day of a Novice Becoming a Monster

The popped-up Ability System retracted on its own, the city returned to normal, and the citizens, who had been frozen like puppets, recovered, completely unaware of their brief period of abnormality.

Ye Jiang could feel the changes in herself, which was probably the effect of her true form descending. She saw the changes in her superpowers, but she didn't pay too much attention to them; her focus was on something else.

Yu Qingyi in front of me was still crying, tears streaming down her face, seemingly endlessly.

Why can the human body hold so many tears?

Ye Jiang thought that originally, her transaction with the human was a normal one. She fulfilled the human's wish, and the human gave her his body. This process was just like when she received a task on the Part-Time Cat platform, or when she shopped in a store. Money and goods were exchanged. However, when she saw Yu Qingyi's tears, Ye Jiang's eyes rippled slightly, and a complicated feeling arose.

Ye Jiang couldn't help but think that Yu Qingyi definitely didn't want a monster to take over her friend's body. This was normal; she had already experienced it when she was living in place of Tang Su. Yu Qingyi depended on her friend very, very much.

These are two friends who depend on each other for survival.

An idea popped into my head--

if...

If she could return her body to Tang Su and Yu Qingyi...

But how? Is it even possible?

Ye Jiang was unclear. Although she already knew she was a monster, and had always been very accepting of her new identity without struggle, she didn't know much about monsters; she had amnesia. She didn't know why she had lost her memory.

Ye Jiang was lost in thought when the phone rang. It was Yu Qingyi.

One phone call, and the tears that seemed to never stop in Yu Qingyi's eyes stopped. The human woman's entire demeanor changed drastically after she finished the call.

Yu Qingyi received a call to work overtime from the Ability Control Bureau. The Polluted had attacked, causing countless destructions, and there was an urgent need for logistics personnel.

Without complaining to the person on the other end of the phone about her near-death experience, nor confiding in anyone about the recent loss of her most important person, Yu Qingyi, feeling gloomy, responded with only one word after hearing the request to work overtime.

"Good."

This human woman was just an ordinary person; she was clearly not particularly powerful. Yet, she showed Ye Jiang a different kind of power—a power unique to humans. Ye Jiang had witnessed this kind of power in many of the cases from the Ability Control Bureau during the months since he woke up in the hospital.

Yu Qingyi calmly recounted the situation on her end to the phone, reporting that several colleagues had fainted. Just as she finished speaking, she noticed her colleagues were waking up one after another. Ye Jiang quickly treated the colleagues whose injuries were not serious. She paused briefly, then updated the intelligence.

Her colleagues were all settled and had their own work to do. Yu Qingyi didn't go with them; she was heading to another workplace, which was quite far away. Ye Jiang offered to give her a ride, and Yu Qingyi looked at her and didn't refuse.

After dropping the person off at their destination, Ye Jiang was about to leave when Yu Qingyi swiftly grabbed the hem of her dress. Ye Jiang turned to look at her; the human was staring at her with complex and intense eyes, as if she had a thousand words to say, but in the end, she uttered nothing.

A colleague called from afar. Yu Qingyi's body stiffened. She let go of Ye Jiang's hand, glanced at her last time, and ran towards her colleague.

Ye Jiang: "..."

City A is destined to have no sleep tonight. The arrival of Polluted has completely destroyed the tranquility of the night, and there is noise and bustle everywhere.

Ye Jiang weaved through the city in the night wind, searching for Dong Zhen. It was as if some mysterious guidance existed between them. She found Dong Zhen on the rooftop of a tall building; the latter was busy—busy fighting, with someone...

Ye Jiang grabbed a pink tentacle, and as if she had flipped a switch, a string of vulgarities immediately rang out.

--Dong is Dong Zhen fighting the octopus monster Shi Li.

The two monsters, locked in a fierce fight, noticed Ye Jiang at the same time. Instead of stopping, they intensified their battle. One shouted, "Sister, a monster has entered the city! Wait till I take care of this outsider!" The other yelled, "Human, your city is too dangerous! Monsters are lurking there! Wait till I help you clear it out!" Ye Jiang Ye Jiang remained silent. She opened her mouth, then said, "You..."

The two monsters heard the sound at the same time

Turning his head, he was met with a pair of blood-red eyes. He froze, forgetting to attack.

The two monsters suddenly separated, each taking up a corner and staring at Ye Jiang; the battle ceased.

"Sister, your eyes..."

"Human, your eyes..."

The monsters' opening remarks were followed by a duet of shocked stares—

You know my sister?!

You know humans?!

"..."

"..."

Realizing they were both acquaintances of Ye Jiang, the two monsters fell silent.

Ye Jiang ignored the two of them. She took out her phone, turned on the camera, and pointed it at her face. Only then did she realize that her pupils in the photo were abnormally red, giving her an inhuman appearance. She raised her hand to touch them, and the next second her eyes twitched, returning to their deep black color.

This change was noticed by the two monsters, who hesitated to speak. Ye Jiang calmly put away her phone, looked up at them, and casually tossed out a sentence: "As you can see, I am a monster too."

She casually revealed her monster identity.

"!!"

"!!!"

What?!

The monster was shocked.

Dong Zhen was the first to recover from his shock. He leaped to Ye Jiang 'Ye Jiang side and anxiously grabbed her arm, "Sister, sister, what happened? You said you were a monster?"

It's probably not that he's been using illusion magic too much and is hallucinating, right?

"Yes, I am a monster," Ye Jiang told him, "It's not his problem."

Dong Zhen was in a daze. He hadn't misheard; his sister really was a monster!

"How did it suddenly turn into a monster?" Dong Zhen was dumbfounded.

Ye Jiang said with a blank face, "It's not that I became, it's that I just realized I am."

Dong Zhen blinked.

Ye Jiang said, "Is it strange that I'm a monster?"

Dong Zhen tilted her head in thought. Hmm, is that strange?

Not surprising!

He's a monster, his sister's a monster, that's how it should be!

"Oh, no wonder, this is truly a wondrous fate~~" Dong Zhen happy that he spun around, and illusions flew out of his body uncontrollably, layer upon layer of illusions on the rooftop.

On the nearby railing, Shi Li flicked her tentacle and shattered an illusionary bird.

Idiot! Moron!

She cursed the boy in her heart.

Unable to bear watching the boy spin around like a fool, her gaze shifted to the person beside him, and a ripple spread across her face— Ye Jiang was actually a monster...

It's a monster!

No wonder she, a human, could restrain herself in every way; it turns out she wasn't human, but one of her own kind!

Yes, yes, how could humans be so ridiculously strong? You know, when they first clashed, she didn't take this outsider seriously at all, but after the fight, she was completely stunned and ended up in a sorry state! In the end, to prevent the other party from affecting her plans, she was even forced to create snowmen to roam around the town, using this as a way to get rid of him. For a monster like her to have to resort to such a low-level method when facing humans, other monsters would laugh!

Now I understand, the one she was fighting wasn't even human!

but...

What level of monster is this?

I'm already a high-level monster, so what level would my opponent be to counter me?

Shi Li recalled the scene she witnessed when the Moon Tree appeared in the world—it was absurd that one of the two great wonders of the human world could be related to a monster.

Shi Li paused.

Well, she herself is quite outrageous; she actually secretly followed someone to this unfamiliar city just because she felt lonely.

Shi Li's thoughts wandered, and she peeked at someone while lifting her eyelids. The tip of the tentacle shrank slightly, feeling a little hot.

Ye Jiang realized she was being watched. She turned her head and saw the octopus that had been peeping at her. It immediately looked away, acting like a lovesick young girl.

Ye Jiang: "..."

Does the behavior of these two seasoned monsters mean they've accepted the fact that she's one of their own?

Thinking this through the lens of a novice driver, Ye Jiang reached out and poked the boy who was still bubbling away. "Dong Zhen, I have a question for you."

While playing with bubbles, Dong Zhen asked, "What does my sister want to ask?"

Ye Jiang asked, "After the monster's true form descends, can it exist independently outside the host's body?"

Dong Zhen casually tossed out an answer, "Sure."

Ye Jiang's eyes flickered. "Is that alright?"

However, the boy continued the next second, "But it can only exist for a short time. Without a human body, it can only exist for a maximum of one hour. Any longer and it will be killed by the rules."

Monsters are creatures from the Inner World. If they want to live in the Surface World, they can only use a human body. Even if they shed their human body, they must put it back on, otherwise the power of the rules will shred the visitors from the other world to pieces.

Dong Zhen exclaimed excitedly, "I once saw a monster shed its shell and turn into a pile of dust!"

His face was flushed, and his expression was one of lingering reminiscence.

Ye Jiang: "..."

What is he excited about?

Ye Jiang was slightly speechless.

"Absolutely not?" Ye Jiang asked, still thinking that if possible, she would return the host's body. She came to Dong Zhen to consult on this matter.

Shi Li interjected, her tone serious. "Absolutely not."

She was afraid Ye Jiang would do something foolish, so she emphasized her words.

She didn't know why Ye Jiang would have the idea of getting rid of the host's body, but just to be on the safe side, she had to tell her before a tragedy occurred.

"Didn't you feel it when you were drawn through the dimensional gate by human desires?" Shi Li frowned. "When I passed through the dimensional gate, the rules spontaneously imprinted themselves in my mind, telling me what I could and couldn't do."