"So you just brought her over?" Raven 12345 glanced sideways at the werewolf girl who was squatting nearby, growling menacingly in her throat. "Let me tell you, my furniture is made of super-alloy. I won't be responsible if she ruins her teeth."

Hao Ren, while tugging on Lily's tail trying to pull her away from Raven's desk, explained with an embarrassed expression, "Her symptoms weren't this bad when we arrived. Who knew that teleporting her would make her unable to even speak... Luckily, she's not biting people yet."

The group was currently in Raven 12345's office, and Lily's condition seemed to have worsened since she woke up that morning. The werewolf girl could no longer stand upright. She was on all fours next to Raven 12345's desk, head down, ignoring everyone, only making beast-like roars. She had started biting everything within reach, including the furniture and the doorframe, and even bit an arcane servant, resulting in a face full of arcane shockwaves – and to make matters worse, she couldn't speak anymore.

But Hao Ren knew Lily was still conscious. She was biting hard objects to distract herself, trying to avoid attacking others. Biting the arcane servant was an accident: it didn't look human; Lily probably mistook it for jelly.

Even Vivian, who usually didn't get along with Lily, looked worried. The vampire girl was kind at heart and couldn't help but glance at Lily with sympathy. "How about we find her a steel pipe to chew on?"

"No need, it's not a big deal," Raven 12345 waved Hao Ren back, then crouched down in front of Lily, grabbing her head to force her to look up. "Little wolf girl, look at my eyes."

Strangely, Lily, who was almost incapable of normal thought beyond instinct, calmed down after hearing Raven's words. Her breathing gradually became steady, and she stared blankly at Raven 12345's face, making a mumbled sound: "Doc...tor?"

"Yes, I'm a doctor now. Look at my eyes, and tell me, what do you see?" Raven 12345 said gently, her tone so soft that Hao Ren wanted to bang his head against the wall: why couldn't this crazy goddess talk nicely like this normally?!

A glimmer of clarity flashed in Lily's eyes, and she looked carefully for a moment before nodding. "You have half a noodle on your lip..."

Raven 12345 slapped Lily on the forehead. "I told you to look at my eyes, not my mouth, you idiot!"

Hao Ren felt relieved: Great, she's back to her normal crazy self. The amount of sarcasm in her voice is just right.

IzaKus, who had been waiting respectfully with his head down, couldn't help but nudge Hao Ren's arm. "The managing god of your world... is always like this?"

"Yeah, are other worlds different?" Hao Ren asked casually.

"Of course," IzaKus muttered softly, "Seventy percent of the Xiling God System are expressionless... How did you end up with someone like this?"

Hao Ren: "..."

At this time, Raven 12345 was still trying to awaken something within Lily. She held Lily's head, her eyes flashing with blue and white light, her voice soft and deep, seemingly with some kind of magic. "Don't worry about what you see, it's all an illusion. You are in a very safe place. Now, little girl, tell me, what do you see?"

"...The moon, a big, round moon..." Lily was still squatting on the ground, but the muscles in her body were slowly relaxing. "Red, with something like seawater churning on it... You really have noodles on your lip."

"...Be serious! Focus on my eyes!" Raven 12345 vigorously wiped her lip. "What else besides the moon? Remember what happened that night. Besides what you saw with your eyes, what other images appeared in your mind?"

"There are people on the moon... I can't see them, but I know there are many people on the moon, and they are melting, becoming part of the seawater... There are also people on the ground, everyone is melting, I'm scared... I want to become stronger so I won't melt, and... you didn't wipe it clean, there's still some on your lip."

Raven 12345 smiled slightly. "...Girl, bring out your weapon. I'm going to have a duel to the death with you."

Hao Ren quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. He didn't know why things that were supposed to be serious always ended up like this, but he knew his job here was to smooth things over. "Okay, okay, she's a bit slow sometimes, she doesn't think before she speaks, especially now that she can only think with her brainstem. By the way, what exactly is wrong with Lily?"

"Your vampire is quite something," Raven 12345 stood up and gave Vivian a deep look. "She's very capable, but I'm afraid she doesn't know how to control it yet. This little wolf is fine, just had her subconscious invaded by disaster illusions. She hasn't noticed it herself, but she's been stimulated by nightmares every time she sleeps, gradually leading to a loss of control over her powers. That's why her condition has worsened so much overnight: she was scared by nightmares."

Saying that, Raven 12345 bent down and patted Lily's head. "Actually, I have some good news for you..."

Before Raven 12345 could finish, Hao Ren blurted out, "This girl is pregnant?"

The whole room fell silent, with only the creaking sound of Lily gnawing on the table. Vivian looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression. "Landlord, what are you even thinking?"

Hao Ren flusteredly explained, "No, isn't that how it always goes in TV dramas? After a turn, it's always 'the girl is pregnant'..."

Raven 12345 flicked a small electric ball at Hao Ren's forehead. "Your brain would definitely thrive in Shadow City. There are all kinds of guys there, you'll definitely find your kind. But what I wanted to say is—this little wolf is about to evolve."

Lily, who was gnawing on the table leg, actually stopped and perked up her ears, waiting for the rest: she's not completely stupid yet.

"Evolve?" Hao Ren felt this development was magical. "Is she actually a Digital Monster?"

"...I'll give you a brain check after this little wolf is better, if we delay any longer, there's no saving you," Raven 12345 shook her head and sighed. "Don't you guys know that this little girl is not an adult yet?"

"She is an adult," Vivian was the first to stand up. "Look at her, how is she not an adult?"

"Just tall," Raven 12345 curled her lip. "Maybe she's an adult physically, but as a werewolf, her abilities are obviously lacking. I heard Hao Ren say that Lily is just strong, but doesn't have any special abilities, right?"

"She also has a good nose," Hao Ren quickly added. "Also, she can grow a tail."

"That doesn't count as a special ability!" Raven 12345 summoned an arcane servant and pointed at Hao Ren. "Someone, feed this young master medicine! Just so he can't open his mouth!"

Hao Ren immediately shut up, while Vivian nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, I've always been curious about this. Normal werewolves aren't good at magic... but at least they have some innate abilities, such as berserking, shadow step, moonlight concealment, but this big dog seems to be just incredibly strong and healthy, and nothing else. She always thought that her five years of brick training was a super move. But werewolves have something called 'evolution'? The werewolves I know naturally gain these abilities as they grow to a certain age, but this big dog seems like she's about to have an explosive growth?"

"It's because all of you are abnormal," Raven 12345 said meaningfully. "Normal werewolves will grow slowly, but this little girl is being stimulated by your moonlight to super-evolve. Haha, that's a good thing, a short pain is better than a long one, Hao Ren, you've saved yourself five years of cleaning up furniture that Lily has chewed on: werewolves have to go through this kind of reversion when they awaken new abilities, a normal growth period is five years!"

Hao Ren wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't care about anything else, as long as he knew that Lily's condition was a normal physiological phenomenon (slightly out of control), he was relieved.

The next thing to consider was how to get this idiot safely through the evolution period.

(Going out tonight, updating at noon today. I'll find a good day to resume double updates now that I have some free time.)