Bai Fu fears two things every day: talking to people and keeping his hands from shaking. But she is a vixen and a temporary worker at the Monster Urban Management Bureau, responsible for interrogating troublemaking monsters - so she has to smile and talk to people every day, and she has to hold the tea cup steadily in her hand.
Li Yan fears two things every day: being seen with his embroidery needle, and telling Qin Huai, "Don't do it." But he is a half-werewolf, the best fighter in the team, and he is always the first to go on a mission - so he slaps the table and yells at people every day, and the embroidered bandages in the drawer are hidden even deeper.
Qin Huai fears two things every day: running away and getting injured with his teammates. He is a 1,200-year-old locust tree spirit who can overturn trees in the entire city if he gets really angry - so every day he shrinks his neck and says, "If you can't help it, don't do it." He digs the roots of the tree into the ground and dare not move.
Jiang Yan fears two things every day: being touched and being praised for his good looks. She is a zombie, her whole body is cold, and she is "boring" when she opens her mouth - but every day she makes sophora tea for Qin Huai, leaves hot water for Mo Xuan, mends Li Yan's clothes, and knits scarves for Bai Fu.
Mo Xuan fears two things every day: silence and high altitudes. He is a crow with the loudest mouth in the team and can chatter from dawn to dusk - so he squats on the highest window sill and chatters non-stop every day, with his wings spread out to cover the entire street.
On the day when five people were assigned to work as temporary workers in the Demon City Management Bureau, no one knew anyone. But when they were fighting, they automatically stood up, and when they were eating, they automatically sat in a circle. When someone was injured, the other person automatically squatted down to help - the body recognized the person first, before the mind could think of it.
Later they discovered that a human-monster peace contract was signed three hundred years ago. White cover drafted. Li Yan almost led his troops to overthrow the palace. Qin Huai was the first to object, saying "human beings cannot be trusted." Jiang Yan was nailed to the city wall. Mo Xuan was knocked down with the letter in his mouth, but the letter was not delivered.
Then someone wiped all their memories and put them into the Demon City Management Bureau as temporary workers, waiting for the day when they regained their memories - so that they could tear up the contract with their own hands, unleash their demon power and go on a rampage to destroy the world.
Five people sat on the archives floor looking at each other. All the memories came back. The choice is before you: annihilation, or immortality.
Bai Fu lowered his head and looked at his hands - for the first time in three hundred years, they were not shaking.
"Immortal," she said.
Concept: Memories can be erased, but things that grow between people cannot be erased.