Free Web NovelThat night, under the Hua City Kua Jiang Bridge, in the third bridge arch on the south bank.
For a long time in the past, the bridge arches under the Kua Jiang Bridge had become a refuge for many homeless people, with many unauthorized structures built haphazardly.
Calling them structures was a stretch; in reality, they were just shacks built with scrap metal and wooden boards, barely providing shelter from the wind and rain, and that was about it.
After the sun began to change abnormally and the number of urban legend surged, this place was completely abandoned. The crooked shacks remained, but their residents had long since vanished. freeweɓnøvel.com
This allowed Gu Qianqian to gain a significant advantage.
After hunting the Strange Tale, Old Man Black, who had been using the shacks under the bridge arch as his lair, this place became her "lair."
The night was deep, and a few sparks drifted from the dying bonfire.
Two pieces of scrap metal were propped up by wood against the wall. Although there was no door, it was still a shed that could provide shelter from the wind and rain.
Under the shed, Gu Qianqian sat cross-legged on a sofa she had found at a second-hand market, carefully counting the small amount of money she had earned from odd jobs over the past week.
She took out the loose change from the burlap sack beside her, one handful after another, arranged them by denomination, and then stuffed them all into her piggy bank.
Although it was just a piggy bank made from a rusty paint bucket, and it didn't contain much money.
But Gu Qianqian treasured it greatly. She had even carefully welded four short legs and a pair of ears onto the surface, trying her best to make it look like a little pig.
"Seventy... eighty... eighty-two... eighty-two yuan and one dime..."
After working odd jobs for a week, and subtracting daily expenses, Gu Qianqian had saved a total of 282 yuan and three dimes. It was a small amount, but she was quite satisfied.
However, looking at that pile of scattered bills and ten coins, the system couldn't help but feel disheartened.
"Gu Qianqian, didn't I tell you long ago? You are the protagonist, the savior, how can you work odd jobs? This is too undignified, and when you achieve fame and success in the future, this will be a black mark!"
"Anyway, nobody knows!" Gu Qianqian pouted impatiently, "There are no missions lately, if I don't work odd jobs, I'll starve to death!"
The system, "..."
It really wanted to say, you eat so much, eating the cheapest ten-yuan bento boxes, you can eat thirty to fifty yuan's worth in one meal, it would be strange if you didn't starve to death!
But considering the girl's face, it held back.
"Speaking of missions, Gu Qianqian, the school anniversary is coming up soon, are you ready?"
Gu Qianqian nodded solemnly, patting the paint bucket piggy bank beside her, "Of course, of course, I've saved almost five hundred yuan, which is enough to buy a cheap dress!"
"I..." The system hesitated, silent for a few seconds before saying, "I was asking if you have completed the task of infiltrating Ma Zhen's laboratory and accessing that set of bamboo slips?"
"Huh?!" Gu Qianqian tilted her head, her expression as if saying, "Was there such a thing?"
"Damn it, I knew you would forget! Without accessing that set of bamboo slips before the night of the full moon, you won't be able to enter that space!" The system said, suppressing its anger, "Fortunately, there's still time."
"Ugh!" Gu Qianqian pouted, her face full of grievance, "What the heck, I clearly told you to remember to remind me!"
The system said awkwardly, "I, I forgot too..."
"Geez—!" Gu Qianqian hissed with a look of disdain, "System, you're so stupid!"
"..." The system was speechless for a moment, unsure how to retort.
This is also because during this time, a terrifying guy came to your school, always hiding in the dark and looking around.
It doesn't know what its purpose is, could it also be that set of bamboo slips?
If that's the case, it might be a bit troublesome! The system thought, the trajectory of fate is becoming more and more different from what it remembers, it's confusing and makes one feel insecure.
"System?"
"I'm here."
"What exactly is in the place pointed to by those bamboo slips you mentioned?" Gu Qianqian asked curiously.
The system pondered for a few seconds, then slowly said, "A hundred sacrifices, ten thugs, a dead god, god-man reaching the peak to open the gate of ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) heaven, the gate of heaven opens, read the immortal registry, who still cares, life after life, day and night."
"What?!" Gu Qianqian looked utterly bewildered, "System, although you're not human, I am. Can you speak in human language? Otherwise, I won't understand!"
It's clearly your brain that's not working well! The system cursed inwardly, then replied, "Anyway, there was a group of people in ancient times who, under the command of their king, took a hundred virgin boys and girls into the mountains to find immortals. After finding the immortals, they became engrossed in the books the immortals gave them and didn't have time to leave. In the end, they were trapped and died in a strange place."
"And then?" Gu Qianqian pressed.
"You don't need to know that clearly."
"When the time comes, just go in, and immediately look for the formula I told you about. Find it, write it down, and quickly withdraw."
"System..."
"Hmm?"
"Why don't I just take the formula? What if I can't remember it, or remember it wrong?" Gu Qianqian said leisurely.
"The bamboo slips can only allow your projection to reach that strange place; you can't take anything from inside. So if you can't remember it, you have to memorize it even if it kills you!"
"System..."
"Hmm?"
"Are you perhaps lying to me?" Gu Qianqian pouted.
"..." The system was silent for a few seconds, its tone becoming mechanical and cold, "Hello Host, I am just a system without emotions, and I do not know what deception is, nor will I deceive."
Gu Qianqian opened her mouth, then stopped talking. She took out her phone and started searching for shops selling dresses on Taobao.
Many girls have fantasized about wearing a beautiful dress and attending a fairytale-like ball, preferably meeting a prince at midnight.
Gu Qianqian was no exception.
"Why are you always thinking about meeting a prince? I see, do you think only someone with a prince's level of wealth can afford to support you?" The system finally found an opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Gu Qianqian pouted, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you. Aren't you a system without emotions? Therefore, you can't possibly understand what we girls are thinking!"
The system, "..."
...
At midnight, hidden by the cover of night, Lin Yiqi stealthily climbed onto the roof of the Hua City Institute of Technology library. In the corner of the small garden, she found the girl staring blankly at the moon.
As soon as Lin Yiqi stepped into the area of the rooftop small garden, the girl sensed her presence and turned around. Through the small holes in her mask, one could see her eyes curved into two arcs.
"Hey, you're here? Haven't seen you for a few days."
"..." Lin Yiqi hesitated, pausing for a few seconds before explaining, "These past few days have been moonless nights, and the Night Watch has been too active, it's not convenient for me to go out."
"How is your investigation going? Have you found any trace of that person?"
The girl shrugged and sighed softly, "I haven't found anything. I'm starting to wonder if your information was wrong. If not, should I go to Shihekou Middle School to check?"
Hearing this, Lin Yiqi's heart skipped a beat, "Don't! If you really can't find anything... why don't you go back first? I'll contact you when I find her trace."
Lin Yiqi had finally managed to invite such a powerful figure, so she certainly didn't want to give up so easily. However, the girl couldn't stay away from Taoyuan for too long, and Lin Yiqi was also finding it hard to support this powerful figure.
Although the girl wasn't like most urban legend, needing to devour flesh and blood or the core of a Strange Tale body.
But she was usually worshipped by thousands of people and urban legend in Taoyuan. Even though she tried her best to be restrained, the offerings she needed every day were more than one person could bear.
Therefore, Lin Yiqi could only temporarily suppress her resentment towards Lu Yibei.
Enduring it won't cause her to lose any flesh, but if she doesn't endure, she really needs to spend dozens of pounds of grains, livestock, and fruits every day.
"Tsk, I don't know what you're afraid of! Isn't it just Purple Maiden? What can she do to me?" The girl said disdainfully.
Lin Yiqi, "..." Purple Maiden naturally wouldn't dare to attack you, but if you rashly enter Her territory and anger Her, won't I be the one who suffers?
Seeing that Lin Yiqi stopped talking, the girl stood up and patted the dust off her butt, "Okay, since you've decided, I'll go back first, but..."
As she spoke, a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes, "Yesterday I found something interesting in your school. Before I leave, I have to go see who is making the First Light Spring Wind Curse."
"First Light Spring Wind Curse?" Lin Yiqi was slightly surprised, "I didn't expect ordinary people to still be able to make this kind of talisman now, but..."
Thinking of the urban legend hidden in the school, she nodded slightly, "Hmm, it's actually understandable."
Having stayed in this large school for a long time, Lin Yiqi had actually seen many things that were difficult for ordinary people to understand.
For example, the giant strange fish that often appeared on the playground, or the headless ghost that enjoyed scaring boys, and the group of filthy guys hidden underground.
"Hey, look, you also find it very interesting, right? I thought people in this world had long forgotten how to make the First Light Spring Wind Curse!"
"When was the last time someone made it? Let me think..." The girl poked her slightly exposed chin under the mask with a finger, thought for a few seconds, and said, "Warring States, oh no, Western Han... Oh dear, it's too long ago, I can't remember!"
"Anyway, since things are temporarily okay here, I'll go find that person first!"
"You've already found them?"
"Hehe!" The girl chuckled meaningfully twice, took out a damaged talisman from her Pregnant and shook it in front of Lin Yiqi, "I did a little divination. Although I'm not as good at divining everything as that Purple Maiden, my divination results are usually quite accurate."
Lin Yiqi, "..." How could it not be accurate? Unless this place is a barren desert. Oh, if only that white-haired guy could leave something behind for me to divine.
As Lin Yiqi was thinking, a blue light suddenly appeared on the girl in front of her. Covered by the dazzling light, her figure rapidly shrunk, and in an instant, she transformed into a Magpie with shiny, lustrous feathers.
Seeing this, Lin Yiqi looked puzzled, "You are..."
"Sigh! The person making the First Light Spring Wind Curse, I think they should be an ordinary person who understands a little bit about the use of Spiritual Energy, otherwise, they wouldn't be foolish enough to use the core of a Strange Tale body as a raw material." The girl explained. freewebnovel.cσ๓
"Since I decided to go find him, of course, I have to change into a form that ordinary people can accept more easily!"
Looking at the scene of a Magpie speaking human words, Lin Yiqi's mouth twitched.
Honestly, ordinary people probably won't find this form easy to accept either. Lin Yiqi thought, but then she remembered the girl's other forms and felt that this was probably the most acceptable one among all her forms.
