Free Web NovelWhen the face of Goddess Ba that appeared in her mind was completely replaced, as if a world-famous painting had been Photoshopped with a comedian's face, Spiritual Energy surged into Lu Yibei's body from her clenched palms, causing her consciousness to waver for a moment.
It felt like the snap of a finger, yet also as long as several centuries; in that daze, the process of the Spiritual Seal's condensation completely slipped from Lu Yibei's control.
However, the ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ sudden 'loss of control' did not bring panic or fear. The continuous surge of Spiritual Energy from her palms, which emanated a scent similar to Qingyi Tiannv but was grander and hotter, brought a sense of peace.
It seemed to softly say, "Leave the rest to me! I will take your final step for you."
The condensation of the Spiritual Seal had finished, and the nascent God Kingdom Prototype of Goddess Ba began to operate on its own, constructing complex structures and supporting the authority that should have vanished in the river of time, all without Lu Yibei's guidance or control.
During this process, Lu Yibei 'heard' a summons.
The low, thunderous summons was not a language any human could understand, just as humans cannot understand the sound of wind, earth tremors, or tsunamis. It was a special resonance that made her heart, and even her soul, tremble along with it.
It was a summons from thousands of miles around: from the Gobi Desert, the desert, the dried riverbeds, and the desolate mounds, all praising the return of their 'King'...
Since the disappearance of Goddess Ba, for thousands of years, no corresponding Calamity-level being had emerged in this land. Therefore, drought, desolation, and decay were merely drought, desolation, and decay. But from now on, they would have another 'name'—Lu Yibei.
Where her authority manifests, there is a vast barren land; standing upon this barren land, she is the sole ruler. From this day forth, until death, her reign shall not cease!
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"Holy crap! That kid actually succeeded?"
On the dilapidated and crumbling rooftop, Chatterbox Girl witnessed the entire process of Lu Yibei condensing the Spiritual Seal, and couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation, clenching her hands.
"I can't accept..."
She subconsciously wanted to say "I can't accept it," but before the words could leave her mouth, her lips curved into a smile.
She couldn't accept it, yet at the same time, she was genuinely happy for Lu Yibei's success.
In her opinion, the probability of Lu Yibei's audacious move succeeding was almost zero. As long as a person or a urban legend had existed in the world, any trace of their existence would become an obstacle to 'falsification'.
Although such obstacles were not insurmountable, Lu Yibei's obstacle was clearly a little bigger than others. Fortunately, at the critical moment, there was the portrait from Shen Baiwei's notebook, which had been transformed into a 'reading record' by her authority, along with Shen Baiwei's Spiritual Energy, as an aid.
"There shouldn't be any problems now, right?" Chatterbox Girl muttered to herself.
She had originally been waiting for Lu Yibei to fail so she could appropriately point her to a 'bright' path, but now she could rest assured and go about her own business.
With the faint characteristic of "All under heaven is the King's land" inherent in Royalty, she didn't even have to worry that Lu Yibei wouldn't be able to command the power of the 'Great Drought' that originated from the vast desolate lands and had existed since ancient times.
"However..." Chatterbox Girl stroked her chin, pondering for a moment, "Should the Spiritual Seal condensed in this way be called the Goddess Beiling Seal? Tsk, it sounds like some strange dialect from somewhere."
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Hua City.
For Du Sixian, today was still a busy yet ordinary night.
After waking up at noon, she went to Hua City Si Ye Hui to handle the work recently assigned to her as a probationary agent. The urban legend in Hua City had been very well-behaved lately, so the work assigned to her was also very simple. Anything too difficult to resolve could be left until the evening to continue processing back at the Calamity Scare Unaccountable Company.
After spending less than an hour on work, she also took the opportunity to use the training grounds of Hua City Si Ye Hui to practice the Spell she had learned from Devil Woman for three hours.
However, the Spells taught by Devil Woman were not very suitable for public display, so she could only use similar Si Ye Hui internal Spells as substitutes.
In the evening, it was time to handle various matters for the Calamity Scare Unaccountable Company. Financial reports had to be reviewed every three days, and currently, the company's Spiritual Energy item sales business on the urban legend bounty Website was doing quite well.
She also had to care about the work of the Little Freaks and supervise them not to cause trouble. Although most of the time their hands were clean, they would always be caught by the dear Agent Li Xuan, who would find some clues. Keeping an eye on them in advance could save her a lot of trouble.
In addition, occasional conflicts among the Little Freaks, stemming from clashes of different authorities, also required her mediation...
Recently, she had also been planning to collaborate with the Monster Story Chat Group to open an online talent agency and select a group of Little Freaks to become VUPs. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Anyway, they don't show their faces, so who knows if it's a human behind the avatar or a monster?
Those Little Freaks were much more talented and better at livening things up than many people.
There was a lot of trivial and annoying work, but Du Sixian enjoyed it every day.
She liked this job, but occasionally, when she thought of Devil Woman, she couldn't help but complain a little.
Devil Woman hadn't come to visit for a long time. When would she come?
Outside the office door, faint footsteps sounded, followed by a white-clad urban legend carrying its own head in its hands, pushing the door open and entering.
"Leader, the Little Freaks in the lounge area are clamoring for the air conditioning..."
"Such a thing..." Du Sixian paused mid-sentence, then asked in confusion, "Do they want the heater on so early? Is that appropriate?"
It was the season of sudden warmth after a chill, not yet time for heating. Wouldn't that be a waste of money?
Such extravagant and bad habits must never be indulged!
"Not heating, it's cooling," the white-clad urban legend explained. "For some reason, the temperature is unusually high today."
"Leader, don't you feel hot and bothered?"
"Hot and bothered?" Du Sixian tilted her head, glancing at the weather forecast in the bottom right corner of the computer screen.
【43℃, Sunny, Relative Humidity 17%】
Du Sixian, "..."
She indeed didn't feel hot and bothered. However, as the number one subordinate of Goddess Bei, wasn't high temperature resistance normal?
After a brief silence, as if she had thought of something, Du Sixian's eyes lit up. She waved her hand and said, "Then let them turn it on, turn it up to the maximum. If it's not enough... no, immediately send someone to buy them cold drinks and ice cream. If they can't find any, order from Hua City Grand Hotel! I have the number for their dessert chef there."
The temperature, higher than midsummer, and the relative humidity, lower than some deserts, instantly made her realize that this was probably Lu Yibei's authority affecting the geopathic aura of Hua City.
Although she didn't know what had happened, her senior seemed to have become even more powerful, which was something to celebrate!
Since it was a celebration, what did it matter to spend a little money?
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Late at night, Hua City Si Ye Hui.
Li Xuan, who had rushed over, walked towards the monitoring room while gravely questioning An Qing.
"Why was a silver owl signal suddenly issued out of nowhere? What's going on?"
"It's nothing serious..." An Qing, biting on a freshly lit cigarette, pouted, "It's just that the guy hiding in the coal mine shaft in the distant suburbs suddenly appeared and seems to be trying to escape Hua City."
"The mine shaft in the distant suburbs?" Li Xuan frowned slightly.
He had a deep impression of the urban legend An Qing mentioned. It was one of the few A-class urban legend that had neither responded nor participated in the struggle when Disaster Witch organized the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
From the archives left by the seniors of Hua City Si Ye Hui, it seemed that guy possessed a part of the authority, originating from the same source as x god, symbolizing hydrocarbon combustion.
Based on the report of the Maitian God Offspring descent event recently submitted by Shancheng Si Ye Hui, the agents at Si Ye Hui Headquarters deduced that x god and its offspring had appeared in Hua City, most likely to search for the guy hidden in the mine shaft.
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Earlier, Hua City Si Ye Hui had also received a document from Si Ye Hui Headquarters, urging Hua City Si Ye Hui to closely monitor the movements of that urban legend.
"Why?" Li Xuan asked.
"Geothermal heat." An Qing slowly exhaled smoke and said, "Earlier, the Special Operations Team detected an astonishing amount of heat surging beneath Hua City... Speaking of which, haven't you noticed how unusually hot it is tonight?"
"Geothermal heat?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes gradually widened. "Could it be Calamity?"
One must know that when Calamity completed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, Hua City's winter had also ended prematurely, and the temperature had warmed up.
If Calamity, who controls the geopathic aura of Hua City, had undergone a change in authority, then the abnormal climate in Hua City and the urban legend hiding in the underground mine shaft feeling threatened by Calamity and escaping Hua City would all be reasonable.
An Qing raised an eyebrow, reminding him, "You dare to call out the title Calamity directly?"
"What's there not to call?" Li Xuan shrugged dismissively. "Just the King of Weird Tales of Hua City, that's all. I'll call her Calamity, the despicable and shameless Calamity, the disgusting Calamity."
An Qing silently watched Li Xuan for a few seconds, then shrugged and said, "Suit yourself. However, do you think you can still call her by her name if she can cause this level of anomaly?"
"You mean she's already..." Halfway through his sentence, Li Xuan's face suddenly turned pale.
Seeing this, An Qing patted his shoulder and thoughtfully offered him a cigarette.
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Shancheng, in the CHARMCLUB parking lot.
Zhang Yu squatted on the ground, gazing at the "Titan" motorcycle he had bought at a high price, lost in thought.
Just now, after the CHARMCLUB had closed, he had rushed to the underground parking lot, ready to ride his beloved big motorcycle home early to rest. In his haste, he activated his authority, and then...
The motorcycle's engine blew up, and several CHARMCLUB employees witnessed it.
Not only did it spew flames, but even both wheels were engulfed in rolling fire.
It was just like some Ghost Rider, making several employees exclaim, "Boss is awesome!" until Zhang Yu cried out and fell off the bike, starting to roll on the ground.
"......"
This must be the 'benefit' that Miss Blue Yi distributed to her subordinates, right?
How long has it been since they parted? She actually advanced again...
It seems like someone worth following.
Zhang Yu thought, silently pulling out a phone from his jacket pocket and dialing a garbled number.
"Hello? Yes, it's about that last matter. I wanted to tell you, I'm sorry, I can't assist you in investigating Miss Blue Yi anymore."
Although Miss Blue Yi had helped him protect the city he wanted to protect during the chaos created by the Maitian God Offspring and saved his life, he was grateful. However, before that, when the Eclipse Society Elder Council had found him to help investigate Blue Yi, he had still chosen to procrastinate.
In his opinion, offending the Elder Council for Blue Yi and losing his life was not worth it.
As a subordinate, while he couldn't do anything that harmed his master's interests, it was fine to protect himself as much as possible without harming those interests.
But now...
He suddenly felt that Miss Blue Yi might be worth following with his life.
"You ask me why?" Zhang Yu pouted, "Because I'm a member of the Lan Yi Party!"
With that, he harshly hung up the phone.
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Inside the God Kingdom Prototype.
It was early morning. Qingji had finished feeding Wang Yingying breakfast and was about to help her get dressed and send her to kindergarten.
However, when he came from the bedroom with a down Coat, Wang Yingying's little head immediately shook like a rattle.
"No, no!"
"This child!" Qingji rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you suddenly acting difficult? Is it because I made you do horse stance yesterday?"
"No, no!" Wang Yingying pouted, "Because it will be hot today, very, very hot!"
"Hot?"
"Mhm!" Wang Yingying nodded seriously, "Because of Little Bei, Master!"
Because of that brat? Qingji was stunned for a moment, then, as if sensing something, he turned to look out the window.
Outside the window, the sun rose from below the horizon, casting golden light.
The sunlight wasn't fierce, but bathing in it gave one an inexplicable feeling of dryness and heat.
Feeling that dryness and heat, which contained some terrifying authority, two words flashed through Qingji's mind—Calamity.
Is that the Calamity-level power that brat mentioned?
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Heh, it's nothing special after all! Qingji thought.
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Deep within Li Gate, in a dark and narrow small warehouse.
"Hey! So what if you lost? No need to cry, right?" Hunqiu Luming said, extending an arm condensed from Spiritual Energy from his round body to pat the man's shoulder.
"I'm not crying..." the man said expressionlessly.
"But..." Hunqiu Luming said, "Your face is even uglier than crying!"
"You don't understand. I'm just feeling sad for Lu Yibei. She refused a correct path," the man said.
"Is that so?" Hunqiu Luming said indifferently, "Why do I feel that the path Little Bei is on now is the correct one?"
The man shook his head and sighed silently, "I hope you can still say that when she has to bear the consequences of her wrong choice!"
Hearing this, Hunqiu Luming remained silent for a long time. Only when the man got up to leave did he speak again, shouting at the man's retreating back, "Hey! I remember we made a bet just now, right? You lost the bet, you're not trying to renege, are you?"
The man stopped, tilted his head, and looked at Lu Ming out of the corner of his eye, calmly saying, "Please rest assured, Unmyouki, I will not go back on my word. When you need to leave here, I will naturally come again. However... please also keep your promise to return within three days then."
"Tch!" Hunqiu Luming spat, "Can't you have a little more trust? I'm just a ball now. Even if I tricked you, you'd still be able to catch me back within three days, right?"
The man was noncommittal, merely turning and walking away silently.
With a soft 'bang' as the door closed, the small warehouse plunged back into darkness...
