Free Web Novel“If tomorrow after today is eternal night, what would you do today?”
This was a highly popular question that appeared on the Website when relevant researchers determined that the gradually lengthening night would completely “kill” the day in about a month.
Some answered: give up and wait to die.
Some answered: at the moment the eternal night descends, he would don armor, wield a saber, walk in the night, and fight the culprits who caused all this—those hateful urban legend—until death.
Some answered: he had prepared a perfect underground fortress with a plantation, a power generation system, and a complete water circulation system, enough to sustain a thousand people until the sun rose again. Ticket prices were negotiable via private message.
Among these varied answers, one highly upvoted anonymous reply said: “I will take the person I love to the highest place in the world and watch the last sunset together.”
When the officials finally issued a notice confirming that the sun would not rise tomorrow, the person who posted that anonymous reply revealed their identity.
Username: Disaster.
It was one of the culprits, as rumored, for the descent of eternal night.
The user's avatar was a mocking, provocative ghost face selfie.
At this moment, with 0:10:12 left until sunset, Disaster, as she said in her reply, arrived at the summit of K2, sitting amidst the vast white snow, gazing at the horizon, with the blood-red setting sun reflected in her eyes.
As for why the highest place in the world wasn't Mount Everest...
That was because half a year ago, when the Tibetan region suffered an invasion by Plague Tai Sui, and the urban legend named “Third Goddess” or “Mother of Earth,” which had been slumbering in Mount Everest, were awakened by its believers, Mount Everest ceased to exist.
Unlike Disaster, who was immersed in the beauty of the last sunset, Ji Yunpei next to her kept her head down, staring intently at her phone screen.
“The Ten Sins of Disaster”
“The Culprit Leading the World to Ruin—Disaster!”
“Disaster: Calamity and Human-Made Disaster”
“The urban legend Summoning Sunset, Disaster’s Past and Present Life”
...
Watching the titles of one special article and video after another on her phone, Ji Yunpei’s eyes gradually trembled, and her small hands slowly clenched, until the phone could no longer withstand the pressure and shattered into pieces with a loud bang.
These special articles and videos initially circulated only within the urban legend Bounty Website, but at some point—perhaps when the fact that urban legend caused Disaster could no longer be hidden from most people, or perhaps when the night had grown long enough to completely swallow the day—
In short, just a few hours ago, these articles and videos were translated into eight languages and suddenly spread across the entire network.
It seemed to be deliberately guiding something.
Ji Yunpei knew that these articles and videos were published by Void or its dependents, and their content contained serious distortions and misinformation.
Over the past few years, Disaster had indeed caused an astonishing amount of destruction: one city-state after another turned into scorched earth by her hand; one Spiritual Energy organization after another became history in her hands; countless lives perished.
But...
Disaster’s destruction was all for salvation.
Not to mention anything else, just take the Disaster that caused the destruction of Mountain City.
If Disaster had not acted decisively, using herself as a cage to imprison the authority of those urban legend, but instead waited for the Night Watch, the Eclipse Society, or other Spiritual Energy organizations or urban legend to slowly clear the harm caused by the Maitian God Offspring, Blasphemy would have long since reaped the benefits.
Ji Yunpei dared not imagine how many lives Blasphemy, with its eerie authority to replicate all authority, would turn into nourishment for its growth once it possessed the authority of the Maitian God Offspring; the entire world might even become a breeding ground for Blasphemy.
And now, Disaster, who had tried to prevent everything, became the culprit accelerating the descent of night just because her methods were a “tiny bit” too forceful and violent?
Even some of Disaster’s dependents believed it and stood on her opposite side, raising the banner of conquest with her enemies.
Simply incomprehensible!
“Peipei, what are you doing? Come over quickly! Hurry, hurry! This is the last sunset in this world; if you miss it, you’ll never see it again!” Disaster’s call came.
That’s right, today was the day of the night’s descent, as deduced by some Spiritual Energy scholars after long-term observation and research.
The sun rose at 9:50:02, ushering in the morning, and now, at 10:06:07, it was already dusk.
Daylight would end in ten minutes.
Forever.
Hearing the call, Ji Yunpei looked up and saw Disaster bathed in the blood-red setting sun, waving and smiling at her.
Disaster’s face was pale, and her slightly thin and weak body was covered in scars.
Her petrified right hand, the rattan piercing her shoulder, her left leg that occasionally appeared and disappeared as if it could vanish into the Void at any moment... the hideous, blackened cross-shaped wound on her chest was a potent poison left by a Psychic.
In stark contrast, Ji Yunpei was completely unharmed.
In fact, the journey from the foot of the mountain to the summit, where Disaster took Ji Yunpei up K2, was not easy.
Almost everyone who harbored hatred for her, suspected her of bringing the eternal night, coveted her authority, or even some who had no grudge against Disaster but simply wanted to vent their anger, had already set up an ambush and waited when she arrived at the foot of K2.
This was a grand carnival before the last daylight faded.
And the reason they gathered here was because Void wanted Disaster to die.
It didn't intend to act personally, so it sent out invitations for a carnival to everyone.
The reply Disaster posted was anonymized by it, and Disaster's whereabouts along the way were also fully tracked and reported by it.
Inciting public opinion, manipulating hearts! Disaster was most skilled at that.
Void merely performed a simple “copy and paste.”
Although Disaster was forcing a smile, Ji Yunpei still saw the desolation in her heart through her eyes.
Like the perennial, unmelting white snow covering the summit of K2. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
After a moment of silence, Ji Yunpei walked forward, crouched beside Disaster, and began to heal her.
The enemies ambushing at the foot of the mountain were not all; after sunset, more enemies would surely swarm the summit. Before that, Disaster had to be restored to optimal condition.
However, Disaster grabbed her hand, and with the other hand, lifted her chin, guiding her gaze towards the horizon, then whispered softly in her ear.
“Healing can be done anytime, don’t waste this beautiful moment, okay?”
Ji Yunpei stared blankly as the sunset plunged below the horizon; ten minutes felt as long as a lifetime.
Disaster’s hand was cold, colder than the white snow covering the mountains. Feeling that icy temperature and watching the darkness gradually devour the light, a thought suddenly flashed through Ji Yunpei’s mind.
In these years of following Disaster, she had grown into a Psychic with unparalleled medical skills, but perhaps she could never cure Disaster...
Finally, daylight vanished, and night descended.
Eerie sounds came from all around, growing closer and closer.
Terrifying figures quietly approached the summit under the cover of darkness.
Disaster shakily stood up, bowed to her surroundings, and said loudly, “Thank you, everyone, thank you for not disturbing us as we enjoyed the last sunset...”
“Void, I know you’ve been looking forward to this performance. Now that the show is about to begin, how about some BGM?”
Then, as if in response to her words, the song “Shape of My Heart” drifted from an unknown source.
When the music began, she nodded with satisfaction, slowly extended her hand, drew out her crimson long saber, and then her expression gradually turned cold and tyrannical.
“Very good, as a token of my gratitude, I can let everyone die a quick death later!”
Death without torture—this was the greatest gift Disaster could bestow upon her enemies!
The next moment, an earth-shattering roar echoed through the Himalayas. freeweɓnøvel.com
Countless terrifying urban legend, which had been dormant earlier and whose strength had greatly increased with the arrival of night, surged up the summit like a reverse tide.
Disaster merely kept swinging her saber, and... fiercely protected Ji Yunpei behind her.
Amidst her movements, she seemed to be dancing.
A duet dedicated to the curtain call of daylight.
...
After that day, the world began to perish.
First to exit were the Night Watch, Black Night Alliance, White God Group, and a series of Spiritual Energy organizations that represented humanity's direct confrontation with urban legend. The only three remaining Calamity-level Psychic led the surviving dozens of high-level Psychic to the Samoan Islands.
They sacrificed everything they had, sinking humanity's last ember into the Tonga Trench.
Next to depart were various factors of secondary world destruction. In the final war of the seven factors of world destruction, they unfortunately became nourishment for the seven factors of world destruction, or perhaps they were born into this world as nourishment from the beginning.
Then came the Eclipse Society. Disaster slew the Eclipse Society President, personally proving to him that the salvation he had always believed in, the black sun from the depths of the starry sky, would not descend.
Finally, it was the entire world.
Until the last moment, the thought, or rather, the conjecture, that flashed through Ji Yunpei’s mind months ago at the summit of K2, became a reality.
After destroying everything, the long saber in Disaster’s hand pierced through her body...
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Perhaps my existence prevented her from completing the ultimate destruction?
If there was a Ji Yunpei besides Disaster, how could it be called complete destruction?
The system thought, and the objects before it began to dissipate.
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Countless streams of light, invisible to others, flashed in its peripheral vision.
Unusual Spiritual Energy caused an imperceptible, abnormal vibration.
It was as if something was changing.
Just then, it finally noticed its body fading.
Faint specks of light rose from its body, which had faded to a mere shallow gray shadow, like swarms of fireflies, dancing around it, gradually outlining the silhouette of a human body.
And then.
In a haze, it saw a familiar figure smiling and walking towards it, extending a hand.
Behind that figure, the chaotic sky and city ruins of the post-apocalyptic world loomed faintly.
"Haha, look what I found? It's a Chatterbox Girl!"
The system froze, suspecting it was hallucinating.
Familiar words echoed in its ears. She reached out and instinctively asked, "Disaster? Are you... here to take me back?"
But the girl opposite suddenly withdrew her hand and shook her head at it.
"Sorry, I can't take you home yet. You still have important things to do."
"You might not trust me anymore, but... could you try to trust Lu Yibei?"
A faint, almost imperceptible voice echoed in its mind.
Just then, Disaster suddenly walked towards it and gently hugged it.
The system, "!!!"
Why did she... Was everything a hallucination created by Disaster?
That's why no matter how many times I tried, the outcome remained unchanged.
When I see Disaster again, will she say "welcome back" or "I'm sorry," and then explain everything?
Thoughts surged, but before the system could fully feel the warmth {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} of Disaster's body, the embrace ended.
Disaster took a step back, placed her hands on its chest, and pushed it forcefully "backward."
And then.
The figure in its vision gradually dissipated, and then it saw Gu Qianqian, gnawing on a roasted chicken leg.
"System, you're awake? Want something to eat?" Gu Qianqian said, "Those locals just sent us a lot of stuff!"
"But, in a place like this, they can actually raise chickens, that's amazing!"
The system, "..."
Looking at Gu Qianqian, whose mouth was greasy from eating, it suddenly felt a sense of loss.
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On the dilapidated and crumbling rooftop.
Lu Yibei tilted her head, watching Chatterbox Girl reach out towards the sky as if to grasp something, then pull her hand back, and then mumble a few indistinct words as if talking to something, suddenly feeling a chill down her spine.
Is there some "dirty thing" in this ghostly place that I can't see?
No!
Lu Yibei shook her head vigorously, looked at Chatterbox Girl, then at the Big King of purified water and the Leader of Light beside her, and finally looked down at herself.
Chatterbox Girl was the biggest "dirty thing" here, followed by those two peculiar little things, and she herself was not far behind...
Seems like there's nothing to be afraid of?
While lost in thought, Chatterbox Girl left the edge of the rooftop and walked back. Lu Yibei composed herself and eagerly pressed, "So, you banished her? To protect her?"
"That's right, I banished her." Chatterbox Girl nodded.
Once again, she banished her, just now... Chatterbox Girl added in her mind.
"Did you explain to her why you banished her?" Lu Yibei frowned, "I think that's important, isn't it? Otherwise, suddenly stabbing someone in the back like that can easily be misunderstood, right?"
"No." Chatterbox Girl shook her head. "If she knew the reason, she would find a way to come back, so what would be the point of me banishing her then?"
"..."
Lu Yibei found it hard to judge whether what Chatterbox Girl did was right or wrong at the moment. After a moment of silence, she changed the subject and asked, "Is there nothing else? Miss Chatterbox Girl, why did she experience those things later? Do you have no clue at all?"
"If you're like this, I'll have to say your story has a rotten ending!"
When Chatterbox Girl first started telling her about Miss Chatterbox Girl, the logic and details were quite clear, but halfway through, it suddenly became vague.
It was as if a perfectly good story suddenly had an "outline escape" one day and ended quickly.
It was incredibly annoying!
"There's no other way, I can only say this much." Chatterbox Girl shook her head, smiled bitterly, and explained to Lu Yibei without any concealment, "If I continue to recall, I will remember her name, and she will return to my side. In that case..."
"I understand." Lu Yibei nodded. "You mean she'll fall into despair, right?"
Her and Chatterbox Girl's "telepathy" was never limited to just complaining.
Their reactions and thoughts on certain matters were often surprisingly consistent, like looking in a mirror.
She had personally glimpsed Miss Chatterbox Girl's past and knew better than Chatterbox Girl how much effort Miss Chatterbox Girl had put in.
"But..." Lu Yibei asked very earnestly, "Don't you know what she's thinking?"
"Just..." Chatterbox Girl turned her face away, avoiding Lu Yibei's gaze, "There's no need, right!"
Choosing to escape? Lu Yibei sighed silently, "It's okay, I understand!"
When facing such things, I also like to choose to escape... Lu Yibei thought.
"I'll take it from here! If I'm lucky enough to meet her, I'll help you take care of her, and by the way, ask her true thoughts. Then, if you're interested, I can convey them to you."
In fact, Lu Yibei already had a slight clue as to where that Miss Chatterbox Girl was.
She had glimpsed Miss Chatterbox Girl's past when she came into contact with the "fake Disaster," and now the "fake Disaster" was locked in the God Kingdom Prototype. As long as she was brought out, coerced, enticed, and tortured, clues should be found.
"So... this is the last question!" Lu Yibei suddenly said, a meaningful smile appearing in her eyes.
Hearing this, Chatterbox Girl was stunned for a moment, then turned her head, her face filled with disbelief.
That expression seemed to say, "Didn't I already answer the last question just now?"
But then she quickly came back to her senses.
"Damn it! You tricked me?"
The deepest secret in her heart was tricked out by Lu Yibei with a single normal attack. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed and angry.
"How can this be considered a trick?" Lu Yibei shrugged expressionlessly. "I just said I'd ask you one last question, and before I even said what I wanted to ask, you started rambling about Miss Chatterbox Girl. Can you blame me for that?"
"Then why didn't you interrupt me in time?" Chatterbox Girl retorted.
"I originally wanted to interrupt halfway through," Lu Yibei pouted, "but seeing how engrossed you were, I didn't have the heart to."
At least half of that sentence was true; she had already felt a bit reluctant to let Chatterbox Girl continue recalling halfway through.
"..." Chatterbox Girl stared at Lu Yibei with a dark face for a few seconds, then calmly said, "Alright, then tell me, what is your last question?"
"The last question is, is there a problem with Hong Bian's authority?" Lu Yibei said seriously.
"Yes!" Chatterbox Girl nodded.
Lu Yibei waited for a moment, and seeing that Chatterbox Girl did not continue, she couldn't help but urge, "And then?"
"And then what?"
"The solution!" Lu Yibei said, "If there's a problem, what's the solution?"
"Hehe!" Chatterbox Girl suddenly smiled meaningfully at her, "I won't tell you!"
You didn't interrupt me when I was halfway through, so I'll only tell you half. Isn't that fair?
Immediately after, before Lu Yibei could react, she heard Chatterbox Girl say rapidly, "Help me tell that Miss Shen beside you that the Elder Council's final Saint Plan is almost complete. Before that, she'd better go to Tethys Laboratory early to retrieve what belongs to her..."
Chatterbox Girl's voice grew fainter and fainter, until finally, only a faint whisper like a gentle breeze brushing past her ears remained. The scenery on the dilapidated rooftop began to blur, as if vaporizing into a thick mist. A strong sense of dizziness swept over her, and her consciousness seemed to sway and spin with the swirling mist.
A moment later, the dizziness disappeared, and Lu Yibei had returned to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, and the scenery of the Daimu Courtyard wing gradually became clear in her vision.
"So, what else do you have to do?"
Shen Baiwei's urging voice rang in her ears.
"Uh..." Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, "A lot! For example... I want to see you with Chatterbox Girl?"
What Chatterbox Girl had, she also wanted, and at this moment, only Shen Baiwei could satisfy her.
Shen Baiwei, "???"
What the hell? First asking me to draw succubus doujinshi, then asking me to wear Chatterbox Girl? Is this guy crazy?
