Free Web NovelBut... Xiao Hua shouldn’t be angry because of Turtle Girl, right?
No, no, what’s there to be afraid of? Turtle Girl and I are innocent, with clear consciences!
Lu Yibei thought, glancing at the small notebook Nanling Yaohua used for communication. Seeing that the pencil matching the notebook hadn’t moved, a wave of unease washed over her.
At times like this, silence is far more terrifying than a violent emotional outburst.
With a pounding heart, she activated the special ability of her eyes and cautiously looked towards Nanling Yaohua. As a faint, flame-colored glow spread before her eyes and Nanling Yaohua’s figure appeared in her sight, she couldn’t help but be slightly stunned.
The anticipated slightly neurotic muttering and resentful, murderous gaze did not appear. Nanling Yaohua was simply squatting beside Hua Sang, who was embedded in the ground, observing her with curious eyes, and even reaching out to try and pull Hua Sang out.
After failing, she took down Lu Yibei’s severed arm, which was tucked at her waist, and tried again. After failing again, as expected, she sighed silently and pouted slightly.
She looked like a somewhat gloomy female knight from a painting, bravely stepping in to help others, but failing to do so, and then getting a little temperamental, sulking and competing with herself.
A little cute...
Immediately after, as if sensing something subtle, she noticed Lu Yibei’s gaze, turned her head to look, tilted her head, and her amber eyes shifted, as if asking something.
Xiao Hua wants to ask what Turtle Girl and I experienced together, right? Lu Yibei frowned slightly.
The next second, accompanied by the faint scratching sound of a pen tip on paper, Nanling Yaohua, who had come to her side, left small words in the notebook, confirming her guess.
“You seem very important to her! Did you experience something interesting together?”
I’m a little envious, I want to hear about it... Nanling Yaohua thought.
Bai Kai caught a glimpse of the handwriting in the notebook from the corner of his eye, and his heart skipped a beat.
It’s here, Xiao Hua’s trick...
I’ll have to find a chance to remind Xiao Bei later, you can’t tell her that!
Don’t I know Xiao Hua’s personality? Bai Kai thought.
When it came to playing the honesty game, he could be said to be quite experienced. A brief recollection would bring up typical cases worthy of inclusion in a relationship textbook.
For example, he once confessed to Inspector Xing Yuan that he had a one-day fling named Xiao Yu. Inspector Xing Yuan merely smiled at the time, but from that day until now, every time it rains, if he gets distracted for even a few seconds, he’ll be met with Inspector Xing Yuan’s soul-searching question— “Are you thinking of Xiao Yu?” freewebnσvel.cѳm
Hua Sang, on the other hand, was not so lucky as to see Nanling Yaohua writing in the notebook. She had just finished greeting Lu Yibei and before she could even get up, she was subjected to a “Mount Tai Pressing Down” from her big cousin, who had followed closely behind her.
Shui Shu Beast’s massive body descended from the sky, landing squarely on Hua Sang, forcefully pushing Hua Sang out of the way of interacting with Lu Yibei. It then squatted in front of Lu Yibei, shaking its head back and forth.
Seeing Lu Yibei look at it expressionlessly, seemingly not very proactive, it directly leaned in, jumping up and down around Lu Yibei, its enormous head rubbing affectionately against Lu Yibei’s body, and its whip-like tail swishing with a “whoosh” sound, like a fan running at maximum power.
Finally, it simply lay on the ground, exposing its belly...
It looked exactly like a playful husky, and Nanling Yaohua, standing to the side, was stunned, a thought quietly emerging in her mind that even she herself hardly dared to believe.
Could it be that this urban legend is also...
No, no, not even sparing urban legend, that would be too much, wouldn’t it? Nanling Yaohua thought.
While she was lost in thought, Hua Sang, lying in the dirt pit, remembered that she still had unfinished business. She abandoned the idea of “resting in peace” and completely giving up, and slowly crawled out of the pit. She looked at Lu Yibei, and after just one glance, she said something astonishing.
“I didn’t pay much attention just now...” She paused for a second or two before continuing, “Have you been entangled by something unclean recently?”
Although, from the perspective of urban legend, you are the biggest “unclean” thing... Hua Sang added in her heart.
Lu Yibei pushed away her big cousin’s head, which was waving its wet, large tongue, and looked at Hua Sang, frowning slightly. “Unclean thing?”
“Yes, vengeful spirits, female ghosts, and the like,” Hua Sang said slowly.
Although she couldn’t see Nanling Yaohua, she knew the Clairvoyance. Through it, she vaguely saw Nanling Yaohua following beside Lu Yibei, causing a faint influence on her.
There was a thin black mist lingering on her glabella, her complexion was faintly green, and she seemed to have a bit of dark circles under her eyes...
What else could this be but the sign of being drained dry by a female ghost?
“You’d best be careful, those female evil... Ugh!”
Hua Sang had wanted to say that while some female evil spirit urban legend possessed beauty comparable to Witch Seed, their purpose in approaching humans or urban legend was entirely different from that of Witch Seed.
Witch Seed mostly sought to manipulate hearts and gain benefits, while evil spirit types were much more direct and brutal; they directly manipulated the human body... one careless mistake and you could be hollowed out!
However, before she could finish speaking, Lu Yibei came to her senses and frantically covered her mouth. It was a good thing Hua Sang always spoke slowly, otherwise who knows what terrifying remarks she might have blurted out.
“Xiao Hua, she just said it casually, she doesn’t have any ill intentions. I’ll tell you the details later.” Lu Yibei said, looking at Nanling Yaohua, whose eyes had indeed become resentful.
After speaking, she noticed that Hua Sang, seeing her talking to thin air, revealed an expression of “Good heavens, there really is a female ghost? Time to catch a demon!” So, she explained to Hua Sang, “Although there is indeed a girl you can’t see following me, she’s not a female ghost. I’ll tell you the details later.”
Thus, a resentful gaze was added.
The atmosphere quietly dropped to freezing point.
“...” In the silence, Lu Yibei, with sweat beading on her forehead, stiffly turned her head and looked towards Bai Kai.
Save me, save me!
Bai Kai sighed silently, shaking his head gently.
He had originally wanted to stand by and watch. After all, who wouldn’t want to see two girls fight over another girl? Just thinking about it was exciting and full of yuri vibes!
But, who made the girl caught in the middle his Xiao Bei?
Silently, he strolled behind Shui Shu Beast. While Shui Shu Beast’s attention was focused on Lu Yibei, who was deep in a shura field, he raised his hand and slapped its butt.
There was a crisp, loud “Slap!”
How to make a slap on the butt sound loud, yet not too painful, and maximize the sense of shame—for Bai Kai, this was a professional skill so practiced it was second nature, even... when the target was a non-human urban legend!
Its shapely butt aching, Shui Shu Beast let out a cry and leaped up, as if it had lost its mind, thrashing about and pouncing towards Bai Kai with bared fangs and claws. Water jets, imbued with lightning, shot out. Bai Kai, with astonishing speed, weaved through them with ease, and the scene instantly became chaotic.
Bai Kai was skilled at resolving Shura Fields.
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All he needed to do was create a little external chaos so they wouldn’t have time to pay attention to those trivial matters of love and affection.
It was like suddenly jumping in front of a couple who were playfully bickering and shouting, “Look everyone, I have an announcement!”
While escaping, Bai Kai gave Lu Yibei a simple, easy-to-understand look— “Xiao Bei, your godfather can only help you this much.”
After all, chaos can only delay the outbreak of conflict; it cannot eliminate it entirely.
Thank you, Shui Ge! Lu Yibei nodded to Bai Kai.
Damn it, I’m so tired.
It’s already this troublesome just meeting Hua Sang. What will I do when I meet Leader and Smelly Girl?
Should I just grab Hua Xieyu or Gu Qianqian and let Xiao Hua beat them up to vent her anger? Lu Yibei thought to herself.
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“Calamity’s Death” Countdown: 105h 45m 1s
Free City, distant suburbs, an unnamed small port.
An old road snaked from afar, cut off abruptly in the spacious area in front of the small port.
The sky was gloomy, as if foggy. Various objects on the port looked fairly clear. The ticket booth and fast-food restaurant were empty. The huge billboard was covered in dark red rust, spreading all the way to the cartoon cowboy mascot, as if it had a severe skin disease.
Looking out at the sea, the sound of waves was fragmented and eerie. The outlines of the few small ferries docked at the port became blurred, and further out, only ripples like distorted air could be seen surging in the darkness.
Although Free City was not directly on the coast, it had a huge coastal lake in its distant suburbs.
Near the lake’s outlet to the sea, there was a delta-formed island of considerable size.
Sunshine, beaches, mangroves, salty breezes, blonde bikini beauties...
Everything found by the sea could be seen on that island, making the island and its small town once a popular resort destination for Free City. This small port, built specifically for vacationers, used to be bustling with people.
That prosperity lasted for nearly fifty years.
As the nights began to lengthen a few years ago, urban legend incidents frequently occurred on that island, causing its popularity to plummet. In less than a year, it became deserted, and now it was completely abandoned.
It was said that the residents of the island town, and some stubborn individuals, had never left, still waiting for guests to arrive, and preparing a “warm” welcome for them...
“Rustle—rustle—!”
The faint sound of wheels crunching on small stones came from afar. Following the sound, an old car could be seen approaching, stopping about one or two kilometers away, as if fearing something.
“Bang!”
The car door closed, and a girl wearing a khaki trench coat, round glasses, and with long dark gray hair tied in a ponytail, got out of the car. She walked alone towards the small port. A few seconds after she left, the driver of the old car sped away as if fleeing for his life.
Turning her head to watch the car drive away, Shen Baiwei sighed silently, then turned back and walked alone towards the port.
After bidding farewell to Disaster and departing from Yumen Pass, she was finally only a short distance from her destination.
The evening breeze was gentle, carrying a very faint salty scent.
Shen Baiwei stood alone by the dilapidated small port, gazing at the lake shrouded in thin mist, quietly waiting. Just then, she suddenly heard a melody.
The melody was ethereal and melodious, as if from the sea or the jungle. It was the sound of an indigenous instrument, the Antara flute.
Following the direction from which the melody came, Shen Baiwei discovered that besides herself, there was another person at this dilapidated small port.
It was an Indigenous elder wearing a feather crown, with a dark face painted with oil, and a lean physique like a dried corpse.
He sat there, wrapped in a cloak, his lower body seemingly embedded in the concrete port.
Seemingly noticing Shen Baiwei’s gaze, he put down the Antara flute in his hand, looked at Shen Baiwei, grinned, and then began to chant a song to himself.
The language used in the song seemed to be Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. Shen Baiwei could barely understand a small portion of it.
“...Death is not eternal slumber, in the long passage of time, death too shall end, He is about to awaken! From that palace overlooking the sea, through the dark abyss, to save His people...”
“Excuse me...” Shen Baiwei hesitated, then spoke to the elder, “Excuse me, does this song of yours have any special meaning?”
The old man did not answer her. The smile on his face grew wider, his lips curving ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) to their fullest extent, and his cloudy eyes stared fixedly at her, unblinking, as if he had no eyelids.
Looking at the old man’s expression, Shen Baiwei felt a chill in her heart. Then, as if something occurred to her, she slowly raised her head and looked at the billboard above.
On the billboard, the rust-covered, puppet-style cartoon cowboy figure, with its black-and-white eyes wide open, grinned, its expression identical to the old man’s.
When Shen Baiwei quickly averted her gaze and looked back at the old man, she found that he was no longer looking at her. Instead, he had turned around, raised his hand, and pointed towards the mist-shrouded lake.
Is there something in the lake? Or is he referring to that island?
But isn’t that where Tethys Laboratory is located?
What could be there? Shen Baiwei wondered, puzzled.
“Ding-dong—ding-ding-dong—!”
As Shen Baiwei pondered, a dull bell sound came from the mist on the lake. Immediately after, a faint yellow glow from an oil lamp was seen slowly approaching the port.
From afar, it looked as if some giant one-eyed creature was walking from the center of the lake.
That was the ferry to the island, prepared for Shen Baiwei by the town residents she had contacted at great expense.
The appointed time had arrived; it was coming to pick up Shen Baiwei and take her to the end of her journey.
Watching the empty wooden boat approach the port, Shen Baiwei, ready to board, suddenly thought of the old man beside her. It was then that she realized the song that had been lingering in her ears had disappeared at some point. Turning her head, she saw that the old man who had been singing had also vanished...
It was as if he had merged into the pervasive mist, dissolving away.
