Free Web NovelThe night was deep, and a warm breeze wafted through Hua City, just like in the third month of spring.
In a dimly lit small room within the underground parking lot of Happiness Community, several people with bellies as big as drums lay on the slightly damp concrete floor, their hands clutching their stomachs, their bodies writhing back and forth, and their mouths continuously emitting low groans of suppressed pain.
Those people appeared to be of all ages, from disheveled homeless individuals to well-dressed corporate elites, from white-bearded old men to even a primary school student with a backpack... At first glance, there was almost nothing in common among them.
At the other end of the small room, a square table and long chairs were stacked together. A young woman in a peacock-green cheongsam with her long hair coiled sat at the very top, her slender legs crossed. Embroidered peach blossom cloth shoes dangled lightly from her toes, and her fingers, like peeled scallion roots, deftly twirled a long, Magpie-engraved pipe.
Her gaze, filled with disdain, overlooked them, a playful smile on her lips, and a pair of dark green eyes, hidden in the darkness, gleamed with cold light.
“Move! Keep moving! Don't blame me for not warning you, if you get upset later, it'll be much more painful than now. Miscarriages and such can even be fatal, you know!”
“Uh... uh ah...”
Amidst the painful groans, the man dressed like a corporate elite struggled to raise his head and looked at the condescending young woman, squeezing out trembling words through gritted teeth, “Ju Meng, you are a Calamity level urban legend, so of course we are no match for you...”
“But if you think you can force anything out of us with such methods, that’s absolutely impossible!”
As he spoke, his tone held a hint of desperate resolve, as if he welcomed death.
To be honest, this group of them also felt quite aggrieved. Who knew that after Disaster was gone, Hua City would still have a heavyweight urban legend like Ju Meng guarding it?
If it weren't for the video of Black Emperor killing Disaster being so realistic and convincing, and the fact that Disaster's aura could no longer be detected in Hua City's ley lines, they would even have thought that Disaster hadn't died at all, but was hiding in the shadows, colluding with Ju Meng to set up a huge trap, ready to ambush various heroes.
They didn't even know which great god had attacked them at first, but they were swept into an overwhelming storm, torn by countless crows and Magpies. By the time they came to their senses, they were already lying in this sunless little room, pregnant with big bellies and enduring “labor pains.”
At this point, perhaps only by acting as if they welcomed death could they barely preserve their last shred of dignity?
“Oh? Both your bones and mouths are quite hard!” Ju Meng pouted, “But who said I wanted to interrogate you about anything? For the matters of you small fries, do I still need to interrogate?”
“You’re the Nameless Assassin Group from 鷲巢, right? Affiliated with... Oh, how many generations has the Old Man of the Mountain passed down now? Fifteen or sixteen? It can’t possibly be seventeen, right?”
Noticing the fleeting surprise in the man’s eyes, she paused and continued, “Forget it, I’m too lazy to bother with you! In short, I brought you here not to interrogate you about anything, but just to teach you a lesson, to teach you human morals and etiquette...”
“Disaster is clearly already dead, and I don’t know why you ran to Hua City! Do you have to dig up her grave and scatter her ashes to feel at ease? Don’t you understand the 道理 of letting the dead rest in peace and respecting the deceased?”
“...” The man gritted his teeth and remained silent for a few seconds, then said fiercely, “You speak so righteously, but if Disaster is truly dead, then what are you doing in Hua City?”
“Of course, I’m here to pick up the scraps! Are you stupid?” Ju Meng rolled her eyes, “That guy used to be my ally, for now... Now that she’s dead, as her ally, shouldn’t I have priority in inheriting her legacy? Should I wait for those messy, low-level urban legend to divide it up?”
“Anyway, from now on, this Hua City will be my Taoyuan branch, do you have any objections?”
All members of the Nameless Assassin Group, “...”
In the silence, the door of the small room suddenly opened, and a huge Eyeball rolled and bounced its way to Ju Meng's front from outside the room. Then, accompanied by a viscous sound of flesh squirming, it split into two halves from the middle, extending a mouthpart full of sharp teeth, and whispered into Ju Meng's ear.
The members of the Nameless Assassin Group stretched their necks, wanting to eavesdrop, but to no avail.
The sound made by the Eyeball was very soft and completely inaudible. Their mastery of lip reading was also useless when faced with such a strange and bizarre organ as a mouthpart.
“Oh?” After listening to the Eyeball, Ju Meng raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded, “I understand, I’ll go right away, you lead the way!”
With that, she jumped down from the high chair, landing lightly. Her peripheral vision swept over the Nameless Assassin Group members on the ground, and she left them with a remark, “You all can enjoy the joy of being mothers here! I have other things to do, so I won't play with you anymore.”
After speaking, she followed the Eyeball and left the room, with faint, unseemly obscenities from the Nameless Assassin Group members echoing from behind her...
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People are always accustomed to praying to deities at specific times and specific places...
Not long after the Qixi Festival, Taoyuanli Scenic Area, which had made a huge profit, entered the off-season as the festive atmosphere faded, and Ju Meng's workload was suddenly reduced by more than half.
Therefore, when she left Tang City three hours after the “Calamitys Death” video was released, leaving behind a letter, Turtle Elder did not send a kind greeting as usual, urging his employer to return early. Instead, after learning from the letter that his employer was going to guard Hua City for the deceased Disaster, he secretly sighed, noting that his employer was as loyal and righteous as ever.
In fact, after the news of Disaster's death spread, the first ones to cause trouble in Hua City were not the Nameless Assassin Group members. Counting them, they were already the fourth wave of Psychic or urban legend suppressed by Ju Meng’s hand...
Before them, local Hua City fence-sitting urban legend, Eclipse Society members gathering intelligence, and small Ling Neng organizations that heard of Disaster's death and prepared to infiltrate Hua City to fish in troubled waters had already suffered at Ju Meng's hands.
For all the “guests” who came, in front of her, let alone strong enemies that would force her to use her ultimate authority—the “Krypton Gold Dafa”—there weren't even enemies that required her to exert her full strength.
Not a single one could put up a fight!
And just now, after receiving intelligence from the Eyeball about the fifth wave of enemies—the great urban legend who fled overnight when Disaster advanced and possessed part of the “Hydrocarbon Heavenly God” authority, appearing on the outskirts of Hua City—Ju Meng finally felt that an enemy who could truly make her stretch her muscles seemed to have finally appeared...
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In the distant suburbs of Hua City, a river valley located near the border between Hua City and Yue City.
Accompanied by the deep roar of an engine, the dazzling light beams from the Aston Martin DBS headlights, like two sharp swords, pierced through the night along the winding mountain road, followed by a long screech of brakes.
The car door opened, and a figure in white leaped out of the car, landing steadily on the edge of the cliff, surrounded by a cluster of fluttering pale golden talismans. He looked into the depths of the river valley and was immediately horrified.
Grayish-black smoke enveloped the river valley, and the surging river water, dyed inky black by some unknown substance, continuously spawned monstrously twisted colossal figures as it churned. Some resembled lizards, others large fish, or creatures with carapaces and wriggling tentacles, as if ancient beings had been resurrected and returned to the earth.
They migrated in groups, their colossal bodies pressing and colliding, immediately sparking a series of flames and emitting pungent, thick smoke. The entire river valley seemed filled with strangely active petroleum, and propelled by the surging river water, it flowed towards Hua City.
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Undoubtedly, that was a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, triggered by the great urban legend that had been lurking in Hua City for many years and then fled after Disaster's advancement.
But for some reason, after only a dozen days of its departure, upon its return to Hua City, the intensity of its spiritual energy fluctuations had surged dramatically, subtly approaching Calamity level.
Why... why has this guy suddenly become so much stronger? Li Xuan thought anxiously.
“Hiss—!”
Seeing such a scene, Li Xuan, who rarely smoked, lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, trying to force himself to calm down with the stimulation that nicotine and smoke brought to his respiratory tract, but he finally couldn't help but blurt out a curse, “Damn it! Why do I somehow miss Disaster at a time like this?”
He had long known that whenever he was on Night Watch, urban legend incidents frequently occurred in Hua City, which must have been Disaster's doing behind the scenes.
To be honest, when those Hua City urban legend created urban legend incidents, there were never any civilian deaths. The most serious injury was merely a timid young woman who, startled, jumped from the third floor and broke a leg. It wasn't malicious. Night Watch agents from other cities might not bother with it...
But how could he, Li Xuan, an excellent graduate of Da Chunyang Palace with a sense of justice, sit idly by? At most, he just wouldn't kill those urban legend...
He couldn't be more lenient! Otherwise, over time, it would inevitably lead to complacency and a relaxation of vigilance against urban legend.
Although those urban legend, under Disaster's command, would not cause slaughter, what if one day Disaster was gone like now? Or what if urban legend from outside Hua City invaded Hua City?
At that time, would the urban legend of Hua City still be as “friendly” as they were when Disaster, as the King of Weird Tales, was stationed in Hua City?
Therefore, Li Xuan had always regarded the torment Disaster brought him as a special form of cultivation.
Earlier, he received a message from his colleague in Yue City, learning that a gas explosion had occurred in a coal mine near the border of Hua City and Yue City, and a large number of urban legend had surged out of the mine, carrying tens of thousands of tons of coal into the river valley, heading straight for Hua City with the river water. He then sped all the way to the scene.
But now, seeing the horrifying scene in the river valley, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had never relaxed his vigilance and had brought Gu Niang along when he set off.
As he pondered, Li Xuan flicked away his cigarette butt, stepped on it to extinguish it, then turned around, opened the car door, and made a gesturing motion to the young woman in the passenger seat, who was wearing a large floral padded jacket and had messy hair. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
“Hua City Night Watch Agent Number One, this mission seems a bit tricky. I can’t handle it alone, so I’ll have to trouble you...”
They both have pseudo-Calamity level Ling Neng fluctuations, no matter if it's Hydrocarbon Heavenly God or whatever Heavenly God, as long as it's within the territory of Hua City, it can't be Gu Niang's opponent!
Anyway, that's what Master said, I hope he didn't trick me... Li Xuan thought.
Hearing this, Gu Niang, who rarely left the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, slowly raised her head, staring blankly at Li Xuan, and uttered a confused sound, “Huh?”
The next moment, her face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, her breathing became rapid, her chest heaved violently, and then with a “wah,” she vomited all over the ground.
Looking at the vomit mixed with withered leaves, wood chips, and insect carcass fragments, Li Xuan's stomach churned, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently.
“...”
Although he had long heard about Gu Niang's strength, no one had ever told him that one of the reasons Gu Niang rarely left the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration was that she suffered from severe motion sickness...
It was pure luck that she hadn't vomited in his beloved car just now.
It really was good luck!
After all, besides not knowing about Gu Niang's severe motion sickness, Li Xuan also didn't know how terrifying his colleague's vomit was, capable of easily wrecking his beloved car...
The unbearable vomit spewed from Gu Niang's mouth, splattering on the cliff face of the river valley, sliding down the steep and rugged rock wall into the depths of the river valley. Wherever it touched, colorful mycelium spread silently.
“I didn't expect you... alas, it's a pity you can't ride in a car, you'll miss out on a great pleasure in life.”
Li Xuan said this while taking out a tissue from his jacket pocket and handing it to Gu Niang. Seeing Gu Niang take the tissue and about to put it in her mouth, he was about to stop her when he suddenly sensed a violent Ling Neng fluctuation from behind him and heard a wail, his body stiffening slightly.
Turning to look, he saw dense mycelium already covering the cliff of the river valley on their side, then extending downwards into the clusters of coal mine urban legend. Immediately, giant, colorful mushrooms shot up from the ground, with translucent viscous liquid slowly dripping from their caps. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
As the viscous liquid dripped onto the bodies of those coal mine urban legend, they immediately fell into an indescribable state of madness, beginning a brutal self-slaughter, as if caught in some twisted illusion.
Miserable wails rose and fell.
As the formations of the rushing urban legend disintegrated and scattered, the incomplete Hydrocarbon Heavenly God that triggered the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons finally revealed itself beneath the river water.
Beneath the churning river water, it was like a huge ink-painted flood dragon swimming by, leaving a long black shadow and radiating terrifying Ling Neng fluctuations. Wherever it passed, the clear river water instantly turned dark and turbid.
In a head-on battle, Gu Niang might be able to defeat the Hydrocarbon Heavenly God with incomplete authority, but she couldn't prevent it from escaping and polluting Hua City.
“...”
Can I handle this kind of urban legend?
No, even if I can't handle it, I have to!
This is just a tributary now; if it's not stopped, once that guy enters the main river, the entire water system of Hua City will probably be ruined.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan's eyes narrowed, and he activated his Ling Neng. With one hand controlling the talismans floating around him, he picked up Gu Niang, who hadn't yet recovered, tucked her under his armpit, and was about to give chase.
Just then, a noisy and piercing caw of crows and Magpies came from afar.
Crows and Magpies covered the sky like dark clouds, sweeping in from the horizon.
“Oh? Where did this little weakling come from, trying to trigger a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons here? Did you ask for my permission?”
From afar, a clear voice pierced through the howling wind, echoing throughout the entire river valley. Immediately after, a terrifying storm erupted in the winding river valley...
