Free Web NovelAfter lecturing Eyeball, Du Sixian returned to the lounge and silently came behind Ju Meng, standing side by side with Mengmeng. Her peripheral vision quietly drifted towards Lu Yibei, who was disguised as Blue Yi.
In the minute she had been out of the staff lounge, Lu Yibei had already finished recounting the entire process of Calamitys Death to Ju Meng.
Interrupted by Du Sixian's entrance and exit, Lu Yibei paused slightly, then smoothly turned the topic to her cooperation with Ju Meng.
"Actually, the Calamity Scare Unaccountable Company and Taoyuan aren't incapable of long-term cooperation! We can play the 'good cop' and Taoyuan can play the 'bad cop,' achieving a complete win-win situation!"
She knew very well that during the period she was active as Jin Chan Lang, if she wanted Ju Meng to help oversee Hua City to prevent another disturbance like the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons caused by Hydrocarbon Heavenly God, there had to be a reason acceptable to the people of Taoyuan.
"How do you mean?" Ju Meng tilted her head, her expression becoming serious.
She had only temporarily come to Hua City to help because the Taoyuanli Scenic Area was in its off-season, and her workload had greatly decreased. Without a special reason, she would have to rush back to Taoyuan in a month or two when the peak season arrived. There was no way she could stay until Lu Yibei returned from across the ocean.
But if Taoyuan and the Calamity Scare Unaccountable Company had a "business" collaboration, the situation would be different. Even if she had to commute between the two places, Turtle Elder and the others probably wouldn't say much.
"For example, let the Little Freaks of Hua City create scares first, and then inadvertently reveal that to ensure safety, one must go to the temple in the Taoyuanli Scenic Area to pray for blessings..." Lu Yibei explained.
As she spoke, she specifically emphasized the words "inadvertently."
After listening to her plan, Ju Meng frowned, "You dog! I'm a proper deity, how can I engage in such extortion?"
Not giving benefits, not letting others fall in love, it always feels like the mafia collecting protection fees.
"How is this extortion?" Lu Yibei spread her hands expressionlessly, "We don't scare just anyone, do we? We can specifically target those who 'fish in ponds' and toy with others' feelings! You surely don't like those kinds of people, right?"
"It's perfectly reasonable for Z Country's only proper God of Marriage to bring down divine punishment on bad guys who play with emotions, isn't it?"
"Of course!" Ju Meng indignantly waved her fist.
For a deity who protects good marriages in the world, the actions of those who toy with others' feelings, or even use them as tools for personal gain, are nothing short of a provocation.
If it weren't for the shortage of staff in Taoyuan, she would have long wanted to send someone to bring down "divine punishment" upon those people.
Sincere love is one of the most precious things in this world and must not be desecrated!
"Oh, right, and those fools who are too obsessed with love and have placed their trust in the wrong person!" Lu Yibei patted her forehead, adding.
"If they can resolutely escape their misery after being scared, it's also a form of salvation. If they still have to go to Taoyuan and spend a lot of money to pray for blessings after being scared... then they're truly beyond saving!"
"Since they're already beyond saving, instead of letting scumbags and sluts empty their wallets, why not let them offer it to you, don't you agree? And I'm not sure if online dating scams count, but for that, we'd have to cooperate with the Monster Story Chat Group to act smoothly."
"Hmm..." Ju Meng pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and nodded, "That makes some sense, but whether it will work in the end, I'll have to go back and discuss it with Turtle Elder and the others later."
After a pause, she looked at Lu Yibei, changed the subject, and asked reluctantly, "When are you leaving then? You shouldn't be able to stay in Hua City for too long, right?"
Although she really wanted to stay with Lu Yibei for a while longer, she also didn't want Lu Yibei to leave with that invisible fiancée.
However, members of the Nameless Assassin Group had already come once before. If Lu Yibei continued to stay in Hua City and happened to be encountered by their reinforcements, how would she explain it?
Was she supposed to say that watching a sixty-second advertisement resurrected the Disaster?
If the Assassins organization spread the news of Disaster's feigned death and attracted other Psychic, things would become troublesome, making it impossible to leave.
"Tomorrow morning!" Lu Yibei pouted, "I have to leave tomorrow morning to meet with Senior Nameless Book, then take the flight she arranged to the City of Queens."
"Phew!" Ju Meng let out a sigh of relief, patting her chest, "Isn't that still early? Play games with me before you go?"
What? Just playing games? Nanling Yaohua, who was secretly observing, tilted her head.
She had thought this powerful and sharp-tongued girl would make a more outrageous request.
Such as an intense night of battle, creating new life, or something equally exciting?
In that case, being forced to watch would indeed be unacceptable for her.
But if it was just playing games, even if there was a little intimate contact during the process, it seemed acceptable?
After all, she might not see Lu Yibei for a long time after this, Nanling Yaohua thought.
Lu Yibei secretly glanced at Nanling Yaohua, seeing her pacing to a distant spot at some point, whistling and looking around, pretending to know nothing. She nodded vigorously.
"All night long!" Ju Meng added.
"No problem!" Lu Yibei blurted out.
"You have to let me win all night."
"You wish! I'm definitely going to crush you all night!"
With Smelly Girl's terrible skills, deliberately losing to her all night would be too torturous... Instead of suffering herself, why not torture Smelly Girl? Lu Yibei thought.
"This is what you asked for. You're already disabled, and you still want to win against me, your elder sister?"
"..."
Watching Ju Meng and Lu Yibei bickering, a seemingly explosive scene, Nanling Yaohua silently sighed and quietly returned to the dark chaos beyond that world.
Observing all night like an outsider would simply be asking for trouble.
"Do you want to go back?"
No sooner had she moved away from the real world than that unknown voice sounded again.
"I can help you! Help you go back, grant you power..."
"..."
With a cold gaze, Nanling Yaohua scanned the darkness, directly ignoring the voice's temptation, and closed her eyes.
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Before leaving Happiness Community, Lu Yibei found Du Sixian alone and, in front of her, opened the wooden box containing the Alchemy prosthetic limb.
Although items custom-made through underground channels generally had guaranteed quality, it was unrealistic to expect those eccentric, solitary Psychic or urban legend to provide detailed instructions every time.
Having Du Sixian, who had contact with the creator, explain the specific operational details would save a lot of time compared to figuring it out herself.
"Creak—!"
The Spell placed on the wooden box was lifted, and the lid slowly opened with a soft sound.
After rummaging through a pile of raffia grass, the Alchemy prosthetic limb, primarily made of silver metal engraved with complex Spells, appeared before her eyes.
Three faint golden Spirit Marks ran along the lines of the muscles on the arm, connecting various Spells to form a complete and complex Alchemy circuit.
At each joint, unknown deep red spherical crystals connected, emitting faint spiritual energy fluctuations, seeming to be ground from the core of some Strange Tale's body.
Du Sixian took the Alchemy prosthetic limb from the box with both hands, came to Lu Yibei's side, and looked at her missing arm, lost in thought.
In her heart, the Expert had always been omnipotent, and she never expected her to be injured like this. A feeling, she wasn't sure whether ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) to call it worry or heartache, welled up within her. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
"How do I use this thing? Please help me put it on, Miss Du." Lu Yibei said, with a hint of excitement in her voice.
Although the size of this Alchemy prosthetic limb seemed a bit off, a whole size larger than her other intact arm, still...
This was a prosthetic limb!
An Alchemy prosthetic limb, a spiritual item forged through Alchemy using special metal!
Just like giant robots or uniquely shaped tree branches, things similar to mechanical prosthetics always held an irresistible appeal for most boys.
What's wrong with the size being off? As long as it's cool, that's all that matters!
Hearing Lu Yibei's words, Du Sixian regained her composure, nodded, and then carefully helped her attach it to the severed part of her right arm.
The connection was comfortable, wrapped externally in softened leather and lined with thick velvet.
"Miss Blue Yi, please try infusing a small amount of spiritual energy into the Alchemy prosthetic limb? The creator of this Alchemy prosthetic limb said that his work has an automatic adaptation function to the user's body proportion."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei nodded, followed Du Sixian's guidance, and activated a wisp of spiritual energy, infusing it into the Alchemy prosthetic limb.
As the spiritual energy infusion completed, the Spells and Spirit Marks on the Alchemy prosthetic limb instantly lit up, emitting a reddish glow. The silver metal body vibrated at high frequency, and scale-like patterns rolled across its surface.
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After two or three breaths, the adjusted Alchemy prosthetic limb was already the same size as her other intact arm.
Then, the connection tightened abruptly, firmly fixing itself to Lu Yibei's severed arm.
However, this Alchemy prosthetic limb was still heavy and dangling, like some sort of ornament, completely lacking the nimble and free feeling displayed by the Alchemy prosthetic limb Jiang Li used.
Was there some special procedure that hadn't been performed?
Like dripping blood for recognition, or entering a password to activate an AI or something? Lu Yibei thought.
The next moment, before she could even ask how to use this Alchemy prosthetic limb, Du Sixian's voice sounded in her ear, "Miss Blue Yi, it might hurt a little next, please bear with it."
Pain? Why would it hurt?
Lu Yibei was wondering when she suddenly felt the thick velvet wrapping her severed arm violently squirm.
Dense, tiny hairs brushed against her skin, causing waves of tingling itchiness, and then all the hairs suddenly became hard and sharp, piercing her flesh and extending along her nerves and muscles into her body.
It was as if thousands of steel needles were savagely moving back and forth through her flesh, penetrating her entire arm, and then carving out grooves in her bones for attachment and embedding...
Lu Yibei's face turned pale, and a few beads of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
"..."
This Alchemy technology is extraordinary. Where did Du Sixian order it from?
Does the leader's Alchemy prosthetic limb also have this kind of horrible thing?
Could it be that she has always endured this pain? Lu Yibei thought.
As she pondered, accompanied by intense pain, she re-felt her "own" arm, as if it had never been severed by the corrected force, clearly feeling it as an inseparable part of herself. Besides that, she also felt some strange things.
It was as if some organs had grown on her arm that she could control freely with her thoughts, a feeling that reminded her of the tentacles that grew on her body when she accidentally molded herself into a "body of an Ancient God" in Dream City.
After waiting for a moment, once the Alchemy prosthetic limb had completed its connection, Du Sixian saw Lu Yibei's eyes slightly unfocused and silent for a long time, so she quietly asked, "Miss Blue Yi, are you alright?"
"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine." Lu Yibei collected herself and nodded, "I was just thinking if the principle of this thing could be used to make instruments of torture, it's just too ♦ painful."
In fact, a faint pain continued even now; those "velvet hairs" that had pierced into her body continuously released electric currents, flowing directly along her nerves to her brain, constantly stimulating it.
Du Sixian, "..." As expected of an Expert, her way of thinking is indeed beyond ordinary people. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
After completing the connection of the Alchemy prosthetic limb, Du Sixian spent more than ten minutes thoroughly introducing the several functions that came with this Alchemy prosthetic limb to Lu Yibei.
After listening, Lu Yibei fell silent.
The functions attached to the Alchemy prosthetic limb looked flashy, but there were hardly any practical ones!
Spell five times amplification... useless.
Her Spirit Mark ability was inherently Spell amplification; a 0.01 amplification five times wouldn't make much difference, and a 50 times amplification five times would be too much for the Alchemy prosthetic limb to bear.
Storage and firing of Alchemy ammunition... useless.
She carried a God Kingdom Prototype with her, filled with a large number of Alchemy Dirty Bombs and Paper Cicada Immortals, so why would she need an Alchemy prosthetic limb?
Defense mode? Even more useless!
Among currently known Ling Neng items, is there anything with stronger defense than Lingtai Pure Karma?
In short, all Ling Neng-related functions seemed useless. On closer inspection, it was the simple and unadorned basic functions like the grappling hook, strong flashlight, and party mode that were more reliable.
However, this isn't worth nine hundred grams of gold, plus ten portions of source spirits!
Lu Yibei squinted at Du Sixian, saying expressionlessly, "Du Sixian, why do I feel... you seem to have been scammed!"
Du Sixian lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake, and whispered, "Sorry..."
In a trance, she recalled the pile of useless, ridiculously expensive junk at home that she had bought on a whim.
Although she was good at managing and investing in profitable ventures, her spending habits were also unique. Having been used to spending lavishly since childhood, she would immediately swipe her card to pay without asking the price if something caught her eye, a habit that she couldn't change in a short time.
Seeing Du Sixian's aggrieved expression, Lu Yibei quickly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as it works. Having some random functions is actually quite convenient for me to hide my identity..."
"Really? Did it really help you?"
"Really!" Lu Yibei nodded.
However, Du Sixian just introduced eight functions, but why did I sense nine trigger mechanisms?
What is the ninth mechanism for? Du Sixian doesn't know, and trying with Ling Neng doesn't trigger a response...
Could it just be that one was accidentally installed extra? Lu Yibei wondered in confusion.
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The next day, 6:30 AM.
Jingyi Apartment, Phase 3, Building 3, Unit 901, near Hua City University City.
Nanling Yaohua awoke from her sleep, ready to check on the situation of Lu Yibei and Ju Meng's fierce battle throughout the night. She had just left the pitch-black environment and before she could clearly see her surroundings, she heard a resentful Spell.
"I'm not playing anymore! I'm so mad! You dog, you really won't give an inch, will you? Do you have any conscience at all!"
Following the sound, she saw Ju Meng heavily throw the game controller onto the sofa, then cross her arms, glaring angrily at Lu Yibei, muttering, "You leave, get out! I don't want to see you for another second!"
As she spoke, she pulled Lu Yibei up and pushed her forcefully towards the door.
It had been a long time since she last sparred with Lu Yibei in a game. During this time, she had put in a lot of effort to hone her gaming skills, thinking she could utterly defeat Lu Yibei and make her beg for mercy.
However, reality is always cruel and merciless, just like Lu Yibei's combos in the game.
All night, from fighting games to racing games, to RTS games, card games, and then to asymmetric competitive games, and even Dou Dizhu and mahjong...
Ju Meng's record against Lu Yibei was 1 win, 3 draws, and 67 losses.
Losing was not terrible, nor did it make her feel wronged or angry. What was terrible was losing to someone who was using playing games to familiarize herself with the operation of an Alchemy prosthetic limb.
That feeling was like studying diligently for a semester, only to have your final exam score still be in the hundreds compared to a top student who skipped one exam, and that top student was your boyfriend, who never even thought of letting you win...
Both anxious and angry, if her opponent hadn't been Lu Yibei, she would have even wanted to "pay to win"!
"Hey, hey, Smelly Girl, don't be too ridiculous!" Lu Yibei protested loudly, "This is my home, isn't it?"
"I don't care, I don't want to see you right now!" Ju Meng said fiercely.
Hmph! Seeing such a scene, Nanling Yaohua couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
Playing a game, such a trivial matter, could lead to a relationship breakdown. It seemed their feelings weren't that solid after all!
However, the next scene made her realize that she seemed to have rejoiced too soon.
After Ju Meng pushed Lu Yibei to the door, her fierce expression suddenly softened. After a few fidgets, she pulled out a urban legend core from her embrace and handed it to Lu Yibei, "Here, don't say your older sister doesn't care about you. Take this, use it on the way."
"Although I left in a hurry when I came to Hua City and didn't bring many good things, this thing is at least an A+ rank urban legend core! It should be quite valuable..."
She understood the saying, 'A poor family needs to be rich on the road,' so it was necessary to symbolically prepare some travel money for Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei took the urban legend core, which looked like a lump of refined coal, from Ju Meng, examined it, and frowned, "It looks pretty good, but why is there a large piece missing? Did you secretly eat it?"
"You dog, you're spouting nonsense!" Ju Meng's eyes widened, "Would your older sister eat such a dirty thing? This urban legend core was already missing a piece when it was taken out of Hydrocarbon Heavenly God's body!"
As she spoke, Ju Meng, as if anxious to clear her name, quickly recounted to Lu Yibei how she discovered the strange crystal and metal ring when she obtained this urban legend core.
After listening, Lu Yibei was silent for a few seconds, put away the urban legend core, then raised her hand and ruffled Ju Meng's hair, "Got it, thanks a lot then! Next time... next time I come back, let's play games together again, okay? Let's not play competitive ones, I'll take you to torment others!"
Ju Meng froze for a moment, then a sweet smile bloomed on her face, "Okay, it's a deal!"
Nanling Yaohua, "..."
Can you two restrain yourselves a little? You don't think I haven't come back, do you?
Damn it, why did I have to see this kind of thing?
I should have come back later!
