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This feeling... is it a description of a divine authority?
After hearing the whispers from below, Lu Yibei was briefly stunned, then looked at the six people in the room, whose swords were drawn and bows bent, her eyes darting around as her thoughts became active.
From the incomplete description of the divine authority and the images that appeared after hearing it, it should be a divine authority related to plague.
These six people must have been affected by that divine authority to break free from the charm state.
A divine authority capable of dispelling the effects of charm abilities in a short time... at least has a Calamity level; it’s just unknown whether that guy is imprisoned below or if he was originally a member of the Angel Rose Theater.
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei’s gaze drifted to the ground, and she frowned. Just then, the state of the other six people in the room suddenly became a bit off.
Their breathing gradually became heavy and rapid, their lips turned pale and cracked, and a sickly blush spread across their cheeks... It looked somewhat like symptoms of a high fever.
However, the abnormal physical state did not alleviate the tense atmosphere in the slightest. For some reason, their emotions became even more agitated, their gun-holding hands gripping tightly, fingers constantly on the trigger, as if they would shoot at any moment.
“Give us back the money! We’re already in anyway, and you’ve already violated the rules. If you don’t want to be punished by your boss, then obediently give us back the money!” the red-hoodied teenager shouted. freewebnovёl.ƈom
Hearing this, the black man’s face instantly darkened several shades. “Son of a b*tch, you’re dreaming! Once it’s in our pockets, it’s our money, and no one is taking it away!”
“Exactly!” a strong ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ man echoed. “You think you can threaten us with rule violations and punishment? That’s ridiculous! If the boss finds out, we’ll just be punished, at most lose our jobs, while you will most likely become a floating corpse in the Silver River.”
“If you ask me, you sons of b*tches, if you want to live, you should give us money and kneel down to beg us to take you out!”
The few of them argued loudly, one after another, so agitated that saliva flew everywhere, and their eyes were bloodshot.
Lu Yibei, “...” Why are you guys so fixated on those few lousy dollars? It’s a few hundred USD, is it worth fighting to the death for? Is there nothing else in this world that you care about?
There’s such a beautiful woman standing next to you, don’t you even want to take another look? Oh, she’s not in her Witch Seed state right now? Then never mind.
Just as Lu Yibei was internally complaining in a certain way, Nanling Yaohua’s small notebook quietly floated into her line of sight.
【Someone is coming.】
After a two-second pause, as if worried that Lu Yibei wouldn't understand, Nanling Yaohua wrote another line on the notebook, explaining.
【When they started arguing just now, I went outside to keep watch.】
Is that so? Lu Yibei nodded, then looked at the other six people again, about to remind them that someone was coming soon, and if they continued to standoff and make such a big commotion, everyone would be finished. Just then, a premonition flashed through her mind as if an electric current had passed through it.
【He pulled the trigger.】
Lu Yibei’s pupils flickered slightly, and with a flash of her figure, she appeared in the middle of the confronting group.
Then, the God Kingdom Prototype opened sequentially, and the semi-illusory, semi-real pale golden banyan roots spread out.
Starting with the red-hoodied teenager who was about to shoot, the six people vanished from their original spots one by one, as if they had evaporated into thin air...
Since you want to shoot so badly, then all of you, get into the God Kingdom Prototype!
The honest and simple members of the Eclipse Society will entertain you well.
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“I really heard people arguing just now! Should we knock and go in to check?” fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
“Are you crazy? Don’t you know what kind of person William is?”
“Uh, you’re right...”
Leaning against the door, Lu Yibei heard the two women outside talking until they completely disappeared. She breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around to look at the empty waiting room, and frowned.
As the other people in the room were sent into the God Kingdom Prototype, without their Noise, the whispered description of divine authority coming from below seemed to become clearer.
The sound rose from below, deep and resonant, seemingly right beneath her feet, yet also as if slowly rising from deep underground, carrying a distant and ethereal echo.
As the sound entered her ears, her consciousness was immediately affected, a momentary trance, and blurred images flashed before her eyes as if hallucinating.
A young man covered in festering sores, an old man coughing violently, and shrouds stained yellowish-brown with pus and corpse oil.
Immediately after, as another segment of the divine authority description whispered, the illusion before her eyes suddenly changed.
“...for business and wealth, auspicious for harmony...”
Mountains of gold, pearls and jewels rolling like rivers, banknotes flying everywhere, red or green digital screens, and fertile land stretching as far as the eye could see.
What’s going on? Shouldn’t the divine authority of that guy below be related to plague?
Why did symbols related to wealth suddenly appear?
As she pondered, Lu Yibei subconsciously wanted to activate the Goddess Beiling Seal to use the special ability of her eyes and try to peek at the source of the whispered divine authority description. However, the faint discomfort from her eyes made her abandon this idea.
She had used the special ability of her eyes many times today, and frequent use had already caused discomfort in her eyes. If she carelessly used the special ability of her eyes to directly look at some powerful existence again, it might cause some damage.
Moreover, what if the guy hiding below was Calamity level?
Just mentioning it verbally would be enough to attract the attention of a Calamity, let alone peeking through special abilities.
It was practically like sending the other party a location share, along with a message saying, “If you dare, come and get me in person!”
And Lu Yibei had already experienced a similar situation earlier today in Zhongliu God’s basement rental room.
She had just lost the Yu Yinchuan alias to the Trademark Monster, and she didn’t want to lose the Blue Yi alias immediately.
Or... should she just pretend not to have heard it?
Her current situation was already difficult enough. As that guy said earlier, the right path was to sneak in during the intermission, quickly find Paper Cicada Immortal, and then leave Free City!
At a time like this, provoking an unknown powerful existence would not end well.
As Lu Yibei was thinking, Nanling Yaohua seemed to have read her thoughts, quietly floated in front of her, and held up her small notebook.
【Do you want me to go down and check for you? You seem very curious about what’s down there.】
After one reconnaissance experience, Nanling Yaohua seemed to have developed a self-awareness as a reconnaissance girl.
However.
Keeping Nanling Yaohua by her side was to help Nanling Yaohua find a way back. If it weren’t for her current sensitive identity, which made it inconvenient to act, she would probably already be looking for Gu Qianqian, trying to communicate with the strange fish by her side...
So, how could she let Nanling Yaohua do such a dangerous thing?
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei refused without hesitation, “No! Absolutely not.”
“This place is not like Vivian’s apartment. If you go down alone and encounter danger, what will you do? There won’t even be anyone to help you then.”
Does she care about me that much? Hehe! Nanling Yaohua smiled faintly, and once again held up her small notebook to offer her services.
【It’s fine, they won’t find me. If I encounter danger, won’t I run?】
Lu Yibei still shook her head.
【If you’re like this... then I’ll go secretly, okay? You can’t stop me anyway.】
“This...” Seeing Nanling Yaohua so persistent, Lu Yibei was worried she might actually leave without a word and go investigate underground. She hesitated for a moment, sighed silently, and conceded, “Alright, but if you sense anything wrong, leave immediately.”
【Don’t worry!】
Nanling Yaohua held up her small notebook to Lu Yibei, her body floated lightly upwards, hovered in mid-air for a moment, and then, like a diver, plunged headfirst into the ground.
No splash at all, perfect score!
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Nanling Yaohua felt like she was constantly going down.
Down and down.
All she saw around her was earth and rock, as if there was no end.
After an unknown amount of time, perhaps two or three minutes, or maybe half an hour, a commotion reached her ears.
Amidst the sharp sirens of fire alarms, fire and thick smoke danced under the downpour from fire sprinklers.
In the empty corridor, broken cables swayed, spraying dazzling sparks.
In the distance, five figures scrambled and tumbled, fleeing, constantly uttering terrified shouts.
“Quick, run! That guy’s spiritual energy is going berserk, he’s about to lose control!”
“Go inform the proprietress, quickly go inform the boss!”
“Son of a b*tch! Don’t block the way!”
“...”
They seemed to be avoiding something, scurrying through the dim, long corridor, falling one after another like withered grass blown by the wind, until only one person remained, barely alive, getting into the elevator leading to the surface.
But what exactly were they trying to avoid? Nanling Yaohua wondered, floating in the direction from which the five people had fled. Before long, after passing through a tightly closed door, she saw a spacious, spherical chamber.
On the curved walls of that space, dense incantations were carved, and faint green glows flickered. Accompanying the flickering glows, blurry black shadows, seemingly not belonging to this world, glided along the walls.
This place felt like a cage imprisoning ghosts.
Above the ground, on a chair forged from black metal, resembling a hospital operating table, a figure lay silently, shrouded in shadow.
Moving a little closer, Nanling Yaohua clearly saw that the figure’s body was cut off at the waist, its lower half missing, and more than a dozen black nails, as thick as fingers, pierced through its major joints, pinning it firmly to the chair.
Its blood-stained face had eyes wide open as if their eyelids had been cut off, staring at the ceiling, its cold pupils filled with darkness and ferocity, and its lips were sewn shut by a black metal wire, pierced back and forth.
Terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations emanated from its body, coalescing into clusters of foul, greenish mist, swirling around it.
And just as Nanling Yaohua was secretly observing him, he suddenly twisted his neck and cast his gaze towards Nanling Yaohua.
“Take me out!”
Such words, carrying a commanding tone, suddenly exploded in Nanling Yaohua’s mind.
