Free Web NovelLu Yibei supported Professor Ma, who was holding his waist, and returned to sit down at the office desk in the research lab.
At this moment, the lights in the research lab had returned to normal; the pale light shone down, revealing that the pale office desk looked as if it had been robbed, with books and documents scattered everywhere.
Seeing this, Professor Ma's expression changed slightly. He abruptly stood up from his seat, but as soon as he did, he felt a sharp pain in his waist and immediately fell back into the chair.
Being old, his body was ultimately not as strong as a young person's. After that intense struggle just now, his whole body was aching.
"Hiss—!"
Professor Ma held his waist, grimacing and sucking in cold air, while looking towards the storage room. He said to Lu Yibei, "Damn it, Lu Yibei, quick, go and see if the bamboo slips in the storage room are still there."
"I've checked, the bamboo slips shouldn't be missing..." Lu Yibei stopped halfway through her sentence, hesitating for a moment. She still didn't say what she had seen when she first burst into the research lab.
The reason she made such a cowardly movement when she rushed into the bathroom was because of the series of terrifying experiences she had from the moment she entered the research lab—no, to be precise, from shortly after entering the campus until she successfully rescued Professor Ma.
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Ten minutes ago.
Near Gate No. 4 of Huacheng Institute of Technology, a taxi drove from a distance and, as if intentionally, stopped at a place where Four Gate Main Street behind Gate No. 4 was not visible.
Gate No. 4 had no checkpoint. Lu Yibei had originally planned to ask Uncle Zhang Shan to drive in, but he refused to go any further, placing his hand where he could easily reach the taxi's one-button alarm and putting on an expression of 'I'd rather die than yield,' as if to say, "If you talk nonsense, I'll call the police."
Fearing that Uncle Zhang Shan might actually call the police and worrying about Professor Ma's safety, Lu Yibei could only get out of the car helplessly.
However, before leaving, she felt it was necessary to explain to Uncle Zhang Shan and clear up the misunderstanding.
"Uncle, it's not the first time we've met. Have you ever seen me do anything to harm you? Where is the most basic trust between people?"
Of course, there should be the most basic trust between people.
But the key is, whether you are a human or not is still questionable!
Zhang Shan cursed fiercely in his heart, nodded silently at Lu Yibei, quietly shifted gears, started the car, then slammed the accelerator and sped away, leaving a trail of dust. freewebnovёl.ƈom
The title of Hua City's second best driver wasn't just for show; a taxi actually gave the illusion of a sports car with a three-second 100-meter acceleration.
Watching the taxi speed away, just a few seconds later, the surrounding hundred meters fell into dead silence.
"Sigh—!"
Lu Yibei sighed softly and turned to walk into the school.
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The moonlight was like water, casting a faint, desolate atmosphere over the cement road surface of Four Gate Main Street. The weeds on both sides of the road had grown half a person's height, and it was unknown how long they hadn't been trimmed.
The white lines marking the planned road were still visible in the center of the road, faintly showing the bustling scene when it was one of Huacheng Institute of Technology's main arteries. Now, however, it was desolate and dilapidated everywhere.
To the right of the intersection, a rusty iron sign had fallen to the ground. One could vaguely make out the Arabic numeral "4" written on it.
Everything before her eyes seemed to be silently adding a terrifying color to that legend.
An unsettling sense of oppression drifted along this extremely quiet main street under the night sky, as if it had melted into every wisp of air.
Walking on Four Gate Main Street, Lu Yibei clutched the cleaver tightly in one hand and held two First Light Spring Wind Curses in the other, silently praying in her heart that she wouldn't encounter the legendary headless Senior (female).
She had originally chosen this shortcut to save Professor Ma, specifically to avoid the interrogation by the gate guards and security Uncles at the other school entrances.
But if she encountered urban legend on the way, it might actually delay her more.
The other school gates could also be used, of course. Ever since the nights began to grow long, the gate guards had become extremely vigilant. Upon seeing unfamiliar faces, there was a high probability of being stopped and questioned.
Once stopped, she definitely wouldn't be able to pass smoothly. At that point, acting cute, pestering, or talking trash wouldn't work, and she might even be detained.
These were all probable occurrences. Unlike being stopped by the gate guards, if she encountered urban legend, she couldn't solve the problem itself, but she had a little bit of confidence that she could deal with the person who caused the problem.
So, she chose to enter through Gate No. 4.
And then.
She encountered urban legend...
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Inside the research lab.
Professor Ma, who couldn't help but question Lu Yibei about her encounter, was taking out blood pressure medication from a box. Hearing that she had met the girl from the rumors who had suffered misfortune, his hands trembled, and the pills scattered all over the desk.
"Wait a minute! You... you really encountered it?" He looked at Lu Yibei with surprise and uncertainty.
As an old man who had worked at this school for decades, Professor Ma naturally knew all sorts of legends about Four Gate Main Street.
Moreover, not only did he know, but he had also personally witnessed the series of events of that tragedy.
He remembered it was raining heavily that day. Not knowing what had happened, he drove into the campus through Gate No. 4 and saw many people when he passed the location where the female student was killed.
Those people were holding various colored umbrellas, gathered near the # Nоvеlight # bulletin board on Four Gate Main Street, forming a long, orderly queue in front of a large black umbrella.
Under the large black umbrella, there was a photo frame containing a black and white photo. The girl in the photo was very beautiful, with a cute round face, smiling and showing shallow dimples on her cheeks.
The students queuing in front of the large black umbrella quietly walked forward and placed flowers, dolls, and various small trinkets that girls would like in front of the photo frame.
Professor Ma saw that scene, got out of the car to briefly ask the students the reason for their gathering, then returned to his car to get the bouquet he had originally intended to give to his wife and placed it beside the many offerings.
Looking back, that was probably the last time so many people gathered on Four Gate Main Street. Not long after that, rumors about the headless female ghost began to circulate within the school, and pedestrians on Four Gate Main Street gradually became scarce. frёeωebɳovel.com
Therefore, hearing Lu Yibei mention the urban legend lingering on Four Gate Main Street, Professor Ma had no doubt about its authenticity, and many terrifying scenes immediately flashed through his mind.
Having just experienced a series of terrifying events, he didn't want to continue listening at all.
But...
As for Lu Yibei, once she started talking, unless you pinned her to the ground and beat her up, there was absolutely no way she would shut up on her own.
"Of course I encountered it! It was especially scary." Lu Yibei said with an expressionless face but a startled tone, pacing over to Professor Ma, leaning against the desk, and trying to sit on it by standing on her tiptoes. After two failed attempts due to her height, she simply sat cross-legged on the floor.
"Professor, let me tell you! The situation at the time was like this..."
Professor Ma's mouth twitched, "..." Was there any way to make her shut up?
...
When Lu Yibei was walking on Four Gate Main Street, she didn't encounter anything strange during the first half of the road, until she was halfway there and passed the abandoned bulletin board.
The metal frame around the old bulletin board was covered in rust. Through the dust-covered glass, one could vaguely see a notice posted inside.
The white paper of the notice had yellowed due to prolonged exposure to wind and rain, and the originally striking black characters had faded slightly, tinged with red.
Lu Yibei originally didn't pay any attention to the bulletin board, just like when she encountered Gu Qianqian during the day.
However, as she passed the bulletin board, her peripheral vision caught a reflection on the glass.
Her steps paused slightly, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at the glass, which was like a mirror.
A blurry outline was reflected in the glass – a tall figure whose clothing looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before. She was holding an umbrella, a large one that completely covered her upper body, and was standing quietly on the opposite side of the street.
Lu Yibei turned her head to look across the street but only saw the empty street and a patch of desolate roadside weeds. She was startled for a moment. When she looked back at the reflection on the bulletin board beside her, she saw that eerie figure had already walked to the center of the road.
Lu Yibei's eyes began to sting slightly. The fear in her heart, knowing something was approaching, made her hair stand on end. She gripped the cleaver in her hand tightly, ready to throw the First Light Spring Wind Curse at any moment.
Just then, her peripheral vision glanced at the bulletin board beside her again, and she saw that the reflection of the girl in the bulletin board had come to her side and was slowly lowering the umbrella in her hand.
The stinging sensation in her eyes intensified. Lu Yibei turned back in horror and saw the terrifying-looking girl.
She was wearing a blood-stained dress, and her entire neck had been brutally severed, leaving only a thin layer of skin connecting her head and neck, like a rose with a broken stem.
That drooping head turned half a circle. Her eyes, with pupils shrunk to the size of rice grains, widened completely. She grinned, letting out a guttural sound that was impossible to understand.
"Fuck!"
The overwhelming sense of fear caused Lu Yibei's mind to go blank for a moment. Immediately after, she suddenly remembered why she felt the clothing on that thing was familiar.
Before, when I came to school to try out the public showers in advance, didn't I encounter this Senior (female) and turn around and run?
Damn it! I was brave for once to save someone, was it necessary to be like this?
Never mind, I'll fight her!
Thinking this, Lu Yibei quickly took two steps back, gripping the cleaver in her hand tightly. The blade tilted slightly upwards, and she was about to chop towards the girl.
Just then, the girl's head tilted, rolled onto the ground with a thud, leaving a dark red trail, while her body took off running wildly towards the Faculty of Arts Experimental Building.
"This..." Lu Yibei was speechless for a moment, muttering inwardly, could she possibly be going the same way as me?
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Inside the research lab.
"Wait a minute!" Professor Ma, covered in sweat, couldn't help but interrupt Lu Yibei again, his peripheral vision involuntarily drifting towards the cleaver she had placed on the table.
"You mean, you chased after her the whole way?"
Professor Ma imagined the scene of Lu Yibei holding a gleaming cleaver and running wildly behind the rumored female ghost, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Lu Yibei, "..." Professor's interpretation is a bit peculiar!
Although that's indeed how the situation looked at the time.
"But..." Lu Yibei paused, looking at Professor Ma with a strange expression, and said, "Actually, she was the one who led me to your exact location."
