Free Web NovelAs Lu Yibei had guessed, Jiang Li's reaction after hearing the words Eclipse Society was indeed unusually intense, even more so than he had imagined.
"Bang—!"
Jiang Li's image as a high-mountain flower instantly crumbled. She slammed her hands on the table with a muffled thud, leaned slightly forward, and stared coldly at Lu Yibei, her presence overwhelming.
"What did you say? If you found this, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I..." Lu Yibei scratched the back of his head, "Didn't they just discuss it back then? They hadn't started acting yet, right?"
"Later, the urban legend attack happened at the school, and then Li Gan Yuan (Officer Li) targeted me again. If I hadn't come here to study today, I would have almost forgotten about this."
That guy Li Xuan is always sarcastic. If I don't blame him, who else can I blame? Lu Yibei thought.
Jiang Li opened her mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating. After a long time, she took a deep breath and calmed her emotions.
"Sorry, I got a bit emotional. This isn't your fault. That's enough for today, you should go back first. I have things to be busy with here."
"Leader." Lu Yibei frowned, "You're not planning to go to Shihekou Middle School now, are you? Aren't you going to prepare more? I heard that place..."
Jiang Li waved her hand, interrupting, "We've known about the issue at Shihekou Middle School for a long time and have sent people to monitor it. There are just some special reasons that make it difficult to eradicate."
"Alright, go back early? If you delay any longer, it will be dark."
After Jiang Li finished speaking, she turned around and limped out of the office.
The fact that Shihekou Middle School hid a large number of urban legend was something the officers of the Night Watch had known for a long time.
The reason they hadn't cleaned it up was that those urban legend had long since merged with the entire middle school. It could be said that the entire school itself was a Strange Tale.
Unless the entire school was leveled and people were assigned to guard and purify it for a long time, it couldn't be completely eradicated.
However, leveling the school was not something the Night Watch could immediately implement just by saying so. Furthermore, losing their habitat, the large number of urban legend residing inside would flee in all directions, and it was hard to guarantee that none would escape.
In addition, there was no precedent for the urban legend hidden in Shihekou Middle School leaving the scope of the abandoned school.
Therefore, the Night Watch chose a relatively conservative approach – sending people for regular inspections and cleanups, and also having three members of the Special Operations Team take turns guarding at the foot of the mountain to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering by mistake.
However, if this matter were left to Jiang Li to handle, she would actually very much want to use some radical methods.
For example, right now, she wanted to drag out the unscrupulous profiteer who owned the property rights to Shihekou Middle School and had long been causing trouble, throw him into his precious school to stay overnight, and let him see clearly what was hidden inside the treasure he had always wanted to protect!
...
Looking at Jiang Li's back as she hurried out of the office, Lu Yibei frowned.
She seemed to have said just now that someone had been guarding and inspecting near Shihekou Middle School?
Then why was there no obstruction at all when Du Sixian and I went in that night?
Could it be because it was the night of the new moon, and the members of the Special Operations Team guarding near Shihekou Middle School were worried about the urban legend causing trouble, got cold feet, and ran away?
Lu Yibei was thinking when he suddenly thought of something and his expression changed.
Or...
Was all of this planned from the start? Was someone pulling strings behind the scenes, deliberately sending them away?
...
When Jiang Li found An Qing and invited her to go to Shihekou Middle School for investigation, she was still on the training ground, seriously coaching Du Sixian.
Seeing Jiang Li walking from afar, An Qing signaled Du Sixian to practice by herself for a while, and then went up to meet Jiang Li.
"Why did you suddenly think of looking for me?" An Qing's lips curved up charmingly as she said to Jiang Li, "I don't think you're here to invite me to dinner, are you? Is there anything you need help with?"
Jiang Li looked at Du Sixian who was still practicing in the distance, then looked at An Qing, and said seriously, "Indeed. Do you remember the Monster Story Chat Group I mentioned to you last time? Lu Yibei has a new discovery, so I'd like to ask you to come with me."
"Investigation mission, or combat mission?" An Qing asked directly.
An Qing wasn't surprised at all that Jiang Li would invite her.
She and Li Xuan never got along, inviting Gu Xiliu would likely result in being stood up, the Gu Niang in the courtyard generally wouldn't leave headquarters, and as for Bai Kai...
Nobody likes Bai Kai!
"Investigation mission." Jiang Li said. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"Investigation mission?" An Qing curved her lips, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Du Sixian who was still sweating in the distance, "If it's an investigation mission, can we bring a newcomer to gain some experience?"
Jiang Li glanced at Du Sixian and frowned, "Although it's an investigation mission, there's still a possibility of conflict. I heard her Spirit Mark doesn't have special abilities, if she comes along..."
"She has already learned a basic Spell." An Qing interjected.
Hearing this, Jiang Li's eyes also trembled slightly, and she secretly praised in her heart, 'That's quite fast.'
"Alright then, take her with you. Hurry up, I'll wait for you at the entrance." After saying this, Jiang Li turned around and left the training ground.
...
Ten minutes later.
Friendly reminder: The Website is about to be revised, which may cause the loss of reading progress. Please save your "book shelf" and "reading record" in time (screenshots are recommended for saving). We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
After both Jiang Li and Lu Yibei left the "V" office, the office door was secretly pushed open.
A figure flashed quickly, darting into the office, then quietly closed the door. His eyes scanned around the room, locking onto the thick book on the desk, and he squinted slightly.
He took a few steps forward, a faint glow appearing on his fingertip, and gently tapped the cover of the si ye shu. The pages began to flip rapidly. After a few seconds, the page number paused on page 23 for a few seconds, then immediately began flipping again, finally stopping on page 29.
Li Xuan stared at the pages, a puzzled expression on his face, "How could only six or seven pages of learning content have been added? This progress..."
This progress was not only not fast, but also not abnormal; it was even a bit slow, so slow that he somewhat suspected Lu Yibei's learning ability might be a bit low.
"Damn it, he must have found a way to hide it from the si ye shu! # Nоvеlight # I need to think of a way..."
Li Xuan muttered to himself, suddenly feeling a gaze watching him from outside the window. That unsettling feeling was like damp, slimy tentacles wrapping around his body. In just an instant, goosebumps covered his arms.
"Who's there!" He exclaimed, looking towards the window, and saw a girl holding a black umbrella, with messy long hair, heavy dark circles under her eyes, looking extremely listless.
The girl's pair of lifeless eyes stared at Li Xuan for a while, as if she had lost interest. She muttered softly to herself, "Peeking, tattling... Peeking, tattling..." and walked away without looking back.
Li Xuan watched the girl's receding back, his mouth twitching. With a "Snap!", he closed the si ye shu and flicked his sleeve as he left.
Therefore, in the entire Hua City Night Watch, the person he disliked the most was that Gu Niang!
Sneaky, appearing and disappearing mysteriously, and always liking to tattle, truly damn annoying. Li Xuan thought.
...
The black sedan drove slowly along the slightly muddy and dirty road. Not far away, a narrow river was stained with the blood-red afterglow of the sunset.
Inside the car.
Little Maid A Hua silently controlled the steering wheel, while Jiang Li sat in the passenger seat.
In the back seat, An Qing and Du Sixian looked out the windows at the desolate and dilapidated scenery, one on the left and one on the right, the crisp sound of the wheels crushing dry branches constantly echoing in their ears.
Behind them, a seemingly unremarkable white SUV was full of Special Operations Team members dressed in plain clothes.
Under the gradually dimming sky, scenes of the landscape cast in shadow rapidly receded.
Driving along the winding mountain road, the campus ahead, which gave off a gloomy and oppressive feeling, came into view.
Earlier, when Du Sixian learned from An Qing that she would be coming with her to Shihekou Middle School for her first observation and learning session, her brain short-circuited for a second or two.
Shihekou Middle School had given her quite a scare not long ago. Now revisiting the old place, her mind was filled with a thousand thoughts.
Should I tell Sister Qing about what I experienced at Shihekou Middle School with the Expert?
Or maybe not? Thinking about it carefully, the Expert had such abilities but chose not to join the Night Watch. After the matter was over, he quickly disappeared into the crowd, not even wanting compensation... ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Such a person must be proud and aloof, unwilling to be disturbed by others, right? Du Sixian thought.
As if sensing Du Sixian's unusual state, An Qing gently patted her shoulder and said softly, "Scared? It's okay, this is just an investigation mission."
"..." Du Sixian smiled and didn't say anything. She wasn't scared at all. Thinking about being able to get close to urban legend again under relatively safe circumstances, she was even a little excited.
...
"Miss, we've arrived." The Little Maid said in a low voice, slowly parking the car in front of the rusty school gate.
Just then, the sun completely sank below the horizon, and the entire abandoned school was instantly shrouded in a huge shadow, plunging into darkness.
Looking from afar, the teaching buildings standing under the night sky were like monsters hidden in the shadows.
The entire abandoned campus was eerily quiet, without a single sound coming from it. It seemed there were no insects, no life.
With A Hua's support, Jiang Li got out of the car and stood in front of the school gate. Looking at the scene, an expression of disgust appeared on her face, and a hint of fierceness was hidden in her cold eyes.
Silently letting out a cold snort in her heart, Jiang Li turned around and said to the people behind her, "Alright, let's assign the tasks."
"There are a total of twelve people in this operation. In a moment, we'll take five minutes to form groups of four, led by me, An Qing, and A Hua respectively. Each group will ensure there is one member familiar with the environment of Shihekou Middle School."
"After entering the abandoned school, we will split up and thoroughly search each building. If any anomaly is found, contact us immediately via the badge. If there are no problems, let's discuss the details of the grouping?"
...
Jiang Li was assigning tasks on the side, but Du Sixian only heard less than half before her thoughts had already drifted far away, like zoning out in class.
I wonder where the Expert is now? I'm a Psychic now too, and I've learned a Spell. Next time we meet, I shouldn't hold her back, right?
Du Sixian was thinking, and when she came back to her senses, she realized she had already followed An Qing deep into the campus.
The trees in the campus grew crookedly, wild grass was overgrown on the ground, and there were many statues standing around, mostly human figures, which looked a bit creepy in the dark night.
Stepping into the target teaching building, the corridors were pitch black, and the doors on both sides were tightly closed. Occasionally, dusty desks and chairs were discarded by the side of the path, giving a momentary illusion that students were still sitting on them.
No, maybe a certain student is sitting there! Du Sixian thought. But this time, the people I'm with are all members of the Night Watch, so I guess those terrifying things won't appear easily.
As she was thinking, An Qing, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped, waved her hand, signaling everyone to stop temporarily. Then she raised her hand, her fingertip gently stroking the baogang cang owl badge on her chest, and immediately the voice of a Special Operations Team member echoed in the corridor.
"Team C has a discovery. We found a classroom on the third floor of Teaching Building One that was burned by fire. Through Spiritual Energy wave detection, we found that the urban legend hidden nearby are deliberately staying away from this classroom. That's all."
As the voice fell, in the darkness, Du Sixian tightly clutched the corner of her clothes.
