Free Web Novel10:37 AM, Huacheng Institute of Technology.
It was during the second class of the morning, and students without classes had already returned to their dorms, while most students with classes were dutifully staying in the classroom, either listening attentively or killing time on their phones.
In the meantime, two figures furtively slipped out of the teaching building, looked left and right, and quickly ran towards the school gate.
"How about that, didn't I tell you?" one of the tall, thin boys said with a look of disdain. "At this time, what teacher is wandering around outside? Nothing will happen!"
The slightly overweight boy accompanying him heard this and said with a worried expression, "I'm still a little uneasy. I've never skipped class to go online before. What if I get caught, wouldn't that be..."
"Tsk!" The tall, thin boy spat, impatiently saying, "How could it be that easy to get caught? I've skipped several times! Let me tell you, the Teacher for this class took attendance once before class started and won't do it again!"
"You're telling me you'll get caught? If you get caught doing this, that can only be described as running into a ghost in broad daylight!"
As the tall, thin boy spoke, he turned back with a sheepish grin to look at the slightly overweight boy behind him, only to see him staring straight ahead, his face pale, with a few beads of sweat on his forehead.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you ask me to come level up with you? How come you haven't even left yet and you're so scared your face is pale?" the tall, thin boy said with slight annoyance.
"What did you just say if this also got caught, it would be like what?" the slightly overweight boy asked weakly.
"I said, if this gets caught, it's just like running into a ghost in broad daylight. Is there a problem?" freewёbnoνel.com
"Gulp—!" The slightly overweight boy swallowed hard, raised his hand to point into the distance, and said with a trembling voice, "Look, what is that?"
The tall, thin boy looked in the direction the slightly overweight boy was pointing and saw a figure in front of the teaching building, on the empty, deserted street, floating quickly through the air with her feet off the ground, her figure appearing and disappearing in the bright midday sun.
By the time they came to their senses and fumbled to take a photo of this bizarre scene, the figure had disappeared in the direction of Four Gate Main Street.
"..."
What was that thing just now? Was the sun too bright and I saw things? I heard the Senior (female)s say that Four Gate Main Street seems to be haunted?
Thousands of thoughts surfaced in their minds, and the two boys who were planning to skip class for the internet cafe looked at each other in silence, as if frozen.
After a long while, the tall, thin boy finally said weakly, "Uh, about that... I just remembered, I don't think I brought my ID card. How about, how about we go back first, and then go back to the dorm after class to get it?"
"..." The slightly overweight boy pondered for a few seconds and nodded. "Okay, let's go back first? I suddenly feel like I actually really love studying, and leveling up doesn't seem that important anymore."
"Oh right, I heard my mom say a few days ago that there's a Temple of Guanyin Who Sends Children in the western suburbs that's especially effective. How about we go check it out after school?"
"Okay, okay! Please be sure to call me to go with you!"
...
Feeling the pressure of the powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations, Headless Senior felt as if she had fallen into a labyrinth woven from Spiritual Energy, unable to escape the ever-present fear no matter which direction she went.
And all she could do was keep speeding up her escape.
Although, in this state, she couldn't guarantee that passersby would be 100% unable to see Lu Yibei, who seemed to be floating in mid-air.
However, she didn't dare to stay in place for even a moment; she had a feeling that if she lingered for just a few seconds, she would be caught by that unseen terrifying entity.
Headless Senior ran wildly like this until she ran back to Four Gate Main Street, and was about to enter the abandoned guardhouse where she usually hid, when the terrifying Spiritual Energy fluctuation suddenly disappeared.
Just like the haze covering the sky was blown away by a gentle breeze, her pressure drastically reduced, her body softened, and she fell onto the ground in front of the abandoned guardhouse door.
Just then, Lu Yibei woke up.
She lay on the ground, suddenly sat up straight, like someone who had been pulled out of the water after drowning, opened her mouth and took a few deep breaths, and opened her eyes.
She was still clutching the strange photo in her hand, and as far as her eyes could see, it was a scene of desolation, decay, and overgrown weeds.
"Where is this..." Lu Yibei muttered blankly to herself.
"This is the guardhouse near Four Gate Main Street."
"Huh?" Hearing Headless Senior's voice beside her, Lu Yibei was startled, turned to look, and saw the slender figure without a head.
Headless Senior's bloody neck stump came into view, and Lu Yibei felt her heart twitch, quickly withdrew her gaze, and asked weakly, "You, where did your head go? And, and, how did we get here? We weren't in the faculty dormitory just now."
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Headless Senior out of the corner of her eye again.
In her state, what kind of urban legend was making the sound?
Damn it, she was so curious, but it wasn't appropriate to ask. Lu Yibei thought.
"Head?" When Lu Yibei asked, Headless Senior was also startled, reached out to feel her empty shoulder, and exclaimed, "Oh dear! How terrible, I ran too fast just now, and it actually fell off."
"But it's okay, I'll just go back and look for it later. The important thing is that we escaped."
Lu Yibei, "..."
This...
The connection between her body and her head is probably not as high as I imagined?
Lu Yibei thought, and pressed on, "You ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) said you escaped just now? Could it be that when we were in the faculty dormitory just now, that terrifying urban legend you mentioned appeared?"
"No!" Headless Senior denied with a solemn tone. "It was an even more terrifying urban legend. Although I didn't see its figure, I could feel that it was stronger than the urban legend I discovered yesterday. No, at least two or three levels higher!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
According to her, there's actually a urban legend hiding in the school that's several levels higher than that strange Old man?
My goodness! Isn't this just an ordinary university? How can so many urban legend gather here?
Are people not supposed to study properly anymore?
As Lu Yibei was thinking, she heard Headless Senior continue, "Last night, when I sensed that terrifying urban legend attacking the Counselor, I just felt cold all over, as if there was a foul, unclean cold wind swirling around me, but..."
"Just now, that urban legend was different, really. Facing it was like facing a volcano that could erupt at any moment. No matter how I ran, I couldn't escape the radiation range of that volcanic eruption. Terrifying, truly too terrifying."
Lu Yibei, "..."
This feeling she's talking about, why does it sound like I've heard it somewhere before?
Damn it, I can't remember it all of a sudden.
Lu Yibei thought, and gently patted Headless Senior's shoulder, saying, "It's okay, don't be afraid. That urban legend you mentioned just now might not have been malicious."
"How do you know?" Headless Senior said, her emotions a little agitated, and a little dark red blood spurted from the cross section of her neck as she spoke.
"..." Lu Yibei silently wiped away the bloodstains that splattered on her face, and said expressionlessly, "Think about it, if that urban legend was really as terrifying as you said, how could it let us go so easily?"
"If it wanted to kill us, wouldn't it be effortless?"
"This..." Headless Senior was silent for a few seconds, then affirmed, "You're right, with that level of urban legend, if it wanted to target us, we might not even have room to fight back."
"Exactly! So, you don't need to worry so much," Lu Yibei comforted her.
However, there's a terrifying urban legend hiding in the school, this is very valuable information. Even if it's not malicious for now, I can't just sit back and do nothing. I need to prepare early.
Just because it's not malicious today doesn't mean it won't be in the future. The feeling of having one's life completely controlled by others isn't very good.
If worst comes to worst, I can only try to ask Ju Meng for help. At least she only seeks wealth and doesn't harm lives.
Lu Yibei thought, but didn't tell Headless Senior about her worries, lest she increase her anxiety. Instead, she got up and said with a cheerful tone, "Alright, escaping is a good thing."
"Just as we agreed at the beginning, I'm going to ask Professor Ma about that girl's information now, and then you..."
Lu Yibei stopped halfway through her sentence, looked at Headless Senior's empty shoulder, and rubbed her forehead, "You should go find your head first? If there's any news, we'll contact each other later."
"Okay, alright, I'll go now," Headless Senior replied.
...
After saying goodbye to Headless Senior, Lu Yibei left the school from Four Gate Main Street, found a water bar in the commercial street near the University City, and found a corner to sit down.
At this moment, classes were still in session at the surrounding universities, and the water bar was quite deserted. Lu Yibei was happy to have the quiet, took out the photo, and studied it alone.
She brought the photo closer and was slightly startled when she saw the scene on it.
The strange Old man in the photo had walked away at some point. In the dimly lit corridor in the photo, the light of the red lantern outlined his blurry silhouette.
In another flicker of her consciousness, the strange Old man's figure was no longer in the photo. freёwebnovel.com
As expected, is it something similar to the red lantern that grew out of Lu Xu's body? Lu Yibei looked at the photo, which had completely turned black, narrowed her eyes slightly, and felt a little heavy-hearted.
She didn't expect there to be a fish that slipped through the net that night!
She didn't know who was more powerful between them and Lu Xu, but as long as it wasn't much stronger than Lu Xu, with proper handling, she should be able to win easily.
So now the only problem is where to find it. Lu Yibei held the photo in one hand and propped her chin with the other, thinking for a while, and suddenly felt that she had thought about something incorrectly.
No, maybe I don't need to find him myself.
I just need to figure out what he truly wants to do or what he wants to obtain, and then no matter how he disguises himself or plays tricks, he will eventually be exposed in front of me.
Having grasped the key, Lu Yibei suddenly felt that things had become simple.
Now, what I need to do is confirm with Professor Ma whether the strange Old man's goal is the same as Lu Xu's, which is that set of bamboo slips.
If so, then I need to prepare well. Lu Yibei thought, a cruel light flashing in her eyes.
She, Lu Yibei, never fights a battle unprepared. Being overprepared is always better than being unprepared, isn't it?
