Free Web NovelThat night, heavy rain poured down on the dilapidated and crumbling small garden of the Amber House.
Four-thirty AM, at the other end of the city.
Azure lightning streaked across the sky, revealing the dilapidated appearance of the ancient mansion hidden in the night.
Inside the quiet and eerie building, at the end of the top-floor corridor, the dark solid wood door was slightly ajar, with faint light seeping through the gap, casting a long, thin patch of light on the wooden floor.
Inside the room, Jiang Li stood in front of the full-length mirror of the wardrobe, wrapped in a pure white bath towel, her slightly damp silver hair pinned up, still faintly steaming, with a few crystal water droplets clinging to her fair and slightly thin shoulders.
Alone, she took a Tibetan silver lotus pendant from the nightstand, returned to the mirror, gently untied her bath towel, turned around, and used the warm light of the bedside lamp to illuminate the dark sun totem on her smooth back.
As if suddenly remembering something, she frowned, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and with a slight turn of the wrist holding the pendant, a silver-white glow appeared at her fingertips.
Her pink lips parted slightly, and she softly chanted a Sanskrit Spell. Accompanied by the incantation that sounded like an ancient ballad, the silver-white light at her fingertips became increasingly brilliant, instantly transforming into a glorious gold. Amidst the swirling golden light, faint lotus petals seemed to dance.
Under her Spiritual Energy guidance, the Tibetan silver pendant in her palm flew up, circling on the ceiling and causing the extinguished crystal chandelier to flicker on and off.
"Rumble—!"
Outside the window, a muffled thunder suddenly rolled. The pendant, enveloped in golden light, also seemed to be guided, and as the brilliant lightning flashed, it suddenly plummeted towards the black tattoo on Jiang Li's back, the golden light tracing a path in mid-air, like a shooting star.
Just as the pendant was about to touch the black tattoo, it suddenly stopped, as if hitting an invisible wall, hovering less than an inch from Jiang Li's skin, spinning rapidly and emitting an even more dazzling light.
In an instant, Jiang Li's body convulsed as if electrocuted, her face turned pale, and a fierce, intense pain, as if her soul were being peeled away, seized her. Yet, she bit her lip tightly, not making a single sound.
Wisps of black energy overflowed from the black tattoo on her back and merged into the Tibetan silver pendant. Immediately after, the golden light swirling around the pendant dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before long, the pendant seemed to have exhausted its energy, falling to the ground with a "ding!" sound. Its shiny surface, as if oxidized during those few short breaths, was covered with many black rust spots.
Only then did Jiang Li slowly exhale a breath of stale air, re-wrapped her bath towel, picked up the pendant from the floor, and returned it to the storage box on the nightstand.
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After Jiang Li had changed into her pajamas, brightened the bedside lamp again, and lay back on the bed with a book for bedtime reading, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock..." The person knocking was very light and cautious, as if afraid of disturbing the person inside the room.
Hearing the sound, Jiang Li put down the book, looked towards the main door, and softly asked, "Is that A Hua? Come in and tell me if something's wrong."
As her voice fell, the brass doorknob turned gently, the old door hinge creaked softly, and A Hua, still neatly dressed in her maid uniform, walked in with a serious expression.
"Miss, we just received a message from the bureau; it's an A-Level alert."
Jiang Li frowned slightly, tilting her head and asking, "Do I need to go for backup?"
A Hua shook her head, "It's just a routine notification."
According to the Night Watch's practice, alerts of B Level or higher must notify all operatives in the relevant city to be ready for backup at any time.
"Has anyone gone to the scene?" Jiang Li pressed.
"Yes!" A Hua nodded, saying, "They said operative An Qing, who was on duty tonight, went to the scene. From the situation at the scene, it didn't cause much damage, and the source of the Spiritual Energy fluctuation has also disappeared."
"I understand, I'll get up and wait." Jiang Li nodded slightly, and as she spoke, she got up and walked to the desk in the room, opening the laptop on the desk. Before long, the cheerful music of a mahjong game lobby echoed in the room.
"..." A Hua watched Jiang Li for a moment, sighed helplessly in her heart, and said, "Miss, do you need me to make you something to drink? Tea or coffee?"
"Instant noodles?" Jiang Li glanced out the window and said, "It's a bit late, and I'm a bit hungry, and I haven't eaten instant noodles in a long time."
"Okay!"
A Hua softly agreed and turned to leave the room, while slightly recalling the special way of making instant noodles that her Miss was so fond of.
Isn't it just adding stir-fried green onions and a fried egg to braised beef noodles? Why can't I always make the taste that Miss wants? It's strange. A Hua thought.
After A Hua left, Jiang Li's phone suddenly vibrated. She picked up the phone and looked at it; it was a text message from Li Xuan using an internal number.
【University City again, University City again. I bet you there's at least a fifty percent chance this is related to Lu Yibei! Are you still not planning to investigate her?】
Jiang Li pondered for a few seconds after reading the text message, then silently copied and pasted it, adding the note 【by Li Xuan】, and forwarded it to Bai Kai...
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Not long ago, at the other end of the city, on the Four Gate Main Street of Huacheng Institute of Technology.
An Qing arrived at the place where Lu Yibei, Miss Rabbit, and the Mysterious Man had fought.
She didn't bring many people with her on this trip, only Du Sixian and three members of the Special Operations Team.
In fact, from the detection of the Spiritual Energy fluctuation to An Qing receiving the alert and preparing to depart, less than three minutes had passed, and that Spiritual Energy fluctuation had already completely disappeared.
There was a lot of wind and rain tonight, and adhering to the principle of disturbing ordinary people as little as possible, An Qing arranged for them to brave the wind and rain and go lightly equipped.
...
Holding an umbrella and standing by the roadside, looking at the bushes and small woods that had turned into scorched earth, An Qing frowned. The burned areas, even after being drenched by heavy rain for more than ten minutes, still retained residual heat, continuously emitting wisps of white mist.
Although the source of the Spiritual Energy fluctuation had gone far away, judging from the residual Spiritual Energy fluctuation at the scene, she still felt a series of shocks and a strange sense of familiarity.
This feeling was similar to when they were at the Hua Yu Sunshine Resort Hotel.
After the fire at the resort hotel was extinguished, when the members of the Special Operations Team were investigating the ruins of the resort hotel, the concrete pillars were still warm, as if they had been exposed to the sun or enchanted, but there were no runes.
Could it be the Witch Breed that escaped back then? An Qing thought.
While An Qing was thinking, on the other side, Du Sixian, who had just started her internship and was performing the task, was busy conducting a scene investigation with the three members of the Special Operations Team using the Night Watch's standard Spiritual Energy items.
A moment later, with the help of the three Special Operations Team members, Du Sixian, who had completed the scene investigation, walked over to An Qing with a text containing the data.
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"Sister Qing, it's done!" Du Sixian said excitedly. Everything she saw during her first Night Watch operation made her feel new, and her heart was inexplicably excited.
The work of the Night Watch is much more impressive than the petty squabbles among urban legend chat enthusiasts! It's a pity I can't record it as a video and post it online. This thought flashed through Du Sixian's mind.
"Night erosion degree 4.3, the value is high."
"Estimated residual Spiritual Energy fluctuation, A-Level."
"Calamity reaction..."
Du Sixian hesitated. Seeing this, An Qing looked at Du Sixian and asked, "What's wrong with the Calamity reaction? Is there a problem?"
"Sister Qing, I think I might have measured it wrong." Du Sixian scratched the back of her head, looking a bit embarrassed.
On the way here, Du Sixian had looked at the reference table for Calamity reactions. Generally speaking, values between 0.01% and 2% are relatively common for normal urban legend, while exceeding 5% is very dangerous. However, the data she just investigated and calculated reached an astonishing 13%!
This is clearly calculated incorrectly, right? Du Sixian thought, maybe I forgot to mark the decimal point somewhere?
Just as Du Sixian was about to go back and start over, An Qing stopped her, "No need to recalculate, this value should be correct."
If the source of this alert was the Witch Seed that appeared at the Hua Yu Sunshine Resort Hotel. An Qing added in her mind.
The data they measured in the ruins of the Hua Yu Sunshine Resort Hotel back then was significantly higher than this.
A value of 21%, if it were a bit higher, could even be judged as a pseudo-Calamity and reported to headquarters.
An Qing was thinking when the three members of the Special Operations Team also completed the collection of Spiritual Energy items at the scene, holding two small silver boxes, and came before her.
"Operative An Qing, please take a look at these..."
An Qing glanced at the contents of the boxes held by the Special Operations Team members and frowned.
A broken black bone spur and a bloody rabbit skin? What does this represent?
I wonder if the urban legend that appeared here will come back?
It looks like I'll have to work overtime again today. An Qing thought with some helplessness.
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Miss Rabbit never wanted to go to Huacheng Institute of Technology again in her life, and she probably had to think twice about whether to go near University City in the future.
She completely didn't expect, nor could she understand, how that little thief, who initially seemed like a little chick that could be easily manipulated, became stronger and more courageous the more she fought. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Suddenly using advanced techniques like Silent Spell was one thing; such things could be learned by even a novice if they had good enough talent. But later... later...
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After saying that trash talk that made people want to slap her twice, Lu Yibei seemed to suddenly faint, slumping softly to the ground.
Seeing this, Miss Rabbit and the Mysterious Man thought they had an opportunity. One gripped a crowbar tightly with both hands, the other swung a fist full of bone spurs, attacking Lu Yibei fiercely from both sides.
However.
The moment they closed in on Lu Yibei, the Spiritual Energy scattered in the air around them seemed to ignite. With the vibration of Spiritual Energy, in a patch of darkness, light exploded, stinging their eyes. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
A terrifying wave of Spiritual Energy struck, yet it inexplicably made the two feel a sense of peace and tranquility in their hearts. They actually wanted to bow down and worship before that light, witnessing a miracle.
And within the light, a pair of exquisite eyes, as if cast from gold, slowly opened, like a demon god born from lava, breaking free from its shell, awakening, and looking out at this world.
Just looking at them felt as if that gaze would burn them.
In an instant, vicious, scorching flames poured out from Lu Yibei's body like a torrent, leaving only scorched and dry earth in their wake.
Her fiery red hair danced behind her, and on her delicate face, her eyes were dull and vacant. She looked as if she had entered a deep sleep, but her body was sleepwalking.
Miss Rabbit and the Mysterious Man only briefly exchanged two or three blows with the girl who seemed to be sleepwalking before completely giving up on resistance.
Not only were more than a dozen of Miss Rabbit's crowbars melted one after another.
The Mysterious Man, who was with her, a high-level Spirit Mark owner of a werewolf, was known for his strength, yet after a few punches, his hand was blown off.
Who could withstand this? That was simply a monster! Uh, it might be a bit inappropriate for a urban legend to call someone else a monster, but that's just how it is.
What's more, if her state hadn't still been like sleepwalking, with somewhat stiff movements and slightly slow reactions, they wouldn't have been able to run away.
She was already this powerful while sleepwalking, what would happen when she woke up?
What made Miss Rabbit even more fearful was that, knowing they were no match and feeling worried, the two chose to retreat first.
Unexpectedly, after the monster settled the headless urban ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ legend, she actually chased after them, not attacking, but quietly trailing them all the way.
The Spiritual Energy fluctuation emanating from her, filled with a tyrannical and destructive aura, continuously transmitted, as if emitting a silent mockery, mocking everything in this city.
Along the way, the chirping of insects gradually stopped, snakes and rats hid, and urban legend concealed themselves. Everywhere they passed was as silent as the mood of the two.
The monster didn't leave until she was outside the University City area. Miss Rabbit and the Mysterious Man slightly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw she wasn't chasing them anymore.
As for why such a terrifying monster took a taxi when she left, such an insignificant detail, Miss Rabbit didn't even notice during that death-like silence.
Miss Rabbit had no idea that such a situation occurred simply because the direction Lu Yibei left in, guided by the mysterious girl, "just happened" to be along their way.
But just thinking about it made her feel a chill down her spine, feeling as if she had almost developed PTSD because of it.
What should I do? It seems the witchs egg can't be retrieved. There isn't much time left until the Twilight Woman wakes up. Are there any other methods I can think of?
If only I could hug the thigh of that monster from earlier. If possible, I don't want to be her enemy; I just want freedom.
However, whether she will let me hug her is still a question. Miss Rabbit thought.
