Free Web Novel"Senior? Senior? Don't pass out yet! Can you at least tell me what happened first?"
Lu Yibei called out softly twice, but the Headless Senior didn't respond.
After confirming that the Headless Senior had temporarily disconnected, Lu Yibei's mood turned solemn. Unease, like a thorny vine covered in barbs, grew wildly in her heart.
Logically, that strange Old man shouldn't have been able to injure the Senior like this. He and Lu Xu were both urban legend that emerged from the bamboo slips, so their combat power shouldn't differ much.
What's more, the Headless Senior had been secretly monitoring that strange Old man these past few days. If he wanted to attack the Senior, he would have done so long ago.
Wait, could this be the even more terrifying entity that the Headless Senior discovered during the day?
Although the Headless Senior narrowly escaped the entity's surveillance range at the time, there's no guarantee that it wouldn't settle scores later because of the earlier prying. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei's face paled slightly. She looked up at the Four Gate Main Street leading deeper into the campus.
At this moment, on that desolate and dilapidated street, the thick fog, perhaps drawn by the Headless Senior, still lingered. The weeds and trees on either side whispered in the breeze, and the air was thick with the muggy heat of an impending heavy rain, making one restless.
Regardless, since the Headless Senior sent me a message despite being severely injured, it means there is indeed something extremely dangerous in the school right now.
Since it's so dangerous, the only option is to run! Someone already told you there's danger, why wait around instead of running?
Haven't horror movies shown it? The probability of death for those who don't listen and don't run is only slightly less than that of people who hysterically scream about going home!
Thinking this, Lu Yibei picked up the Headless Senior's body and hoisted it onto her shoulder. After searching around for a bit, she found the bloody head that had rolled to the roadside. Suppressing the fear and discomfort in her heart, she picked up the head, turned around, and ran towards the school gate.
She didn't even bother to grab her guitar bag or the camphor wood box containing the bamboo slips.
The Headless Senior's body, which was between reality and illusion, was much heavier than it looked. Even after Lu Yibei's transformation into a Strange Tale, which gave her strength far beyond normal people, carrying her alone was still somewhat strenuous.
And this feeling of strenuousness continued to increase as she moved forward, reaching its peak when she arrived at the Gate No. 4 entrance.
Her legs trembled, feeling the terrifying weight on her shoulder. Looking at the gate that was only a step away, Lu Yibei gritted her teeth and strained to take a step forward. The next moment, something unexpected happened.
"Clang—!" A buzzing sound, like a metal chain tightening, rang in her ears, carrying a somewhat unreal, illusory feeling.
The pressure on Lu Yibei's shoulder suddenly lessened. She stumbled two steps and crossed the school gate alone. She stared at her empty hands, stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly turned around, her pupils slightly contracted.
Behind her, on that dilapidated and desolate street, several crimson chains appeared out of thin air, piercing through the Headless Senior's chest, wrapping around her body, and dragging her towards the center of the Four Gate Main Street.
In mid-air, the Headless Senior's limbs swayed lightly, like a withered flower scattered in the wind.
What is that? Is it what severely injured the Headless Senior? Lu Yibei thought, both startled and uncertain.
The chains were pulled taut in mid-air, displaying an unsettling, blood-like crimson color. A layer of ominous black fog swirled around their surface, vaguely seeming to writhe as if alive.
They looked more like the blood vessels or intestines of some creature than chains. Lu Yibei had this thought as she looked at the crimson chains.
Where do /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ these chains want to drag the Senior? Is it to the side of that terrifying entity?
Damn it, they're catching up so quickly? Should I...
A thought of retreating arose in Lu Yibei's mind, but she quickly shook her head and dismissed it.
No, no, the Senior knew there was danger in the school and came to tell me despite her severe injuries. I can't just watch her suffer a calamity!
With this thought, she lightly flicked her sleeve, and the small, exquisitely carved knife slid into her palm. Her fingers tightened around the handle, and she stomped her foot on the ground. With a slight bang, she shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring, chasing after the Senior who was being pulled backward.
Holy crap! So fast!?
Lu Yibei hadn't expected that the speed she unleashed when going all out would be so astonishing. In just a breath, she caught up to the Headless Senior, who was over ten meters away. When she came back to her senses, she didn't hesitate for a moment. She raised the carved knife in her hand and slashed at the chains behind the Headless Senior.
In an instant, a grating metallic clash entered her ears, like sharp blades scraping against her eardrums, the echo lingering for a long time.
The hand holding the carved knife was slightly numb at the tiger's mouth from the vibration. The sharp blade landed on the chain, instantly cutting a gap half a finger wide. The ominous black fog exploded, obscuring Lu Yibei's vision.
As the black fog hit her face, Lu Yibei's eyes felt like they were on fire, burning intensely. Her blood instantly seemed to boil, rushing to her eyes. In her deep red pupils, a light like molten lava flashed.
Just then, Lu Yibei suddenly heard a series of fragmented whispers. The whispers gradually became clearer, and after hearing their content, she momentarily forgot to continue rescuing the Headless Senior, freezing in place.
"What we did won't be discovered, right? That person you hired... what's their background exactly?"
What Lu Yibei first heard was a girl's voice. Her voice was slightly hoarse, as if she had been crying, and it was mixed with some panic and trembling.
Gradually, the girl's voice faded, and other voices, male and female, started to rise, one after another, as if a large gathering was taking place.
Before Lu Yibei's eyes, dark, blurred figures emerged, gathering together. Disordered black lines danced and flickered around them, like strange, upright shadows.
However, their voices were very faint, as if they were deliberately lowering their voices, unwilling for others to hear the content of their conversation.
"No, since that day, I haven't seen him again. I originally just wanted him to teach Jiang Yuzhen a lesson, just scare her a bit. Who knew that person would do such a terrifying thing?"
"But I heard that someone saw Jiang Yuzhen nearby during the rain. Do you think she might... might seek revenge on us?"
"Why would she seek revenge on us? It's not our fault things turned out this way! Besides, aren't we here to offer her flowers and pay our respects? What else could she be dissatisfied with?"
"You're right, we..."
Jiang Yuzhen? Lu Yibei, "..." Is that the Headless Senior's name? From what those people said, the Senior unfortunately met her demise because they planned to give her a "lesson."
As Lu Yibei was pondering, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her. Although it sounded slightly different, she immediately recognized it as Professor Ma's voice.
"Students, what are you doing here?"
"We, we are paying respects to the classmate who unfortunately passed away. She... boohoohoo—!"
Lu Yibei, "???"
Damn it! You were the one who hired someone to "teach" the Senior a lesson just now, and now you're the first one to cry! With so much drama, why don't you try aiming for an Oscar?
"Oh..." Professor Ma responded thoughtfully, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
A moment later, accompanied by the heavy sound of a car door closing, a dark figure whose outline could vaguely be discerned as Professor Ma, holding a bouquet of flowers, walked from an unseen place.
"Student, although we don't know each other, I still hope you can rest in peace... May there be no suffering in the world after death..."
Yes, this is indeed Professor Ma's style! Lu Yibei thought.
Based on her recent interactions with Professor Ma, although he was usually fierce and very strict, he was actually very good to the students.
Is this why the Headless Senior helped me rescue Professor Ma?
The Senior wasn't thanking Professor Ma for offering flowers; rather, perhaps among all the people offering flowers, only he was truly sincere.
As Lu Yibei was thinking, intending to listen to the whispers of those strange figures a bit longer, the black fog and whispers in front of her vanished in an instant. The dilapidated and desolate Four Gate Main Street reappeared in her line of sight.
She stood in the middle of the road, stunned for a few seconds, before suddenly snapping back to attention and searching around for the Headless Senior's figure.
A few minutes later, when she found the Headless Senior, she was surprised to discover that she was lying in the bushes near the announcement board in the center of the Four Gate Main Street. That was precisely the rumored location where she had met her demise.
In the bushes, the Headless Senior's body lay on its side on the ground. The chains that had been wrapped around her body had disappeared, and her head, as if deliberately thrown, hung from a nearby tree branch. freёwebnovel.com
Lu Yibei stared thoughtfully at the Headless Senior for a few seconds, then picked her up again and tried walking a short distance towards the school exit. Immediately, she saw the chains shrouded in black fog reappear, one end connected to the Headless Senior's chest, and the other deeply buried in the soil of the place where she had died.
What's going on? Lu Yibei frowned. Could it be that those chains just now weren't an attack from some powerful Strange Tale, but the Headless Senior's own "special effect"?
As Lu Yibei was thinking, she suddenly felt a wet sensation in the palm of the hand holding the Headless Senior. She withdrew her hand to look and saw it was covered in a dark red, viscous liquid that looked like asphalt.
The liquid seemed to be alive, writhing and crawling in her palm, constantly approaching the Headless Senior's body, yet in an instant, it would dissipate and turn into tiny particles in mid-air, vanishing into nothingness.
"Holy crap! What is this stuff? So disgusting!"
Lu Yibei cursed softly and turned the Headless Senior's body onto her back. Then she saw that a wound had appeared on her back at some point, from which the dark red, viscous liquid was continuously flowing.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then a look of realization flashed in her eyes. She quickly dismissed the thought that had quietly arisen in her mind of wanting to cut all the chains to free the Headless Senior.
These chains should be one with the Headless Senior. If she tried to cut them violently, she would also be injured.
But...
If the Headless Senior's previous injuries weren't caused by these chains, then who or what Strange Tale attacked her?
Thinking this, Lu Yibei's gaze couldn't help but drift towards the campus under the night sky. The towering buildings, like the remains of dead giant beasts, were obscured in the darkness. Behind those dark, empty windows, countless pairs of eyes seemed to be secretly prying...
There's hidden danger in the school, and I can't take the Senior away... This is so difficult! Lu Yibei thought.
