Free Web Novel"You, aren't you going to participate in the sacrificial ceremony?"
Three Hui婆 asked this question in unison, and Lu Yibei instantly felt intense malice emanating from them.
She wasn't a villager here, and the three Hui婆 ultimately sensed a hint of abnormality about her.
This hint of abnormality was enough to be fatal!
Threads of rain fell from the sky, seemingly intensifying in an instant. The surrounding temperature dropped rapidly, and with each breath, a puff of white mist condensed between her mouth and nose.
The three Hui婆 turned their heads to look at Lu Yibei in an extremely bizarre posture, the twisted serpentine lines behind them stirring restlessly.
They approached bit by bit, floating to Lu Yibei's side, surrounding her, quietly observing something. Their pale, gaunt faces were almost pressed against her.
She could even smell the strange odor coming from them.
The surroundings were terrifyingly cold and eerie, everything became unusually quiet, but the quieter it was, the more flustered Lu Yibei felt.
She could vaguely sense that something foul and unclean was awakening in the pitch-black mountains, bringing extremely suppressed negative emotions and slowly approaching this way.
Faster, it has to be faster!
Go all out, or say anything, as long as it can change the current situation.
That terrifying, strange thing whose form couldn't be perceived was about to arrive!
Lu Yibei urged herself anxiously in her heart. She knew very well that in such a strange and dangerous situation, giving up might mean death.
Just then, her mind suddenly flashed with the various details about the Hui婆 that Meng Raoze had told her earlier.
"Hui婆 have long lost their memories and emotions as humans..."
"Their attitude towards humans is no different from that of wild beasts; they cannot accurately distinguish differences in appearance and speech..."
"They only react based on the villagers' emotions and their faith in the Great Serpent God..."
So.
There's a BUG in their code of conduct, right? It can work, let's try it, exploit a BUG!
Recalling Meng Raoze's words, Lu Yibei's gaze slightly focused. Suppressing the anxiety and trembling in her heart, she let out two dry laughs expressionlessly.
"Heh haha, haha... How could I not go to this sacrificial ceremony?
Our divine Adult is the beacon in this turbulent world, the mountains, the rivers, the endless sky, the stable foundation for eternity...
...
If I, a mere young woman, were to attend the sacrificial ceremony without being properly dressed, it would absolutely be blasphemy against the divine.
Later, I will change into the ceremonial dress passed down from my Grandma's Grandma's Grandma's Grandma before attending the ceremony!"
In approximately five minutes, Lu Yibei finished a large amount of heartfelt praise without hardly taking a breath.
This person, not only talks a lot, but also lies so convincingly that even she believes herself. For a moment, she truly convinced herself and became a fanatical believer of the Great Serpent God.
After speaking, she slightly narrowed her eyes, quietly observing the three Hui婆, waiting anxiously for a response.
Can I deceive them?
If I can avoid conflict, that's best. Even if I can defeat them, I might not be able to escape from that thing.
Lu Yibei thought, and quietly glanced at the wilderness behind the Hui婆. At this moment, the mountains and wilderness were swallowed by the extremely deep darkness.
In the darkness, some colossal entity was approaching, bringing a sense of despairing oppression, as if it wanted to stuff her, every part of her body, into itself.
That must be the imprisoned Great Serpent God, right?
That was a true deity, a deity as powerful as Ju Meng, even if He was already dead.
Watching the ever-growing darkness, this thought flashed through Lu Yibei's mind.
Immediately after, a cold and bloody power slowly rose within her body. Her heart pounded at a high frequency, her body felt frozen, and even desperately inhaling couldn't alleviate the feeling of near suffocation.
It's the power from the witchs egg! Lu Yibei thought, it was actually awakened by the aura of a fallen deity?
It seemed to be trembling and fearing, as well as experiencing more desire and ecstasy?
Influenced by the power of the witchs egg, Lu Yibei felt her emotions inexplicably become violent and bloodthirsty. In her ears, it was as if millions of girls tormented by pain were whispering to her.
They said, "Accept her... accept her... accept her..."
I won't! Lu Yibei roared fiercely in her heart. The next moment, as if punishing her willfulness, her heart felt as if it was pierced by countless sharp blades, bringing intense pain.
Damn... it hurts so much...
The pain, as if her heart was about to be torn apart, made her consciousness momentarily hazy.
Then.
Everything dissipated. The darkness seemed to be torn apart by something, flying away towards the distant mountains and rivers. The horrifying sense of oppression receded like the tide.
The three Hui婆 slowly retreated, adjusted their postures, and stood a few steps away from Lu Yibei like three statues.
"You are a very outstanding candidate for Priests. We hope to see you again at the sacrificial ceremony." freewebnøvel.com
After speaking, the three Hui婆 turned around, accompanied by a cold and eerie aura, cradling the strange infants, and floated out of the small courtyard like phantoms.
"Ah, this..." Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then, as if waking from a dream, she quickly bowed slightly and said loudly, "Respectfully seeing off the Hui婆 Adult."
As she spoke, she secretly observed the retreating figures of the Hui婆, her brows furrowed, and her mood gradually became heavy.
What's going on? What the heck? What do I do now?
I was actually praised by three urban legend?
I just wanted to survive this wave and then quietly sneak into that shrine to steal some magical knowledge. But now I've attracted the attention of these Hui婆. How can I sneak in now? Lu Yibei thought.
After seeing off the three Hui婆, Lu Yibei's body suddenly went limp and she collapsed onto the ground, staring blankly at the sky, her lips slightly parted, breathing °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° in the cold air in large gulps.
She could feel that if she had allowed the power from the witchs egg within her body to awaken just now, she might have had a chance of winning, but she would definitely have paid a heavy price.
For example, ceasing to be herself.
After a long while, she raised her hands, buried her face in the crook of her arms, and whispered in a voice only she could hear, "Damn, I'm so weak..."
This time, it was the first time she urgently felt that she needed to become stronger, or rather, to master the power within her body faster...
Sensing Lu Yibei's low mood, the Coat squirmed restlessly for a moment, as if trying to find a way to comfort her.
Then.
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The hem of the coarse cloth long skirt suddenly lifted up, landed on Lu Yibei's face, and rubbed against her affectionately.
Stick close, Devil Woman, you have to cheer up!
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Lu Yibei, "..."
Although I did receive your encouragement, but...
"Put it down for me! What if someone sees it?!"
...
Lying on the cold ground soaked by rain, it was a long time before Lu Yibei felt her strength return and slowly climbed up from the ground.
The moment she got up, the Coat on her body wriggled and returned to its original form, then like a drenched kitten or puppy, it shook its body to shake off the rainwater.
Lu Yibei gently stroked the Coat, looked towards the main hall of the dilapidated temple, her gaze slightly focused, and walked forward.
The blood-colored lantern in the main hall had extinguished at some point. In the pitch-black environment, Lu Yibei still managed to find Meng Raoze's location by the light emitted from the lantern parasitic within him.
She walked up to Meng Raoze and squatted down, slightly parting her lips. Just as she was about to ask some details about participating in the sacrificial ceremony, Meng Raoze spoke before her.
"You, who exactly are you? Outsiders cannot believe in the Great Serpent God."
"..." Lu Yibei pondered for two seconds, "It's not impossible. He is indeed very powerful! There's nothing wrong with worshipping Him, right? I'm best at clinging to powerful people."
"You..." Meng Raoze hesitated to speak.
Originally, when he saw Lu Yibei deceive the Hui婆, the hope that had been dormant in his heart for a long time rekindled. However, what Lu Yibei said at this moment poured a bucket of cold water on him again.
"However," Lu Yibei changed the subject, "Anyway, it doesn't cost money. Believe when you should, and when you shouldn't, you can betray anytime and stab them in the back with a knife!"
Meng Raoze was stunned for a moment. His cloudy eyes observed Lu Yibei quietly through the darkness.
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This girl... Damn it, how did she do it?!
Should I say her will is as firm as steel, or should I say her skin is thicker than a city wall, daring to lie even to a deity?
Tsk, despicable outsider!
Thinking, he took a deep breath and said to Lu Yibei, "Girl, can I ask you for something? Sneak into the sacrificial ceremony, and if you find any normal infants, take them away from here."
Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brows, "You're not setting me up, are you? This kind of thing sounds very dangerous. If you want to go, go yourself."
"Me? Heh heh..." Meng Raoze let out two dry laughs, "I tried before, but I failed. That's why, that's why I lost my qualification as a Priests and barely saved my life."
In the darkness, Lu Yibei didn't know what she was thinking. Her gaze shifted several times before she finally asked in a deep voice, "Why are you doing this? I mean, aren't you a Priests of the Great Serpent God?"
You should be colluding with them! Lu Yibei added in her heart.
"That's right, we are indeed servants of the gods, but..." Meng Raoze paused and continued, "Those who committed wrongdoings have already been killed and received their deserved punishment.
The villagers living here now, whose bodies flow with the blood of those sinners, have also been tormented for far too long.
Perhaps the sins these villagers have accumulated over the years deserve such retribution, but what wrong have the newborn children committed?
I think, if the gods truly have mercy and compassion, they would spare them, right? But..."
Meng Raoze fell silent after saying this, but the despair in his words lingered in Lu Yibei's mind like a haunting ghost.
After a long while, she lightly spat and said, "Tsk! You're right, but why should I help you? How could I possibly accomplish something that even you, an internal member, can't do?"
"You don't really think I'm a god, do you? No way? No way?"
"I believe, I believe you! You are at least more like a god than that existence!" Meng Raoze's emotions suddenly became agitated.
Lu Yibei's various actions just now were definitely not something villagers or those monsters could do, which made him somewhat believe that she might be an outsider god.
"I can tell you a secret, as long as you know this secret, you can... Ga cough cough cough—!"
Halfway through his sentence, Meng Raoze suddenly coughed violently as if something was choking his throat. His body convulsed uncontrollably, and the broken bones inside him rubbed against each other, making chilling rustling sounds.
Lu Yibei was still immersed in the inexplicable wonderful experience that arose after Meng Raoze said the word "believe". Seeing the sudden change, she was stunned for a moment and anxiously said, "Holy crap! Adult! Adult? You are..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Meng Raoze's body suddenly went rigid, his abdomen bulged high, and something beneath his skin seemed to be desperately gnawing at his body, emitting crisp sounds.
The lantern inside him is coming out! Lu Yibei's eyes narrowed slightly, and she quickly grabbed the kitchen knife by her hand, about to slash at Meng Raoze.
However, just as she was about to lift and slash, she hesitated.
Just then, Meng Raoze suddenly let out his last cry in life, "He! He doesn't want to be released, this is the secret I discovered! Quick, quick, the river sacrifice has already begun, if we wait for the mountain sacrifice to end, it will be too late!"
By this point, his eyes had lost focus, and foul-smelling blood continuously flowed from his mouth.
"He, He's coming... Quick, quick, kill me! Kill me!"
As Meng Raoze's voice fell, his abdomen suddenly convulsed violently, and the light of the bloody lantern beneath his skin became even more dazzling, as if it would break through his body in the next moment.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei gritted her teeth, raised the kitchen knife with both hands, closed her eyes, and fiercely chopped down towards his abdomen.
And so...
Her first non-dependent follower, less than three minutes after being born, disappeared again...
...
Gu Qianqian followed the scent of something stewing to the vicinity of the village, but before she could enter the village, she encountered a group of strangely dressed people.
Those people wore pure black long robes, looking very much like the attire from the Wei and Jin dynasties often seen in TV dramas.
A group of people wore short upper garments with trousers below, covered by a crimson gauze robe, and carried bloody lanterns in their hands. They walked forward with their necks stretched out, in a strange posture like hanged people, as if performing some kind of sacrifice ritual.
The entire sacrifice team consisted of about twenty people. Groups of four carried wooden boxes painted red with unknown materials. The few people in the lead held musical instruments, playing and making noise, creating a seemingly festive atmosphere.
But if you look closely, you would find that everyone's expression was very solemn, and their eyes even faintly revealed fear.
Seeing this scene, under the guidance of the system, Gu Qianqian stealthily followed behind the sacrifice team, heading away from the village.
They passed through the street, walked through a small grove, and finally stopped in front of a river outside the village.
The river water was murky and turbulent, and the surging sound of the water could be heard from afar.
Gu Qianqian had been here before to get water to drink, but after only one sip, she found that the river water had a strong fishy smell and was completely undrinkable.
The sacrifice team reached the water's edge, placed down the wooden boxes they were carrying, and began chanting something over and over again. These people were far away, and their voices were mostly drowned out by the intense sound of the water, so Gu Qianqian couldn't hear what they were saying at all.
After chanting a few times, these people opened the wooden boxes, which were filled with dying, strangely cursed infants covered in bizarre markings.
They took the strange infants out of the boxes and threw them one by one into the dark river water. The strange infants struggled in the water for a few moments before quickly sinking.
"System! What, what are they doing?! Are we just going to watch?" Gu Qianqian's eyes were slightly red, and she growled in a slightly tearful voice, gripping the metal club in her hand tightly, looking as if she was about to rush up and kill everyone.
"Gu Qianqian, don't be impulsive, we can't interfere with this!"
"Why can't we? Didn't you say our mission is to save the world? If we can't even save a few infants, what world are we saving?"
"Gu Qianqian, this is different!" The system said earnestly, "Those infants have basically become urban legend. Saving them won't do any good!"
"Aren't urban legend part of this world? They are so small and haven't done anything bad!" Gu Qianqian retorted.
Hearing her say this, the system was stunned for a moment, and the cold face that had once brought it so much fear suddenly appeared in its mind.
She had also said similar things...
She said, "If we're going to save, then save them all, otherwise, it's better to die together..."
Years later, the system recalled these words again. It wasn't sure if, at that moment, there was a fleeting moment of kindness in the Disaster's heart.
Even if there was, it was ultimately too extreme.
"Gu Qianqian, who taught you these words?"
"Does anyone need to teach this?" Gu Qianqian said angrily, "Isn't this something that should be taken for granted? System, hurry up and issue the task, otherwise, I, I..."
"What will you do?"
Betray me? The system's emotions suddenly became serious.
"I won't play with you anymore!"
System, "..."
As expected of you!
Just as the system didn't know what to say to Gu Qianqian, there was suddenly the sound of something heavy falling to the ground. Following the sound, they saw that the strange infants who had been thrown into the river were actually thrown back onto the shore by something.
Those strange infants looked as if they had been gnawed by something, with large pieces of flesh torn from their chests and abdomens. They let out tragic wails and struggled for a moment before quickly losing their breath.
Seeing this scene, the sacrifice team instantly exploded into chaos. Almost everyone's face showed panic. They seemed afraid to stay by the river any longer and hurried back towards the village.
As they ran, they also shouted like madmen.
"Someone has defiled the offerings, the gods are angry, the village is going to suffer!"
"The river sacrifice has gone wrong, the mountain sacrifice probably can't be performed either!"
Looking at them, it was as if the end of the world was coming.
Until those people ran far away, Gu Qianqian was still crouching on the ground, burying her head and sobbing softly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, the system sighed helplessly and said, "Alas, Gu Qianqian, I promise you, next, if we encounter normal infants or infants with a very low degree of urban legend transformation, I will issue you a side mission."
A very low degree of urban legend transformation means there is still a possibility of transforming into a Psychic. If the infants here are all like those strange infants just now, severely transformed into urban legend, saving them and taking them out will only harm people.
Sometimes, infant-type urban legend without mature minds are more terrifying than other urban legend!
Hearing the system say this, Gu Qianqian immediately broke into a smile, "Really?!"
"Really, but..." The system paused and said, "For side missions that delay important matters like this, I can't give you any substantial rewards. At most, I can give you the title of 【Infant Rescue Little Standard Bearer】. In other words, you'll be doing it for nothing. Think it through carefully!"
"Then I will still complete it with all my might!" Gu Qianqian said.
"This, I really don't know what to say about you." The system was speechless for a moment.
"System..."
"Hmm?"
"It's been so long, and you've finally issued a meaningful task." Gu Qianqian said sincerely and seriously.
"Oh... really?"
Did the tasks I issued before have no meaning? the system thought.
