Free Web NovelThe burning sensation in her eyes seemed to be cooled by something, and the vision before Lu Yibei's eyes quickly faded, as if observing the world through dark glass.
Her thoughts began to become dull and slow. She instinctively opened her mouth to say something, but her throat felt like it was being choked by a strong and powerful hand, unable to make a sound.
Her flesh and bones throbbed with intense pain as if corroded by strong acid. Even more unbearable than the pain was the tingling itch spreading through her limbs and bones.
Brutal, cruel, greedy, lustful, slothful, bloodthirsty... various negative emotions, like fungal colonies in a suitable environment, silently and wildly grew.
No, perhaps these negative emotions, for a urban legend, for me, are precisely the emotions I should have. For a moment, this thought flashed numbly through Lu Yibei's mind.
The endless malice and despair carried by the corrupted God's blood integrated into Lu Yibei's body. Soon, she seemed to be expelled from the real world, losing all perception of her surroundings.
...
Lu Yibei fell into a fragmented dream. She felt as if she had arrived at the city ruins where she often secretly observed Du Sixian, standing on a desolate tall building.
A pitch-black giant snake coiled on the tall building. It was slowly wriggling, winding its way to the top of the building, raising its massive body, and looking at her with cold, indifferent eyes.
Its mouth was huge, with no teeth, no tongue, just an extremely deep darkness inside, like a black hole, devouring the few remaining lights in the dilapidated and crumbling city. Finally, Lu Yibei was also swallowed by it.
From her initial anger and fear, meaningless resistance and opposition, struggling awkwardly with ethereal hope, to finally sinking completely into the darkness in numbness.
In absolute darkness, everything felt as long as eternity.
Soon, she forgot where she was, who she was, and even forgot to breathe. Only her heart was still beating, beating powerfully, growing stronger and stronger, pumping icy cold blood from her heart chambers.
In a trance, she heard the wails of countless young girls and saw an ancient blood pool carved from grey stone. Blood flowed slowly into it along dirty channels, and faces of painful and twisted women constantly appeared in the deep red pool "water".
Suddenly, as if boiling, the blood pool violently churned. A rich, sweet, and Fishy smell scent permeated the air, and the surging blood gradually outlined the shape of a female body in the center of the blood pool.
"Pfft—!"
Accompanied by a sound like a bursting bubble, blood scattered, like a blooming crimson dahlia.
A petite girl emerged from the blood pool like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon. Her pale long hair slowly fell, and crimson blood beads slid across her milk-like skin, leaving no trace.
She looked so pure, like the first snowflake falling in winter, yet her whole body exuded a strong aura of seductiveness and ominousness.
"..."
The girl smiled at Lu Yibei, her red lips slightly parted, as if to tell her something.
The next moment, a terrifying noise, like the combined screams of countless girls, poured into Lu Yibei's ears, stinging her eardrums like a sharp blade scraping.
The girl seemed to say a long sentence, but Lu Yibei only heard one word - Lilim.
It sounded like a name? Was she thinking of a description similar to what she had heard before? She slightly furrowed her brow.
Seeing that Lu Yibei still couldn't understand the meaning of her words, the girl shook her head helplessly and slowly sank into the blood pool.
At that moment, an invisible gravitational pull suddenly burst forth, pulling her soul backward...
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Amidst the chaos of the sinkhole collapsing, Lu Yibei suddenly woke up. The deep-seated pain, irritability, madness, and despair from before seemed to not exist at all, just an illusion.
In that instant, her limbs regained sensation, and she finally felt herself.
"Gasp - gasp -!"
A strong sense of suffocation forced her to open her mouth wide, like someone rescued from drowning, breathing greedily, letting air fill her lungs.
Feeling the cold and dampness in the air, Lu Yibei was startled. She looked around blankly and realized that she had left the bottom of the sinkhole at some point. Now, she was lying on the mountaintop not far from the sinkhole, with the black weeds beneath her covered in dew.
Looking towards the sinkhole in the distance, the sinkhole that had originally looked like the gaping maw of a giant beast had completely collapsed, as if it had closed up, leaving a hideous scar on the ground.
"Is it... over?" Lu Yibei muttered, "But..."
Realizing that as the Great Serpent God fell and the sinkhole closed, the urban legend in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion would gradually disappear, Lu Yibei suddenly thought of a very serious matter.
Damn! Now, how am I supposed to get out?!
After cursing softly in her heart, she quickly searched Lu Xu's memory.
Only after finding the relevant memory and knowing that she could leave here after night fell the next day, did she sigh in relief. The deep fatigue from repeatedly hovering near death washed over her, and she relaxed her body, falling onto the black grass.
As soon as she lay down, she noticed something unusual about her body. Something was pressing on her chest, making it hard to breathe. She slightly raised her head and saw two lumps...
"Oh my god! What the hell is this?!"
Lu Yibei exclaimed, doing a carp jump to sit up from the ground, her body tilting forward as if pulled by some force.
Her gaze nervously shifted downwards. What she saw were two lumps of snow-white, like solidified fat, gently swaying within the V-shaped open collar of her Coat.
Then, her gaze traveled over mountains and valleys, and she saw the long legs that the Coat couldn't completely cover.
Seeing such a voluptuous sight, even though she knew very well that what she was seeing was her own body, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration in her heart.
Damn, so long, so big!
After a moment of admiration, Lu Yibei recalled the knowledge about the corrupted God's blood that Ju Meng had told her, and suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment about the changes in her body.
That's right, Ju Meng said that the corrupted God's blood would have a very serious impact on most higher-level urban legend, leading to degeneration and madness, but it would have some benefits for weaker urban legend.
I must not have reached the threshold of being affected by the corrupted God's blood, so my strength has been enhanced instead. The fact that the Spiritual Energy I can independently use within my body seems to have increased is a good side illustration.
I didn't expect that being weak would be a good thing at this time.
I wonder what my current combat strength level is. It would be great if I could meet Mr. Rabbit again. I could test it out a bit through him.
Hmm, but the premise is that I have to wait until he doesn't have any helpers around, then secretly ambush him...
No, this isn't an ambush, this is a true man's 1V1!
Lu Yibei thought, turning her head to look at the completely closed sinkhole, and slightly furrowed her brow, saying to herself, "It's a pity that I lost consciousness at the time, so I don't even know how I got out. The core of the Great Serpent God's urban legend body is probably buried below."
"But that's fine too. I wouldn't dare to devour the core of a fallen God's urban legend body. If I gave it to Ju Meng to handle, I would definitely be suspected. If I hid it somewhere, it's even possible that strange things would happen. It's a hot potato anyway."
"Most importantly..."
Just as the leveling service customer service said, the Great Serpent God's knowledge is very useful to me. Lu Yibei's eyes slightly narrowed.
Although she can't fully interpret the Great Serpent God's knowledge yet, the overview of the three ways for urban legend to complete their own flaws that she has already obtained has already benefited her greatly.
She had vaguely come into contact with the first two methods before, which were devouring other urban legend and collecting enough faith.
Based on the Great Serpent God's experience, devouring other urban legend is the most convenient and fastest way, but it has many hidden dangers.
Collecting faith doesn't have many hidden dangers, but if one day her strength weakens, the outcome depends entirely on whether the believers' thoughts go wrong, and it's possible to end up with an inauspicious old age.
The Great Serpent God itself is a good example.
The last method has no hidden dangers and is not controlled by others, but it has a very, very big drawback - it costs money.
Although Lu Yibei doesn't know exactly how expensive it is yet, the vague mention of various potions and magical materials in the overview makes her feel that it is a "pay-to-win" method.
"Is it really 'no money, no fun'? This is a bit difficult! I have to find a way to make money!" Lu Yibei said to herself, lying on the grass, gazing at the sky for a long time.
...
Just as Lu Yibei was talking to herself, the Coat subtly wriggled.
Coat, "..."
Hmm, it seems like the Devil Woman doesn't really want that urban legend body core?
Then I'll just have to secretly throw it away, right?
But, before throwing it away, would it be okay to absorb just a little bit?
✧(≖◡≖✿)
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On the other side, in the shed built by Gu Qianqian in a corner of the black mountain.
Taking advantage of the time before the passage from the Bamboo Scroll Illusion to the real world opened, the system checked the large pile of bamboo scrolls that Gu Qianqian had brought out from the underground shrine one by one.
Gu Qianqian opened a set of bamboo scrolls and spread them out in front of her. The system roughly scanned them and said indifferently, "Zhu Yan Gai (Rosy Cheeks Change)... a disguise Spell? This might be a little useful, but, Gu Qianqian..."
Gu Qianqian tilted her head and said, "Huh? What's wrong?!"
"Your Spells are too complicated, ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) you won't be able to learn them. Why don't you sell them?"
"Hmph! Looking down on me! I won't!" Gu Qianqian snorted indignantly and heavily placed the bamboo scrolls in her hand to her left. Then she casually picked up a new roll of bamboo scrolls.
"What about this one?"
"This one is for raising Gu. This really isn't suitable for you. Aren't you most afraid of insects? Why don't you sell it? Perhaps you can sell it for a good price, like a C-level urban legend body core."
Hearing this, Gu Qianqian's eyes lit up. She carefully placed the bamboo scrolls to her right and gently patted them twice with a smile on her face.
"What about this one?"
"This is..."
...
More than two hours later, Gu Qianqian separated the bamboo scrolls into two piles according to whether they were to be sold or to be learned.
The system secretly eyed the twenty or thirty sets of bamboo scrolls on her left, secretly rejoicing in its heart.
Little girl! You finally fell into my hands this time, didn't you?
Before, I told you to learn more Spells, but you never did. Now that your miserly nature has erupted, I just need to provoke you a little, and you'll obediently fall into the trap.
So, Gu Qianqian, Gu Qianqian, you're still a bit too naive!
While the system was thinking, Gu Qianqian's words suddenly came, interrupting its thoughts.
"System, there's another set of bamboo scrolls here. What do you think this is?"
"Another set? Let me see?" The system said, looking at the bamboo scrolls in Gu Qianqian's hand, and couldn't help but be slightly startled.
The content engraved on the rapidly decaying black wooden material was exceptionally familiar. Upon closer inspection, it was exactly the same as the strange set of bamboo scrolls used to enter the Bamboo Scroll Illusion.
"Gu Qianqian, this thing is probably a bit evil. Just leave it here, don't take it out."
"Why? I won't!" Gu Qianqian heard that the system wanted her to throw away the bamboo scrolls she had risked her life to bring out, and her miserly nature erupted. She immediately became unhappy and hugged the bamboo scrolls tightly in her arms, "As long as the scrolls are here, I am here. If the scrolls are gone, I am gone!"
"Gu Qianqian..."
"I won't!"
"Gu Qianqian, listen to me..."
"I won't listen, I won't listen! System, you're bullying me!" Gu Qianqian cried out with a slight sob.
"Gu Qianqian! That thing is probably a backup of the set of bamboo scrolls outside. If you take it out and are not careful, and the residual urban legend in the bamboo scrolls escape, aren't you harming people?!"
"Then I won't let them escape!" Gu Qianqian retorted, "I can teach them the principles of being human, let them reform properly, and strive to be good urban legend with ideals, aspirations, self-discipline, self-love, and meaning for the construction of the motherland!"
System, "..."
The ideal is beautiful, but reality is harsh. If urban legend were that easy to reform, they wouldn't be urban legend. I would have long gone and instilled socialist core values in Disasters.
"..."
Gu Qianqian was silent for a while, feeling frustrated, then suddenly remembered something important. Her eyes lit up slightly, and she added, "Besides, didn't you say I was the protagonist?"
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"Uh... yes, that's right. And then?"
"There are many kinds of protagonists! Have you heard of the farming genre protagonist?"
"Huh?" The system was stunned.
What kind of crazy idea is this Miss having now?
"It's the kind of protagonist in novels like 'I Have a Portable Space', 'I Have a House in the Immortal Realm', or 'It's Not Easy Being a Lord in Another World'!" Gu Qianqian explained.
System, "???"
Where does this girl find so much time? With so many part-time jobs, she still has time to read novels? I'm really curious!
"So, I've decided, I'm going to be a farming genre protagonist!" Gu Qianqian said excitedly.
Similar to cultivating dependents? It's a path I haven't tried before... The system was silent for a while after hearing this, seemingly considering the feasibility of what Gu Qianqian said.
It is indeed possible to achieve the effect of strengthening Gu Qianqian's power by changing the beliefs of the villagers in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion. It seems somewhat feasible.
Moreover, transforming those villagers into urban legend or Psychic would also be a decent fighting force.
Anyway, let's try it first! After failing so many times, one more failure won't matter. If something goes wrong, it's Gu Qianqian who will die. The system thought.
Although it didn't find what it truly wanted, perhaps making Gu Qianqian so motivated is a good gain?
Hope it works!
...
A certain budget hotel near Hua City.
A woman dressed provocatively walked from the main entrance and stopped at the front desk.
The front desk staff looked at the woman and a playful smile appeared on their lips. "You're here? That Old man looks like a pervert. He's well-dressed and should have money. He's a good target."
"Hmm, good!" The glamorous woman slightly raised an eyebrow. "Then I'll go up now. After I strip, I'll send you a message, and you can have Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang come knock on the door." freewebnøvel.coɱ
"Got it, got it. It's not our first time working together! By the way, that Old man is old. When you do it, be gentle and don't hurt him."
"Don't worry!" The woman waved her hand. "I've seen the photo. Intellectuals like him care most about their reputation. A little threat and they'll pay up."
"Oh, and get me a bottle of beer!"
"Why?"
"Gotta play the part completely!" The woman smiled meaningfully.
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The top floor of the budget hotel, the most secluded suite. Since the night became long, such rooms have been difficult to rent out.
Customers always worry about urban legend incidents, but the day before, a rather handsome Old man specifically requested such a suite.
Such strange behavior couldn't help but make the front desk staff pay more attention, and then they had a wicked idea and called their group of 'honey trap' friends.
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Inside the top floor suite, Professor Ma sat cross-legged on the large bed, staring intently at the Bamboo Scroll spread out before him, his expression weary, muttering to himself.
"Lu Yibei, Lu Yibei, when are you coming out? If you don't come out soon, my wife is going to kill someone!"
From last night until just after dark this evening, more than twenty hours had passed. Professor Ma didn't dare go home, his phone was about to explode with calls, and he didn't dare answer.
Ever since Lu Yibei was sucked into the Bamboo Scroll, the Bamboo Scroll would glow for a while, then emit black, foul-smelling liquid, and occasionally vibrate a few times, making strange roars.
All these strange phenomena made Professor Ma's heart pound with fear. How could he dare bring such a ghostly thing home? In desperation, he could only find a slightly secluded budget hotel, open a secluded room, lock the doors and windows, and hide.
Just as he didn't know how long he had been staring at the Bamboo Scroll, his old bones were exhausted to the extreme, and he was dozing off, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Dong dong dong—!"
Hearing the sound, Professor Ma frowned slightly and asked, "Who is it?"
The person outside the door didn't answer, but upon hearing someone in the room, they knocked even more vigorously.
"Dong dong dong—Dong dong dong—!"
The urgent knocking entered Professor Ma's ears, making him panic. His peripheral vision drifted to the Bamboo Scroll spread out on the bed, and his pupils suddenly constricted.
He saw that the Bamboo Scroll, he didn't know when it started, was emitting a bright light. Within that light, a pair of slender, fair hands reached out, grabbing the edge of the Bamboo Scroll, exerting force, as if trying to climb out.
Watching the scene unfold before him like Sadako appearing, and hearing the incessant knocking, Professor Ma was at a loss for a moment.
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In the corridor outside the suite door.
The tipsy, glamorous woman knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open it. She couldn't help but frown and mutter to herself with pursed lips.
Damn it, is that Old man really that timid? He doesn't even dare to come and take a look! If this goes on, I'll have to go downstairs and get the room key!
I, Wang Chunhua, have never had a duck that reached my mouth fly away!
The glamorous woman was contemplating going downstairs to the front desk to get the room key when the door to the room suddenly opened. Her heart filled with joy, and without seeing what was inside, she rushed in.
Then, her chest hit something soft.
As the saying goes, when two strong competitors clash, one will be injured. In the collision, she was actually defeated, staggering back a step. After regaining her balance, she looked forward and was instantly stunned.
She saw a tall, white-haired girl wearing a men's windbreaker. Beneath the Coat, a pair of long legs that couldn't be concealed were exposed.
The girl stood leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed, her face gloomy, looking at her with contempt, and said lightly, "Older sister, what are you doing? Did you go to the wrong room?"
Wang Chunhua, "..."
Damn it, what's wrong with Xiao Li? Didn't he know that the person brought a female companion?
Now I can only bite the bullet and go for it.
"I, I didn't go to the wrong room. I'm the Old man who lives in this room, I called for special service!"
Hearing this, the girl glanced at Wang Chunhua with disdain and said coldly, "Older sister, are you kidding me? Do you think he needs you when he has me?"
Wang Chunhua sized up the cold and stunning girl before her. She vaguely felt that her appearance was slightly inferior, and her figure was also slightly inferior, but as the most attractive person on this street, her pride did not allow her to back down.
"Then, have you considered... that you alone can't satisfy him, so he..."
"Don't worry!" The girl waved her hand and interrupted, "I can do it. Even a God, I can squeeze blood out of it!"
Well, the Great Serpent God's blood has been drained by me, so I'm not lying.
Hearing this, Wang Chunhua looked at the girl's waist, her mouth twitched, she covered her face, turned around, and ran away.
Watching her retreating back, Lu Yibei shrugged and turned to walk into the room. Just before she closed the door, she vaguely heard a complaint from the other side of the corridor.
"I'm so angry, that Old man is hiding a little vixen in the room!"
"A little vixen? Can she be prettier than you? Hey, then I'd like to see her!"
"See your sister, we can't get money from that Old man. Hurry up, let's go to the next place."
"..."
It sounds like a honey trap? Did I just help the Professor? Lu Yibei muttered to herself, pouted, and closed the door.
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When Lu Yibei returned to the room, Professor Ma had already fallen asleep from exhaustion. The Bamboo Scroll on the bed looked completely decayed, turning into a mass of black mud.
Seeing this, she cleaned up the black mud on the bed, then sat on the sofa in the room with her clothes on, quietly waiting for dawn. When a faint hint of fish-belly white appeared in the sky, she got up and went to the rooftop of the budget hotel.
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No matter how long and unbearable the night is, dawn always arrives as scheduled.
Watching, a hint of purplish-red appeared in the sky, and then gradually brightened, as if the sunrise would appear at the end of the horizon in the next moment.
"Guji!"
Lu Yibei clenched her fists, looking into the distance expressionlessly. As the sun rose little by little, the golden sunlight shone into her eyes. The familiar burning sensation in her eyes did not arrive as expected, nor did the feeling of boiling blood rise.
Damn! Did my Spiritual Energy become stronger and I can't go back?
This thought made her heart tighten, and her face turned pale...
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Hua City, University City, Jingyi Apartment Complex.
Lu Yibei hadn't been home all day, and Ju Meng couldn't help but worry. She woke up early in the morning, didn't play games, and sat in the living room, staring intently at the door.
Maotuan hid in the corner, secretly observing Ju Meng, feeling complicated.
Should I tell her that the Demoness Adult might not be coming back?
But, Demoness Adult said that I could only tell her if she didn't return after waiting for a while!
What should I do now! If I end up with a man who doesn't come home, and the God Adult goes crazy later, we'll be the ones suffering!
Maotuan was thinking anxiously when the sound of the door opening suddenly echoed. Immediately after, a familiar voice came from outside the door.
"Yo, you're up early! Didn't stay up late playing games last night? I bought breakfast, want some?"
Ju Meng glanced at Lu Yibei and said angrily, "Yes! But don't think this means I'll forgive you for not coming home last night!"
"Oh, I just went to the neighboring city with a classmate for a day and forgot to tell you. You weren't worried about me, were you?"
"Tch! Me worried about you? I was afraid you'd die and no one would help me collect urban legend core bodies."
...
Seeing this, Maotuan in the corner smiled like an aunt and withdrew its gaze from the two of them.
Demoness Adult is really amazing!
She solved a big problem comparable to confronting the Night Watch head-on in just one day and came back unscathed. I admire her!
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At the dining table, Lu Yibei stared at Ju Meng, who was constantly stuffing fried dough sticks into her mouth as if venting her anger with food, for a moment. Suddenly, as if remembering something, her eyes trembled slightly, and she said, "You eat slowly, I'm going to take a shower."
After saying that, she got up and walked towards the bathroom.
Upon entering the bathroom, she immediately locked the door from the inside. Glancing at the door with her peripheral vision, she turned on the showerhead, and then took out a palm-sized crystal bottle from her embrace. It contained half a bottle of grayish-black viscous liquid, which looked like black blood.
That was something that had emerged from beneath her skin when she recovered to her original state while bathing in the sun in the morning.
Lu Yibei, "..."
What is this thing? It can actually prevent my body from heating up.
Is it related to absorbing the blood of the corrupted God?
Lu Yibei thought for a moment, but had no clue, so she got up, stepped on the toilet, lifted the ceiling interlayer, and hid the crystal bottle inside.
"Let's hide it there for now, this matter is considered over." Lu Yibei said to herself, stretching. "No matter what, tomorrow is a new day."
