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Lu Yibei was still a bit dazed when Jiang Li kicked her out of the office.
Standing in front of the gate of the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, Lu Yibei looked back, a slight frown on her face.
Miao Miao Jiang is with me?
Is she implying that she will go with me to complete the mission?
But if she plans to complete the mission with me, why use the identity Miao Miao Jiang?
Wait, could it be...
Lu Yibei pondered, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossing her mind. She then quickened her steps, heading out of Peony Street.
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Sitting in the taxi that was gradually moving away from Peony Street, estimating that she was roughly outside the Night Watch's surveillance range, Lu Yibei finally took out the A4 paper with the urban legend case written on it from her pocket.
On the A4 paper, written in delicate small script, was information about the mysterious deaths of residents in Happiness Community.
After noting down a few keywords, Lu Yibei refolded the paper and put it back in her pocket, simultaneously taking out her phone from the other side.
Holding the phone, she secretly glanced at the taxi driver through the rearview mirror, then set her phone to silent mode, opened the browser, entered the Website, and skillfully found the secret entrance amidst the myriad of online gambling and adult product advertisements, entering the Monster Story Chat Group's bounty Website.
Her gaze lingered on the bounty Website. Lu Yibei silently took a deep breath, clicked the search bar, entered "Happiness Community," and clicked search.
As the page jumped, a bounty notice appeared on the phone screen.
Looking at the bounty notice, the last trace of doubt in Lu Yibei's mind instantly vanished.
If her guess was correct, Jiang Li's meaning was indeed that she wanted to complete the Monster Story Chat Group's bounty with me. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
I wonder how those guys in the Monster Story Chat Group gained her trust, to actually get a Night Watch agent to temporarily tolerate their existence.
The Hua City Si Ye Hui only has a few capable fighters, and there are still many internal spies hidden within. Now, with an additional main agent who is mixed up with urban legend, it's really quite difficult.
Speaking of which, I haven't even decided whether to accept their cooperation invitation yet!
With Jiang Li doing this, I don't have a choice, do I?
Just as Lu Yibei was thinking, her phone suddenly vibrated. A notification popped up from a certain goose software.
【Genius Mahjong Girl requests to add you as a friend】
Lu Yibei, "..."
Accept.
【You are now friends with "Genius Mahjong Girl". Say something quickly!】
Genius Mahjong Girl: "Are you there? Is it convenient to act together tonight? 【Heart eyes emoji】"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "My house has a toilet."
Genius Mahjong Girl: "I meant to claim the bounty and complete it together."
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Don't want to act with a fake Miao Miao Jiang."
Genius Mahjong Girl: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am Miao Miao Jiang. 【Heart eyes emoji】"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Really? I don't believe it! Unless you send a selfie!"
Genius Mahjong Girl: "Not convenient right now, using a landline."
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "? 【Old man looking at phone on subway emoji】"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Then it's not convenient for me right now either. Let's talk another day."
Lu Yibei had already planned to go to the night market tonight to dump calamity water and buy materials to fix her defects. She didn't have time to accompany Jiang Li to complete the bounty.
Furthermore, urban legend incidents with unknown Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels, can you just go? At least some preparation is needed, right?
For example, let me complete the first defect repair first, purchase some Spiritual Energy items for self-defense, then take on one or two simple bounties to test the Monster Story bounty Website, then visit the area around Happiness Community, and finally accept the bounty.
This was already the simplest and fastest process. Lu Yibei thought.
Genius Mahjong Girl: "Which day is another day?"
Lu Yibei frowned and thought for a moment, then typed the content and clicked send.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "At least three days later."
Genius Mahjong Girl: "Okay, waiting for you! 【Heart eyes emoji】"
Lu Yibei looked at the message from Jiang Li and tilted her head.
Is Leader more lively and cheerful online than in reality?
Also.
Why does she always send this emoji? Does it have a special meaning? It always feels strange.
Thinking that beneath that cold beautiful girl's shell actually resided a restless soul, Lu Yibei actually felt a sense of contrast Moe (meng - cute).
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Jiang Li stared at the chat box on her phone screen, waited for a moment, and finally received Lu Yibei's reply. Seeing that she agreed, a faint smile inadvertently appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Holding her phone, she typed "Then it's a deal," then clicked on the emoji option, selected the only emoji from the empty list, and then clicked send.
Pretending to be a cute girl online isn't difficult!
When chatting, just send some cute emojis. Jiang Li thought.
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The night was deep.
Above the gloomy sky, dark clouds drifted from afar. Under the shroud of vast shadows, Hua City seemed to be asleep, all sounds were silent. In the darkness, the monsters waiting to hunt were stirring.
Thin mist drifted on the dilapidated streets of late autumn. Merchants who had rushed from all corners of the city weaved through the streets, their figures hazy, like wandering ghosts.
This was one of the few bustling places in Hua City after dark.
The closing of the night market and the opening of the Ghost Market happened almost simultaneously.
Gu Qianqian packed up the large iron pot, gas cylinder, and various stir-fried items for sale. She flipped the wooden sign on the handcart that read 【Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Fried River Noodles】 to the other side, revealing the side that read 【Qianqian's General Store】. She pushed the handcart and headed towards a deep, secluded alley nearby.
Her small business had been doing well these past few days. With the materials obtained by exchanging various recipes now in her possession, her "artificial small sun" had finally successfully "launched" into the Bamboo Scroll Illusion, and the sunlight disc dispelled the haze that had enveloped it for thousands of years.
As she pushed the small cart forward, the system couldn't help but chatter in Gu Qianqian's ear.
"Gu Qianqian, you must think carefully. To transform that land that has been barren for a thousand years to a state where crops can be grown requires a lot of resources. I think it's not worth the gain."
"I think it's already good enough to be able to grow potatoes. Why do you need tomatoes, rice... and Dutch peas?"
"Huh?!" Gu Qianqian was stunned for a moment and retorted, "Didn't you say that I should show miracles to my people to gain their faith?"
"The miracle I told you to show was to learn the story of the Five Fish and Two Loaves, create food out of thin air, and feed them until they were full. Why do you insist on farming?"
The system could never understand why Gu Qianqian had such an inexplicable obsession with farming. With the funds obtained by selling recipes and Spiritual Energy items, she could completely solve the survival problem of the less than two thousand people in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion by purchasing ingredients.
"But I can learn from Shen Nong. Bring life back to the barren land, and then teach them modern advanced farming, irrigation, and harvesting techniques, so that from now on they can be self-sufficient and thrive endlessly. Isn't that a greater miracle?" Gu Qianqian said.
System, "..."
It actually sounds quite reasonable?
Perhaps this is because her Spirit Mark attribute is closely related to mountains and earth?
Or is it simply a racial talent BUFF engraved in the genes of Z Country people?
"Such a miracle takes a long time to complete, and I'm worried there isn't enough time!" the system said.
"Why wouldn't there be enough time? Aren't there Alchemy potions in those bamboo scrolls that can speed up plant growth?" Gu Qianqian said. "As long as I buy enough materials, I'm quite confident in Alchemy! It doesn't feel much harder than making those handicrafts."
The system was once again convinced by Gu Qianqian. After all, Gu Qianqian's talent in Alchemy was visibly high.
The system had never let Gu Qianqian touch anything related to Alchemy before and was worried that she would make mistakes when making the lieyang bronze orb. So, when preparing the materials, it had actually prepared enough materials to make five lieyang bronze orbs.
But who would have thought ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) that Gu Qianqian, encountering the production of this medium-to-high difficulty Alchemy item for the first time, would barely succeed on the second attempt? After that, when making the fifth one, the production process of the lieyang bronze orb alone had even become close to perfect.
This situation was truly surprising to the system, and it regretted not having discovered Gu Qianqian's talent in this area earlier and choosing a Spirit Mark that could assist with Alchemy for her.
The thought of Gu Qianqian refining a Calamity-level Alchemy potion that could blow up a Disaster sometime in the future made the system feel particularly excited.
Just as the system was immersed in the fantasy of spraying a Disaster in the face with Alchemy potions and couldn't extricate itself, Gu Qianqian had already pushed the small cart to a secluded corner.
She looked around, took out the bamboo scroll from the pocket sewn inside her pants, and as Spiritual Energy was injected into it, a stable and controllable teleportation channel the size of a manhole cover appeared in front of her.
Gu Qianqian threw the tools for stir-frying on the handcart into the teleportation channel one by one, then leaned forward slightly, reached half her body in, fumbled for a while, and then threw out Spiritual Energy items one by one, like throwing out cabbages.
Rouge Transformation · Incantation-Stabilized Mask, Wisdom Potion, Replicated Bamboo Scroll, Great Serpent God's skeleton...
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Yes, it's the skeleton of the Great Serpent God.
Ever since Lu Yibei killed the Great Serpent God and the sinkhole collapsed, burying it, the system was always a little worried that it might somehow resurrect. So, it had Gu Qianqian spend some time digging up its 'grave' and excavating the skeleton to sell.
It truly achieved the goal of scattering its ashes to prevent resurrection!
"Oh right, system, yesterday a villager with a very flat head told me he found a glowing bronze statue at home, which seems to be a Spiritual Energy item."
"Someone delivered it to me during the day today. Should we take it and sell it too?"
Gu Qianqian's words interrupted the system's thoughts. It retorted, "It seems there was something like that. Where is the bronze statue? Let me see it first before deciding."
"Hold on! Let me look!" Gu Qianqian said, leaning further into the transmission channel, her legs in small boots kicking up and gently swaying. "Where is it? Where is it?"
"Hehe, found it! Huh? System, this bronze statue seems a bit problematic..."
"Problematic? What problem?"
"Hmm..." Gu Qianqian pondered for two seconds before saying, "It looks very familiar. I seem to have seen it somewhere."
"Seen it? Bring it out and let me see it!" the system said.
"Okay!" Gu Qianqian responded, then carried the bronze statue out of the transmission channel. With a 'Duang!' sound, she placed the bronze statue on the ground.
The bronze statue had a bronze-colored texture, outlining muscular lines. Its solemn face had wide, angry eyes, and its arms were raised high, steadily carrying a nuclear warhead on its shoulder.
System, "..."
Of course, Gu Qianqian would find it familiar. If she hadn't been knocked unconscious before, she would find it even more familiar!
Isn't this the bronze statue that Calamity always carried with her before?
"System, system, are you there?"
"I am."
"Did you notice? This seems to be Lu Yibei's bronze statue!" Gu Qianqian's small hand circled and rubbed on the head of the mingwang statue.
"It's not'seems like', it IS!" the system said in a deep voice.
Damn it, why would Calamity leave her bronze statue in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion? Does she have some special intention?
Could she be anchoring coordinates through secret techniques to observe in secret and teleport when necessary? She has already devoured the Jumang Power Inheritor, so she should be able to do this.
Oh no! If that's the case, the bronze statue has been in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion for so long. Haven't everything Gu Qianqian and I have done over the past month been right under her nose?
"Huh? Is this Lu Yibei's bronze statue?" Gu Qianqian glanced at the mingwang statue, frowning. "Then shouldn't we return it to him? Didn't you always tell me to return lost things?"
System, "..."
I said that because I was worried about you, little money-grubber, being blinded by greed and getting tricked by others when you picked up Ghost Coins!
This bronze statue is clearly a fallback left by Calamity. If we just take it back to her, wouldn't that be the same as explicitly telling her we've discovered her scheme?
We've finally gotten back on the right track and seen a glimmer of hope. If we anger her, all our efforts will be wasted!
The system thought for a moment, organizing its words, then spoke solemnly to Gu Qianqian, "Things belonging to humans and urban legend cannot be treated the same."
"Since this belongs to Calamity, we cannot keep it with us, much less return it to her! Do you know what it's called when you return a lost weapon to your enemy?"
"What is it called?" Gu Qianqian asked in confusion.
"Aiding the enemy!" the system growled, frustrated. "So, not only can we not return it to her, we must quickly get rid of it at a low price!"
"When we set up the stall later, put the bronze statue in the center. As long as someone is interested, sell it immediately, understand?"
"Oh, okay." Gu Qianqian pouted, reluctantly agreeing. She picked up the mingwang statue and placed it on the handcart, then pushed the small cart towards the Ghost Market.
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"This should be the place!"
Zhang Dexian stood at the entrance of a winding, quiet alley that led somewhere unknown, looking ahead. His gaze slightly narrowed, and he clenched his fists.
An hour ago, he received a message from the Monster Story Chat Group saying that a member had found that someone was selling the inherited sacred object he had been desperately seeking at the Hua City Ghost Market. He immediately rushed over without stopping.
Now, this incredibly solemn and sacred moment was finally approaching. The feeling of nervousness and excitement made him want to laugh up at the sky.
Standing at the alley entrance, he slightly adjusted his emotions and managed his facial expression before finally taking a step and walking towards the Ghost Market.
I must not let the seller see that I am particularly eager to obtain the sacred object, otherwise, the price will definitely be inflated! Zhang Dexian thought.
He had suffered this kind of hardship countless times during the period after he first came down from the mountain.
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As the night deepened, the Ghost Market gradually became lively, and various strange Spiritual Energy fluctuations came from the stalls along the road.
It wasn't until this time that Fat Er Ye finally had his employees reluctantly open the shop door.
If it weren't for someone pre-ordering something to pick up later tonight, he wouldn't have wanted to open the door today because his right eyelid had been twitching non-stop since the afternoon, which was unlucky!
As an old hand in reselling Spiritual Energy items, Fat Er Ye had always been very thorough in seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune.
You never know when a seemingly ordinary person, who is actually ruthless, might walk into his shop. If he wasn't careful, the shop being trashed would be a minor issue; losing his life would be troublesome.
Thinking of this, he looked at the crowd coming and going outside the shop door. His small, beady eyes gradually became distant, and his thoughts uncontrollably drifted back to the time when he used to run errands for others in the Ghost Market.
At that time, he met a man with a sneaky, bad disposition.
That man named Lu Ming, how should I put it? Perhaps I'm not human, but he was truly a dog!
As for his appearance, it was probably... well, about seventy to eighty percent similar to this one, right?
Wait!
Fat Er Ye noticed the expressionless young man walking towards him. His bulky body suddenly trembled, and sweat immediately seeped from his greasy forehead. After seeing the newcomer's appearance clearly, he secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Damn it, you scared me to death!
So it's him. I thought it was his father!
I said, why has my eyelid been twitching all day? So it's because he was coming.
Corpse reanimation is terrifying for ordinary people.
For Psychic and urban legend, it's even more terrifying. Psychic and urban legend who die and come back to life will likely become corrupted and lose control.
So Fat Er Ye was very afraid of Lu Ming reanimating.
If that guy reanimated, wouldn't that be something else?
Seeing Lu Yibei walk to the shop entrance, Fat Er Ye retracted his thoughts, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smiling face, "Young Master, what brings you here today? Are you here alone?"
"Yes! Shui Ge is busy today, so he let me come by myself. He just told me to let him know after I finish the transaction." Lu Yibei used Bai Kai's name as leverage.
According to his observation, this Fat Er Ye seemed to be quite wary of Shui Ge. Mentioning Shui Ge's name a couple of times before selling something would at least prevent him from being cheated, especially since this was only his second time here and he didn't understand the ropes.
"Oh?" Fat Er Ye said with a smile, "May I ask if Young Master is here to buy or sell something today?"
"Sell something."
Hearing this, Fat Er Ye struggled to sit up straight, narrowing his eyes as he inquired, "May I ask what you are selling..."
Lu Yibei glanced left and right slyly and whispered, "Boss, do you buy calamity water?"
"calamity water? It depends on how much there is. I don't buy small amounts." Fat Er Ye said.
In Fat Er Ye's opinion, Lu Yibei was just a Psychic who had recently finished drawing his Spirit Mark. Even if he accidentally obtained some calamity water while hunting urban legend, the quantity probably wouldn't be much.
Although Lu Yibei had the face BUFF of Bai Kai and Lu Ming, favors were favors, and business was business.
If he set this precedent and it got out, he wouldn't be able to do business.
While Fat Er Ye was thinking, Lu Yibei reached into his backpack, fumbled around, and pulled out five bottles of portioned calamity water, placing them in front of him. "Do you think this much is enough?"
Fat Er Ye, "..."
Seeing Fat Er Ye deep in thought and not speaking for a long time, Lu Yibei said, "Uncle, don't make it difficult for yourself. If it's not enough, just say so, it's okay. I still have a little more..."
As he spoke, he quickly took out five more glass bottles of calamity water from the backpack behind him and pushed them towards Fat Er Ye.
Looking at the ten glass bottles of calamity water on the table, the corners of Fat Er Ye's plump mouth twitched imperceptibly.
"..."
"Still not enough? Then there's only..." Lu Yibei said, reaching into his backpack once again.
Seeing this, Fat Er Ye finally couldn't control his eyes. His small, beady eyes widened completely, as if he had undergone instant inner corner surgery.
If you take out five more bottles, do you believe I'll have a heart attack right here?
It seems the torment, uh, no, the probing is sufficient! Lu Yibei noticed the change in Fat Er Ye's expression and quietly put down the bottles of calamity water he had already grabbed.
He only took out one bottle and gently placed it on the table.
"If this is still not enough, there's nothing I can do. I really don't have a single drop left." Lu Yibei said with a helpless tone.
