I Became a Witch in a World Full of Urban Legends

A suona?

You and Bai Kai, you truly are father and daughter without a blood relation.

After a brief moment of surprise, Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei's retreating figure, a hint of recognition in her eyes, and nodded gently.

She also really wanted to know if the residents of Happiness Community were truly that friendly.

If someone was playing a suona in the community at night, it would be normal to be unable to tolerate it. If they could even tolerate such behavior, then they were too friendly, and it was very likely they were influenced by some kind of power.

However...

Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei's retreating figure, suddenly remembered something, lowered her head, took out a mask and a hat from her cross-body bag, and chased after her.

"Wang Bu Liu Xing, wait a moment."

Lu Yibei heard Jiang Li call her by her Monster Story Chat Group ID, turned her head, and saw the mask and hat she handed to her, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"What are you giving me this for?"

Jiang Li looked into Lu Yibei's eyes and said seriously, "Covering your face when doing bad things is basic respect for bad things."

I don't object to you playing this, but don't let people remember your face and come knocking on your door, Jiang Li thought.

Lu Yibei looked at Jiang Li, then at the brand new suona in her hand, and it took her half a beat to realize what she meant.

"You wouldn't think I'm going out to play the suona, would you? What are you thinking?! Am I someone with no moral bottom line?"

Jiang Li scrutinized Lu Yibei, her willow-like eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking seriously, then nodded and said, "Very much so."

What moral bottom line could a guy have who, at the last moment of a fight with a urban legend, would lie down and pretend to be injured to trick teammates into finishing the job, just because she was worried the urban legend might have a last-ditch counterattack?

Such a person, holding a suona, claiming to go and test the friendliness of the community residents, what else could she be going to do?

Jiang Li, this beautiful high-and-mighty flower, a cold and stunning young woman who kept people at arm's length, unconsciously became inexplicably active in her thoughts after encountering Lu Yibei.

Anyway, no matter who interacts with her, they can't figure out what this jerk is thinking, and if they don't complain a bit, they might explode mentally sooner or later.

"Like is like, is there a need to add 'very'?" Lu Yibei frowned, ""

Jiang Li crossed her arms over her chest, her gaze unconsciously drifting to the suona in Lu Yibei's hand, "Then what are you planning to do with that out there?"

"Self-defense!"

Lu Yibei said, shrugging her shoulders, picked up the suona and put it to her mouth, blowing a 'toot!' that sounded beautiful yet somewhat harsh.

It was already quite impressive that she could make the suona sound after only two days of observing the Old Horse Head, the musician of the yangko troupe, playing.

What's more, not only could she play it, but she also went to the Cultural and Art Center and quickly learned one or two pieces.

Even the teachers at the Cultural and Art Center were amazed by her astonishing learning ability, but they still refused her request for a half refund of her tuition.

"Self-defense?" Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei, tilting her head in confusion.

She had never seen anyone carry a suona for self-defense.

She imagined the scene of this young woman, whose appearance was quite good if you disregarded her character, swinging a suona to smash a urban legend, and her expression became somewhat subtle.

However, since she wasn't going out to disturb the residents at night, there shouldn't be any major problems, right?

Jiang Li felt a little relieved and didn't continue to press Lu Yibei about the suona's purpose, only asking simply, "Then how do you plan to test the friendliness of the community residents?"

"Hehe!" Lu Yibei chuckled expressionlessly twice, her dark red eyes darting around slyly, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

"Dinner?" Jiang Li frowned, "No."

"Then just watch!" Lu Yibei raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "I'll make you something delicious later!"

As she spoke, under Jiang Li's gaze, she swaggered towards the apartment opposite, with the suona tucked into her waistband, and pressed the doorbell.

"Ding-dong—Ding-dong—!"

"Click! Creak—!"

The door opened, and a man who looked to be around thirty, wearing glasses and home clothes, poked out half his body. He was slightly stunned when he saw the beautiful young woman at the door.

"Please, please, do you need something?"

"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you!" Lu Yibei politely bowed to the man, "I just moved in across the hall. I was making dinner just now and suddenly realized I didn't have any vinegar. Could I borrow a little from you?"

Borrowing small things between neighbors was a common occurrence, and the person borrowing was such a pleasingly beautiful young woman?

"Okay, please wait!" The man replied, turned and went into the house, and came back shortly with a bottle of vinegar, which he handed to Lu Yibei.

Lu Yibei carried the vinegar bottle, returned home, put it down, sat on the sofa, and watched the time on her phone. Exactly ten minutes later, she got up again, went out, and pressed the doorbell of the opposite apartment.

"Ding-dong—Ding-dong—!"

As soon as the door opened, Lu Yibei stuck out her pink tongue, tapped her head with one hand, and said, "Sorry, I'm just too careless. Not only did I not buy vinegar, but I also didn't buy garlic. Could you lend me some more?"

"No problem!" The man replied with a chuckle, and immediately turned and went into the house.

And so, Lu Yibei successfully borrowed garlic again.

Ten minutes later.

"Ding-dong—Ding-dong—!"

As soon as the man opened the door, a woman's low growl came from inside the house, clearly on the verge of breaking.

"Damn it! She's here again?!"

"Everyone's neighbors! Isn't helping each other normal?"

"Hmph!"

Lu Yibei stood at the door, her tone apologetic, "Sorry, I'm bothering you again. I didn't mean to. Your girlfriend seems to be home, right? She won't be angry, will she?"

"No, no!"

"Mm-hmm, that's good! If I make your girlfriend unhappy, I'll be sad too! So, could you lend me two packs of instant noodles and a bunch of green onions?"

The corner of the man's mouth twitched slightly, "No, no problem."

Jiang Li, "..." Why is she acting so bitchy?

In other communities, this would inevitably lead to vicious quarrels and fights.

She couldn't stand it anymore, got up, took an umbrella, left the rental house, and prepared to wander around Happiness Community alone to see if she could find anything special.

As she left, the doorbell rang again behind her.

"Ding-dong—Ding-dong—!"

"Are you there? Can I borrow two eggs?"

"Okay, please wait."

"Ding-dong—Ding-dong—!"

...

The sound of the doorbell intermittently echoed in the corridor for over an hour before finally quieting down.

Lu Yibei sat in the rental house, looking at the table filled with ingredients and seasonings, resting her chin on her hand, lost in thought.

The people in this Happiness Community are too easygoing, aren't they?

I've almost emptied their refrigerator, and they're only slightly unhappy, with no sign of getting angry at all.

How did they manage that? Two households, combined, have lent over thirty items. If it were me, I would have called the police long ago! They're not right!

It seems I can only try PLAN B?

Lu Yibei thought, opened her guitar bag, took out a small speaker from inside, plugged in her phone, found "Classic Moans Two Hundred Consecutive Burns" which she had gotten from Shui Ge on her phone, and was about to play it when she suddenly thought of Jiang Li.

"By the way, if I play some strange music, it might be a bit inappropriate for children. You shouldn't mind, right?"

"Mm-hmm? I'm asking you something?"

"Huh? Where is she?"

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It had been raining for most of the day, but by evening, it had lessened significantly, leaving only rain streaks imperceptible to the naked eye, falling from the sky.

Jiang Li walked alone on the path in Happiness Community, looking around. freewebnσvel.cѳm

All the buildings in the community were grayish-white, and lights were on in every household. Even in this gloomy weather, the warm atmosphere could not be concealed.

However, the community was too quiet. All she could hear was the soft patter of rain on her umbrella and the gentle rustling of wind through the plants.

This place was only three or four streets away from the most bustling street in Hua City, yet not even a tiny bit of city noise could be heard.

Jiang Li walked with her umbrella in the community for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and looked towards Building 2 of Phase 3, which had recently been fully occupied.

The man who posted the bounty on the Monster Story Chat Group Website lived at 17-4, Building 2, Phase 3.

Perhaps going there would reveal something?

Jiang Li thought, quickened her pace, and walked towards Building 2 of Phase 3.

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Upon arriving in front of Building 2, Phase 3, Jiang Li immediately released her psionic fluctuations. After a quick scan of her surroundings and finding no abnormalities, she walked towards the main entrance of the building.

As she reached the entrance, she suddenly recalled the woman living on the first floor mentioned in the bounty description. Her gaze swept around, landing on the only unlit room on the first floor.

She tiptoed to that house and stood by the window, peering inside.

It was pitch black inside; nothing could be seen.

Jiang Li frowned slightly at this, channeling her psionic energy into her eyes, attempting to dispel the darkness and clearly see the situation inside the room.

Just then, the blurry outline of a human face suddenly appeared in her vision.

The darkness behind the window was like a murky, stagnant lake, and that pale human face emerged as if slowly rising from the gloomy depths of the lake, coming closer and becoming clearer.

Then.

"Splash—!"

The window of the room suddenly opened.

A disheveled, listless, but still beautiful woman appeared before Jiang Li.

This sudden method of meeting, even for a Night Watch operative like Jiang Li, who had investigated many urban legend incidents, could not leave her completely unfazed.

Moreover, the woman's rare cold and elegant demeanor immediately confirmed to Jiang Li that she was the woman mentioned in the bounty description, the one who had long since gone missing.

The woman stared intently at Jiang Li, without blinking, forcing a polite smile onto her face, and softly said, "Miss, may I help you?"

"I..." Jiang Li gave the woman an even more "polite" smile and said, "I was just looking around, nothing wrong."

Seeing the terrifying smile before her, the woman paused slightly, then smiled and nodded, turning around and closing the window.

Jiang Li stepped aside, gazing from a distance at the pitch-black window, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Didn't the bounty description say that the entire family of the woman living on the first floor had disappeared?

Why had she returned?

Was the bounty poster overly frightened, causing their memory to be confused?

In fact, Jiang Li had encountered many people whose minds and memories were confused due to excessive fright during her past investigations of Night Watch cases. Obtaining reliable information from them was very difficult.

“......”

Jiang Li looked at the pitch-black window on the first floor again, narrowing her eyes slightly.

Or had she already been caught by the urban legend mentioned in the bounty description?

Had the urban legend nailed that strange thing into her head, so she came back and became one of the friendly residents of Happiness Community? Jiang Li wondered.

As she was pondering, a strange noise suddenly entered her ears, interrupting her thoughts.

The sound was very light, very slow, as if it possessed some peculiar vitality, pulsating in her mind.

It was the sound of a Jews Harp.

Jiang Li pricked up her ears, listening intently to the intermittent sound, but it was very faint and weak, hidden in the wind and rain, making it impossible to hear clearly.

It even made one suspect that it was merely the hum of the wind passing through a narrow crevice.

The more she listened, the more she felt that the sound was off.

The source of the sound was moving, as if it could fly, shifting from east to west.

Her gaze followed the direction of the sound, and she walked back and forth for a while. Finally, as if suddenly realizing something, she lowered her head and looked at the damp ground beneath her feet.

"It seems... to be coming from underground?"

Jiang Li muttered to herself, then held up her umbrella and walked towards the underground parking lot.

——

During a previous investigation, Jiang Li, along with members of the Special Operations Team, had disguised themselves as maintenance /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ personnel for underground ventilation ducts and entered the Happiness Community's underground parking lot.

The underground parking lot was very large, with three levels, covering almost half of the entire community's area. It seemed that during construction, the future use by residents of multiple phases of properties had already been considered.

Under the guise of maintenance, they meticulously inspected all corners of the underground parking lot covered by ventilation ducts, yet they did not find even one urban legend with a psionic fluctuation level reaching D-.

This was good news for the residents of Happiness Community, but it was very abnormal!

Human heads rolling like balls in the dimly lit, empty parking lot; figures with crimson tongues hanging from ventilation ducts; humanoid spiderwebs constantly growing inside zombie cars; faceless women suddenly rushing out of dark corners after starting cars...

Jiang Li had seen all sorts of urban legend in underground parking lots, but she had almost never seen an underground parking lot completely devoid of urban legend.

But precisely, the Happiness Community's underground parking lot was such a unique place, but now it was different.

Jiang Li felt there was a problem here.

Although no psionic fluctuations had entered her psionic perception range, the bounty description mentioned a Jews Harp, and now she heard the sound of a Jews Harp again, so she felt it was necessary to go and see the truth.

She slowly walked down to the underground parking lot.

The streetlights outside shone on her back, casting a long shadow on the long ramp.

She walked on her own shadow, gradually smelling a damp odor—it had been raining for most of the day, and rainwater had flowed in, accumulating on the floor of the underground parking lot.

The lights in the underground parking lot were dim, thick concrete pillars connected the ceiling and the ground, casting large shadows, and scattered parked vehicles stood silently in the shadows.

The intermittent sounds of the Jews Harp echoed, reflected, and distorted in the spacious underground parking lot, becoming increasingly eerie.

It sounded like some kind of sacrificial music.

A bizarre image involuntarily appeared in Jiang Li's mind.

At a moment when all residents were enjoying warmth and harmony at home, a group of strange people who looked similar to ordinary people but whose faces could not be seen, in a place they could not see, accompanied by the strange music of the Jews Harp, twisted their limbs in peculiar postures, as if performing some eerie ritual.

As she thought this, it was as if an illusion appeared before her eyes; the imagined images inexplicably became clearer, as if they would appear in front of her at any moment.

Following the sound of the Jews Harp, Jiang Li unknowingly delved into the lowest level of the underground parking lot. The sound of the Jews Harp grew closer and more real, and she was certain it was not far ahead.

Jiang Li continued to advance in the direction of the sound for a while. The strange music suddenly paused, then immediately resumed, louder and more urgent, in her ears.

In an instant, a terrifying psionic fluctuation struck, her vision went black, she saw thick gloom, and heard a strange noise filled with many negative emotions.

The source of the Jews Harp sound was still approaching, and the strange noise grew stronger.

No human could accurately describe that noise. All the blood vessels beneath Jiang Li's fair skin bulged, as if about to explode.

She did not detect psionic fluctuations, yet she felt as if she was being attacked by urban legend, like someone had inserted a long nail into her head and was stirring her brain. The sensation of pain erupted from the depths of her soul, instantly filling all her thoughts.

Just then, a desolate, sorrowful, loud, and melodious suona sound with extreme penetrating power suddenly echoed through the underground parking lot.

Lu Yibei arrived, carrying her suona, playing a tune of "Sunrise on Mount Emei."

Under the influence of the music, which was occasionally off-key but did not affect its magnificent momentum, the sound of the Jews Harp noticeably paused, then played again, paused again, played again...

After several attempts, it was finally led astray by Lu Yibei's suona sound, unable to return to its original melody. It let out a mournful, loud wail-like sound and then fell silent.

The moment the Jews Harp's sound disappeared, Jiang Li saw countless translucent lines in front of her, intertwined like dense tentacles, with bone-like sharp thorns at the ends of those tentacles.

And her location was the entrance to the underground parking lot...