Free Web NovelWhen Bai Kai received a call from Lu Yibei, he was in a large courtyard with some history, located in the suburbs on the other side of Hua City.
This old house, full of a sense of age, had changed owners several times over the past hundred years.
Initially, it belonged to a local gentry, then a military officer, then the local production team, ten years ago it was bought and converted into a guesthouse, and three years ago...
That gentry came back!
The gentry Strange Tale was sealed by Bai Kai himself, so naturally, it fell under his jurisdiction when something went wrong.
Earlier tonight, he received a call from a member of the Special Operations Team responsible for patrolling the old house. Upon rushing there, he found that a total of three urban legend inside the old house had been completely killed.
The three corpses were thrown into the dry pool in the garden, the core of the urban legend' bodies were missing, and the only thing left at the scene that could be considered a clue were a few black Cicada that looked like flesh maggots.
However, before Bai Kai could carefully study the origin of those Cicada, they seemed to sense something and self-destructed, turning into a wisp of smoke and dissipating in the blink of an eye.
It was fine that they dissipated, Bai Kai hadn't taken it to heart initially.
After all, mutual hunting between urban legend was an instinct, like cats eating fish or dogs eating meat, and not uncommon; it happened almost every night in different corners of different cities. freewёbnoνel.com
The premise being, that it was purely hunting.
If, within a short period, there were phenomena of urban legend or Psychic being hunted by the same method, the truth hidden behind it would be intriguing.
Generally speaking, from the end of one moonless night to the beginning of the next, which is roughly a month's time, a Strange Tale only needs to hunt once to satisfy its Spiritual Energy replenishment needs.
Excessive devouring of the Strange Tale body's core is not necessarily a good thing for the Strange Tale; along with the expansion of power, the erosion of will by the Strange Tale body's core will follow closely.
Therefore, to avoid losing themselves and falling into madness, most urban legend will lie dormant and digest for a long time after devouring the Strange Tale body's core.
Multiple Strange Tale hunting incidents with the same method occurring in a short period could represent many possibilities.
Whether it was a certain Strange Tale indulging in unrestrained devouring, or someone deliberately collecting Strange Tale body cores for some unspeakable purpose, it all signified a threat.
What Lu Yibei described in her phone call, a hunting scene extremely similar to what Bai Kai saw in the old house, gave Bai Kai some unpleasant suspicions, so he had to rush over to see what was going on.
...
Hopefully, the situations I'm imagining won't occur.
Thinking this, Bai Kai reconfirmed the address Lu Yibei had sent, and then immediately unleashed the power of his Spirit Mark to the extreme.
With a 'clang' sound like a long sword being unsheathed, a silver glow immediately intensified.
In an instant, his entire being seemed to transform into a silver meteor, streaking across the city under the night sky.
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Five minutes later.
Bai Kai traveled across half the city and successfully arrived at the location Lu Yibei had shared. As soon as he stopped at the entrance of the alley and looked ahead, his face subtly changed.
Ahead, in the dark alley, a body lay face down on the ground. The thick, almost solid smell of blood mixed with the pungent odor of slop assailed him, but Lu Yibei was nowhere to be seen.
Only the old, broken electric scooter was parked by the roadside, with a pair of striking bloody handprints on it.
Could Xiao Bei have... Bai Kai's heart tightened.
If there were truly villains hunting urban legend and Psychic on a large scale with malicious intent, and Lu Yibei just happened to encounter them, her situation would likely be quite dangerous.
Worry and panic momentarily took over Bai Kai's thoughts. He took a couple of steps forward, held the handlebars of the electric scooter, and called out with a choked voice, "Xiao Bei! My Xiao Bei! You..."
"Bah! A red apricot branch leans out from the wall!"
Bai Kai heard the secret code that belonged exclusively to him, Lu Yibei, and Lu Ming, and subconsciously responded, "Neighboring Wang Er hasn't picked it yet! Xiao Bei, where are you?"
As he spoke, he searched for a while in the direction the voice came from before his gaze settled on a large banyan tree with a thick trunk and dense branches not far away.
However, he still didn't see Lu Yibei.
It wasn't until he extended his Spiritual Perception that he confirmed Lu Yibei's location, and then the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
He saw Lu Yibei, like an autumn cicada, pressing her body tightly against the trunk in the densest part of the large banyan tree's crown, not moving at all, and even changed her Coat to a ghillie suit similar in color to the leaves!
Did I overthink it? Bai Kai smiled bitterly and shook his head. As expected of my Xiao Bei, she is always capable when it comes to self-preservation.
Seeing Bai Kai arrive, Lu Yibei quickly climbed down from the tree, and then her Coat wriggled and returned to its normal state.
Walking up to Bai Kai, Lu Yibei sized him up for a while and said anxiously, "Shui Ge, what time is it, and you're still in the mood to laugh? Hurry and see what's going on over there!"
"Didn't they say this was a safe patrol route? How did someone die? It's too scary!"
Bai Kai had been worried about Lu Yibei's safety just now and hadn't had time to examine the body in the alley. Hearing Lu Yibei say this, he came back to his senses and walked into the alley.
Lu Yibei shrunk behind the utility pole, watching Bai Kai approach the body, squat down, reach out to check the man's breath and carotid artery, and then slowly extend his Spiritual Perception to investigate the situation inside the man's body. His expression immediately became solemn.
The man's injuries were severe; there were several long and deep wounds on his left chest, side abdomen, and armpit. Such injuries would quickly lead to death from internal bleeding or excessive blood loss in an ordinary person.
However, injuries of this degree were not fatal to a Psychic; what was truly fatal were the injuries in his skull caused by those black Cicada.
Bai Kai used his Spiritual Perception to examine it carefully for a while and found that the man's skull looked as if it had been eaten by worms, filled with dense small holes. Most of the organic matter had been drained, and the entire brain had become a porous, cotton-like mass.
The method was extremely cruel!
If it could be confirmed that this man's death and the Strange Tale hunting in the old house in the city suburbs were done by the same person or Strange Tale, it could basically be judged as a malicious hunting incident.
"How is it?" Lu Yibei asked weakly.
"I can't tell specifically," Bai Kai said. "It's the same situation as what I saw over there. The Cicada used for the attack have completely dissipated. We can only have someone take him back first and let An Qing perform an autopsy to see if anything valuable can be found."
"So, there's nothing left for me to do here?" Lu Yibei asked. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
This matter might involve a very dangerous person or Strange Tale, and Bai Kai didn't want Lu Yibei to get too deeply involved, so after a slight pause, he told a small lie.
"That's right. These are just two similar sudden incidents, and they don't prove anything. Xiao Bei, don't think too much about it, just go back and rest early."
Lu Yibei frowned upon hearing this, "But Shui Ge..."
"You don't have to worry about me, I'm an experienced operative, I can handle the situation here by myself," Bai Kai said, waving his hand.
Who's worried about you? Lu Yibei looked at the electric scooter parked in the alley and said expressionlessly, "I mean, my car is like this, can it still be ridden?"
She had finally started living the life of a car owner, only to encounter something like this, and the car also became unlucky, which made Lu Yibei feel terrible.
Although that little electric scooter was slow, not much faster than jogging, it was still a car she got for free!
She was a little reluctant to part with it.
"..." Bai Kai was silent, looked at the electric scooter, then at Lu Yibei, and smiled dotingly, "Tomorrow I'll help you get a new electric bike. If the supplies department doesn't approve it, I'll pay for it myself. Alright, hurry back!"
"Okay!" Lu Yibei reluctantly agreed, looking back at her little electric scooter every three steps as she left the scene.
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In a closed basement, someone pushed the door open and entered.
Miss Rabbit, wrapped all over in bandages, gripped the crowbar tightly and struggled to stand up, her crimson eyes staring fixedly ahead. Only after confirming that the person was her partner did she let out a sigh of relief, but the crowbar in her hand still wasn't put down.
The people of the Eclipse Society were untrustworthy. In her current state, she could be tied up by Suo E with five ropes and sent back with two bows attached at any moment, becoming a little white rabbit needed in some crazy experiment.
"How is it?" Miss Rabbit asked.
"Found him! This guy should be the culprit who attacked you," Suo E said.
As he spoke, he took out a mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Miss Rabbit.
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The phone screen displayed a video. After touching the play button, the screen switched to a surveillance video of the alley behind an old shopping mall.
That old shopping mall was where Miss Rabbit "worked". On nights without operations, she would perform exotic dances there to earn some extra money and incidentally search for potential targets.
And that back alley was a path often taken by female performers like them who couldn't see the light of day when they got off work.
She was attacked tonight when she was passing through the back alley of the old shopping mall after getting off work.
The two attackers were too fast at the time, wearing masks, making it impossible to see their appearance. As soon as they came up, they only said one sentence to Miss Rabbit, "Surrender or die, choose one?"
Miss Rabbit was immediately unhappy. What kind of urban legend was she? She was a urban legend who pursued freedom!
Her former Master was the Twilight Woman who occupied a small part of Hua City. She didn't even submit to the Twilight Woman, so how could she submit to two unknown guys?
Facing that situation, she didn't even think, just domineeringly threw down the word "Scram!" and continued walking forward.
Then...
Then she received a brutal and inhumane beating.
It was too tragic. The surveillance camera was on site at the time and saw it with its own eyes. Blood sprayed more than three meters away, and her head was even knocked crooked.
If it weren't for certain characteristics brought about by "a cunning rabbit has three burrows", which made her vitality much stronger than ordinary urban legend, almost counting as having two extra lives, she would have died there long ago.
In the silent basement, the furious Miss Rabbit was silent for a long time, then began to watch the surveillance video Suo E had obtained.
From when she left the old shopping mall through the back door, to when two black figures suddenly appeared, then falling into a disadvantage in the counterattack, getting injured, and fleeing all the way... Finally, she couldn't help but drag the progress bar.
She lost too badly, it was embarrassing!
As the timeline rapidly advanced, the surveillance footage finally, briefly captured the faces of the two attackers.
It was an old man with an extremely aged face, his face full of sagging skin and brown spots, his eyes were pitch black, revealing a sinister and cunning look.
Miss Rabbit paused the video, froze the screen, and observed the urban legend on the screen carefully for a while, her expression changing slightly.
"How could it be this guy? Damn it, why did it suddenly attack me when it was doing fine?"
Suo E looked at Miss Rabbit and asked doubtfully, "You know it? Had a feud?"
"I've heard of it," Miss Rabbit said. "Before it died, it was an old rogue who used to stage accidents at the largest intersection in the city leading to University City. One time it encountered a young man driving under the influence, was hit and dragged for dozens of meters, ground into a meat paste. I heard the forensic doctor almost vomited during the autopsy."
"Not long after that, it turned into a urban legend, often transforming into various people and suddenly appearing in the center of the intersection, causing car accidents. Two years ago, it was killed by the number two agent of the Hua City Night Watch, and it has only recently revived."
After a pause, Miss Rabbit seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, right, the day it revived, it caused a major traffic accident. I was nearby at the time and even went to watch..."
"What were you doing nearby?"
"Handing out flyers..." Miss Rabbit said through clenched teeth. Saying this, the figure of the little thief who stole her witchs egg suddenly flashed in her mind again.
If she hadn't gone to watch the excitement that day and delayed the time for handing out flyers, she probably wouldn't have met that little thief. If she hadn't met that little thief, the witchs egg wouldn't have been stolen. If it hadn't been stolen, she might already be the Devil Woman standing at the top of the Hua City urban legend pyramid!
So, watching the excitement is truly the original sin!
"Do you know the other guy?" Suo E pointed at the other urban legend on the screen and asked.
It was a urban legend completely wrapped in a black robe, wearing a golden eagle-beak mask on its face. The mask was inscribed with religious patterns such as lotus flowers, soaring fish, and auspicious clouds.
"I don't know it, I haven't heard of the existence of this urban legend in Hua City..." Miss Rabbit shook her head, her tone heavy. "But, «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» it's very strong."
She carefully recalled the process of being attacked in the back alley of the old shopping mall at that time. Those injuries that were almost fatal to ordinary urban legend were almost all left by that unknown urban legend.
Hearing this, Suo E stared at the two urban legend on the phone screen and pondered for a long time, saying with a worried face, "Combining what they said, if they don't have an old grudge against you, could they be hunting urban legend?"
Miss Rabbit thought for a moment, understood Suo E's meaning, and asked in return, "It seems to conflict with our operation?"
"Yes!" Suo E nodded, agreeing with her statement. "This is troublesome. The sticky note given by the Elder Council didn't say how to deal with this situation! How should we solve it?"
Solve? Miss Rabbit was stunned for a moment. You don't mean you want to clash with them, do you?
If you want to court death yourself, don't drag me along!
Wait...
Miss Rabbit suddenly seemed to think of something, slightly narrowed her eyes, and scanned Suo E's body discreetly, scanning his fair and handsome appearance, the slightly bulging chest muscles that stretched his clothes, his strong and powerful waist, and finally couldn't help but lick her lips, revealing two sharp canine teeth.
To be honest, she had been coveting his body for a long time, but had never had a chance to make a move.
If he really was going to court death, Miss Rabbit wouldn't mind stabbing him in the back and then rightfully receiving the power of his superior Spirit Mark.
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That night, Hua City Kua Jiang Bridge, inside the third bridge pier from the left.
"OMG! This Gu poison has poisoned Witch Seeds!"
"What are you waiting for? There are only fifty portions today, first come, first served. Get on board quickly, buy it, buy it, buy it!"
As the words fell, Gu Qianqian looked at the constantly jumping order transaction information on her phone, a simple and honest smile appearing on her face. She couldn't help but calculate in her mind how many pig trotters today's income could buy.
One times seven is seven, three times seven is twenty-one, four times seven is twenty-eight, seven times seven... seven times seven...
Then.
Her brain seemed to have crashed.
After the last order was completed, Gu Qianqian closed the "Underworld Live Streaming" software recommended by the Monster Story Chat Group, and sprawled contentedly on the second-hand sofa, looking up at the bridge pier above her head, letting out a sigh, "system, I feel like my dream is about to come true."
"What dream? Buying a pig farm, only selling pork, not pig trotters?" the system said grumpily.
It was really a bit annoyed by Gu Qianqian. When she was bound to the system and her talent was tested, the conclusion was that she had extraordinary talent.
However, after getting along for these past few years, it realized it was wrong.
Gu Qianqian was good both inside and outside the house, could outrun delivery boys, carry construction steel bars, help deliver food for the cafeteria, was very good at developing agriculture in that cursed space, and could even perfectly master the lost Alchemy formulas of the Great Serpent God.
Recently, because she was worried about Lu Yibei coming to retaliate, she took the path of the Monster Story Chat Group and started live streaming sales targeting urban legend and Psychic, which was also doing very well.
It could be said that she was good at everything, but ranked last in fighting Disaster. Her talent was simply not used in the right place!
If I had her talent, I would have long ago... forget it, let's not talk about it! the system thought.
While the system was thinking, it suddenly sensed something and quickly said to Gu Qianqian, "Oh no, Gu Qianqian, the audience is too enthusiastic and wants you to return. But, we don't have anything left to sell!"
Well, although the system was a bit displeased with the things Gu Qianqian was doing now, the money that should be earned still had to be earned!
"No more goods? Hmm... let me think!" Gu Qianqian pondered for a few seconds, her eyes lighting up. "I've got it, I know what to sell!"
As she spoke, she got up and walked towards the Kua Jiang Bridge electrical well not far away. In a short while, she returned, each hand carrying a black-robed urban legend tightly bound.
"Bang—!"
Gu Qianqian heavily threw the two urban legend onto the ground and said seriously, "Let's just sell them!"
Shocking! Gu Qianqian, when did you start engaging in human trafficking? The system felt that Gu Qianqian had refreshed its understanding of her today.
However...
"Where did you get these two urban legend?"
"They came just before the broadcast started, when you went to the Bamboo Scroll Illusion to move goods! They jumped out from the dark corners and tried to ambush me. I knocked them all down with one swing of my stick each."
"This..." The system was stunned for a moment, carefully observed the two guys with bumps all over their heads and eyes full of pleading and fear, and something suddenly flashed in its mind.
I think I've seen them somewhere... the system thought.
