Free Web Novel"Who's next?"
Yang Yi said expressionlessly with a cold tone, his eyes scanning around. His pupils seemed unfocused, scattered and lifeless, making him appear very abnormal. This caused everyone in the room to skip a beat, and the atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
Du Sixian, "..." Could she have already been controlled by the urban legend?
But why is there no Spiritual Energy fluctuation on her body at all?
After a brief silence, a boy mustered up courage and tentatively asked, "Brother, are you alright? Why do you look so strange?"
"I'm fine, better than ever," Yang Yi said faintly.
"Yang, Yang Yi, don't be like this, I'm a little scared," the green tea girl said weakly.
Uncle Black nodded in agreement, "Exactly, I'm a little scared too!"
Seeing Uncle Black's affected posture, Yang Yi finally couldn't keep acting. With a "Pfft!", he burst into laughter, holding his stomach.
"Haha, Jacob, stop it, I can't take it anymore, haha!"
After laughing, Yang Yi waved his hand and said, "Alright, I just tried it. There's nothing special, it's no different from other urban legend games. It's just scaring yourself. Who's next?"
Perhaps because Yang Yi deliberately pretended to be possessed just now and genuinely scared everyone, they hadn't recovered yet. For a moment, no one responded, and no one voluntarily entered the bathroom.
Seeing this, Du Sixian slightly furrowed her brow, stood up, and said, "I'll go!" With that, amidst a brief cheer from everyone, she walked towards the bathroom.
With ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) a "Click!", the door closed, and the surroundings instantly fell silent.
After the Start of Winter, the temperature in Hua City had begun to drop. Perhaps the bathroom window wasn't closed tightly, and the night wind blew into the room, like an invisible hand brushing Du Sixian's face.
The shower curtain swayed gently in the wind, making eerie sounds. Water droplets from the roof ran down the pipe and fell onto the floor. There seemed to be insects crawling in the drain, rustling.
In the silence, all sounds were amplified, making one feel uneasy in this environment.
I am a Night Watch operative, an operative who masters precise Spells. If any urban legend really appear, I'll throw a Howling Wildfire at it. If one Howling Wildfire can't solve it, I'll add another Chi Huang Fire!
Thinking this, Du Sixian's fear in her heart seemed to dissipate a little.
Immediately after, she pursed her slightly dry lips, took out her phone to illuminate the dark bathroom. The moment her eyes adjusted to the change in light, a figure entered her peripheral vision.
In the completely dark bathroom, the phone's light was the only light source in the darkness. The light shone on the mirror, reflecting Du Sixian's profile.
However, because the room was too dark, the screen was almost completely black, and she could only barely see a figure.
But the phone's light was exceptionally clear, like a soul lamp guiding the way, as if trying to lure something out of the mirror.
Only after Du Sixian realized that the figure entering her peripheral vision was her own reflection in the mirror did she restrain the impulse to throw a Spell. She took a deep breath and walked towards the bathtub.
The large circular bathtub was filled with cold water, with shallow ripples on the surface.
The bathtub was clearly shallow, but because the light was too dim, she couldn't see the bottom at a glance. A pale-colored doll with red threads sewn on its chest floated on the water surface, gently swaying with the waves.
The cotton stuffing taken out of the doll's body was still scattered on the floor beside the bathtub.
The doll was bought from the souvenir shop on the first floor of the hotel. After buying it, Yang Yi stripped off the doll's clothes, cut a long slit on its chest, and stuffed a part of the game participant's body into it.
It could be a small piece of fingernail, or a small tuft of hair. Yang Yi even pricked his own finger and dripped in two drops of fresh blood.
The naive sweet girl had advised him not to do this, but he said it was more exciting that way...
In the darkness.
The doll's button eyes glowed, and no matter from which angle she looked, it seemed to be staring at her. Du Sixian looked at the doll, her mouth twitched, and she avoided its "gaze," silently saying the necessary words from the urban legend game process.
"Doll, doll, the new body is here, please use it."
"Alright, let's play! We'll be the ghost first."
"..."
After speaking, Du Sixian suddenly felt a faint cool airflow blowing by her ears. It seemed as if something was lingering around. She couldn't help but clench her fists.
After waiting for a few seconds and seeing no strange Spiritual Energy fluctuations suddenly appear, she turned around and exited the bathroom.
Leaving the bathroom and seeing the light again, Du Sixian felt as if she had suddenly returned to reality from an illusionary world.
She walked over to the sofa in the room and sat down, watching the next "victim" enter the bathroom. She lightly touched the baogang cang owl badge on her chest.
"Game Stage One is temporarily normal."
Sending a message to Lu Yibei through the badge, Du Sixian looked up at the bathroom door that had closed again, slightly furrowing her brow.
Perhaps, just as Yang Yi said, this game is just scaring yourself. Besides playing this game, maybe there were other factors in He Liang's death?
Or perhaps, because the game wasn't completed, the urban legend haven't appeared yet? Du Sixian mused inwardly.
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Gambling is never a game of luck... Jiang Li had said this to Lu Yibei before.
At that time, Lu Yibei thought she meant that some math experts could increase the probability of winning card games through calculation, or otherwise cheat with more shameless and dirty methods.
After all, both situations often appeared in folk rumors.
But after playing cards with these strangers in front of the coffee table today, she realized that what Jiang Li wanted to express might not be that simple.
It was like these strangers encountering her; if they couldn't win, they just couldn't win.
She didn't even deliberately use her Spiritual Energy; just relying on the occasional predictive thoughts that flashed through her mind, her win rate had already exceeded eighty percent. Coupled with her trash talk that messed with people's minds, she almost swept the entire card game with an overwhelming attitude.
For these guys who weren't learning anything good, she had no psychological burden when winning.
At such a young age, they already knew how to come out and pollute the social environment. Environmentalist Lu Yibei expressed strong condemnation and backhandedly threw out a "Super Double".
"All in!"
Seeing this, the boy sitting opposite Lu Yibei stared at her face for a long time, hoping to detect even a hint of nervousness or panic on her face.
Immediately after, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "Damn it, you didn't even look at your cards, and you think I'm scared of you? It must be a bluff, do you think I'm scared of you?"
Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "Sorry, straight flush." As she spoke, she flipped over the cards on the table.
The boy looked at the pair of Aces in his hand and fell silent, accompanied by regret.
And so.
In less than twenty minutes, the time it took for five or six hands of cards, she made the men and women at the table, except for herself, become anxious and restless. Even a slightly overweight young man had sweat on his forehead.
If she hadn't deliberately single-handedly lifted the marble stool, which looked to weigh at least a hundred pounds and was used for decoration in the room, to use as a seat when she joined the game, some hot-tempered Elder brother would have jumped out long ago to accuse her of cheating and demand an "external aid detection".
She just loved watching them, unable to defeat her, unable to win against her, unable to argue with her, getting anxious and angry, looking as if they went to the bathroom without toilet paper!
Lu Yibei was not flustered at all, and even gradually became arrogant.
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"That's it? You guys play cards so slowly, drinking a bucket of cappuccino won't help!"
"Young people, be a little braver, think on the bright side. As long as you bet boldly, maybe you'll lose everything in one go, and won't the pain end then?"
"My spit is for counting money, not for chatting with you. Call or fold? If you don't call, I'm counting my money!"
...
Another new hand of cards began. Everyone had just been dealt three cards and had seen the value of the cards. They were secretly observing Lu Yibei while calculating how to play this hand, but then they saw her frown deeply.
Her Spiritual Energy sense told her that in the master bedroom upstairs, besides Du Sixian, a strange Spiritual Energy fluctuation had suddenly appeared.
That distorted, faint Spiritual Energy fluctuation flashed and disappeared so quickly that Lu Yibei almost suspected she had hallucinated.
But her eyes genuinely heated up after that Spiritual Energy fluctuation flashed, and the baogang cang owl badge in her pocket was also vibrating slightly.
This proved that there was indeed a urban legend Spiritual Energy fluctuation appearing nearby.
"..."
Has it arrived?
The urban legend game really summoned the urban legend...
I need to quickly notify the Elder brother of the Special Operations Team, and then go up to check the situation.
Thinking this, Lu Yibei covered her hand, knocked on the table to signal she was folding, then got up from the coffee table and headed towards the second-floor bathroom.
Seeing Lu Yibei get up, everyone at the table inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
Although it's normal for someone to have incredibly good luck for two or three hands, or even ten or so hands, in a card game, she gave people the illusion that her luck would continue to be good.
Lu Yibei's departure allowed everyone at the card table to focus on the game, wanting to take this opportunity to recoup some of their losses and stop the bleeding in time. No one cared too much about why she didn't go to the first-floor bathroom and insisted on going to the second floor.
Arriving on the second floor, she observed the people downstairs from a distance. After confirming that no one was paying attention to her, she bypassed the bathroom and darted into the small gym next to the master bedroom.
After entering the gym, she immediately took out the baogang cang owl badge from her pocket and pinned it to her chest. Touching the badge with her fingertip and injecting Spiritual Energy, she sent a message to the members of the Special Operations Team lurking on the penthouse rooftop.
"Elder brother Qi, the urban legend have arrived, prepare to begin operations! My current location is in the small gym next to the master bedroom."
Soon, the badge on Lu Yibei's chest vibrated slightly, as if someone was whispering in her ear, and she heard Qi Dong's response.
"Received!"
Felt quite like ASMR? It was Lu Yibei's first time using the baogang cang owl badge for communication, and she didn't expect such an experience.
Then, she imagined a group of burly men whispering softly in her ear and couldn't help but shiver.
While waiting for the Special Operations Team members to arrive, Lu Yibei lightly touched the badge on her chest again and sent a message to Du Sixian.
"Du Sixian, calling Du Sixian, this is Lu Yibei. How is the situation on your side?"
After waiting for two seconds, Du Sixian sent a response.
"urban legend Game Stage Two is in progress, it's almost my turn. No urban legend have appeared yet."
The soft, sweet voice entered her ears, making her entire ear tingle. Lu Yibei nodded in satisfaction. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Mm, not bad, it has that flavor!
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A moment later.
There was a rustling sound from outside the open window of the small gym. Two static ropes hung down from upstairs, and then a strong, burly figure was seen rappelling down. With a gentle swing of the rope, he flew inside and landed steadily. The entire process was almost completely silent.
After repeating this several times, the Special Operations Team, consisting of five people in total, gathered in the small gym. The room, which was originally quite spacious, suddenly became crowded.
Just as Qi Dong finished counting the number of people and Lu Yibei was about to contact Du Sixian to inquire about the situation, the gym door was knocked.
"Dong dong dong—!"
"Hey, are you in there? What's going on? Are you running away after winning money?"
The person knocking was the boy who had gone all-in against Lu Yibei earlier. In the entire card game, which lasted less than half an hour, he was the one who lost the most miserably.
At this moment, seeing that Lu Yibei had left and hadn't returned for a long time, and still harboring the thought of turning the tables, he was clearly unconvinced and didn't want Lu Yibei to slip away using this opportunity.
Hearing the sound, Qi Dong tilted his head and cast a questioning look towards Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei rubbed her forehead, waved her hand to signal Qi Dong to remain calm, and then whispered, "I'll explain this to you later. I'll go negotiate with him first and try to send him away."
Hearing Lu Yibei's instructions, Qi Dong frowned, but finally nodded, indicating he understood. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
"Dong dong dong—dong dong dong—!"
"If you don't come out, I'm coming in!"
Just as the boy knocked on the door for the second time and was about to say something else, the gym door opened. Lu Yibei stuck out half her head from inside and said impatiently, "Stop knocking, stop knocking! Didn't Grandpa not run away? Are you that eager to give me money?"
"Nonsense! It's not certain who's giving money to whom!" the boy said, unconvinced. As he spoke, he stood on his tiptoes and glanced around the gym.
"Speaking of which, what the ♦ are you hiding in there for? Weren't you going to the bathroom? How did you end up here?"
"You're not up to something sneaky, are you? Could it be that you did something in here that caused me to lose so badly?"
Losers always like to find excuses for themselves... Lu Yibei muttered inwardly, rolled her eyes, and said to the boy expressionlessly, "It's just a pile of gym equipment inside, what's there to see?"
"No way, let me go in and see!"
"You must see?"
"Nonsense! I now have reason to suspect you're cheating. If you don't let me see, I'm calling the police!"
"Ai—!" Lu Yibei sighed helplessly and said, "Alright then, you can come in, but whatever you see later, don't tell anyone else."
As expected, there's something fishy! The boy's gaze slightly narrowed, and he said with a pout, "Tsk, I'll have to see it before I can decide."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei shrugged, stepped back, making room for half her body, and welcomed the boy inside.
As soon as the boy walked in, he saw the shadows of three big men under the moonlight, and their clean white teeth when they cast "friendly" smiles towards him. He instantly froze.
What the ♦ is this? The Three Burly Brothers under the Moon?
The next moment, he heard Lu Yibei's voice by his ear.
"You insisted on seeing this, Elder brothers, do it!"
The boy's pupils contracted. In his horror, just as he was about to shout "Help!", he heard a scream from the master bedroom next door. He couldn't help but be slightly startled, and then he was pinned to the ground by two strong black figures who suddenly darted out from behind the door.
The two Elder brothers from the Special Operations Team had clearly done this more than once. One covered his mouth, the other restrained him, doing it with great skill, not allowing the boy to make a sound...
