Free Web NovelThe scream coming from the master bedroom was fleeting, quickly swallowed by the continuous noise of the party downstairs. It seemed no one noticed anything unusual.
Perhaps this is for the best. If there were too many witnesses, the situation would become complicated...
Lu Yibei muttered to herself, lightly touching the badge on her chest to contact Du Sixian.
"Du Sixian, how are things on your end? Why was someone screaming?"
"It's Jacob. When he went into the bathroom to complete the second stage of the process, something seemed to have gone wrong. The door is locked from the inside now, and we can't get in. We don't know what happened."
Lu Yibei, "..."
In such a small group combination, was the first one to 'die' when triggering a urban legend event really the black Elder brother?
Lu Yibei silently complained in her heart, and lightly touched the baogang cang owl badge again.
"I understand. I'll come over and check the situation right away."
After responding to Du Sixian, Lu Yibei turned to look at the strong Elder brothers of the Special Operations Team beside her and the boy who had been subdued and tied up on the ground. She rubbed her temples.
"Elder brothers, I'll go take a look first. If there's a situation, please contact the hotel to evacuate the people downstairs, and then come in for reinforcement. I'll try to buy enough time."
Lu Yibei chose not to have the Elder brothers from the Special Operations Team directly break down the door and provide 'warmth'. Doing so would cause too much commotion, and there were still so many people downstairs. Once they were startled and scattered, the aftermath work would become very difficult.
Therefore, before confirming the appearance of a urban legend, it was not the best option to have the Elder brothers take action.
The various little tips Jiang Li left for Lu Yibei were still very useful. Qi Dong was stunned for a moment after hearing Lu Yibei's more appropriate plan.
Immediately, he smiled heartily at Lu Yibei, "Staff Lu, you can go ahead with peace of mind! We are very experienced in this kind of thing."
Still as a rock, moving like a tank, that describes them.
Lu Yibei nodded, preparing to leave the small gym. Before leaving, her gaze swept over the boy who was tied up.
The boy was lying on his side on the ground, his bound body constantly wriggling and struggling. From his gagged mouth, occasional whimpers of "Woo woo!" could be heard.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei frowned and pondered for two seconds, then shook her head helplessly. She walked forward, squatted down, and said, "Little Elder brother, you really can't blame me for this. No one wants something like this to happen! At worst, later I'll have the strong Elder brothers make you something to eat?"
The boy, "???"
What you just said, it seems there's something not quite right about it?
"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. Make sure to get along well with the Elder brothers!" Lu Yibei said, shrugging her shoulders, then stood up and left the gym, heading towards the master bedroom.
She wasn't worried at all that the boy would be harmed in the hands of the Elder brothers from the Special Operations Team.
The Special Operations Team is very experienced in handling witnesses who accidentally stumble into a urban legend investigation scene.
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"Woo woo woo—!"
Just as the door of the small gym was about to close, the boy let out a mournful wail that would make listeners sad and bring tears to their eyes.
Lu Yibei looked back and said expressionlessly, "Don't be afraid. Under the care of the strong Elder brothers, soon, you will only be left with happiness!"
The boy, "!!!"
The next moment, his vision was filled by the mighty and strong bodies of the Special Operations Team members.
"Hehehe—!"
Accompanied by laughter like barbells, he looked up, and as far as his eyes could see, there were strong men grinning widely, revealing a mouthful of white teeth...
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Leaving the small gym, Lu Yibei walked quickly, turned a corner, and arrived in front of the master bedroom door of the suite.
It should be here... she muttered to herself, silently taking out the fuxing copper coin from her jacket pocket.
Whether a urban legend exists in the room: heads means yes, tails means no.
"Ding—!"
Tails, no... Lu Yibei pondered the predicted result and frowned.
If there was no urban legend presence inside, where did that other Spiritual Energy fluctuation besides Du Sixian's come from?
Lu Yibei thought, and tossed the copper coin into the air again.
"Ding—!"
Whether the previous divination result was disturbed: heads means yes, tails means no.
...
Lu Yibei silently recited, tossing the copper coin into the air, then quickly catching it. She repeated this three times, tossing the coin a total of six times before nodding.
It's always right to be a little more cautious when investigating a urban legend event for the first time.
After tossing the coin six times in a row, the divination results all indicated that there was no urban legend presence in the room. Only then did she confidently and boldly raise her hand and knock on the door.
Although the divination result showed that there was no urban legend presence in the room, as long as it could be confirmed that the strange Spiritual Energy fluctuation originated from the urban legend game, she could continue the investigation using the props applied for from the Night Watch's supplies.
So Lu «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» Yibei felt it was still necessary to go in and check the situation.
"Dong dong dong—!"
She knocked three times rhythmically. After hearing hurried footsteps behind the door, she took a step back and moved aside.
With a creak, the door opened, and Du Sixian came out. As agreed beforehand, she pretended not to recognize Lu Yibei at all and asked in surprise, "Hmm? Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
Lu Yibei bowed slightly, "It's like this, I'm the service staff for you. I heard someone screaming here downstairs just now, so I came up to ask about the situation."
While speaking, Lu Yibei looked into the room with her slightly warm eyes, her gaze sweeping over the three members of Yang Yi's small group. She couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Inside the room, besides Du Sixian, each person was entangled with a semi-virtual, semi-real red thread. Some were wrapped around their fingertips, some at the tips of their hair, and one extended into the bathroom.
And Yang Yi's red thread even pierced directly through his chest!
This is probably related to the differences in each person's operational process during the urban legend game...
But why didn't Du Sixian have one? Was it because she was a Psychic?
Lu Yibei muttered to herself, quietly extending her Spiritual Sense along the red thread leading to the bathroom, and probed the situation inside the bathroom.
In the bathroom on the other side of the wall, the Spiritual Energy fluctuation of the urban legend did not increase, nor were there signs of Jacob's life force gradually dissipating. For now, there was no immediate danger.
After a brief silence, Lu Yibei quickly withdrew her thoughts and nodded slightly to Du Sixian, "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
While Lu Yibei and Du Sixian were talking, Yang Yi, who had been trying to enter the bathroom to check the situation, looked over here.
Upon seeing that the person at the door was Lu Yibei, he was slightly stunned, his face turning pale, and he exclaimed, "Lu Yibei, how is it you? What are you doing here?"
During this time, Lu Yibei had been following them, trying to subtly dissuade them from playing the urban legend game.
They had never seen anyone like Lu Yibei, who was more nagging than a laying hen, more elusive than a head teacher at the window, and ran faster than a wild horse.
Like a ghost, he had brought them immense psychological trauma.
Now, the fright Jacob had given them just now had not yet subsided, and Lu Yibei suddenly appeared here again. It truly was misfortune never comes singly!
"What am I doing here?" Lu Yibei took half a step back and slightly showed Yang Yi her uniform, saying, "Can't you tell? I'm just working a part-time job!"
Yes, it was indeed a part-time job, although not as a hotel service staff, but as a part-time investigator of urban legend events.
Lu Yibei added in her heart, and continued, "As for you..."
She said, looking around, her gaze lingering on the large bed in the room, which was big enough for four or five people to engage in group activities together. She slightly narrowed her eyes.
"What are so many of you doing gathered in the room? Don't do anything strange and cause trouble for the hotel!"
Yang Yi slightly frowned, his peripheral vision drifting towards the tightly closed bathroom door beside him, his eyes gradually becoming panicked.
He didn't know what was happening with Jacob in the bathroom. If he really encountered a urban legend attack, maybe he was already...
If the hotel service staff found that someone had died in our room, they would definitely call the police, right?
If the police came, could we still explain ourselves clearly?
If this matter was reported to the school by the police, the next election would probably be ruined...
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Yang Yi's gaze darkened as he thought, and he subtly moved his body to block the bathroom door, saying seriously, "We, we didn't do anything, right?"
Lu Yibei, "..." She hadn't seen it before, but this bastard is quite dark-hearted!
The black Elder brother is now locked inside the bathroom, and it's very possible he encountered a urban legend. He actually still wants to hide it?
Seeing that Lu Yibei had no intention of leaving, Yang Yi turned his head and gave a look to the green tea Miss and the silly sweet girl in the room.
"Mhm mhm." The silly sweet girl nodded, her face full of unconcealable worry.
"That's right, we're just playing games together!" The green tea Miss showed astonishing acting skills, saying with a face full of innocence, clearly someone experienced in this sort of thing.
Seeing this, Yang Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
His idea was simple: first, get rid of Lu Yibei, this hotel employee, and then decide what to do after confirming the situation in the bathroom.
If someone really ended up dead, he could just push the blame onto Du Sixian. After all, she organized the party, and she suggested this urban legend game.
He thought the process would be simple, but what he didn't expect was that there was an "internal spy" among them!
"We are playing a urban legend game!" Du Sixian suddenly said.
Yang Yi, "..."
"urban legend game?" Lu Yibei raised an eyebrow, surprised, "Could it be 【One Person Hide-and-Seek】?"
Yang Yi's face showed displeasure. He stared deeply at Lu Yibei and said, "Does it have anything to do with you? We..."
Before Yang Yi could finish speaking, Du Sixian interrupted again, "That's right! It's the game you mentioned!"
She, Du Sixian, was the veteran internal spy.
"You really played that game?" Lu Yibei said, pretending to be serious, "This is bad! I've warned you repeatedly not to participate in that game, why didn't you listen?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi frowned tightly and said, "When did you..."
Mid-sentence, his mind flashed through the things Lu Yibei had been nagging them about during this time. His face changed, and the words in his mouth stopped abruptly.
He suddenly realized that putting aside the 88% of nonsense in Lu Yibei's words, the remaining more than 10% was indeed indirectly reminding them that this game was dangerous!
"You knew this game was dangerous long ago?!" The silly sweet girl finally came to her senses after a long while, as if she had discovered some treasure, and exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell us earlier?"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Miss, you can't...
Forget it, who told your persona to be a silly sweet girl?
Just as Lu Yibei was briefly silent, the green tea Miss suddenly leaned closer to him, grabbed his wrist, and said weakly, as if acting coquettishly, "Lu Yibei, actually, I've always thought you were a pretty good person..."
"Don't say that. If your boyfriend hears it, he'll be angry, right?" Lu Yibei interrupted.
This way of speaking felt familiar... The green tea Miss was stunned for a moment, but still continued, "I don't have a boyfriend! Girls like me, generally no one would like us, right?"
"It's good you know!" Lu Yibei said expressionlessly and resolutely.
The green tea Miss, "..."
She looked at Lu Yibei, as if West Lake Longjing was looking at Dongting Biluochun, confirming with a look that they were the same kind of people. She stopped acting up and got straight to the point.
"Lu Yibei, since you know this urban legend game is dangerous, you must also know how to solve the danger, right?"
The silly sweet girl beside them also got excited when she heard this. "That's right! Lu Yibei, you must have a way, right? Please, help us?"
Lu Yibei opened his mouth, about to say something, when at this moment, Yang Yi said in a sarcastic tone, "What's the use of begging him? If he could help, he wouldn't have just tried to dissuade us!"
At that time, nothing was confirmed. What else could I do besides persuade you? Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly in annoyance, shaking his head at Yang Yi, "They can be saved, but you... I'm afraid it's difficult!"
"You..." Yang Yi pointed at Lu Yibei, wanting to speak but hesitating.
"You what!" Lu Yibei pushed his hand away, pouting, "I've already seen it. Your situation is different from theirs. Presumably, when you played the urban legend game, your operating procedure was also quite different from theirs?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi's face instantly turned pale. He subconsciously clenched his fists, hiding the wound on his fingertip that had been pricked by a needle.
The green tea Miss, who knew that Yang Yi had just repeatedly refused to listen and insisted on dripping blood into the doll's body, also changed her expression. She subtly distanced herself from him and retreated to the farthest corner from him.
"Looks like I was right," Lu Yibei said calmly. "However, for the sake of being classmates, as long as..."
Lu Yibei originally wanted to say, as long as you give me ten to twenty thousand, I'll fix this for you, but he caught a glimpse of Du Sixian's serious scrutinizing expression out of the corner of his eye and couldn't say it. He could only clear his throat and change the subject.
"Ahem, as long as you cooperate well, I will try my best to help you."
It's not good to do whatever I want in front of my dependent and colleague, it damages my magnificent image, which is very annoying! Lu Yibei thought.
"Can you really do it?" Yang Yi probed.
"Otherwise?" Lu Yibei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Although on the surface I am an ordinary university student, I am actually a disciple of Da Chunyang Palace..."
...an unnamed small Taoist temple nearby that piggybacks on its incense offerings. Lu Yibei added inwardly.
"Oh my god! Is it really that legendary Da Chunyang Palace?!"
As soon as Lu Yibei finished speaking, Du Sixian couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. It was unclear whether she was cooperating with Lu Yibei's performance or if she really knew something about Da Chunyang Palace, but in any case, it was very exaggerated.
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"As a urban legend enthusiast, how could I not know? I heard that many people who encounter urban legend go there to seek solutions, and the Ziwei Shi Qi Talismans obtained by burning incense there are especially effective for protection!"
Lu Yibei, "???"
Wait! What the heck?
The Ziwei Shi Qi Talisman, wasn't that originally created by the Ancestor to rip off incense seekers? How did it end up in the hands of Da Chunyang Palace now? Can't you respect intellectual property?
That's right, what I mean is...
I, the grandson of Qingji, pay up!
Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, silently adding another subject to the list of things he had to learn from Qingji every day - drawing talismans.
No matter how flamboyant or bold ordinary people are, they will more or less become timid when facing death.
Seeing Du Sixian speak highly of Lu Yibei's so-called lineage, Yang Yi finally stepped aside and gestured for Lu Yibei to enter, "Please, if you can get in."
Lu Yibei walked up, twisted the doorknob, and frowned.
He used a lot of force, but all he got was a light "click-click" sound. The door was locked from the inside, and he even felt a faint Spiritual Energy fluctuation on the doorknob.
"..."
After pondering for two seconds, Lu Yibei said, "It's alright, a small problem, I have a way to solve it! Don't walk around here, I'll be back shortly."
After speaking, he turned and left the master bedroom, went to the small gym next door, found the guitar bag that the Special Operations Team Elder brothers helped him carry, and dug out the mingwang statue.
One minute later, he returned to the master bedroom, carrying the mingwang statue in one hand. After locking the master bedroom door from the inside, he walked up under everyone's astonished gaze, raised the mingwang statue with both hands, and aimed it at the bathroom door lock...
Everyone, "???" Is ♦this♦ your way to solve the problem?
"Duang--Duang--!"
Two dull thuds, and the door lock flew off as expected. Lu Yibei turned and glanced at everyone, "Did you just say something?"
Everyone, "..., no, you continue."
And, you're awesome!
"Creak--!" Lu Yibei pushed gently, and the door opened.
A chillingly cold wind blew in. The bathroom window had opened at some point. Jacob was standing by the window, his eyes tightly closed, a faint smile on his lips, clearly somewhat out of his mind.
His upper body was pulled by red threads and had tilted out by about seventy degrees, looking as if he was about to fall out of the window.
In the bathroom, the small mirror was angled towards the outside of the window. The inside of the mirror was pitch black. It did not reflect Jacob's figure, nor the scene outside the window, but it reflected a pale, ferocious-faced boy dozens of meters up in the air.
The boy was suspended in the air, his abdomen cut open. Four red threads extended out as if they were intestines that had fallen from his belly, their other ends connected respectively to the four people in Yang Yi's small group.
When Yang Yi and the others saw the situation in the bathroom, they were scared silly by Jacob's strange behavior and stood frozen in place. While they were stunned, Lu Yibei took a quick step forward, wrapped his arms around Jacob's waist, and dragged him back into the room.
Then, he reached out, grabbed the red threads in front of him, quickly wrapped them around his hand a few times, and held them tightly.
Got you! Little thing of 0.7 rabbits! Lu Yibei thought, his gaze slightly focused.
