Free Web NovelBeside the dusty shelves, on the spoiled food, even the maggots were dead. The abandoned seafood glass tank was full of water, reflecting the rippling light from the ceiling.
A woman in red stood before the tank, lost in thought.
At the bottom of the tank, the dark green substance gently swayed with the surface of the water, rocking back and forth in the murky liquid, showing no signs of life.
Its smooth, sticky, and translucent appearance was like some kind of children's toy called "Baobao," completely unlike the fragmented tissue of a Disaster-level urban legend.
After a long time, Twilight Woman shook her head helplessly, letting out a silent sigh.
"..."
Just then, a wave of Spiritual Energy suddenly intruded into her sensory range. Turning around, the vast space was eerie and dark. A black shadow rapidly approached her side, landing steadily, revealing a figure draped in a black robe who threw a bound girl before her.
The girl's face was pale, her eyes tightly shut, her brows knitted together, and her body occasionally convulsed.
Watching the girl, Twilight Woman imagined the scene of the girl being snatched from her warm little bedroom by the black-robed figure, so terrified she lost her soul, even fainting. The corners of her mouth curved slightly upward.
"You did well. You may withdraw now!"
"Yes." The black-robed figure responded, retreated, and disappeared into the darkness.
Watching the black-robed figure leave, Twilight Woman walked to the girl's side, leaned down, extended a slender finger, and used the finely manicured yet knife-sharp nail at the tip to cut the fair skin on the girl's delicate neck. A string of crimson blood beads immediately gushed out.
Twilight Woman brought the blood-stained fingertip to her mouth, extended her pink tongue to lick it, and a look of satisfaction appeared on her face. "Her Spiritual Energy potential is quite high? She's a good sacrifice!"
"Bang—!" As soon as she finished speaking, a muffled thud came from behind her, as if some enormous object had crashed into the wall.
Turning to look, she saw that the dark green substance in the fish tank had started swimming at some point. Its fist-sized body possessed astonishing strength, colliding with the walls of the glass tank, making muffled thuds while causing cracks to spread inch by inch.
"It seems I was right. To activate it, simple Spiritual Energy isn't enough."
Twilight Woman muttered to herself, flicked her sleeve, and the unconscious girl on the ground flew up, arcing through the air before falling into the water with a splash.
Blood threads spread from the girl's fair neck into the water little by little. The dark green substance smelled the blood, swam up quickly, grew fleshy buds on its surface, elongated, and fiercely pierced into the girl's body, then brutally tore the wound.
In an instant, blood spread in the water like blooming flowers, dyeing the entire tank red.
The intense pain woke the unconscious girl. She instinctively opened her mouth to gasp for air but inhaled a large amount of bloody sewage. The pain of drowning and the pain of her body being torn made her scream, but only a series of bubbles rose from under the water.
"Gurgle gurgle—!"
Then, through the dirty glass, she saw the woman in red outside the tank, exuding an eerie aura, and her pupils contracted violently.
Waking up from a nightmare only to find herself trapped in the fear brought by another nightmare is enough to cause the mental breakdown of most people.
Twilight Woman rested her chin on one hand, her eyes playful, as if enjoying an interesting short play.
The girl's fear acted like a catalyst, intensifying the dark green substance's invasion. The reddened tank water churned violently, like a pool of boiling blood.
Toxicity continued to spread through the girl's body. Soon, her body lost sensation, becoming like a statue, slowly sinking to the bottom of the tank.
But she didn't die. Her eyes were wide with terror, watching as her skin turned a bruised, shiny color, and her gaze gradually became dull.
Dark green fleshy buds grew through her skin like mushrooms growing on decaying wood.
Following that, her flesh began to decay, melting like wax figures, turning into liquid and merging with the water, exposing white bones.
Finally, when her eyes were corroded, her vision plunged into darkness.
Only then did the girl completely lose consciousness, and the hellish torment came to an end.
A foul odor emanated from the tank. A mass of dark green substance almost filled the entire tank.
Twilight Woman watched the tank, excitement flickering in her eyes.
"Almost there."
She muttered to herself, walked forward, bit her fingertip, and let her blood drip onto the dark green substance, which had expanded unknown times. Then she injected Spiritual Energy into the water.
Immediately after, she felt a subtle connection establish between herself and it. With a thought, the dark green substance leaped out of the water with a splash, landing behind her, spreading like a semicircular barrier, protecting her figure.
Feeling the experience of controlling the dark green substance behind her as if it were her own arm, Twilight Woman's eyes gradually became fanatical. She couldn't help but laugh aloud. "Hahaha! Wonderful, wonderful!"
The dark green substance, which had almost no Spiritual Energy fluctuations just moments ago, possessed Spiritual Energy fluctuations close to a D-level urban legend after only devouring one person with Spiritual Energy potential, which she found incredible.
Just as Plague Tai Sui had told her, these fragmented tissues that proliferated from Him could grow infinitely as long as they had enough nourishment.
If these dark green tissues were planted in a more vast area with more nourishment, such as the underground drainage system teeming with urban legend, or even the water source of Hua City... its Spiritual Energy fluctuations would undoubtedly grow to a terrifying degree, becoming a powerful aid to this Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!
Just as Twilight Woman was thinking about where to plant these dark green tissues next, a black shadow flashed behind her, and a black-robed figure appeared.
"Adult Demoness, the guys organizing the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons have started their move."
"Oh?" Twilight Woman coldly glanced behind her from the corner of her eye and asked, "Where?"
"The starting point is near the back gate of Happiness Community, the endpoint is unknown."
"I ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) see. Then let's go take a look!" Twilight Woman nodded slightly.
With that, she waved her hand, and the dark green substance behind her wriggled, drilled into the drain beside the seafood tank, and then she, along with the black-robed figure who had come to report, disappeared into the darkness.
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Near the back gate of Happiness Community, on the empty, deserted street, a cold wind swirled with snowflakes.
From a distance, a girl wearing a beige wool coat and short boots came running, pushing a small cart selling sweet potatoes. After parking the cart in a corner by the roadside, she rubbed her frozen hands and pulled a plastic sheet to cover the cart and the oven on it.
Selling peanuts in spring, ice jelly in summer, fried rice in autumn, and roasted sweet potatoes and fermented rice balls in winter, the cart served multiple purposes, and Gu Qianqian's night market business had never stopped.
As soon as Gu Qianqian hid the cart, the system's voice sounded in her mind, "Gu Qianqian, are you sure they said to meet here?"
"Yeah, don't worry, I won't remember it wrong!" Gu Qianqian replied without thinking, "Is there a problem here?"
"Here..." The system paused, then said earnestly, "There is a very strong urban legend here. Although it rarely leaves the Happiness Community area and I've never seen it, I know it is indeed hidden nearby."
"I know!" Gu Qianqian said seriously, "Maotuan (Hairball) told me that the urban legend of Happiness Community is Lu Yibei's dependent."
"Hmm?" The system was startled and quickly said, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I thought it wasn't important information!" Gu Qianqian muttered a little aggrievedly, "Didn't you say before? It's normal for urban legend like Disaster to have a few dependents. You must never underestimate them and be careful of her dependents attacking from the shadows at any time."
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"I thought you already knew!"
System, "..."
I knew jack squat!
Although that woman collecting dependents is like collecting figurines, full of twisted humor, she only started collecting dependents on a large scale after leaving Hua City.
This time, she actually started in Hua City. Something's not right! Very not right!
While the system was thinking, a loud gong sound suddenly came from behind.
"Dang dang dang—!"
Looking in the direction of the sound, a woman in Qingyi makeup, holding a suona, led Maotuan (Hairball), False Tooth, Eyeball, Sleeping Dress, and a dense crowd of urban legend walking out of the darkness.
As she walked, the woman brought the suona to her lips and blew gently.
In an instant, a sharp sound came. Gu Qianqian was stung by the hoarse screech, and fine goosebumps appeared on her skin.
The melody, like a blade scraping a blackboard, was so abrupt and inappropriate, it was almost like a performance accident, making one feel uncomfortable all over.
Following that, in the mournful melody that seemed to come from afar, a bizarre change, like a devil's whisper, suddenly appeared in the notes, gradually revealing a hint of cheerful joy.
But it was still uncomfortable, sounding like a devil's revelry echoing in one's ears.
Gu Qianqian was lost in listening. After a long time, she came back to her senses and asked the system in a low voice, "It's terrifying, system. Is this a hellish movement specially prepared for the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons?"
"No, that's 'love and magical girls Fifth Movement'." The system said, with a strange stiffness in its tone.
It had also taken a lot of effort to figure out that the female urban legend was playing an episode from "love and magical girls."
"What is that?" Gu Qianqian asked, confused.
"That is..." The system sighed helplessly, "Ah, just an episode from some mobile game."
She's still like this, not changed at all... The system grumbled to itself, couldn't help but recall the time Disaster collected over thirty dependents just to have enough people to play group battles with her.
Truly full of twisted humor!
"System..." Just as the system was secretly complaining, Gu Qianqian briefly counted the number of urban legend participating in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons tonight and said in a low voice, "There seem to be more urban legend, almost double the last time."
"Hmm?" The system was stunned for a moment. Just as it was about to say something, it was interrupted by Maotuan (Hairball)'s impassioned voice.
"That's right, there are indeed many more!" Maotuan (Hairball) said loudly, "They are urban legend who have been displaced because of those guys who destroyed the ecological harmony of Hua City's urban legend. It is our great Adult Demoness who took them in!"
"In fact, the meaning of our existence as 【Love Group】 and the concept of Adult Demoness are to help the weak and suppress the strong, rob the rich to help the poor, strengthen the spiritual civilization construction of Hua City's urban legend, and jointly create a model urban legend circle!"
After Maotuan (Hairball) finished speaking, scarlet appendages wriggled and extended from under its dense fur. It waved its limbs, as if signaling the urban legend behind it to "applaud if you understand."
So, amidst a sparse round of applause, a huge white banner was pulled open with a "Whoosh!" by several mannequins. "Long live Adult Demoness!" was written on it in crooked handwriting.
Following that, with another soft sound, plaster statues with the heads of Pleasant Goat and Lazy Goat respectively, stood on either side of the banner, pulling open two white strips, the left reading "Do good deeds throughout life" and the right reading "Leave a good name for eternity."
"Woo—!"
So, amidst the mournful, nerve-wracking suona music, Sleeping Dress and Maotuan (Hairball) walked out of the urban legend crowd, holding a photo of Lu Yibei that they had somehow obtained, one on the left and one on the right.
"..."
Gu Qianqian stared at the new banner and photo prepared by Maotuan (Hairball) and the other urban legend, and weakly asked the system, "System, do I not understand their aesthetics? I always feel like something is not quite right."
"Heh, of course it's not right." The system sneered, "They arranged it according to a funeral layout for Disaster. I knew this would be the result when they left the task of preparing the parade props to low-level urban legend."
"A bunch of underworld things, what kind of above-ground work can you expect from them?"
To be able to attend a funeral ceremony for Disaster in my lifetime, even if it's not real, why does it feel so good! The system thought gleefully.
"System..." Gu Qianqian pouted, ruthlessly destroying the spiritual victory the system had achieved. "But what's the use? Lu Yibei isn't really dead."
System, "..."
Damn it! I haven't enjoyed myself enough yet!
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The system grumbled to itself, only to hear Maotuan (Hairball) shout, "Comrades, let's go!"
Then, with the drums beating, the gong clanging, and the suona playing, the mighty urban legend procession began its parade towards their designated destination.
However, they hadn't walked even five hundred meters, just entering the alley not far from the back gate of Happiness Community, when they heard a cold laugh from above.
"Demoness? Heh, times have really changed. Where did these little fish and shrimp come from to even call themselves a Demoness?"
Ridiculous! Is this really a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons? Is it not a funeral procession in the center? Twilight Woman thought mockingly.
Amidst the cold laughter, Gu Qianqian suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
At the system's prompt, she suddenly turned her head and looked behind her.
At the end of the silent long street, on top of a dimly lit streetlight, a strange woman in red stood, her indifferent eyes staring down, a playful smile on her lips.
The next moment, a piercing shriek erupted from the woman's lips, and intense Spiritual Energy fluctuations swept through the area.
Amidst the disorienting, hallucination-inducing shriek, the streetlights on the long street flickered wildly. There was a series of glass shattering explosions, and sparks and thick smoke spewed out of them frantically.
All the streetlights went out completely, and the entire street plunged into darkness.
"Gu Qianqian, be careful!"
In the darkness, Gu Qianqian heard the system's warning, and then felt a terrifying chill from above that made her whole body numb.
Without time to think, she suddenly dropped to the ground, rolled, and as she got up, she fiercely swung her metal baseball bat towards the sky.
Then.
The heavy, dark Spiritual Energy fluctuations collided with the scarlet, violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations, creating a violent air explosion, igniting a dazzling shower of sparks in the darkness.
With one strike, Gu Qianqian, whose tiger's mouth was numb from the shock, felt the pungent Spiritual Energy fluctuations in the air and realized that she had encountered the strongest enemy she had ever faced...
