I Became a Witch in a World Full of Urban Legends

Early morning.

Bright sunlight poured down, and in the small garden of the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, the winter jasmine bloomed much earlier than in previous years, with crystal clear dew drops hanging on the tender green branches.

Li Xuan sat at the stone table under the pavilion, chewing on a famous Fu Ji pan-fried bun from Peony Street, carefully studying the report files on urban legend incidents in Hua City over the past half month. He would sigh deeply at times, frown and ponder at others, and occasionally reveal a smile of relief. His expressions were quite varied and telling.

Not long after, footsteps sounded. An Qing, wearing a light gray professional suit and a white lab coat, leisurely walked over from outside, sipping strawberry juice from a blood bag. As she passed the pavilion, she saw Li Xuan's expressive face and slightly furrowed her brow.

"Old Li, what's wrong? Are you planning to give up the annoying sunny handsome guy route and switch to the comedian route recently?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan put down the file in his hand, rolled his eyes at An Qing, and said seriously, "I'm reviewing the files you've submitted recently. I've only read half of them."

"Oh..." An Qing responded indifferently and was about to continue walking to the office, but Li Xuan stopped her.

"Wait a minute!"

"Huh?"

"Don't you think it's strange?" Li Xuan said seriously, "It's been too peaceful recently. Look at the descriptions of these urban legend incidents, aren't they a bit too bizarre?"

"For example, this one: Mr. Li, a single man living alone in the east of the city, met his Grandpa who passed away five years ago when he returned home at night. He was severely beaten by him and ordered to go on blind dates... Would a normal urban legend do something like this?"

"Hmm..." An Qing rested her hand on her chin and thought for a while, then shrugged and said, "Isn't it a good thing that there haven't been any murder-related urban legend attacks? I don't think you need to worry about this."

"That won't do!" Li Xuan said sternly, "I always feel like this is the calm before the storm, and something terrible is going to happen soon."

As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, a clear young voice came from afar.

"What terrible thing is going to happen?"

Following the sound, they saw Lu Yibei chewing on a spicy strip, carrying a pot of soy milk and a bag of fried dough sticks, leisurely approaching.

"We're talking about the recent decrease in murder-related urban legend attacks." An Qing pouted and said, "Li Gan Yuan (Officer Li) thinks that the reports we submitted, with almost no major cases, are a bit abnormal."

"Old Li, aren't you overthinking it?" Lu Yibei looked at Li Xuan and slightly furrowed her brow, "You said it yourself, there were almost no major cases! I heard that when you were on night duty, there were tons of urban legend incidents, right? You actually have the leisure to care about others?"

"I... This..." Li Xuan was speechless for a moment and couldn't refute.

After all, the last time he was on night duty, there were more than thirty urban legend attacks in one night.

However, those urban legend incidents were quite peculiar. During the investigation of the urban legend incidents, Li Xuan assisted the local Officer in arresting twelve mentally unstable fugitives and burying seventeen deceased escapees.

The next morning, he received a thank-you letter and a small banner from the Hua City Public Security Bureau.

This made Li Xuan, who had been busy all night and was almost exhausted like a dead dog, question life for a while.

"That's not right!" Li Xuan seemed to suddenly remember something, and narrowed his eyes, looking Lu Yibei up and down, "How do you know about these things?"

Lu Yibei, "..."

Of course I know, I'm the one who made them do it... Lu Yibei thought to herself.

After a week of trial operation of the "Hua City urban legend Management Regulations Disaster Revision Will Never Change Again Final Version," she finally found some loopholes, so she launched the "Hua City urban legend Management Regulations Disaster Revision Will Be a Dog If It Changes Again Ultimate Version."

A new regulation was added: on Tuesday and Thursday nights, specific targets could be hunted.

After all, if it was just simple frights without killing people, the humans in Hua City would eventually adapt to the fear of urban legend like bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics. By then, the entire Hua City might turn into the world's largest immersive haunted house.

As for the selection of hunting targets, that was thanks to the data provided by the friendly cooperative unit - the Monster Story Chat Group Website.

Although Lu Yibei didn't know how the guys in the Monster Story Chat Group obtained the criminal information of those urban legend or humans, Lu Yibei had personally verified that most of it was true and reliable.

By the way, she could also get some benefits from the Monster Story Chat Group.

Miao Xiaoqi, who had failed to collect her debt, became even more unwilling to leave after seeing Lu Yibei's ugly face.

However, Lu Yibei felt that the fundamental reason Miao Xiaoqi didn't leave was Grandma Zhang's handmade dried fish in Happiness Community.

That was truly delicious!

She took some from where Miao Xiaoqi hid the dried fish when she wasn't paying attention and shared them with a group of urban legend, receiving widespread praise.

So...

Every evening near the luxurious cat palace, one could see a simple, kind old Grandma surrounded by more than ten urban legend disguised as stray cats, looking as well-behaved as children waiting for fruit in kindergarten.

Sometimes Lu Yibei felt that Grandma Zhang, sitting calmly among the dancing demons and distributing dried fish, was more like the King of Weird Tales than she was.

It was also fortunate that her old lady's eyesight wasn't very good and she had no potential for Spiritual Energy, otherwise, seeing those very uniquely shaped "little guys," she would have been scared out of her wits...

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Returning to the dilapidated office, Lu Yibei finished her breakfast in a few bites, performed a set of old people's health exercises, sat back in her chair, and immediately entered a state of high concentration.

Although Bie Suzhen offered to lead Lu Yibei to participate in the so-called Dream Come True Journey, Lu Yibei also intended to eliminate this unstable factor.

However, Bie Suzhen was a urban legend of unknown origin, and the information she provided about the Dream Come True Journey could only be used as a reference. Lu Yibei didn't trust her.

Therefore, before leaving, Lu Yibei obtained some internal archives and records of the Night Watch regarding the Dream Come True Journey through her agent's authority and some connections of Xing Yuan.

【urban legend Incident Number 0315

urban legend Alias: giant train (Mythical Species, Aberrant Species hybrid)

Case Summary:

1. In July 2018, a Mr. Xu, an employee of a supermarket in Yang City, took the subway home after a party and drinking, mistakenly entered the abandoned terminal station of Yang City Line 3 (Chaicun Station), and witnessed three strange people in Ming and Qing dynasty clothing boarding a train pulled by a giant urban legend (influence has been eliminated).

Later, Night Watch agents in Yang City investigated but failed to find anything, and applied for the demolition of Chaicun Station on Yang City Line 3 (approved).

2. In January 2019, a cemetery caretaker in Peng City heard a strange roar from deep within the cemetery late at night, witnessed a train pulled by a giant urban legend stopping, and took photos 【picture】【picture】 (influence has been eliminated).

3. In December 2019, Night Watch Agent Number 3 (Ji Ling) in Yun City conducted an in-depth investigation into the giant train urban legend incident and has not returned since. Night Watch Agent Number 1 in Yun City has submitted a death application (approved).

4. In April 2020, in Hai City...

...】

She didn't know until she looked. As Lu Yibei went through the documents Xing Yuan gave her last night, item by item, she felt a headache coming on.

"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?" Lu Yibei's eyes were serious, and she muttered to herself, "Also, is a hybrid urban legend of Mythical Species and Aberrant Species only used to pull a train?"

There were more than a hundred sighting incidents related to the Dream Come True Journey alone, spread across more than thirty cities, spanning over ten years, yet the Night Watch still couldn't eliminate it.

Lu Yibei could hardly imagine what the casino that Bie Suzhen mentioned, which existed yet didn't exist in this world, looked like.

Her original plan of extorting compensation by bumping into the train and interrupting the operation of the giant train in Hua City was immediately declared void after reading this document.

Lu Yibei had originally thought that with her current physical strength after becoming a urban legend, she should be able to withstand the impact of a high-speed train, but now...

There were indeed unlucky people who were hit and killed by cars while trying to extort compensation.

Putting down the file on the 【giant train】, Lu Yibei picked up the file on the 【Lanruo Inn Brothel】.

Compared to the giant train, the sighting records of the Lanruo Inn Brothel were pitifully few. The only content recorded were the testimonies of the survivors, so without exception, all the survivors were admitted to the local Night Watch's cooperative mental hospital, and those testimonies...

Lu Yibei roughly scanned the dozen or so testimonies, frowned, and her eyes became subtle.

"In other words, everyone who went to the Lanruo Inn Brothel turned into lunatics with only tits, Pooh, tits in their brains? This is too..."

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He originally wanted to complain about the Lanruo Inn Brothel, but when he thought that the village chief of Baiyanzi Village could casually invite an actor from the brothel, and their singing skill was already comparable to Mengmeng's, he suddenly felt that the place should not be underestimated.

Taking back his thoughts, Lu Yibei secretly made a decision in his heart. When he goes to investigate, he will definitely put up a sign on the giant train that says 'No minors allowed on board'.

This train is too fast, it's not a train that minors can ride at all!

However...

I am already an adult now, hehe~!

Lu Yibei thought to himself, skipping the information on Dan Sha Gu Shi Pharmacy directly, and picked up the information on Dream Come True Entertainment City.

After reading this information, he was confused.

Like the Lanruo Inn Brothel, the archive of Dream Come True Entertainment City also only contained survivor testimonies. However, unlike the brothel, those survivors were not insane.

At least, from a pathological perspective, they were not insane. On the contrary, they were exceptionally healthy and had achieved considerable success in their respective professional fields.

Each of them lived like characters who had walked out of those inspirational self-help books or success stories.

But...

Without exception, all these survivors chose to commit suicide without warning within three to five years after leaving Dream Come True Entertainment City.

"..."

Perhaps they were already insane, it's just that conventional medical methods couldn't detect it.

They were so insane they seemed like normal people. This condition is probably quite severe already.

As Lu Yibei was thinking, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Du Sixian peeked half her body in furtively.

Seeing Lu Yibei, she playfully stuck out her tongue, flashed in, and brought a folding stool with her.

Seeing Du Sixian, Lu Yibei remembered that An Qing had mentioned it to him a few days ago, asking him to help review Du Sixian's report on the Baiyanzi Village urban legend incident, worried that she might make a mistake since it was her first time writing a report.

As for why she brought a folding stool...

It was probably because An Qing had stood for nearly half an hour the last time she came.

There were no extra chairs in Lu Yibei's office. If there were no extra chairs, no one would bother him here for a long time...

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Within Dream Come True Entertainment City, there is a special place called Wu Hui Land, which means losing everything.

Upon entering the Entertainment City through its magnificent gate, one can immediately see a black vortex beneath the ceiling over thirty meters high. There is only a pure white spiral staircase, wide enough for only one person, leading directly into the black vortex, making it quite conspicuous.

The Big Boss of the Entertainment City lives up there. One is only qualified to see him when the total value of their chips accumulated reaches the top three in the entire Entertainment City.

It is said that after meeting him, one can request a game with him. As long as you win against him, you can realize any wish.

With such rumors, the gamblers who frequent the Entertainment City for years inevitably have many speculations about what Wu Hui Land is like.

Some say Wu Hui Land is paradise, with swimming pools made of gold, filled with the finest wine, and various beauties without clothes casually wandering by the pool, including both urban legend and humans.

Others say that upon entering Wu Hui Land, you can see the thing you desire most in your heart. That thing is placed beside the Big Boss of Dream Come True Entertainment City, and as long as you win against him, you can take it away.

And then there are those who were knocked out upon entering, only to wake up with all their chips gone. Only a fool would go in.

...

The gamblers have various opinions about what lies behind the black vortex of Wu Hui Land, but these are just their guesses. Very few people have actually gone inside.

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"Dong—Dong—Dong—!" A deafening bell, like a dragon's roar, suddenly sounded.

A demon-type urban legend with Succubus Power, wearing a black qipao with red patterns and a high slit, stood before an ancient bronze dragon-patterned bell and struck it three times. Immediately after, all gambling tables paused their games at the moment the bell stopped ringing.

This dragon-patterned bell is not easily rung. Whenever it is rung, it means that someone's accumulated chip value has reached the top three again, qualifying them to go to Wu Hui Land and gamble with the Big Boss, a feat called "Winning the Head Prize".

Generally speaking, this is a joyous occasion for the Entertainment City. It indirectly proves that their games do not involve conventional fraud and that some people can indeed win a massive amount of chips through their own skill or luck.

At this time, the Entertainment City will pay for the drinks and food consumed by all guests present for a period of time, allowing everyone to share in the joy.

However, when someone won the Head Prize in the past, the atmosphere was usually much livelier than it is now.

It is said that the most exaggerated time was when a human teenager from the slums, relying on luck comparable to a urban legend's Power, won 120 million chips. The storyline was completely like a counter-attack novel for the underdog, which excited all the gamblers and led to a day and night of celebration.

The reason these gamblers aren't lively now is because they know who won the Head Prize this time without even looking; there's no element of surprise at all.

As expected, after the bell rang, a young woman wearing a simple black evening dress and with her silver hair meticulously coiled, walked gracefully onto the central stage, leaning on a unicorn-decorated cane, as elegant as a black swan.

Seeing the young woman walk onto the stage, beside a certain gambling table, a urban legend wearing a large trench coat, with seventeen or eighteen baby-like arms, and a pale face, slapped the turtle shell of the Kappa urban legend next to him.

"Quick, pay up! I told you long ago, barring any accidents, the one who wins the {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Head Prize this time will be this woman again. You wouldn't listen and insisted on betting with me!"

The Kappa held his head with both hands to prevent the water on top of his head from splashing out, then reluctantly took out a few chips with a value of "10" and handed them over.

"How many times is this this month? Let's count, isn't it the eleventh time? Why is it always her? Could she be a shill for the Entertainment City, helping them reclaim chips?" The Kappa grumbled gloomily.

The multi-armed urban legend lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, then casually flicked the ash onto the Kappa's head, and pouted, saying, "A shill? I don't think so. You haven't sat at the same table with her. If you had played even one game with her, you'd know how terrifying she is!"

The Kappa glared fiercely at the multi-armed urban legend, picked up an empty fruit plate from the top left and covered his head, saying unhappily, "You've seen it?"

The multi-armed urban legend narrowed his eyes, as if recalling something. After a few seconds of thought, he said faintly, "I've seen it. It's terrifying, almost divine skill. My Jiangnan Eighteen Hands are willing to call her..."

"God of Gamblers?"

"Gambling Monster!"

The Kappa twitched his mouth, "What kind of strange logic is that? It doesn't even make sense!"

The multi-armed urban legend shrugged and egged on the Kappa, "Do you want to turn things around? How about we bet again?"

"Bet what?" The Kappa's eyes lit up.

"Let's bet..." The multi-armed urban legend looked at the beautiful young woman on the stage and narrowed his eyes, "Let's bet on whether she will go to Wu Hui Land to gamble with the Big Boss this time!"

"Tch!" The Kappa rolled his eyes, "Do you think I'm stupid? She goes every time! If it were me, after losing eleven times in a row, I would definitely not miss the chance to turn things around."

"..." The multi-armed urban legend was silent for a moment. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw the young woman walking along the pure white spiral staircase towards the black vortex of Wu Hui Land. His eyes rolled, and he changed his words, "Then let's bet on whether she can win this time after going up, how about that?"

"This..." The Kappa hesitated upon hearing this.

It is said that since the establishment of Dream Come True Entertainment City, the Big Boss has been challenged 7,625 times but has only lost three times. It seems more likely that the young woman will lose.

Moreover, she had already lost eleven times before this.

"Then I bet she loses," the Kappa said.

"Alright, then I bet she wins," the multi-armed urban legend asked faintly, "Is 1 to 1000 odds fair?"

The Kappa nodded, "Fair!"

So, three days later, the multi-armed urban legend and the Kappa had a life-and-death duel in the casino, betting their lives!

Because the young woman went up to Wu Hui Land and never returned, her win or loss unknown...