Free Web NovelThe first wisp of poisonous smoke entered Lu Yibei's body, her face instantly flushed red, and her breathing became rapid.
As a result, the poisonous smoke aimlessly drifting in the air seemed to suddenly find a venting point and frantically converged towards her.
As more and more poisonous smoke was inhaled, strange toxicity and Spiritual Energy began to be released within Lu Yibei's body. ƒrēewebnovel.com
The pleasant memories buried deep within her heart surged out, continuously forming in her mind like tangible impacts.
She felt like she was drunk.
But at the same time as that deep, drunken stupor, she was also incredibly clear-headed, and then, she felt a ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ kind of indescribable fervor and joy.
"Come on, two Misses, let's have fun together~!"
"Woohoo~!"
Seeing Lu Yibei giggling like the landlord's Stupid Son (idiot son) who found two hundred yuan, Embroidery Ball walked over to A Hua and whispered, "Let's go, she's beyond saving. I'll do you a favor and take you to a safe place." ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
A Hua was stunned for a moment, pointing at Lu Yibei and saying, "What about her? Are we just going to leave her? Where's that little bottle you had just now? Hurry and take it over and let her smell it!"
Although she still disliked Lu Yibei up to this point, she couldn't just watch her head towards destruction and do nothing, right?
"There's nothing we can do now," Embroidery Ball shook her head helplessly. "My medicine can only be used before excessive poisonous smoke has been inhaled."
Black Peony had thoroughly researched the "treasure" produced by Dan Sha Gu Shi Pharmacy. Looking at its properties, it was more accurate to say it was a specialized Spiritual Energy that acted on emotions rather than medicine.
The bottle of "Yanzhi Dream" in Embroidery Ball's hand was made to counter this strange medicine. The principle of its action was roughly to preemptively cover the target's emotions with other emotions before the "treasure" could erode the target's Spiritual Energy and influence their emotions, achieving a blocking effect.
But...
"But, she's inhaled too much poisonous smoke, and the toxicity has already fused into her Spiritual Energy. Now, unless she can release all of her Spiritual Energy herself..."
As she spoke, Embroidery Ball glanced at Lu Yibei again and sighed, "Do you think she's in a state where she can cooperate with us to release all of her Spiritual Energy?"
"..." A Hua opened her mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating, her expression complex.
Just then, Lu Yibei's laughter suddenly stopped.
A Hua and Embroidery Ball looked at her in surprise and saw her body convulsing and spasming before collapsing to the ground.
"..."
"What... what happened to her?" A Hua asked weakly.
Embroidery Ball frowned, thought for a moment, and replied softly, "Maybe... she got too high?"
But she had never heard of such symptoms appearing before? Embroidery Ball thought.
At this moment, under the influence of the "treasure", just as Lu Yibei's sense of pleasure was about to reach its peak, a sharp pain suddenly came from her chest, as if thousands of steel needles were simultaneously piercing her heart.
Along with the intense pain, waves of whispers, too low for human ears to hear, sounded from deep within her chest, whether painful, anxious, panicked, or depressed.
Those whispers roared, incited, sometimes strictly ordering, sometimes gently persuading, making people immerse themselves in an unspeakable sadness, unable to extricate themselves.
The next moment, a terrifying noise, like the convergence of countless girls' screams, rushed into Lu Yibei's ears, stinging her eardrums as if scraped by a sharp blade.
Amidst the piercing screams, she heard a soft murmur.
"It is mist and stars, her child, and the lips that blow out lamps in the darkness..."
That voice was ethereal and clear, like silver bells, making one instinctively think of a frail young girl.
Immediately after, terrifying illusions appeared before her eyes, scenes of countless girls dying.
They were either cursed and pushed towards the stake, whispering the most vicious curses in the roaring flames with voices already hoarse from crying.
Or they were imprisoned in sunless dungeons, their bodies covered in scars left by abuse, and then withered away under the erosion of mosquitoes and disease.
Or in a cold, dark bathroom, lying alone in a bathtub filled with water, gently slashing their wrists, blood blooming in the water like scarlet flowers...
The girls died in various ways, but without exception, their deaths were tragic. Their originally beautiful eyes, after dimming, did not close with the passing of life, but remained wide open, emitting endless sorrow.
In just an instant, the pleasure the "treasure" brought to Lu Yibei was shattered, replaced by a thousandfold sadness that spread uncontrollably in her consciousness.
A strong sourness spread at the tip of her nose, making her want to cry out loud uncontrollably.
This feeling was like a depressed delinquent girl encountering a little girl giggling foolishly by the roadside, and without a word, walking up and slapping her twice, completely unreasonable.
I can't even be happy, why are you so happy?
No one ♦ is allowed to laugh today, cry for this old lady!
If you can't cry, I'll beat you until you do!
As a result, Lu Yibei's pain intensified, as if it wanted to kill her.
Then, everything around seemed to suddenly freeze, and her ears fell into a deathly silence...
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To the side, watching Lu Yibei faint and fall, A Hua's clenched fist slowly relaxed, letting out a slight sigh of relief.
Just now, the moment Lu Yibei's laughter stopped, her keen Spiritual Sense detected a frightening change in Lu Yibei's Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
That change was as terrifying as watching a blazing flame extinguish before one's eyes, and then, the moment darkness fell, a blood-soaked demon suddenly appeared.
A Hua even suspected for a moment that the poisonous smoke had caused some change within Lu Yibei, showing signs of corruption and degradation, making her liable to go berserk and harm others at any moment.
Soon, with Lu Yibei fainting and falling to the ground, her worries were dispelled.
Seeing Lu Yibei on the ground, Embroidery Ball observed from a distance for a moment before walking closer, squatting beside her, and then reaching her hand towards Lu Yibei's neck.
As her fingers touched the vicinity of Lu Yibei's carotid artery, her pupils suddenly constricted violently, and then, as if electrocuted, she quickly withdrew her hand.
The moment her fingertips touched Lu Yibei's skin, Embroidery Ball felt a strong negative emotion, almost solidifying and about to burst out of Lu Yibei's body.
Under the influence of that negative emotion, she actually felt a sadness that was hard to control.
Terrifying, even the "treasure" couldn't suppress the negative emotions within her?
Not only couldn't it suppress it, but it also felt like it had activated it...
How did she even survive? Whether human or urban legend, under such despair, they should have had a mental breakdown and ended themselves long ago, right? Embroidery Ball thought uneasily.
While thinking, she turned to look at A Hua and asked curiously, "You seem quite familiar with her? Have you noticed any abnormal behavior from her normally?"
"Hmm..." A Hua thought for a moment and replied, "Slacking off and talking a lot, being cowardly but liking to court death, does that count? Uh, I can't say about the others, I'm not really that familiar with her!"
Perhaps my Miss knows... A Hua added in her heart.
Embroidery Ball, "..."
What kind of abnormal behavior is this?
At most, this indicates that her way of thinking is different from ordinary people, but it hasn't reached the level of abnormality.
Forget it, now is not the time to dwell on this. The Pharmacy has gone this far, they probably won't give up easily. The only option now is to take her back and hand her over to Master.
Thinking this, Embroidery Ball looked at A Hua and said, "Come, lend a hand, let's leave here first."
A Hua hesitated for a moment, nodded, walked forward with Embroidery Ball, and together they lifted Lu Yibei, one on each side, and walked along the railway tracks towards the Lanruo Inn Brothel.
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Cold raindrops splashed on Lu Yibei's face, and she suddenly woke up, springing up from the ground like a carp leaping out of water, seeing the dilapidated and crumbling rooftop.
The rooftop was still the familiar rooftop, but the city felt strange to her.
In the distance, the sky piled with dark clouds seemed to be torn open in places, and rain, almost condensing into water columns, poured down from the gaps like waterfalls.
The water level in the ruined city had risen to a terrifying degree, as if it had been submerged by the ocean, leaving only some extremely tall buildings with their tops exposed above the water, like isolated islands.
"Yo! Long time no see!"
A familiar voice sounded behind her, and Lu Yibei turned around to look, seeing the girl in red, and her heart skipped a beat.
She saw that her abdomen looked like it had been pierced, with a terrifying fist-sized penetrating wound.
"Holy crap! Did you do some shady Dailian and get retaliated against?" Lu Yibei exclaimed.
The girl gave a bitter smile, "How could that be? I've always been fair to everyone, okay?"
"Besides, Dailian is just my part-time job, I usually have more important things to do."
"Like what?" Lu Yibei tilted her head.
"Like..." The girl's eyebrows raised slightly, "Like fighting Calamities or something? In short, it's very busy and dangerous."
As she spoke, she pointed to the terrifying wound on her abdomen, "So these small injuries are common, it's no big deal."
Lu Yibei rolled her eyes, "Damn! You talk like it's true. If you weren't spitting blood while you were talking, I might believe about one percent."
Hearing this, the girl shrugged and said helplessly, "I knew you wouldn't believe it, so let's talk about the real business, shall we?"
"Oh right!" Lu Yibei said seriously, "Speaking of the real business, I haven't asked you yet! I didn't call for Dailian, so why did you suddenly show up?"
"Hmm..." The girl pondered for a few seconds and said solemnly, "Probably because I haven't appeared for too long, and the readers miss me. Then I sensed their call, so I was forced to show my face and make an appearance?"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Although I strongly suspect she is myself, I have to say, this trash talk is really a bit annoying.
Noticing Lu Yibei's unfriendly gaze, the girl chuckled dryly, "Ahaha, let's talk about the real business, the real business."
"I came this time to tell you that you shouldn't keep jumping back and forth between Mythical Seed and Witch Seed. That won't work. You must first choose one path, otherwise, something will go wrong."
"Huh?" Lu Yibei said blankly. While she was distracted, she suddenly saw Chatterbox Girl pointing to her chest, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
Lu Yibei followed her gaze and looked down, a sentence suddenly popping into her mind, "What has blinded my eyes?"
"Why is this happening?" Lu Yibei exclaimed.
The girl shrugged, saying nonchalantly, "It's probably due to the influence of the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days's Spiritual Energy?"
"As soon as I arrived just now, I smelled a rotten stench on you, tsk tsk..."
Lu Yibei, "..." Extinction-Bringer of Old Days? What the heck is that!
