Free Web NovelAs the Cranes scattered, the plane's flight gradually stabilized. The economy class cabin was quiet, with only the sounds of breathing entering the ears.
Everything looked so quiet and peaceful, as if the life-or-death crisis just now had never happened.
...
The moment she lifted the curtain, Lu Yibei already began to regret it. The person holding the bone flute had over a hundred passengers in the economy class as cover, but she did not.
The moment he appeared at the economy class aisle entrance, he was exposed.
A situation that could have been handled in secret turned into one where the enemy was hidden and she was exposed.
It was very passive.
What's more, who could guarantee that there weren't other hostile Psychic among these passengers?
Her gaze lingered on Hu Yue for a few seconds, and Lu Yibei sighed silently.
Although Hu Yue's clothes were highly similar in color to the figure that flashed by, there was a sixty to seventy percent chance that he was that figure.
But besides him, there were four other passengers wearing similarly colored clothes, and they couldn't be completely ruled out as suspects either.
Presumed innocent until proven guilty. With so many people, you can't just go around searching everyone individually just because you suspect they are Psychic who committed a terrorist attack, right?
If you were to actually search them, there would only be three outcomes: finding the bone flute and solving the problem, not finding the bone flute and facing social death, or finding something strange and unspeakable, leading to everyone facing social death together.
They might not necessarily be targeting us, it's not worth it! Lu Yibei thought, and gently lowered the curtain, returned to her seat, and fastened her seatbelt.
The moment Lu Yibei turned around, Liu Banxian opened his eyes slightly, glanced in the direction of Professor Ma and Hu Yue, then closed them again, and quietly put the bronze River Chart tortoise shell in his hand into his bosom...
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Tang City, Arrow Tower Old Street, in the attic of a dilapidated pawn shop, a table filled with various snacks was placed in front of the propped-open wooden window.
The cold wind whistled in from outside, blowing the curly hair at the temples of the fair-skinned little person. She was wearing a light grey hoodie, light blue jeans revealing a section of her pale ankle, and her bare feet were on the chair, gently swinging.
After two or three days of rest, Ju Meng's complexion had become much rosier.
As the King of Weird Tales of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden, she was already the most seasoned of veterans. As long as she wasn't completely killed and her urban legend core wasn't dug out and devoured, under the blessing of the earth vein aura, she could always find a way to slowly recover.
Snap—!
Ju Meng slapped Turtle Elder's hand reaching for the snacks, then casually grabbed a braised trotter and held it in her mouth, muttering, "Don't move! What kind of bad habit is stealing offerings?"
"I bought these!" Turtle Elder said bitterly.
"Hmph!" Ju Meng snorted lightly and said, "You are my dependent. What you bought for me, isn't that an offering? Stealing offerings from the God of Procreation, be careful you don't become infertile in the future!"
"How are the things I asked you to do coming along?"
Turtle Elder looked at the table full of Tang City famous snacks, swallowed, and bowed to Ju Meng, saying, "Reporting to the East Owner, it's mostly done."
"Everyone who could be notified has been notified. They should be on their way by now, and are expected to gather within five days."
Hearing this, Ju Meng nodded.
In the years she has been the King of Weird Tales, she has offended many Psychic and urban legend, but there are also many who owe her favors!
If it comes down to numbers, those sinners might not necessarily win.
"What about that knife? Have you found out its origin?" Ju Meng pressed.
In the long years since she gained consciousness, she had almost never been harmed by Spiritual Energy items, except for the set of kitchen knives from Lu Yibei's home.
If her ally mark hadn't failed to react, she would have thought Lu Yibei was secretly causing trouble.
Turtle Elder shook his head, "As for those sealed items... our people have only recovered a portion, and are still working on the rest."
Hearing this, Ju Meng fiercely tore off a piece of meat from the braised trotter and said earnestly, "You have to hurry up with this matter. Those are all my treasures, not one can be missing."
"Besides, if something goes wrong and the Night Watch gets involved, the trouble will be huge, do you understand?"
...
If she had known this, why do it in the first place?
Turtle Elder hesitated to speak, looking at Ju Meng who was eating heartily, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
This East Owner of his, although she smoked, drank, cheated, and was proud and stubborn, compared to the King of Weird Tales he had seen and heard of, she was too kind and benevolent.
If she were a bit more ruthless, she wouldn't have caused so much trouble.
Just like when she contended with Cuan Yang, which forced her to sleep for several hundred more years, she still didn't completely wipe out His followers, but merely expelled them.
During the past few Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, she also didn't slaughter all the challengers.
Some of them were similar to indigenous deities or relatively benevolent urban legend. Those she could expel, she expelled. Those she couldn't, she casually found some bottles and jars from Taoyuan and sealed them away.
Although Ju Meng kept saying that they were emergency rations, kept to be taken out, have their urban legend core dug out, and devoured when needed later. Just like pickling kimchi.
But Turtle Elder knew that it was just because she felt sorry for them, couldn't bear to kill them, and wanted to give them a chance to "reform well and become urban legend again."
In fact, Turtle Elder himself was once sealed inside a tortoise shell until he swore allegiance to Ju Meng and signed a dependent contract with her, only then did he break free.
Perhaps those sinners couldn't break the Spells that Ju Meng personally placed on the sealed items, and thus couldn't release the urban legend inside to become their aid.
Or perhaps they didn't know what those things were at all, found the totems related to Ju Meng carved and painted on them unsightly, and simply treated them as trash, clearing them all out of Taoyuan.
But those are harmful and non-recyclable trash!
So many years have passed, the urban legend that could be released were released by Ju Meng long ago. The urban legend still locked in the sealed items now are either eccentric or have become twisted and corrupted.
A few days ago, Ju Meng even joked about opening two jars of "kimchi" during the New Year for everyone to have a feast!
Now look what happened.
If those things end up outside Taoyuan, it's fine if nothing happens, but if any of those urban legend escape, they could take dozens or even hundreds of lives. At that point, the Night Watch won't be able to stand by idly.
Once the Night Watch takes action and traces the source, seeing "Well, well, so it was you causing trouble?", Ju Meng would likely be caught in a situation where she is attacked from both front and back.
As a major urban legend ranked high on the Night Watch's wanted list.
Although the local Night Watch usually gets along peacefully with everyone due to Ju Meng's formidable strength, if the Night Watch were to know that she was seriously injured, whether they would take action is another matter.
Burp—!
Sweeping away the table of snacks like a whirlwind, Ju Meng let out a full burp, rubbing her round little belly, leaning back in the Grand Tutor chair and looking at Turtle Elder. As if guessing what he was thinking, she said earnestly, "Turtle Elder, I know what you're thinking, but I'm really not like that."
"I, the dignified King of Weird Tales of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden, how could I have the kindness of a woman? Don't you know? These hands of mine are stained with blood! Tsk tsk, I truly am a woman burdened by sin!"
She has killed quite a few, tens of thousands at least, but hasn't she let go of even more? Turtle Elder muttered inwardly, nodding expressionlessly, "Mm-hmm, continue, what else?"
"I sealed them up just to collect them, like collecting figurines, and also to let them watch me live a carefree and happy life, suffering in agony!"
The more Ju Meng spoke, the redder her face became, so she simply turned her face away, no longer looking into Turtle Elder's eyes.
"Continue," Turtle Elder said flatly.
"And, and, don't you think it's very exciting to let them watch their followers be assimilated into mine? It's like in front of the husband..." Ju Meng said, her voice significantly softer.
"That makes sense," Turtle Elder nodded again, "Continue..."
Ju Meng's little face was already flushed red. She buried her head in a pillow, pointed at Turtle Elder and said, "! Have you finished the things I asked you to do? If not, hurry up and do them!"
Turtle Elder cupped his hands towards Ju Meng, "In that case, this old servant will take his leave first."
After speaking, he turned and left the attic.
Thump thump thump—!
The light sound of footsteps on the wooden stairs echoed, and then quieted down.
Only after Turtle Elder had gone far away did Ju Meng slowly lower the pillow and sigh silently.
The world of urban legend has always been one where the strong prey on the weak. This was something she understood the first time she opened her eyes and looked at this world.
In the eyes of many people and urban legend, Taoyuan is a piece of delicious meat. Without disguising herself as fierce and evil, there is no way to lead everyone to survive. Ju Meng thought.
Just then, a familiar voice came from behind her.
"East Owner, you really aren't suited for the ruthless killer persona."
"Also, I suggest you come up with some new lines next time. I've heard those lines almost a hundred times."
Turtle Elder grabbed the window sill with both hands and spookily leaned half his body out of the wooden window.
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Ju Meng’s mouth twitched, and she picked up a pillow and threw it over, “Get lost! Get out! I don’t want to see you!”
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“Ladies and gentlemen: The plane has landed at Tang City Airport. The outside temperature is minus five degrees Celsius. The plane is taxiing. For your safety and the safety of others, please do not stand up or open the overhead compartments yet...”
The plane landed safely. Hearing the announcement inside the plane, Lu Yibei looked at the desolate apron outside the window in the cold wind, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned on his phone and clicked on Miao Miao Jiang's avatar in a certain Goose social software.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: I’m here. I encountered a urban legend attack on the way, good heavens, I almost...
Typing halfway, Lu Yibei pouted, deleted everything, and then edited a new message and sent it.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: “Arrived safely all the way, thank you for your amulet 【dog head】.”
Miao Miao Jiang: “【Heart-shaped gesture emoji】”
Looking at “Miao Miao Jiang”'s reply, Lu Yibei felt a warmth in his heart, but as soon as Jiang Li sent a message the next moment, his expression immediately sank.
Dog Leader: If the flight is delayed by less than half an hour, you should have arrived, right? I need to inform you of something.
Cats don't have bad intentions, but dogs have many.
Lu Yibei: “What task do you want to assign me again? I’m participating in a research project here! Leader, I’m just an intern agent, please let me off? Someone is waiting for me in Hua City, and I still want to go back alive!”
Dog Leader: “It seems you’ve arrived? Don’t worry, it’s all within your capabilities, and it’s precisely because you participated in that research project that I’m looking for you.”
Then.
Before Lu Yibei could refuse, Jiang Li sent a new message, a long paragraph, which was obviously prepared in advance and directly copied and pasted.
Dog Leader: “Now let’s get down to business. Lu Yibei, prospective agent of the Hua City Night Watch, you are invited to assist the Tang City Night Watch in investigating the recent multiple urban legend attack incidents due to your outstanding strength and widely recognized character. The Superintendent has approved the application. Please contact the local Night Watch agents within forty-eight hours after arriving in Tang City.”
Lu Yibei: “Damn it! What does something happening in Tang City have to do with our Hua City Night Watch?”
Dog Leader: “Originally, there was no connection, but as you know, the Night Watch is sparsely populated. There are only three people in the Tang City Night Watch. Recently, many urban legend attack incidents have suddenly occurred, and they are all too busy to handle them, so they have posted a silver owl signal on the intranet.”
The so-called owl signal is a request for support issued by the Night Watch of each city when volunteers are needed. It is divided into four levels: bronze, silver, gold, and red.
A silver owl signal means the situation is really tricky.
Lu Yibei: “No, Tang City is so much bigger than Hua City, and there’s a Taoyuan next to it, and only three agents? What are they thinking?”
If I were the person in charge of personnel allocation for the Night Watch, I would at least send ten A+ level Psychic to serve in Tang City, so that I could suppress that Smelly Girl and prevent her from preying on the people. Lu Yibei thought.
Dog Leader: “There are many reasons for this. Firstly, Tang City is close to Taoyuan, and most urban legend are under the management of Taoyuan and will not cause urban legend attack incidents. Secondly, because of the existence of Taoyuan, almost no agents are willing to serve there. Coupled with some other miscellaneous reasons, over time, only three agents are left.”
Lu Yibei: “So, you helped me submit the request for assistance? But I don’t remember signing anything!”
Dog Leader: “【Picture】 Isn’t this your signature?”
Lu Yibei looked at the somewhat familiar form, was stunned for a moment, and then his eyebrows twitched.
Isn't this my leave request form?
Lu Yibei: “You tricked me?”
In a sense, do you know this is considered murdering your own husband? Lu Yibei thought.
Dog Leader: “How can this be tricking you? I’m helping you accumulate merit, making it easier for you to become a full member and get promoted in the future. In addition, if you make a mistake in the future, you can use your merit to offset it, which can reduce your sentence.”
Lu Yibei: “May I ask if there are any other people who have submitted assistance requests besides me?”
Dog Leader: “Quite a lot. So far, seven official agents and sixteen prospective agents have submitted applications and passed.”
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment and typed a reply: “So many?”
Dog Leader: “Of course, this is a rare opportunity, and many people want to take the opportunity to accumulate merit. Besides, do you think you really have to go into battle as a fighter? The dangerous things are done by the official agents.”
Lu Yibei: “Then I’m relieved.”
I’m still very good at slacking off and cutting corners. If worst comes to worst, I’ll just hide at the back and let the friendly forces go first. Lu Yibei thought. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Dog Leader: “Keep up the good work. All the agents of the Hua City Night Watch are your strong backing.”
Lu Yibei: “Except for Li Xuan.”
Dog Leader: “Seconded.”
While replying to Jiang Li, Lu Yibei slowly walked off the plane. From a distance, he saw Professor Ma and Liu Banxian gathered together, talking and laughing, but Hu Yue was nowhere to be seen.
Could it be that he's hiding somewhere doing bad things again?
Lu Yibei muttered to himself and walked forward. As soon as he heard the conversation between Professor Ma and Liu Banxian, his face turned pale.
“Mr. is not an ordinary person, trapped in shallow waters and being played with by shrimp. Elder brother, your trip is dangerous!”
Lu Yibei, “...” Good heavens, relying on his tough life, how dare the Professor touch any dirty things?
After hearing Liu Banxian’s words, Professor Ma was stunned for a moment and said weakly, “You mean someone wants to harm me?”
Liu Banxian waved his hand and said, “Not necessarily intentionally harming you, it could also be unintentional. In short, you will be hindered by a villain on this trip, and it will be very difficult!”
Lu Yibei looked at Liu Banxian expressionlessly, “...” Are you sure that villain isn’t you?
“Uh...” Professor Ma frowned and said, “Is there any way to resolve it?”
Liu Banxian shrugged, “How would I know that? I’m a fortune teller, not a life saver. I only tell fortunes, I don’t resolve them.”
“Speaking of which, did you buy accidental insurance or something? If you did, you can leave some money for your family, which can be considered a life well-lived, so go in peace.”
Professor Ma, “...”
Seeing Professor Ma clench his fists, Lu Yibei quickly stepped forward and stood between him and Liu Banxian.
“Professor, what are you doing here! The car to pick us up has arrived, let’s go quickly!”
Professor Ma was stunned for a moment and looked at Lu Yibei, “Has the car arrived? But Professor Hu went to the restroom and hasn’t come back yet. Let’s wait for him here for a while?”
Lu Yibei frowned.
Went to ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) the restroom again?
Is his kidney not very good?
Should I go back and ask Smelly Girl for two pills to give him to supplement?
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Tang City Airport, in a certain restroom.
The door of a cubicle was locked from the inside. Inside the cubicle, a person was squatting on the ground, pressing the edge of a dilapidated white porcelain plate with both hands, muttering softly.
“Looking at the night before and after, the woman bundles a straw man, with a paper powder face, a headscarf and skirt...”
Along with the man’s low murmur, the light in the narrow toilet cubicle suddenly dimmed. Something foul and unclean was restlessly wriggling in the shadow behind him.
After a long time, the white porcelain plate vibrated slightly, and only then did the man stop his low murmur.
“Adult, the mission failed. There was a powerful Psychic on that flight. I couldn’t intercept the guy who came to support Ju Meng...”
“Ding—!”
Before the man could finish speaking, the white porcelain plate shook slightly, emitting a crisp sound. Then the light in the cubicle suddenly dimmed, and shadows spread out like strands of hair, binding the man’s body, getting tighter and tighter, until the man’s body twitched, emitting a painful groan.
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After a long time, the man supported himself against the wall, his face pale and covered in sweat, and walked out of the cubicle trembling. As soon as he came out, he ran into Lu Yibei, who was washing his hands at the sink. His pupils suddenly contracted.
Then.
Lu Yibei stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, “Professor Hu, constipation is a disease, it needs to be treated! If it really doesn’t work, try a laxative? That stuff is really effective, it’ll guarantee you a thousand-mile diarrhea!”
Hu Yue, “...”
Did he discover anything just now?
If he discovered...
While Hu Yue was muttering to himself, he suddenly noticed that Lu Yibei’s hand was still rubbing back and forth on his shoulder. He was slightly stunned and looked at Lu Yibei, saying in a deep voice, “What are you doing?”
Lu Yibei shrugged expressionlessly, “Nothing!”
After speaking, he withdrew his hand and turned to leave.
Hu Yue narrowed his eyes and watched Lu Yibei walk away. It wasn't until a chill came from his shoulder that he looked down and found that the water stains on his shoulder, which Lu Yibei had rubbed on, had already frosted over...
