Free Web Novel"Are you sure you want to leave here?"
After Lu Yibei proposed that he wanted to leave the Tang City Si Ye Hui Headquarters, Shang Nanxing's eyes widened slightly, showing a look of surprise.
Currently, there is an unknown force active around Tang City that specializes in intercepting and killing Night Watch members. For a probationary staff member to act alone at such a time was, in Shang Nanxing's opinion, a very unwise choice.
Isn't this no different from going out to die?
She didn't want anyone else to die because of their inaccurate information.
"Yes, I'm sure I'm leaving," Lu Yibei nodded and said.
It was already so turbulent outside; staying holed up here wasn't necessarily safer.
Those evil forces were clearly planning something big. After dealing with the staff members who had come from various places for support, it would probably be the turn of the three local Night Watch staff members first, right?
Staying here any longer would probably be a death wish! Lu Yibei thought.
Seeing that Lu Yibei was determined to leave, Shang Nanxing said helplessly, "Alright then, but I suggest you leave the bao sang cang xiao badge here, or find a place to hide it. In short, don't carry it with you."
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Why?"
"In the past two or three days, when we were collecting the bodies of our colleagues, we found two different Spiritual Energy fluctuations at two of the scenes. Both used Night Watch's unique Spell. We suspect that among that unknown force, it is highly likely that there are Night Watch defectors. In other words..."
Hearing this halfway, Lu Yibei lowered his head to look at the silver badge on his chest and said in astonishment, "In other words, those guys are tracking the supporting staff members through the badges in the hands of the defectors?"
"Yes, that's what we think." Shang Nanxing nodded and confirmed, "So, if you don't carry your badge with you, the probability of being targeted by them might decrease significantly."
"..."
So, the fact that I wasn't targeted and killed on the way here was already incredibly lucky? Lu Yibei's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly removed the badge from his chest.
However, just as he placed the badge on the long table, he seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned slightly, picked up the badge again, and casually put it into his jacket pocket.
Perhaps the Ancestor's skill can be used this time... Lu Yibei muttered to himself.
Shang Nanxing noticed Lu Yibei's small action and was stunned for a moment.
He is...
"In that case, I'll be leaving now. See you around!"
While Shang Nanxing was in a daze, Lu Yibei said goodbye, turned around, and walked towards the outside of the unfinished building. A loud bang came, and looking at the concrete wall that closed again, she sighed silently.
At this moment, Mao Sanyou, who had finally "returned to the human world," leaned towards Shang Nanxing and pouted, "My junior brother seems to be very **? How did that saying go? Right, young and reckless!"
"Well, he does seem very confident. I just hope he's not blindly confident, otherwise..." Shang Nanxing said calmly.
Mao Sanyou shrugged and finished the sentence Shang Nanxing didn't complete, "Otherwise, I can only pick a good burial plot in Tang City for my junior brother."
There are only three staff members in the Tang City Night Watch. Currently, Lao Xu is busy investigating Ju Meng's movements, Shang Nanxing is responsible for handling sudden urban legend incidents, and Mao Sanyou has to secretly protect the relevant departments and scientific researchers responsible for recovering cultural relics, while also being ready to support the other two staff members at any time.
Once Lu Yibei leaves the Tang City Night Watch Headquarters, if he encounters danger, he will be like this city – isolated and helpless.
In the silence, Shang Nanxing suddenly remembered something, turned her head to look at Mao Sanyou, and said coldly, "By the way, that Staff Lu just said that you stole his phone?"
"That's not true!" Mao Sanyou exclaimed, "I just saw someone stealing his phone during the chaos and didn't tell him. At most, it's..."
"Shut up!" Shang Nanxing interrupted, then silently took out the knuckle dusters from her collar and put them on her hands, preparing to "enhance Mao Sanyou's strength" again, "I don't want to hear your excuses. Shall we begin?"
Mao Sanyou, "..."
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After leaving the Tang City Museum, Lu Yibei immediately went to the nearest telecom office, replaced his SIM card with the original number, bought a new phone, and bought a new SIM card.
After inserting the new SIM card and successfully booting up, he sent a message to Jiang Li while heading towards the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel.
Lu Yibei: "Leader, this is Lu Yibei." 【Sent successfully】
Lu Yibei: "Damn it, do you know how dangerous Tang City is now? I might just die here on this trip!" 【Sent failed】
Lu Yibei: "Leader, Tang City is probably going to have a big incident soon. Almost all the staff members who came from various places for support except me are dead. The level of danger here is enough for ten more ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) staff members to die here." 【Sent failed】
After quickly sending three messages, Lu Yibei looked at the text prompts and the glaring red exclamation marks after the second and third messages, and his expression became solemn.
After pondering for two seconds, he carefully checked his phone's settings and signal, and picked up his phone again to send a message to Jiang Li.
Lu Yibei: "Leader, let's stick together!" 【Sent successfully】
Lu Yibei, "..."
Ah, it's really as I thought. Once the information sent out might involve the current situation in Tang City, it will be intercepted.
But...
Damn it, text messages are really about to become a relic of the past! Can't you guys develop a recall function?
Thirty seconds later.
Dog Leader: "?"
Dog Leader: "Sent to the wrong person?"
Lu Yibei held his forehead and replied with one hand operating the phone: "Uh, just pretend you didn't see it."
Across the screen, he could almost see Jiang Li's indifferent expression with her chin slightly raised and her eyes slightly slanted downward, as if looking at trash.
Extremely lethal.
Putting down his phone, Lu Yibei quickly pulled out the new SIM card, broke it in half, and threw it into the ditch beside him.
He didn't know how the urban legend or Psychic in that unknown force intercepted information. To be safe, after verifying that information about Tang City would be intercepted, it was better to dispose of the SIM card used for sending messages.
Leaving the Tang City Museum, Lu Yibei got on the bus back to the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel, found a seat in the back row by the window, took out his phone, put in the replaced SIM card, opened the app store, and skillfully downloaded various apps.
After the certain goose chat app was downloaded, he immediately clicked into it, logged in to his account, and after the account information was synchronized, he immediately found the Monster Story Chat Group.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "@Void Are you there? Private chat?"
Isn't it just intercepting information?
I know someone who is a great demon-level existence among the Netizen urban legend. Who's afraid of whom?
Defeat Netizen urban legend with Netizen urban legend, today is the day! Lu Yibei thought excitedly.
However...
After waiting for about five minutes, he didn't receive a reply from Void, but received a private message from Netizen Laosepi.
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "Our Void might not be able to go online recently."
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Huh? Why?"
Waited for two minutes.
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "It's all your fault! 【Angry】"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "?"
What does it have to do with me! Don't always think about persecuting me, okay?
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "Didn't you hunt an Extinction-Bringer of Old Days before? After our Void got the news, he also went to hunt an Extinction-Bringer of Old Days, and then... 【Skull】"
Lu Yibei, "..."
What's wrong with this Void little brother?
I have so many excellent qualities and heroic deeds, and you don't learn the good ones, what are you learning this for?
Was I hunting? I was forced to be enemies with the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days, why did you go and offer yourself up?
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "In short, our Void learned from you and hunted an Extinction-Bringer of Old Days. Although he succeeded, he paid a heavy price and is temporarily in a deep sleep, so he can't reply to you now."
He actually succeeded in hunting? Lu Yibei was shocked, and his pupils, which were staring at the phone screen, contracted slightly.
He had personally experienced the methods of the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days. Although he didn't directly fight the Big Boss, the Big Boss's counterattack just before "death" almost took his life.
Now Netizen Laosepi said that Void successfully hunted an Extinction-Bringer of Old Days after paying a heavy price.
Although the strength of the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days varies greatly depending on the spread and influence of the doomsday legend, it is still a factor of world destruction from the past. Even if the Spiritual Energy fluctuation is only B Level, it has bizarre methods that ordinary B Level Psychic and urban legend do not have.
Is Void so terrifying?
This person has a promising future, and should not be made an enemy of.
From now on, we are brothers from different fathers and mothers! Lu Yibei thought.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Then can you help me pass a message to the Night Watch?"
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "Pass it to the Night Watch? It's a bit difficult, but you can tell me what you want to say, and I'll think of a way."
There are also many laosepi in the Night Watch. They also look at explicit pictures in various chat groups, and as long as there are explicit pictures, there will be the figure of Netizen Laosepi.
Lu Yibei held his phone and thought for a moment, then typed in the message to reply.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Just tell them: Tang City is dangerous, don't support, don't support!" 【Sent failed】
Looking at the red exclamation mark that appeared after the message, Lu Yibei's face sank, and he unconsciously clenched his fists, then sighed in frustration.
Damn it, can't I even send messages to the outside world through the Monster Story Chat Group?
In this situation, perhaps only Void can bypass the interception and successfully send the message out?
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "Are you still there? What do you want me to help you pass on?"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Never mind, I won't send it for now."
After a pause, Lu Yibei typed another message and added: "If your Void wakes up in the next few days, please tell him to contact me as soon as possible."
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "【Big-breasted loli OK emoji】"
Lu Yibei, "..." As expected of you, even the emojis are so stimulating!
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Want some more? GKD"
Lu Yibei sent a message half-jokingly, and five seconds later, he received nearly a hundred pictures sent by Netizen Laosepi.
Netizen Old Pervert 00: "【Picture】【Picture】【Picture】...【Picture】【Picture】..."
However, before Lu Yibei could carefully appreciate the artistic value of those pictures, all the pictures were broken, and a system prompt popped up.
【System Prompt: Sorry, your private chat account has been blocked for suspected violations】
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Lu Yibei, "..."
Sorry HXD, I really didn't mean to.
Lu Yibei muttered to himself, just about to put away his phone, when at this moment, his phone vibrated twice, and he received two messages from Miao Miao Jiang.
Miao Miao Jiang: "I heard from a friend that you lost your phone? And your previous amulet is gone, right?"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "【Is that friend you're talking about yourself.GIF】"
Miao Miao Jiang: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you want the amulet anymore?"
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Yes!"
Miao Miao Jiang: "【Picture】【Picture】【Picture】 This time, you must not lose it again! If you lose it again, I won't give it to you."
Lu Yibei stared quietly at the screen, at the "Miao Miao Jiang" who was COSplaying as 【Flower of Parallel Space-Time Chaos】, 【Nirvana Red Lotus · White Little Flower】, and 【Feather of Freedom · Dandelion · White Little Flower】 respectively, posing in alluring positions. He took more than ten deep breaths before he could barely calm his restless mood.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "Don't worry, I definitely won't lose it this time!"
Miao Miao Jiang: "【Heart emoji】"
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The bus departed from the bus stop in front of the main entrance of the Tang City Museum, stopping and going all the way, passing through half of the city. The lingering ancient city scenery outside the window kept changing.
While Lu Yibei was buried in communication with Netizen Laosepi and Miao Miao Jiang, time quietly passed. By the time he came back to his senses, the bus had already reached the vicinity of the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel.
Upon arriving at the hotel, Lu Yibei immediately went to Professor Ma's room. Seeing the "Occupied, Please Do Not Disturb" sign hanging high on the door, he knew that the Professor was still sleeping, so he did not disturb him and turned back to his own room.
Returning to her room, she rummaged through the metal box, confirmed that the strand of hair clipped to the opening hadn't moved, and after carefully inventorying the contents to ensure nothing was missing, Lu Yibei hid the metal box again. She then turned and collapsed onto the soft bed, letting her mind empty as she waited for sleep to arrive.
When in doubt, sleep it out!
Currently, Tang City and its surroundings were fraught with danger, filled with rumors and fear. Lu Yibei knew she couldn't handle this situation alone, and at this crucial time, she couldn't rely on the Night Watch or the Monster Story Chat Group. The only one she could seek help from was her own Ancestor.
Before this, when Qingji recounted his glorious years of causing chaos at Da Chunyang Palace alone, he inadvertently mentioned a type of substitution Spell.
According to Qingji, without that substitution Spell, he would have been caught by the Da Chunyang Palace Sect Leader and whipped hundreds of times at the Da Chunyang Palace mountain gate.
Hearing about such a divine skill, Lu Yibei wanted to learn it right away, but at that time, the Ancestor refused her request, saying, "Sword techniques are the proper path. It's not too late to learn these clever tricks after you've mastered your sword techniques."
Just now at the Tang City Museum, while contemplating how to escape the pursuit of that unknown force, Lu Yibei suddenly thought of the Ancestor's substitution Spell. That's why she brought back the bao sang cang xiao badge, which could signify danger.
Now, she had basically learned the "Taihe Gentleman Sword Illustration". The only thing she lacked for further progress was continuous practice and accumulation of experience. She figured this time when she asked the Ancestor to teach her the substitution Spell, he probably wouldn't refuse again.
After all, I have a very legitimate reason this time! Lu Yibei thought.
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As Lu Yibei fell into a deep sleep, she felt her body begin to fall rapidly, and before long, she landed on the familiar rooftop of a tall building.
Opening her eyes, the dark night sky and the dilapidated, crumbling rooftop came into view. In a corner of the rooftop, Qingji sat cross-legged as if in meditation, a pearl-sized, chaotic ball of light, emanating a restless Spiritual Energy fluctuation, condensed between his hands.
The sky-blue light ball floated slightly up and down between his palms, occasionally stirring up brilliant electrical arcs, spinning at high speed, raising gusts of strong wind that caused Qingji's long robe to flap loudly.
Watching the light ball, although Lu Yibei's face remained expressionless due to her poker face, her heart had already surged with emotion.
The Ancestor actually used his own Spiritual Energy fluctuations to roughly replicate the operation of the Hundred-Armed Giant Power?
It's only been a few days? As expected of a genius who learned all sorts of ultimate skills in his teens!
Why didn't I inherit this kind of talent?
Lu Yibei was secretly thinking when, at that moment, Qingji suddenly opened his eyes and looked over, a cruel smile appearing on his face, "Granddaughter-in-law, you're here? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Not good, this is going to be bad, this old man is going to cause trouble! Lu Yibei's heart skipped a beat, and she turned to flee, but heard a whistling wind behind her. Qingji had already flown towards her a step ahead.
In his palm, the pearl-like light ball left his control and instantly expanded at a visible speed. Then, pushed by his hand, it directly smashed into Lu Yibei's back.
Then, a roar erupted, and a surging torrent of Spiritual Energy burst forth. Amidst a dazzling and frenzied brilliance, Lu Yibei's body seemed to feel that pain of every cell being ground into dust again. Then, she heard a dull thud of flesh and blood bursting, her vision went black, and she lost consciousness.
When Lu Yibei woke up again, Qingji came and sat beside her, grinning, "Hehe, granddaughter-in-law, wasn't my work pretty good?" freewebnσvel.cøm
Lu Yibei shrank back, looking at Qingji's hands warily, and said weakly, "Ancestor, have you perhaps already seen through the mystery of that Power?"
After discovering that Qingji had researched part of the mystery of the Hundred-Armed Giant Power a step ahead of her, Lu Yibei realized that after their relationship had reversed roles, it had returned to the starting point.
She had tormented Qingji quite a bit before, and now that Qingji had finally turned the tables, did he still have to ride on her and sing?
In short, it was over! Lu Yibei thought.
Qingji nodded and said, "I've been idle these past few days and figured out some tricks, but I haven't fully mastered it yet. Quickly, summon that Power again and let me have a good look."
"Oh," Lu Yibei replied, subconsciously activating her Spiritual Energy to draw some of the Hundred-Armed Giant Power from her body. However, her hand stopped in mid-air just as she raised it, and her eyes rolled around, "Ancestor, actually, I came to see you today not to study this Power."
"I want to learn the kind of Spell you mentioned last time."
Qingji frowned slightly, somewhat displeased, "Are you talking about the Void Gaze or the Five Ghosts Carrying Treasure? Those aren't proper Spells, I can't teach you!"
"No, no!" Lu Yibei quickly explained, "I don't want to peek at others, and I don't want to steal other people's money. I just want to learn the kind of Spell that's similar to the substitution Spell."
"Why do you want to learn that stuff?" Qingji waved his hand, "Not teaching, not teaching. That troublesome Power in your body hasn't been resolved yet! Don't keep thinking about these crooked and evil things all day."
"Please, Ancestor, I have an urgent need, please teach me?" Lu Yibei said.
As she spoke, she brewed some emotion, feeling a pang in her nose, and a string of crystal-clear tears immediately appeared in her eyes.
Although doing this was a bit shameless, it was better than being targeted by the thugs who ambushed the Night Watch staff. Lu Yibei thought.
Seeing this, Qingji was stunned for a moment, his voice softened, and he said earnestly, "Why are you crying for no reason? I'm not teaching you those miscellaneous Spells because I'm afraid you'll be distracted! I..."
"It's not because of you, Ancestor, I just suddenly remembered Lu Yibei." Lu Yibei turned her face away and wiped the corner of her eye in a feigned manner.
Qingji raised and lowered his hands awkwardly, then sighed and asked, "What did you remember about my great-grandson?"
"I remembered that he wasn't good to me when he was alive, and even after he died, he still makes me suffer." Lu Yibei said indignantly, "Just like this time, I came to you to ask about the substitution Spell, just to save his mistress!"
"Ah?" Qingji was stunned for a moment, scratched the back of his head and said, "What do you mean? You mean that brat... there's more than one of you?"
"Hmph! Isn't that right?" Lu Yibei snorted and pouted, "What confidantes, what opposite-sex siblings, what soulmates..."
"There are so many girls around him. If I can occupy one-tenth of the space in his heart, I'll have no regrets in this life."
Qingji's face darkened upon hearing this, and with a raised palm, he slammed a deep palm print into the ground, "Hmph! This beast, not a human!"
"Granddaughter-in-law, let's not learn any substitution Spell. I'll teach you a Yellow Springs Soul Summoning Talisman. This talisman can summon the soul of someone who has died for less than five years, and maintain it for half an incense stick's time. You can properly deal with that stinky brat on my behalf!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
That's not necessary, right? I've already dug up my own grave, do I still have to summon my own soul? What kind of underworld operations am I doing all day!
Lu Yibei thought, pulling her sleeve to wipe the corner of her eye, and shook her head, "No, Ancestor, I've already come to terms with this matter. Just teach me that substitution Spell. After all, she was someone Xiao Bei loved, I have to save her."
"This..." Qingji opened his mouth, and after a long while, let out a long sigh, "Alas! I didn't expect my granddaughter-in-law to be so magnanimous. Then I will teach you, but before that, I have one more question."
Lu Yibei nodded, "Please ask."
Qingji pondered for two seconds and said, "My great-grandson, with so many confidantes, didn't he leave behind even half a child?"
"???"
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then gritted her back teeth and forced herself to say something bad about herself.
"No, he was already a complete scumbag, unwilling to take responsibility, and always took good precautions."
Qingji, "..."
Since you've said that, it would be a bit unreasonable for me not to teach you.
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19:33, the sky was covered by the veil of night.
Not far from the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel, by Lianzi Lake, there was a dense grove of small trees, dark and shadowy. Before long, a rustling sound came. Following the sound, a figure in black clothes and white hair could be vaguely seen walking from a distance and entering the grove.
Finding a secluded corner in the grove, she looked around to make sure no one was there, then Lu Yibei put down the metal box on her shoulder, opened it, and took out the list she got from Qingji.
"Several sheets of yellow paper, paste, watercolors, cinnabar, bamboo strips, and a drop of ring finger blood."
Lu Yibei counted the materials and nodded with satisfaction, then began to operate according to the method Qingji taught her.
This substitution Spell is called "Paper Cicada Immortal", a product of the combination of Alchemy and Spell. According to Qingji, the incantation used borrowed from the folk legend that "if a drop of ring finger blood is dripped on a broom, the broom will become a spirit". It was almost equivalent to creating a non-rated urban legend, which was very sinister.
This was also one of the reasons why he had refused to teach Lu Yibei.
The first step in making the Paper Cicada Immortal is relatively simple: use the materials at hand to make the desired shape. The method is somewhat like making paper figures and paper horses for the deceased, but the requirements are not as high; you just need to be able to tell what it is.
Lu Yibei squatted in the grove, and according to Qingji's teaching, she managed to arrange the bamboo strips into a human shape roughly her height, applied paste, covered it with yellow paper, and then used watercolors to draw its eyebrows and nose, and cinnabar to draw a red lip. From a distance...
"Hiss—! Good heavens, if this thing were to move, I'm afraid people would mistake it for a urban legend transformed from Picasso's'Seated Woman'. It's too ♦ terrifying."
After complaining about her drawing skills that needed improvement, Lu Yibei continued to work.
She stuffed Alchemy Dirty Bomb 3.0 one by one into the abdomen of the twisted paper figure through the reserved gaps, then sealed the paper figure's abdomen. At the same time, she quickly chanted the incantation in a low voice, applying a Spiritual Energy-triggered Spell to the paper figure. Finally, she bit her fingertip and dotted a cluster of crimson blood on the paper figure's forehead.
"Paper Cicada Immortal, Paper Cicada Immortal, I call upon you for a matter today, make me shed my skin amidst the dust... Quickly, as the law commands!"
As the incantation finished, the paper figure immediately emitted a scarlet light throughout its body. The yellow paper pasted on its surface gradually changed its texture to resemble human skin as Spiritual Energy was continuously injected.
The next moment, the paper figure "whooshed" up and stood upright, its nose directly touching Lu Yibei's nose.
That sallow, large pancake face, painted with watercolor blush, and two eyes of uneven size, stared straight into Lu Yibei's eyes, and then... blinked, and the entire eye socket directly caved in.
"Holy crap!" Lu Yibei exclaimed and jumped back half a step, looking at the monstrous thing she had created in front of her, her mood somewhat complex.
Are my drawing and crafting skills really that bad?
Thinking this, she looked again.
Okay, it's really bad, even more unbearable and shocking than the "Titanic" made by someone who studied animation for three years.
However...
Just like this should be enough, right?
Lu Yibei thought, took out the bao sang cang xiao badge from her pocket and pinned it to the Paper Cicada Immortal's chest, then with a thought, gave it the command—run around Lianzi Lake continuously.
I want to see who is secretly ambushing the Night Watch staff.
And by the way, test the Alchemy Dirty Bomb 3.0 with added world malice. Lu Yibei thought, looking at the paper figure that was running into the distance like a bizarre creature, and slowly raised her hand to cover her eyes. freёweɓnovel.com
Uh, I hope it doesn't scare away the people who come to ambush it...
