Free Web NovelIn the deep cave within Taoyuan, strange cavities woven from vines hung beneath the twisted giant tree, like heavy fruits, or cocoons formed by insect larvae.
In a stifling silence, accompanied by a sticky sound, Turtle Elder emerged from a state of hibernation, broke free from the restraints of the decaying vines, opened his eyes, and smelled a strong scent of blood.
What happened? Why is there a smell of blood?
Just as Turtle Elder's heart gave birth to such a doubt, some sticky liquid dropped onto his forehead. He reached out and touched it, finding his hand covered in dark red.
He looked up, and his pupils instantly contracted to a point.
He saw a large number of corpses hanging on the withered, twisted giant tree. Heads were everywhere on the branches. Those heads had different faces: Cranes, livestock like cattle and sheep, and also Psychics and urban legend.
Those corpses, body upon body, limb entwined with limb, were twistedly stuck together, covering all the branches of the giant tree, as if a dense crown of flesh and blood had appeared out of thin air.
Blasphemy!
This word instantly appeared in Turtle Elder's mind.
Piling filthy flesh and blood onto the divine tree that the people of Taoyuan had worshipped and believed in for generations was undoubtedly a blatant act of blasphemy.
Under the influence of this blasphemous act, the Fusang Divine Tree had almost completely lost its former divine and extraordinary nature, radiating a filthy and twisted aura from within and without.
Suddenly, the blood-flesh crown on the giant tree slowly began to writhe, emitting an indescribable sound, like the beating of a heart, the breaking of bones, and the regeneration of flesh and blood mixed together, but also faintly mixed with something else.
The sound was like someone whispering.
"Above Tang Valley there is fuso, the tree is ten thousand zhang high, it arrives in one day, it leaves in one day..."
Surrounded by waves of spine-chilling sounds, Turtle Elder felt intense Spiritual Energy fluctuations surge from all directions as if they had condensed into substance, crashing against his body.
This... what on earth is going on?
Why did that decaying Spiritual Energy break ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) through the suppression of the master?
This is bad, something big is about to happen!
Between fear and terror, he stared at the giant tree, both familiar and strange, as if hallucinating, seeing a huge shadow rise from the crown.
Immediately, golden light burst forth from the huge shadow, enveloping everything.
Amidst a dazzling paleness, a figure silently approached Turtle Elder, and then, with lightning speed, sent forth the blade in his hand...
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Tang City, Peach Blossom Road, Gu Wan Street.
After discussing some details of the operation, Ju Meng hurriedly left Chunfeng Residence and rushed towards Taoyuan.
Although Lu Yibei's plan largely helped her reduce the pressure from external invaders, if she wanted to survive the night, she still had a lot of preparatory work to do before the city barrier was activated.
Watching Ju Meng's figure fly away, Jiang Li silently sighed.
As a formal member of the Night Watch, she had actually reached a cooperation with Ju Meng, a major urban legend ranked high on the wanted list. This was definitely one of the craziest things she had done since joining the Night Watch.
Another very crazy thing was attempting to destroy the Dream Come True Journey.
And both of these crazy things were related to Lu Yibei.
She turned to look at Lu Yibei, rubbed her slightly aching forehead, and said calmly, "It's about time. You should go contact that Superintendent Adult."
"What about you?" Lu Yibei asked with a frown.
"Of course I'm staying here to wait for Ju Meng's people to arrive and meet up," Jiang Li rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei and added, "I'm not familiar with that Superintendent."
Lu Yibei, "..."
That's right, she is Miao Miao Jiang now...
Only the Leader knows Inspector Xing Yuan, how could Miao Miao Jiang know her?
Alright, I'll do as you say.
Lu Yibei muttered inwardly, staring intently into Jiang Li's eyes, and suddenly said, "Miao Miao Jiang, look into my eyes!"
As he spoke, the Charm ability was silently released.
Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei, and as if hallucinating, a brief moment of daze appeared before her eyes, and her forehead also felt a slight swelling.
And then...
Nothing happened.
She tilted her head, looked at Lu Yibei with a puzzled and disgusted expression, and said, "What are you doing? If you have something to say, say it quickly."
"..." Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head at Jiang Li, "Nothing, just looking."
That shouldn't be right, why didn't it work?
The Charm ability could even have a slight effect on Smelly Girl, but it had no obvious effect on the Leader...
Could it be that her willpower is even stronger than that thousand-year-old monster, Smelly Girl?
The plan to cheat using the Charm ability to increase Miao Miao Jiang's favorability failed completely.
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The Tang City Si Ye Hui intends to activate the city barrier and has completed charging it.
Although Inspector Xing Yuan had long heard rumors about this news, she only received confirmation of the details when she was less than fifty kilometers away from Tang City.
"Damn it! What's wrong with people these days? They activate the city barrier on their own at the slightest disagreement, do they think it's a child's toy?"
Jin Jiao heard this and reminded her, "Adult, the Tang City city barrier is special. In extraordinary circumstances, it can be activated without reporting. And even if they wanted to report, the message probably couldn't get out."
"Of course I know that!" Inspector Xing Yuan glared fiercely at Jin Jiao, "But, do they think they can kill Ju Meng with the Tang City barrier? If they really could, why didn't those who built the barrier just kill Ju Meng directly back then, instead of going through such a big fuss?"
She wasn't worried at all about the Psychics and urban legend who flooded into Tang City after the city barrier was activated. The Night Watch members who came to support had a clear advantage over them, both in terms of numbers and combat power.
What she was truly worried about was if Ju Meng were angered after the city barrier was activated.
The counterattack of a tianzai level strange story when its life is in danger would be very terrifying.
If it were Ju Meng, the entire Tang City might become a river of blood, and then upon the blood and ruins, a primeval forest filled with strong residual Spiritual Energy fluctuations would be born.
"Isn't it because, considering Ju Meng's role in protecting the local area, they gave him some leeway?" Jin Jiao asked weakly, "Everyone says so."
"Idiot, that's just a superficial excuse," Inspector Xing Yuan rolled her eyes at Jin Jiao.
"Although among those who built the barrier, there were indeed some who held the idea you mentioned, according to my understanding, at least the one with the 【Mythical Seed · Wuzhiqi】 Spirit Mark wished for all urban legend to die. In such a situation, do you think they could kill Ju Meng and not make a move?"
"Then why still..." Jin Jiao hesitated.
Since the Tang City city barrier couldn't truly kill Ju Meng, what was the point of building it? Jin Jiao muttered inwardly.
"Of course it's to put idiots like you at ease! If you knew that there was a urban legend like Ju Meng, who is completely unmanageable, would you be scared?"
Of course we'd be scared... Jin Jiao and Silver Horn both whispered in their hearts.
Inspector Xing Yuan said, pursing her lips, and waved her hand, "Forget it, why am I telling you this? I'm just saying it, and you're just listening. If you dare to go out and talk nonsense after hearing it, be careful, I'll tear your mouth off."
There are many existences similar to the Tang City city barrier. Although in the perception of most people, those barriers, seals, or Special Operations Teams composed of high-level Psychics stationed there can control target urban legend, if a conflict truly arises, the probability of winning is often only 40-60, or even 30-70.
But even so, the Night Watch can only publicly claim to have 100% certainty of controlling the situation.
After all, if the existence of those urban legend caused panic, people's various terrifying conjectures about them would only make them stronger and accelerate their corruption and degeneration.
"Yes, I understand," Jin Jiao twitched his mouth and said weakly, "In that case, Adult, are we going to the control center of the Tang City barrier now to stop the Tang City Si Ye Hui from activating the barrier?"
"..." Inspector Xing Yuan opened her mouth, just about to say something to Jin Jiao, when at that moment, her phone vibrated slightly a few times.
She took out her phone and glanced at it. Seeing the contact noted as "Disaster", she couldn't help but frown.
After quickly reading the message sent by Lu Yibei and deleting it, she glanced at Jin Jiao out of the corner of her eye and said lightly, "The situation has changed. We won't go to the control center for now. Later, we'll go directly to the abandoned winery near the eastern suburbs of Tang City. I need to see an old friend."
Jin Jiao suppressed the confusion in his heart and nodded, "Understood."
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But...
Old friend? Does the Superintendent Adult still have old friends in Tang City?
If it's a friend, wouldn't it be fine to meet directly at the city barrier's control center?
Jin Jiao thought to himself, sitting quietly in the car. Then, twenty minutes later, after seeing the silver-haired girl on the large truck in front of the abandoned winery, the confusion in his heart was resolved.
The Superintendent Adult's old friend was actually the Huacheng Monster King - Disaster.
This was the first time Jin Jiao had seen Disaster appear in her Witch Seed form. He had thought the person who had continuously sent over seventy anonymous Report letters was being alarmist.
How could anyone in this world possess two high-level Powers at the same time?
After all, the higher the level of the urban legend, the more intense the conflict between the core bodies of different types of urban legend. There are very few urban legend that possess two C-level Powers simultaneously.
Someone like Calamity, Jin Jiao hadn't just never seen him, he hadn't even heard of him. Let alone that mysterious person, even if he had just heard that such a Strange Tale as Calamity existed, he might have reported him.
"Oh! I see, isn't she the one who brought a bunch of homemade bombs to see the Superintendent Adult last time..." Silver Horn seemed to be half a beat slow in reacting, and exclaimed softly. Before he could finish speaking, Jin Jiao pulled him aside.
"Don't talk nonsense. Don't anger her later and have her stuff two bombs in your mouth," Jin Jiao said in a low voice.
Silver Horn rolled his eyes at Jin Jiao, "What are you afraid of? Didn't the Superintendent Adult say that the two of them are already old friends? Have you ever seen old friends meet and bring bombs?" fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Jin Jiao glanced at Inspector Xing Yuan, who was walking towards Lu Yibei, and pouted, "You never know."
In the distance, Lu Yibei watched Inspector Xing Yuan walk towards her and stopped in front of her. Her gaze swept past her figure and lingered on Jin Jiao and Silver Horn for a moment before quickly retracting.
"Godmother, long time no see! Since your subordinates are here, I won't greet you."
Inspector Xing Yuan looked at Lu Yibei with indulgence, a faint smile on her face, "It's alright, I'm not someone who cares about those formalities. What's more, time is pressing now, and it's not the time for reminiscing. Shall we get straight to the point?"
"You said in the message just now that you wanted to cooperate with me. Tell me the details? I'll listen first. If it's something illegal, I can't help you."
"No, no!" Lu Yibei said repeatedly, "Don't you know me? I've always been a law-abiding good citizen. It's like this..."
In the next two or three minutes, Lu Yibei omitted Ju Meng's plan to be reborn by using the city barrier, and detailed her plan.
After listening, Inspector Xing Yuan frowned and said, "You mean, you are confident you can infiltrate the enemy, successfully gain their trust, and after Tang City becomes chaotic, take advantage of the chaos to lead them to the location where I have set up an ambush with my people in advance, and wipe them out in one fell swoop?"
"Exactly, that's what I mean," Lu Yibei nodded.
"..." Inspector Xing Yuan stared at Lu Yibei, her gaze lingering on her for a while, and smiled meaningfully, "Tell me, what are the conditions?"
The plan proposed by Lu Yibei was not only beneficial to Ju Meng but also quite attractive to the Night Watch. It could significantly reduce losses and free up more personnel to be vigilant about potential anomalies that might appear in Taoyuan.
Overall, the only ones who would be harmed were those who coveted Ju Meng and Cuan Yang's "inheritance."
However, when Lu Yibei refused to sign the Moonlight Plan contract, Inspector Xing Yuan saw that she was not a Strange Tale who would deliberately please the Night Watch. She probably wouldn't just support the Night Watch's actions for no reason just because she was the team leader and could be considered her godmother. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Furthermore, her parents were also people who wouldn't get up early without profit. If this excellent gene wasn't inherited, it would be a disservice to the things they did. Inspector Xing Yuan thought.
Can I still make conditions? This is something I hadn't thought of before... Lu Yibei muttered to herself, and said seriously, "Then can we find a way to get me off the Night Watch's wanted list?"
I haven't done anything, yet my ranking increases every two or three months, which is quite scary. If this continues, there will be big problems sooner or later.
What if those Calamity-level Psychic of the Night Watch suddenly go crazy and want to hunt me? Lu Yibei thought.
"I'm afraid not," Inspector Xing Yuan shook her head, refusing Lu Yibei's request, "The change of the wanted list is not something a small Superintendent like me can decide."
"This..." Lu Yibei frowned and thought for a moment, "How about, just give me all the bonus for this support operation."
I'm quite short on money lately.
"I can decide on this," Inspector Xing Yuan smiled and nodded, "But aren't you afraid of arousing public anger? There are more than a hundred operatives who came to support this time."
"Then what should I do!" Lu Yibei spread her hands.
I didn't plan to make any conditions, but you insisted I make them, and then you don't agree to any of them. Aren't you playing with me?
"This..." Inspector Xing Yuan thought for a moment, and smiled wryly, "To be honest, I don't know either. If you were a Psychic, I could help you with a Spirit Mark advancement, or if you signed the Moonlight Plan contract, I could also provide you with Alchemy materials to complete your Strange Tale core body."
"As for now, I can only make a decision after I go back and operate on it, but I can guarantee that you will definitely get a reward."
Lu Yibei, "..."
It's like saying nothing, and you want to trick me into signing a contract of servitude again, right?
However, Spirit Mark advancement...
Lu Yibei suddenly thought of something, her eyes slightly brightened, and she tentatively asked, "Can this opportunity for Spirit Mark advancement be used by someone else?"
"Of course," Inspector Xing Yuan nodded, "Who do you want to use it for? Your dependent?"
"Not really..." Lu Yibei scratched the back of her head and said, "Actually, it's Operative Number Five of the Hua City Night Watch, Jiang Li."
Jiang Li's Spiritual Energy fluctuation level had already reached the upper limit of her current Spirit Mark more than a year ago. With her excellent performance during her tenure in Hua City in recent years, she had also long met the conditions for applying for Spirit Mark advancement.
However, due to her past experience as an Eclipse Society experiment subject, Jiang Li had never applied, because she knew that even if she applied, it would likely not be approved.
To this day, no one has been able to decipher the Eclipse Society's unique black sun totem, which means that once that mark is borne, it can never be removed in a lifetime.
Given limited resources and the same level of excellence, it is understandable that the Night Watch would prioritize Spirit Mark advancement opportunities for operatives with lower uncertainty, rather than an operative bearing the Eclipse Society totem.
But...
Lu Yibei knew that with Jiang Li's strong personality, even if she didn't say it on the surface, she would more or less feel some resentment in her heart. She definitely wanted an opportunity for Spirit Mark advancement, not in pursuit of great power, but because her efforts needed to be recognized.
Moreover, Night Watch operatives have to fight urban legend after all. It's a job of licking blood from the knife's edge. Isn't it better to be stronger?"
Although I now have some strength to protect her, what if there's an accident and I can't get to her side?"
With her personality, she probably wouldn't want to become a "caged canary" that can only survive under someone's protection, right?
As Lu Yibei was thinking, Inspector Xing Yuan's laughter suddenly came from her ear, interrupting her thoughts.
"Pfft—!" She covered her mouth and chuckled, muttering softly, "Xiao Bai was right, you really have fallen for that Miss."
Giving away a valuable opportunity for Spirit Mark advancement so casually to someone else, if that's not love, then it must be that she owes them money she can't repay.
"What did you say?" Lu Yibei looked at Inspector Xing Yuan with a puzzled tilt of her head.
Inspector Xing Yuan shook her head, "Nothing. I agree to your condition. Just do as you said. You can contact those members of the illegal Ling Neng organizations later. Contact me after you succeed, and I will choose the interception location."
"You can rest assured!" Lu Yibei said confidently.
Even if I'm not 100% sure I can gain their trust, I still have PLAN B!
In a way, Lu Yibei had a deep understanding of herself. She felt that she was 100% sure she could make those guys want to kill her quickly.
If it's just about luring them to a specific place, gaining their trust or wanting to kill me, there's actually not much difference, right? Lu Yibei thought.
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After finishing the negotiation with Lu Yibei, when Inspector Xing Yuan was about to lead Jin Jiao and Silver Horn away, she found them standing next to Lu Yibei's large truck. Silver Horn's face was a little pale, and his body was slightly trembling.
"What's wrong with you two? Did you catch a cold?" Inspector Xing Yuan asked in confusion.
Silver Horn pointed to the cargo box of the large truck, but Jin Jiao grabbed his hand and scolded in a low voice, "What did I tell you? I told you not to look..."
As he spoke, his gaze drifted towards Lu Yibei intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes full of vigilance.
Is there something in the truck? Inspector Xing Yuan frowned, walked over, lifted the tarpaulin on the cargo box, and poked her head in to take a look. Soon, she backed out with cold sweat all over her head.
When she stuck her head into the pitch-black cargo box, she saw a dense cluster of glittering light spots that looked like small eyes. If she wasn't mistaken, those were the homemade Alchemy bombs she had seen before, made by Lu Yibei.
A whole truck full!
With a truck full of bombs, why does she still want to cooperate with me?
Wouldn't it be better to just go and blow those guys up? Or, has she found out some information I don't know, and realized that some formidable existence has arrived among those illegal Ling Neng organizations?
As Inspector Xing Yuan thought, she silently adjusted her previous deployment in her mind, adding a certain number of Psychic to the ambush...
