Free Web NovelIt was evening.
At Jingyi Apartment, in Lu Yibei’s home.
Lu Yibei sat on the sofa, holding a laptop, while the urban legend residing in her home gathered around her, casting eerie and attentive gazes.
“Night Visit urban legend Record 9527... Demoness, I don’t think your ID is very good!”
“I’ve heard of absorbing spiritual energy by establishing faith, but the first step is still to attract people’s attention!” Mao Tuan offered eagerly, “Why don’t you try IDs like, 【White-Haired Loli Welfare Hot Dance】?”
Lu Yibei, “...” I don’t want what you think, I want what I think!
She was a bit annoyed; she was just registering a new Beta station account to prepare for future live streams and short video uploads, and these urban legend kept chattering incessantly behind her.
This feeling was like playing a game with a group of elementary school students pointing and gesticulating behind you!
Or like when you’re concentrating on work, and your pet keeps acting cute and rolling around, begging for pets!
But whose pet, for crying out loud, can talk!?
Lu Yibei thought, if only I had known, I would have kept my distance from them!
“It’s useless, no matter what you do, it’s useless. I also tried to find a way out in this business before, but... reality, just like what ‘Kafka on the Shore’ says, I really want to be an outstanding person, but things never go smoothly.” False Tooth was still very depressed.
Eyeball looked at Lu Yibei with a sinister and arrogant gaze, full of disdain, “Have you finally taken this step? I knew it! All Witch Seeds are the same!”
“However, this is also very understandable. If I were a Witch Seed, I would definitely use my vulgar bust and enchanting appearance to lure ignorant young men into dark little rooms and eat them to my heart’s content! Eh? Why are you running?”
No sooner had Eyeball finished speaking than it was enveloped by a shadow. The next moment, a pair of merciless large hands kneaded and stretched it, contorting it into eighteen different shapes.
After emitting a series of screams that made the urban legend tremble, Eyeball fell limply to the ground, with only faint twitches still indicating its survival.
“Bang—!”
Having registered the new account, Lu Yibei closed her laptop. She wasn't ready to start live streaming or uploading short videos yet; before solving the body heating issue, the cost might be too high.
Accidentally burning out a phone? Who could afford that? Unless you had a mine at home!
She put the laptop aside and glanced out the window. It was already evening, and the glorious, beautiful shadows of the sunset were cast upon the buildings around University City, scattering large patches of sparkling, vibrant, rose-colored halos.
It was almost time to set off. Lu Yibei thought, picking up her Coat, slinging the guitar bag containing the mingwang statue over her back, and putting on a pair of geta she had bought on her return, then headed towards the rooftop.
Geta were the only type of footwear she could think of for the time being that could somewhat withstand her body temperature after her transformation into a Strange Tale.
Although they would still ignite if her body temperature rose to a certain extent, they were always more resistant to burning than sneakers, board shoes, or flip-flops.
Walking barefoot on a university campus would inevitably attract a lot of attention, which was something Lu Yibei did not want to see.
As she turned, her gaze inadvertently swept over the urban legend crowded around the computer, whispering amongst themselves, and her brows furrowed slightly.
“Should we watch a movie?”
“I want to watch current news...”
“Don’t you all want to study the knowledge of chromosome exchange and human birth?”
“...”
After a moment of silence, Mao Tuan and False Tooth said in unison, “Eyeball Brother’s insights are profound!”
“You guys need to know when to stop, hey!” Lu Yibei couldn’t help but let out a low growl, walking forward and cutting off the Wi-Fi.
If she let these guys run wild, they would sooner or later be tracked down by the cyber police. How would she explain then?
Saying there were urban legend at home, and those indescribable things were all done by the urban legend!
Do you think the police would believe your nonsense?!
...
At 11:27 PM, outside Huacheng Institute of Technology, in front of Female Dormitory Building No. 7, in a spot hidden from surveillance cameras.
Lu Yibei sat by the bushes, her figure concealed by the darkness.
In about half an hour, the student dormitories would turn off their lights.
About ten minutes before the lights went out, many people would rush back from internet cafes, bars, study rooms, or their godparents’ homes. She planned to blend into the female dormitory during that rush of people.
Although she had transformed into a female appearance, Lu Yibei still felt a bit nervous about infiltrating the female dormitory, especially with Tai Dàye, whose physique resembled an iron tower, guarding the entrance.
She had been hiding here observing for almost an hour. In that hour, through the window of the guard room, she could see that Tai Dàye had been lifting weights the entire time!
Those dozens of pounds of iron seemed weightless in his hands, moving up and down, which made people’s hair stand on end.
In the past, with an old man like that, one punch would have me lying on the ground for half an hour! Lu Yibei thought.
Time passed bit by bit, and she looked up towards the female dormitory.
The outline of the dormitory building stood ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ in the darkness, giving off a chillingly silent feeling.
Many dormitories had already turned off their lights, and the dark windows looked somewhat eerie at this moment. The girls’ clothes drying on the balconies looked like hanging corpses, adding a terrifying atmosphere.
She always felt that among those floating clothes, there would be a female ghost in red mixed in, quietly watching the campus.
Seeing more and more people returning from outside, Lu Yibei got up, preparing to begin her infiltration plan. Just then, a faint whimpering sound reached her ears.
Following the sound, she couldn’t help but be slightly startled.
A girl wearing a black stand-collar trench Coat walked out of Female Dormitory Building No. 7, pulling a large wheeled suitcase. On her shoulder, a hideous, unformed fetus was clearly perched.
The girl passed the guard room and was stopped by Tai Dàye. After he asked a few questions, she simply registered and then walked out of the school.
Leaving? So late, where was she going?
Combining the words of the leader and those guys at home, the power and activity of urban legend would increase these two days. Was she planning to go out and farm in the wild? freeweɓnovel.cøm
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, her gaze sharpened, and she followed closely.
No matter where she was going, for Lu Yibei, it was a good thing.
She was actually quite worried about a conflict breaking out in the female dormitory and causing a fire.
Brother, since you’re going to farm in the wild, then I’ll reluctantly counter-farm your wild! Lu Yibei thought.
...
Lu Yibei followed the girl who was entangled with a Strange Tale all the way out of Huacheng Institute of Technology, watching from a distance as she hailed a taxi. She then mimicked her actions, waving to the roadside and hailing a taxi. Copying a movie scene, she patted the back of the driver’s seat.
“Master, please follow that car in front!”
“...” The driver was silent, as if deep in thought, and did not start the car for a long time.
“Master? Why aren’t you going? You...” Lu Yibei leaned forward slightly. After seeing the driver’s profile, she was slightly startled, “This... why is it you again?!”
Damn it! I don't want to meet you either! Uncle Driver's face showed bitterness, and with a slight sob, he said, “This Strange Tale... Big Sister, please stop bothering me, okay?!”
“I was wrong, I was really wrong. I won’t dare to do it again in the future. I just want to be an ordinary taxi driver!”
An ordinary taxi driver?
What ordinary taxi driver would run a midnight urban legend radio show and tell scary stories in the car for no reason!?
Lu Yibei mumbled inwardly, then said seriously, “Uncle, you have to believe in science. How can there be so many supernatural things in this world?”
As she spoke, Lu Yibei glanced at the taxi the girl was in. That taxi was almost out of sight, and she was about to lose track of it, so she couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.
“Uncle, the story I told last time was made up, really. I went to Linjiang Avenue last night to find... uh, to find my boyfriend. His name is Lu Yibei, and he likes night running!”
“Really?”
“Really, truer than the banknotes issued by the central bank!”
After assessing Lu Yibei’s expression, which didn’t seem to be lying, Uncle Driver started the car with a mix of doubt and belief, while asking, “Then tonight, where are you planning to go?”
“Uh...” Lu Yibei pondered for a moment, then said seriously, “Actually, I don’t know either. Anyway, just follow that car in front, and you’ll be right. The passenger in that car is the green tea bitch who seduced my boyfriend! She’s rushing to a date!”
Lu Yibei, you’re really something! You’re getting more and more skilled at telling such lies now! Lu Yibei thought to herself.
Hearing Lu Yibei say this, Uncle Driver’s eyes narrowed, and a confident smile curved at the corner of his mouth. “Don’t worry, little girl, my title as Hua City’s Second Car God isn’t for show. Throughout the entire Hua City taxi industry, when it comes to speed, I’m never afraid!”
“Hmph!” Saying this, a fierce glint flashed in Uncle Driver’s eyes, and he gritted his teeth, “These people who interfere in others’ relationships are the most detestable! I wish they would die!”
Lu Yibei, “...” This Uncle seems to have a story!
...
Half an hour later.
After chasing the girl through half the city, just as they were about to enter the suburbs, the taxi in front suddenly turned into a relatively narrow fork in the road.
Uncle Driver, carrying Lu Yibei, followed behind, always maintaining a certain distance. As they drove down the fork, the surroundings became increasingly desolate the further they went.
After following for another distance and passing several forks, there was only one road left ahead, winding and extending halfway up the mountain, disappearing into the woods.
Just then, Uncle Driver suddenly slammed on the brakes, stopped by the roadside, turned around, and stared at Lu Yibei with a pale face, saying in a deep voice, “Little girl, tell me honestly, are you trying to harm me? At least let me die knowing why?”
“Huh?” Lu Yibei was startled, “Uncle, I really didn’t lie to you. I’m really not some Strange Tale that harms lives!”
...I don’t harm people.
“Then why are you making me drive you to Shihekou Middle School in the middle of the night?!”
Uncle Driver roared, his eyes slightly red, and his hands trembled as he tried to light a cigarette, “Clack, clack,” several times before finally succeeding.
“Shihekou Foreign Language Middle School, what’s here... Wait, is this the former aristocratic school? Speaking of which, when I first started high school, its reputation was quite loud, but I haven’t heard any news about it these past two years.”
“Hiss—whoosh—!” Uncle Driver took a deep drag from his cigarette, exhaling the smoke out the window. His emotions stabilized slightly, and he bravely said in a deep voice, “Keep pretending, you keep pretending! Damn it, since you know this is Shihekou Middle School, don’t you know it’s haunted?”
“Don’t tell me your boyfriend and the green tea bitch who seduced him ran to a place like this for a date in the middle of the night! Are they planning to have a life-and-death encounter?”
Lu Yibei, “...” Sorry, Uncle, I’ve been in the hospital for two years and just got out recently, so my information is a bit outdated!
