Free Web NovelImagine being at the scene of a massive traffic accident, where the blood plasma of [N O V E L I G H T] the injured, mixed with red, white, and yellow organ fragments, flowed everywhere. Pedestrians on the street stood frozen in place, their expressions terrified, as if turned to stone.
Dark red mist drifted in the sky, obscuring the sunlight and making it impossible to distinguish between day and night. Among the tall buildings, huge, indescribable shadows floated like specters searching for prey.
Just then, your phone rang. Without hesitation, you lightly touched the red option on the screen and hung up.
Immediately after, the call connected, and the voice of your "self" came through the receiver, asking if you were familiar with this doomsday-like scene.
May I ask, what kind of mood would you be in at this moment?
...
Lu Yibei didn't know how others would feel, but she was absolutely terrified, her entire body numb from head to toe.
"Hello, are you there? Say something? You haven't been scared silly by Mom's creation these past two days, have you?"
The voice on the other end of the phone rang out again. Lu Yibei frowned, hardened her heart, and dragged the phone back and forth near her mouth as she responded.
"Hello! What did you say? Huh? The signal isn't very good here! Uh, how about I just hang up first, find a place with a good signal later, and call you back, okay? That's it, bye!"
After speaking, Lu Yibei hung...
Damn it! Why won't it hang up?
Lu Yibei jabbed at the phone screen several times, finding that she couldn't hang up the strange incoming call at all. She gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and threw the phone away.
Watching the phone arc through the air and fly into the ruins of a store nearby that had been flattened by a car crash, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and ran towards the Teaching Staff Compound without looking back.
However, she had only run about a hundred meters when her head was struck by a heavy blow from an unknown source.
With a clear and loud "Duang—!", a powerful impact surged into her skull like a mountain tsunami, as if trying to shatter her brain.
Dizziness struck, and Lu Yibei's vision immediately blurred, as if covered by a layer of water mist.
She stumbled a few steps like someone drunk, her body tilting before falling to the ground.
In a daze, she saw the Lingtai Pure Karma from her backpack. It had flown out at some point and was suspended in mid-air, as if controlled by some force, performing a clean and crisp sword flourish.
Lu Yibei, "???"
What the heck? What's going on? My sword, backstabbed me?
Where did this damn traitorous sword come from!?
Lu Yibei thought indignantly, and soon her vision plunged into darkness as she lost consciousness.
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Lu Yibei felt herself falling in the darkness.
Her head felt like it had been struck by something, dizzy and heavy, with a faint ache at the back.
The wind howled in her ears, and her body felt like it had been stuffed into a washing machine, spinning wildly, making her stomach churn.
After falling for an unknown amount of time, she finally hit the ground with a heavy thud.
The hard ground was soaked with rainwater, cold as ice.
Under the violent impact, Lu Yibei felt as if her internal organs and bones had shattered. When she opened her mouth, the taste of rust filled her oral cavity.
"Pat... pat..."
Footsteps came from not far away, like someone walking slowly barefoot on the waterlogged ground.
Lu Yibei turned slightly and looked in the direction of the footsteps, seeing a silver-haired girl in a pure white dress walking towards her from a distance.
As she walked forward, her silver-white long hair swayed gently. Something on top of her head emitted a dazzling golden light, appearing to be a halo.
Looking at her in a trance, the girl exuded a sense of sanctity from head to toe.
As she walked, she hummed something.
Judging by the tune, it seemed to be "Only Mama Is Good in the World." Her ethereal and melodious humming sounded like a siren's song, striking directly at the soul.
It sounded...
Like she had just lost her mother!
"..."
Is that... an angel? Am I dead?
No, that's not right. Although I often pray to all the gods and Buddhas when I encounter difficulties, I've never believed in any religion. Can I still have an angel guide me after death?
Is the threshold for heaven a bit too low and casual now? Or is it a free trial to get people hooked, followed by endless paid services?
While Lu Yibei's mind was filled with such nonsensical thoughts, the girl had already reached her side, then lifted her slender jade foot and stepped on her face.
"You dog thing! Bad signal, huh? Throwing your phone, huh?"
"Do you know how much I, your Older sister, suffered to help you deal with the Big Boss's world's malice?"
"Just when I finally recovered and painstakingly tried to save your dog life, you wouldn't even call me Older sister! Your conscience must have been eaten by dogs!"
Some people never shed tears until they see the coffin. If they aren't beaten up, they feel uncomfortable all over, and their minds aren't clear.
Lu Yibei was this kind of person.
So, after being trampled by the girl, aside from her head still being a bit dizzy, she immediately recovered her full health and energy, sat up with a carp flip, pointed at the girl's nose, and exclaimed, "Oh! I remember now, it's you, Chatterbox Girl!"
Chatterbox Girl impatiently slapped Lu Yibei's hand away and rolled her eyes. "At least you're not completely stupid! Forget it, I forgive you. After all, everyone has it tough."
As she spoke, she raised her hand, took the dazzling golden halo from her head, brought it to her mouth, and bit off a piece with a "crunch" like eating a large pancake, chewing it with relish.
Lu Yibei, "..." May I ask, Sister Angel, why are you eating your own circle?
Seeing Lu Yibei looking at her strangely, Chatterbox Girl looked at the halo in her hand, then at Lu Yibei, and explained, "This is the core of a urban legend entity I picked up on the way here!"
"This 'picked up' you mentioned... is it bloody and violent?" Lu Yibei asked tentatively.
"Little kid, don't ask so many questions." Chatterbox Girl rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei. "You know, I was pretty badly injured last time. I need to replenish energy at any time!"
"How about it, want some?"
Chatterbox Girl said, breaking off a piece from the halo and offering it to Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei glanced at the golden, metallic-sheened fragment in her hand and ignored her.
Seeing Lu Yibei refuse her "kindness," Chatterbox Girl shrugged indifferently, put the half-eaten halo back on her head, letting it float so she could eat it whenever she wanted, then clapped her hands and looked at Lu Yibei, saying seriously, "Since that's the case, shouldn't we talk about the main business first?"
"You should have talked about the main business long ago," Lu Yibei pouted. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Although she said this, she didn't know if it was because the contents of the dream memory hadn't been fully unlocked, or if something had been knocked out of her brain by that despicable person who hit her earlier.
Up until now, her mind was still muddled, and looking at Chatterbox Girl, she still didn't know how to ask her for "services."
But that's not important! Just keep talking, and when the time is right, whether it's two hundred an hour or twelve hundred for the night, she should bring up her conditions herself and haggle with me, Lu Yibei thought.
After waiting for a moment and seeing Lu Yibei remain silent, Chatterbox Girl sighed softly and started talking to herself. "Honestly, when I re-established contact with you, I was really shocked."
Chatterbox Girl was truly surprised. By the time she found this special space, it had already been completely eroded by the Invasion Beast.
Not a single bit of her mother's Power was left in the entire space, let alone having the chance to see her mother, as Lu Yibei did now.
When she first set foot on this land, there wasn't a single living creature in the vast city, only the ruins of devastation.
Even though she spent immense effort cleaning up the flesh and blood of the Invasion Beast in the city and integrating the remnants of the ruined city with her God Kingdom, she couldn't restore it in the slightest.
Instead, such actions triggered the imprint left by a Night Watch Calamity Psychic in the city, bringing about a deadly disaster.
As for what happened later, it's a long story. Anyway, her conflict with the Night Watch wasn't a day or two old, and killing a Calamity Psychic or two was reasonable, right?
Chatterbox Girl refocused her attention and looked at Lu Yibei, saying, "I didn't expect that after not seeing you for a few months, you would actually find your way to the special space constructed by our Mom."
It's truly surprising and makes me quite envious!
Hearing this, Lu Yibei was startled, her expression changed, and she pondered silently.
Listening to her, does this mean this fake Hua City was created by Ms. Wang Meili?
But if that's the case, she should be the supreme god of this fake city. Now that there's such a huge mess in the city, why is she still catching crabs in Alaska?
Lu Yibei thought for a moment and suddenly realized that something was wrong. She sharply turned her head to look at Chatterbox Girl. "Wait, what 'our Mom'?"
She corrected her sternly, "Don't try to get cozy! That's *my* mom!"
Moreover, Ms. Wang Meili is just a silly, sweet middle-aged girl. Aside from being good at business and courting death, she's nothing special. How could she construct a special space? Lu Yibei muttered in her heart.
"Tsk!" Chatterbox Girl sat up straight and patted Lu Yibei's shoulder hard. "You're too narrow-minded, little brother!"
"Silly and sweet girls were the heroines in old romance stories, you know? Heroines are bound to be incredibly powerful and omnipotent!"
"Besides, who are we to each other? Your mom is my mom, right? When you have time..." Chatterbox Girl paused slightly here and said with a wry smile, "I really want to see her!"
"..." Lu Yibei silently sized up the enchanting girl before her and said seriously, "May I ask, presumptuously, you're not also a child bride arranged by my Old Dad, are you?"
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Wanting to meet the parents right away? Gu Qianqian didn't even get this treatment. Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly.
"I..." Chatterbox Girl hesitated, then rolled her eyes and said, "Little brother, your XP is probably truly strange to a certain extent, like the urban legend imprisoned by the damn Night Watch."
"Tsk, although I expected that two blabbermouths meeting would result in a one plus one is greater than two amplified output, can you stop interrupting? Let me finish the main business, okay?"
Lu Yibei pouted and made a 'please' gesture to Chatterbox Girl.
Chatterbox Girl nodded in satisfaction, then straightened her back, sat up properly, and her expression became serious as well.
"Let's not discuss whether Ms. Wang Meili has the ability to construct a special space. Simply put, this special space has been invaded by a relatively powerful urban legend..."
"I understand!" Lu Yibei's eyes instantly became serious, "You're here to tell me the correct escape route, right?"
Chatterbox Girl glared at Lu Yibei, clenched her pink fists, and forcefully suppressed the urge to punch her tender little face. She took a deep breath, clapped her hands, and exclaimed, "Beautiful! Awesome! As expected of you!"
"Escaping from this troubled place is indeed one of the feasible options, however, doing so is very likely to..."
Halfway through her sentence, Chatterbox Girl suddenly raised her right hand, and the outline of a city appeared in her palm.
As the light and shadows shifted, Lu Yibei saw that it was a miniature Hua City. What surprised her even more was that the miniature Hua City was so detailed that even the pedestrians on the street were perfectly restored.
Following that, Chatterbox Girl lightly snapped her left fingers. With a crisp "Pop!", a dark and hideous rift instantly opened beneath the miniature Hua City, spitting out Spiritual Energy and stirring up a small storm in her palm. The miniature Hua City also began to totter.
Within just a few seconds, the rift grew larger and larger, and a dark city identical to Hua City slowly rose from the rift and merged into Hua City.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
The next moment, the two cities that had merged in Chatterbox Girl's palm began to shrink drastically, from palm-sized to cherry-sized, then to grain-of-rice-sized, and finally, only an extremely dazzling point of light remained.
Then...
"BOOM—!"
As Chatterbox Girl's red lips parted to simulate an explosion, the dazzling point of light in her palm immediately exploded violently, erupting with a blinding light like a supernova.
After the airwave settled and the light dissipated, a lump of rock, basin-sized and mixed with earth, stone, and various metals, like a sculpture of cancer cells, appeared in her hand.
Its volume was more than a hundred times larger than the original miniature Hua City.
"Guess how many people will die from this? How much land will turn into scorched earth? After that, who do you think everyone will blame?"
Lu Yibei was immersed in the brilliant and dazzling scene before her until Chatterbox Girl's voice sounded in her ear.
She collected herself, pointed at the tip of her nose, and wailed, "Me? Why me?"
"Why?" Chatterbox Girl shook her head and explained, "This special space was created for you by Ms. Wang Meili. Now that there's a big problem, someone has to be found to vent on, right?"
Lu Yibei was startled by Chatterbox Girl's words, but upon careful consideration, it seemed to make some sense.
Just like there must be a Lich King, when certain things happen, someone must be chosen as the scapegoat.
Otherwise, those filled with hatred, restless souls with nowhere to go, those hot-blooded individuals always looking for an opportunity to show others their "justice," will become rioters and destabilizing factors.
Moreover, this responsibility was intrinsically linked to her in the first place.
But...
"Damn it! So I have to be persecuted? I ♦ am not a furball!"
It's over, Lu Yibei felt like she was beyond saving.
"Unfortunately!" Chatterbox Girl spread her hands helplessly, "If you choose to run away, whether or not you become a furball afterward is not something you can choose."
"Kill one person for the benefit of the world, how wonderful! What's more, you're not even a person."
"At that time, all you can choose is whether to be a furball that resists desperately but is useless, or to completely transform into the shape of a furball from the inside out."
"Of course, this situation might not necessarily happen. You can also try to trust the Night Watch."
In fact, the higher-ups of the Night Watch had long known about the existence of this special space. When a large number of urban legend flooded into Hua City after Qinan Bamboo's demise, a Calamity level Psychic, with Lu Ming's assistance, spent a large amount of Spiritual Energy to reinforce and anchor this space in the spatial rift.
Normally, if it weren't for the unexpected situation of being invaded by the flesh and blood of the Invasion Beast, Hua City might have naturally been destroyed, and this special space would not have surfaced.
"However, the Night Watch's craftsmanship has always prioritized economy; it just needs to work. Whether it can hold up, I can't guarantee."
But what if that person's technique was exquisite, achieving great things with little money, to the point where even the Invasion Beast couldn't corrupt the anchor he left behind?
Lu Yibei's eye twitched, and she tentatively asked, "What if I don't run?"
Upon hearing this, Chatterbox Girl beamed with joy, her eyes darting around slyly, and she said secretively, "Then there's a way in this that we can discuss."
"For example?" Lu Yibei pressed.
Chatterbox Girl held up a finger and said, "Option one, find the core of this special space and devour it. This will also completely destroy this special space, and only a part of the people will die silently. I personally recommend using this method."
After all, as long as this special space is destroyed, Ms. Wang Meili's goal will be achieved.
Destroying a false world is also considered destroying the world.
She can successfully deceive fate. As long as Lu Yibei doesn't keep seeking death and hides in a remote, poor place, she can live a peaceful life in the mountains and forests, accompanied by green waters.
Overall, can it be considered a happy ending?
"This method..." Lu Yibei was about to cheer when she suddenly realized something was wrong. Changing the subject, she asked, "Wait! Why do people still have to die?"
"Of course, people have to die!" Chatterbox Girl rolled her eyes and said, "Do you think those seemingly living beings with their own emotions in this special space are all illusions?"
"Don't be silly! Although Ms. Wang Meili is very powerful, she's not so powerful that she can create life out of nothing."
"As far as I know, the most advanced alchemists can only create homunculi in bottles, and that cannot yet be considered a complete life. That's already a miracle comparable to the Philosopher's Stone. Do you think Ms. Wang Meili is just an omniscient and omnipotent God?"
Lu Yibei shook her head, then frowned and pressed, "Then the life in the special space is..."
"Those lives were brought in from the outside when she constructed this space!"
The principle is similar to the Great Serpent from before, bringing a group of people or urban legend into a special space and letting them reproduce and thrive there.
However, Ms. Wang Meili's methods are much more sophisticated and she had more energy to perfect them than the dying Great Serpent God, allowing the people and urban legend within to merge with the special space and become an important part of its composition.
Their descendants will become empty shells with only bodies but no souls, until they correspond to the projection of a certain existence in Hua City, and then they will descend into this special space.
This clever method is much simpler than directly creating life.
Just like Gu Xiliu, if she hadn't left this special space, over ninety percent of her life trajectory would have overlapped with Gu Qianqian.
However, when Gu Xiliu left the special space, she gradually drifted away from Gu Qianqian, eventually only being somewhat similar in appearance and personality.
Thinking carefully about the descendants of those living people or urban legend being forced to become projections of certain existences in the real Hua City under the influence of the special space's rules is quite tragic.
Like tools, they have no life of their own; it would be better to just die. Chatterbox Girl thought.
"Holy crap? Human trafficking? Ms. Wang Meili's benevolent mother persona has collapsed in my mind!" Lu Yibei blurted out.
"What human trafficking?" Chatterbox Girl tapped Lu Yibei on the head and corrected, "Those are all transactions. Ms. Wang Meili found those people or urban legend from various places who were dying or had given up hope of living."
"They exchanged the lives of their descendants for a chance at rebirth. You can't completely blame Wang Meili for this, right?"
Lu Yibei frowned, her mood somewhat complicated.
She always felt that the Ancestor's reckless transactions causing trouble for future generations was like her Old Dad randomly arranging a childhood engagement for her - very complicated and difficult to judge. She just mumbled vaguely, "I still think it's a bit inhumane."
"Besides this? Are there any other ways? There can't be only option one, right?"
"..." Chatterbox Girl was silent. She stood up, gazed into the distance, and surveyed the surrounding dilapidated and crumbling city ruins. She said faintly, "Do you remember when I asked you if you felt the scene you saw was very familiar? Look around."
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment and followed Chatterbox Girl's gaze, looking out beyond the dilapidated rooftop.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and through the gaps in the clouds, a faint, indistinct light filtered through, making it impossible to tell if it was dawn or dusk.
The tall buildings in front stood like they had been eroded by time, covered with a layer of dark red stains, exuding an air of decay.
Clusters of dark red mist accumulated in the city, like wandering souls, weaving and roaming through the jungle of steel and concrete.
Further away, everything was blurred and indistinct. In the thick mist, there were hazy figures larger than the tall buildings walking. What the naked eye could see was only the tip of the iceberg of their enormous bodies.
The entire city was like a dead Hua City, eroded by that dark red flesh and blood.
"Option two is difficult. Even if successful, that special space might turn into the scene you see now, and it's even more likely to bring you great trouble. Do you still want to try?"
"No." Lu Yibei blurted out.
Chatterbox Girl heard this and opened her mouth, about to say "As expected of you!" but the next moment, she doubted if her ears were working properly.
"No, but I have to try. Otherwise... a lot of people will die, right?" Lu Yibei said very seriously.
The moment she said this, she thought of many people. She thought of Nanling Yaohua, she thought of Su Mi, she thought of Granny Wang, she thought of Nanling Old Man, she thought of the kind and caring elderly people in the Teaching Staff Compound who had looked after her well...
Although they were all "created," and even the memories related to them were fictional, Lu Yibei was also very afraid of the big troubles Chatterbox Girl mentioned.
But, she couldn't personally end their lives...
