Free Web NovelThe land she could stand on was getting smaller and smaller, forcing Lu Yibei to coexist with the Invasion Beast on a "mental island" less than five meters in diameter.
Her back was to the Invasion Beast, and on her pretty face, those golden eyes flickered with a light that seemed to say, "Pretty?"
"I feel your presence. You are very kind, even kinder than the previous two Sisters."
Lu Yibei, "..."
Me? Kind?
I think you completely misunderstand!
Are you perhaps unaware of who the Flower City Torment King, the King of Weird Tales Disaster, the cunning chestnut long hair, the hidden killing intent in the shadows, the bloody Demoness who devours urban legend refers to? Lu Yibei thought fiercely.
Seeing Lu Yibei remain silent, the Invasion Beast continued in a sinister tone, "But you are much more timid than them. Is it because you possess too much and fear losing it, which makes you timid?"
For some reason, its tone of voice suddenly became much more somber compared to when it had called out earlier.
It felt like a demon's whisper, as if carrying the intention of probing hearts and finding weaknesses, yet it also felt like a deliberate affectation.
It was as if it were imitating someone's way of speaking.
"But, do you know? Sometimes, the more you cower, the more you will lose. It's even possible to watch your important things perish before your eyes because of a moment of hesitation."
Lu Yibei, "..." Was that the so-called "hesitant North"?
"You are also very sad. Is it because you just lost someone or something important? Was it that Sister who was very similar to you before? Was she a very important person to you?"
Upon hearing this, a figure of Ms. Wang Meili suddenly flashed in Lu Yibei's mind, and her heart inexplicably twitched. She spun around abruptly and impatiently interrupted, "Enough! Stop rambling like a cult brainwashing session! What the ♦ do you want?"
As she spoke, she subtly activated her Wang Quan (Royal Authority) to its maximum. freewёbnoνel.com
However...
Although she appeared very angry, she still maintained at least a minimal level of calm.
The target of her Wang Quan (Royal Authority) activation was not the Invasion Beast, but herself.
The moment she turned around, a subtle golden ripple instantly enveloped her body, maximally isolating any strange abilities the Invasion Beast might use to affect her consciousness.
At this moment, she even had a sudden thought of giving herself a few mental shocks.
Perhaps, if she was already under high-intensity mental shock, she wouldn't be affected by other external mental abilities?
It was like when a Website server is overloaded, and more people try to log in, it prompts "Server is busy." Lu Yibei thought.
Of course, this was just a guess, and she hadn't experimented with it yet, so she didn't act rashly.
"I..." Feeling the pressure from Lu Yibei's aura suddenly double, the Invasion Beast seemed startled. Its small body, bound by barbed iron chains, trembled, and its voice noticeably weakened.
"I just... I was just thinking, if you don't want to help me, it would be nice if you could just talk to me, chat with me..."
You ♦ call this chatting? Lu Yibei silently complained. Seeing that the Invasion Beast wasn't making any threatening moves for the time being, her expression darkened and she said, "Chatting, huh? Fine, what do you want to chat about?"
You want to talk to me? Then come on, let's go one-on-one!
Anyway, there's no hiding, I want to see what you're up to!
In this situation, a visible threat is always better than an invisible one. Moreover, if we start chatting, I can find an opportunity to stall for time until Chatterbox Girl is done. Lu Yibei thought.
Hearing this, the Invasion Beast was silent for a second or two, then let out a strange laugh, "Heh heh heh, we can talk about anything. Whatever you want to hear, I can satisfy you!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Hello, thank you, I am already satisfied.
You've satisfied my wish of so many years to hear what kind of laugh "Heh heh heh" actually is.
Lu Yibei muttered inwardly, raising her eyebrows slightly, "Oh? You can satisfy whatever I want to hear?"
"Of course, tell me your wish!"
"..." Lu Yibei pondered for two seconds, then said seriously, "Do you know the si ye book?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Then recite it to me."
The preface of the si ye book contains the Night Watch's initiation declaration. If it were to recite the entire book, it would definitely have to recite the declaration as well.
As a urban legend, what would happen if the Invasion Beast recited the full Night Watch initiation declaration? Perhaps it would just give up on the spot.
I'll use this to probe it first and see if it's genuinely just too lonely or if it has malicious intentions.
Moreover, if it actually recites it, I might even be able to take the opportunity to learn about the content that Chatterbox Girl mentioned was only in the original version of the si ye book. Lu Yibei thought.
"..."
After waiting for a moment and not hearing the Invasion Beast's strange voice, Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow and pressed, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you could satisfy me?"
Won't recite it? If you won't recite it, then I have reason to suspect you have ulterior motives. Lu Yibei thought, subtly taking a few steps back until she reached the edge of the "mental island."
"I... I don't know how." The Invasion Beast's timid voice sounded by Lu Yibei's ear.
It was unclear if it had decided to stop pretending or if it was affected by Lu Yibei's bizarre request, but its voice suddenly became childish and soft, with a slight lisp.
Can't or won't? Lu Yibei pouted, "What about 《Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei》?"
Such a great book, in theory, should not be affected by a urban legend's Power.
I'll dare to borrow this book to test this guy and see if it genuinely can't recite the content I want to hear or if it's deliberately being evasive. Lu Yibei thought.
"Huh? What, what is that?"
"That is one of the greatest crystallizations of human wisdom in history, witnessing the surging of various ideologies and pointing the way for the comprehensive development of human beings and the liberation of all mankind!" Lu Yibei said with an impassioned tone.
"You don't even know this? This is unacceptable! When you have time, you must memorize it, understand?"
After a brief exchange, seeing that the Invasion Beast hadn't made any threatening moves, Lu Yibei's hanging heart relaxed slightly, and her words gradually became more unrestrained.
"Then... choose one: 《Dream Pool Essays》, 《Yongle Encyclopedia》, or 《Complete Library of the Four Treasuries》!"
Even if I can't use the Night Watch's things to trick this guy, if I can fool it into reciting these ancient encyclopedic books, it should buy me a lot of time.
Perhaps, before it finishes reciting, Chatterbox Girl will be done, and then I can leave this cursed place. Lu Yibei thought.
"These things you mentioned... I, I don't know any of them."
"That's it? That's it?" Lu Yibei said impatiently, "You don't know this, you don't know that, what use are you to me?"
"I, I'm sorry." The Invasion Beast's soft murmur sounded in her ear.
Whether it was a hallucination or not, Lu Yibei actually felt that its voice contained a hint of a sob.
"..."
No, you're a Calamity level urban legend, how can you be so psychologically fragile?
Everyone saw it! I wasn't bullying it or making it cry, it was just incapable.
Honestly, my request wasn't excessive at all, was it? Lu Yibei thought.
"Then you tell me, what do you know? Just say whatever you know!"
"I, I only know myself..."
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"Only know yourself?" Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow and looked up and down at the creature in front of her, wrapped in chains like an alien mummy.
Something is not right!
It has devoured and copied the Powers of so many urban legend and Psychic, why would it only know itself?
Lu Yibei muttered inwardly, and lightly spat, "Alright, then tell me about yourself!"
"You, do you really want to know about me?" the Invasion Beast said, its voice trembling, seemingly very excited.
"Yes, I really want to know. It's best to start from when you were born." Lu Yibei subtly activated her Charm ability and said softly in a very seductive voice, "It's best..."
"Tell me everything about you!"
The more it talks, the more time I stall. Once I leave this cursed place, I'll turn around and file an anonymous report with the Night Watch, reporting everything I know. Lu Yibei thought.
In fact, the anonymous reports that Gu Qianqian submitted to the Night Watch under the system's guidance, while causing Lu Yibei a lot of trouble, weren't entirely without benefit to her.
At least, she learned a new method of retaliation from this incident.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Invasion Beast would be lucky enough to become her first anonymous report target.
"Ying ying ying, ying ying ying..."
Just as Lu Yibei was secretly making her little calculations, the Invasion Beast suddenly started "yinging" again.
Within a few breaths, Lu Yibei heard it "ying" at least a few hundred times, finally unable to resist interrupting, "Damn it! What the heck are you yinging about?"
Is everything about you just "ying ying ying"? Is that why you're called the Invasion Beast?
"I'm sorry, I, I'm just too excited. It's the first time someone is willing to understand me..." the Invasion Beast said weakly.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and start!" Lu Yibei waved her hand.
As soon as her voice fell, the Invasion Beast suddenly began to murmur softly by her ear.
"All forms are not forms, all dharmas are not dharmas. He who sees forms sees no form; he who speaks the dharma has no dharma to speak..."
"..."
Wait, why do I feel like this content is a bit off?
The more Lu Yibei listened, the more she felt something was wrong. She couldn't help but frown and ask, "What are you saying? Is this about yourself? Why do I feel like this ♦ is a description of your Power?"
"...By seeing with form, by seeking with sound, offer bone and blood, then can you see me."
The Invasion Beast didn't answer Lu Yibei's question, but continued to recite the description of its Power in Lu Yibei's ear, as if using this method to tell Lu Yibei that the description of its Power was itself.
As the Invasion Beast finished reciting the description of its Power, a crisp sound like shattering glass suddenly echoed in Lu Yibei's mind, and her consciousness blurred.
In a trance, she felt something on the small body in front of her shattering, flying towards her like exploded glass.
Like a hallucination, she heard a whisper.
"My past, you need not know. The past is a rushing river, only flowing forward, not backward.
My present, you need not understand. The present is a drifting aura, it will not dissipate, it will only linger.
My future, you need not foresee. The future is blue sky and white clouds, right before your eyes, yet untouchable.
You only need to know, I am you, you are me."
What the ♦ is this? It's over, I think I'm the one who got played! Lu Yibei thought, and everything went black.
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Like a hallucination, Lu Yibei opened her eyes for the first time and saw a huge, pure white room.
In the cold room, countless egg-shaped oval vessels floated in mid-air, arranged in a matrix, and the matrices combined to form a strange pattern.
All the vessels contained some kind of life form made of blood and flesh, like unformed fetuses or fruits, waiting to ripen.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yibei opened her eyes for the second time.
When her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw that the floating vessels in the large white room had been removed and replaced by cradles suspended in mid-air.
Various young creatures were sleeping in the cradles, including humans, chicks, cats, dogs, and even various animals from the ocean. On their small and tender bodies, more or less, some extremely incongruous organs or tissues had grown.
At the edge of the white room, blurred figures used large machines to grind up unknown sources of flesh and blood, mix them into potions, and expressionlessly feed the potions, like milk, to the strangely shaped babies in the cradles.
Seeing such a scene and not sensing any danger approaching, a sudden realization dawned in Lu Yibei's heart.
"..."
Perhaps the Invasion Beast really didn't lie to me; it presented everything about itself before my eyes.
These scenes I am seeing now are its memories. Lu Yibei thought.
...
She opened her eyes for the third time and saw a large lawn surrounded by high walls, full of "cubs" chasing, playing, and even fighting. They were all wearing white cotton jumpsuits with black numbers printed on their backs.
Most of them had body outlines similar to humans, but the tissues and strange organs on their bodies that did not belong to humans made it difficult to accept that they were humans.
These "cubs," whose origins were unclear, repeated the daily routine of injecting strange potions, regular physical examinations, and being sent to strange monks in black cloaks for "education." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Round and round.
Lu Yibei concentrated her mind, trying to hear clearly the content that the strange monks taught the "cubs."
From the fragmented words she caught, she heard astonishing words.
Those monks modified the descriptions of the Powers of various legendary beings, similar to deities, and taught them to those "cubs" in a blasphemous manner.
Over and over again, as if trying to imprint those things in their minds.
...
In this large white room, "disobedient" cubs or cubs who could not withstand various strange potions were unqualified, unacceptable existences, and should be eliminated.
Just like a factory production line, there are strict factory inspection standards for products. Qualified ones pass, and unqualified ones are destroyed.
Time passed little by little, and the number of "cubs" rapidly decreased, quickly dropping from several thousand to less than ten.
At this point, Lu Yibei finally saw the "cub" with °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° dark red short hair, whose gender was indistinguishable.
"..."
Is that the Invasion Beast? Was it created by someone? Lu Yibei thought with surprise and uncertainty.
Just as she was contemplating, the scene before her changed again, and she saw a dark night with heavy rain.
Thunder seemed to shatter the sky, the ground shook violently, and the "cub" with dark red short hair curled up in the corner of the white room, trembling and covering its ears.
Suddenly, the roof of the white room collapsed, and everything fell into dead silence at that instant.
Under the lightning that illuminated the sky like daylight, through the dense curtain of rain, a twisted, bizarre, and huge figure like a mountain could be seen.
That figure, as if from a nightmare, was twisted and strange, yet it made people feel that it looked so beautiful.
Perfectly terrifying!
In an instant, Lu Yibei recalled that she had seen that figure when she and her father were in that tragic car accident...
