Free Web NovelWithin the mental world of the Invasion Beast, the swing on the shattered mental island hung upside down, its chains taut. Withered yellow leaves and murky water droplets floated motionless in the air.
Everything was still.
The blurry outline of Chatterbox Girl gradually appeared before Lu Yibei.
It was as if she had schizophrenia and was seeing another self she had hallucinated.
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After Lu Yibei roughly recounted the process of her 'turning' the Invasion Beast, she asked Chatterbox Girl, "That's roughly what happened. Can you tell me your method now?"
"So that's how it was..." Chatterbox Girl murmured to herself, her single hand propping her chin, lost in thought.
She had thought Lu Yibei had pulled off some unexpected move she didn't know about, leveraging her own Wang Quan (Royal Authority) and Charm abilities to mentally pollute the Invasion Beast and coincidentally brainwash it. Although the possibility of this happening was small, it wasn't zero.
However, judging from Lu Yibei's account, the sequence of events was clearly not what she had guessed.
Who would have thought that a twisted Calamity level Strange Story would still harbor a shred of innocence in its heart?
Chatterbox Girl certainly hadn't. Before this, the Invasion Beast, in her understanding, was just a thick-skinned, simple-minded brute with bizarre Power. Under non-essential circumstances, it was best to avoid it.
However, she had overlooked a crucial detail.
Whether it was when she had contact with the Invasion Beast, or the information she had obtained about the Invasion Beast from other Psychic, urban legend, and internal Eclipse Society files, the starting point was always after it successfully escaped from the Eclipse Society's control.
Aside from the bizarre abilities displayed by the Invasion Beast's unique Power, and the numerous atrocities it committed after breaking free from the Eclipse Society's control, no one knew, or rather, no one cared, what had happened to it in the past.
Everyone simply took it for granted that, like Plague Tai Sui, from the moment of its birth, it was filled with malice towards all living beings except itself, and even towards the entire world.
Chatterbox Girl even believed at one point that the Invasion Beast was a product of the Eclipse Society's desperate attempt to retaliate against society after a failed crazy plan.
For this urban legend, which directly turned a city into a "flesh and blood hell" as soon as it appeared in the public eye, and was also low in intelligence, had special Power, and was extremely destructive, almost all Psychic or urban legend had only three attitudes.
Distance, eradication, utilization.
No person or urban legend attempted to understand what the Invasion Beast was thinking. After all, entering the inner world of a Calamity level lunatic was a very dangerous thing. One could easily fall into it and have their SAN value wiped out.
Under such a premise, Chatterbox Girl, like the vast majority of beings who had come into contact with the Invasion Beast, overlooked the fact that before the Invasion Beast was driven mad by the Eclipse Society's insane experiments and inhumane exploitation, it, like Lu Yibei, still had the possibility of being saved and changed.
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Making other world-destroying factors change their destiny trajectory like Lu Yibei?
That was a path never before considered!
Worth a try!
After a brief period of thought, Chatterbox Girl said to Lu Yibei, "The method I want to tell you to rescue the Invasion Beast is very simple, and that is the Retainer's Mark."
As she spoke, she glanced at the Invasion Beast, bound to the swing by iron chains with barbs, its eyes, ears, nose, and mouth cruelly sealed. "Do you see those things on it?"
Lu Yibei followed Chatterbox Girl's gaze and saw the Invasion Beast's miserable state, a look of sympathy flashing in her eyes. "Of course I see them. I forgot to ask you; what in the world are those things?"
They look like costumes and makeup from some indescribable dark film. A child like me can't handle watching it... Lu Yibei thought to herself.
"Eclipse Society's technology, of course!" Chatterbox Girl pursed her lips, saying indifferently, "A sealing technology derived from the Retainer's Mark."
The Eclipse Society's black sun totem was originally something similar to a Retainer's Mark. Through in-depth research of the black sun totem, the Eclipse Society had developed quite a few technologies with effects similar to the Retainer's Mark, which largely helped Eclipse Society members solve the problem of Psychic being unable to have retainers.
"So, as long as the Invasion Beast becomes a retainer and you gain dominion over its spirit and flesh, the influence of the seal on it will decrease, or even disappear..."
"I understand that!" Lu Yibei said, "Pirated versions can't beat the genuine article!"
"That's the idea." Chatterbox Girl nodded. "At that time, you just need to guide its consciousness to break free from control and merge into the flesh and blood it left in the special space, and it will be saved."
What's left in the melting pot at that time will just be a lump of dead meat, unable to cause much trouble.
Although doing so will undoubtedly cause severe damage to the Invasion Beast's Spiritual Energy fluctuations, perhaps even making it unable to protect itself.
But it's always much better than being imprisoned by the Eclipse Society until it goes mad, and then at some point goes berserk, breaks free from control, and brings devastating disaster to this world. Chatterbox Girl thought.
After listening to Chatterbox Girl, Lu Yibei was stunned and said in surprise, "Is that all there is to it?"
What kind of courting death is this?
I'm familiar with this kind of work! Lu Yibei thought.
"I guess you're thinking right now that recruiting retainers isn't the first time you've done it, it's not dangerous at all, and it doesn't count as courting death, right?" Chatterbox Girl said quietly.
Lu Yibei, whose thoughts had been guessed, didn't speak, but just nodded lightly.
"But this time is completely different from before!" Chatterbox Girl said solemnly, "You've also read the si ye book, you know how it describes the Retainer's Mark, right?"
"Uh-huh!" Lu Yibei nodded.
That was a lesson Teacher Miao Miao Jiang had taught seriously, how could she forget?
"Then you must know that the Retainer's Mark is achieved when a higher-level urban legend leaves an exclusive mark on a human, a lower-level urban legend, or even any object, establishing a soul-level connection, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei frowned. She seemed to understand Chatterbox Girl's meaning a little.
The reason she was able to easily leave Retainer's Marks on Du Sixian, Mengmeng, and the Coat before was because they were weaker than her and their Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels were lower than hers.
However, the Invasion ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) Beast was different. As far as she could tell, its Spiritual Energy fluctuation was not only higher than hers, but significantly higher.
When she left a Retainer's Mark on Mengmeng back then, even though Mengmeng's Spiritual Energy fluctuation level was a bit higher than hers, if she hadn't had Lingtai Pure Karma assisting her, there would have been a high probability of failure.
Now the target had changed to the Invasion Beast, whose Spiritual Energy fluctuation level was even higher than hers. Normally, it would be impossible for her to successfully leave a mark on the Invasion Beast and make it her retainer.
Seeing that Lu Yibei seemed to understand her meaning, Chatterbox Girl asked tentatively, "Understood?"
"Understood. Recruiting retainers is like capturing a Pokemon, right?" Lu Yibei frowned. "If the trainer's level isn't high enough, even if they successfully capture it, the Pokemon won't listen."
"..." Chatterbox Girl was silent for two seconds, then sighed, "That's roughly the idea. It's really you, always able to make inexplicable connections between completely unrelated things."
"You flatter me, you flatter me." Lu Yibei cupped her hands expressionlessly.
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Do you think I'm complimenting you? Chatterbox Girl rolled her eyes.
"But if I can't even leave a Retainer's Mark on the Invasion Beast, won't your method be useless?" Lu Yibei asked in confusion.
"Do you mean you're going to leave a Retainer's Mark on it? Or is there a way to forcibly leave a Retainer's Mark regardless of the difference in Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels?"
"Hehe! That's a long story..." Chatterbox Girl chuckled lightly. Halfway through her sentence, seeing Lu Yibei's face darken, she quickly sped up her speech. "Don't worry, I'll make it short!"
"Although your strength is not enough to support you leaving a Retainer's Mark on the Invasion Beast, and it's inconvenient for me to leave a Retainer's Mark on it, who says only the Eclipse Society is allowed to use external force, and we are not?"
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Inconvenient? Does that mean it's possible?
Does that mean Chatterbox Girl's Spiritual Energy fluctuation level is even stronger than the Calamity level Invasion Beast? freēwēbnovel.com
Lu Yibei mused to herself, and after making a rough guess about Chatterbox Girl's strength, she pressed on, "Using external force? For example?"
"For example..." Chatterbox Girl thought for a moment, a sly smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. "That Night Watch's indenture!"
"I remember, after Inspector Xing Yuan gave you that thing, you've been carrying it with you, right?"
Hearing this, Lu Yibei was stunned. She folded her arms and scrutinized Chatterbox Girl. "Are you talking about The Moonlight Plan Contract? Can that work?"
Chatterbox Girl was right. Ever since she obtained The Moonlight Plan Contract, she had been carrying it with her, always ready to use it on some not-so-smart enemy in a critical moment to ensure her own safety.
There hadn't been such an opportunity before, but now it seemed, wasn't the Invasion Beast that destined, not-so-smart enemy? Lu Yibei thought.
Chatterbox Girl nodded, her expression serious. "To a certain extent, that indenture also contains technology derived from the Retainer's Mark. If the Invasion Beast signs the contract, it will be able to..."
"No! Absolutely not!" Lu Yibei raised her hand to stop Chatterbox Girl from continuing.
The Invasion Beast, a urban legend, falling into the hands of the Night Watch, is there a difference from continuing to be imprisoned by the Eclipse Society?
Of course, there was a slight difference. At least after it voluntarily signed the contract, the Night Watch wouldn't conduct any crazy experiments on it, nor would they exploit its usable value.
But it would probably never be free for the rest of its life. Judging by the Night Watch's usual style, they might even build a separate "mental hospital" for it on some unknown glacier in the Antarctic.
"Why are you so stubborn?" Chatterbox Girl said, frustrated. "Who said we have to make the Invasion Beast sign the original indenture? We can tamper with the contract!"
Lu Yibei, "..." What's a lawless lunatic? Someone like her is a lawless lunatic! Daring to tamper with the Night Watch's contract, her guts are too big!
"Are you trying to trick me again?"
"I've studied that thing a long time ago. If I remember correctly, there's a talisman personally arranged by the Night Watch's Calamity level Psychic, Lord Bing, on it! Are you really planning to tamper with that thing?"
Although I don't know Lord Bing's background or how terrifying his strength is, I know that if tampering with that thing is discovered, I'm definitely the one who will be finished! Lu Yibei thought.
"Don't worry, there won won't be any problems!" Chatterbox Girl patted her chest and smiled confidently. "I'm very familiar with this kind of work!"
"I've been a professional for thirty years, undertaking all kinds of contract tampering, Alchemy potion counterfeiting, Retainer's Mark forgery... I've never failed once!"
"If it weren't for the time constraint and not having enough materials on hand, I could even forge a few copies for you on the spot, guaranteed to be even more real than the real ones!"
You probably don't know that Hua City was once full of small advertisements I left using Spiritual Energy fluctuations!
I've even successfully forged the Eclipse Society's totem. A standard Night Watch contract, even with the blessing of a talisman personally arranged by a Calamity level Psychic, is just a piece of cake! Chatterbox Girl thought. freёwebnovel.com
Lu Yibei, "..."
I'm suddenly not so sure if this guy is my doppelganger anymore.
What kind of person is this, always doing these fake and shoddy, illegal and disorderly shady dealings... Would I do such a thing?
I wouldn't!
Lu Yibei thought indignantly, her gaze sharpening. She said to Chatterbox Girl in a serious tone, "Coach, I want to learn this!"
She wouldn't, but she could learn.
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In the end, Chatterbox Girl didn't teach Lu Yibei how to "counterfeit".
After all, to learn that kind of superb counterfeiting technology, Lu Yibei didn't meet the conditions yet.
You can't tell Lu Yibei, which counterfeiting technology is the best, go find the Chairman of the Eclipse Society, right?
Attempting to acquire new skills from an unconquerable opponent at the wrong time and place is no different from courting death.
After being clearly rejected by Chatterbox Girl, Lu Yibei pouted indifferently and said, "If you don't want to teach me, fine. But if I need help with it in the future, it's okay to ask you, right?"
It's like, you don't necessarily need to know how to develop games to play them, and you don't need to know how to build a car to drive one.
To use fake documents, you just need to know Chatterbox Girl who counterfeits them, right?
"Of course." Chatterbox Girl replied, then as if remembering something, she quickly added, "However, you have to provide the materials yourself."
She understood Lu Yibei too well. If she didn't cut off Lu Yibei's idea early, she would definitely try to get it for free.
Having her idea cut off, Lu Yibei sighed silently, "Then shall we split up for now?"
"You go find the indenture you brought into the special space, and I'll gain the Invasion Beast's trust and persuade it to sign the contract."
"Okay." Chatterbox Girl nodded. "But you have to remember, all of this must be completed within five minutes."
Lu Yibei frowned slightly, asking in confusion, "Within five minutes? Why?"
Chatterbox Girl looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Because your body has finished repairing. If you don't quickly cut off the connection with the Invasion Beast, you won't be able to."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei's gaze sharpened slightly, and she nodded, "Understood!"
As her voice fell, the blurry outline of Chatterbox Girl in front of her dissipated. Withered yellow leaves drifted away with the wind, and murky water droplets fell towards the ground. The static time resumed its flow.
Lu Yibei looked up at the Invasion Beast and said solemnly, "I've thought of how to save you. Do you want to hear my method?"
