Free Web NovelHaving had enough fun for the night, it was time to develop stealthily.
Finally back in front of the apartment building, Lu Yibei breathed a sigh of relief, this thought spontaneously popping into her mind.
Entering the apartment building, she chose not to take the elevator.
Late at night, a girl with strangely colored hair, hugging a bronze statue and carrying a large black rolling suitcase, was quite eye-catching.
Although the Night Watch might not be closely monitoring Jingyi Apartment, it was better to be cautious just in case.
Pushing open the heavy iron door of the emergency exit, stale air mixed with dust rushed towards her.
Lu Yibei held the mingwang statue in one hand and the rolling suitcase in the other, stepping inside and carefully closing the door, trying not to make a sound.
Climbing the stairs, while no one was around, she quietly analyzed the night's experience.
The hidden description in that Disc Spirit game tonight had an evil quality to it.
Judging from how similar descriptions could stimulate the power within me, that passage should point to a hidden and powerful urban legend.
Tonight I destroyed its ritual, and it didn't show up, but that doesn't mean it won't target me because of it. I need to figure out a way to quickly find out its origin and prepare to deal with it.
It's a shame my authority in the Night Watch is too low, otherwise I could just go to the Night Watch and look for relevant information. That would be much more convenient and faster.
I wonder how I can change from a temporary worker to a full-time member of the Night Watch?
That mysterious girl told me not to conflict with the Night Watch if I wanted to live, but she didn't say I couldn't join the Night Watch, right?
If you can't beat them, join them. That's also reasonable.
Although the people in the Night Watch aren't quite normal, they wouldn't go so far as to kill their own people, right?
Lu Yibei walked while thinking, and unknowingly, time passed. When she came back to her senses, she looked up and realized she had already reached the floor where her apartment was located.
She pushed open the iron door of the emergency exit, walked through the corridor, entered the password, and opened the door.
“Creak——!”
Accompanied by a soft sound, the anti-theft door opened a crack in the darkness, and immediately after, Lu Yibei heard a commotion from inside the house.
“Quick, quick! That woman is back, stop playing, hurry up and clean! Eyeball, what are you stunneding around for? If she sees it later, she'll get angry again!”
“I'm not afraid of her! We are born free, who dares to be high and mighty!”
“Freedom is a false proposition. From the moment you came into this world, destiny was already determined, either submitting to reason or constrained by law. Even if you die to escape the shackles of life, there are even stronger chains waiting for you!”
“False Tooth, are you starting again? Don't think you can act all profound somewhere and not have to clean! Here, hold this stick! Then go and stir up the spiderwebs in the corner.”
Lu Yibei, “......”
Listening to the commotion coming from the apartment, she stopped at the door, waiting for the little things inside the house to finish cleaning up.
She could almost foresee the scene she might see if she went in now, so she decided to wait a bit, out of sight, out of mind, to avoid generating murderous intent.
After performing that strange ritual and hearing those maddening calls, she always felt something was off about herself.
It was as if the sleeping demon in her heart had been awakened, and violent thoughts kept popping into her mind.
Although this abnormal state was still within her control, she found it hard to guarantee that she wouldn't lose control of her emotions after being stimulated.
After waiting for a few minutes, until the noise inside the house gradually quieted down, she slowly pushed the door open and entered.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a terrifying figure.
“Welcome back, Devil Woman!”
One-eyed, with disheveled hair, pale teeth, and a white dress fluttering, the figure formed by the combination of various urban legend stood before the entrance, bowing in welcome, as if adding a few points of eeriness to the entire apartment.
Her heart, which had accelerated for a while, gradually returned to calm.
Lu Yibei glanced out of the corner of her eye at the figure hovering in mid-air, as if it could fall apart at any moment, carried the mingwang statue, dragged the rolling suitcase, and walked straight into the apartment.
Damn it, you call this a welcome? Anyone who didn't know would think you were ambushing me!
I hate your formalism the most!
It's quite scary...
Seeing Lu Yibei walk directly into the room after returning, the urban legend didn't say anything, only feeling a terrifying low pressure filling the room. For a moment, they didn't dare to approach and all shrank into the corners, leaving only a strange shadow. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Lu Yibei walked to the center of the living room, placed the box on the coffee table with a “Bang!”, then turned around and waved at the urban legend observing from the dark corner.
“Come over, I have something to ask you.”
The urban legend, “......”
What's going on? The atmosphere is a bit off?
We cleaned very thoroughly, you can't even find a single hair. What else is she not satisfied with?
Could it be that she went out tonight and didn't succeed in hunting, and is preparing to randomly select a lucky little friend to become food?
The urban legend thought for a moment, then all turned to face Eyeball.
“Wh-why are you looking at me?”
“Sorry, Brother Eyeball, as the saying goes, a dead fellow Daoist is better than a dead poor Daoist. We can only trouble you!” Maotuan (Hairball) said solemnly, “In the years to come, we will remember your contribution.”
“Some urban legend are born great and die gloriously. Brother Eyeball, walk well. When we meet again in the underworld, we will invite you for a drink.” False Tooth said tragically.
“Ey-Eyeball... I actually always... I'm sorry...” Sleeping Dress stammered.
Lu Yibei, “......” Hey! Don't say such ambiguous things before someone dies! It will cause psychological burden to the deceased!
After hearing her companions' words, Eyeball felt the atmosphere was a bit off. Seeing them approaching little by little, it immediately let out a terrified scream.
“Don't, don't come over!”
“......” Lu Yibei looked expressionlessly at the urban legend wrestling together in the corner of the living room, silent for a moment.
It seems they are not only a group of happy idiots, but also a group of drama queens with rich inner lives!
“Whoosh——!”
As Lu Yibei was thinking, she suddenly heard a whooshing sound. Something traced a trajectory in the air and flew straight towards her. She instinctively reached out and grabbed, feeling a slippery and moist touch in her palm, and it struggled and wriggled like a living creature.
“Damn it, you bunch of bastards!” Eyeball cursed.
Lu Yibei slightly parted her lips, “You...”
“Shameless slut, shut up! Kill me or slice me, do as you please, if I frown, I'm a coward!”
But, you don't have eyebrows to frown! Lu Yibei muttered to herself, and continued, “I just wanted to ask if any of you know the correct way to eat the core of a urban legend body.”
Eyeball wriggled twice upon hearing this, and didn't make another sound.
Who would want to die if they could live?
“Bang——Screech——!”
Seeing Eyeball quiet down obediently, Lu Yibei turned and lifted the rolling suitcase onto the coffee table, pulling open the zipper.
As a gap opened on the rolling suitcase, a faint smell of blood mixed with burnt odor diffused out, and waves of sinister Spiritual Energy fluctuations spread. The urban legend couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Although the Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from the box were much weaker than when Lu Yibei's Spiritual Energy burst out, they still brought considerable pressure to these low-level Little Freak.
“Cough cough!” Lu Yibei cleared her throat and said, “So, who knows how to eat this thing?”
Although these urban legend body cores looked absolutely cooked, from the outside, their material was still similar to artificial leather and textiles, making it impossible to start eating.
“......” The urban legend were silent for a moment upon hearing this.
“Eat it directly, absolutely eat it directly!” Maotuan (Hairball) was the first to break the silence, “I guarantee it with my personality.”
“When I was wandering outside before, I saw a mountain ghost devour a cat demon. It truly swallowed it, bones and skin included, leaving not a single residue!”
“Crude!” False Tooth said, “Although I am shallow in knowledge, I have heard some secrets about high-level urban legend. I heard they suck it!”
“Suck?” Lu Yibei frowned, “How do they suck? What part do they use to suck?”
“Mouthparts!” False Tooth said with certainty.
Lu Yibei, “???”
The high-level urban legend you're talking about are probably not the same species as me, the types are likely too far apart for reproductive isolation.
Look at me, where would it be appropriate to grow mouthparts from?
After a round of questioning, Lu Yibei seemed to understand something. Her gaze swept over the urban legend, and she said faintly, “Could it be that none of you have ever devoured a urban legend body core?”
“......” The urban legend exchanged glances for a while, then fell silent again.
How could low-level urban legend like them have the chance to devour a urban legend body core?
Not being devoured by other urban legend was already considered good luck.
“Kukuku——!” Eyeball suddenly let out a low laugh, “Hehehe, I knew you ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) little Fairy would ask such a question! Why don't you ask me, this great lord?”
Lu Yibei narrowed her eyes slightly at Eyeball, and tentatively asked, “Did you devour one?”
“No!”
I knew it! Lu Yibei thought expressionlessly, punched Eyeball flat, and then ordered the other terrified urban legend, “Hold it down, don't let it run away.”
“I have some experiments I'd really like to try!”
Since she couldn't get useful information from these guys, she could only swallow it directly.
However, to be safe, she had to figure out how much was a safe dose to swallow at once.
Although Lu Yibei guessed that directly swallowing the urban legend body core would have some side effects.
But talking about toxicity without considering the dosage is just being a hooligan. Even cyanide, if the dose is small enough, can't cause harm to people, right?
In short, there's no harm in being a little cautious about this kind of thing.
Thinking this, Lu Yibei picked up a burnt puppet and turned towards the kitchen.
The urban legend were terrified upon hearing this. Although Lu Yibei's target was Eyeball, they couldn't help but feel a sense of shared grief, but...
Under duress, they only hesitated for a few seconds before happily choosing to betray their teammate.
...
In the kitchen, accompanied by the clanging sound of rummaging through cabinets, Lu Yibei found her family's heirloom knife set from the cupboard.
All the knives were stored in a brown leather storage bag. There were a total of three knives: Sang Dagger, carving knife, and Wenwu Knife, almost capable of handling the cooking of all Chinese dishes.
Since Lu Yibei was hospitalized after the car accident, she hadn't touched these knives for almost two years, but what she didn't expect was that these long-sealed knives didn't have any rust.
Could these knives really be divine weapons, as Old Dad said?
Just as this thought popped into Lu Yibei's mind, it was quickly denied by herself.
Pah! How could that be!?
He's just a novelist, what the hell does he know about divine weapons?
If my family's heirloom knives are divine weapons, wouldn't my family's heirloom chromosomes be even more amazing?
Thinking this, Lu Yibei reached out and grasped the handle of the Wenwu Knife, her gaze focused. With one hand, she held down the urban legend body core, and with the other, she drew the knife and slashed down.
“Clang——!”
“Mash some garlic, let's make a cold dish?” Lu Yibei muttered to herself. On the other side, the urban legend looked at the urban legend body core that had been cut in half on the cutting board, shivering with fear.
It... was cut so easily? A kitchen knife that can easily cut the urban legend body core, doesn't that mean it can also easily kill urban legend?
Watching Lu Yibei cut the urban legend body core into small pieces bit by bit, they suddenly felt that the kitchen was no longer a kitchen, but a hell for urban legend.
