Free Web NovelThere were a total of three videos on the phone left by the so-called Mr. S, each lasting about five minutes.
Hua Xieyu froze in place. After watching the three videos, she remained in a daze for a long time before suddenly snapping back to reality. Her face quickly lost color, and her body trembled slightly.
Immediately after, as if she had been hit hard in the stomach, she fell to her knees, supporting herself with her hands, her torso arched into an arc. She opened her mouth and began to vomit violently.
"Ugh—ugh—!"
She hadn't eaten for almost a day and a night, so she couldn't vomit anything out. However, the images in the videos made her stomach churn uncontrollably, leaving her only able to let her stomach convulse and spasm with the urge to vomit.
The content of the three videos wasn't particularly disgusting. Compared to some of the filthy and repulsive scenes Hua Xieyu had witnessed in Liming City, they were much better, even possessing a twisted and alluring beauty.
However, the things presented in the videos were quite bizarre and distorted. Just looking at the images would cause a strong physical discomfort. The principle was probably similar to hearing a sharp object scratching a blackboard or seeing a toothpick stuck in a toenail and kicking a wall hard.
In addition, the incomplete and deformed limbs, twisted and distorted outlines, dim and blurry light and shadows, huge mechanical instruments, cold steel, dark red thick liquid that could be either machine oil or blood, and eyes blooming like flowers on a carpet made of flesh and blood in the images...
Crying, hissing, weak whimpers, hungry chewing sounds—all sorts of spine-chilling sounds were intermittent, occasionally meeting with a sudden silence.
Everything seemed to be against human morality and common sense.
Those uncomfortable images and sounds brought extremely oppressive emotions and a surging fear. Therefore, before Hua Xieyu could fully recover, her body reacted first.
Vomiting.
Just like after reaching the peak of tension and suppression.
After a long while, Hua Xieyu's discomfort gradually subsided. The intense stomach spasms, which felt like they wouldn't stop until she had vomited out her internal organs, drained her last bit of strength.
She slumped weakly on the ground, tightly clutching the phone Mr. S had left behind.
That scoundrel, he actually lied to me?!
He looked like a harmless office worker, but I didn't expect him to be so sinister and twisted behind the scenes. I must teach him a lesson!
As Hua Xieyu thought, her peripheral vision glanced at the phone in her hand, and her eyes deepened.
She wasn't sure if the Mr. S who didn't show his face and had ambushed and knocked her out was truly helping her for justice.
But she could see that the dead office worker with a human face but beastly heart who appeared throughout the videos was definitely not a good person. She must have been out of her mind to believe that scoundrel's nonsense and hand the children over to him.
How could someone like that truly care for the children?
It would be a miracle if he didn't send the children into that factory that resembled a steel cage! But...
While thinking, Hua Xieyu suddenly frowned. She thought of a very serious problem.
Although that man deserved to die, she really wanted to follow the instructions in the phone message and deal him a heavy blow.
But if she killed him, the children would still be under the control of his forces, and their situation might become even more dangerous. If she really wanted to save the children, perhaps she should report this matter to the Night Watch?
Although the agents of the Night Watch were annoying, most of them were incompetent and caused a lot of trouble, they were at least an organization with official backing.
They couldn't possibly ignore something that was likely to cause huge harm, could they?
Thinking this, Hua Xieyu hurriedly took out her own phone and found Lu Yibei's name in her contacts. She stared at the phone number, hesitated for a few seconds, and then put the phone back in her pocket.
Hua Xieyu wasn't sure if that Mr. S was still observing from the shadows nearby, nor was she sure if he had a good relationship with the Night Watch.
If Mr. S was in a hostile camp with the Night Watch and was also observing in secret, seeing her contact Lu Yibei might lead him to do something unexpected.
Her intuition told her that the figure who had knocked her out could easily take her life—
As night first fell, near the swimming pool.
Miss Rabbit stood on a treetop, her hands clasped in front of her, watching Hua Xieyu's back gradually disappear down the winding path shrouded in the dim twilight. She frowned.
"I think the Elder Council should have sent someone else to carry out this mission," she said to Suo E beside her. "We can't easily monitor Hua Xizhuang. If she has other ideas, things could become very troublesome."
They were already considered "old friends" among the urban legend in Hua City. If they accidentally revealed their whereabouts, they could be reported to Disaster.
"There's nothing we can do," Suo E sighed silently. "Recently, our main force has either gone to Yumen Pass or is tied up with unfinished missions and can't get away. For now, only we can carry out missions."
"Speaking of Yumen Pass," Miss Rabbit looked at Suo E, tilting her head, "Since whatever might be hidden below is so important, why didn't you go?"
In her opinion, as the most loyal lackey under the Elder Council, Suo E shouldn't have been absent from such an important operation. "Because of you," Suo E said expressionlessly.
Miss Rabbit's eyes lit up, but then quickly dimmed.
People always have to learn to grow. As long as you don't have expectations, you won't be disappointed. It's the same for urban legend.
I bet he's about to say that he had to stay behind because he needed to monitor my Power optimization, Miss Rabbit thought.
However, she waited for a long time, but Suo E didn't speak.
Although he did think that in his heart, for some reason, he didn't really want to say it—
After leaving the swimming pool, Hua Xieyu walked for quite a while before returning to the main street. She ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) stopped by the roadside and hailed a taxi.
As the car started and headed straight for Peony Street, she watched the constantly changing city night view outside the window. After waiting for a moment until the old Hua City stadium was completely out of sight, she reached into her pocket and rummaged around, found the flyer Mr. S had left, and threw it out the window.
Watching the yellow and black flyer drift away with the wind in the streetlights, she took a deep breath, took out her phone again, found Lu Yibei's number, and dialed it.
"Beep—beep—beep—!"
The phone rang for a while. Just when Hua Xieyu thought Lu Yibei didn't have her phone with her and the call was about to be cut off due to no answer, a soft and sweet voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hello, who is this? Let me state in advance! If you're selling insurance, houses, or from a securities company, I'm going to hang up on you."
Hua Xieyu, "???"
What the heck? What's going on? Why does the person answering the phone sound like a soft girl? "I, I'm Yu Jianqiu. Is Lu Yibei there? I have something very urgent to tell her."
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"There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, and then a response came, "Oh, oh, oh, you're looking for Brother Bei? That's really inconvenient! He's taking a bath. Why don't you call back in two, no, three hours?"
Hua Xieyu, ""
Do you really think I don't understand anything? What kind of bath takes three hours?
Are you soaking wood ear mushrooms in there? No, soaking wood ear mushrooms doesn't even take that long! Pfft! Where did this b*tch come from? I really want to tear her damn mouth apart!—
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Ju Meng, who had overheard Lu Yibei's conversation with Yu Jianqiu, crossed her arms and squinted at Lu Yibei's petite figure. Then she imagined her slender frame before she was urban legend-ified, and pursed her lips, shaking her head.
Tsk tsk tsk, three hours?"
Lu Yibei looked at Ju Meng and said expressionlessly, "What? I don't look like a durable endurance type player?"
"" Ju Meng looked at her and showed a slightly disdainful smile. Although she didn't say anything, it seemed like she had said a lot.
Just as Lu Yibei was getting a little annoyed by her smile, she added, "You dog, have you forgotten that I am a goddess who manages procreation?"
"I advise you to watch fewer close-up two-person motion capture movies in the future. That stuff is all fake. Normally, it's impossible to last that long."
Lu Yibei, "" I see you're not only a goddess who manages procreation, but you also work part-time at the vehicle administration. Otherwise, where do you get so many cars every day?
"By the way, what did that Miss Yu call you for?" Ju Meng asked. "Why didn't you ask clearly before hanging up on her?"
"How could I ask?" Lu Yibei pouted and said, "If it were you, and you called a guy you liked, but an opposite-sex person answered the phone and asked you all sorts of questions, would you tell her?"
Ju Meng thought seriously for a moment and shook her head. "Absolutely not! Not only would I not, but I would also wish them a happy marriage and a house full of children." Although her Power is to do exactly that, and the words are good words, why does it always feel like there's something wrong with how it sounds? Lu Yibei mused.
Sometimes, blessings can be even more terrifying than curses if they are excessive. While thinking, she spread her hands and said, "Then that's the answer, isn't it?"
"What's more, if I want to know if her so-called urgent matter is that she misses me so much that she feels like ants are crawling all over her and has to see me, or if it's something else, wouldn't I know by just going to see?"
"It's already night. As the King of Weird Tales of Hua City, isn't it easy for me to find someone?" "Aren't you going to Liao Zhai Tavern?" Ju Meng asked curiously.
"Of course, I'll leave that to Du Sixian!" Lu Yibei shrugged. "I'll go to Liao Zhai Tavern first and ask her for the result when I come back later."
Ju Meng, ""
That Miss Du is quite miserable to have such a Master.
Unlike me, I would never order Turtle Elder to do such trivial things. The main reason is that I can't order him around, Ju Meng thought gloomily.
Although her followers and believers are first-class in both ability and loyalty, their level of perfunctory delay is even more first-class.
I wonder who they learned it from!
Just as Ju Meng was secretly feeling depressed, Lu Yibei had already communicated with Du Sixian through the follower mark.
Seeing that Lu Yibei didn't frown after communicating with Du Sixian, Ju Meng asked, "What's wrong? Could it be that Miss Du also gave you a perfunctory response?" "That's not it. She's not Turtle Elder," Lu Yibei shook her head and said, "It's just that she told me just now that someone is already inquiring about that batch of Spiritual Energy items."
"You said I just had someone spread the news in the daytime, and someone is already inquiring about it at night. Isn't this a little too fast? Is it possible that people from Da Chunyang Palace are fishing for law enforcement?"
Tsk!" Ju Meng spat. "Why worry so much? When the negotiations are almost done, just arrange to meet the buyer in person and you'll know, won't you?"
"If it really doesn't work, I'll go with you. As long as it's not the old monster from Da Chunyang Palace himself, I, your Sister, can guarantee your safety!" Lu Yibei, "" If that Old man Zhang Huainan came in person, then there wouldn't be any problem.
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As night fell, the city that had been bustling all day gradually quieted down, but in contrast, the Bamboo Scroll Illusion became lively.
Amidst the undulating mountains, surrounded by towering black giant trees, a newly opened large training ground was illuminated by the eerie blue light of mushroom trees.
A group of villagers with varying degrees of physical deformities, wearing armor and riding sturdy winged pigs, charged forward in the training ground, changing formations in an orderly manner and kicking up dust.
After a period of dietary improvement, the villagers in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion were no longer as emaciated as before. Their bodies had become much stronger, and coupled with those urban legend mounts, they charged with great momentum. The only problem was that their equipment was really unsightly.
Although strictly speaking, the materials used for those equipment were Alchemy materials, they were not Spiritual Energy items. They could only be considered scrap metal haphazardly assembled from rattan, leather, and metal plates.
The Suanni helmet on Gu Qianqian's head was even modified from a damaged Alchemy cauldron.
At this moment, she sat cross-legged on the edge of the training ground, her back straight, wearing the Suanni helmet, with a metal club across her knees. She stared intently at the flying pig riders charging on the training ground, her expression serious.
Although she couldn't understand the formations the flying pig riders were changing, her prestige was there. Just sitting like this was enough to keep the place in order.
Just as the system had told her when it issued the task, as long as she sat by the training ground and always looked dissatisfied, those guys would train well on their own.
A moment later, a rustling sound came from behind Gu Qianqian. She turned around and saw the system's figure.
"System, you're finally back. I can barely hold on!" Gu Qianqian said. "By the way, didn't you go to buy equipment for everyone? Did you get it?"
"Still negotiating, still negotiating," the system said. As it spoke, it issued a task to Gu Qianqian. 【Epic Task: Produce five types of Alchemy potions, five hundred copies each, totaling two thousand five hundred copies, within seven days. Reward: 10000 points, two hundred sets of Spiritual Energy item armor.
After a brief moment of silence, the system, worried that Gu Qianqian wouldn't be interested in the task reward, added some irrelevant small rewards as usual.
【And forty chances to draw, this period's prize pool is UP, grilled pig trotters, McDonald's children's meal redemption vouchers.】
"Huh?" Gu Qianqian said in surprise, "Why two thousand five hundred copies? There are only seven days. It's impossible to finish!" frёeωebɳovel.com
"Why is it impossible?" the system said irritably. "You know, just move three or four hours from your ten hours of sleep every day, move a little from the time you spend in a daze, and eat faster, and you'll be fine?"
If you're like usual, with twenty out of twenty-four hours not doing anything serious, it would be a miracle if you could finish!" But..." Gu Qianqian hesitated.
"Gu Qianqian, don't be lazy anymore!" the system said earnestly. "Disaster hasn't made any moves for a long time, so it must have entered a period of weakness in strength improvement. When they are weak and we are strong, now is a good opportunity for us to overtake them!"
Although there are some risks, as long as we get that batch of Spiritual Energy item equipment, the flying pig riders can form a terrifying fighting force! the system thought confidently.
"Step on the gas, Gu Qianqian!"
"Gu Qianqian was silent for a few seconds, pouted her small mouth, and muttered reluctantly, "Okay."
