Free Web NovelTo suppress the surging desire within her body, Lu Yibei threw the remaining urban legend core into the suitcase, slammed the lid shut, took a few deep breaths, and calmed her emotions.
Although stopping her from swallowing at this moment felt like watching a movie reach its climax only for the screen to suddenly switch to an educational channel – a constipated feeling.
But Lu Yibei felt that no matter how much her body craved it, she must now take the time to digest the effects brought by the urban legend core.
To put it formally, it was being overly ambitious and going too far.
Simply put, the fear of death had overcome the desire to swallow.
After tidying up the undigested urban legend core, Lu Yibei turned around to look at the several eerie figures observing her from behind.
"Devil Woman... are you alright?"
"I..." Lu Yibei hesitated for a moment, scrutinizing the urban legend. She felt there wasn't much goodwill in their questions. "I'm fine. Do you have anything you want to say?"
"No, no, we were just simply asking."
Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow. "Since you have nothing to say, then go do whatever you were doing! I'm going upstairs to rest."
After speaking, she picked up the mingwang statue in one hand and the suitcase in the other, and headed towards the stairs. The next moment, a sinister shout came from behind.
"Respectfully seeing off the Devil Woman!"
Lu Yibei, "..." How does this tone sound like they're sending me "on my way"? frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Forget it, they probably can't control themselves either. It's not strange for urban legend to have strange voices, otherwise, how could they be called urban legend?
As she thought, her peripheral vision glanced at the suitcase in her hand.
Should I find a place to hide these things first?
Thinking, she ascended the stairs.
Just a few steps in, Lu Yibei heard rustling sounds coming from the living room. She stopped, pressed against the wall, and peeked out half her head.
Her cold expression and silent movements were just like a homeroom teacher peeking through the window to catch you playing on your phone during class.
Looking towards the living room, Lu Yibei saw a bizarre scene.
The urban legend were floating around the coffee table, surrounding the porcelain bowl that held the urban legend core, rubbing against it, seemingly licking the bottom of the bowl.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Is it really that bad? It looks like I'm abusing them. If someone saw this, wouldn't my reputation be ruined? freёwebnovel.com
It's just a little bit of urban legend core, isn't it? It's not like I can't afford it.
Thinking this, Lu Yibei suppressed her craving to swallow the urban legend core, bent down to take half a urban legend core from the box, went straight to the kitchen, pulled out a cleaver, cut off four tiny pieces, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} and then, amidst the cheers of the urban legend, walked towards the living room.
Hearing the cheers, Lu Yibei's eyebrows slightly raised, feeling a surge of pride.
I, Lu Yibei, am just that generous!
However...
Watching Lu Yibei feed the tiny particles of the urban legend core to the urban legend in the apartment, the simple-minded Coat felt a wave of grievance.
Why did she forget about me?
Right, I seem to still have a treasure here! Can I...
Oh dear, I'll just take a tiny bite, surely it won't be discovered?
...
Amidst the obsequious flattery of the urban legend, Lu Yibei returned upstairs.
Then she found a relatively hidden corner in the upstairs storage room, stored the suitcase, found some Sundries (miscellaneous items) to cover it, and finally placed the mingwang statue on top.
She repeatedly examined the spot where the suitcase was stored, and after confirming that it was impossible to tell from the outside that a suitcase was hidden there, she murmured, "For now, this is the only way."
Although she vaguely felt that hiding the urban legend core at home like this was somewhat unsafe, she couldn't think of a better storage method for the time being.
After storing the suitcase, Lu Yibei exited the storage room and glanced at the electronic clock on the bedside table.
Time: 6:13 AM. There were just over two hours until dawn, not enough time to sleep.
She could only lie on the bed to rest briefly, quietly waiting for dawn.
She lay on the bed, a double bed that was just the right size, yet she felt a sense of emptiness. Staring blankly at the ceiling, a jumble of thoughts emerged in her mind.
So, among everyone who participated in the test of courage game, was Du Sixian the only one who was completely uninvolved?
Why does it feel like a group of vengeful spirits with a silly person mixed in, the style is completely wrong? The key is, in the end, only she survived!
As this thought arose in her mind, Lu Yibei suddenly felt Miss Du Sixian was inexplicably lucky.
Could she have some kind of protagonist template, with incredible luck, turning danger into opportunity?
As Lu Yibei thought, fragmented memories that didn't belong to her began to surface again, and her head throbbed with pain. The four dead people were causing trouble again.
To suppress the constantly emerging memories in her mind, Lu Yibei began to idly think about all sorts of strange and bizarre things, hoping to distract herself from those painful memories.
She thought, Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?
Why does the world exist? What is the value of life? What is the meaning of living?...And, what kind of silly nonsense are those guys downstairs doing now?
She thought, after this is over, she should be able to eat human food normally, so what should she have for dinner?
She thought, if she were driving a train, and on the left track ahead there was a group of bratty kids smashing figurines, and on the right track there was a perverted middle-aged man molesting children, how could she drift the train to run over both sides?
She thought, if Mr. Rabbit and Jiang Li both fell into the water at the same time, how could she find a way to throw Shui Ge in too?
Perhaps it was those silly questions constantly popping up in her mind that stumped the side effects of swallowing the urban legend core, as Lu Yibei felt her thoughts gradually stabilize.
After calming down for a moment, Lu Yibei found that there were still many things she hadn't figured out, and those were related to the Eclipse Society.
After personally experiencing the side effects of swallowing the urban legend core, Lu Yibei suddenly recalled the scene of her first successful hunt.
Uh, although her success also had a tiny bit of credit from Gu Qianqian.
However, at that time, she only felt that the mysterious man in black was simply rushing to steal her kill and bully a newbie. Now, she vaguely felt that his actions carried a strong sense of purpose.
Could the mysterious person know the side effects of directly swallowing the urban legend core, which is why he stopped me from swallowing? To prevent me from rashly swallowing and going crazy on the spot?
Lu Yibei's deduction wasn't baseless or pure conjecture.
According to Jiang Li's statement and the combat power of the worm man she had personally witnessed, it was not particularly difficult for members of the Eclipse Society to hunt a urban legend core.
That mysterious person didn't need to snatch the urban legend core from her hands.
The possibility of him simply wanting to freeload was not high. Where in this world are there so many people who like to freeload at the drop of a hat? It's not like everyone is Lu Yibei!
Furthermore, after snatching the urban legend core, the mysterious person should have also discovered that she was in an abnormal state due to the influence of the black sun totem, yet he didn't take the opportunity to sneak attack.
This indicates that his true intention was not the wine itself (implying he had a deeper motive).
These two factors combined made Lu Yibei somewhat suspicious of the mysterious person's true purpose.
"No, no! The Eclipse Society are all harmful people, they shouldn't be that kind!"
In the darkness, Lu Yibei whispered, interrupting her thoughts, and began to think from a different perspective.
According to Jiang Li, the people of the Eclipse Society are a group of extremely dangerous terrorists.
Therefore, their actions should not be considered from a starting point of goodwill.
Perhaps their goal was simply to prevent me from getting Spiritual Energy replenishment? Lu Yibei thought for a moment and felt this explanation might be more reasonable.
She was really unsure what would happen if she hadn't succeeded in this hunt, hadn't coincidentally gotten some Spiritual Energy replenishment from Uncle Zhang Shan, and had continued to starve.
Perhaps she would lose her mind due to hunger and even kill people on the street.
Lu Yibei vaguely felt that the Eclipse Society might be brewing a huge conspiracy.
That conspiracy involved many innocent people like Yun Meng, and it also involved herself.
"Sigh——!" She sighed, muttering to herself, "I must find a way to deal with this!"
As the saying goes, without foresight, there will be immediate worries.
Although she felt that getting too involved with matters related to the Eclipse Society was very dangerous, since they were targeting her, she couldn't just sit and wait for death.
She had to find a way to fight back! A fierce look flashed in Lu Yibei's eyes. She needed to make them temporarily unable to deal with her, so she would have ample time to develop.
The fact that Yun Meng had contact with the Eclipse Society might be useful.
Her situation shouldn't be an isolated case. If left unchecked, it's likely that more people will be targeted by the Eclipse Society and suffer misfortune.
It seems I need to find a way to fabricate a story later and hint at Jiang Li. Judging by her reaction last time when I mentioned that strange totem, she will definitely take action.
Yes, that's it, using a wolf to devour a tiger, and I'll loot the corpses. I'm such a little genius!
If I can't beat them, join them. If I can't join them, report them. This is also reasonable!
This isn't being cunning, this is making rational use of public resources to effectively combat illegal activities.
I'll think about it for the next couple of days, and the next time I go to the Night Watch to study, I'll tell Jiang Li the fabricated story. Lu Yibei thought.
While I'm at it, I'll think of a way to see if I can become a full-time employee from a temporary one. After becoming full-time, I should be able to obtain more information from the Night Watch, and that information might contain a method to eliminate the side effects of the urban legend core.
Lu Yibei felt that she would definitely experience hunger again in the future, and she would definitely hunt and swallow the urban legend core again.
To keep her mind from going wrong, she had to quickly find a way to eliminate the debuffs.
