Free Web NovelAfter exchanging contact information with Dorees, Lu Yibei naturally pulled out her phone, added Dorees's number to her contacts, and then checked the time.
It was 11:47 PM.
It was almost midnight, time to find an opportunity to slip away.
"Little Orange, it's almost time. Teacher will teach you one more thing, okay?"
"Mm-hmm!" Dorees nodded seriously. "Teacher, please speak!"
"Dorees, you must know that whether it's humans or urban legend, energy is limited," Lu Yibei said earnestly. "Therefore, don't let anything affect your rest time."
"In other words, a regular routine helps improve the efficiency of learning and work. Don't think you're still young and squander your experiences. For example, Teacher, I never go to bed past midnight."
Dorees looked at Lu Yibei, pondered for a moment, her eyes darted around, and her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the cafe's wall clock.
An expression of sudden realization appeared on her face. "Mm-hmm, I understand, Teacher. Then you should quickly go back and rest, right?"
"Mm, let's get in touch another day." Lu Yibei nodded with satisfaction. "I'll be staying in Mountain City for a while, so we have plenty of time."
What does it mean to be a teachable student?
This is what it means to be a teachable student!
Unlike a certain Smelly Girl who is infuriatingly bad at games and doesn't even realize it, no matter how many times she's hinted at, she'll still shamelessly drag others into "one more round."
After getting up and leaving, Dorees stood on the night street, looked back at the cafe's entrance, recalled what Lu Yibei had just told her, and slightly clenched her small fists.
Even if there are obvious benefits, don't rush in. Let others go first, and observe the situation from behind, because visible benefits are not necessarily real benefits; they could also be dangers.
Don't pay too much attention to things unrelated to yourself. Knowing too much is often not a good thing.
If the tasks assigned from above are relatively simple, drag them out as long as possible until the deadline approaches, then complete them quickly, because no one knows if the next task will be as simple.
Although Dorees felt that Teacher's words were a bit cowardly and lacked an enterprising spirit, she could hear from Teacher's words that every single word was for her sake.
"Don't worry, Teacher, I will remember your teachings!"
After watching Dorees leave, Lu Yibei leaned back in the cafe chair and let out a long sigh. "Perhaps this isn't so bad?"
Although she couldn't immediately think of a way to absolutely guarantee Dorees's complete safety within the Eclipse Society, she could think of ways to make Dorees relatively safe.
In fact, as the second-in-command of the Eclipse Society President's faction—Phoenix's most valued newcomer—Dorees's current situation was still very safe.
"If she obediently listens to me," Lu Yibei thought, muttering to herself.
Yes, Lu Yibei had unreservedly taught Dorees the experience she had summarized from being an informant within the Night Watch, which to some extent could be considered quite a conscious effort as a Teacher. freewebnσvel.cøm
What's so good about playing it safe?
Heh, even if others wanted to learn, Lu Yibei might not necessarily teach them!
If Dorees behaved well and played it safe during her time in Mountain City, not only would she not be in danger, but she might even thrive within the Eclipse Society, right?
She wouldn't have to do anything; Zhang Yu, out of consideration for Phoenix, would also ensure that she wouldn't lose any limbs due to accidents during her time in Mountain City.
Conversely, if Dorees, who came to Mountain City for an internship, occasionally disappeared from Zhang Yu's sight, and was also found to frequently associate with a certain Demoness or urban legend, attracting unnecessary suspicion, that would make her situation dangerous.
"Hmph, I really am a Demoness who easily brings misfortune to others! To get useful information from Dorees, I can only take it slowly later."
Lu Yibei half-sincerely, half-mockingly complained, then unhurriedly pulled out her phone and sent a message to Jiang Hao.
After leaving CHARMCLUB and returning to Xi Yang Yang Hotpot Restaurant, Jiang Li, Lin Kele, the agent on night duty, and Mai Mai, the reserve agent responsible for compiling the Special Operations Team's investigation results, gathered together and exchanged information gathered from today's investigation.
To summarize, the informant told me two things: first, X Heavenly God did cooperate with the Eclipse Society, but recently it seems they've fallen out. Second, for some reason, x god's followers have been particularly keen on environmental protection in the last two years, especially in the past few months.
After Lin Kele finished speaking, she turned to look at the tall, thin young man sitting diagonally opposite her.
This pale-faced man was on night duty tonight, and he was also the agent responsible for dissecting Wang Han's body earlier.
"Everyone should have already seen the autopsy results of Wang Han's body, so I won't elaborate further," the man said in a somewhat high-pitched voice. "What I want to add is that after completing the dissection, I conducted a small experiment."
"I transplanted the tumor tissue with abnormal activity extracted from Wang Han's body onto live Xiao Bai mice. Not only did it not cause rejection, but it also spread throughout the Xiao Bai mice's bodies in an extremely short period."
"Even stranger, when cancer cells spread to that extent, almost any organ would become the first tissue to show lesions, but I continuously performed the same experiment on three Xiao Bai mice, and without exception, they all eventually developed respiratory tumors."
Hearing this, Mai Mai's eyes lit up as if she had discovered a new continent, and she couldn't help but interrupt, "Respiratory cancer, doesn't this indirectly prove that Wang Han died from X Heavenly God's night erosion?"
Hearing this, Lin Kele looked at Mai Mai and shook her head, "We can't make that judgment yet. Although fog does have the potential to cause respiratory cancer, according to the latest edition of the si ye book, x god's Power does not include causing lung cancer."
"Not necessarily," Jiang Li said, narrowing her eyes. "The previous edition of the si ye book was released three years ago. During this time, x god's Power could very likely have changed. If so, its cooperation with the Eclipse Society is highly likely related to the change in its Power." freewebnovel.cσ๓
Lin Kele nodded thoughtfully, then turned to Mai Mai and asked, "Does Mai Mai have any other information?"
"I do have some, but I wasn't sure if it was important, so I didn't rush to say it just now," Mai Mai pouted.
"Tell me about it?" Jiang Hao tilted her head.
"The Special Operations Team's investigation found that, besides Zhang Yi, Wang Han also contacted a student on the day of the medical university laboratory fire," Mai Mai said, placing an ID photo on the table.
The photo showed a round-faced, short-haired, orange-red-haired Caucasian girl with prominent freckles.
"The Special Operations Team learned from their interviews that this student was a British exchange student with a somewhat reclusive personality, rarely interacting with her classmates or other international students on a daily basis."
"British?" Jiang Hao slightly furrowed her brows. "Where is she now?"
The first large-scale urban legend incident triggered after the birth of the Maitian God was the Great London Fog Incident. At such a sensitive time, with the Maitian God's true form descending upon Mountain City, the appearance of a Briton during the investigation couldn't help but lead to some subtle associations.
""Mai Mai's expression was a bit awkward, and she quickly took out a few more photos. "I was just about to say, that girl is dead. The Special Operations Team found the girl's body in an old car near a coal mine in the distant suburbs—uh, the Luoshuidong Coal Mine that Sister Kele just mentioned."
"A soft tube was connected to her mouth, and her nose and mouth were not only sewn shut but also glued together with strong adhesive. She could only breathe through that soft tube, and the other end of that soft tube was connected to the car's exhaust pipe."
"Asphyxiation?" Jiang Li asked.
"Yes, death by asphyxiation." Mai Mai nodded, adding, "Moreover, there were no signs of struggle before death; it looked like suicide, most likely because her mind was deluded by some urban legend."
"Sacrifice." Lin Kele blurted out a word, then looked at the others and said, "My intuition tells me she was performing a sacrifice."
After a brief silence, Jiang Li asked again, "Have you checked who the car was registered to at the vehicle administration?"
"We've investigated. It's a man named Tan Qiuming, who seems to have been in a relationship with the deceased girl," Mai Mai replied. "However, the Special Operations Team hasn't found Tan Qiuming yet."
After listening, Jiang Hao nodded thoughtfully and fell silent.
After exchanging information and mobilizing the Special Operations Team to temporarily seal off the Luoshuidong Coal Mine, these three Night Watch agents and one reserve agent adjourned the meeting.
After the meeting, Lin Kele enthusiastically busied herself preparing hotpot as a late-night snack for her three colleagues. Beside her, Jiang Li, who had just turned her phone back on, also received a message from Lu Yibei.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "It's almost time. Is it convenient to meet alone now?"
Miao Miao Jiang: "Yes."
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "How about Qixinggang Lower Lane in Bazhong District?"
Miao Miao Jiang: "Why go there?"
Although Jiang Li had never been to Bazhong District, when Lin Kele introduced the areas in Mountain City prone to urban legend incidents, she had mentioned that area, which was concentrated with a large number of old, dilapidated buildings constructed in the last century.
From a certain perspective, this meeting should be considered a date, right?
Why would a date be held in a place like that, filled with gloomy old buildings, where every now and then, like two mice being found, two urban legend would be found?
That guy wouldn't have looked up some weird guide online about taking girls on dates to haunted houses, would he? Jiang Li thought.
Wang Bu Liu Xing: "I heard a little rumor that there might be clues there for the urban legend incident you're investigating. However, the source of the information isn't very reliable, so we'll only know if we go check it out first."
Jiang Hao,
So, the date was temporarily changed to overtime?
It doesn't seem impossible, does it?
Who says fighting urban legend together can't be considered a date?
Thinking of this, Jiang Li inexplicably recalled her previous experiences working with Lu Yibei.
Miao Miao Jiang: "Okay, see you later."
After replying to the message, Jiang ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) Li turned her head to look at Lin Kele, who was putting ingredients into the copper pot, frowned slightly, and whispered, "Kele, I'm not eating. I want to go back and rest first."
Although there might be new clues now, after weighing her options, she decided not to tell Lin Kele for now.
After all, she learned the information from the Disaster Witch on the Night Watch's red alert list, and she couldn't yet confirm the information's authenticity.
She wasn't Lin Kele, who had that god-like "flash of inspiration"; explaining the source of the information would be very troublesome.
She'd tell Lin Kele after investigating something useful. Jiang Li thought.
