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Under the cold light, Zhang Yu leaned against the bathroom sink, puffing on a cigarette, with several cigarette butts scattered at his feet.
He hadn't smoked for a long time since he learned that Zhang Shuisheng had secretly become a believer of an X Heavenly God Offspring to survive.
He heard that the evil god's offspring, after breaking free from the control of the X Heavenly God, had quietly influenced things like tobacco and alcohol with his Power, though he wasn't sure if it was true, it was better to be safe than sorry.
However, today he lit a cigarette again.
Waiting always seems to make time flow slowly, and slow-flowing time makes people anxious.
After a long wait, Zhang Yu's anxiety had continuously swelled to a critical point.
Could they have already entered the underground from another entrance?
Although Jiaochaokou Station was the most likely entrance for that old man and those cultists to choose, sometimes the most likely wasn't the first choice.
But if they chose another entrance, why was there no news from those few guys at all?
"Could they have already encountered danger?"
Zhang Yu murmured, and just as he spoke halfway, his voice was suddenly silenced as if someone had pressed a mute button, then he abruptly looked up towards the subway platform, his eyes deepening.
"Clatter, clatter, clatter."
The sound of skin touching the marble floor sounded like someone crawling on all fours on the pitch-black platform.
"Are °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° they here?" Zhang Yu sneered, straightened up, and silently took out a shotgun and two pistols from his already open backpack.
These three guns were all C-level Spiritual Energy items, once the personal firearms of a famous urban legend hunter in Europe. Later, the urban legend hunter was hunted by a urban legend, and his firearms naturally flowed into the black market.
Although their origin was somewhat ominous and their level was low, they were Zhang Yu's special collection.
In fact, with his identity and ability, it wasn't impossible to acquire higher-level Spiritual Energy items, but he just had a preference for firearms. Even though Spiritual Energy firearms were rare and severely overpriced in the trading market, he still spent a lot of money to get these three Spiritual Energy items.
"Da da... da da..."
New footsteps came from the platform, more and more. Zhang Yu watched the platform with cold eyes, but unhurriedly loaded ammunition into the three Spiritual Energy items.
I heard that on foggy days, Alchemy bullets and Spiritual Energy firearms work well together!
I wonder which lucky person will be the first to die by a gun?
Zhang Yu curled his lips, put the loaded firearms into his close-fitting gun bag, then put on a large coat to cover them, and only then took out the painting made by Tan Qiuming from his backpack.
That was the first of a set of three paintings; the other two had already been distributed to his companions.
Unfolding the painting and examining it carefully, Zhang Yu gently shook his head.
From the intelligence he had gathered so far, the paintings that the evil god's offspring's believers bought from Tan Qiuming would become their admission tickets for tonight's "pilgrimage."
However, it was hard to say if there were any special "anti-counterfeiting marks" on those paintings.
The set of three paintings in his hand was "borrowed," and whether he could pass it off was another matter.
Hope this thing works!
Wearing a Ghost Face and trying to blend into the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, but accidentally being recognized by a ghost, would be very awkward.
After leaving the bathroom where he was hiding and returning to the transfer passage between Metro Line 1 and Line 2, Zhang Yu quickly realized that his previous worries seemed a bit excessive.
Accompanied by the sound of shuffling footsteps from the end of the passage, figures, holding up distorted and bizarre paintings with both hands, emerged from the darkness.
Without waiting for them to approach, Zhang Yu could tell that their condition was very poor.
Those figures were breathing heavily, something seemed to be stuck in their throats, emitting an uncomfortable gurgling sound.
Some stumbled, some stopped and walked, and some even crawled with difficulty on the ground.
They passed by Zhang Yu, giving him a cold glance, leaving behind pale, red-spotted profiles as if they had been poisoned by some strange venom, then ignored his presence and continued forward.
Zhang Yu stood in place and observed for a while. Seeing that everyone who passed him didn't care about his presence, he followed suit and held up the painting in his hand.
As long as I follow them, I should be able to find their final destination, right?
Once I find the destination, I'll immediately contact Mai Mai and have her bring people over.
Zhang Yu thought, following a middle-aged man who had just passed him, and walked deeper into the subway station.
Unable to contact Zhang Huainan and Jiang Li, Lu Yibei finally decided to enter the city first to check, and logically listed a series of reasons to try and persuade Ju Meng.
"Look, first, we're just going to take a look. When watching a show, you need to get closer to see clearly, right?
Second, aren't there many Psychic and urban legend from Taoyuan who are closely related to you in the city? You wouldn't want their safety to be in the hands of the Maitian God, would you?
Third, I just received intelligence that the fanatical believers of the Maitian God Offspring will hold some kind of ceremony tonight to welcome the descent of their master. If we don't stop them quickly, it and the Maitian God will probably start fighting in Mountain City, and many people will die then."
Hearing this, Ju Meng frowned and interrupted, "Wait! Doesn't your third point conflict with your first point?"
"No conflict!" Lu Yibei explained seriously, "We go in, see where they're causing trouble, then leave the affected area of the haze, and immediately report them."
"It's like reporting someone gambling in public; before you report, you at least need to know where they are, right?"
After pondering Lu Yibei's words for a moment, Ju Meng looked sideways and said, "That makes a little sense. Sister, I can take you into the city, but once we encounter danger, no matter what you think, I will forcibly take you away, understand?"
"If we're lucky, we can even directly teleport away through the Liao Zhai Tavern, if Boss Hu is still open in Mountain City in this ghostly weather..."
Although the reasons Lu Yibei came up with to persuade her in such a short time clearly had some loopholes, she still pretended to be successfully persuaded.
She knew very well that if Lu Yibei couldn't fly, she probably wouldn't even discuss it with her and would just set off for Mountain City's main urban area herself.
So, instead of letting Lu Yibei go on an adventure alone, it was better to go with her, and if necessary, she could also stop her from doing foolish things.
"You didn't say, I almost forgot about that, but..." Lu Yibei pouted, "Your words sound like an amateur, you don't understand Boss Hu's nature at all."
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Ju Meng, "???" What the heck? I've known Boss Hu for over ten years, and you've known him for less than a month, and you say I don't understand?
Noticing the unconvinced look in Ju Meng's eyes, Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "I think that the more likely it is for large-scale deaths to occur, the more likely the Liao Zhai Tavern is to appear!"
"Before people die, they are willing to pay anything to eat a taste they've longed for, full of memories. Doing business at such a time wouldn't it be a huge profit? If luck is a little better, they might even gather enough raw materials for half a Human Fireworks in one night."
"If I were Boss Hu, I definitely wouldn't miss such a good opportunity."
As fellow Calamity urban legend, if Boss Hu wanted to seize the opportunity to do a big business in Mountain City, the Maitian God probably wouldn't be able to stop him.
Ju Meng tried to find fault with Lu Yibei's words, and after opening her small mouth, she found she didn't know where to start, so she gritted her silver teeth and threatened, "Are you still going or not?"
"Going, of course! Don't be angry, my good Sister, the esteemed Master of Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden, the benevolent Great God Ju Meng."
Lu Yibei nodded obediently, "Then let's not waste time, let's set off quickly?"
"Tsk, I can't stand you!" Ju Meng rolled her eyes, transformed back into her Magpie form, grabbed Lu Yibei's collar, and flapped her wings, flying high into the sky.
On the highway from Qutang Gorge Scenic Area to the main urban area of Mountain City.
After completing her mission, Dorees, who quickly evacuated the scene, sat in the car, her brows tightly furrowed as she looked into the distance.
She saw the thick fog covering the city gradually intensifying, changing from pale to yellowish-brown, and slowly spreading towards her location. She saw the sides of the highway.
"We can't go any further, it's too dangerous to enter the city now!" Dorees told the driver.
She had participated in Zhang Yu and Zhang Shuisheng's negotiations and clearly understood what the thick fog covering Mountain City meant at this moment.
Looking at the bizarre scene outside the window, the driver had long been uneasy, but due to the task assigned by Zhang Yu, he dared not act on his own. Hearing Dorees's words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, stepped on the brakes, and pulled the car over to the emergency lane.
The car stopped.
Dorees grabbed an umbrella from the car, then pulled open the door and got out. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Standing in the rain with an umbrella, the impact of this strange haze and the acid rain accompanying it on the surroundings became even clearer.
She saw the green branches of vegetation in early summer wither, heard birds wailing and falling from high in the sky, and saw rain like mud hitting the sloping highway, leaving scar-like trails...
Teacher should still be in the main urban area, right? If this happens, she shouldn't ignore it, right?
If Teacher takes action, there must be a way. She isn't even afraid of the Big Boss, dealing with an X Heavenly God is just simple, isn't it?
Sure enough, no matter what happens, as long as Teacher is around, it makes you feel especially at ease!
Worrying about the potential damage and casualties caused by the dense fog, Dorees thought to herself in a self-comforting way, and her heavy mood indeed relaxed a lot.
She couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Along with her breathing, discomfort came.
Her chest tightened, thick phlegm welled up and blocked her throat, and her respiratory tract felt like it was being gnawed by something, with a faint stinging pain.
Time to get in the car.
In this ghostly weather, perhaps only staying "indoors," with doors and windows tightly closed, could make one feel better.
Dorees thought, and just as she turned around, her pupils suddenly constricted.
The car she had just been in was gone, as if it had evaporated, melted into the surrounding thick fog, and drifted away with the breeze, disappearing without a trace. All she could see was a vast expanse of thick fog.
The yellowish-brown thick fog drifted in front of her, very close, like a thin film emitting a burnt plastic smell, clinging to her body and covering her surroundings.
Normally, if visibility drops below 100 meters, people would call it "visibility almost zero." But at this moment, Dorees felt that she had personally experienced what "visibility zero" truly meant.
And such an almost impossible phenomenon could probably only be achieved by the Power of the X Heavenly God.
She was trapped by the thick fog created by the Maitian God's Power, right after she got out of the car and took one step.
Flying back into the sky and looking at the main urban area of Mountain City from high above, the apocalyptic scene made Lu Yibei exclaim, "Why does the Maitian God have to do all these evil things? With its ability, if it filmed a special effects show, how much money could it save on set design!"
"Tsk, look over there, it's exactly like the scenes from Ultraman I watched when I was a kid."
Ju Meng's small head drooped slightly, she glanced at Lu Yibei, and said faintly, "Ultraman doesn't exist."
"Trying to ruin my Dao heart, huh?" Lu Yibei pouted, "I used to think it didn't exist either, until one day in chemistry class, Teacher asked me to help him with an experiment, adding some liquid into a test tube with a dropper, uh, I forgot."
"I thought it was too slow, so I squeezed it all out at once. Then I saw Teacher's face change, and he shouted 'Drip! Drip! Drip! Add!', and then Teacher turned into light."
After hearing this, Ju Meng's wings paused, and her twitching body made her feathers tremble slightly.
"Hey, hey! Smelly Girl, don't shake, if you fly like this, I'm going to fall. Be careful, I'll complain about you to your airline!"
"Hmph!" Ju Meng took two deep breaths, suppressing her laughter, and said, "You dog! You're still complaining? Weren't you the one who told the joke first?"
"I just saw you were unhappy and not saying a word, so I wanted to cheer you up!" Lu Yibei said, then quoted a famous saying from Uncle Zhang Shan, arguing, "Besides, wouldn't it be boring if no one talked during a journey?" Ju Meng opened her bird beak, just about to say something, when she heard Lu Yibei let out a soft exclamation.
"Wait, Smelly Girl, let me down for a bit!"
"Down?" Ju Meng rolled her eyes, "Have you ever seen an airplane that can stop on demand?"
"No, I'm not kidding you." Lu Yibei said with some urgency, "Look down there, yes, right there."
Looking in the direction Lu Yibei pointed, she saw a figure on the highway, under the thick fog, holding an umbrella, wandering aimlessly like a lost lamb.
After discerning from the figure's outline that it was a young girl, Ju Meng said angrily, "You dog, trying to be a hero saving a beauty? Save it, you two don't have a red thread of destiny."
"I know!"
"You know, yet you..."
"That's my student!"
Ju Meng, "???"
When did she get a student? What could she teach others? How to survive? How to engage in illegal and criminal activities? How to be a double-crosser?
Isn't that misleading people?
