Free Web NovelPerhaps because there were no buildings, the sky above the Gobi Desert always seemed more expansive than elsewhere.
Countless mounds of earth protruded haphazardly from the ground towards the sky, carving out ravines that dissected the land.
At dusk, a streak of red light shone through a gap in the clouds, bathing the undulating mounds in a rosy hue.
Beneath this vast sky, a girl with fiery red hair, riding a robust giant beast, arrived at the rosy mounds and cast her gaze towards the camp, surrounded by greenery, in the U-shaped mounds in the distance.
She waited quietly, biding her time.
A few minutes later, the last ray of sunlight vanished beyond the horizon, and the sky grew dim; the Gobi Desert seemed to switch from a warm to a cool palette in an instant.
Then, a high-pitched and sharp whistle, like the long cry of a falcon, suddenly echoed across the Gobi Desert.
“Chirp—!”
Hearing the whistle, the figures surrounding the camp, the girl pursed her lips and silently pulled up the red scarf around her neck, obscuring her face.
Immediately after, a muffled rumble, like rolling boulders, erupted.
“Boom—!”
Nearly a hundred figures, riding robust, fully armed giant beasts, appeared ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) as if from thin air, emerging from the ravines of the mounds, either galloping swiftly or flying low, charging from all directions towards the camp.
Hearing the commotion outside, the people in the camp came out, looked in the direction of the sound, and their faces filled with horror.
“It’s the Disaster! The Disaster has arrived!”
“Enemy attack, enemy attack! Prepare for battle!”
Although there were fewer than a hundred cavalrymen riding giant beasts, they carried the oppressive feeling of a thousand armies.
In the blink of an eye, beneath the swirling dust, the torrent was upon them.
The two sides clashed, and at the point of impact, a dazzling light immediately erupted.
The thundering hooves of beasts and a series of heart-stopping explosions drowned out all screams and shouts.
The flying pig cavalry led by the “Disaster” had strong Spiritual Energy fluctuations themselves, some even reaching B Level, and they had also learned the Spell from the bamboo scrolls left by the Great Serpent God, coupled with excellent Spiritual Energy items and flying pigs with powerful physical strength; rather than calling them cavalry, they were more like urban legend version tanks.
For unprepared enemies, it was simply a nightmare.
The two B Level Psychic and twelve C-level Psychic stationed in the camp were powerless and vulnerable before this torrent of giant beasts and steel.
It was like a pebble falling into molten steel, unable to create even a ripple.
Less than three minutes later, the battle concluded.
On the camp's side, one dead, thirteen injured.
It was rumored that the Disaster bandit group, which had recently appeared near Yumen Pass, rarely killed people; most of the time, after ending a battle, they would use a black lacquered rattan, obtained from who knows where, to tie people up like zongzi and throw them into the ravines of the mounds, like discarding trash.
Low damage, but extremely insulting!
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“Elder Shem, look, it’s over there!”
Fang Ji, observing from the shadows, saw the “helpers” he had temporarily hired from nearby Spiritual Energy organizations with a small sum of money, being cut to pieces like tofu by the “Disaster” cavalry in two or three minutes, and couldn't help but exclaim, “Those guys without the fragrance of the miracle flower are indeed unreliable!”
Shem, beside him, watched as the “Disaster” led his people into the camp and began searching everywhere, his heart burning with anxiety, “Left Envoy Adult, they’ve gone in, they’ve gone in! If the Disaster really takes the holy relic, what should we do? How will we explain it to the Holy Child then?”
“Didn’t I say it before?” Fang Ji smiled indifferently, “If she can really take it, then let her take it. That might also be a kind of miracle...”
“This...” Shem opened his mouth to say something, when suddenly, an ethereal song drifted from the direction of the camp, ethereal and desolate.
“The soul originating in the phantom, His existence is proof of the miracle.
He brought gold, covering the earth.
He brought swords, ending wars.
Cattle and sheep abound, food is inexhaustible, and sweet wine flows like rivers...” freeweɓnøvel.com
Along with the song, in Shem’s line of sight, a brightly colored flower with intricate petals bloomed, and a mesmerizing fragrance drifted from afar.
Immediately after, as if experiencing a hallucination, he saw a thin figure appear above the camp.
Like a stone statue, standing silently.
Although he could not discern his appearance, just looking at him gave rise to the feeling that he was truth, he was the only miracle in the world.
“Gulp—!”
Shem swallowed hard, his eyes burning with excitement, and his voice began to tremble.
“Is that... is that the figure of the First Generation Holy Child?”
He had originally worried that the holy relic would fall into the hands of the “Disaster,” but now he had no such concerns at all.
No matter how powerful the “Disaster” was, he couldn't compare to the First Generation Holy Child!
Beside him, Fang Ji gazed at that figure, his gaze equally fervent, but the emotion in his eyes was completely different.
It was a burning hatred, a desire to kill him quickly...
A few seconds later, a heart-wrenching scream came from the direction of the camp.
“System! What’s wrong with you, system?!”
The next moment, a blue light shot up into the sky, and vaguely visible beneath the blue light was a huge, distorted strange fish.
From a distance, it looked as if a strange-tale-ified whale had leaped out of the mounds. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Then, the strange fish and the thin figure above the camp collided violently.
After a brief silence, a loud bang erupted, and a wave of air spread, instantly stirring up a violent sandstorm in the Gobi Desert.
Under the sandstorm, Fang Ji shook his head, sighed silently, and muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, “Ah, it seems she can’t take the holy relic. What a pity, the miracle didn’t appear...”
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Lu Yibei met Inspector Xing Yuan in the early hours of the morning, at Mansion No. 3 in Hua City’s west district.
She didn't know when Shui Ge had given her the key...
It wasn’t surprising; after all, Shui Ge always treated his house keys as “love tokens with a seven-day trial card,” giving them to various women and then doing some naughty things.
What was strange was that this time, Shui Ge hadn’t changed the lock for a long time, and even stranger was Inspector Xing Yuan’s homely attire and the steaming hot food on the dining table.
If it weren't for her still wearing that distinctive eye patch, Lu Yibei would have even thought she had accidentally entered someone else’s home and stumbled upon a full-time housewife waiting for her husband or children to return.
“You’re here, quickly sit down and try my cooking.” Inspector Xing Yuan brushed aside the stray hairs at her temples, reached out to pull Lu Yibei, and pressed her onto the chair beside her, then handed her the bowl and chopsticks, “You’ve been traveling for most of the day, you must be hungry, right? Let’s eat while we talk.”
The unintentional warmth in her every word and action made Lu Yibei momentarily think she saw her Old Dad.
Back when she was about to take her college entrance exams, her Old Dad was like this every day, preparing extra meals in advance and waiting for her to come home after evening self-study.
Lu Yibei, “...”
Just now on the phone, you made things sound so serious, and now you’re being so warm?
If I didn’t know about your illicit affair with Shui Ge, I’d even suspect that the organization has decided to make me take the blame for the desert bandit, and this is the Last Supper!
Lu Yibei thought, politely picked up a piece of stir-fried meat, put it in her mouth, then put down her bowl and chopsticks, and looked at Inspector Xing Yuan.
“Godmother, didn’t you say on the phone just now that the situation at Yumen Pass was urgent? Why do you seem so calm?”
“What good is panicking?” Inspector Xing Yuan pouted, poured herself a glass of red wine, and took a sip, “No matter how anxious I am, it’s impossible to rush there overnight, right?”
“Besides, we’ve only detected five Spiritual Energy fluctuations approaching Calamity-level; we don’t even know the situation on site.”
“You cooperate with me first to clear your name, and after the Night Watch agents stationed near Yumen Pass investigate the scene and get reliable information, it won’t be too late to act according to circumstances.”
In fact, under normal circumstances, Inspector Xing Yuan’s view was perfectly valid; acting rashly with insufficient information might not only be less effective, but also put oneself in danger, especially since Lu Yibei was currently a major suspect of a urban legend.
But now, it was no longer a normal situation.
Jiang Li had been abducted by Dai Lin, and she might be on her way to Yumen Pass. If they couldn’t intercept them before they reached their destination, once they arrived at the Eclipse Society stronghold there, things would become even more difficult.
Now, every second was crucial.
“But Godmother, just before I came back, I investigated some information...” Lu Yibei said, pulling out her phone, finding the text she had pre-edited, and handing it to Inspector Xing Yuan, “Would you like to take a look first?”
Inspector Xing Yuan frowned, observed Lu Yibei, took the phone from her hand, and began to read seriously. As her gaze swept over the lines of text and images, her expression gradually became solemn.
Seeing that Inspector Xing Yuan was almost finished reading, Lu Yibei spoke again, “Godmother, I must leave now. Think about it, if Shui Ge were abducted, would you let these irrelevant matters stop you from rescuing him?”
“Yes.” Inspector Xing Yuan replied without hesitation, then pouted, “However, I can understand your current feelings.”
After seeing what Lu Yibei had investigated, she understood that even if the situation at Yumen Pass had yielded no results yet, she couldn't stop Lu Yibei from rushing to Yumen Pass.
“I have a way for you to legitimately go to Yumen Pass and even get assistance from the Night Watch agents stationed there. Would you like to know?”
“...” Lu Yibei, who had originally intended to refute Inspector Xing Yuan’s so-called understanding, was stunned by her words, then regained her composure, hesitated slightly, and nodded.
