Free Web Novel"Holy crap! It moved! It's alive!" Lu Yibei couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the unknown object in Chatterbox Girl's hand suddenly move. "What, what in the world is this thing?"
If some things are plush toys, it's not a big deal if they look a bit strange; one could even call them unique. But if they're alive, that's a different story.
Before that lump... blob... that looked even more random than a Ditto moved, Lu Yibei had thought it was some kind of plush toy made in the style of Pokémon. But now, she felt it was a Q-version depiction of an evil god's offspring.
Even more terrifying, as that thing squirmed, Lu Yibei felt a faint but highly similar Spiritual Energy fluctuation on its body, just like Chatterbox Girl's.
Could that thing have been "birthed" by her?
Aren't the offspring of Disaster just the offspring of an evil god? Lu Yibei thought.
"What do you mean, 'thing'?" Chatterbox Girl rolled her eyes, gently stroking the small object in her hand, and said impatiently, "It has a name!"
Actually, she wasn't surprised at all by Lu Yibei's strong reaction.
She was very clear about the level of her artistic skill.
Simply put, if she made it in a realistic style, she couldn't even stand to look at it herself, which is why she made it in a Q-version style.
Lu Yibei looked at the serious Chatterbox Girl, then at the small thing in her arms, and said blankly, "It has a name? What's it called?"
"It's called Lu·Pei·Q·Ruojing·Gan..."
As soon as Chatterbox Girl opened her mouth, she rattled off a long string of "Mary Sue·Ice Crystal Butterfly Spirit·P"-style names. Lu Yibei listened for a full minute, and when she still didn't stop, she finally couldn't help but interrupt, "Stop, stop! What kind of name is that? Just tell me the abbreviation, there must be one, right? Definitely, right?"
If a name that long didn't have an abbreviation, it would probably take her more than ten minutes just to say it once. She'd spend all day just calling that little thing's name and wouldn't be able to do anything else.
However...
Chatterbox Girl is so idle, maybe she just relies on this for entertainment every day? Lu Yibei mused to herself.
"Oh, I haven't thought of an abbreviation yet," Chatterbox Girl said calmly. "After all, it wouldn't be appropriate to omit any of the characters. However, if you find it troublesome, you can just use 'he' to refer to him. Anyway, it's just you, me, and him here."
"..." Lu Yibei opened her mouth, about to complain, but then, as if realizing something, her gaze swept over the dilapidated and crumbling city behind Chatterbox Girl, the hazy sky, and the huge shadow walking like a living creature on the edge of the horizon in the distance, and she chose to remain silent.
Although she still didn't know exactly what had happened to Chatterbox Girl, her intuition told her that the long string of "its" names seemed to carry something, like...
A death list?
She had heard at least five familiar terms from that long string of names, and those terms had all appeared in the dependents Chatterbox Girl had recommended to her.
Although she had never actually sought out the dependent candidates Chatterbox Girl recommended, after getting to know Void, Lin Nian, and the various urban legend and Psychic in the Monster Story Chat Group, she had asked them to investigate those people a bit.
Without exception, all the dependent candidates Chatterbox Girl recommended had already died...
Seeing Lu Yibei suddenly fall silent, Chatterbox Girl reached out and snapped her fingers several times near her ear, as if to regain her attention. "Look here, look here, don't space out! You still haven't told me how you got all these injuries!"
"If you don't tell me, how can Sister help you out?"
Hearing this, Lu Yibei was stunned, then suddenly recalled everything that happened before she lost consciousness, her face changed, and a chill quietly rose up her spine.
Before losing consciousness, she clearly felt that large areas of her body had lost sensation. Judging from the strange abilities okin rod had displayed in the past, her flesh and blood had likely turned into gold.
It's going to kill me...
Although she liked gold very much, she didn't like it to the point of replacing her body parts with gold.
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei hurriedly recounted how she had fallen into the trap set by Fang Ji while trying to rescue Jiang Li, chasing false clues all the way to the Gobi Desert.
Upon hearing Lu Yibei mention Yumen Pass, Chatterbox Girl was slightly stunned, her eyes lost focus, and she began to murmur to herself.
"Yumen Pass... Yumen Pass..."
At that moment, she seemed to see a handsome and flamboyant face, persistently coming close to her, holding a bath sponge and a little yellow duck, and saying coquettishly, "You don't love me anymore. You used to love bathing with me when you were little."
Sometimes, forgetting someone who loved you, then looking back and trying to find them, only to discover they have long since vanished from the world, is far more painful than having killed them with your own hands.
Seeing Chatterbox Girl in a somewhat strange state, Lu Yibei reached out and waved her hand in front of Chatterbox Girl's eyes. "Hey, hey? I say, are you alright?"
Chatterbox Girl collected herself, looked at Lu Yibei, and shook her head. "I'm fine, I just suddenly thought of some very helpless things. You continue."
Lu Yibei eyed Chatterbox Girl suspiciously, then thoroughly recounted to Chatterbox Girl how she had been used as a pawn to open the Yumen Pass city gates.
After finishing, she immediately asked the question she was most concerned about, "My injuries shouldn't be serious, right? I won't die, will I? I knew I shouldn't have gotten involved in this meddling business. I was so foolish, really, I only knew how to show off, but I didn't realize that some pretense, if you insist on putting it on, comes at the cost of your life..."
No matter how she changed, her desire to survive was not so easily altered.
Listening to Lu Yibei's resentful complaints, Chatterbox Girl picked at her ear, rolling her eyes as she said, "I didn't expect that just because Sister was busy with her own affairs for a bit and wasn't watching you, you'd go behind my back and cause so much trouble?"
Upon hearing Lu Yibei's complaints, the negative emotions she had felt from recalling past events instantly crumbled.
How could she possibly keep a straight face?
"As for what it was, I can't tell you. We Chatterbox Girl also have our private lives..."
She would never tell Lu Yibei about things like making mud pies or mixing things up; it sounded too childish and would damage the prestige she had built up over a long time.
"Come, let me ask you, do you feel dizzy and weak?"
"Mm-hmm!" Lu Yibei nodded.
"Difficulty breathing?"
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Lu Yibei tried to take two deep breaths, feeling something stuck in her chest, a dull sensation, and then nodded again.
"Do you feel your heart racing?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Yibei clutched her chest and said, "It's beating so fast, just like when I kissed my first love."
"..." Chatterbox Girl rested her chin on one hand, scrutinizing Lu Yibei with a serious expression for a few seconds. "If that's the case, I'm afraid I can't save you."
"Huh?" Lu Yibei's heart tightened, and she almost knelt down to hug Chatterbox Girl's thigh. "No, you've been able to save me so many times before, why not this time? Am I really that badly injured?"
Chatterbox Girl kicked Lu Yibei in the chest, sending her sprawling back to her original spot, and said impatiently, "It's just gold poisoning, why save her? Won't she just digest it herself in a few days?"
"The Demoness Seed's poison resistance is very high, how could she be poisoned to death so easily?"
"Your behavior is just like those minor celebrities who call an ambulance after getting a small cut on their hand. I can't stand it."
Although the situation was indeed a bit serious... Chatterbox Girl added in her mind.
It was her first time seeing a person or urban legend who was gold-poisoned to the point of glowing with a golden luster yet still full of vigor.
In any case, the core of a Demoness Seed urban legend itself couldn't withstand it...
Perhaps it's due to the partial Human Emperor's authority contained within the core of a Mythic urban legend? Chatterbox Girl thought.
One can only say that there are also differences in constitution between urban legend; one cannot generalize.
After listening to Chatterbox Girl, Lu Yibei frowned and fell into thought.
Seeing this, Chatterbox Girl's face darkened, and she mercilessly exposed Lu Yibei's thoughts. "Don't even think about it. There's no way to extract the gold element that poisoned you, except by bleeding."
"But if you want to bleed, I can help you."
Didn't «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» she know Lu Yibei well enough?
At a time like this, what else could she be thinking about if not this?
Hearing this, Lu Yibei thought for a moment and said seriously, "This bleeding you're talking about, how many chances of success are there?"
"Eighty to ninety percent..."
"Then forget it, it's too dangerous!"
Chatterbox Girl, "..." I knew it, just like you!
"Alright, alright, let's talk business."
Chatterbox Girl waved her hand, bringing the topic back on track. "You just said you opened the city gates of Yumen Pass and let a bunch of Miracle Order members in?"
"That's right." Lu Yibei nodded. "Not just the Miracle Order, but also the Half-Guitan tribe. Maybe I'm even trapped inside now. My situation is very dangerous, Dora A Dai, quickly think of a way!"
"..." Chatterbox Girl glanced at Lu Yibei, hesitating to speak.
To be honest, she didn't really have any highly feasible solutions.
Because she had never entered a completely intact Yumen Pass; the Yumen Pass she had seen was merely a desolate ruin with nothing, an empty shell devoured by Nightmare.
Everything that should have been there to maintain the God Kingdom had long vanished. freёwebnovel.com
Like a cicada's exuviae, it had the form but no flesh and blood or life.
Nightmare, as a Calamity level urban legend that feeds on unmentionable "pasts," loved ownerless God Kingdom that had been passed down from ancient times, like Yumen Pass.
To it, it was a delicacy of national banquet level.
And once it was completely eroded and corrupted by it, whether it was a God Kingdom, a ruin, or any other ancient relic, it would fall into the true Nightmare woven by its authority, losing all research and utilization value.
The reason she went to that ruin after Yumen Pass was destroyed was entirely because she heard that Bai Kai had appeared in Yumen Pass and had not been heard from since.
Although she didn't know if the rumor was true, she truly hadn't seen Bai Kai since then, so she eventually decided to go to Yumen Pass to see for herself.
However...
Listening to Lu Yibei, it seemed that the current Yumen Pass had not yet been corrupted and eroded by Nightmare?
Thinking of this, Chatterbox Girl shook her head at Lu Yibei and said, "This time, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you much, except to provide combat Dailian when necessary."
"Combat Dailian..." Lu Yibei muttered, then, as if remembering something, her eyes lit up. "That's right, if all else fails, you can just help me open a cheat and let me leave Yumen Pass, couldn't you?"
It wasn't that she didn't want to stop Fang Ji from causing trouble, but hadn't she already tried and failed?
She had already realized that Yumen Pass was now a place of trouble. Since Miao Miao Jiang wasn't here, her best option was to leave quickly.
"No, you can't leave yet!" Chatterbox Girl refused without hesitation.
"Why not?"
"Because..." Chatterbox Girl paused, looking straight into Lu Yibei's eyes, "If you leave, Bai Kai might die!"
Hearing this, Lu Yibei's heart tightened, and her pupils trembled violently.
She suddenly remembered the jar of yellow sand she found in Bai Kai's home...
