Free Web NovelAs Shen Baiwei's body "exploded" for the third time, the surrounding space twisted again, plunging into darkness and dead silence.
Immersed in the oppressive environment, Lu Yibei focused the power of Royalty on herself, concentrating her will with all her might to barely escape the shackles of darkness and illusion, then began to ponder.
When she noticed the dark, chaotic lines spreading from the edges of Shen Baiwei's body, she realized that Shen Baiwei had lied to her.
Shen Baiwei's Spirit Mark ability was not at all 【Mythical Species: asura collective】!
Wait! Why did I know that Shen Baiwei said her Spirit Mark ability was asura collective?
Never mind, it was probably when I "reloaded" a certain time, and Shen Baiwei told me herself?
Anyway, just know that Shen Baiwei is lying! Lu Yibei thought.
Although the legendary King Vimalacitra asura collective, with nine heads, eight feet, a thousand eyes, and nine hundred and ninety hands, possessing the power of the asura collective, could indeed achieve what Shen Baiwei did, instantly casting multiple Spells.
This explanation was enough to fool most people.
But it couldn't fool Lu Yibei.
She had seen those strange dark lines on Chatterbox Girl the very first time she met her, and then again when Qingji cast his sword strike that severed time.
With those two experiences, plus the strange "reloading" phenomenon happening to her now, Lu Yibei felt it was basically certain that Shen Baiwei's Spirit Mark ability was related to time.
If her deduction was correct, then what Shen Baiwei said when making her wish—"to break free from the influence of the Spirit Mark ability, to break free from the shackles of the past, and to have a true future"—could indeed be considered a wish.
But would such a wish truly not affect her Spirit Mark ability?
If that guy in the sky were a little more ruthless, he might directly destroy or erase her Spirit Mark...
Could it be that her Spirit Mark ability, to ensure its own integrity, was preventing her wish from coming true? Lu Yibei wondered.
Moreover, Lu Yibei was all too familiar with Spirit Mark abilities having their own consciousness, acting uncontrollably at certain special moments, and even backstabbing their masters.
The little brother had only been well-behaved for a few days after submitting to Little White Dog's tyranny!
However, why say, "to have a true future"?
Thinking of this, she paused, forcibly cutting off her thoughts.
Time was limited; she didn't have time to think about Shen Baiwei's future.
She herself was almost "unable to reach a true future," so how could she care about Shen Baiwei?
It was thanks to the Disaster's beauty and kindness that she hadn't directly killed Shen Baiwei.
She knew very well that if she didn't do something and let Shen Baiwei make wishes again and again, it might be like falling into an "endless August," looping indefinitely.
Actually, just looping didn't seem that unbearable, but the problem was that Lu Yibei found that for some reason, her memory wasn't erased after each loop.
Perhaps it was due to a special buff that stoic characters receive when caught in a loop?
It was practically like being trapped in a certain period of time.
Thinking about it carefully, being trapped in a certain period of time wasn't really a problem.
If the span of this "certain period of time" could reach the level of days, she could even exploit a bug, using this constantly looping time to learn various knowledge and practice various skills.
Just like how protagonists in some novels or comics cultivate in seclusion during stopped time.
But the problem was that Shen Baiwei only gave Lu Yibei a few seconds, not even a chance to exploit a bug, and that was unacceptable.
What if she gave ten minutes?
Then it would be "trapped in a constantly looping ten minutes, cultivated for three thousand years, and came out invincible!" How good would that be?
Moreover, the black liquid produced when Shen Baiwei "exploded" was truly disgusting, cold and slippery, and it would uncontrollably invade her body, like some kind of perverse parasitic creature.
Who could stand that?
In short, let's try to stop her from making a wish first? Lu Yibei thought.
The next second, a familiar voice rang in her ears.
"State your wish..."
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"One, two..."
The bright white glow shone through the window, falling on Lu Yibei's face. She looked at Shen Baiwei expressionlessly, silently counting the seconds in her mind.
Shen Baiwei's body had "exploded" four times; in other words, Lu Yibei had experienced "reloading" four times.
She had calmed down from the initial panic, which was similar to encountering an unexpected event. freewebnøvel.com
To break the loop, the first step was to figure out if Shen Baiwei also retained her memories during the continuous "reloading."
This step was roughly verified during the first three "explosions."
Perhaps due to being backstabbed by her Spirit Mark ability, Shen Baiwei did not seem to retain her memories; otherwise, she wouldn't have continued to make a third wish after failing twice in a row.
Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility of her being overly persistent, so it's best to act quickly and not give her a chance to react.
The second step was to know how much time was available for action from the moment the voice "State your wish" sounded in her mind until Shen Baiwei's "explosion."
In fact, Lu Yibei had already counted once before Shen Baiwei's third "explosion."
The entire process was nearly four seconds.
During the first second, her body had not yet escaped the weak state and could not move, so the actual time she could act was only two seconds, or even less.
As for why she needed to count again...
For safety, after finishing a test, checking and verifying it again, what's wrong with that?
If she weren't worried about "corrupted files" appearing from too many repeated "reloads," she would even want to verify it several more times.
"Three..."
As soon as Lu Yibei silently counted to "three," she heard Shen Baiwei open her mouth and make her wish.
"I, I want to break free from the Spirit... Wuwu!"
Shen Baiwei had only just begun to speak when a figure flashed behind her with lightning speed, covering her mouth tightly with both hands. The speed was so fast that even Xia Lianqing and the Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers watching from behind were startled and instinctively took half a step back.
Shen Baiwei's eyes instantly filled with terror, her pupils trembling, as if a maiden devoutly praying to a god had suddenly been attacked by a demon.
However, Lu Yibei, who had just completed a charge-and-silence strike, interrupting Shen Baiwei's spell, hadn't even had time to rejoice when she saw a small hand pass through her body and quietly rest on Shen Baiwei's shoulder.
She had failed.
The burning pain in her eyes arrived as expected.
Lu Yibei, "..."
In silence, she watched expressionlessly as Shen Baiwei exploded into pieces in her arms. The black substance splattered out, covering her body almost without dead spots, then slowly infiltrated her body, her mood completely unperturbed.
Never mind, it's not the first time anyway, I'm almost used to it...
It seems that stopping Shen Baiwei's wish might not be the key; it seems that once she opens her mouth to make a wish, whether she finishes it or not, as long as her Spirit Mark ability feels threatened, it will backstab her?
So, I must stop her before Shen Baiwei starts making her wish? Lu Yibei thought.
This experiment made her "happily" discover that the time she had to stop Shen Baiwei was not two seconds, but less than one second.
Thus, darkness and dead silence descended.
This time, it's the decisive moment! Lu Yibei thought.
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"State your wish..."
When that voice sounded in her ears, Shen Baiwei looked at the bright white light illuminating the entire Yumen Pass sky outside the window, slightly lost in thought.
How many times has this been? Are you really so unwilling to let me go? Shen Baiwei thought with a heavy heart.
She vaguely remembered having walked through the Tethys Laboratory corridor several times to the deepest room filled with corpses, lying down quietly to await death, but she had no impression of what happened afterward.
Her memory seemed to have been erased, and her head felt as heavy as if filled with lead.
This must be the Spirit Mark ability's resistance, right?
Normally, "reloading" wouldn't make her lose her memory; this only happened when that [N O V E L I G H T] past was completely swallowed and digested by the Uroboros's ability.
It probably didn't want to lose such an excellent host that could continuously provide it with food... Shen Baiwei had long anticipated this situation. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
But I won't compromise, no matter how many times it takes!
Shen Baiwei thought fiercely, took a slight breath, and parted her lips.
However, just as she opened her mouth, before she could even utter the first word, her pupils suddenly trembled.
A strong gust of wind hit her face, and a small foot entered her vision with astonishing speed, then rapidly enlarged.
Shen Baiwei had no time to react at all; her entire body was sent flying backward. Her face, even her cervical spine, lost all sensation under the impact of immense force, and a warm current with a sweet, metallic taste rapidly spread in her mouth...
In a daze, she had the illusion of colliding head-on with a speeding truck.
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"Bang—!"
With a muffled thud of flesh colliding, Lu Yibei completed a beautiful side-spin kick, accurately hitting Shen Baiwei's mouth, literally kicking her almost-spoken wish back into her stomach.
Watching Shen Baiwei's figure fly backward like a broken kite, she raised her right hand, wiped her nose with her thumb, and pouted, "Done!"
In less than a second, to stop Shen Baiwei from speaking her wish, this blunt method was the only way.
After a pause, she immediately called out to Xia Lianqing and the Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers behind her, "Quick, quick, cover her mouth, absolutely don't let her speak again!"
After so many years, such a line actually came out of her own mouth, and Lu Yibei couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
She finally somewhat understood the feelings of her former enemies.
However...
I'm sorry, I was wrong, I'll do it again next time!
However, just as Lu Yibei was feeling emotional, she suddenly found that Xia Lianqing and the urban legend-transformed Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers were all looking at the figure in the sky outside the window, muttering foolishly.
All their voices merged into one sentence: "May General return."
Lu Yibei, "..."
Damn it! How did even they get so obsessed?
