Free Web NovelAfter hearing Chatterbox Girl's answer, Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment, pointing to her nose and making an incredulous sound, "Calamity? Me? Are you sure?"
Although she temporarily didn't know whether the Calamity Chatterbox Girl spoke of referred to natural Disasters in the usual sense, such as earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions, or large-scale Disasters in a broad sense, she knew very well that her abilities were probably still lacking.
Creating a Calamity was not something that could be done just by talking about it.
Lu Yibei believed that with her current ability, she could cause a fire covering several kilometers, or use her charm ability to instantly drive thousands of people insane, but strictly speaking, that couldn't be considered a Calamity; it could only be considered an accidental event with a huge impact.
At the very least, it would have to reach the level of the Maitian God, who could shroud a city in dense fog, to be called a Calamity, right?
What's more...
"Why would I create a Calamity? Aren't we discussing saving people right now?" freewebnovёl.ƈom
What Lu Yibei longed for was a way for those who had been trapped and died in Yumen Pass to find liberation; it was salvation, and creating a Calamity would only bring destruction.
"That's not how you say it." Chatterbox Girl waved her hand and held up a finger, saying, "For example, if there's a person suffering from a severe illness, enduring pain every moment, wouldn't pulling out their oxygen tube and ending their suffering also be a different kind of salvation?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei's pupils slightly widened, and she suddenly felt that Chatterbox Girl in her sight had become sinister and terrifying.
Like a devil that bewitched people's minds and led them to depravity.
She vaguely guessed what Chatterbox Girl wanted her to do, but she still couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean? Isn't that still murder?"
"Sigh!" Chatterbox Girl let out a heavy sigh, patted Lu Yibei's shoulder, and said, "I know it's hard for you to accept, but... the outcome of some things cannot be changed. All you can do is change the perception of the people experiencing them."
If some people are destined to die and their fate cannot be changed, then at least one can find a way to let them die peacefully.
"..." Lu Yibei opened her mouth, wanting to refute Chatterbox Girl, but before she could organize her words, Chatterbox Girl interrupted her.
"You listen to me first!" Chatterbox Girl said with a worried expression, "Just like Xia Lianqing... Haven't you tried several times to change Xia Lianqing's fate? But what was the result? She still died, even more tragically than at first! Do you think that was saving her?"
"..." Thinking of how every time she extended a helping hand to Xia Lianqing, it only made her suffer more before her death, Lu Yibei hesitated.
"Lu Yibei, people are very good at finding excuses to comfort themselves when enduring suffering. Among all kinds of excuses, bad luck and ill fortune are among the most comforting and easily accepted excuses." Chatterbox Girl continued.
Fabricating a false "Nightmare" and letting people die peacefully in the "Nightmare" was something she was very good at; she had done it more than once, and guiding Lu Yibei was also a familiar path for her.
"Now, those unformed urban legend will wander in Yumen Pass for thousands of years because they felt betrayed at the end of their lives and fell into a vortex of despair. If you can create a Calamity, although you cannot change their outcome, you can change their perception."
"What's more, if you create a Calamity in the past, allowing people to associate your existence with that Calamity, even if they all perish, it will lay a solid foundation for your advancement to Calamity. Perhaps after this matter is over, you can directly become a Calamity. This is a very cost-effective deal!"
After listening to Chatterbox Girl's explanation, Lu Yibei lowered her head, looking at her hands. After a long silence, she asked in a low voice, "Is... is there no other way?"
As for laying the foundation for advancing to Calamity, she felt it didn't matter. She just wanted to find a better, less cruel way to solve this matter.
"Probably..." Chatterbox Girl stopped mid-sentence and shook her head, "No."
Although she hadn't thought seriously, she had vaguely considered some other methods, and the results of those methods were basically unlikely to be better than the method she told Lu Yibei.
"The power of a person or a urban legend has very limited influence on the past that has already become history, just like a speck of dust falling into a pond, it will sink into the water and disappear in an instant. Even a Calamity is at most a small stone that can stir up a few ripples."
Unless this stone is large enough to directly smash through the pond... Chatterbox Girl added in her mind.
She knew this very clearly and had a deep, bone-deep understanding of it.
Strictly speaking, she and the other six world-destroying factors were those absurdly large "stones" capable of destroying the entire pond.
But even so, she couldn't make the pond change in the direction she wanted while ensuring its integrity.
What's more, if the current Lu Yibei wanted to become that special "stone," she might be smashed to pieces by the pond's manager, ground into powder, and scattered by the wind.
"Let me think about it!" Lu Yibei pondered for a long time, then said to Chatterbox Girl in a tired voice, "I need to think about it carefully."
"Alright!" Chatterbox Girl nodded, turned around, and pointed at Shen Baiwei, saying, "If you've thought it through and decided to do it, just release her and torment her severely. Just vent all your resentment and dissatisfaction on her."
"You should be good at this, right?"
Lu Yibei, "..." Why do I feel like Chatterbox Girl's words have some personal grudge against Shen Baiwei?
Chatterbox Girl, "..." Yes, there is a personal grudge!
Players with time-based abilities have always been particularly disgusting and dirty. Nightmare was a terrifying existence that almost devoured Disaster, making her suffer a lot!
Now that she finally had the chance to catch Nightmare before she advanced to Calamity, how could she not let Lu Yibei torment her to death?
In silence, Lu Yibei looked at Shen Baiwei lying on the ground, then withdrew her gaze, paced back to the window, and looked out. As Chatterbox Girl appeared, the sky, which seemed to have pressed the pause button, became thoughtful.
Should she listen to Chatterbox Girl or not? Lu Yibei wondered.
So far, Chatterbox Girl had never harmed her, and the things she asked her to do had always turned out well. If she went by past experience, listening to Chatterbox Girl this time should also be the best choice.
But...
Is there really no other better way?
She hadn't even tried yet. Lu Yibei thought with a heavy heart.
If possible, this time she wanted to try and see if she could get a better outcome by not listening to Chatterbox Girl.
As she pondered, the fixed, magnificent crimson light in the sky suddenly moved again.
She was startled, turned around, and found that Chatterbox Girl had disappeared, replaced by Nanling Yaohua, who had appeared behind her at some unknown time.
Nanling Yaohua stood there anxiously, as if holding something in her hands.
Looking closely, Lu Yibei saw a familiar figure in her hand.
It was a small, white, tender worm glowing with crystalline luster.
Lu Yibei, "???"
Isn't this Void? ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) When did it enter Yumen Pass? And why is it with Xiao Hua?
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"Lu... This guy says it has something important to tell you!" Seeing the doubt in Lu Yibei's eyes, Nanling Yaohua explained, "So I brought it over."
"Thank you, Miss Nanling." Void thanked Nanling Yaohua, then looked at Lu Yibei and said, "Disaster, Nameless Book asked me to bring a message..."
Lu Yibei, "..."
Nameless Book? Night Watch Guardian? Holy crap! Why did you bring the Japanese here?
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Twenty minutes ago.
After parting with Void, Nameless Book returned to Si Ye Hui Headquarters and walked along the corridor on the ninth underground floor. Before she could return to the front of Observation Room No. 2, she encountered Zhang Huainan, who had just come out of the remote meeting room.
Seeing Zhang Huainan approaching with a dark face, she frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask, "Old friend, the result of the discussion with those few seems unsatisfactory?"
"Hmph!" Zhang Huainan stopped and snorted coldly, "A bunch of scoundrels! If I weren't in the wrong, I'd rush to the Dripping Blood Resurrection Cathedral and Kasuga Grand Shrine right now and drag them out for a beating!"
Nameless Book, "..." You actually feel in the wrong sometimes? freёwebnovel.com
In her perception, one of Black Emperor's greatest strengths was pulling rank and relying on his powerful fists to twist logic. In the past, Zhang Huainan might already be on his way to the Dripping Blood Resurrection Cathedral or Kasuga Grand Shrine, instead of just talking about it.
Not going to India was probably out of respect for his old friend who had recently passed away.
"Then the result of the discussion..."
"Forty-eight hours..." Zhang Huainan sighed silently, "This is the time I fought for. If Yumen Pass hasn't gotten rid of the risk of losing control after forty-eight hours, they will act."
The major Spiritual Energy organizations intended to intervene immediately in the Yumen Pass operation. Zhang Huainan's ability to secure forty-eight hours already showed his deterrent power.
Anyway, Nameless Book felt that if another Guardian had held this remote meeting, the result would not have been so good.
This kind of thing is like hiding some dangerous item that could blow up the entire building in your home. When your neighbors find out, their first thought is definitely to break in and eliminate the threat.
Normally, they wouldn't give you forty-eight hours to deal with it yourself.
But, this old Black Emperor, would he actually accept such a humiliating condition? And, forty-eight hours... is that really enough? Nameless Book wondered.
As someone who had been monitoring various data for Yumen Pass, she felt that forty-eight hours would probably be difficult to eliminate the hidden dangers of Yumen Pass, unless Void could find the key factor that could reduce the night's erosion of Yumen Pass in a short time.
If the threat of Yumen Pass cannot be lifted after forty-eight hours, allowing foreign Spiritual Energy organizations to enter Z Country may not be a good thing. Although everyone's intentions regarding urban legend are consistent, other aspects are hard to say.
Just as Nameless Book was pondering, Zhang Huainan suddenly snuck up beside her and whispered, "Old friend, quickly go find your little follower! It should be able to deliver messages to the people inside, right?"
"After it contacts the people inside, quickly tell Disaster and the Eclipse Society members around Disaster that if they can't solve the mess in Yumen Pass in forty-eight hours, they'll all be doomed. Of course, this is to scare them. Oh, right, you can't let your little follower tell them that!"
"Hehe, when I was in the meeting just now, I secretly cast a divination. The key to breaking the situation is on them. Although forty-eight hours is a bit tight, it's not entirely insufficient. Otherwise, would I indulge those scoundrels?"
Nameless Book, "..."
Looking at the smile on Zhang Huainan's face, she suddenly remembered a saying from the Analects of Confucius—"An old man who does not die is a thief."
This time, Zhang Huainan compromised with the major Spiritual Energy organizations, only gaining forty-eight hours. It seemed like a huge loss, but next time, the other party would definitely try to compensate Night Watch.
When these Spiritual Energy organizations interact, it's never one-sided; even if they don't want to, they have to put on a show.
In the future, after they compensate Night Watch, if they know that these forty-eight hours were also within Black Emperor's calculations, calling him an "old thief" would certainly not be excessive; not physically beating him would be considered light.
Wait! How did he know that I still had contact with Void?
I shouldn't have told anyone about this...
Nameless Book suddenly realized something was wrong. She turned to look at Zhang Huainan, only to see Zhang Huainan, who had already walked away, turn his back to her and raise the compass in his hand, gently shaking it.
That look seemed to say, "Sorry, being proficient in divination means you can do whatever you want!"
----
A moment later, in a small apartment far from Si Ye Hui Headquarters.
This was Nameless Book's home.
Although she spent most of her time in the archives of Si Ye Hui Headquarters, and from a certain perspective, did not need a home, having a home, occasionally cooking a meal during breaks, or curling up on the sofa to read a book all day, made her feel more like a flesh-and-blood person.
At this moment, all the curtains in the small apartment were drawn. In the dimly lit living room, Nameless Book was curled up on the sofa, holding a phone that emitted a strong light, as if it would explode at any moment, her eyes tightly closed.
In the darkness, a voice sounded in her mind.
"Current intrusion progress 89.2%, system operating normally, everything is fine."
Hearing Void's report, Nameless Book asked, "What about the target coordinates?"
"Lord Huaiyuan's location unknown, Nanling Yaohua locked, no movement detected currently."
"Very good, maintain."
"Understood."
After a pause, Nameless Book added, "Report every minute. I will constantly monitor your status. Remember, absolutely do not make contact with anything outside of the three targets, understood?"
"Understood." Void responded and then entered the one-minute reporting cycle.
"..."
"Intrusion progress 94.7%, about to enter Yumen Pass. Signal interruption may occur next, reconnection time unknown."
"Mm." Nameless Book responded faintly.
A minute later, Void's voice sounded for the last time.
"Intrusion progress 99%, I'm going then, Sister, remember to miss me!"
Nameless Book, "..."
