**Chapter 191: Calamity Not Discovered? Are You Sure?**
In the end, Luxianbei did not truly ask Long Bang to k*ll Shen Baiwei; instead, she once again used a spell formula to control her, preparing to take her back to Dai Mu Institute. She locked her in an abandoned wood shed and asked Long Bang for a few skilled Longxiang Army soldiers to guard outside the shed.
Although Shen Baiwei’s inexplicable appearance here was likely to become an obstacle for her, Luxianbei felt that the conflict between her and Shen Baiwei had not escalated to the point of needing to eliminate each other.
Moreover, if the problem was not resolved and she was sent back to Yumen Pass, she would need to exert pressure on Shen Baiwei again to bring her over.
The proxy player sister had said that they merely wanted to torture Shen Baiwei, not necessarily to k*ll her, and the difference between the two was quite significant.
In simple terms, it was the difference between torturing someone to d*ath and torturing them to the point where they wished they were dead.
While Luxianbei found it a bit hard to torturously k*ll someone, she was quite adept at making someone wish they were dead…
After dealing with Shen Baiwei, Luxianbei immediately set off towards Dai Mu Institute.
She wanted to see Xia Lianqing as soon as possible.
On her way back to Dai Mu Institute, she pieced together from Long Bang and snippets from passersby that it had been nearly half a day since she had instructed Xia Lianqing to take action against the enemies infiltrating the city, with time having transitioned from midnight to noon.
She was completely unaware of what had transpired during this time, but she believed that to find methods to save the tens of thousands trapped in the monstrous urban legends, it was necessary to quickly understand the current situation of Yumen Pass.
And the quickest way to learn about Yumen Pass’s current situation was to ask Xia Lianqing.
As for why not to ask Long Bang, who was right in front of her…
“I’m not quite sure; you might as well ask Miss Xia later?” Long Bang said with a friendly smile towards Luxianbei. “By the way, your plan last night was quite effective!”
Luxianbei, “……” See, this is precisely why I didn’t ask him!
This guy, while quite capable in battle, was too naive and straightforward, missing many details and not caring about many things; asking him would be pointless.
If she were to hear some vague erroneous information from him, that would be even more problematic.
“Although we accidentally let Captain Xia Lianxing and some enemies escape, the scouts on the front lines reported that the vanguard tribes of the Shaman Queen’s Army are significantly slowing down their advance towards Yumen Pass.”
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei was somewhat surprised.
She had thought that the plan she assigned to Xia Lianqing could effectively expose the infiltrating enemies and put them in a difficult position; she hadn’t expected it to cause discord among the several major tribes, marking an unexpected gain.
However, upon further thought, it was both unexpected yet reasonable.
Those tribes, though under the Shaman Queen’s banner, had been fighting among themselves for years before the Shaman Queen appeared and united them; it would be surprising if true trust could form in such a short period.
From a certain perspective, the Shaman Queen’s Army resembled a magnificent palace with a fragile inner structure; any considerable external force could lead to localized collapse.
“This is what we call losing a horse… no, it’s…” Long Bang stammered, struggling to form a complete thought after a long pause.
“Are you trying to say that the loss of the old man’s horse might not be a bad thing?” Luxianbei rolled her eyes at Long Bang, her face expressionless. “Do you think this is luck? Wrong! This was all part of my plan; otherwise, do you really think they could escape?”
She lied; this was indeed relying on luck!
But if the wording was proper, the results achieved by luck could be turned into strategic success, right?
After hearing Long Bang’s earlier comment, Luxianbei suddenly understood the change in Long Bang’s attitude towards her; it was because she not only dealt with the infiltrating enemies but also successfully bought Long Bang and Xia Lianqing more time to arrange matters at Yumen Pass.
One should know that just a day ago, this guy was still treating her as half an enemy!
Now, this guy didn’t even seem to mind the matter of her forcing him to dress as a girl.
At such times, she should seize the opportunity to bolster her grand image in Long Bang’s mind.
The proxy player sister had told her that to change the outcomes of those monstrous urban legends trapped within Yumen Pass, she absolutely couldn’t do it alone, but…
The proxy player sister also didn’t say that with just a few more people, it would definitely be impossible, right?
Even if it really couldn’t be done, it would still be great to have more subordinates to command in this unfamiliar territory.
Luxianbei thought, looking at Long Bang, and sure enough, she saw a hint of eagerness in his eyes.
“Miss Shen, are you saying… you deliberately let them escape?” Long Bang’s eyes widened.
“Of course!” Luxianbei nodded without changing her expression. “Their escape was entirely facilitated by me, and the time I disappeared last night was spent handling subsequent matters.”
“Wow!” Long Bang gasped as if he had a toothache, suddenly becoming serious.
He felt that the girl beside him at this moment was seemingly more than just a wealthy merchant’s daughter as she claimed.
Looking at her, Long Bang felt the same sensation he had the first time he met the Hong Bian Monk.
They seemed kindred, yet not entirely the same.
The sense he received from the Hong Bian Monk was like a messenger sent by the divine, exuding an aura that was extraordinary and exceptional in every move and word, whereas Shen Baiwei, though she carried a similar aura, also felt incredibly approachable, much like a peer from the neighboring house.
How should he put it? Perhaps it was a sense of vitality?
“Miss Shen…” Long Bang called out.
“Hmm?” Luxianbei tilted her head slightly.
“Your true identity isn’t that of a merchant’s daughter from Jianzhou, right?” Long Bang suddenly asked.
Hmm? What did I do that was suspicious, or what did I say that was inappropriate? Why has this guy suddenly become clever? Luxianbei’s heart skipped a beat.
She opened her mouth, wanting to gloss over Long Bang, when she heard him say, “A merchant’s daughter couldn’t possibly know as much as you do.”
“When I was in Xiaoxiang, the ones who were as knowledgeable as you were the daughters of prominent families; you must be one of them, having escaped from home?”
“It’s fine if you don’t want to admit it, but after this battle, can you teach me?”
So it wasn’t suspicion after all? Luxianbei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly, “Of course I can teach you; there’s no need to wait until after the battle. I’ll be able to teach you as soon as I have time later.”
“Waiting until after the battle is definitely bad luck; if you say that, you’ll definitely d*e on the battlefield, do you understand? So you should learn now…” Luxianbei silently added in her heart.
Hearing Luxianbei’s response, Long Bang’s face lit up with excitement as he clasped his hands together, saying, “Then I thank Miss Shen in advance!”
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On the other side.
The sky occasionally reverberated with the booming sounds of battle between the Shaman Queen and the First Generation Miracle Saint, flashes of bright light flickering, and the spirit energy radiating in the air grew extremely restless due to their fight.
The entire Yumen Pass seemed to have transitioned suddenly from a cold, sunless winter in which the sun hadn’t been seen for several days to the sweltering heat of summer, driving everyone into a state of agitation.
In a dimly lit room, Void and Nanling Yaohua looked at Luxianbei and Shen Baiwei, who lay on the ground, their breaths faint as if they had fallen into a state of suspended animation, remaining silent for a long time.
They didn’t know what Luxianbei had done to Shen Baiwei; they only knew that Luxianbei had exchanged glances with Shen Baiwei, and then both had convulsed together as if electrocuted, losing consciousness moments later.
After a long while, Void finally couldn’t hold back and asked, “What happened to them?”
Nanling Yaohua glanced at the plump little bug in her hands and shook her head. “I don’t know, but that situation occurred with that guy before, and they recovered quickly… it should be fine.”
Upon hearing this, Void’s head took on a pondering expression as he gravely asked, “Miss Nanling, may I trouble you to clarify how quickly that ‘quick’ was? After all, they only have forty-eight hours.”
Nanling Yaohua thought for a moment and said, “It was about half a day’s time before, but how long it takes this time, I’m not sure.”
Void, “…”
Half a day? Are you serious?
In such an urgent situation, they might even sleep through a quarter of an hour or longer? What kind of behavior is that, sleeping through a problem?
How is that any different from taking an hour-long nap before starting a two-hour exam?
This could lead to serious trouble!
While Void was inwardly cursing, Nanling Yaohua interrupted his thoughts. “In any case, let’s move them to the bed first. It’s not a solution to leave them lying on the ground like this.”
After finishing her words, she envisioned the scene of Luxianbei and Shen Baiwei sleeping on the same bed, paused for a moment, and immediately added, “The Qingyi Girl can stay here; I’ll take the one named Shen next door; there’s an empty bed there.”
She felt something strange between Luxianbei and this mysterious woman, seeming to harbor many secrets, which made it hard for her to accept, let alone let them share a bed.
“……” Void glanced at Nanling Yaohua secretly, noticing that her gaze lingered on Luxianbei, finding a hint of worry in her expression, so it jumped to the floor and nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ve got this! I won’t let anything happen to her before you return.”
Upon saying this, its body squirmed, and after a faint static sound, a light cursor, formed from spirit energy, appeared beside it.
With its gaze following, the cursor quickly moved and drew a semi-transparent blue block around Luxianbei.
Then…
Select target, right-click to open the menu bar, choose properties—general—hide file.
After a series of seamless operations, Luxianbei’s figure vanished from view, leaving no trace of spirit energy fluctuation behind.
Having successfully hidden Luxianbei, Void rotated its head one hundred eighty degrees, looking at Nanling Yaohua, revealing a smile, “How about that? Wasn’t that impressive?”
Nanling Yaohua, “……” Indeed very impressive, but what I care about more is, why are there so many “related links” in Luxianbei’s “menu bar”?
Though she didn’t know the specific use of those so-called “related links,” the prefixes of those “related links” gave her an inkling of something.
After all, the prefix of the first “related link” was Lu Ming, the second was Jiang Li, and Nanling Yaohua’s prefix appeared only at the seventh spot, even following Bai Kai!
What was more outrageous was that the remaining number of “related links” below was even more, enough to be indicated with an ellipsis.
That ellipsis might be hiding more than one “related link,” right?
Nanling Yaohua, “……”
When she returned, she had to seriously ask this little bug what those “related links” meant.
At the very least, she needed to find out who Jumeng, Gu Qiqi, and Turtle Girl were, and why they were in Luxianbei’s “related links.” Nanling Yaohua thought.
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Void did not realize that, inadvertently, it had betrayed Luxianbei and unintentionally helped create a prototype for a battlefield scenario. To it, hiding Luxianbei’s existence within its “program,” or rather, powers, was merely routine within its authority.
After Nanling Yaohua left, it curled up, sitting cross-legged, nibbling on some snacks it had taken out from who knows where while keeping its eyes glued to Luxianbei, who had entered a hidden state surrounded by swirling “0s and 1s,” quietly waiting.
At that moment, a prompt box suddenly popped up in front of it.
【× Calamity Occurred—Unknown Error Type】
Void, “？？？”
What the heck is this? What’s going on? Why did the calamity suddenly “error out”?
Just as it was filled with confusion, preparing to check where the problem lay, a strong golden light suddenly erupted from Luxianbei’s body.
The spirit energy fluctuation infused with the aura of [Royal Authority] surged outward in all directions.
Seconds later, as the golden light dissipated, a girl with chestnut hair and a bright red long scarf strangely appeared in view, sitting astride Luxianbei’s waist, her hands pressing against her chest, wide-eyed as she looked around, softly mumbling.
“Hey! Finally caught the chance to run out, the calamity shouldn’t have discovered me, right? I had no idea that little brat was telling the truth; what luck! Next, I should…”
The girl’s words abruptly halted.
She noticed a strange white and plump creature that resembled a little bug.
As their gazes met, she seemed to detect a hint of helplessness in the little bug’s green bean-sized eyes.
That gaze seemed to say to her, “Calamity didn’t notice? Are you sure?”
Following the little bug’s gaze, her vision slowly lowered, and her face instantly turned pale, her body stiffening for a moment before she began to tremble.
Not only had she been discovered by the calamity while attempting to escape, but she was sitting right on top of it…
It’s over; I’m going to be killed! Gu Qiqi thought in fear.
