Chapter Two Countdown Two
[“The d*ath of Calamity” Countdown: 117H13M17S]
God Realm Yumen.
Fang Ji stood on the city wall, holding the “Moonlight Plan Contract” in one hand and gazing at the rapidly fading white shadow, murmuring, “I… I just don’t want to go with you; I never said I didn’t want to leave by myself! d*mn calamity!”
Before Calamity and Bai Kai handed this “Moonlight Plan Contract” to him and explained the conditions for the Siye Society to absolve his crimes, he had never considered staying in God Realm Yumen long-term.
Indeed, a few days prior, Calamity had repeatedly invited him to leave together.
However, without the fragrant Miracle Flower from the residents of God Realm Yumen to re-condense the Miracle Flower, he had no plans to leave.
He was still the Miracle Saint, leading the Miracle Cult, and the Miracle Cult had offended too many spiritual ability users and urban legends. Now, without the support of the Miracle Flower, those enemies would surely come looking for him to settle the scores.
Even if he left God Realm Yumen, he would have a hard time escaping unscathed…
More importantly, ever since the disappearance of Yaohua, Calamity had been acting strangely, muttering to himself in the air and forcing others to greet the nonexistent Yaohua, scribbling in a notebook…
This was still the early stage of the “illness.” If the condition worsened, who knew what bizarre and terrifying actions he might take.
Perhaps one day, when the “invisible friend” grew bored, he would make those around him play the role of Nanling Yaohua or even forcibly transform them into her.
In a sense, with Fang Ji’s exquisite appearance, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to be forcibly changed into “Nanling Yaohua.”
In summary…
Who the hell would dare to accompany Calamity?!
However, Fang Ji never expected that repeatedly refusing Calamity would lead to Calamity developing an infatuation with the illusion of God Realm Yumen…
He wanted to correct this mistake!
But…
Calamity was just too persuasive… systematically analyzing the pros and cons of signing the contract to remain in God Realm Yumen, coupled with Bai Kai playing the good cop, he hazily believed it, only to realize too late that he had signed the “Moonlight Plan Contract,” and it was all too late.
“……”
Forget it! At this point, it was all my own doing, committing a crime that deserves punishment…
Moreover, I don’t have to stay in God Realm Yumen forever; it can at most be considered a fixed-term imprisonment.”
Once the term is over, I can go wherever I please!
Fang Ji reassured himself in his heart, but as he thought, his eyes suddenly reddened.
His tears didn’t stem from sadness; it was likely just the wind and sand blinding his eyes.
Outside the city wall, in the dark desert, a fierce wind kicked up, swirling yellow sand like dragons and snakes, concealing a murderous intent, and then gradually receding into the horizon.
Thus, the God Realm Yumen, which had borne a thousand years of time and countless stories, after a brief appearance in the world, slipped back into the yellow sand of the Gobi Desert, continuing to fulfill its duty of guarding…
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[“The d*ath of Calamity” Countdown: 110H43M55S]
Shancheng, Kuimen.
Taking advantage of the night, accompanied by Bai Kai’s swift speed, Luxianbei successfully arrived outside the walls of the Three Gorges Psychiatric Hospital.
Although Fang Ji had promised that Jiang Li was not in danger and had even subdued a member of the Miracle Cult and taken him away, that was merely Fang Ji’s side of the story and could not be fully trusted.
This was the last place Jiang Li was seen before her disappearance, and now, armed with her special ability capable of barely using her eyes, she felt it necessary to check the situation herself.
“Xiao Bei…” Bai Kai told Luxianbei, “Hurry up; remember, you only have three minutes. After three minutes, no matter what, you must appear here to meet me, understood?”
“Yeah, don’t worry, Water Brother…” Luxianbei nodded, “I just need to confirm the situation briefly; it won’t take long.”
On the way here, Bai Kai had clearly explained the situation to her.
Although Bai Kai had used some connections from the nightlife to disperse the operatives in the area of Jiang Li’s disappearance, the Three Gorges Psychiatric Hospital, as the largest prison in the southwest area of the Siye Society for detaining spiritual ability criminals and special urban legends, was heavily guarded like an iron barrel, with an absurd number of complex and dangerous solidified spell formula circuits.
Even if Luxianbei hid well, she would be exposed within three or four minutes, triggering an alarm and becoming trapped, making escape difficult.
Indeed, with her current Cataclysm Grade power, there was a possibility of breaking out forcefully, but given that major spiritual energy organizations had their eyes on her now, it would be best to avoid any complications.
The time restricted at the Three Gorges Psychiatric Hospital had already been enough for various factions to converge here.
After transmitting a message through her mark to change her coat into a nurse’s uniform of the Three Gorges Psychiatric Hospital, Luxianbei gently tapped the ground with her toes and soared into the air, clearing a solid five-meter-high wall.
After watching Luxianbei leave, Bai Kai leaned against the wall and took out a cigarette pack from his pocket.
“Snap!”
“Shhh…”
As he lit the cigarette with a lighter, the spark from the cigarette inexplicably extinguished as if influenced by some mysterious force.
He furrowed his brow and pressed down on the lighter again.
Ignite, extinguish.
Bai Kai paused for a moment and then remembered that it was Nanling Yaohua causing mischief.
“Xiao Hua? Aren’t you going in with Xiao Bei? Tsk, don’t cause trouble; Uncle needs some relaxation.”
Just as he spoke, a pebble suddenly lifted from the ground and lightly struck a nearby sign—[No Smoking or Open Flames].
Bai Kai, “……”
In a daze, as if he were hallucinating, he seemed to see Nanling Yaohua with her hands on her hips, pouting at him.
“Fine, no smoking…” Bai Kai mumbled, putting away the cigarette pack, then after a brief silence, spoke up, “Xiao Hua, I’m sorry. If I had known this would happen, I should have told you about Xiao Bei when you first came to Huacheng. If I had told you back then…”
Recently, he felt somewhat responsible for how Nanling Yaohua had changed to the way she was now. If he hadn’t concealed the matter of Luxianbei devouring the Witch’s Egg and becoming an urban legend when Nanling Yaohua had just arrived in Huacheng, but had honestly informed her, perhaps everything would have been different.
“Sasa, sasa.”
The sound of a pencil scratching on paper echoed, and soon a line of small characters appeared before Bai Kai.
[At that time, I might have killed her.]
After reading it, Bai Kai was momentarily stunned; he knew that Nanling Yaohua was speaking the truth.
Having grown up with Nanling Qifeng, Nanling Yaohua was accustomed to the horrors of various urban legends. Her environment had forged her character, making her resent evil. It was entirely possible for her to have killed her fiancé after turning into an urban legend to help her “liberate” herself.
The reason for her change in attitude was largely due to witnessing Luxianbei lead the Hundred Demons Walk and confront the avatar of Pestilence Taijie, saving Huacheng, which accounted for at least 30% of the factors; the other 69% relied on her experiences in Dream City…
“I must say, Wang Meili really excels at handling mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships,” Bai Kai chuckled.
“Sasa, sasa.”
[Uncle, why don’t you smoke?]
Although she was invisible, judging from her rich emotional history, Bai Kai inferred that Nanling Yaohua must be blushing at this moment…
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Over the thick wall and landing steadily on the grass, Luxianbei immediately felt an uncomfortable sense of pressure arriving from all directions.
It was as if her vision had suddenly darkened, being lowered in brightness…
In the invisible places, it seemed as if countless malicious eyes were scrutinizing her.
Those eyes had no vitality, seemed not to belong to any living being or urban legend, cold like machines.
In a dimly lit corridor inside a nearby building, flickering red and green lights illuminated the darkness.
A chilling wind carried eerie sounds that sent shivers down her spine.
Wails, roars, and sobs mixed together with the sound of sharp objects scraping against metal, invoking images in her mind of a gaunt woman in a patient’s outfit, using her sharp nails to leave scratch marks on the metal door of the ward.
Who knows if a door will suddenly burst open, releasing a flood of bl**d? Luxianbei thought to herself, taking a deep breath to adjust her state before sprinting toward the side entrance of the nearby building.
That was the area where surveillance had been compromised by an intruder, and Jiang Li had disappeared.
Flying over the grass and quickly passing through a short corridor, Luxianbei paused, staring at the tiled ground in the courtyard between the two buildings, furrowing her brows.
The pristine tiles seemed corroded by some highly acidic substance, covered with cracks of varying depths and colors, and among those cracks lay a deep pit, seemingly created by a heavy object dropping onto it.
Her gaze swept across the cracks, and with the North Spirit Seal activated, her special ability engaged.
With a warm glow spreading in her eyes, the world around her bathed in a dim yellow, Luxianbei saw a figure sh**t out from the building like a cannonball, crashing onto the ground and spewing a mouthful of bl**d.
He struggled on the ground for a few moments, but just as he was about to rise, uncomfortable dim lights activated around him, a faint purple mist creeping in.
Following that, oversized poisonous snakes, scorpions, and vividly colored insects emerged from the mist, surrounding the man with a dense mass of red, glimmering eyes.
Seeing this, the man instantly froze in place, too terrified to move.
Those slithering snakes and insects, with the slightest trace of poison seeping from their surfaces, were enough to drag out trails on the tiles, showcasing the horror of the potent toxins inside them.
【Reduce Punishment Level Three – Scorpion Bowl】!
Clad in dark green armor, Jiang Li walked slowly from the darkness, calmly pressing the blade of her long kn*fe against the man’s throat, her expression neutral as she stated, “I’ve confirmed that what you said earlier is true; you indeed know the whereabouts of my mother. I can go with you, but…”
Just then, Jiang Li’s voice came to an abrupt halt, and Luxianbei suddenly sprang back, stabilizing herself as she glared at the shadow near where she had just stopped, her expression darkening.
Just a second ago, when she heard the critical part, a premonitory thought flashed through her mind as if electrified—【He sent a hidden sword from the shadow towards your nape】.
However, when she hurriedly dodged, preparing to respond, she found no one in that shadow nor a trace of spiritual energy.
It felt as though the opponent had predicted her anticipation and stopped the attack in advance…
