Chapter 41: She Wants to Play with Wang Ying [4K]
Cutting off contact with the Zhipianxian from Moon Lamp Cave, Lu Yibei rode her small motorcycle on the way to Happy Neighborhood, with the humid and stuffy evening breeze of Huacheng’s summer nights hitting her face.
“This d*mn weather is getting hotter and hotter. I’ll switch to witch mode sooner or later to cool you off.”
Lu Yibei muttered, looking at the empty streets, pondering for a few seconds before quickly dismissing that unrealistic thought.
She was a bit worried that if she maintained her witch form for too long, it might cause June snow in Huacheng.
By then, the Siye Society would definitely intervene and investigate.
After all, causing extreme climate changes in a city would be classified as a major urban legend incident of a particularly malicious nature. Following that thought, she recalled something Zhang Hainan had said earlier, and a hint of emotion crept into her heart.
“Tsk! Since the Pink Fluffy Rabbit was successfully sealed away, I should at least take credit for a third of it, yet all the benefits went to that shameless guy, and he even secretly set me up.”
That feeling was like finally staying up late to finish an assignment, only to realize I grabbed the wrong workbook and had my hard work stolen by my deskmate.
“b*stard, don’t let me catch you; if I do, you’ll regret it!” Lu Yibei cursed fiercely, and then as if something suddenly came to mind, she narrowed her eyes, “However…”
According to that old man’s speculation, since others could steal the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power, couldn’t I think of a way to get a bit too?
In a flash, Lu Yibei had a bold idea.
From her observations, items influenced by the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s powers actually had a phase of enhancement before gaining sentience, and most of the items in the Secret Society members’ hands were in that phase.
If I could successfully steal part of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power, wouldn’t that be usable to enhance items? This idea seemed promising! I should let Lin Nian find out who that b*stard is who supposedly stole the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power.
If it comes down to it, I can only wait until Wang Ying wakes up to see if he can steal the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power.
With this thought, Lu Yibei had already imagined creating an entire regiment of Zhipianxian using the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power.
As for why it was Zhipianxian—
It could handle tasks including but not limited to assassination, eavesdropping, secret infiltration, and s*icide attacks, and the materials needed are just cheap items like yellow paper, bamboo strips, and vermilion. Is there anything more cost-effective in spirit energy items?
In fact, when leaving the Zhipianxian used for communication in Moon Lamp Cave, Lu Yibei had already conceived the rough idea of specializing the Zhipianxian based on different uses.
If I could find a way to steal part of the Pink Fluffy Rabbit’s power to enhance the Zhipianxian, perhaps I could solve the issue of the Zhipianxian being too fragile due to material limitations—maybe I could really succeed!
With this in mind, Lu Yibei increasingly felt that the Zhipianxian taught to her by Qing Ji could be considered among the most useful skills aside from the “Taihe Gentleman Sword Illustration.”
Of course, if Qing Ji found out that the originally consumable spirit energy Zhipianxian had turned into a developmental project because of her, he would surely scold her for being unproductive and give her a good beating.
Lu Yibei thought deeply while riding, and before she knew it, she had already entered the range of Happy Neighborhood.
In the distance, she saw the “Cat Castle” where the ghostly Disaster Squatter was both the director and sole member—Miao Xiaoqi.
As a legend born from the resentment of stray cats that died from ab*se, Miao Xiaoqi had fragments of memories from over a hundred wild cats and knew how to be endearing from a cat’s perspective.
After all, the wild cats that suffered ab*se were mostly very lovable, and it was precisely because they were close to and trusted humans that they fell victim to those psychologically twisted cat-worshippers.
If a cat doesn’t like interacting with humans or disdainfully avoids being liked, it would be quite difficult for humans to catch it.
Contrary to those twisted abusers, the residents of Happy Neighborhood were all very “harmonious and friendly.” Not only did they not ab*se cats, but they also treated the stray animals in the neighborhood kindly.
Therefore, during her absence from Happy Neighborhood, the residents had actually built a simple wooden cat castle for Miao Xiaoqi.
A small house, cat bed, cat climbing frame, automatic water dispenser, and everything was complete.
Looking at Miao Xiaoqi sleeping soundly on the terrace atop the cat castle, Lu Yibei was momentarily speechless. “Is this guy not planning to leave? Does this count as inviting the cat into my home?”
d*mn it, if it stays here any longer, I’m going to have to pay rent to the Void!
Lu Yibei thought indignantly but didn’t disturb Miao Xiaoqi’s sweet dream. Instead, she sped through a small part of Happy Neighborhood on her motorcycle and entered the underground parking lot—
At 10:59 PM, in Dormitory 4509 of Building 4 of Huacheng University of Science and Technology. This was Huaxie Yu’s residence.
Originally supposed to be a double room, due to the operation of the Solar Eclipse Society, another dorm member had to temporarily leave school for “personal reasons,” transforming it into a single room.
At this moment, Huaxie Yu sat at her desk in the dormitory, staring intently at the chatting interface of a certain social media app on her computer screen, filled with anticipation and a bit restless.
It felt like a newlywed bride waiting for her groom to enter the bridal chamber. A minute later, the time struck eleven o’clock.
In the chat window, messages began to roll in quickly. Operator One: “[Video Call]”
Operator One: “[Image][Image][Image]”
Operator One: “[Video]”
…
Operator One: “[Video]”
Three minutes later, after sending all the information, the chat window displayed that “Operator One’s friend is now offline.” Only then did Huaxie Yu take a deep breath, starting to browse through the information she had received.
Her hands trembled slightly, and she was careful, as if she were not reviewing a bunch of data made up of videos and images but the most precious treasures in the world.
She clicked on the first video, and Aitian’s figure quickly appeared on the screen.
Aitian seemed to have arrived at the school arranged by the Solar Eclipse Society for her. From the video, the school looked grand in scale and luxurious in facilities, more so than Huaxie Yu had ever seen.
“Flower Sister, I’ve arrived! The living and eating conditions here are great, so don’t worry! I’ll work hard! Also, today’s dinner has more than twenty kinds of meat dishes to choose from, I was really shocked, haha!”
Huaxie Yu watched the video, her fingertips reluctantly grazing over the screen as if she wanted to touch Aitian’s small face. After repeatedly watching Aitian’s video several times, she clicked on the next video.
“It’s me, I’ve arrived. Hmph! Being a trainee isn’t anything impressive; it’s just ten hours of training a day, and those softies still have the nerve to complain? They will definitely be eliminated by me!”
“Flower Sister, the chef uncle here is amazing. I never thought there was so much skill to cooking…”
“Flower Sister, I visited the Greenwich Observatory today…”
“Flower Sister, I miss you a bit.”
“Flower Sister…”
The ID called “Operator One” sent Huaxie Yu a total of thirteen videos, corresponding to the thirteen children in the small building of Fragrant Lady Cave.
Just as the man had promised, in just over a day, he arranged for the children to go to different places based on their talents.
Huaxie Yu watched each video repeatedly, during which her eyes filled with dust, and she unconsciously used up half a pack of facial tissue on the desk.
“d*mn it, does this place not get cleaned?”
After watching the last video seven times, she finally closed the laptop reluctantly, stood up, and walked to the side of the bed, collapsing onto it and staring dazedly at the ceiling.
She saw that the children were well settled, having things now and in the future that she had never dared to dream of.
But she knew that all of this came at a price.
Although that dead corporate slave said that even if I failed the mission in the end, he wouldn’t take back everything given to the children, who knows if what he said was true?
What if he goes back on his word?
Thinking of this, Huaxie Yu’s expression became more serious.
She couldn’t imagine the kind of harm it would do to their still-mature hearts if her mission failed and the children had to return to that hellhole of Fragrant Lady Cave.
If the children remained in Fragrant Lady Cave, perhaps they could endure the suffering, but now that they had experienced the outside world…
…
“No, I must make this deal work, no matter what it takes!” Huaxie Yu thought fiercely.
She knew that the man instructed Operator One to send her these videos and images with a not-so-pure intention, likely for threats, motivation, or deceit, but she was willing to fall for it—
On the other side, at the Jingyi Apartment Complex, at Lu Yibei’s home.
Jumeng ultimately couldn’t overcome her psychological and physiological discomfort and was sharing a room with Wang Ying.
Standing in the living room of the apartment, after a ten-minute standoff with Wang Ying, she transformed into a glossy-feathered magpie, flapping her wings and flying directly upstairs.
Upon reaching upstairs, she immediately cast a spell to separate the first and second floors of the apartment, then opened her computer and started her gaming time.
However, whether it was because she was always unconsciously thinking of Wang Ying downstairs, worrying that he would sneak upstairs for a surprise attack, she often found herself distracted, her gaze uncontrollably drifting toward the staircase.
If anyone were struggling to choose between gaming and their boyfriend/girlfriend and came to her, the goddess of fate, for guidance, she would definitely tell them to stay focused and choose gaming!
Yet when it came to herself, she couldn’t be that decisive. Getting distracted while playing games was a big no-no.
Hence, in less than an hour after starting the game, she died 41 times in one round and even received a 24-hour account suspension for “friendly wake-up” from the system.
Jumeng stared at the system notification with a dark face for three minutes, unable to endure it any longer, stood up, and walked toward the staircase. She had finally made up her mind to do something to eliminate the huge threat that Wang Ying posed to her gaming.
However, when she arrived at the stairway and saw the scene in the living room, she froze in place.
In the living room, the little urban legends living in Lu Yibei’s home had returned at some point and were indiscriminately “tormenting” Wang Ying.
“How did this lump of flesh get downstairs?” Mafun asked. “Did one of you push it down?”
The Eye hopped onto Wang Ying, as if stepping on a bed, bouncing up and down. “Who would bother moving it? So heavy! Hehe, did it come down by itself? If you don’t speak, I’ll take that as your admission!”
“d*mn thing, do you know whose territory this is? It’s the territory of your Grandpa Eye! If you keep causing trouble, Grandpa Eye is going to swallow you whole, do you understand?”
“Grandpa Eye has been hesitating again and again, reminding, ‘Although the witch doesn’t come home often, it’s better if you act a little—‘”
“Shut up!” the Eye interrupted. “Don’t mention that woman who doesn’t come home! There’s no place for her in this house anymore!”
While speaking, it stomped heavily on Wang Ying a few more times, almost flattening him into a meat pie.
“False Teeth…”
“Mafun,”
“We’ll just quietly watch you self-destruct and not say a word!”
Watching the little urban legends wreaking havoc on Wang Ying, Jumeng’s heart tightened slightly.
In her view, their behavior was like a dance on the edge of d*ath; for the Inheritance Beast, those little urban legends were little more than appetizers.
Getting face-slammed by hors d’oeuvres—could that be tolerated?
Yet just as she was about to mentally sentence those little urban legends to a tragic d*ath at Wang Ying’s hands, she suddenly noticed that Wang Ying didn’t show any intention of attacking those little urban legends at all.
That d*mn thing didn’t seem as terrifying as imagined!
Maybe, just as Lu Yibei said, he really posed no threat anymore?
Thinking along those lines, Jumeng kept observing in secret, and after confirming that Wang Ying had no intentions of attacking those little urban legends, she secretly sighed in relief.
Now she could play games with peace of mind!
There’s no reason the little ones wouldn’t be scared; I, the dignified ruler of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Spring and the only legitimate goddess of fate in Z Country, would be scared of that d*mn thing, right?
This time, I won’t d*e once and will become a god!
Jumeng thought furiously, swinging her fists in frustration as she turned back to her computer, logging into a small alternate account, and happily started another game.
This time, she died 47 times in a single match and her small account was successfully filled with white points.
After realizing Wang Ying was basically harmless, she found it even harder to concentrate on the game, as her already twisted operations became increasingly distorted.
She wanted to play with Wang Ying.
That psychology was like a little girl who was afraid of kittens and puppies, finally overcoming her fear and then becoming obsessed with petting them, unable to stop.
