Chapter 49: If You Want to Deal with This, Go Find the Siye Society!
The clouds in the sky were dyed a fiery red by the setting sun.
Feeling the light outside the window dimming, Jiang Li counted the jade she won today, turned off the mahjong game, picked up the cane leaning against the chair, and slowly walked out of the office.
As soon as she stepped out, she saw An Qing in the distance talking to the leaders of the Special Action Team, gesturing animatedly as if he had found money that morning.
Jiang Li stood quietly at one end of the corridor, waiting for An Qing to finish his instructions and for the team leaders to disperse before she walked over.
“Tap—Tap—!”
An Qing looked towards Jiang Li, who approached, following the soft sound of the cane hitting the ground, and smiled charmingly.
“Guess what I discovered today?”
“A core of a twisted zombie urban legend, gathered all the materials so you can finally complete the Spirit Patterns and advance?” Jiang Li replied flatly.
“I had given up hope on that a long time ago, alright?” An Qing pouted, “Completing the Spirit Patterns depends on luck; it’s something you can’t seek out!”
“I met a promising candidate today. I’m confident I can pull her into the Siye Society in a short time, and after a year or so of training, she should be able to fill the vacant position.”
“…” Jiang Li fell silent for a moment, nodded, “Well, that sounds good. I hope she doesn’t have a shameless godfather too.”
While Jiang Li was speaking, An Qing noticed her small bag, which was cute and shaped like a cartoon yellow duck, but dirty as if it hadn’t been washed in a long time.
“Are you heading to that mahjong parlor on Gamblers’ Street in South City again tonight?”
“Mm.” Jiang Li glanced at her small bag and responded lightly.
“That makes sense!” An Qing shrugged, “The probability of encountering something on a Moonless Night is always a bit higher.”
“However, have you considered that the appearance of that gambling game might just be a coincidence?”
“…” Jiang Li gazed ahead, pondering for a few seconds, and replied calmly, “You always have to try your luck.”
After saying that, she limped forward, quickly disappearing into the sunset glow.
……
“Zing—!”
A light sound like water droplets falling on a hot iron plate echoed on the rooftop of Jingyi Apartment, mixed with the acrid smell of sulfur. The grayish-white smoke, under the dim yellow sunlight, added a hint of dreamy illusion.
Luxianbei knelt half-down on the ground, hands supporting herself, fingertips digging into the earth as her bl**d boiled within, familiar whispers echoing in her ears, accompanied by the violent beating of her heart, the bloody and cold aura surfacing.
At that moment, the sky began to darken, and a thin crescent moon peeked through the gaps in the clouds.
“Ah—!” The pain in her body made Luxianbei involuntarily release a m*an.
After adjusting slightly, she took a deep breath and began to recite a passage.
“There are people from Zhongshan. A woman in green…”
“There are people from Zhongshan. A woman in green…”
Luxianbei recited the lines over and over, but the pain in her body continued. Through the thick smoke, she saw her hands uncontrollably shrinking.
After a long while, when darkness fully enveloped the sky, a curse broke the silence on the rooftop.
“f*ck! f*ck! Haven’t I already eaten enough!?”
Sitting on a stone step at the corner of the rooftop, Luxianbei looked expressionlessly at her soft, pale hands, gradually feeling a little upset.
She had thought that the “few days each month” the mysterious girl mentioned referred to her needing to consume the core of an urban legend once a month to alleviate her hunger.
But…
It turned out she might have misunderstood the mysterious girl’s meaning; it was proven that even if she was full, when those days came, she still couldn’t contain her transformation into an urban legend.
This was a damnable process that would inevitably arrive.
So, what the hell is this?
Why does it have to be like this?! Luxianbei thought, looking at the pile of ashes in the corner of the rooftop, feeling gloomy.
Her newly bought phone was gone again.
……
At Huacheng University, in the Ancient Special Characters Research Room.
Professor Ma gathered his graduate students for a brief seminar to discuss the preliminary details of a new project. After assigning tasks to the students, he got to work.
The light outside the window had dimmed, and the pale overhead light illuminated the round table in the seminar room.
After staring at the wooden box on the table for a moment, Professor Ma stood up, carrying the box towards the experimental area.
Upon reaching the experimental area, he gently placed the box on the lab table, put on gloves, and solemnly opened it with both hands, revealing a roll of dark yellow bamboo slips before his eyes.
“Ha—!” He took a deep breath, a faint fragrance wafting from the bamboo slips, filling his nostrils.
Carefully, he took the bamboo slips out of the box, spread them on the table, and began his work—sterilizing, drying, sealing.
This dry and meticulous task continued for over three hours.
Just past eight in the evening, Professor Ma, after much concentrated work, stretched his tired muscles and began to walk towards the storage room with the processed bamboo slips.
After properly storing the slips in the storage room, Professor Ma turned off the light and was about to leave when he saw a flash of blue light flicker across the bamboo slips.
In that moment of seeing the blue light, his mind went blank, and he entered a brief state of emptiness.
A few seconds later, Professor Ma came back to his senses and frowned slightly at the dark bamboo slips.
“Was that an illusion? Maybe I’ve been cooped up in there too long? Sigh, I’m getting old, not useful anymore; after working for such a short time, my eyes are already going bad.”
Talking to himself, Professor Ma locked the large door of the storage room and left the research room.
……
Later that night, at Luxianbei’s home.
She lay peacefully on her bed in her bedroom, staring at the ceiling in a daze, like a salted fish without dreams.
Perhaps due to being overly fatigued in the past few days, she unknowingly fell into a deep sleep, welcomed a long-awaited, stable dream.
In the dream, she hazily found herself on the rooftop where she first met the mysterious girl.
In the decayed and crumbled city, a series of calls echoed.
Among the numerous, jumbled voices calling out, a girl’s voice gradually became clearer in her ears, somewhat resembling Du Sixian’s voice.
“High person, high person, where are you… If I can’t find you, what will I do if I encounter an urban legend?”
“High person, high person, where are you…”
Working hard to finally get a good night’s sleep, only to be disturbed by Du Sixian’s ramblings in the dream, Luxianbei felt a burst of anger, stepped to the edge of the rooftop, and shouted into the crumbling city.
“Why are you shouting so loudly? For matters like this, go find the Siye Society!”
Her voice echoed through the empty city, lingering for a long time before finally fading away.
That night, in various locations throughout Z Country, several Siye Society branches received mysterious anonymous letters. The content was strange, resembling wish cards sent to Santa Claus, but all their wishes involved urban legends.
As a result…
They were arrested.
……
In the dark apartment, small urban legends and small entities.
The little creatures living in the apartment were playing happily when suddenly a wave of terrifying Spirit Energy Fluctuation hit, freezing them in their tracks as if turned to stone.
Then, they heard a vague, childish murmur coming from upstairs.
“…go find the Siye Society…”
“…” The urban legends all trembled, the apartment silent to the point of being terrifying.
After a long while, a sound of gasping for air echoed from the corner of the room.
“Hiss—!”
The urban legends began to whisper amongst themselves.
“When did she have contact with the Siye Society?” Mafun said in a serious tone.
“From what she said, it seems she’s planning to trouble the Siye Society?” The Eye said, “I’ve never liked those humans! But since she wants to go, I’ll let her have this opportunity to show off!”
“Maybe she’s had enough of her ever-changing life and is planning to end it all?” The False Teeth continued to support her pessimism.
The urban legends had different thoughts, but one thing they all agreed on.
She really is fierce, daring to provoke the Siye Society! The witch is amazing!
