Chapter Eighty-Three: Impersonation [4K]
“Priority…” Luxianbei opened his mouth, ready to answer the Proxy Player Sister’s question, when suddenly he seemed to remember something, wrinkling his brow.
“You know how to sneak into the Solar Eclipse Society? You can’t possibly be a member of the Solar Eclipse Society, right?” If that were the case, Proxy Player Sister’s identity would definitely be suspicious.
Although she had been helping me so far, getting involved with the Solar Eclipse Society could mean that her help was part of some scheme.
Luxianbei thought, the Solar Eclipse Society is adept at summoning an evil god that can see into its target’s every thought and is skilled at manipulating people’s minds.
“Uh, cough cough,” Proxy Player Sister cleared her throat, “How could that be! Take a good look at me. In this state, I appear to be just a poor, helpless, harmless beautiful girl!”
“How could I possibly be a member of the Solar Eclipse Society?”
Members of the Solar Eclipse Society are all cannon fodder; strictly speaking, one would have to be a member of the Elders’ Council to hold any real position! Yes, that’s right, I am the fourth seat of the Elders’ Council, code name Ying Huo!
How about that? Doesn’t it fit quite well with Calamity? Proxy Player Sister thought mischievously.
“???” Luxianbei tilted his head and examined the Proxy Player Sister, rolling his eyes, “You? Poor and helpless, harmless?” Since when could someone who easily tears apart Level A urban legends still be considered poor and helpless? Luxianbei thought. So, you’re admitting that I’m a locked girl, right? Proxy Player Sister winked at Luxianbei.
Luxianbei thought, “Though Proxy Player Sister does look quite good, admitting she’s a beautiful girl would mean indirectly admitting that I’m a beautiful girl too. That’s just too weird!”
Seeing Luxianbei silent, Proxy Player Sister precisely seized the moment before he started spewing nonsense and waved her hand to steer the topic back on track.
“Alright, alright, let’s talk business…”
When two chatterboxes gather, someone always has to interrupt the other one’s spell-casting; otherwise, they risk getting caught in some sort of absurd joke cycle.
“The key isn’t whether I am a member of the Solar Eclipse Society; the key is whether you are ready to sneak in and how you plan to do that.”
“Of course, I have to sneak in!” Luxianbei said casually, “Wasn’t I just looking for a way in? By the way, since you already knew how to sneak into the Solar Eclipse Society, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
I have made efforts before, reaching out to Lin Nian and the Urban Legends Chat Group, searching high and low without finding the entry point for the Solar Eclipse Society, Luxianbei added internally.
“Because the conditions weren’t met earlier!” Proxy Player Sister shot Luxianbei an annoyed glance, “You weren’t able to change your body form, and there wasn’t enough residual Black Sun fire seed inside you. The only weapon you had was Ling Tai Purification, which was too obvious…”
“Apart from that, there is the most crucial point: timing!”
“Let’s put it this way; it’s like a quest chain in a game. If you haven’t completed the prerequisite tasks, the quest NPC won’t show up; how can you unlock the following plots and tasks?”
Luxianbei narrowed his eyes slightly, testing, “You mean I’ve met the conditions now?”
“Correct!” Proxy Player Sister nodded and pointed behind Luxianbei, “When I arrived, I sensed that there is enough residual Black Sun fire seed in your spirit patterns, which means…”
“You can use that thing to disguise your spirit patterns as the Black Sun Totem!”
Upon hearing this from Proxy Player Sister, perhaps sensing that he was about to be persecuted again, Little Bro inexplicably grew restless. Luxianbei hurriedly activated the spirit seal to suppress Little Bro and looked at Proxy Player Sister warily, asking, “Is there any risk involved in this?”
“No, no!” Proxy Player Sister replied nonchalantly, “As long as you have the Black Sun fire seed as material, it’s very easy to disguise your spirit patterns as the Black Sun Totem.”
Besides, I’ve personally tattooed quite a few Black Sun Totems; I’ve done this skillfully, Proxy Player Sister added internally.
What I’m worried about isn’t that. Luxianbei frowned, “As far as I know, the Solar Eclipse Society’s totem points to the deity they worship.”
“Such things aren’t like Peppa Pig, which you can tattoo on yourself casually; won’t that cause serious problems?”
“Don’t worry! Would I harm you?” Proxy Player Sister explained, “I said it’s a disguise; it certainly won’t be exactly the same! There will always be some differences in the details.”
“And a disguise that comes from my hands is unlikely to be found out unless that deity comes in person.”
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei anxiously asked, “I still think it’s not right; what if that deity really appears in front of me?” “With my bad luck, such things can indeed happen.”
Over time, Luxianbei had become aware of her own luck; when it comes to events that could trigger life-threatening situations, the probability of triggering them just by being around her is one hundred percent.
Proxy Player Sister placed her hands in front of her and tilted her head, “An existence that doesn’t exist, how could it possibly show up?” “If that ghostly thing really existed, the Siye Society would have been rubbed into the ground by the Solar Eclipse Society already.”
Hearing Proxy Player Sister’s words, Luxianbei felt a little reassured and sighed, “Alright, we can try to disguise the spirit patterns as the Black Sun Totem.”
“However, before that, I need to know what you mean by timing. I remember you just mentioned that the quest NPC’s scene changed?”
“It can’t be that the Solar Eclipse Society has started the entry registration somewhere, right?”
As expected of you, Luxianbei,
even this kind of thought is on point! Proxy Player Sister silently praised inwardly.
The opening of entry registration points was proposed when the new fourth seat Elder took office! Open for all, as long as you want to join the Solar Eclipse Society, we’ll take you all in! After such a proposal was approved by more than half of the Elders’ Council votes, it was then broadly implemented.
Before that, while there were places similar to entry registration points, it wouldn’t be blatant enough to recruit even ordinary people.
And as it turned out, the actions launched based on her suggestion were highly fruitful.
When an organization appears to have no problems, and the things promoted sound reasonable and are accepted by the vast majority of people, then it is the orthodox sect.
Even if it has secretly done a lot of dark, twisted, and vile things, the Siye Society really couldn’t target it the same way it used to.
However…
“It’s impossible; the Solar Eclipse Society doesn’t have such things!”
At least not right now, Proxy Player Sister thought to herself and continued, “What I want to say is that there are currently two members of the Solar Eclipse Society on a mission in Huacheng, and you might be able to join the Solar Eclipse Society through them.”
“How do I join?” Luxianbei shrugged, “Should I just run over and say, take me with you?” “In such a situation, even on a school football field, wanting someone to take you would depend on their mood and whether they have openings.”
“Of course not!” Proxy Player Sister smiled slyly, “Did I not say earlier? By using the residual Black Sun fire seed in your body, we’ll disguise your spirit patterns as the Black Sun Totem.”
“When you have the Black Sun Totem on you, in a certain sense, you are already a member of the Solar Eclipse Society. The next thing you need is an opportunity to connect with members inside the Solar Eclipse Society and a suitable identity.”
“The opportunity would be those two unfortunate fellows, as for the suitable identity, I have three options regarding the identity of the deceased Solar Eclipse Society member during the pursuit by the Siye Society. Which one do you want to hear first?”
“Don’t worry about being recognized! Those people have long since died.”
The core of the urban legend that I devoured was “borrowed” from the hands of the Siye Society members, and it’s certain that they were “old corpses” that have been dead for many years… Proxy Player Sister added in her heart.
“Well,” Luxianbei thought for a moment and said seriously, “Let’s hear them all. After all, sneaking into the Solar Eclipse Society is a dangerous job; one identity might not be enough.”
“Previously, I heard Old Zhang Hainan say that there are faction differences within the Solar Eclipse Society. With only one identity, if I encounter a member from another faction while carrying out tasks, wouldn’t that be very troublesome?”
“Eh—! Speaking of which, three identities might be a little insufficient! If there’s an opportunity later, I might have to impersonate one identity for each Solar Eclipse Society member I take out.”
Since this impersonation must be carried through to the end!
When the Solar Eclipse Society suspects a member’s identity is problematic, they might capture her and torture her, or even erase her directly. But when they suspect the identities of a hundred members, they can only endure it for now, right? Luxianbei thought.
Upon hearing this, Proxy Player Sister gave Luxianbei a thumbs up, “Great! I didn’t even think of that.”
“Now, let’s first modify the spirit patterns, and during the modification process, I’ll slowly tell you the details about those three guys.”
“Now, take off your clothes, okay?”
Luxianbei froze for a moment, then glanced around, confirming that she was standing on the street not far from the Jingyi Apartment Complex, and widened her eyes at Proxy Player Sister, “Now? Here? Are you sure? Are you some kind of exhibitionist?”
“Don’t be shy! Besides me, there won’t be a third party that sees!” Proxy Player Sister said with a smile, reaching out to tap Luxianbei’s forehead. With the push from her fingertip, Luxianbei suddenly felt dazed.
Her spirit seemed to detach from her body under Proxy Player Sister’s push.
For a moment, she felt as if her body had turned into a feather, floating backward, and then, unexpectedly, her weight returned, and she began to fall.
Thus, amidst a burst of light and shadow, her vision became clear again, and she found herself in a familiar scene. She appeared on that dilapidated rooftop, completely n*ked.
A damp, cold wind blew across her smooth white skin, leaving a chill. Then…
A slightly cool small hand gently grazed her smooth back, bringing a ticklish sensation, finally stopping at the spot where the Ifrit spirit pattern was drawn.
Little Bro fell into a panic again.
At the same time, Proxy Player Sister leaned into her ear, gently blew into her ear canal, and softly said, “So smooth and tender, truly makes one reluctant to let go!”
“Shall we start now?” Luxianbei, “???”
What on earth? What’s happening? What are we starting? You need to clarify!
At this moment, Luxianbei admitted that her panic was above Little Bro’s. “Don’t do this, I…,” Luxianbei said weakly.
“Don’t be afraid! It might be a little painful at first, but it will be fine soon.” Proxy Player Sister whispered, “Now, I’m coming in!” As she spoke, her fingertip exerted force and entered Luxianbei’s body.
Crack!
With a clear sound, like a spine breaking, Luxianbei’s body spasmed violently, and a horrifying wail broke out in her ears.
Immediately after, she felt a surge of spirit energy rushing into her body, forcibly severing her connection with Little Bro.
As the terrifying spirit energy fluctuations surged into her body, spreading along the spine’s complex nerves throughout her whole body, she emitted a mournful cry, on the verge of bursting.
Is that what the ‘finger of d*ath’ feels like?
I trusted Proxy Player Sister too much, letting her easily enter my body like this. She’s not helping me modify my spirit patterns! She clearly wants to k*ll me! Luxianbei thought angrily.
Then, as she pondered this, three segments of memory surged into her mind in a manner similar to devouring the core of an urban legend. Feeling the memories flood into her brain, like it was going to explode, Luxianbei glanced back and vaguely saw Proxy Player Sister smiling and raising an eyebrow at her, gradually understanding everything.
However…
Are you inserting a brain-machine interface here?———
5:47 AM, deep within Mudan Street, at the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Management Bureau, in the monitoring center of the Special Action Team.
A busy member of the Special Action Team who had been working throughout the night had just returned to the monitoring center after completing a task and slumped down in a chair, unable to help but complain.
“d*mn it, I really don’t know what kind of karma this Li Xuan operative has accumulated. Every night shift, the number of urban legend incidents is more than a hundred demons walking at night, causing us to suffer too.”
As he spoke, he turned to another member of the Special Action Team, “Old Zhang, how about next time we trade shifts with the other teams? If it keeps going like this, someone is going to end up dead.”
At that moment, the member called Old Zhang sighed heavily, “Sigh! That bunch of bastards won’t switch with us.”
All members of the Special Action Team knew that Tuesday nights are exhausting; they are so busy that they have to send people out from the monitoring center, how could they possibly trade shifts with them?
“But…” the complaining member opened his mouth as if wanting to say something more, just then, Qi Dong appeared behind the two with a gloomy expression.
“Alright! You two keep your mouths shut; I will help you adjust your shifts next week. Now…”
His words were interrupted as Qi Dong paused and pointed at a monitoring screen, “You guys check the monitoring; this girl, when did she come?”
“This girl has tangled with Officer Lu earlier and is now showing up here. It feels a bit suspicious.”
The two looked at the monitoring screen Qi Dong indicated and saw the girl squatting in front of the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Management Bureau, appearing like the third stone lion.
She seemed to have been there for quite a while and had already fallen into a deep sleep.
