Chapter 101: Is This What You Should Be Saying?
What is the sudden purpose of the Solar Eclipse Society President’s appearance?
Why was he just a member of the Special Action Team not long ago, and now he appears as a scruffy homeless man?
Shouldn’t he have already been taken out by the core of the parasitic urban legend brought by Miss Rabbit? How does he have the leisure to come find me?
As she looked at the Solar Eclipse Society President who suddenly appeared before her, various questions flooded Lu Yibei’s mind.
However, at this very moment, there was no time to clarify her thoughts. The burning pain brought about by the pirated Black Sun Totem on her back, or rather, the red spot intentionally left by the Proxy Player Sister, had become overwhelmingly intense.
Amidst that burning sensation, her vision distorted as if light and darkness were violently colliding, causing shocking explosions. A chaotic and illusory cacophony echoed in her ears, making it impossible for Lu Yibei to focus at all.
Thus, five seconds after her second encounter with this suspicious individual who seemed to be the Solar Eclipse Society President, her mind was left with only the words the Proxy Player Sister had said to her: “Hurry and run!”
If she didn’t run, would she have to confront someone of the same level as that old man Zhang Hainan?
Moreover, this guy might have already become the host of the parasitic urban legend, which made it even more dangerous.
Thinking this, as she turned to flee, Lu Yibei called upon her Ling Tai Purification to envelop her, while also loudly invoking Zhang Hainan’s name in her heart.
Just like how only magic could defeat magic, to deal with a cataclysm grade threat, of course, it required someone of cataclysm grade to take action!
Although the Stinky Sister was also of cataclysm grade, whether it was the Solar Eclipse Society President or the core of the parasitic urban legend, they were so terrifying that throwing her into the mix was risking injury.
Earlier, Old Man Zhang Hainan had mentioned that he would contact other guardians and come to Huacheng for support.
Now that the Solar Eclipse Society President had come knocking, the Siye Society’s guardians hadn’t even made an appearance; it was time to hurry them along.
Zhang Hainan… Zhang Zhunjiu…
After a pause, worrying that simply calling out his name wouldn’t reach Zhang Hainan quickly, Lu Yibei discreetly tacked on a series of suggestive prefixes.
Siye Society Guardian [Black Emperor], Dachunyang Palace Headmaster, Holder of the Spirit Patterns of Wuran, the boy once tormented by Qing Ji, the old man who gorged on raw pumpkin seeds, the old thief Zhang Hainan!
Seeing that Lu Yibei was nervously looking at him and had not spoken, the man’s mood gradually became troubled.
He wasn’t very good at communicating with people.
Sometimes, in order to avoid communicating with colleagues, he would intentionally not share an elevator with them when leaving work.
If talking to someone meant asking them to do something, he was even more clueless on how to start.
How difficult!
Where should he even begin?
Perhaps he should start with some trivial pleasantries and gradually guide the topic toward the main issue?
With that thought, the man spoke up, “Speaking of which, your face should be disguising the missing member of the Solar Eclipse Society, Lan Yi, right?”
“I have to say, the disguise is quite good; I almost didn’t see through it. If not—”
His sentence abruptly stopped.
Without warning, Lu Yibei suddenly donned heavy armor and turned to flee, her silhouette becoming just a blurred outline in moments.
“Muttering with lips barely parted, he looked after Lu Yibei’s departing figure for a few seconds and sighed deeply, ‘Sigh, where did I go wrong just now that scared her?’”
Thinking about it carefully, the man felt he had probably frightened Lu Yibei, much like he had frightened those high school girls back in the day.
At this moment, in the Dachunyang Palace, within the Moon Guo Cave.
On a cushion by the window, Zhang Hainan sat cross-legged, eyes closed, basking in the moonlight and calming his mind.
In the blink of an eye, he felt his authority being activated, followed by a perplexing whisper echoing nearby.
The incessant whispering sounded as if someone had purchased a “k*ll you with the phone” service aimed at him, making his head buzz.
Regaining his composure, he prompted the Spirit Patterns authority, carefully listening to the content of the whispers, and his expression darkened instantly, mouth twitching in severe dismay.
“What the hell, what kind of chaotic names are these?”
After cursing, he took a deep breath and, with his face slightly regaining calm, pulled out the jade Gray Owl Badge from his pocket, infusing it with spirit energy.
Though those bizarre names Lu Yibei had called him made him quite displeased, he could imagine that she was urgently calling his name in such a manner because she was in great trouble, possibly encountering that man who was suspected to be from the Solar Eclipse Society.
From a certain perspective, the names she mentioned were all factual.
“General friend, regarding the matter I asked you to go to Huacheng for assistance…”
“Senior, don’t panic. I am already at the Liao Zhai Tavern. After I finish this drink, I’ll head out.”
“Very good, much trouble for you, my friend.”
As he spoke, Zhang Hainan set down the Gray Owl Badge in his hand, stood up, and took a wooden box from a nearby display rack, opening it to retrieve the Zhipianxian.
In her frantic dash, Lu Yibei moved swiftly, but her heart raced even faster.
That man was catching up!
Although his figure was not visible in her line of sight, nor was there a trace of his spirit energy within her perceptive range, the burning sensation on her back from the pirated Black Sun Totem kept reminding her that the man was lurking nearby, as if he were a vengeful spirit wrapping around her body, or like the air filling the world.
Under the ongoing burning sensations, the city streets in her line of vision became increasingly bizarre and distorted.
The asphalt road twisted like a giant python lying still on the ground.
The streetlights flickered, changing colors from crimson to deep blue to eerie green.
The temperature no longer followed the seasons; though it was midsummer, a bone-chilling wind swept through the empty streets.
Ethereal, distorted figures rolled and spiraled in the eerie midnight.
The entire city seemed enveloped by a shapeless, enormous shadow, with no safe place to be found, making people uncontrollably want to plummet into the darkest depths and hide away.
Suddenly.
“Creak—!”
Just as Lu Yibei was dashing through the streets, anxiously glancing around, a taxi suddenly sped towards her, sharply turning and blocking her path.
The car window rolled down slowly, revealing a pale, weary face of the driver.
“How about a lift? We can talk in the car…”
Before the man could finish his words, Lu Yibei turned around and ran again.
The identity of the “Solar Eclipse Society President” had once again transformed into that of a taxi driver, sending a chill down Lu Yibei’s spine as she dared not linger.
With a few quick movements, she leaped onto a low commercial building by the roadside, then jumped down onto the adjacent street and continued her frantic escape—
Minutes later.
A drunken young man collapsed on the street corner suddenly stood up straight as if resurrected, following closely behind Lu Yibei.
“Hey, can you hold on for a second, let me—”
In the next moment, Lu Yibei answered with her actions.
No way!
What’s the point of talking to the Solar Eclipse Society President?
Are we discussing what posture to take to greet that ethereal deity’s descent?
Two minutes later.
A chubby delivery guy riding an electric scooter unexpectedly caught up to Lu Yibei at an astonishing speed.
“I know, you might have some misunderstanding about me—”
“Hey—!”
Watching Lu Yibei’s figure speed away again, the “delivery guy” let out a helpless sigh.
And so, the chase continued.
The male escort just off his shift from the bar, social youth searching for prey on the street with a cigarette in mouth, stray dogs afflicted with severe Nightfall Syndrome under the encroaching darkness, lifelike human-shaped statues that had once spread urban legends…
Men appeared in various forms, seemingly everywhere.
Ultimately.
When the young girl in a pink tracksuit, running at superhuman speed, caught up to Lu Yibei from behind, she surrendered her struggle.
She realized it was useless to run away.
To escape the grasp of this terrifying man, she would have to get to a place where no people or urban legends existed.
Her current predicament inexplicably gave her the feeling of “the entire group is just my alt accounts, don’t believe me? I’ll change accounts and show you!”
While this situation, when it occurs online, usually ends with laughter, in reality, it would not only fail to elicit laughter but would also feel bone-chillingly eerie.
Imagine if your neighbors, friends, parents, wives, and children were all merely “alt accounts” of the same person; wouldn’t that be terrifying?
More importantly, she received a response through the Zhipianxian that Zhang Hainan had left in the Dachunyang Palace.
The Siye Society guardians coming to support her were almost there!
“No, aren’t you running anymore?”
Finally catching up with Lu Yibei, the “night running girl” asked breathlessly.
Lu Yibei stole a glance at the girl next to her, both panting as she replied, “Let me rest for a bit.”
“Okay.” The girl nodded, saying, “While you rest, shall we chat?”
After a pause, as if worried Lu Yibei might bolt again, she quickly added, “Don’t worry, I swear by my authority; I absolutely mean no harm, I just want to ask you for a favor.”
Lu Yibei glanced around, her eyes taking in the bizarre, distorted scenery around them as if the street they were walking on had fallen into a twisted timeline.
In the silence, she suddenly raised an eyebrow and flatly said, “So, brother, to be honest, you are from the Solar Eclipse Society, right?
And you’re one of the higher-ups in the Solar Eclipse Society?”
Though the Proxy Player Sister had already mentioned that the person beside her might be the Solar Eclipse Society President, she hadn’t exposed it in person.
If the other party didn’t want to reveal their identity, exposing it might invite hostility.
The girl pondered for a moment, calmly replying, “Yeah, let’s say I’m their president?”
Lu Yibei, “!!!
Wow, did she just say it so straightforwardly?
Is her head not right because of the parasitic urban legend?
Could it be that after I hear what he has to say, he’s going to start breeding parasitic urban legends within me? Lu Yibei thought anxiously.
This was like being forced to stay with a terrifying-looking guy, her heart unsettled, and tentatively asking about their past, only to receive, “Yes, I’m that infamous serial killer,” as a reply.
What an outrageous answer, leaving her unsure of how to continue the conversation.
Just as Lu Yibei was contemplating how to explain that she didn’t recognize this Elder Ying Huo or know how to control the parasitic urban legend, a thunderous drumbeat sounded from ahead, interrupting her thoughts.
“Boom, boom, boom—!”
The drumroll echoed, accompanied by the melody of “Into the Battlefield,” as a figure holding a broad-bladed halberd slowly approached from the front.
