Chapter Forty-Nine: Ying Huo
I don’t know if it’s because Jiujie has a huge flow of people, with a large proportion of young men, causing them to get hot-blooded and do some outrageous things easily, which is why the relevant departments have sufficient manpower and particularly high efficiency.
In short, it had been less than five minutes since Luxianbei made the report call, and the police officers had already appeared in the esports arena.
However, the unfortunate green-haired young man who had invited her and Jumeng to have milkshakes hadn’t even had the chance to speak to them before his smile froze on his face.
After being thoroughly questioned by the police officers and confirming his identity, he was no longer in good spirits.
Such questioning reminded him of a very unpleasant experience.
It was shortly after he had just come into existence, attempting to invade someone else’s computer, disguising himself as an electronic pet, spreading urban legends, and collecting spirit energy, when he was deemed a type of scam and was pursued by internet police.
The only fortunate thing was that, at that time, there was no national anti-fraud center app.
In short, he shouldn’t have believed the nonsense of the old perv online, claiming that young men of the sunlight faction were popular and had a natural favor when interacting with women.
It was all nonsense!
Reverse all those images of him into greasy uncles, modify treasured videos to switch to bizarre movies after five seconds of playback.
No, that guy had quite a broad xp; the bizarre might excite him more. Perhaps switching to recorded advanced math online classes would be more reliable?
“See? This is what pretending to be young leads to. Clearly over twenty years old, yet he still wants to act like a little guy. Who else should we investigate if not him?” Watching the awkward expression of Void being questioned by the police officers from a distance, Luxianbei pointed and laughed.
Hearing this, Jumeng glanced sideways at her and said with a hint of gloom, “You scoundrel! What are you implying?”
Uh… Realizing her expression had darkened, Luxianbei paused for a moment, then quickly came to her senses, aware that there was someone next to her who had existed for five thousand years but still called herself an eighteen-year-old girl. She quickly corrected herself, “I wasn’t implying anything!”
“Don’t overthink, you’re different from that guy!”
“Such things are like some people who can’t accept the idea of having a sister fifty years older unless they don’t want to make an effort. But when facing a sister five hundred years older, they’d shamelessly call her wife.”
Jumeng’s cheeks reddened slightly, and she smirked, “What about you?”
“Me?” Luxianbei thought for a moment and replied seriously, “As a person as mundane as me, of course, I will always like eighteen-year-olds! Is that even a question?”
Was it an illusion? Did she emphasize “eighteen” a little too much? Jumeng tilted her head, staring at Luxianbei’s profile.
Luxianbei,
Eighteen years old, but Bai Xiaohua.
Moments later, in the private room.
“Whew—!” The young man slumped in the esports chair, resting one hand on his forehead, letting out a long breath, “This joke isn’t funny at all, please don’t make it again!”
“With your kind of urban legend, if you get followers in the future, it will be a big problem!”
As he spoke, he secretly observed Jumeng, sighing silently.
Though Jumeng seemed harmless, just standing there brought immense pressure to the young man.
If he weren’t worried about Jumeng’s bias, he would have definitely had some fun today, returning the malicious joke made by Calamity.
Is this the benefit of having a Cataclysm-grade lover?
It seems I need to speed up my progress! Void thought quietly.
As Void pondered, Luxianbei slightly furrowed her brow and quietly asked Jumeng, “What kind of problem will arise?”
“Very simple, they’ll go insane.” Jumeng shot Luxianbei a glare, “The powers and actions of urban legends will, to a certain extent, influence the mindset of followers, similar to how the King of Urban Legends affects the climate of his governed area.”
The impact of urban legend powers on the followers’ body and mind has always existed. For example, the citizens in Peach Source yearn for love and revere nature, but recently they’ve picked up some nasty habits from the Qi Jin, while the followers of the X God’s offspring might inexplicably suffer from malignant tumors—these are all excellent examples.
“Yeah, pretty much like that.” Void nodded in agreement.
If it’s “Calamity,” wouldn’t every one of them turn into a tormentor?
They might even be eroded by bl**d and flames.
Goodness, the King of Fiery Insanity, huh?
On this thought, Void secretly glanced at Luxianbei again.
“Oh, if that’s the case…” Luxianbei shrugged, “Actually, there’s nothing to worry about; I don’t plan on developing followers at all.”
Not planning to collect faith to increase spirit energy fluctuation levels? The young man cast a slightly meaningful glance at Luxianbei.
He was relatively clear about the three ways to improve spirit energy fluctuation levels.
What he didn’t expect was that, with Calamity’s style of action, she surprisingly didn’t choose one of the three most basic and relatively easier ways to improve spirit energy fluctuation levels, which also has less harm to oneself.
Indeed, the “investing in upgrades” method has no side effects aside from being difficult to succeed.
In the silence, Void felt like he learned something.
Though he didn’t offer guidance by “proxy playing” for his advancement, in a certain sense, wasn’t Calamity also Void’s “proxy player sister”?
After a moment of silence, Void reined in his emotions and looked at Luxianbei, saying, “Calamity, actually helping you forge an identity that can smoothly infiltrate the Solar Eclipse Society isn’t difficult; the difficult part is the Black Sun Totem.”
Upon hearing this, Luxianbei slightly furrowed her brows, confused, “Speaking of this, I forgot to ask you earlier. You didn’t draw the Black Sun Totem on yourself, did you?”
“That thing is really not something to be messed with!”
“Humph!” Void proudly chuckled, just as he was about to boast smugly to Luxianbei about how he tricked the members of the Solar Eclipse Society, and even the Elders’ Council, he suddenly remembered that Jumeng was still beside him and immediately became serious.
So this is the downside of meeting online friends, needing to bring a “guardian” along.
I can’t let loose at all, d*mn it!
Void tried to present himself in front of Jumeng as a “good kid” who wouldn’t lead her family’s Calamity astray.
“I certainly know that the Black Sun Totem cannot be drawn.” Void said, “That thing is related to a terrifying existence. Once drawn on the body, it would be hard to shake off its influence, so…”
“Uh…” Halfway through his words, Void paused and turned to Jumeng, asking for her opinion, “Jumeng, do you mind if I take off my top?”
Strangely, why am I asking her? Jumeng grumbled inwardly, shrugging nonchalantly, “Do as you wish, I don’t mind.”
Though she didn’t know what Void planned to do, she had observed the memories of so many couples and seen many scenes more stimulating than those small films. What kind of big scenes hadn’t she seen?
A mere delicate-skinned young man taking off his top wouldn’t stir a single ripple in her heart.
After Void took off his top and turned around, he displayed the Black Sun Totem on his back to Luxianbei, explaining, “Looks quite real, right? However, I actually forged it.”
“Hehe, quite surprising, huh? But for internet urban legends, it’s just a matter of CTRL+C, then CTRL+V.”
Although he was worried Jumeng might mind, he had restrained himself significantly. However, when he said this, his tone still vaguely revealed a hint of pride and boastfulness.
Such a thing sounds simple, but could Calamity do it?
To be a bit conceited, in today’s world, the only one who could forge a counterfeit Black Sun Totem that even the Elders’ Council of the Solar Eclipse Society couldn’t detect, is probably me, Void thought.
Luxianbei glanced at the Black Sun Totem on Void’s back before nodding expressionlessly, “Oh, not bad, the fidelity is quite high.”
Void, “Something feels off! What’s her reaction?”
At that moment, he inexplicably felt as if he were showing off a newly bought limited edition game skin to a girl, only to receive her evaluation of “It’s okay, but it doesn’t seem as good as x*x*x.”
“No, you might not be clear about how difficult it is to forge a high-fidelity Black Sun Totem, let me tell you…”
“I know.” Luxianbei answered lightly.
You might see me having successfully blended in now, but when I first drew this devilish thing on my body, I almost suffered from Void’s voice abruptly stopping as he tilted his head looking at Luxianbei, “Hold on, what did you just say?”
“I said I know; I’ve already prepared a counterfeit Black Sun Totem.” Luxianbei said as she began to take off her top to show Void her counterfeit Black Sun Totem.
In her mind, Void, no matter how he changed, was still that little white worm that felt metallic in texture, belonging to the same category as the fleshy ball form of Wang Ying, completely not seen as male, let alone feeling shy.
However, just as she made the motion to take off her top, she was forcefully interrupted by Jumeng with a +1 attitude and slightly rough action, pulling back her clothes.
No!
Luxianbei was taken aback by Jumeng’s interruption and quickly came to her senses, sending a message to her coat through the bond mark.
Immediately afterward, following the loving affectionate movement of the coat, the Black Sun Totem on her back was revealed as she turned around, facing away from Void, saying, “See? I didn’t lie to you, did I?”
Void steadied himself and seriously examined the Black Sun Totem on Luxianbei’s back, taking a deep breath.
Having successfully forged a Black Sun Totem once, he could tell that the fidelity of the Black Sun Totem on Luxianbei’s back was slightly higher than his.
If it weren’t for not sensing the slightest trace of the Black Sun’s fire on that totem, he might even suspect that the one on Luxianbei was genuinely drawn by a big shot within the Solar Eclipse Society!
This was quite troubling—not only did he fail to show off his limited skin in front of the girl, but the girl turned around and exposed an entire skin account.
More importantly,
“Does that red mole represent Ying Huo?” Void asked.
“You know this code name too?” Luxianbei replied suspiciously.
She had heard that code name before, and the last time was from that man.
However, that man could call it by name without worry because he wasn’t afraid of causing trouble with the Elders’ Council. Now why is Void daring to call it directly?
“Of course I know!” Void said, “I’m quite a popular figure in front of the Elders’ Council now, you know?”
“However, so far, I’ve had some contact with the other eight elders, to varying degrees; only this Elder Ying Huo, I’ve never interacted with. From the information I’ve obtained, this elder last appeared over a decade ago.”
“She’s very likely already dead!”
Luxianbei,
No wonder he keeps calling out Ying Huo, it turns out she’s already dead?
The proxy player sister is doing a great job! Always able to find some dead witnesses to get things done.
She can’t possibly possess any powers of a necromancer, right?
