Chapter 225: Not Wanting to Stay for a Moment!
“Hey, the food in the Longxiang Army camp is not bad! Roasted leg of lamb, horse milk wine, and fruits…” Luxianbei said while cutting a large piece of lamb with a small kn*fe and stuffing it into her mouth. She then frowned and said, “They only put salt as seasoning, the gamey taste is too strong, a failure!”
“Roasted over an open flame, the outside is charred, and the inside is still a bit raw, a failure!”
“d*mn it, the best part, the fat, didn’t even release any flavor, all wasted, a failure among failures!”
Watching Luxianbei critique the “Longxiang Army’s work meal” so theatrically, Shen Baiwei rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, “Do you really think you’re some kind of chef?”
“Hey—!” Luxianbei lightly exclaimed, pointing the kn*fe with the lamb to Shen Baiwei and said, “You’re absolutely right, I’m just an ordinary chef, a celebrated back kitchen member of the Liao Zhai Tavern, the annual best graduate, and the sole legitimate heir of Luxi Chuancaiguan.”
Shen Baiwei, “…” d*mn! She got so flustered that she completely forgot about that.
Now she was boiling with anger. She initially wanted to vent her frustration on the instigator, Calamity, but unexpectedly her anger was redirected back at her.
“Being ‘under house arrest’ in the Longxiang Army camp, don’t you feel anxious or worried at all? Based on the tragic state of Yumen Pass a thousand years later, the Longxiang Army is almost certain to be defeated, and when the Shaman Queen’s Army enters, we’ll all be finished together!”
“I know you’re anxious, but don’t be too hasty…” Luxianbei said, pursing her lips. “But we can’t just run away, can we? That guy outside won’t allow it.”
Besides, I’m even more anxious than you!
Although you probably don’t remember, I clearly recall the message brought by the Void, the instructions from the Wordless Book.
Forty-eight hours… I wonder if we’ll make it? Luxianbei thought.
“I…” Shen Baiwei hesitated.
Seeing this, Luxianbei raised the lamb in her hand, expressionless, and said, “Alright, don’t think too much. Want to eat some? This is lamb I got for free from the Nanling County King!”
“No!” Shen Baiwei growled angrily and then got up and left the tent.
Although she left the tent, she couldn’t escape the Longxiang Army camp, but she really didn’t want to be around Calamity anymore.
Not wanting to stay for a moment!
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Shengjing, at the Siye Society Headquarters, in the office next to Observation Room No. 2.
The Wordless Book sat behind the floor-to-ceiling single-pane glass wall, emotionless, staring at the various data changes on the large screen in the observation room. One hand held a thick stack of documents, while the other rested on her thigh, her fingers tapping anxiously on her knee.
Major spiritual forces heavily entangled with the Miracle Cult had violated their agreement with the Siye Society and infiltrated Z Country just three hours and fourteen minutes ago. Within just three minutes after they reached the vicinity of Yumen Pass, the related reports were sent to the Wordless Book’s desk.
The White God Group [Winter], Shinto Shrine Shoin Fujihara Megumi, APTYA [Tongzi Tian]…
Familiar names appeared before her eyes, making the Wordless Book’s head spin.
One Disaster-Class Spiritual Ability User, two top-tier A-Class Spiritual Ability Users, along with a bunch of assassins who had erased their names and pasts when they joined the Assassins, gathered together, which absolutely counted as a terrifying battle force.
Even if it was known that these major spiritual forces had grudges with the Miracle Cult, it was hard not to suspect that their real aim was to destroy Yumen Pass.
Those shameless bastards! The Wordless Book thought furiously, and just then, behind her, Zhang Hainan’s voice suddenly spoke up.
“Those sons of bitches, it looks like they finally couldn’t hold back! We even gave them so much assistance before, and now they’re repaying kindness with enmity, don’t they fear heavenly retribution?”
The Wordless Book turned to Zhang Hainan, her brow slightly furrowed.
While she wouldn’t curse like Zhang Hainan, she shared the same sentiment at this moment—feeling that the major spiritual forces were being ungrateful.
Zhang Hainan’s mention of “heavenly retribution” was not merely a curse but was indeed planning to return to the Dachunyang Palace and activate the Zixiao Terrace.
Whether he would do it alone or together with the elders of the Dachunyang Palace depended on whether he truly had the intent to k*ll.
“Don’t be impulsive, there might still be a way out,” the Wordless Book comforted.
“What way out?!” Zhang Hainan said angrily, “If they really make a move, don’t you know better than I do whether there’s a way out?”
The Wordless Book, “…”
In fact, as the data manager at the Siye Society Headquarters, upon seeing that list, she truly understood better than Zhang Hainan what those major spiritual forces intended to do.
Simply put, they wanted to drag the Siye Society down with them.
Six years ago, as the night began to grow long, urban legends proliferated worldwide. Initially, spiritual forces around the world, just like the Siye Society, tried their best to stop the spread of these legends and prevent the impact of urgent incidents from expanding.
But now, six years later, while the Siye Society remained largely unchanged, many spiritual forces were clearly on the verge of collapsing, showing visible signs of decline.
From the data collected by the Siye Society over the past year, the number of urban legend sighting videos and articles circulating online had increased by 183.2% compared to last year, with a terrifying growth rate.
Moreover, the number of distress calls received by the Siye Society had nearly doubled compared to last year.
The reason the Siye Society was still able to prevent urban legend tales and incidents from spreading on a large scale within Z Country was partly due to the existence of unique strongholds like Shanhaiguan and Yumen Pass.
This time, taking advantage of the turmoil at Yumen Pass, the major spiritual forces that infiltrated Z Country were nearing their breaking point; within their territories, areas abandoned like the Pestilence Taijie’s sealed zones had noticeably increased in the past year or two.
Of course, these major spiritual forces were in relatively better circumstances.
In certain extremely dire areas, there were even burgeoning sentiments of preparing to coexist with urban legends. Some indications showed that behind this, a more terrifying force originating from the Solar Eclipse Society was secretly pushing things along…
In such times, if they could render Yumen Pass ineffective, allowing a large number of urban legends to flood into Z Country, although it would be 100% detrimental to the Siye Society, it might free the surrounding major spiritual forces from the pressure of the growing urban legend incidents.
It was akin to dumping a barrel of contaminated water filled with numerous bacteria and fungi, instead of disinfecting or filtering it, they were thinking of pouring the dirty water into a larger tank filled with more water, temporarily making the water appear clearer.
Everyone is about to collapse; why should the Siye Society remain unscathed? If there’s trouble, everyone has to bear it together!
Before this, the Wordless Book thought that despite such thoughts, the major spiritual forces wouldn’t really go through with it, but unexpectedly…
If the crisis at Yumen Pass isn’t resolved, they might really destroy Yumen Pass.
“Vroom—vroom—!”
Just as the Wordless Book was deep in thought, the phone on the desk suddenly vibrated. Before she could get up to grab it, Zhang Hainan, who was standing by the desk, casually picked up the phone.
The phone displayed a message, the sender labeled as [Void].
Zhang Hainan glanced at the sender’s note and then meaningfully looked at the Wordless Book before silently handing the phone back to her.
Receiving the phone from Zhang Hainan, the Wordless Book only glanced at it and had her heart skip a beat. Stealing a glance at Zhang Hainan’s expression, she silently turned away and unlocked the phone.
As the phone unlock prompt sounded, the information sent by Void, risking being tracked by the Siye Society, appeared before her eyes.
[Void: “Sorry, the second round of messages couldn’t get through. There seem to be several powerful spiritual ability users around Yumen Pass, and it looks like something unexpected has happened inside Yumen Pass; the south city wall has cracked.”]
After reading it, the Wordless Book’s expression instantly turned serious.
She wasn’t particularly concerned about the major spiritual forces reaching the area around Yumen Pass. What worried her more was the phrase “the south city wall has cracked.”
This meant that the God Realm’s Yumen was damaged, and the things trapped inside were about to come out!
That wasn’t just an issue with the two legendary Disaster-Class entities, but also the urban legends that hadn’t been digested within the God Realm Yumen, and the intense Night erosion…
Zhang Hainan leaned over to ask the Wordless Book, “What does the message say? Let me see?”
The Wordless Book’s body trembled slightly. With a quick glance at Zhang Hainan behind her, she swiftly pressed the phone screen onto her lap.
She looked just like a schoolgirl sneaking to text her boyfriend, caught by her parents.
“Don’t be so stingy!” Zhang Hainan continued to pester, “It’s just a message from Void. I won’t tell anyone! Don’t forget, it was me who asked you to find Him.”
Hearing this, the Wordless Book still handed the phone to Zhang Hainan but expressionlessly said, “Nothing much, just that the south city wall of Yumen Pass has developed a crack.”
“The south city wall? That’s the wall that those Lantern Bearer seniors once repaired?” Zhang Hainan frowned.
“Exactly!” The Wordless Book nodded slightly. “So, I plan to go to Yumen Pass again. Maybe being closer will allow me to contact [General] and [Huaiyuan Jun] who are inside the God Realm Yumen.”
As her words fell, the spirit energy within her suddenly surged.
Like a tidal wave, the spirit energy surged from her body, gathering in the palm of her left hand, and in a breath, transformed into an ancient-looking book with a black and gold cover, slightly thicker than a dictionary.
The book had no title, and when opened, it was entirely blank.
Following that, with a thought from the Wordless Book, a spirit energy-consolidated brush silently appeared in her hand.
Then.
She lifted her pen and wrote in the book on the blank first page: “At 1:03 AM in East Zone 8, a woman dressed in black, named Wordless Book, arrived at a low hill next to Sanlongsha in Dunhuang City, Z Country.”
As she wrote a line of elegant small seal script, the ink gradually faded and disappeared completely in a breath. The Wordless Book, holding the book and pen, as well as the phone, vanished into thin air.
Although she had initially planned to go back to Yumen Pass, Zhang Hainan’s appearance undoubtedly expedited her departure.
She didn’t want to stay with Zhang Hainan for a moment longer.
That old rascal was truly too nosy!
Zhang Hainan, “…”
