"system, my head hurts a little..." Gu Qianqian whispered in the darkness.
Hearing this, the system briefly checked Gu Qianqian's head and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Wow, impressive! Gu Qianqian, didn't I tell you to protect your head just now? Why is your head so hard?"
Her head hadn't suffered any external injuries during the cave-in just now, but it was covered in bumps from the splashing gravel, giving it a very Buddhist cultural look.
Gu Qianqian felt a little wronged and mumbled, "Hmm... I got like this because I was protecting the little baby!"
The system's attention had previously been focused on the strangely behaving Lu Yibei, and it wasn't until now that it noticed how, in the midst of that chaos just now,
Gu Qianqian had managed to protect the baby who was ant to be a sacrifice so well that she hadn't even been startled into crying. The baby was just holding onto Gu Qianqian's clothes tightly with her small, pink, powerless hands.
As if she had grabbed onto her only lifeline.
For many young people, taking care of a baby is a very troubleso thing, but for Gu Qianqian, it was exceptionally easy.
Although the system never said it out loud, deep down it felt that Gu Qianqian, aside from not being very clever, was really amazing and could take on any job.
That's right, part-ti babysitting was also an important part of her daily side jobs.
If she hadn't t the system, she might have beco a diligent, kind, and capable independent woman and a virtuous wife.
"Alright! Gu Qianqian, take good care of the child, don't let her make any noise. I'll go check out the situation with the Disaster."
...
In the dark cave, the system quietly observed Lu Yibei for a while. After confirming that she was currently in, and would remain in, that strange state, it made a decision.
"Gu Qianqian..."
"Hmm, you're so thin! How pitiful, you probably haven't had a full al in a long ti, right?"
"Gu Qianqian."
"Hehe, good girl, such a good girl. When I get out, I'll buy you milk powder... No, maybe raise a cow, never mind, I can't afford a cow, I'll just raise a sheep."
"Gu Qianqian!"
Gu Qianqian's expression darkened, "Why are you shouting so loud? You'll scare the child!"
"Sorry... my foot! She can't hear my voice anyway!" the system retorted.
"Hurry up, let's continue the main quest. The Disaster is in an abnormal state right now, which is a good ti to strike. Walk over there, aim for her head, raise the stick and bring it down, and the whole world will be safe!"
"But system." Gu Qianqian frowned and mumbled, "Are you sure it's that simple to deal with her? Just now, she..."
At Gu Qianqian's words, the system recalled Lu Yibei's triple chant casting a forbidden level Spell just now, and a chill ran down its spine.
Gu Qianqian was right, but should such a good opportunity be just let go?
As the system was thinking, it suddenly heard Gu Qianqian call out.
"system, system, I have a plan!"
"Stop interrupting, I'm thinking! What kind of good idea could you possibly co up with?"
"system, system, just listen to !" Gu Qianqian said persistently.
"Alright, say it. I'd like to see what kind of brilliant idea you can co up with today!" the system roared impatiently.
"Why don't we take her with us? If we encounter any danger, we can just throw her over. If we can't deal with her, what if that monster from earlier can?"
system, "..."
Gu Qianqian, you've changed, you're not pure anymore, you've beco a stranger to .
But...
I don't dislike this developnt!
Thus, the chanical task prompt sounded in Gu Qianqian's mind.
【Congratulations to the host for triggering the hidden quest, Tool Person "Disaster".
Please obtain the item "Abnormal Disaster" through picking it up.
Reward: 500 points, one "???" Alchemy potion.】
"system, I thought of this plan, you can't..."
"Please complete the task as soon as possible, exceeding the ti limit will result in punishnt."
I'm giving you a task and a reward, and you're still unhappy? the system thought. Besides, the host and the system are one anyway! Who thought of it, why bother being so precise about it?
Hurry up! If she recovers later, it will be troubleso. Even the Disaster, after casting the Spell numbered ninety-five with a triple chant, will feel hungry!
Seeing that the system didn't give her the response she wanted, Gu Qianqian stomped her foot and said angrily, "Hmph! I thought of it, you plagiarizing Strange! So annoying!"
After speaking, she looked at Lu Yibei, who was lying on the ground and still kicking her legs. Her gaze lingered on the expressionless face with empty, lifeless eyes. She bit her lip, walked forward, untied her scarf, looped it under Lu Yibei's armpits, and tied it into the shape of a carrier strap, putting her on her back.
Perhaps because she didn't sense any hostility from Gu Qianqian, Lu Yibei, in her proxy state, didn't resist. However, her legs still moved strangely and sowhat stiffly, stepping in mid-air.
After observing for a while and seeing that nothing ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) special happened, the system breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "Let's go, Gu Qianqian. There's a faint Spiritual Energy fluctuation deep in the cave to the front left. Let's go check it out."
"Okay..." Gu Qianqian replied and walked forward.
In the darkness, her back looked like a humanoid monster with many strange limbs...
...
Following the system's guidance, Gu Qianqian ventured deep into the unusually large cave. The faint light from her 본명 Spirit Mark Coat spread out but couldn't reach the end of the cave walls.
It felt as if she had entered the palace of so ancient deity. Accompanied by an inexplicable heartbeat, the darkness slowly lifted the ancient and mysterious veil before her eyes.
The world outside the sinkhole, although barren, had dense vegetation and was inhabited by many strange-looking villagers. But in this sunless place deep underground, the stone walls had large and small, dark stone caves, yet there seed to be no sign of life.
As the terrain wound downward, the surroundings beca increasingly quiet. Being in it felt like having left the world of normal cognition and was heading towards a realm of madness and the unknown.
And in the air, which had always been damp and cold, there now seed to be a faint sll of blood.
The caves on the surrounding stone walls were getting larger and larger. In the dark corners, the black, sticky substance that had appeared on the mud-like monster earlier would occasionally intrude into view.
Under the faint light of her 본명 Spirit Mark Coat, Gu Qianqian saw many corpses. They lay on the dirty, damp ground, their postures suggesting they had struggled painfully to escape.
The black, sticky substance clung to their bodies, slowly flowing like lted wax.
After an unknown distance, more skeletons appeared before her eyes. They were piled together, like an ancient, evil burial ground.
Wrapped in more of the black, sticky substance, all those skeletons were slowly lting.
As the faint light of the 본명 Spiritual Energy Coat swept over them, they imdiately gathered into clumps, like so bizarre marching army, contracting and expanding as they crawled towards the deeper part of the fork in the path.
And from the depths of the cave, obscured by darkness, there was a faint chewing sound coming from an unknown source, like so unknown giant beast tearing and swallowing food.
The sound was bone-chilling.
Lu Yi, oh no, the big bad Disaster, was so powerful in her attack just now, yet she couldn't completely eradicate that monster?
Gu Qianqian thought, and imdiately beca nervous. Just then, the system's voice sounded in her mind.
"I feel it, I feel it, it's that aura! Gu Qianqian, it looks like the shrine is just ahead."
"But, system..."
The next mont, as if sensing sothing, her eyes suddenly beca sharp, her muscles tensed, and she instinctively entered a combat state.
Just at the subtle mont when she could almost hear her own heartbeat, she suddenly felt a violent gust of wind sweep over the stone wall above her from the darkness ahead.
The next mont, the baby, who had been sleeping quietly in her arms, suddenly woke up and cried out in terror. The fierce wind above instantly changed direction, sweeping downwards and violently attacking.
It was almost out of instinct.
Her heart moved with her thought, and at the mont the fierce wind touched her body, she quickly moved three feet to the side.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, illuminated by the faint light, a huge, tentacle-like object from the dark depths seed to whip past Gu Qianqian like a whip, hitting the dark stone wall heavily.
The entire cliff face seed to shake, and dust flew up, causing large and small stones to fall.
A mont later. A piercing scream suddenly sounded from behind her, howling incessantly.
Gu Qianqian was startled and looked back. She saw countless black, sticky substances pouring out from the stone caves she had seen on the way here, gathering together. They were covered in glowing green eyes, and various ghoul-like limbs twitched and writhed, attacking her.
"Now, Gu Qianqian, use the tool person!"
Reminded by the system, Gu Qianqian instantly snapped back to her senses. She quickly untied Lu Bei from her back, hoisted her onto her shoulder, faced the direction from which the black, sticky substance was surging, and threw her out.
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In the darkness, Lu Yibei's body flew out like a human javelin, landing on the black, greasy ground. She flailed for a while like a wind-up doll lying on its side.
The next mont, she sprang up from the ground with a "whoosh" and ran forward like a race car with its engine revved up.
Seeing Lu Yibei getting closer and closer to the monster, Gu Qianqian's expression was solemn, and she didn't move for a long ti, only whispering a sentence to the system in her mind.
"System, I feel like what I'm doing is wrong..."
What were you doing earlier? When you proposed using her as a tool, I didn't see you feeling any guilt?
The system secretly complained, but feeling the lancholy in Gu Qianqian's tone, it still comforted her, "Don't worry, that's a Disaster after all. She won't die that easily at this level..."
But as long as it can severely injure her and greatly slow down her growth speed, it will be a great victory in this stage!
The system thought, detaching itself from Gu Qianqian's body, extending its fish-like head, looking towards the depths of the cave, and said solemnly, "Now, Gu Qianqian, head towards the direction of the ancestral hall!"
"We must find the things in the ancestral hall before the second night cos, otherwise we won't be able to get out. Do you want to stay in this ghost place for another year?"
Gu Qianqian looked back at Lu Yibei with a complicated expression, nodded, and softly replied, hugging the infant in her arms, and ran towards the depths of the cave.
...
She didn't know how long she had been asleep, it felt like a boring, tedious, and incredibly long dream.
The mont Lu Yibei woke up, she felt as if a lifeti had passed, her whole state was a bit muddled, and then when she realized she was running wildly forward, with an indescribable monster in front of her, she beca even more confused.
Lu Yibei, "..."
What the heck is this♦? Didn't the boosting "custor service" say she would definitely win?
Damn it, can I return it?
According to the rule of compensating ten tis for fakes, this wave should at least cost thirty years of my lifespan!
Lu Yibei thought, both surprised and angry, slamming on the brakes with her feet, her body stumbled twice, stopping in front of the monster. A terrifying sense of oppression struck, and her forehead was instantly covered in sweat.
"..."
The mont it noticed Lu Yibei, all the arms, claws, and tentacles differentiated from the black, sticky substance twisted and wriggled in the foul-slling air.
All the mouth-like fissures shrieked fragnted words that had no ti to convey their true aning, mixing into an indistinguishable noise.
The next mont, a shriek echoed through the cave.
"Nab—Nab—!"
It was a short, loud sound, like a steam whistle, aning'snake' in the Miao language.
In that sound, fear was faintly conveyed.
Lu Yibei, "???"
No, I'm about to be scared to death by it, what is it afraid of?
Could it be that it was traumatized by the booster?
Lu Yibei thought, cleared her throat, waved at the huge, formless mass in front of her, and tentatively whispered, "Hello, nice to et you!"
As her voice fell, all of the monster's shifting eyes spun rapidly, staring at Lu Yibei, feeling an aura of terror emanating from every part of her.
Then.
"Nab—!"
Along with this, all the eyeballs retracted into the massive body composed of black, sticky substance, and its body began to disintegrate, retreating into the surrounding cave.
Lu Yibei, "..."
This... this makes it seem like I'm the evil god.
Just as she was montarily stunned, the surroundings suddenly vibrated violently, and then a massive, pitch-black serpent head broke through the rock wall on the left, accompanied by a whistling foul wind, opened its gaping maw, and bit the fleeing black, sticky substance, dragging it out of the cave and engaging in a battle with it.
Lu Yibei had watched many tokusatsu shows and monster movies, but those movies were far less shocking than the scene before her eyes.
Thunder, like the drumming of warring gods, reverberated in the dark cave.
Heavy rain, as if falling from the void, mixed with broken stalactite columns, crashed to the ground, and was instantly ground into dust.
Pale fangs swung with the massive head, like greatswords wielded only by giants, accompanied by bursts of air explosions, tearing at the enemy's body.
Various nauseating fluids splattered.
The black, sticky substance differentiated into grotesque limbs, so like human figures or sothing else, like demons crawled out of hell, tearing, biting, and corroding the body covered in black scales... leaving behind hideous and terrifying scars.
Two colossal beings were locked in a savage, bloody battle, making the vast cave seem sowhat cramped.
And in places unseen by the naked eye, there were even more terrifying Spiritual Energy fluctuations and the collision of so peculiar Power.
It was the clash of long-forgotten worship and the evil faith born from the villagers' obsession, a war between ancient humans and the sinners who branched off from them.
Under the protection of the Great Serpent God, Lu Yibei watched this scene with intense burning in her eyes, as if witnessing a battle between a deity and its own shadow.
In an instant, she saw countless brilliant, sun-like lights strike her body, and heard the murmuring of thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people simultaneously discussing sothing in low voices.
These murmurs were chaotic and illogical; one mont they were praising the great rivers and mountains, the next they were complaining about the poor food in the military camp that day; one mont they were weeping in sorrow, the next they were indulging in wild revelry...
Then.
Amidst the chaotic light and shadow, she saw a group of elderly people, like lonely ghosts, drifting, taking advantage of the night, and using the faint light of blood-colored lanterns, coming to the side of the sleeping, mountain-like black great serpent.
They had planned this for a long ti, using various cruel thods to gather so many dying lives, enough to pollute a god.
They pierced their own bodies with spears made through Alchemy, letting blood splatter on every inch of the great serpent's scales, casting cruel Spells, imprisoning the deity for their descendants.
Or, perhaps, taking its place and becoming a god themselves.
Under the crimson moonlight, the great serpent let out an angry roar. Above the clear sky, dark clouds rapidly gathered, unleashing a torrential downpour, and countless lightning bolts suddenly descended from the firmant.
The tyrannical yet solemn lightning, stretching for thousands of miles, continuously rained down destructive tendrils upon the mortal world, and then the earth crumbled, a huge sinkhole, like a festering sore, appeared on the ground.
Then, everything fell into a long silence.
...
Lu Yibei unconsciously opened her eyes, the darkness obstructing her vision dissipated, and her surroundings gradually beca clear. A much smaller, pitch-black serpent head entered her line of sight.
Although the serpent head was much smaller than before, it was still considered enormous, almost level with Lu Yibei's height.
On that serpent head, there was not a single inch of intact scales to be found; blood and flesh constantly transford into semi-real, tiny particles and drifted away, revealing the pale white bones.
"Respected Nvba Power inheritor, the great existence who brings drought and Disaster, it is an honor to see you again. It seems you heard my call."
No sound was heard; a passage of words seed to be conveyed directly through thought, entering Lu Yibei's mind.
"..."
"Thank you very much for weakening that guy's Power, allowing to temporarily escape and personally take revenge. Now I would like to ask you to do one last thing for . As a price, I will give you all the knowledge I possess."
All the knowledge? Isn't that what the boosting custor service asked to find... Lu Yibei narrowed her eyes, examining the being suspected to be the Great Serpent God in front of her, and said expressionlessly, "Tell about it?"
"Rumble—!"
The Great Serpent God suddenly straightened its body, exposing its abdon to Lu Yibei. On its abdon, countless human-hand-like tumors grew densely, piled together, as if gripping its body tightly.
"I would like to implore you to help break the seal and then end my life, allowing to return to the heavens and earth."
"Break the seal? How do I break it?" Lu Yibei frowned.
Excited light flickered in the Great Serpent God's golden vertical pupils, and it flicked its crimson serpent tongue, responding.
"It's very simple, you just need to touch the seal and release Spiritual Energy. Leave the rest to ."
Lu Yibei, "..."
It sounds simple enough, but sothing feels strange about it.
This matter probably needs careful consideration.
As she was thinking, she suddenly felt sothing gently vibrating in her Coat pocket. Reaching in, she felt a cold object brush against the back of her hand, jump out of her pocket, and land on the cold, hard ground with a crisp sound.
"Ding—!"
Is it Professor Ma's precious copper coin? Lu Yibei furrowed her brow slightly and instinctively bent down to pick up the copper coin, but when she saw it, her pupils slightly contracted.
Heads?
Oh no! The copper coin landed on heads!
Damn it, that Great Serpent God really is problematic!
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