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Chapter 78 [Ingredient Name: Dark Spider Mother] [Please read on tomorrow!]

"Sizzle—"

As darkness fell completely, a red sports car came to a stop in front of a large KTV.

"Dark times."

The all-black wooden decor, adorned with gold lamps and patterns, evokes a sense of nobility in the night.

"Come on, this is one of my friend's businesses. There are a few colleagues here too, let me introduce you to them."

After getting off the car, Lin Yu slung her bag over her shoulder, took Lin Ye's arm, and walked into the lobby.

The first thing you see is a large bar, with a similar style to the facade, and an atmosphere reminiscent of a dark night sky.

Groups of two or three people sat casually, and a bright yellow spotlight shone down from the bar, creating a somewhat tranquil atmosphere.

Lin Yu walked in, her red dress attracting many glances.

Most of them were quite enthusiastic, but a few seemed to know Lin Yu's identity, and only glanced at her before quickly looking away.

Lin Yu tossed her long hair. "Let's go upstairs."

Upon arriving on the second floor, head straight to room 201 at the far end, where two men who appeared to be bodyguards were standing guard at the door.

As I pushed open the door, a soothing melody filled the air, accompanied by a melodious female voice that sounded very pleasant.

Lin Ye glanced around and saw several young men and women sitting on an L-shaped sofa against the wall.

He was playing cards and looked to be about the same age as Lin Yu.

Upon seeing Lin Yu enter, they threw down the cards in their hands and stood up to greet her as "Sister Yu."

Across from the sofa, in front of the large screen displaying song requests, a young girl with pink hair held a microphone and looked delighted when she saw the two of them enter.

"Sister Yu! This is your younger brother! He's so strong!"

She walked closer with a smile, brazenly looking Lin Ye up and down, her eyes crinkling with a desire to reach out and touch him.

"Alright, Xiaofei, be serious."

Lin Yu tapped the pink-haired girl on the head and looked at Lin Ye.

"This is Lin Fei, she's the same age as you, but a few months older."

Lin Ye was somewhat surprised. "Lin Fei?"

When the pink-haired girl heard Lin Ye call her name, she ran her hands through her hair with a flourish and said, "Call me Sister Fei."

Lin Yu helplessly pulled Lin Fei away, "You brat, don't use your lame tricks on my brother."

After she finished speaking, she led Lin Ye to sit on the sofa.

"This is my younger brother, Lin Ye. He should be graduating next year."

"I might have to trouble you then."

After he finished speaking, the young men and women all said it was no problem, as they had already made arrangements.

"Well then, Sister Yu, I'll bring the drinks up. Tonight, let's drink until we drop!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We'll drink until we drop! If it weren't for Sister Yu coming, we wouldn't have had the chance to taste Old Wang's treasured wine, haha!"

As the group chatted and laughed, the man called Old Wang stood up, followed by two others, and the three of them then left the private room.

After the three left, Lin Yu glanced at the cards on the table and looked at Lin Ye.

"Ono, Moon Cards, ever played them? They're something from Xilu."

Lin Ye shook his head. "Never heard of it."

Lin Yu smiled, gathered the cards together with both hands, and looked at the remaining people.

"Come on, someone come up and play cards with me."

She shuffled the cards and drew two cards, one with a red moon and the other with a white moon.

"There are two types of trump cards in the Moon Card game: the White Moon and the Red Moon. Players are divided into two factions, each choosing one type of trump card."

Which one do you choose?

Lin Ye looked at the two cards on the table. "Red Moon, I guess."

Lin Yu nodded. "After choosing the trump cards, add the corresponding trump cards to the deck according to the number of players on each side to represent the players."

Then, he took out a red moon card and a white moon card from the other side of the main hand deck.

Then shuffle it into the deck along with the two cards on the table.

After shuffling, she laid out the deck of cards one by one, all face down, with the same red and white moon pattern, forty cards in total.

"Besides the main hand cards which are not fixed, there are also thirty-six fixed side hand cards."

"Each side card has different rewards or penalties, and you can design these yourself. This one is one that they designed themselves."

"The gameplay is turn-based."

"Each player can reveal one card in their turn. The side that reveals all of the opponent's main hand cards first wins."

"The rewards for the secondary hand cards will be settled later."

After saying that, she looked at the group opposite her, "Come on, come on, three thousand in bets, who wants to go?"

The people opposite looked at each other, but before they could say anything, Lin Fei sat down first.

"Me! Count me in! Sister Yu, you made me drink ten bottles of alcohol last time, I'm going to get my revenge this time!"

After she finished speaking, she pulled a young girl over.

"My dear sister, you can hold your liquor, so drink with me. If I can't finish, you'll have to drink for me."

The young girl nodded shyly and looked at Lin Ye. "Brother Ye, my name is Wei Ran."

Lin Ye nodded, and before he could say anything, Lin Yu nudged his arm.

"You go first? Just pick any card, it's okay if you lose."

Lin Ye looked at the cards on the table, reached out and hovered for a few seconds before flipping over the card in the lower right corner.

A white moon is the main hand card.

"Not a child?"

On the other side, Lin Fei's mind went blank. How lucky was she?

"Beautiful!" Lin Yu exclaimed, looking at Lin Fei.

"Xiao Fei, you're really going to suffer this time."

Lin Fei gave a soft hum and directly flipped over a sheet.

Secondary hand: Double the amount, one bottle of beer.

"Sister Yu, don't be too happy yet, it's not certain who will win!"

Lin Yu smiled and shrugged, then casually flipped open a page.

Side card: Sing "Conquer" while kneeling, and drink a bottle of beer with turbocharging.

Seeing the words on the side card, her hand trembled, recalling the scene of Lin Fei and the others lining up to perform a human beer fountain.

Seeing this, several young people who hadn't participated in the card game smiled.

There were only two turbocharged cards in total, and Sister Yu's luck is still so good!

Wei Ran's expression changed slightly as she recalled the less-than-pleasant scene from last time, and she tremblingly flipped open a card.

Secondary hand: Double the amount, one bottle of beer.

"Phew~~~"

I breathed a slight sigh of relief; thankfully, it was still acceptable.

"Smack."

Before she could even catch her breath, Lin Ye flipped open a card with a "snap".

Main hand card: White Moon.

The private room fell silent instantly as Lin Fei stared at Lin Ye in disbelief.

"The King of Cards?"

Lin Ye also wanted to laugh. With his eyesight, it wouldn't be difficult for him to memorize the cards, but this time he didn't cheat.

Pure luck.

"Haha, no need for the turbocharged one, you guys sing 'Conquer,' haha!"

Lin Yu smiled and spoke, and Lin Fei and Wei Ran on the other side breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they didn't have to perform a human fountain act, that was fine.

After playing for another ten minutes or so, Lin Fei knelt in front of the big screen and sang "Conquer," while Lin Ye leaned back on the sofa, his phone vibrating slightly.

[Lin Yu]: Transfer: 12000.

"Keep it; you won it yourself."

Lin Yu sat down, picked up a slice of watermelon from the table, and took a bite.

"When are you going back?" she asked.

"Let's go later. School starts in a few days, and I'm going to Xilu with my senior brother to do some research," Lin Ye said.

Lin Yu's eyes lit up as she looked at Lin Ye and nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, I'll take you to the station later."

"Don't overwork yourself. I'm so happy that you have your own career, but it's okay if you don't. I'll take care of you."

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It was dark, and it was almost midnight.

In front of the dark street, Lin Ye, dressed in a black combat uniform, took off the huge wooden box on his back, took out the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, and rubbed the blade with his fingertips.

After a day and a night's journey, he arrived back at the coast close to ten o'clock today. After picking up his weapons from the group, he came straight here.

He brandished his battle halberd, composed himself, and stepped into the dark alley.

A faint chill gradually became clearer, and a thin black mist rose around them.

The scene in the dark street gradually changed, and burn marks appeared, accompanied by a faint smell of burning.

[Re-entering 'The Flowing Shadows: Dark Predator' (Completed)]

Facing the Dark Spider Queen (Completed)

[Unlock achievement?]

Black text appeared before his eyes, and before he could react, a clanging sound of metal striking metal came from ahead.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Outside the dark street, a huge, beautiful figure slowly emerged from the black mist and entered the dark street.

【Ingredient Name: Dark Spider Mother】

[Food Category: Unusual and Supernatural]

[Ingredient Tier: Lord Tier]

Edible part: Heart

[Effects of Consumption: Moderately increases Strength, Constitution, Agility, and Intelligence. Moderately increases Spirit, Bone Density, Muscle Density, Self-Healing Ability, and Neural Recruitment Ability. After being baptized by the heart blood of the Dark Spider Mother, the body develops a sharpness attribute.]

As the black mist around him thinned, the eight-legged spider's half-body beneath the enormous figure was revealed, shaped like eight giant scythes, with sharp spikes on its exoskeleton gleaming coldly.

At the same time, the face also revealed its true form from the black mist.

The moment Lin Ye saw the Dark Spider Queen's face, his pupils shrank to pinpoints, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Congratulations, Madam!"

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P.S.: Gentlemen, three chapters today, tomorrow's update will be a battle against Sanjiang, I hope you will support me and keep reading tomorrow, three chapters tomorrow too.

I originally planned to release it tomorrow, but since we've already come this far, it would be hard not to give it a shot.

Please, thank you!