Operation Red Book

Chapter 444 You Shouldn't Be Here

"Help! Help!"

Ivy shouted for help towards the shore, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she choked on the bitter lake water.

"Hurry up and pull me... "

The lakeshore was dark with all the undead in black robes wearing white masks, chanting unknown spells, surrounding the entire Lake Eden.

The blue fire butterflies on the lake gradually dissipated, just like the swirling lake water slowly stopped rotating. The bottomless pit in the center disappeared, and the entire lake returned to its original tranquility and peace.

There was no response from the shore. In order to conserve her energy, Ivy had to stop calling for help and slowly swam towards the lake along the current.

After finally reaching the shore, Ivy was already exhausted.

She gritted her teeth, grabbed the grass on the shore, and slowly lowered her body to the lakeshore.

"Hahaha……"

Ivy did not dare to stop for a moment. As soon as she climbed ashore, she began to look for her companions along the lakeside.

Lake Eden is very large, and there are motionless black-robed "ghosts" blocking the way ahead. Ivy has to stop and catch her breath after running a few steps.

The black-robed "ghosts" stood silently on the shore, without breathing or moving.

While running, Ivy accidentally knocked off a "ghost" mask, but was surprised to find that there was nothing inside, including the body under the head.

Ivy's pupils sank and she turned and ran without thinking.

I don’t know how much time passed, so long that Ivy didn’t even know how many laps she had run.

Finally, after seeing the black-robed "ghost" whose mask she had knocked off for the third time, Ivy stopped moving forward.

This is not the Lake Eden in the town of Lei at all.

Ivy bent down and tried to calm herself down. She was feeling very anxious.

I had this uncomfortable feeling the last time I fell into the vampire lord’s consciousness space.

Consciousness space… Consciousness space…

As if she remembered something, Ivy suddenly straightened up and slowly looked above her head.

A huge full moon hangs in the dark night sky.

"Amitabha... Guanyin Bodhisattva... Tathagata Buddha... Oh my God..."

Ivy looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar environment, covered her chest with her hands and chanted Buddhist mantras.

Ivy learned Buddhism with her family. Her grandmother became a nun when she was 5 years old.

My grandpa, uncle, mother, and three children in the family also followed the family’s beliefs and converted to Buddhism.

When she was a child, Ivy often had nightmares. Whenever she went to bed early, she would experience sleep paralysis. As a result, little Ivy at that time always had dark circles under her eyes and looked unlucky.

After my grandmother knew about this, she specially copied a copy of the Diamond Sutra overnight and chanted the Great Compassion Mantra 21 times while listening to the Diamond Sutra.

After carefully folding the sutra into a booklet, grandma asked her mother to put it under little Ivy's pillow, and told Ivy: "We are disciples of Guanyin Bodhisattva. If you encounter something bad in your heart, chant the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva. She is a compassionate Bodhisattva and will definitely come to save you..."

Strangely enough, ever since Ivy started sleeping with the sandalwood-scented Buddhist scriptures as her pillow, she no longer had nightmares, her body gradually got better, and her face became rosy and beautiful.

Little Ivy also remembered her grandmother's words, and whenever she encountered something bad, she would chant the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva, until...

Because she didn't want to be called upon by the teacher to recite the text and used it too many times, the Bodhisattva refused to accept her request. After being spanked on the hands several times, Ivy never recited the text on purpose again.

However, whenever I encounter those moments that make my heart tremble, those Buddhist mantras will come out of my mouth, which means I keep my grandma's words in my heart.

Sure enough, after reciting the Heart Sutra and chanting the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva several times, Ivy's restless mood calmed down a lot.

She slowly put down her hands, let them hang naturally by her legs, and began to observe the world carefully.

The lake is very calm, with only a few slight green waves.

The big rock that Ivy and Christine had stood on was gone, and so were the tiered pumpkin paths.

The dense forest was many times more numerous than before, and the whole area was filled with pine-green oaks.

A huge full moon hangs high above our heads, and in the distance illuminated by the moonlight, there is a towering castle.

The castle looks exactly like the medieval Florentine style where the Lords of Leon previously lived.

"Damn it, why didn't I realize there was such a big guy here before."

Ivy looked at the spire in the distance and walked towards the castle unconsciously.

Strangely, Ivy slowly approached the castle, and the castle slowly approached Ivy.

What was originally a dense forest turned into a wide road. When Ivy walked out of the dark group of "undeads" in black robes, the castle gate was only 10 meters away from her.

The castle gate is five Ivys high and two Ivys wide. It is made entirely of black iron without any decoration.

Looking at such a heavy door, Ivy was a little curious whether she could open it by herself. After all, she even had difficulty pushing open the bronze door of Shisanfang completely.

"Bang--"

Unexpectedly, before Ivy could raise her hand, the heavy iron door opened a crack by itself.

Gloom and coldness emanated from it, like a nine-headed monster that was about to wake up.

Ivy instinctively shrank back, but suddenly bumped into a soft body.

"Student Ivy!"

This voice? Ivy turned quickly and met the eyes of Joshua, who was extremely frightened.

"Joshua?"

"Why are you here!" he yelled, as if Ivy's arrival was a mistake.

Maybe that was true, but that wasn't a reason for Joshua to yell at her for no reason.

"Why are you yelling? I don't know how I got here!" Ivy put her hands on her hips angrily.

"Besides, why are you here..."

Before he finished speaking, Joshua's face turned pale, he grabbed Ivy's wrist and turned and ran away.

"What are you doing!"

Ivy asked in confusion. This was the first time she had seen Joshua so rude.

"Go back! You shouldn't be here!"

Joshua's strength became so great that no matter how Ivy struggled, it was useless.

The two figures flashed by in the moonlight, and no one stopped them, not even a small stone suddenly appearing on the road.

After a while, Joshua and Ivy ran to Lake Eden surrounded by oak trees.

The black-robed "ghosts" have disappeared, leaving only a lake reflecting the full moon.

"Quick! Jump down!"

Joshua pushed Ivy, trying to push her towards the lake.

"I don't! Tell me why first!"

"Just jump down and you can return to your original world!"

"Why!"

"It's not over yet, you have to go back quickly, you're the only one who can hold him back!"

"Who is he? Who is he?"

"You know..."

"how about you!"

“I…” Joshua’s eyes twitched, his flaxen pupils flashing with tears.

"I will miss you forever..."

After saying that, Joshua hardened his heart and kicked Ivy into the beautiful Lake Eden.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh-"

"Joshua! You motherfxxker!"

"I won't let you go! Joshua!"

"Ahhhhhhh-"

The transparent and clear lake water quickly surrounded Ivy's body, but in the time it took for the minute hand to turn a circle, Ivy's struggle and insults disappeared into the blue lake water.

On the calm lake surface, Joshua's sad face was imprinted in the round moon like a jade plate. A few tears fell on the lake, causing ripples.

"Uooaaaaaaaaaa--Joshua! Joshua!"

Ivy struggled to open her eyes, only to find herself hanging upside down in the air.

Below was the real town of Leiyi. Ivy could see the Sylvie Manor in the distance, as well as the rapidly rotating blue lake below.

But wasn't she dragged into Lake Eden by Lilith? Why was she now... hanging upside down in mid-air...

"How are you, my fiancée?"

"Lord Leon..."

Ivy almost blurted out, she pulled down her plain skirt and tried her best to look upwards.

Under the sickle-like crescent moon, a large gray-black bat's wings were flapping up and down.

Lord Leon's face was illuminated by the cold moonlight, appearing extremely pale and terrifying.