Chapter 465: Where Are the Missing People (9/10, Autumn Subscription)

I'm so stupid, really.

Why on earth did I go along with the parchment's words and ask that?

"1g of Black Ember, get to work!"

【Woooo! I'm the parchment, I've received unfair treatment, I refuse violent cooperation!】

"What do you want?"

【I don't want anything! 1g of Black Ember, I'll just eat it!】

The parchment surfaced some text in a bit of a sulk.

But when the parchment materialized, Fang Yue was momentarily taken aback.

He found that the parchment really had gotten a bit better-looking.

The yellowed parchment now had some decorative patterns, and it felt fuzzy to the touch, like running your hand over some kind of fur.

【Stop, stop touching it!! It just transformed, it's very fragile!】

Fang Yue:???

Could this be… it's changing, it's changing??

Damn! A piece of paper, what the hell are you transforming for! You're just a piece of paper, know your place.

【Shaking with rage, can't Zhi Zhi not get prettier? What has this world done to Zhi Zhi? So cold-blooded! So cold-blooded!】

……I'll bear with it!

Fang Yue's face darkened, and he pulled out 1g of Black Ember and stuffed it into the parchment.

Then he thought about the problems he currently needed to solve.

Honestly, the problems laid out before him were not few.

The 【Heiqing Weird】, which might be a Transcendence-level Weird.

The anomalous Possession spread across a large number of villagers in Qingsi County.

Bai Xiaoya's whereabouts.

The movements of the two ox-masked men and the horse-masked man from the Phoenix Organization, and the whereabouts of Miaofa and An Dong'er.

And also Lin Ling's whereabouts, and Lord Han's whereabouts.

Scattered and counted up, a whole pile of problems — he needed the parchment's help to make judgments.

And among all these problems, the Transcendence-level Weird 【Heiqing Weird】 was the biggest one right now, with the highest priority.

"Parchment, tell me, is the Heiqing Shanmai the Transcendence-level 【Heiqing Weird】? Was last night's mass Possession incident in Qingsi County its doing?"

【I am Fang Yue, the sky has brightened, I am preparing to investigate the case of the survivors' collective Possession after Qingluan Lou.】

【I have set my target on the endless Heiqing Shanmai, having heard there is a legend about it.】

【The legend says the Heiqing Shanmai is a Transcendence-level Weird. I am firm in the news I heard from Black Crow, heading toward the Heiqing Shanmai, wanting to find that legendary Transcendence-level Weird, wanting to prove whether this Weird truly exists.】

【Leaving Qingsi County, traveling for seven days, I smoothly entered the Heiqing Shanmai.】

【The back of my hand suddenly grew hot, my vision went black, I died.】

The back of his hand grew hot? Could it be… the curse 【Wu Yu】?!

Fang Yue's heart jolted.

But he quickly calmed down again.

The curse only triggering after seven days — this information was important, he had to find a way to get a containment measure.

Also……

"Does this mean that Transcendence-level Weird truly exists?"

【This means you died! Idiot!!】

Alright, Fang Yue switched his line of thinking.

"I'm going to walk out of the room, stay by Xiao Xuedou's side, for a whole month."

Fang Yue thought this, then looked at the parchment.

【I am Fang Yue, an extreme dog lover.】

【Facing the cute little puppy that turned into a big dog, my heart aches.】

【So ignoring everyone else's dissuasion, I kept watch by Xiao Xuedou's side day and night.】

【Seven days later, my cursed hand grew hot, Xiao Xuedou's Weird nature revived, it opened its bloody maw and ate me.】

【I died.】

Fang Yue:???

I'm a dignified First-rate Realm powerhouse of the post-Heaven stage, and you're telling me I'd be eaten by Xiao Xuedou and die?

How could it possibly be stronger than me!

【I am Fang Yue, I refuse to believe it, I'm going to kill Xiao Xuedou right now.】

【Ah, what a cruel animal abuser!】

【I took up my blade, went downstairs, and amid Xiao Xuedou's cute barking, I chopped it to death in a few strokes.】

【I proved my strength, and amid Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's curses, I felt as if bathed in holy light, my soul purified.】

【Seven days later, my cursed hand grew hot.】

【I died.】

"……Am I not going to live past seven days?"

【Seven days later, I died.】

"Can you be of any use at all! How did I die?"

【Can't see.】

What?!

Fang Yue's heart jolted.

"Who are you? You can't see how I died in seven days?"

【Right, seven days later when the curse on the back of your hand erupts, I won't be able to see what comes after, but my foresight tells me you will die on that day.】

Cold sweat slid down his cheek.

Fang Yue began to panic.

He still didn't know where Qianyao Palace was; seven days might not even be enough time to leave the Heiqing Mountain Range!

"... Am I just doomed? Do something useful, parchment! If I give you Gold Stone, can you save me?"

【I fed the great and noble Lord Parchment 【Gold Stone】, so delicious, so tasty, sweet... ha... ha, want to eat!! Super want to eat!!!】

"... Give me the foresight first!!"

【Uh... the great and noble Lord Parchment ate the Gold Stone, and Lord Parchment has become very powerful! Pawa!!】

【After charging, Lord Parchment can wield Rain-level power.】

【Lord Parchment has made a move! And then you, the lowly one, died because you couldn't bear the great Lord Parchment's power.】

Damn it, I got killed by you this time, didn't I!!

Fang Yue's head started to throb.

The parchment really was unreliable sometimes—truly unreliable.

Sighing, Fang Yue asked, "How can I avoid death?"

【I am Fang Yue, deeply troubled by the curse eruption in 7 days, and my inexplicable death.】

【I place my hopes on the great Lord Parchment.】

【Lord Parchment tells me: the closer to the time of death, the more precisely Lord Parchment can foresee the future!】

Fang Yue was stunned.

He seemed to recall the parchment mentioning this before.

Simply put, the farther from the time of death, the vaguer the parchment's foresight.

If the foresight is performed when very close to the time of death, the parchment can precisely foresee many things.

Things it couldn't foresee before can also be foreseen in full.

But having Fang Yue just sit and wait seven days, only starting to think of a way to save himself on the seventh day—he definitely couldn't do that.

Fang Yue closed his eyes, carefully recalling the prophecy the parchment had given, his brows tightly furrowed.

He was considering a very important question.

Namely... was he actually killed by the curse 【Wu Rain】?

Or was there some other reason he died?

Because... he noticed a special point in the parchment's foresight.

Namely, in the foresight of Xiao Xuedou eating him seven days later—

He had suffered the eruption of the curse 【Wu Rain】, and only then was he eaten by Xiao Xuedou and died.

Did this mean... the eruption of the curse 【Wu Rain】 actually had a certain buffer period, not instant death?

Fang Yue guessed the curse 【Wu Rain】 might be a state of weakness.

So right now he could kill Xiao Xuedou, even easily slaughter it.

But in the parchment's foresight, the him of seven days later, because of the eruption of the curse 【Wu Rain】, was instead eaten by Xiao Xuedou.

Chapter 10, will be replaced later

(End of chapter)