Eldritch Horror Theatre - Ch. 25: The Time Left for Her Is Running Out
There is nothing greater than emancipating the mind. Reverse thinking is crucial.
After experiencing the previous failures, Fu Qian's line of thought this time was very simple: there's no such logic as preventing thieves for a thousand days when you could just catch the thief in a thousand days.
Stop thinking about how to keep Wen Li alive, but instead throw her into an absolutely safe place and make her complete her advancement at the fastest possible speed.
As the old saying goes, give tasks to time, not time to tasks.
Wen Li spent a full ten minutes adjusting her emotions, but even after she stopped crying, she was clearly still rather resistant.
"I don't understand."
Her voice was dry.
"You don't need to understand. You only need to make a choice."
"Grasp every second to complete your advancement, or appear stark naked on tomorrow's headline news."
"Also, let me remind you, even if you die here, it won't change my method of handling things tomorrow."
Fu Qian reminded this beauty of the cruel reality she faced.
A beauty who wouldn't forget to wipe her face even when her life or death was uncertain.
He believed that her potential was boundless when faced with this kind of threat.
"At the very least, can you tell me why you're doing this?"
Wen Li was clearly someone with a qualified logical mindset, quickly recognizing her own fate.
Even so, she couldn't help but voice the doubts in her heart.
Right, why exactly are you doing this? To save my life? He indeed saved me more than once. But why make such excessive demands? A perverted powerhouse who enjoys playing with human nature? "You might be overthinking it. I, Fu, was merely passing by the other day and saw that you had an exceptional bone structure, a rare genius for cultivation, so I specifically came to enlighten you and grant you an opportunity."
……
"Can I not accept this opportunity?"
"Heaven's gift must not be refused. It is not up to you."
"But... my ability is heavily affected by my emotions. I really have no confidence in being able to advance under these circumstances."
"Didn't I already slap that Young Master Ye to make you happy?"
"Why would I be happy... ah, how did you know?!"
……
Ultimately, Eldest Miss Wen was forced to accept her fate and gradually quieted down.
Sitting up straight, eyes slightly closed, adjusting her breathing. In the quiet space, her entire person momentarily seemed somewhat ethereal.
Indeed, dealing with smart people is simple! Fu Qian looked at Wen Li sitting with her back to him, deeply gratified.
"Unpolished jade cannot be made into a vessel. Seeing you so driven, I, Fu, can rest assured."
Wen Li's upright body shivered visibly.
"Friendly reminder, you have 23 hours and 35 minutes left."
Seeing Wen Li's shoulders twitch slightly, it seemed she was crying again.
Confirming she wouldn't slack off in the slightest, Fu Qian nodded in satisfaction, stood in place, and closed his eyes.
He wasn't going to sleep. On the contrary, it could be said his five senses were fully opened, covering every corner.
Wen Xiuxian described this place as impenetrable, but that was based on his common sense.
Fu Qian, however, was someone who had witnessed the Lightning Railgun. In his eyes, the iron walls here could only prevent some minor troubles.
Like right now.
Fu Qian suddenly opened his eyes and blew a breath forward.
The air in front of him exhibited a practically invisible distortion. An almost transparent thin thread was blown aside by his breath.
Silently, a deep groove appeared on the wall.
The original target of this thing had been his neck.
The next moment, there was another disturbance in the air. Over ten identical thin threads came wrapping toward his body from all directions.
This time, Fu Qian didn't make any moves, allowing them to wrap around him.
The incomparably sharp threads quickly encircled him from head to toe. The next moment, they contracted inward collectively, wanting to shred him to pieces.
Feeling the thin threads that were almost cutting into his flesh, Fu Qian took a deep breath.
The next moment, cracking sounds erupted. The thin threads wrapping his entire body snapped inch by inch, scattering into the air.
Found you. At the same time, Fu Qian leaped high and tore open the ventilation duct above his head with one hand.
More thin threads tried to entangle his hand, but he grabbed them and yanked fiercely outwards.
Hmph! A figure jumped out of the ventilation duct, staring dead at Fu Qian.
It was actually an acquaintance.
Looking at the poker-faced middle-aged woman in front of him.
"Team Leader Tan, early gray hairs are growing."
Fu Qian blew the broken thin threads in his hand toward the other party.
The thin threads, having lost their power, were no longer transparent, but had turned into strands of grayish-white hair.
Looking at Tan Mingxue's hair that was noticeably shorter in a certain spot, unless her hairstylist had an accident, it was obvious where these things came from.
The Night Watchers arrived quite quickly.
Recalling Mr Ji cosplaying as the Jade Emperor to summon reinforcements just now, Fu Qian had to praise their high efficiency in calling for help.
"Who are you?"
Age really had a terrifying lethality on women. Originally, Tan Mingxue's expression was 30% solemn and 20% doubtful.
As soon as Fu Qian's words came out, almost nothing was left but killing intent.
Visible murderous aura frantically overflowed from the latter's body.
Fu Qian had no reaction to this. Based on his experience dealing with her before, this woman had quite a bad temper.
Looking at the current situation, no matter how one looked at it, he had kidnapped the Wen Family's Eldest Miss and injured innocent bystanders. The only possibility for peaceful communication was to surrender and go with her.
And that was a condition he could not possibly accept.
It would be more meaningful to anger this woman and make her reveal a few more flaws while hot-headed.
"Team Leader Tan wanted to put me to death just now, and yet you don't know who I am?"
Fu Qian blinked.
"There's a problem with your law enforcement attitude."
"That is not up to you to evaluate. Answer my question or leave your last words, choose one yourself."
Tan Mingxue's eyes were icy. At the end of the day, she was still an experienced Beyonder and didn't continue to lose her composure out of anger, leaving Fu Qian quite disappointed.
Ahhh— Fu Qian ignored her and instead stretched lazily.
"I choose neither."
"Stubborn!"
Tan Mingxue said no more. The next moment, her full head of long hair moved without wind, swooshing outwards in all directions.
It was as stiff as if she had touched a static electricity ball.
The ends of the hair extended once more and turned into those transparent thin threads, almost enveloping the entire room.
As the thin threads danced, the air was cut and stirred countless times.
The entire room turned into an invisible meat grinder. Taking just one wrong step would result in death by a thousand cuts.
Since you're so ruthless, then don't blame me. Fu Qian raised both arms horizontally and did a chest expansion exercise.
He needed to finish this quickly. Eldest Miss Wen's attention was clearly drawn by the arrival of reinforcements. This moment, although she was still sitting there, she was no longer working hard, even secretly peeking backward.
He had to help her concentrate as soon as possible.
After all, the time left for her was running out.
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