Eldritch Horror Theatre - Ch. 71: Omen Must Die (17)
It really is you, kid!
Fu Qian looked at Huang Yuanchang, who was sitting on the ground.
The Huang Family's signature beanpole physique was hard to mistake.
However, looking at the current situation, it seemed he was still a step too late.
Who would have thought that three Night Watchers, even inside the Nightwatcher Base, could be killed so cleanly and swiftly.
Huang Yuanchang in front of him was covered in scars, but one could still tell his aura wasn't that strong, at most at the peak of Tier 7.
Yet, it was this very person who not only fought his way from the Huang Family manor all the way to the Night Watcher Base...
But even managed to make three Night Watchers incredibly dead in a short amount of time, and then posed their bodies.
He wondered if Huang Jianyuan and his group had been manipulated like this last time.
Including Team Leader Qiao and the other two, Huang Yuanchang's sacrifice should be complete.
Fu Qian could clearly feel that something was different.
His intuition told him that the "Containment Failed" prompt would appear very soon.
He quickly decided to gather some more intel first.
"Unfortunately, you're too late."
Huang Yuanchang, currently slumped in a pool of blood, was looking at his masterpiece with an obsessed look, his expression manic.
"The final sacrifice is complete. You will witness my rebirth!"
After his grand exclamation, Huang Yuanchang turned his head to look at Fu Qian.
"You must be very curious as to how I managed to do all this, aren't you?"
"Do you want to know how I was able to kill those people?"
"It's actually quite simple. I can merely see their deaths."
Huang Yuanchang revealed a fanatical smile.
"I am the beloved of God. You cannot see Him, and you simply cannot imagine His power."
*Sorry, but I actually have seen Him, and quite clearly too,* Fu Qian thought to himself.
"His omnipresent guidance leads me. I just need to follow His commands and guide these people to their Destined Death!"
"That is why they cannot fight against me, because they cannot escape the omen of death."
This speech was severely exceeding the zealot index. Fu Qian frowned.
However, the term "Destined Death" was rather interesting.
Fu Qian thought of all those Beyonders who died such frustrating deaths.
How did that saying go again? People die when they are killed.
People cannot be on alert forever, and according to this logic, as long as there is a possibility of being killed, Huang Yuanchang could see it under the guidance of his great being. He could then appear when they were at their most vulnerable and relaxed, and reap their lives using whatever means possible.
This logic was very similar to a certain movie franchise he had seen before.
"Even those three were no exception, it just required me to pay a certain price to make their Destined Death manifest."
Huang Yuanchang caressed the wounds on his body, laughing maniacally even as his face contorted in pain.
"You know what? This is also why you guys could never catch me. Because I can not only see the deaths of others, but also my own."
"You might be strong, I can't even tell your level, but I just need to avoid the threads that would lead me to death, and no one will ever be able to kill me."
"No matter what methods you use or what plans you make, understand?"
Huang Yuanchang's expression grew even more crazed.
"Now that the final sacrifice is complete, you will have the honor of witnessing the great blessing He bestows upon His beloved."
"I can already feel it!"
"Hmm... I can feel it too." Fu Qian nodded.
This wasn't nonsense; from earlier, he had sensed something very special forming inside Huang Yuanchang's body.
However, he wasn't as optimistic as the latter. He didn't feel like that thing was a blessing at all.
"Keep talking, I'm listening!"
Fu Qian usually didn't appreciate villains who talked too much nonsense, but if they were standing opposite him, he welcomed it very much.
"Actually, He has been guiding me for many years." Having finished his manic episode, Huang Yuanchang entered a phase of reminiscing about the past.
"In the past, I never understood what the voice I constantly heard was. Until I made my first attempt according to His request. Then, I received unimaginable gifts."
"Unlike my other brothers and sisters, I inherited this ghastly appearance but lacked the talent for cultivation. But He showed me the possibility."
"As I made more dedications, I received more revelations. Eventually, He guided me back to Xiyuan, where I would complete the final step."
"And you will be the first witness!"
Huang Yuanchang raised his hands high again, his voice shrill with excitement, looking utterly insane.
Seeing this, Fu Qian quietly took a few steps back.
The next moment, Huang Yuanchang's fanatical expression froze. His head swelled like a balloon and exploded into a rain of red and white.
Brilliant golden patterns dissipated outward, linking together to form a profound and mysterious texture. Just looking at it was enough to dazzle the mind.
At the same time, Fu Qian's mind jolted as if he had made contact with a certain special existence.
This feeling was exactly the same as last time.
Fu Qian was almost certain that the tree had appeared in the sky outside again.
And within Xiyuan City, the number of idiots with collapsed consciousnesses was increasing exponentially.
"I told you it wasn't necessarily a blessing."
Watching Huang Yuanchang's headless corpse slowly fall to the ground, Fu Qian sighed.
He had learned his lesson this time. Even though he was indoors, he kept his gaze straight ahead and didn't look up, minimizing the risk of losing Sanity.
Soon, the prompt sound rang in his ears, and his vision quickly blurred.
[Calamity has descended, Containment Failed]
[Current Sanity Value: 41]
[Playback event review?]
This is a bit tricky! In the Warehouse, Fu Qian frowned.
He had found the guy, but the situation still looked very difficult to handle.
First of all, this Destined Death was really a bit of a cheat. With it around, everything would change at any time, and the experience from each attempt couldn't be applied to the next.
To put it simply, Omen's previous hunting route would have zero reference value.
As long as he made targeted adjustments that posed a threat to Omen's life, Omen would react accordingly and adjust his route.
Based on his actions, this thing would always calculate and generate an optimal solution.
Not to mention his ability to see death meant he could target almost anyone.
Assuming he needed to sacrifice ten people, with nearly a hundred Beyonders in Xiyuan City, the combinations would be C(100, 10), which is an astronomical figure.
No, there's also the issue of order, so it should be P(100, 10), which is even more astronomical!
It really wasn't easy doing missions these days; he even had to study math.
In fact, Fu Qian didn't think everything Huang Yuanchang said was completely correct either.
Firstly, judging from his final outcome, he was just cannon fodder being used, and he might not know everything.
Secondly, a simple Destined Death couldn't explain why Geng Yue's death was inconsistent across the two times.
The situation was genuinely complicated!
Or maybe try brute-forcing it?
For example, turning C100 into C10?
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