Eldritch Horror Theatre

One major flaw of lacking self-awareness was that one’s actions became predictable.

He had no idea how the Origin Council had gotten him to accept their commands.

Judging from his earlier behavior, Ariel’s purpose in coming to Shangjing was most likely to investigate the cause of Deng Feizhou’s death and to find out how much the Night Watchers knew about the Origin Council.

His ruthless attack just now had been an instinctive reaction to his survival being threatened.

With the threat gone, an entity with no true ’self’ had fulfilled his purpose the moment he got his answer.

And his own display had proven that silencing him was impossible.

Under those circumstances, choosing to just run away wasn’t strange at all.

”But by using this method, he has truly become a Divine Emissary.”

Looking in the direction Ariel had vanished, Fu Qian muttered to himself.

”Could this be the true essence of divinity? Abandoning a meaningless self and keeping only the most fundamental instinct to ascend? Just like the intrinsic drive of genes to reproduce?”Today’s discovery was truly an eye-opener.

Fu Qian was growing even more interested in this Origin Council.

”It might be a path, but it certainly feels like a crooked one.”

Fu Qian finally shook his head, unable to endorse such a method.

Taking two steps forward, Fu Qian crouched beside Yuan Shan to check on her condition.

A massive patch of blood had spread across the fashionista’s chest, making for a shocking sight.

He had been a bit heavy-handed earlier, but it was all to achieve the best possible outcome.

After all, she herself had called it a situation of certain death with zero chance of survival.

However, a demigod’s vitality was truly formidable. In just that short amount of time, her breathing had already begun to stabilize.

From the looks of it, she would wake up before long.

Compared to Logan, Yuan Shan’s flesh wound looked terrifying, but once she pulled through, it would be far less severe than his condition.

Meanwhile, Logan’s twisted body was tangled and crisscrossed, nearing the state of a mollusk.

Fortunately, the golden-red ravines on his body had largely faded away, and his extra arms had retracted into his flesh. It looked like he still retained a sliver of sanity and hadn’t let his Mythical Form slip completely out of control.

This was for the best; otherwise, even the Night Watchers probably wouldn’t have been able to take him away.

Observing Logan’s miserable state up close, Fu Qian didn’t feel much emotion.

He wasn’t an immortal, after all. Sending away a Divine Emissary who could transform into a True God was already the absolute utmost he could do.

Speaking of which, he really had to thank Old Man Lu Ming in the Heavenly Kingdom.

Given the current situation, he could only let the people outside take him back to the Base first.

He wondered if a group as powerful as the Night Watchers had a way to save him.

After finishing his check on Logan, Fu Qian didn’t waste any time. He simply hoisted Yuan Shan up with one hand and walked out of the manor.

...

”What happened?”

He hadn’t walked far when Yuan Shan’s deputy, Poker Face, came forward from the darkness to meet him.

Staring at Yuan Shan in Fu Qian’s grip, the deputy’s eyes nearly bulged to the point of bleeding.

”She got hurt. Did you not see the commotion just now?”

Fu Qian gestured for someone nearby to bring over a stretcher and placed Yuan Shan onto it.

On the way over, he had already dropped his Lu Ming disguise; otherwise, explaining things now would be even harder.

”Did you catch the target?”

Poker Face looked at the completely uninjured Fu Qian, forcefully suppressing his doubts.

”He ran away.”

Fu Qian’s answer was exceptionally concise as he casually pointed a thumb behind him.

”There’s another injured person inside. His condition is a bit special, so you’d better send a few more people over.”

Another injured person!

Brother Poker Face’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately ordered a signal sent out and prepared to head inside to check.

”Mister Fang.”

He turned back to look at Fu Qian.

”I apologize, but until we can confirm the situation, I have to ask you to stay here a little longer.”

Although the current situation was bizarre, his mind remained clear.

During this operation, the fact that Yuan Shan had allowed this person to participate instead of anyone else already made it perfectly clear—this man had at least the strength of the Demigod Tier.

While Night Watchers didn’t exactly harbor fear, in a world that revered the strong, power almost guaranteed respect.

”No problem.”

Fu Qian maintained a very agreeable demeanor. He hadn’t planned on leaving anyway.

”I’ll just wait right here.”

”Thank you.”

Poker Face glanced at Fu Qian, called a few people over to look after Yuan Shan, and then led a team inside to check on the situation.

Ugh!

A few minutes later, Yuan Shan let out a groan on the stretcher and slowly woke up.

The moment she saw Fu Qian, she jolted in shock.

Several black strips appeared out of thin air, but quickly vanished into nothingness.

She still recognized people; it seemed the problem wasn’t too serious.

After all, apart from her physical injuries, her sanity had taken quite a beating. Plus, she had been caught in the illumination again when he demonstrated the Commandment Residue.

A demigod’s vitality was tenacious indeed.

Fu Qian greeted her with a rather gratified look.

”You’re awake?”

...

Staring at Fu Qian for a long time, Yuan Shan didn’t make a sound, subconsciously looking down at her chest.

It seemed she needed a little time to process everything.

Fu Qian wasn’t in a hurry to speak either.

”Where is Ariel?”

After a while, Yuan Shan finally spoke.

”He ran away.”

Ran away...

Yuan Shan remained silent for a moment. She had thought that all of Shangjing would face a catastrophe tonight, but that guy had actually run away.

Why would he run?

”Give me a blanket.”

Yuan Shan propped herself up to a sitting position, pulled a blanket over herself, and then waved off the people nearby.

”Why would he just leave like that?”

”I chatted with him for a bit as a peer. He agreed there was no need to keep tangling here, so he left.”

Fu Qian’s facial features shifted around, transforming into Lu Ming’s appearance.

”So he really was from the Origin Council.”

Yuan Shan muttered in a low voice, not looking entirely surprised.

”It seems they’re on your radar as well?”

”Of course. We keep an eye on a number of potentially dangerous organizations. It’s just that the Origin Council operates mysteriously, so we don’t have much information on hand.”

”Who could have thought there would actually be an entity like a Divine Emissary in their organization!”

After lamenting, Yuan Shan fell silent for a moment, then pointed at her chest.

”Can you tell me why you did that just now?”

”I cannot.”

Fu Qian replied very decisively.

Due to certain considerations, he didn’t want to tell her about Ariel’s special condition just yet.

...

”You only need to know that in a situation of certain death with zero chance of survival, I managed to keep you and Old Man Logan alive. Though, admittedly, his condition might not be very optimistic.”

This...

Yuan Shan’s expression remained hesitant.

”And I sent a catastrophe away from Shangjing.”

...

While the two were talking, Poker Face had already returned.

Seeing Yuan Shan already sitting up, his expression lit up with joy before turning peculiar as he pointed behind him.

”I need to go arrange some personnel.”

”Alright.”

Yuan Shan understood what he was referring to and gave a low response.

”Regardless, I still have to thank you.”

After Poker Face left, Yuan Shan seemed to have figured some things out and spoke quietly.

”You’re welcome. I was just giving it a try; if it hadn’t worked out, I would have just walked away.”

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