I'm really stupid, really.

How could I have listened to the parchment's words and asked?

"1g of black embers, hurry up and get to work!"

[Wuwuwu! I am a parchment, I have received unequal treatment, I refuse violent cooperation!]

"What do you want?"

[I don't want anything! 1g of black embers, I'll just eat it!]

The parchment displayed the words somewhat sulkily.

However, upon materializing the parchment, Fang Yue was immediately stunned.

He discovered that the parchment had indeed become a little better looking.

The yellowish parchment had more decorative纹路 (wénlù) patterns, and it felt soft and fuzzy to the touch, like touching fur.

[Don't, don't touch it!! It's newly formed, very fragile!]

Fang Yue: ???

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

Damn it! You're just a piece of paper, what are you changing into! You're just a piece of paper, know your place.

[Qi Leng Dou, can't paper look better? Is this world biased against paper? So cruel! So cruel!]

...I'll endure it!

Fang Yue's face darkened, and he took out 1g of black embers and stuffed it into the parchment.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he considered the problems he needed to solve.

To be honest, he had quite a few problems in front of him.

Possibly the Transcendent-level aberrant, the [Black Green Aberrant].

The abnormal aberrant possession spreading to a large number of villagers in Qing Si County.

Bai Xiaoya's whereabouts.

The movements of the two bull-headed mask men and the horse-headed mask man from the Phoenix Organization, and the whereabouts of Miao Fa and An Dong'er.

And also Lin Ling's whereabouts and the whereabouts of Lord Han.

Counting them all up, there was a whole pile of problems that he needed the parchment's help to judge.

And among all these problems, the Transcendent-level aberrant [Black Green Aberrant] was currently the biggest problem, with the highest priority.

"Parchment, tell me, is the Black Green Mountain Range the Transcendent-level [Black Green Aberrant]? Was the phenomenon of aberrant possession in Qing Si County last night its doing?"

[I am Fang Yue, the sky is bright, and I am preparing to investigate the case of the survivors of the Qingluan Building being collectively possessed by aberrations.]

[I have set my sights on the continuous Black Green Mountain Range, and I have heard a legend about the Black Green Mountain Range.]

[Legend has it that the Black Green Mountain Range is a Transcendent-level aberrant. I am determined to follow the news I heard from Black Crow and head towards the Black Green Mountain Range, wanting to find the legendary Transcendent-level aberrant, wanting to prove whether this aberrant really exists.]

[Leaving Qing Si County, traveling for seven days, I successfully entered the Black Green Mountain Range.]

[The back of my hand suddenly felt hot, and everything went black. I died.]

The back of his hand felt hot? Could it be... Aberrant Curse [Black Rain]?!

Fang Yue was shocked.

But he quickly calmed down.

The aberrant curse only acting up after seven days, this information is very important, and he has to find a way to curb it.

Also...

"Does this mean that the Transcendent-level aberrant is real?"

[It means you died! Idiot!!]

Okay, Fang Yue changed his approach.

"I want to walk out of the room, stay by Little Blood Fighter's side, and stay there for a month."

Fang Yue thought to himself, and then looked at the parchment.

[I am Fang Yue, an extreme dog lover.]

[Facing the cute little dog, which turned into a big dog, I am very heartbroken.]

[So, against the advice of others, I stayed by Little Blood Fighter's side day and night.]

[Seven days later, the back of my hand felt hot with the aberrant curse. Little Blood Fighter revived strangely, opened its bloody mouth, and ate me.]

[I died.]

Fang Yue: ???

You're telling me, a dignified first-rate Houtian realm expert, that I would be eaten by Little Blood Fighter and die?

There's no way its strength could be stronger than mine!

[I am Fang Yue, I don't believe in evil, I am going to kill Little Blood Fighter right now.]

[Ah, what a cruel animal abuser!]

[I picked up my knife, went downstairs, and amidst Little Blood Fighter's cute cries, I chopped Little Blood Fighter to death with a few knives.]

[I proved my strength, and amidst Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's condemnation, I felt like I was bathed in holy light, my soul purified.]

[Seven days later, the back of my hand felt hot with the aberrant curse.]

[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 was shocked.

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

[That's right, seven days later, your aberrant curse will act up on the back of your hand, and I won't be able to see what happens after that, but my prediction tells me that you will die on that day.]

Cold sweat streaked across his cheeks.

Fang Yue started to panic.

He still doesn't know where the [Thousand Rumor Palace] is, and seven days might not even be enough time to leave the Black Green Mountain Range!

"...Am I doomed to die? Be of some use, parchment! Can feeding you gold and stone save me?"

[I fed the great and noble parchment lord [gold and stone], very delicious and tasty, sweet... ha... ha, want to eat!! Really want to eat!!!]

"...Give me a prediction first!!"

[Uh... the great and noble parchment lord, after eating the gold and stone, the parchment lord became very powerful! Pawa!!]

[The parchment lord after being charged can use the power of rain rank.]

[The parchment lord has made a move! Then the lowly you died because you couldn't bear the power of the great parchment lord.]

I'm probably going to be killed by you this time!!

Fang Yue had a headache.

The parchment really is unreliable sometimes.

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

[I am Fang Yue, I am troubled by the aberrant curse erupting in 7 days, and the inexplicable death.]

[I place my hope on the great parchment lord.]

[The parchment lord told me that the closer the time to death, the more accurately the parchment lord can predict the future!]

Fang Yue was stunned.

He seemed to have heard the parchment mention this before.

Simply put, the further away the time of death, the more vague the parchment's prediction.

If he were to make a prediction very close to the time of death, the parchment could accurately predict many things.

Things that couldn't be predicted before could also be fully predicted.

But Fang Yue definitely couldn't just wait for seven days, and then start thinking of ways to save himself on the seventh day.

Fang Yue closed his eyes, carefully recalling the prophecies given by the parchment, his brow furrowed.

He was thinking about a very important question.

That is... was he killed by the aberrant curse [Black Rain]?

Or was there another reason for his death?

Because... he noticed a special thing in the parchment's prediction.

That is, in the prediction that Little Blood Fighter would eat him after seven days.

He died after the aberrant curse [Black Rain] took effect, and then Little Blood Fighter ate him.

Does this mean that... the aberrant curse [Black Rain] actually has a certain buffer time, and it's not immediate death?

Fang Yue guessed that the aberrant curse [Black Rain] might be a state of weakness.

So I can kill Little Blood Fighter now, and even easily kill it.

But in the parchment's prediction, seven days later, I would be eaten by Little Blood Fighter because of the aberrant curse [Black Rain].