Chapter 164 The Fifth Day After God's Departure (1) [Amazing! Once...]
At the end of the comic, the story returns to the correct timeline, showing everyone's hectic schedule, as if they are preparing for or even facing the end of the world, waiting for December 31st, the last day of Carnival.
However, they were disappointed.
As the New Year's bells slowly faded, the city fell into an eerie silence.
The other members of the main group looked at each other, some confused, some uneasy, and some deeply worried.
Things didn't go as they expected; it was like a well-prepared attack missing its target.
But in the library office, Jiang Linji calmly sipped his hot coffee.
She looked out the window at the thick clouds and sighed, "It's going to rain."
At the same time, Xi Rui seemed to sense something, pushed open the travel agency window, looked up at the sky, and stretched out his hand.
A snowflake landed in his palm.
The story ends with this close-up.
[My goodness, this ceremony... it really is Four Seasons Mountain! It truly is Four Seasons Mountain!!!]
[This place was so weird! Turns out it's the place that represents the smoke mirror.]
Ohhhhhh, everyone's alright!
Not only am I fine, I even had a soul spa treatment!
Let's give our souls a good scrub, scrub away the dirt!
[Even soul-level gua sha would work, hahaha]
[I'm speechless. I love you, Tan Tan Shen. You told Lu Lu not to break her promise, so please don't break yours either. You must stay safe and sound.]
Everyone's waiting for them, sob sob.
【？？？？】
But why didn't anything happen? My expression was exactly the same as the fugitive squad's.
【Not Redeemed】
【Buhou】
[Sure enough, I had a vague feeling about this. Something's strange! If the gods are gone on inauspicious days, why was Lu Lu able to enter number 30? That is, the fourth day of the inauspicious days.]
[I'm also wondering about this, but Lu Lu is so obsessed with the pairing that he's practically a god of sunshine. I thought Lu Lu forced his way in for A Tan's sake, hehe]
[Perhaps this lockdown period is open to Lu Lu as well, so Atan guides him to fulfill his wish from back then, ensuring that he will not reach the fifth day under any circumstances.]
[It's not just about the agreement. Lu Lu said the jump times are close, around the 26th and 27th, only one day apart, so it's easy to catch up. If the ceremony takes longer, they might actually be able to make it. A Tan went to great lengths to clear their 'if' lines, so he definitely doesn't want them involved. He must have thought of that beforehand.]
[Wow, Director Jiang's calmness shows everything is going according to plan—she had the entire training group ready before the time jump! For two months from now! Uncle Hong also said New Year's Day and the Spring Festival wouldn't be peaceful. New Year's Day is because of the carnival, so it'll be around the Spring Festival. The Black Goat will definitely return to Four Seasons Mountain!]
[Wasn't that just a smokescreen to deceive Black Goat? They seemed to be planning to make their move during the Spring Festival to lower Black Goat's guard, but then the leader and Ah Tan suddenly jumped through time to catch them off guard.]
[But this will only get rid of the black goats in Fiddle Hill. If the black goats really all come back for the Spring Festival, that will be the right time to start the ceremony!]
[Aren't they supposed to believe in Central American gods? Does the Black Goat really value traditional culture this much? [speechless]]
Hahahaha, I can't take it anymore!
Even the black goats have to come back to make dumplings for the Lunar New Year.
I think a whole roasted lamb would be more suitable.
【!! They returned because of an inauspicious day! The carnival is said to have originated from the Harbor of Arts, which, as everyone knows, is the place where the sun sets. So, Descartes' account is inaccurate. The Aztec solar calendar certainly doesn't align perfectly with the Gregorian calendar; it's very likely that, after conversion, the inauspicious day is around the time of this year's Lunar New Year!】
[Holy crap, so the carnival was indeed a smokescreen, a way to hide the real date of the ominous day!]
The fifth day after the ritual jump should also be the fifth day of the actual inauspicious day.
Yes, that's why Director Jiang planned ahead! Everything was ready by then!
[I've been away for over two months, and the ceremony might only last one day. There's no way I can make it. Damn, Ah Tan is so calculating!]
[Even on the truly inauspicious day, Lu Lu will not be able to appear; double insurance.]
[On inauspicious days, the gods simply leave, just like the rules? Ah Tan is probably afraid that something might happen if Lu Lu appears, right?]
"That puts my mind at ease; everything is completely under control."
[Wow, that's fast! The Cyber Worship Post from the Black Goat next door is already out, hahaha]
[Do people really worship black goats?]
[Many people go in for a quick bite.]
[I'm going to start a thread about setting off firecrackers. The great Black Goat deserves such a grand celebration; it's an honor!]
Hahahahaha
[Knife God, update faster and faster! Black Goat, I need to treat myself to a good meal!]
With the Ouija board arc concluded, Xie Tan was still processing the information.
Therefore, the time he is in now should be sometime in the second half of February in the new year.
It should be evening; if the phone's time is accurate, it's 10:20 now.
The following daily blind box scenes depict the main characters' preparations. In one short segment, Xia Wujin leads the way, and Chang Mingai uses talismans to "pry open" the locks of Lu Jinzhao's and Xie Tan's houses, only to find them empty. In Xie Tan's master bedroom, there are ashes from burnt pages on the desk.
It was that incomplete ancient book; it had indeed been burned.
Xie Tan then browsed through other posts to see if he had missed anything, trying to gather as much information as possible.
He clicked on a popular post that was featured, and since other posts mentioned that it contained expert analysis, he decided to check it out.
[This story is so thrilling! Although it's all about the main plot and the mass suicide is just a prelude, it's still more exciting than other stories.]
I understand, this refining technique really scared me. I even prepared a cybernetics memorial tablet for myself.
[And then Lu Lu's identity was revealed; this young couple cured everyone's low blood pressure in this way.]
[I really find it terrifying. When I looked closely at the incantation of the Ouija board, "You are my past life, I am your present life," oh my god, after the revelation of the purification technique, every time I see this sentence, I get chills.]
Seriously, this line is shown every single time, and it's never omitted during scene transitions; the immersion is just too strong.
[But the last one was so heartbreaking...]
[And it's not just the mother-son pair who are suffering; the young couple is suffering too. Who knows, the two of them sit facing each other, mirror images of each other, their expressions a bit strange, one of them has a pop-up saying "You are my past life," and the other has "I am your present life"... and then it's a closed loop of fate ahhhhh]
The young couple remained entangled like this until the end of time.
[When Ah-Tan asked how to save you at the end... his expression wasn't just going through the motions, it was like a sigh, looking at Mommy as he spoke, sob sob sob]
[From this perspective, Ah Tan's personal intervention in summoning the spirit of the Ouija board is crucial: releasing the aunt to kill Twelve is for the purpose of capturing the head of the family later, guiding Mommy to complete Lu Lu's causal loop, turning Mommy from an observer into the eye of observation, and finally, it is a trap prepared for Lu Lu.]
[The incomplete state can only be set on one track. Ah Tan's two meetings with Mommy were just guidance along this line, right? It seems this line is truly going to become the only one.]
After all, everything was agreed upon with Director Jiang, and the training group didn't let us down.
[But in this storyline, Mommy still died. I thought Ah Tan's goal was to create a storyline where Mommy survived, making that storyline the only one.]
【I totally get it! This Ah Tan is a god! This game of chess was amazing!!!】
Ah Tan only has one chance to set the course, and it can only be used on the Black Goat to induce the birth of the Mirror God, because this is the starting point of everything. Mommy must escape so that Lu Lu can be born.
Just like Mommy said, she became that impermanent being because of Ah Tan.
That's true; it was all part of Atan's meticulous planning.
At their first meeting, the mirror reflected no spirit, but Atan, the observer, leaped through time, bringing Lu Lu's aura with him and propelling the birth of a god.
The third time, Mommy also used orbit determination, completing the closed loop of the Eye of Observation through a bet with Lulu.
Most importantly, her ability to determine orbits means she must be the eye of observation!
So, although the second meeting between the mother and child wasn't planned out in any particular way, Mommy will definitely transform from a spectator of junk to a keen observer!
[Holy crap, it all makes sense! This sequence is the evidence! First, through the "office worker" IF storyline, the third meeting is completed, allowing Mommy to set the course, and then it's through Uncle Hong's second meeting!]
Once the two ends are determined, the path is fixed! The middle point will inevitably be traversed!
[As expected, the order in which the spirit was invoked was all arranged by Atan.]
[Incredible! They only had one orbit-determination capability, yet they orchestrated three!!!!]
[I'm always kneeling and watching your amazing moves on my knees]
[No one comes for nothing... You, the Pool God, had already planned this all along.]
[This plan is so meticulous that it leaves no room for error]
[So refreshing!]
[But a new problem has arisen. At first, everyone thought that the "thing on you" Lu Lu mentioned referred to the head of the family, and guessed that Atan used the head of the family's orbital setting to get rid of the demon dog. But if that's not the case, then where was the head of the family's orbital setting used?]
[Becoming the observer of an incomplete state? Is Squidward also trying to close his own causal loop?]
[It could also be a curse from the Demon Mother; Black Goat, I hate you!]
【There's another possibility... Do you think it's possible that the patriarch's orbital setting hasn't been activated yet?】
Xie Tan was taken aback when he saw this.
With a "clatter," the eaves of the pavilion creaked.
He was sitting facing outwards. He looked up, and it was as if the long-accumulated dark clouds had finally been torn apart and fell...
He stretched his hand out to the sky.
They are raindrops.
Carried by the wind, it brushed past his palm at low altitude and landed on the corner of the pavilion.
Flames suddenly burst forth from the damp area.
Xie Tan's expression hardened.
The ceremony has begun.
As he looked down to turn off his phone, his finger swiped across the screen and accidentally refreshed a post, which eventually caused a huge uproar.
The teaser image for the new unit has been released.
Just like the close-up at the end of the Ouija board episode, the composition remains exactly the same.
However, the former is Xi Rui's hand, while in the teaser image, the hand reaching towards the dark clouds is more slender, gently lifting it like a white jade butterfly flying through the air.
A raindrop mingled with the palm of my hand.
It's as if the person reaching out can't even grasp a single drop of rain.
The raindrop fell into the pitch-black second page, still falling all the way down.
Until the third page, suddenly a fire broke out, the whole mountain was ablaze, the fire blotting out the sky.
The eerie black smoke was blown away by the gale, stretching out in a winding path like fluttering sleeves, and carrying out the words: "The fifth day since God left."
[Hmm? I know the story continues, but are you just using the last picture from the previous chapter? Hahaha]
[I caught the Sword God slacking off! You're punished with ten chapters!]
Look closely, everyone, that's Ah Tan's hand!
Holy crap! So this is the sky over Four Seasons Mountain?
【Ahhhh, the ceremony has begun!】
Wait, isn't Mount Four Seasons the final place for refining? I checked it again carefully using the official map of Fiddler City. The thirteen offerings represent the thirteen left eyes, and their final landing points all correspond to locations in Fiddler City.
The solar fire that Lu Lu washed away took up the spot in the innermost circle. During the ritual drawing, the incantation was completely ignited after passing through the first circle, and then went out circle by circle.
Since Four Seasons Mountain is locked onto by the pupil, it is the pupil itself, the place where the Eye of Observation is forged, which is equivalent to an alchemy furnace.
Shouldn't the head of the family be here? Why is it Ah Tan?
Ahhhhhh!
【Oh my god, stop messing with me...】
I have a bad feeling...
Are we going to pop the champagne too early?
【Ahhhhhh no!】
[There's no need for that. Maybe A-Tan is personally supervising the construction, afraid the head of the family might run away?]
Where is the cult leader?
[It hasn't been updated yet. Maybe the cult leader is really here. Look closely at the ritual diagram. In the end, not only did the pupils shift to Four Seasons Mountain, but three left eyes also turned to the remaining three days of fall. One of them was even originally in the second circle where the days of fall were located. Is that A-Tan?]
There must be a cult leader; the cult leader is the core information.
[Yes, the cult leader is about to be refined, and Ah Tan is the only one left. He definitely has to watch over it personally as a final precaution. It's such a big ceremony; if anything goes wrong, it'll be all over.]
Who's the other one?
【!! Could it be Lu Lu?】
【No, did you guys forget what Lu Lu said? Mommy's ritual was missing one thing, so it failed and Mommy died. A-Tan can't make the same mistake; he's not going to die.】
So who is this fourth person?
[Oh my god, I knew it! Lu Lu had actually already said it back then...]
However, before Xie Tan could continue reading, the burst of fire filled his field of vision, blinding him so much that he closed his eyes, put away his phone, and retreated back into the pavilion.
The rain poured down, bursting into flames in the air like a meteor shower, heading straight for him.
Heavenly Fire.
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