Chapter 68 The Sleeping Curse (32) [A-Tan's illness...he...]
On the coastal highway, a car sped by, splashing rainwater like a long arrow.
The driver's expression was gloomy and inscrutable, making one want to wonder what had happened, what he was thinking, and why he was in such a bad mood.
The black fog drifted thinner and thinner, merging into the shimmering nightscape of the scenic area. Upon closer inspection, it revealed subtle differences in shade compared to the surrounding darkness.
The group met at the seaside villa and began carrying their luggage inside.
The darkness swirled mysteriously, like a Van Gogh painting, swallowing the night.
When Chang Mingai couldn't help but ask him what it was all about, the boy sat by the car window, fiddling with something in his hand, his eyes quietly watching Lu Jinzhao run towards him.
"To avenge one person... to repay one person's kindness."
The story ends here.
[Dad suddenly revisits the place, looking for information about Ah Tan?]
[After all, he crushed the surveillance camera. :(]
Why is Wolf Dad suddenly so concerned? Before, he was indifferent to A-Tan but had some interest in him.
[Hahaha, I was so decisive back then, now I have to listen to it myself]
[Old Deng isn't dead? He's come back to life! That scared me to death!!]
[If you're this rotten, just die quietly, okay?]
So the code name for Project Xiaoshan is "Observation II"? It should be a series of projects, all named with "Observation" and numbered in order to refine a unique "Eye of Observation".
The "eye of observation" is perhaps part of the prophecy.
The monster in Observation 2 is called "Bi," and there's a source for it; manga information is below.
[There are thousands of eyes in the courtyard, clustered like a mountain, their gazes flickering and shifting... It sounds eerie, and even a bit sinister.]
The character “毕” comes from the Tang Dynasty collection of anecdotal stories, “Youyang Zazu”.
The story is about a physician skilled in acupuncture who suddenly died without illness, but woke up the next day and said that he dreamed of a place like a royal palace, where he treated a man with a lump on his left arm by acupuncture. More than a liter of pus and blood flowed out, and the man said that he could go see "Bi".
Led by the official, the physician arrived at the "Bi Yuan" (a medical facility).
There were thousands of human eyes in the courtyard, piled up like a mountain, some bright and some dim, flickering uncertainly; this was Bi.
A moment later, two strong men stood on the left and right, waving giant fans and fanning the Eye Mountain. The eyes were all fanned up, some flying upwards, some darting sideways, and some turning into human shapes before disappearing again in the blink of an eye.
Xie Tan, combining information from the comics, past plot points from the Black Goat family posts on the forum, and discussions from everyone, roughly figured out what the Black Goat was doing.
First, the Black Goat family has an important prophecy.
The prophecy mentions the existence of something like an "eye of observation".
So the family began searching for the "Eye of Observation," but they didn't rely solely on the search. Instead, they used monsters related to eyes as materials to cultivate "Observers," attempting to create an "Eye of Observation" in parallel.
The small eyeballs that were gouged out could be used for tracking and surveillance... When they first met, Su Han said "you can't escape the eyes of your family," which probably meant this, referring to him being under their watchful eyes.
Then the "Observers" that the family invests resources to cultivate will play an even greater role. For example, Observer No. 2 "Bi" can support an inner world.
These observations, however, have not yet become true "eyes of observation".
The true "eye of observation" will only be more powerful.
The Black Goat family had been lying low for some unknown reason, but recently, the prophecy has been triggered, seemingly indicating the formation of an "eye of observation."
With the Eye of Observation, how could the family not turn the tide and rise again?
So the goats swarmed out, their tracks leading them to various places to "observe" and check.
[How sinister! So, Old Man Su and Observer Two are destined to live and die together?]
Luckily, Atan blew up the mountain too, hehe.
The devil may be one foot tall, but the pool is ten feet deep.
So Ah Tan is a great demon [doge emoji]
No, he's a succubus.
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But Wolf Daddy's back, what if the old man has a backup plan?
[This sentence]
【This sentence!!】
This looks familiar.
Wow, even Wolf Dad knows the owner of the coffin!
[That overhead shot of Wolf Dad...it gave me goosebumps]
Although I guessed that Wolf Daddy wasn't there to rescue people, I really didn't expect him to be there to finish them off...
[Even the old man didn't expect this [humorous]]
I thought he was there to gather intelligence and squeeze every last drop of value out of him.
Judging from the results, the comment above was correct.
[I knew Daddy was acting weird, he was sitting there looking so sinister... The old man didn't even notice, he was just babbling on and on.]
This man is still so ruthless; he blew up the entire town...
[Watching Wolf Dad's car chase was terrifying. He's not going to chase after Ah Tan, is he? Doesn't Ah Tan know about the coffin?]
I'm more inclined to believe that... Wolf Dad silenced the old man to hide Ah Tan's existence.
[And what was the wolf father's motivation?]
Wow, thank you, Miss! A sea-view villa is wonderful, this is what a vacation should be like!
The young couple were all lovey-dovey and affectionate.
Wow, Xiao Ai asked such a cute and innocent question!
[Revenge and repaying a debt of gratitude? Ah Tan really is avenging the owner of the coffin!]
[Didn't the old man imply that the coffin's owner was another "observer"? Observation Two was refined by sacrificing countless people, so the other observers must be no better.]
[That's right, even if for some reason the coffin owner didn't join Observation Two, the other observations might have been even worse, completely illegal human experiments (mystical version)]
[Based on the enlarged image next door, the ebony coffins were probably used by the clan's chief officiant. Inside the ebony coffin exposed in the hillside, there are very small skeletons, likely those of children.]
Isn't it said that children are useless?
[This might mean the prophecy has a clearer direction this time, implying that the wolf father is leading the younger ones, suggesting a standardized selection process.]
[Check if the Eye of Observation was successfully created in previous attempts, and then conduct another round of sacrifices to see if a new offering is needed to create the Eye of Observation.]
Otherwise, Ah Tan wouldn't have taken that young master's place.
[Perhaps the family misinterpreted the prophecy in its early days and sacrificed children? Old Man Su said that coffin was from the first batch... so the coffin's owner was almost sacrificed when he was still a child?]
Xie Tan saw the last sentence in the monster's intelligence report. The physician asked what the reason was, and the official replied, "All living beings die first and then perish." After saying this, the physician was revived, which means he "woke up."
[To die first and then end...]
No wonder Ah Tan hates him so much; he must be someone very important to him.
[Could they be fellow test subjects suffering from the same illness? Could it be that Atan's illness is because... he was also one of the test subjects?]
[Holy crap, the experimental subject escaped?]
That only fueled their hatred even more.
The old man also said that the incantation on Wolf Father's headband and the talisman in that clump of hair meant that Wolf Father and the coffin's owner must know each other, either because it concerned his secrets or because this person had special significance to Wolf Father.
[The punch Wolf Dad threw at Xiaoshan earlier... even if it wasn't a test, he was definitely unhappy about it.]
There's no way Wolf Dad can't break through it.
[Because the coffin is empty, the coffin owner didn't become Observer Two, which is troublesome. Wolf Dad is still the main force of Black Goat, so destroying this place is pointless.]
But even with an empty coffin, Ah Tan was willing to set himself on fire to destroy it...
[She lives solely for revenge... baby, sob sob...]
Xie Tan looked at the forum discussions and still found it amazing.
Looking back now, I realize that his initial plan with the system cat was the best one. It aligned with his own personality, and the results were unexpectedly good.
Why would someone who doesn't seem to want to live keep clinging to life, barely surviving?
Naturally, it's for a certain ideal... or a certain person.
Ultimately, it's all because of one's own obsession.
It's okay, we still have Lulu!
[Huan En was looking at Lu Lu when she said that! Has A Tan been helped by Lu Lu before?]
[I've wanted to say this for a while now, it's not that I'm a shipper, but compared to the others, Atan just really favors LuLu. He's even willing to buy him a polar bear co-branded toy from a competitor!]
He absolutely loves it!
[If A-Tan really was a subject of an experimental study, perhaps his escape was unintentionally due to Lu Lu's help?]
[It's very possible; the number of people Lu Lu has helped could circle the entire Qi Tan area three times over.]
[I thought it was a gift from heaven, but it turns out there's a past life connection. Never mind, our theorem of tangency says it's all predestined!]
There was no predestined relationship, but when Xie Tan saw "destined," he was a little lost in thought, because their fate wasn't predetermined. It was intentional on his part; he had his eye on the protagonist from the beginning, wanting to get some screen time.
He sighed, saying that calling it a past life connection was less accurate than calling it a debt he owed, and that debt was only snowballing.
This time, the story of "The Sleeping Curse" came to an end, concluding with a sentence that seemed to be both an answer and a reminder to himself.
It seems to be another curse, a curse that belongs only to him.
The forum was dissatisfied with the ending of this chapter, because they wanted to see a vacation! From the beginning, they thought that Floating Town was a daily bonus chapter after the main story.
They want to see grown men and women running and playing freely on the beach, embracing their youth, and participating in the real Water Splashing Festival, the kind that's in the mortal realm!
What about Uncle Hong?
Uncle Hong also ran away; he's in his fifties, the prime age for adventure.
[Let the old folks go, hahaha]
Anyway, there's a lot of demand on the forum that the "scammer" who cheated them should make up for the vacation details.
Xie Tan didn't know if he would add more chapters, since the story ended with his words, which seemed quite intriguing and the ending was just right.
He scrolled through the forums, watching comic book readers even start performing cyberpunk rituals to worship the sun god. He thought for a moment, and maybe he had a solution.
The fact that he could use the purpose he revealed at the end of the story as a hook for the main plot shows that he no longer needs to follow important characters to get screen time; he has been included as an important character himself.
If the main storyline is mentioned again during the vacation, perhaps a portion of the vacation will be shown?
Xie Tan still remembers that one of Xi Rui's purposes for this trip was to investigate what the Black Goat's prophecy was.
Although Xie Tan did not know the complete prophecy, the "Eye of Observation" was enough for him to handle.
He guessed that Xi Rui would test him before leaving the art haven.
"Ah Tan! Ah Tan, Ah Tan, Ah Tan—"
Xie Tan put away his phone and saw someone's bright smile. His hair was blown all over the place by the sea. He couldn't help but smooth it down, which made the person's smile even brighter, making him imagine that the guy was wagging his tail.
He became even less interested in fireworks because he felt that... fireworks probably couldn't compare to Lu Jinzhao's smile.
But then I thought, watching it with this person would be nice too, just like that movie.
Lu Jinchao reached out his hand to him, and Xie Tan grasped it. He pulled Xie Tan along and they ran towards the dock, where several other people were waving to them.
"Come quick! Today, in Xie Tan, the fireworks have begun!"
There were already a lot of people, so the two of them squeezed through a gap to move forward. Xi Rui and Xia Wujin each grabbed one of their hands and pulled them to the front. Sun Enze handed them some special coconut soda, and Xue Hong loosely put his arm around them from behind to prevent them from being bumped into.
Whoosh—Bang!
Colorful fireworks exploded in the night sky, tearing through the murky darkness.
Chang Mingai raised the young lady's camera high, shouted "Cheese!", and snapped a photo of them together under the fireworks.
They huddled together, whispering amongst themselves as they looked at the photos.
"Oops, I'm squinting a little!"
"My bangs, hahaha, they hit your face! Sorry, Miss—"
"Uncle Hong can even do the rock and roll hand gestures, so cool!"
"Wow, Xie Tan smiled a little! I saw it!"
As the fireworks continued, they were drawn to the viewer once more, raising their heads in unison, their eyes illuminated by the light.
This moment is more splendid than eternity.
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