Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Duty Bound_1 Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Duty Bound_1 No matter his appearance, Fu Qian had always been a materialist.
He believed that everything should be explained by objective laws and that subjectivity had its limits.
The analysis of the worst-case scenario was not mere talk; it was backed by thorough reasoning.
Based on his experience dealing with Ariel, those in the Second Phase already possessed a clear grasp of certain conceptual powers, especially during a full moon and at home court. If Ember was set on leaving, the probability of not being able to detain him was indeed high.
Therefore, taking action immediately, in Fu Qian’s view, truly held little significance.
Of course, that was under normal circumstances. If he really spared no expense, he did have some trump cards up his sleeve, such as the never-before-used Pseudo-Divine Being.
But this time his role was to raid the formation; he couldn’t justify using enough force to directly burn 10 SAN Points.
Without using such trump cards, if he truly wanted to change the outcome, he needed to find an alternate path.
After some contemplation, Fu Qian made a special decision–to respond to the call.
On the one hand, it meant truly playing the role of raiding the formation by introducing some uncontrollable variables; on the other hand, Fu Qian himself was very curious about the call.
Ember had been bearing his hardships for hundreds of years, yet the Progenitor had shown no sign of action.
Meanwhile, on his first sync to this world, the revelation had appeared right away; it was hard to imagine this was purely coincidental.
If there truly was a causal relationship, then a natural guess was that the Progenitor of the Blood Clan took action because of his own arrival.
Was the purpose to lead Ember to Shangjing, to find him, to make him hear this call?
He hadn’t realized he was so popular before!
Actually, from this perspective, it would seem safer not to respond to the call until confirming the intention of the Red Moon. In fact, that’s what Fu Qian had been doing.
But from the call, it was clear that It was very eager to receive a response, to establish contact.
Ember was merely a tool for the first attempt.
Being constantly on the mind of such an entity was not a good thing; it meant that accidents like today’s could keep happening.
In such circumstances, taking a risk to seize the initiative was not necessarily a bad thing.
Another reason was that Fu Qian had always been curious about the state of the Blood Clan’s Progenitor.
If Annalise had fallen, then who was this?
To most of the Blood Clan, It was the authentic Progenitor, beyond question.
This was Fu Qian’s main motive for responding to the call.
And for this dangerous act, he was not unprepared; he had already readied the Pseudo-Divine Being.
If there were any drop in SAN Points, he could activate it at any moment.
10 SAN Points to raid the formation was unnecessary, but to peer into the secret of the Divine Beings, it was worth it.
As for the nearly certain outcome, what changes this variable would cause was just an incidental bonus.
…
Almost instantly, Fu Qian felt everything become ethereal, as if his existence had transcended time and space.
A boundless Red Moon just appeared before him.
“Child!”
The call filled with joy caused even greater turmoil than before, but there was no loss of SAN.
Fu Qian judged silently.
This entity held a very high status, but from the beginning, It had been amiable, seemingly restraining deliberately.
“So good, so good, too good…”
After the exclamations of joy, however, no substantial content emerged, just repeated expressions of emotion.
The emotions contained within actually resembled those of a mother searching for her child.
“Now… is not yet the time… go back…”
It was unclear how much time had passed before the sounds of emotion finally ceased, and Fu Qian noticed the Red Moon seemed to be receding.
“Do not be intoxicated by lies…”
With that last phrase, the Red Moon shrank rapidly, revealing its full form before his eyes.
Wait a second!
And for a split second, Fu Qian suddenly had a strange feeling.
The streaks and crevasses on the Red Moon seemed to follow some strange law.
Not long ago, something had given Fu Qian a similar feeling–Hamadus.
That god-shtip twisted into a giant carrier.
Could the entire moon also be…
When this thought emerged, the Red Moon had already completely faded away, with all its details vanishing from sight.
…
Could it be, like Hamadus, that the Red Moon, too, was a entity twisted into form?
What kind of being would that be?
As his consciousness returned, this idea echoed incessantly in Fu Qian’s mind.
And It hoped that he could “see through the lies” to ultimately rescue It?
“What variable?”
As he pondered, Ember’s voice rang out.
The exchange just now surely had transcended time; Fu Qian followed the voice and saw that Chief Yuan wore a puzzled expression as well.
“What kind of reading comprehension do you have? I already said it’s an unknown variable.”
Facing Ember’s question, Fu Qian sighed deeply.
“Wait, it seems I know now.”
The next moment, he realized something and pointed at Ember.
Fu Qian was very certain that although he had established contact with the Red Moon, the latter hadn’t bestowed any ten or eight divine graces upon him; his strength hadn’t changed at all.
But instead, someone else’s power had changed, like this one’s.
“How is that possible!”
The next moment, Ember’s lament of a defeated dog rose, its miserable tone striking a chord.
“It seems the variable is indeed useful.”
At the same time, Fu Qian, observing the changes around him, felt a surge of emotion.
The red moonlight in the room had already dimmed, no longer coming from all directions, leaving only a sliver through the window.
This seemed to indicate that the authority shared by someone from the Progenitor had lost its effect.
Even that transcendent feeling was rapidly fading.
Could such a thing happen?
This Divine Envoy’s position seemed false; the Red Moon temporarily gave a fake diploma to find him and took it back after achieving its goal?
This variable was almost too ideal.
…
The room was as silent as death.
With Fu Qian’s reminder, everyone began to sense the changes occurring in Ember.
The next instant, Ember’s body became ethereal, ignoring Selana, and charged directly at the barrier created by Yuan Shan.
No matter what, it was still the full moon phase; even if he had fallen from Divine Envoy, he still possessed a certain suppressing power.
And although she couldn’t understand what had happened, Ember clearly wasn’t looking for a detailed explanation, ready to make a run for it first.
In the face of this, Fu Qian still did not make a move.
The next moment, a sharp blade’s light tore through the sky with an unstoppable momentum, piercing through everything.
Under the hunter’s instinct, there was no need for a reminder–Su Gao, the Demigod, made a full-powered strike.
Amid a spiritual cry of anguish, Ember fell heavily from the sky, immediately engulfed by black spires from all directions.
“You two…”
Yuan Shan, who had just trapped the target one step ahead, looked at Fu Qian and the others, momentarily at a loss for words.
Like Ember, she couldn’t understand what had transpired.
“Here you go, the formation is snatched.”
Unfortunately for her, Fu Qian clearly had no intention of resolving her confusion.