Timing was important. He had been guided to discover "Eternity" before he chose the King of Prison Break as his skin.
All around him was scarlet. Fu Qian sat on his dilapidated throne.
He might not have thought much of it before, but now that he had more or less confirmed the Blood Lake was connected to the Tyrant, the implications were terrifying to contemplate.
On one hand, it was hard to believe it was pure coincidence. On the other, Fu Qian didn't think Rainbow of Yao Bian had any goodwill toward him—not the sort of thing where someone acted ruthless on the surface but secretly guided his fate.
That one really did want to kill him. The reason it had shifted to designing a way to guide him into swallowing Eternity was simply that its earlier plan to cremate him hadn't worked, so it had settled for locking down his potential instead.
So why this coincidence—was Rainbow of Yao Bian curious about the Tyrant's fall?
At that moment, a suspicion had occurred to him.
"The nights and nightmares are too long." Those words had originally come from Rainbow of Yao Bian.
And this ancient Higher Being, despite being in almost the best condition of anyone he'd ever seen, had behaved with extreme caution, as if constantly avoiding something.
Did it have misgivings about certain things in the Long Night?
After discovering the commotion he'd caused, had it chosen suitable materials for a trap while making use of everyone it could, hoping to see whether he might uncover any information?
Of course, in essence, it had been making use of the Warehouse.
What made him special, after all, was his status as its administrator. If he fell for the trap, that meant the Warehouse would be drawn in.
So